Top Ten Smallest Countries in the World

Description

Smallest countries, often known as 'microstates' or 'ministates,' have the fewest people and land area. As of July 2023, the top five smallest countries are Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu, and San Marino.

Vatican City is the world's smallest country, with a total land area of only 49 hectares and a population of less than 1,000 people, followed by Monaco, Nauru, and Tuvalu.

List Of Top 10 Smallest Countries

1. Vatican City- 0.49 sq. km

• Population: 807 (estimated)

• Currency: Euro

• Region: Southern Europe

• Official and National language: Italian

• Government: Unitary theocratic Catholic elective absolute monarchy

• Secretary: Pietro Parolin

• President of the Governorate: Fernando Vergez Alzaga

• Vatican City is a landlocked sovereign country and enclave within the Italian city-state of Rome. With the Lateran Treaty of 1928, it gained independence from Rome, Italy. It is the world's smallest state in terms of both area and population.

2. Monaco- 2.08 sq. km

• Capital: Monaco

• Largest Quarter: Monte Carlo

• Region: Southern Europe

• Population: 39,050 (estimated)

• Currency: Euro

• Official Language: French

• Government: Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy

• Monarch: Albert II

• Prime Minister: Pierre Dartout

• Monaco, formally the Principality of Monaco, is a microstate in Western Europe on the Mediterranean Sea on the French Riviera, a few kilometers west of the Italian region of Linguria. France borders it in the north, east, and west. It is largely acknowledged as the most costly and wealthy place in the world.

3. Nauru- 21 sq.km

• Capital: Yaren

• Largest City: Denigomodu

• Region: Oceania, Micronesia

• Currency: Australian Dollar

• Official language: Nauruan

• Government: Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency under a non-partisan democracy

• President: Russ Kun

• Nauru is the world's third-smallest country and the world's smallest island republic. It has a population of roughly 10,000 people, making it the world's second-smallest nation in terms of population after Vatican City.

4. Tuvalu- 26 sq.km

• Capital: Funafuti

• Largest City: Funafuti

• Region: Oceania, Polynesia

• Currency: Tuvaluan Dollar, Australian Dollar

• Official language: Tuvaluan English

• Government: Unitary non-parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• Monarch: Charles III

• Governor-General: Tofiga Vaevalu Falani

• Prime Minister: Kausea Natano

• Tuvalu is an island republic in the Pacific Ocean's Polynesian subregion of Oceania. Tuvalu is made up of three coral reef islands and six atolls. Its islands are around halfway between Hawaii and Australia.

5. San Marino- 61 sq. km

• Capital: San Marino

• Largest city: Dogana

• Region: southern Europe

• Currency: Euro

• Official language: Italian

• Government: Unitary parliamentary diarchic directorial republic

• San Marino, commonly known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is an Italian-enclaved European microstate. It is situated on the Apennine Mountains' northern flank.

6. Liechtenstein- 160 sq.km

• Capital: Vaduz

• Region: Western Europe

• Currency: Swiss Franc

• Official language: German

• Government: Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy

• Monarch: Hans-Adam II

• Prime Minister: Daniel Risch

• Liechtenstein is a German-speaking country with two land borders, located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. The prince of Liechtenstein reigns over a semi-constitutional monarchy.

7. Marshall Islands- 181 sq.km

• Capital: Dilap-Uliga-Djarrit

• Largest city: Dilap-Uliga-Djarrit

• Region: Oceania, Micronesia

• Currency: US Dollar

• Official language: Marshallese English

• Government: Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency

• President: David Kabua

• The Marshall Islands are an island nation in the Pacific Ocean near Kiribati, somewhat west of the International Date Line. The country is part of the broader Micronesia island group.

8. Saint Kitts and Nevis- 261 sq.km

• Capital: Basseterre

• Largest city: Basseterre

• Region: Caribbean

• Currency: East Caribbean Dollar

• Official language: English

• Government: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• Monarch: Charles III

• Governor-General: Marcella Liburd

• Prime Minister: Terrance

• Saint Kitts and Nevis is made up of two islands, both of which are located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles. It is the Caribbean's only sovereign federation.

9. Maldives- 298 sq.km

• Capital: Male

• Largest city: Male

• Region: Western Asia

• Currency: Maldivian rufiyaa, US Dollar

• Official language: Dhivehi

• Government: Unitary presidential constitutional republic

• President: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

• The Maldives is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is located southwest of Sri Lanka and India, approximately 7,500 kilometers from the Asian continent's mainland.

10. Malta- 316 sq.km

• Capital: Valletta

• Largest unit: St. Paul’s Bay

• Region: Southern Europe

• Currency: Euro

• Official language: Maltese English

• Government: Unitary parliamentary republic

• President: George Vella

• Prime Minister: Robert Abela

• Malta is a Mediterranean Sea island country located in Southern Europe. It is an archipelago located between Italy and Libya.

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