Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Which is the smallest country in the world?

VATICAN CITY

The Vatican City

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. Which is located in Rome, Italy. It is the smallest independent state in the world. 

The area of ​​Vatican City is only 110 acres. The population of the country is only 1 thousand. 

The Pope is called Pope Vatican's' ceremonial chief. Although small as a country, St. Peter's Basilica, the world's largest church, is located in the Vatican. 

In this small country, about Four million visitors arrive annually. Vatican City received the status of an independent state on 11 February 1929. 

Vatican City declared the UN a "World Historic Site" in 1984.

Citizenship in the country is not based on birth but granted only to those who reside in the Vatican because of their work or office. Cardinals who live in Vatican City or Rome, as well as diplomats of the Holy See, are also considered citizens.

8 Important Things to Know Before Visiting the Vatican

  1. Know the Dress Code. You don't have to wear your Sunday best when visiting the Vatican, but you still need to be mindful of what clothes you bring with you. 
  2. Rules of Photography. 
  3. Plan Ahead. 
  4. Join a Guided Tour. 
  5. Skip the Lines. 
  6. Wave to the Pope.
  7. Take Enough Time. 
  8. Choose Your Main Attraction.

There is no fee to enter Vatican City. You may walk around St. Peter's Square and enter St. Peter's Basilica for free but have to pay to visit the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel. Most guided tours consist primarily of a visit inside the Vatican Museums and always include the Sistine Chapel.

Top 10 Smallest Countries in the World (by Total Area in km²/mi²)

The smallest country in the world in terms of population is Vatican City, which has approximately 800 citizens.

Vatican City is not only the smallest country in the world by area, but it also has the least residents and is the smallest by population. It is the smallest sovereign state in the world. About 450 people have Vatican citizenship. 

The 10 most small country according to the land area in the world is as below:

  1. Vatican City — 0.49 km²/0.17 mi²
  2. Monaco — 2 km²/0.78 mi²
  3. Nauru — 20 km²/8.1 mi²
  4. Tuvalu — 30 km²/11.6 mi²
  5. San Marino — 60 km²/24 mi²
  6. Liechtenstein — 160 km²/62 mi²
  7. Marshall Islands — 180 km²/70 mi²
  8. Saint Kitts and Nevis — 260 km²/101 mi²
  9. Maldives — 300 km²/116 mi²
  10. Malta — 320 km²/122 mi².
The list of the smallest country in the world is as below for further reference:

CountryArea (km²) 2023 Population
Vatican City< 1518
Monaco236,297
Gibraltar732,688
Tokelau121,893
Nauru2112,780
Saint Barthelemy2110,994
Tuvalu2611,396
Macau33704,149
Sint Maarten3444,222
Saint Martin5332,077
Bermuda5464,069
San Marino6133,642
Guernsey7863,544
Anguilla9115,899
Montserrat1024,386
Jersey116111,802
British Virgin Islands15131,538
Liechtenstein16039,584
Aruba180106,277
Marshall Islands18141,996
American Samoa19943,914
Cook Islands24017,044
Saint Pierre And Miquelon2425,840
Saint Kitts And Nevis26147,755
Niue2611,935
Cayman Islands26469,310
Wallis And Futuna27411,502
Maldives300521,021
Malta316535,064
Grenada344126,183
United States Virgin Islands34798,750
Mayotte374335,995
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines389103,698
Barbados430281,995
Antigua And Barbuda44294,298
Curacao444192,077
Seychelles452107,660
Palau45918,058
Northern Mariana Islands46449,796
Andorra46880,088
Guam549172,952
Isle Of Man57284,710
Saint Lucia616180,251
Micronesia702115,224
Singapore7106,014,723
Tonga747107,773
Dominica75173,040
Bahrain7651,485,509
Kiribati811133,515
Turks And Caicos Islands94846,062
Sao Tome And Principe964231,856
Hong Kong1.1K7,491,609
Martinique1.1K366,981
Faroe Islands1.4K53,270
Guadeloupe1.6K395,839
Comoros1.9K852,075
Mauritius2K1,300,557
Reunion2.5K981,796
Luxembourg2.6K654,768
Samoa2.8K225,681
Cape Verde4K598,682
French Polynesia4.2K308,872
Trinidad And Tobago5.1K1,534,937
Brunei5.8K452,524
Palestine6.2K5,371,230
Puerto Rico8.9K3,260,314
Cyprus9.3K1,260,138
Lebanon10.5K5,353,930
Gambia10.7K2,773,168
Jamaica11K2,825,544
Qatar11.6K2,716,391
Falkland Islands12.2K3,791
Vanuatu12.2K334,506
Montenegro13.8K626,485
Bahamas13.9K412,623
Timor Leste14.9K1,360,596
Eswatini17.4K1,210,822
Kuwait17.8K4,310,108
Fiji18.3K936,375
New Caledonia18.6K292,991
Slovenia20.3K2,119,675
Israel20.8K9,174,520
El Salvador21K6,364,943
Belize23K410,825
Djibouti23.2K1,136,455
North Macedonia25.7K2,085,679
Rwanda26.3K14,094,683
Haiti27.8K11,724,763
Burundi27.8K13,238,559
Equatorial Guinea28.1K1,714,671
Albania28.7K2,832,439
Solomon Islands28.9K740,424
Armenia29.7K2,777,970
Lesotho30.4K2,330,318
Belgium30.5K11,686,140
Moldova33.8K3,435,931
Guinea Bissau36.1K2,150,842
Taiwan36.2K23,923,276
Bhutan38.4K787,424
Switzerland41.3K8,796,669
Netherlands41.9K17,618,299
Denmark43.1K5,910,913
Estonia45.2K1,322,765
Dominican Republic48.7K11,332,972
Slovakia49K5,795,199
Costa Rica51.1K5,212,173
Bosnia And Herzegovina51.2K3,210,847
Croatia56.6K4,008,617
Togo56.8K9,053,799
Latvia64.6K1,830,211
Lithuania65.3K2,718,352
Sri Lanka65.6K21,893,579
Georgia69.7K3,728,282
Ireland70.3K5,056,935
Sierra Leone71.7K8,791,092
Panama75.4K4,468,087
Czech Republic78.9K10,495,295
French Guiana83.5K312,155
United Arab Emirates83.6K9,516,871
Austria83.9K8,958,960
Azerbaijan86.6K10,412,651
Serbia88.4K7,149,077
Jordan89.3K11,337,052
Portugal92.1K10,247,605
Hungary93K10,156,239
South Korea100.2K51,784,059
Iceland103K375,318
Guatemala108.9K18,092,026
Cuba109.9K11,194,449
Bulgaria110.9K6,687,717
Liberia111.4K5,418,377
Honduras112.5K10,593,798
Benin112.6K13,712,828
Eritrea117.6K3,748,901
Malawi118.5K20,931,751
North Korea120.5K26,160,821
Nicaragua130.4K7,046,310
Greece132K10,341,277
Tajikistan143.1K10,143,543
Nepal147.2K30,896,590
Bangladesh147.6K172,954,319
Tunisia163.6K12,458,223
Suriname163.8K623,236
Uruguay181K3,423,108
Cambodia181K16,944,826
Syria185.2K23,227,014
Senegal196.7K17,763,163
Kyrgyzstan200K6,735,347
Belarus207.6K9,498,238
Guyana215K813,834
Laos236.8K7,633,779
Romania238.4K19,892,812
Ghana238.5K34,121,985
Uganda241.6K48,582,334
United Kingdom242.9K67,736,802
Guinea245.9K14,190,612
Western Sahara266K587,259
Gabon267.7K2,436,566
New Zealand270.5K5,228,100
Burkina Faso273K23,251,485
Ecuador276.8K18,190,484
Italy301.3K58,870,762
Oman309.5K4,644,384
Poland312.7K41,026,067
Ivory Coast322.5K28,873,034
Norway323.8K5,474,360
Malaysia330.8K34,308,525
Vietnam331.2K98,858,950
Finland338.4K5,545,475
Republic Of The Congo342K6,106,869
Philippines342.4K117,337,368
Germany357.1K83,294,633
Japan377.9K123,294,513
Zimbabwe390.8K16,665,409
Paraguay406.8K6,861,524
Iraq438.3K45,504,560
Morocco446.6K37,840,044
Uzbekistan447.4K35,163,944
Sweden450.3K10,612,086
Papua New Guinea462.8K10,329,931
Cameroon475.4K28,647,293
Turkmenistan488.1K6,516,100
Spain506K47,519,628
Thailand513.1K71,801,279
Yemen528K34,449,825
France551.7K64,756,584
Kenya580.4K55,100,586
Botswana582K2,675,352
Madagascar587K30,325,732
Ukraine603.5K36,744,634
South Sudan619.7K11,088,796
Central African Republic623K5,742,315
Somalia637.7K18,143,378
Afghanistan652.2K42,239,854
Myanmar676.6K54,577,997
Zambia752.6K20,569,737
Chile756.1K19,629,590
Turkey783.6K85,816,199
Mozambique801.6K33,897,354
Namibia825.6K2,604,172
Pakistan881.9K240,485,658
Venezuela916.4K28,838,499
Nigeria923.8K223,804,632
Tanzania945.1K67,438,106
Egypt1M112,716,598
Mauritania1M4,862,989
Bolivia1.1M12,388,571
Ethiopia1.1M126,527,060
Colombia1.1M52,085,168
South Africa1.2M60,414,495
Mali1.2M23,293,698
Angola1.2M36,684,202
Niger1.3M27,202,843
Chad1.3M18,278,568
Peru1.3M34,352,719
Mongolia1.6M3,447,157
Iran1.6M89,172,767
Libya1.8M6,888,388
Sudan1.9M48,109,006
Indonesia1.9M277,534,122
Mexico2M128,455,567
Saudi Arabia2.1M36,947,025
Greenland2.2M56,643
Dr Congo2.3M102,262,808
Algeria2.4M45,606,480
Kazakhstan2.7M19,606,633
Argentina2.8M45,773,884
India3.3M1,428,627,663
Australia7.7M26,439,111
Brazil8.5M216,422,446
United States9.4M339,996,563
China9.7M1,425,671,352
Canada10M38,781,291
Russia17.1M144,444,359


Facts about Country

The three largest sovereign countries by surface area are Russia, Canada, and the United States. Together they occupy roughly a quarter of Earth's landmass.

The three smallest countries in the world are Vatican City, an enclave within Rome, Italy. Monaco, a principality on the Mediterranean coast and an enclave within Southern France, and Nauru, an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.




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