Curated list · 2026
Smallest countries in the world
Ranked by land area, smallest first.
This ranking orders sovereign states by the smallest land area, using GeoNames data. Vatican City is the smallest of all, followed by Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu and San Marino, with several tiny island and city-states filling out the list. For a nomad these micro-states are curiosities more than relocation targets, since most have limited housing, high costs or very restrictive residence rules.
| # | Country | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vatican City * | 0.44 km² |
| 2 |  Monaco | 1 km² |
| 3 |  Gibraltar | 6 km² |
| 4 |  Bermuda | 53 km² |
| 5 |  San Marino | 61 km² |
| 6 |  Guernsey | 78 km² |
| 7 |  Anguilla | 102 km² |
| 8 |  Jersey | 116 km² |
| 9 |  British Virgin Islands | 153 km² |
| 10 |  Liechtenstein | 160 km² |
| 11 |  Aruba | 193 km² |
| 12 |  Macau | 254 km² |
| 13 |  St Kitts and Nevis | 261 km² |
| 14 |  Cayman Islands | 262 km² |
| 15 |  Maldives | 300 km² |
| 16 |  Malta | 316 km² |
| 17 |  Grenada | 344 km² |
| 18 |  Turks and Caicos | 430 km² |
| 19 |  Barbados | 431 km² |
| 20 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 443 km² |
| 21 |  Curaçao | 444 km² |
| 22 |  Seychelles | 455 km² |
| 23 |  Palau | 458 km² |
| 24 |  Andorra | 468 km² |
| 25 |  Isle of Man | 572 km² |
| 26 |  Saint Lucia | 616 km² |
| 27 |  Bahrain | 665 km² |
| 28 |  Singapore | 692 km² |
| 29 |  Tonga | 748 km² |
| 30 |  Dominica | 754 km² |
| 31 |  Hong Kong | 1,092 km² |
| 32 |  Mauritius | 2,040 km² |
| 33 |  Luxembourg | 2,586 km² |
| 34 |  Samoa | 2,944 km² |
| 35 |  Cape Verde | 4,033 km² |
| 36 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 km² |
| 37 |  Brunei | 5,770 km² |
| 38 |  Puerto Rico | 9,104 km² |
| 39 |  Cyprus | 9,250 km² |
| 40 |  Lebanon | 10,400 km² |
| 41 |  Kosovo | 10,908 km² |
| 42 |  Jamaica | 10,991 km² |
| 43 |  Gambia | 11,300 km² |
| 44 |  Qatar | 11,437 km² |
| 45 |  Vanuatu | 12,200 km² |
| 46 |  Bahamas | 13,940 km² |
| 47 |  Montenegro | 14,026 km² |
| 48 |  Timor-Leste | 15,007 km² |
| 49 |  Eswatini | 17,363 km² |
| 50 |  Kuwait | 17,820 km² |
| 51 |  Fiji | 18,270 km² |
| 52 |  Slovenia | 20,273 km² |
| 53 |  Israel | 20,770 km² |
| 54 |  El Salvador | 21,040 km² |
| 55 |  Belize | 22,966 km² |
| 56 |  Djibouti | 23,000 km² |
| 57 |  North Macedonia | 25,333 km² |
| 58 |  Rwanda | 26,338 km² |
| 59 |  Burundi | 27,830 km² |
| 60 |  Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 km² |
| 61 |  Albania | 28,748 km² |
| 62 |  Armenia | 29,800 km² |
| 63 |  Lesotho | 30,355 km² |
| 64 |  Belgium | 30,510 km² |
| 65 |  Moldova | 33,843 km² |
| 66 |  Taiwan | 35,980 km² |
| 67 |  Guinea-Bissau | 36,120 km² |
| 68 |  Switzerland | 41,290 km² |
| 69 |  Netherlands | 41,526 km² |
| 70 |  Denmark | 43,094 km² |
| 71 |  Estonia | 45,226 km² |
| 72 |  Bhutan | 47,000 km² |
| 73 |  Dominican Republic | 48,730 km² |
| 74 |  Slovakia | 48,845 km² |
| 75 |  Costa Rica | 51,100 km² |
| 76 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,129 km² |
| 77 |  Croatia | 56,542 km² |
| 78 |  Togo | 56,785 km² |
| 79 |  Latvia | 64,589 km² |
| 80 |  Lithuania | 65,200 km² |
| 81 |  Sri Lanka | 65,610 km² |
| 82 |  Georgia | 69,700 km² |
| 83 |  Ireland | 70,280 km² |
| 84 |  Sierra Leone | 71,740 km² |
| 85 |  Panama | 78,200 km² |
| 86 |  Czech Republic | 78,866 km² |
| 87 |  United Arab Emirates | 82,880 km² |
| 88 |  Austria | 83,858 km² |
| 89 |  Azerbaijan | 86,600 km² |
| 90 |  Serbia | 88,361 km² |
| 91 |  Jordan | 92,300 km² |
| 92 |  Portugal | 92,391 km² |
| 93 |  Hungary | 93,030 km² |
| 94 |  South Korea | 98,480 km² |
| 95 |  Iceland | 103,000 km² |
| 96 |  Guatemala | 108,890 km² |
| 97 |  Cuba | 110,860 km² |
| 98 |  Bulgaria | 110,910 km² |
| 99 |  Liberia | 111,370 km² |
| 100 |  Honduras | 112,090 km² |
| 101 |  Benin | 112,620 km² |
| 102 |  Malawi | 118,480 km² |
| 103 |  Eritrea | 121,320 km² |
| 104 |  Nicaragua | 129,494 km² |
| 105 |  Greece | 131,940 km² |
| 106 |  Nepal | 140,800 km² |
| 107 |  Tajikistan | 143,100 km² |
| 108 |  Bangladesh | 144,000 km² |
| 109 |  Suriname | 163,270 km² |
| 110 |  Tunisia | 163,610 km² |
| 111 |  Uruguay | 176,220 km² |
| 112 |  Cambodia | 181,040 km² |
| 113 |  Senegal | 196,190 km² |
| 114 |  Kyrgyzstan | 198,500 km² |
| 115 |  Belarus | 207,600 km² |
| 116 |  Oman | 212,460 km² |
| 117 |  Guyana | 214,970 km² |
| 118 |  Uganda | 236,040 km² |
| 119 |  Laos | 236,800 km² |
| 120 |  Romania | 237,500 km² |
| 121 |  Ghana | 239,460 km² |
| 122 |  United Kingdom | 244,820 km² |
| 123 |  Guinea | 245,857 km² |
| 124 |  Gabon | 267,667 km² |
| 125 |  New Zealand | 268,680 km² |
| 126 |  Burkina Faso | 274,200 km² |
| 127 |  Ecuador | 283,560 km² |
| 128 |  Philippines | 300,000 km² |
| 129 |  Italy | 301,230 km² |
| 130 |  Poland | 312,685 km² |
| 131 |  Ivory Coast | 322,460 km² |
| 132 |  Norway | 324,220 km² |
| 133 |  Vietnam | 329,560 km² |
| 134 |  Malaysia | 329,750 km² |
| 135 |  Finland | 337,030 km² |
| 136 |  Republic of the Congo | 342,000 km² |
| 137 |  Germany | 357,021 km² |
| 138 |  Japan | 377,835 km² |
| 139 |  Zimbabwe | 390,580 km² |
| 140 |  Paraguay | 406,750 km² |
| 141 |  Iraq | 437,072 km² |
| 142 |  Morocco | 446,550 km² |
| 143 |  Uzbekistan | 447,400 km² |
| 144 |  Sweden | 449,964 km² |
| 145 |  Papua New Guinea | 462,840 km² |
| 146 |  Cameroon | 475,440 km² |
| 147 |  Turkmenistan | 488,100 km² |
| 148 |  Spain | 504,782 km² |
| 149 |  Thailand | 514,000 km² |
| 150 |  France | 547,030 km² |
| 151 |  Kenya | 582,650 km² |
| 152 |  Madagascar | 587,040 km² |
| 153 |  Botswana | 600,370 km² |
| 154 |  Ukraine | 603,700 km² |
| 155 |  Central African Republic | 622,984 km² |
| 156 |  Somalia | 637,657 km² |
| 157 |  South Sudan | 644,329 km² |
| 158 |  Afghanistan | 647,500 km² |
| 159 |  Myanmar | 678,500 km² |
| 160 |  Zambia | 752,614 km² |
| 161 |  Chile | 756,950 km² |
| 162 |  Turkey | 780,580 km² |
| 163 |  Mozambique | 801,590 km² |
| 164 |  Pakistan | 803,940 km² |
| 165 |  Namibia | 825,418 km² |
| 166 |  Venezuela | 912,050 km² |
| 167 |  Nigeria | 923,768 km² |
| 168 |  Tanzania | 945,087 km² |
| 169 |  Egypt | 1,001,450 km² |
| 170 |  Mauritania | 1,030,700 km² |
| 171 |  Bolivia | 1,098,580 km² |
| 172 |  Ethiopia | 1,127,127 km² |
| 173 |  Colombia | 1,138,910 km² |
| 174 |  South Africa | 1,219,912 km² |
| 175 |  Mali | 1,240,000 km² |
| 176 |  Angola | 1,246,700 km² |
| 177 |  Niger | 1,267,000 km² |
| 178 |  Chad | 1,284,000 km² |
| 179 |  Peru | 1,285,220 km² |
| 180 |  Mongolia | 1,565,000 km² |
| 181 |  Iran | 1,648,000 km² |
| 182 |  Libya | 1,759,540 km² |
| 183 |  Sudan | 1,861,484 km² |
| 184 |  Indonesia | 1,919,440 km² |
| 185 |  Saudi Arabia | 1,960,582 km² |
| 186 |  Mexico | 1,972,550 km² |
| 187 |  DR Congo | 2,345,410 km² |
| 188 |  Algeria | 2,381,740 km² |
| 189 |  Kazakhstan | 2,717,300 km² |
| 190 |  Argentina | 2,766,890 km² |
| 191 |  India | 3,287,590 km² |
| 192 |  Australia | 7,686,850 km² |
| 193 |  Brazil | 8,511,965 km² |
| 194 |  China | 9,596,960 km² |
| 195 |  United States | 9,629,091 km² |
| 196 |  Canada | 9,984,670 km² |
| 197 |  Russia | 17,100,000 km² |
* Residence is not obtainable by ordinary applicants (for example, the Vatican grants residency only to clergy and Holy See employees).
Source: Land area, GeoNames.
Frequently asked questions
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City is the smallest sovereign state, covering about 0.49 square kilometers, an enclave inside Rome. It has a population of only a few hundred. Monaco is the second smallest at roughly 2 square kilometers.
What are the five smallest countries in the world?
The five smallest countries by area are Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu and San Marino. All are microstates, either city-states in Europe or small Pacific islands. Despite their size, each is a fully recognized sovereign nation.
Is Vatican City a country?
Yes. Vatican City is an independent sovereign state established by the 1929 Lateran Treaty, with its own government, passports and diplomatic relations. It is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church and is led by the Pope. Its tiny size does not affect its legal status as a country.
What is the smallest country by population?
Vatican City also has the smallest population, with only around 500 to 800 residents. Among more conventional states, Nauru and Tuvalu have the smallest populations, each with roughly 10,000 to 11,000 people. Small area and small population often, but not always, go together.