Smallest countries in the world

The same ranking read from the other end. Vatican City covers less than half a square kilometre — you can walk across it in ten minutes — and Monaco, the second smallest, is about the size of a large city park.

#	Flag	Country	Area (km²)	Population	Continent
1	🇻🇦	Vatican City	0.49	800	Europe
2	🇲🇨	Monaco	2	36,000	Europe
3	🇳🇷	Nauru	21	12,800	Oceania
4	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	26	11,400	Oceania
5	🇸🇲	San Marino	61	34,000	Europe
6	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	160	40,000	Europe
7	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	181	42,000	Oceania
8	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	47,000	North America
9	🇲🇻	Maldives	300	520,000	Asia
10	🇲🇹	Malta	316	540,000	Europe
11	🇬🇩	Grenada	344	126,000	North America
12	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	104,000	North America
13	🇧🇧	Barbados	430	280,000	North America
14	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	442	94,000	North America
15	🇸🇨	Seychelles	452	110,000	Africa
16	🇵🇼	Palau	459	18,000	Oceania
17	🇦🇩	Andorra	468	80,000	Europe
18	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	617	180,000	North America
19	🇫🇲	Micronesia	702	115,000	Oceania
20	🇸🇬	Singapore	728	6,000,000	Asia
21	🇹🇴	Tonga	747	107,000	Oceania
22	🇩🇲	Dominica	751	73,000	North America
23	🇧🇭	Bahrain	765	1,500,000	Asia
24	🇰🇮	Kiribati	811	133,000	Oceania
25	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	964	230,000	Africa
26	🇰🇲	Comoros	1,862	850,000	Africa
27	🇲🇺	Mauritius	2,040	1,300,000	Africa
28	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	2,586	660,000	Europe
29	🇼🇸	Samoa	2,842	220,000	Oceania
30	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	4,033	600,000	Africa
31	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130	1,500,000	North America
32	🇧🇳	Brunei	5,765	450,000	Asia
33	🇵🇸	Palestine	6,020	5,400,000	Asia
34	🇨🇾	Cyprus	9,251	1,300,000	Asia
35	🇱🇧	Lebanon	10,452	5,400,000	Asia
36	🇯🇲	Jamaica	10,991	2,800,000	North America
37	🇬🇲	Gambia	11,295	2,800,000	Africa
38	🇶🇦	Qatar	11,586	2,700,000	Asia
39	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	12,189	330,000	Oceania
40	🇲🇪	Montenegro	13,812	620,000	Europe
41	🇧🇸	Bahamas	13,943	410,000	North America
42	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	14,874	1,400,000	Asia
43	🇸🇿	Eswatini	17,364	1,200,000	Africa
44	🇰🇼	Kuwait	17,818	4,300,000	Asia
45	🇫🇯	Fiji	18,274	930,000	Oceania
46	🇸🇮	Slovenia	20,273	2,100,000	Europe
47	🇸🇻	El Salvador	21,041	6,400,000	North America
48	🇮🇱	Israel	22,072	9,800,000	Asia
49	🇧🇿	Belize	22,966	410,000	North America
50	🇩🇯	Djibouti	23,200	1,100,000	Africa
51	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	25,713	2,100,000	Europe
52	🇷🇼	Rwanda	26,338	14,100,000	Africa
53	🇭🇹	Haiti	27,750	11,700,000	North America
54	🇧🇮	Burundi	27,834	13,200,000	Africa
55	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	1,700,000	Africa
56	🇦🇱	Albania	28,748	2,800,000	Europe
57	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	28,896	740,000	Oceania
58	🇦🇲	Armenia	29,743	2,800,000	Asia
59	🇱🇸	Lesotho	30,355	2,300,000	Africa
60	🇧🇪	Belgium	30,528	11,700,000	Europe
61	🇲🇩	Moldova	33,846	3,400,000	Europe
62	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	2,200,000	Africa
63	🇧🇹	Bhutan	38,394	790,000	Asia
64	🇨🇭	Switzerland	41,285	8,800,000	Europe
65	🇳🇱	Netherlands	41,850	17,700,000	Europe
66	🇩🇰	Denmark	43,094	5,900,000	Europe
67	🇪🇪	Estonia	45,227	1,300,000	Europe
68	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	48,671	11,300,000	North America
69	🇸🇰	Slovakia	49,035	5,400,000	Europe
70	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	51,100	5,200,000	North America
71	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197	3,200,000	Europe
72	🇭🇷	Croatia	56,594	3,900,000	Europe
73	🇹🇬	Togo	56,785	9,100,000	Africa
74	🇱🇻	Latvia	64,589	1,900,000	Europe
75	🇱🇹	Lithuania	65,300	2,700,000	Europe
76	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	65,610	21,900,000	Asia
77	🇬🇪	Georgia	69,700	3,700,000	Asia
78	🇮🇪	Ireland	70,273	5,100,000	Europe
79	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	71,740	8,800,000	Africa
80	🇵🇦	Panama	75,417	4,500,000	North America
81	🇨🇿	Czechia	78,867	10,500,000	Europe
82	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	83,600	9,500,000	Asia
83	🇦🇹	Austria	83,879	9,100,000	Europe
84	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	86,600	10,400,000	Asia
85	🇷🇸	Serbia	88,361	6,700,000	Europe
86	🇯🇴	Jordan	89,342	11,300,000	Asia
87	🇵🇹	Portugal	92,212	10,200,000	Europe
88	🇭🇺	Hungary	93,028	9,600,000	Europe
89	🇰🇷	South Korea	100,210	51,700,000	Asia
90	🇮🇸	Iceland	103,000	380,000	Europe
91	🇬🇹	Guatemala	108,889	18,100,000	North America
92	🇨🇺	Cuba	109,884	11,200,000	North America
93	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	110,879	6,500,000	Europe
94	🇱🇷	Liberia	111,369	5,400,000	Africa
95	🇭🇳	Honduras	112,492	10,600,000	North America
96	🇧🇯	Benin	112,622	13,700,000	Africa
97	🇪🇷	Eritrea	117,600	3,700,000	Africa
98	🇲🇼	Malawi	118,484	20,900,000	Africa
99	🇰🇵	North Korea	120,540	26,200,000	Asia
100	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	130,373	7,000,000	North America
101	🇬🇷	Greece	131,957	10,300,000	Europe
102	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	143,100	10,100,000	Asia
103	🇳🇵	Nepal	147,181	30,900,000	Asia
104	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	147,570	173,000,000	Asia
105	🇹🇳	Tunisia	163,610	12,500,000	Africa
106	🇸🇷	Suriname	163,820	620,000	South America
107	🇺🇾	Uruguay	176,215	3,400,000	South America
108	🇰🇭	Cambodia	181,035	16,900,000	Asia
109	🇸🇾	Syria	185,180	23,200,000	Asia
110	🇸🇳	Senegal	196,722	17,800,000	Africa
111	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	199,951	6,700,000	Asia
112	🇧🇾	Belarus	207,600	9,500,000	Europe
113	🇬🇾	Guyana	214,969	810,000	South America
114	🇱🇦	Laos	236,800	7,600,000	Asia
115	🇷🇴	Romania	238,398	19,100,000	Europe
116	🇬🇭	Ghana	238,533	34,100,000	Africa
117	🇺🇬	Uganda	241,550	48,600,000	Africa
118	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	242,495	67,700,000	Europe
119	🇬🇳	Guinea	245,857	14,200,000	Africa
120	🇬🇦	Gabon	267,668	2,400,000	Africa
121	🇳🇿	New Zealand	270,467	5,200,000	Oceania
122	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	274,200	23,300,000	Africa
123	🇪🇨	Ecuador	283,561	18,200,000	South America
124	🇵🇭	Philippines	300,000	117,300,000	Asia
125	🇮🇹	Italy	301,340	58,900,000	Europe
126	🇴🇲	Oman	309,500	4,600,000	Asia
127	🇵🇱	Poland	312,696	36,700,000	Europe
128	🇨🇮	Ivory Coast	322,463	29,400,000	Africa
129	🇲🇾	Malaysia	330,803	34,300,000	Asia
130	🇻🇳	Vietnam	331,212	98,900,000	Asia
131	🇫🇮	Finland	338,455	5,500,000	Europe
132	🇨🇬	Congo	342,000	6,100,000	Africa
133	🇩🇪	Germany	357,022	83,300,000	Europe
134	🇯🇵	Japan	377,975	123,300,000	Asia
135	🇳🇴	Norway	385,207	5,500,000	Europe
136	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	390,757	16,700,000	Africa
137	🇵🇾	Paraguay	406,752	6,900,000	South America
138	🇮🇶	Iraq	438,317	45,500,000	Asia
139	🇲🇦	Morocco	446,550	37,800,000	Africa
140	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	447,400	35,600,000	Asia
141	🇸🇪	Sweden	450,295	10,600,000	Europe
142	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	462,840	10,300,000	Oceania
143	🇨🇲	Cameroon	475,442	28,600,000	Africa
144	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	488,100	6,500,000	Asia
145	🇪🇸	Spain	505,992	47,500,000	Europe
146	🇹🇭	Thailand	513,120	71,800,000	Asia
147	🇾🇪	Yemen	527,968	34,400,000	Asia
148	🇫🇷	France	551,695	64,800,000	Europe
149	🇰🇪	Kenya	580,367	55,100,000	Africa
150	🇧🇼	Botswana	581,730	2,700,000	Africa
151	🇲🇬	Madagascar	587,041	30,300,000	Africa
152	🇺🇦	Ukraine	603,500	36,700,000	Europe
153	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	622,984	5,700,000	Africa
154	🇸🇴	Somalia	637,657	18,100,000	Africa
155	🇸🇸	South Sudan	644,329	11,100,000	Africa
156	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	652,230	42,200,000	Asia
157	🇲🇲	Myanmar	676,578	54,600,000	Asia
158	🇿🇲	Zambia	752,612	20,600,000	Africa
159	🇨🇱	Chile	756,102	19,600,000	South America
160	🇹🇷	Turkey	783,562	85,800,000	Asia
161	🇲🇿	Mozambique	801,590	33,900,000	Africa
162	🇳🇦	Namibia	825,615	2,600,000	Africa
163	🇵🇰	Pakistan	881,913	240,500,000	Asia
164	🇻🇪	Venezuela	916,445	28,800,000	South America
165	🇳🇬	Nigeria	923,768	223,800,000	Africa
166	🇹🇿	Tanzania	947,303	67,400,000	Africa
167	🇪🇬	Egypt	1,001,450	112,700,000	Africa
168	🇲🇷	Mauritania	1,030,700	4,900,000	Africa
169	🇧🇴	Bolivia	1,098,581	12,400,000	South America
170	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	1,104,300	126,500,000	Africa
171	🇨🇴	Colombia	1,141,748	52,100,000	South America
172	🇿🇦	South Africa	1,221,037	60,400,000	Africa
173	🇲🇱	Mali	1,240,192	23,300,000	Africa
174	🇦🇴	Angola	1,246,700	36,700,000	Africa
175	🇳🇪	Niger	1,267,000	26,200,000	Africa
176	🇹🇩	Chad	1,284,000	18,300,000	Africa
177	🇵🇪	Peru	1,285,216	34,400,000	South America
178	🇲🇳	Mongolia	1,564,110	3,400,000	Asia
179	🇮🇷	Iran	1,648,195	89,200,000	Asia
180	🇱🇾	Libya	1,759,540	6,900,000	Africa
181	🇸🇩	Sudan	1,861,484	48,100,000	Africa
182	🇮🇩	Indonesia	1,904,569	277,500,000	Asia
183	🇲🇽	Mexico	1,964,375	128,500,000	North America
184	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	36,900,000	Asia
185	🇨🇩	DR Congo	2,344,858	102,300,000	Africa
186	🇩🇿	Algeria	2,381,741	45,600,000	Africa
187	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	19,600,000	Asia
188	🇦🇷	Argentina	2,780,400	45,800,000	South America
189	🇮🇳	India	3,287,263	1,428,600,000	Asia
190	🇦🇺	Australia	7,692,024	26,400,000	Oceania
191	🇧🇷	Brazil	8,515,767	216,400,000	South America
192	🇨🇳	China	9,596,961	1,425,700,000	Asia
193	🇺🇸	United States	9,833,517	339,900,000	North America
194	🇨🇦	Canada	9,984,670	40,100,000	North America
195	🇷🇺	Russia	17,098,246	144,400,000	Europe

Where the expert rounds come from

Microstates and small island nations are where most people's geography knowledge runs out: Nauru, Tuvalu, Palau, San Marino, Liechtenstein. They are exactly what the Expert difficulty draws on across the games. Start with the expert flag quiz if you want to find your limit quickly.

Smallest countries in the world

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