Top 100 smallest countries by area

Top 100 smallest countries by area


This is a list of the world’s countries and their dependent territories by area, ranked by total area…Along with the big countries, there are many small independent states, and some are so tiny that they are called microstates. Here are Top 10 Best Currencies in Africa you might love checking out!!

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The smallest one of them is the Vatican City (Holy See), it actually occupies only an old quarter with a few buildings and parks in the center of Rome (Italy). Perhaps it is the most unusual country with own government, army, diplomatic missions, but without permanent native population (the citizenship is granted only to persons who work in the Vatican and its missions abroad).

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Note that the list includes only officially recognized independent states, and excludes dependent territories. For example, you cannot find here the Puerto Rico (it is a part of the USA), and also the Bermuda (it is the British overseas territory).

List of the 100 smallest countries by total area (land and water surface)
RankCountryTotal Area sq. km (sq. mi)ContinentBordering countries by land
1Vatican City0.44 (0.17)EuropeItaly
2Monaco2.02 (0.78)EuropeFrance
3Nauru21 (8.1)Australia and Oceania
4Tuvalu26 (10)Australia and Oceania
5San Marino61 (24)EuropeItaly
6Liechtenstein160 (62)EuropeAustria, Switzerland
7Marshall Islands181 (70)Australia and Oceania
8Saint Kitts and Nevis269 (104)North America
9Maldives300 (116)Asia
10Malta316 (122)Europe
11Grenada344 (133)North America
12Saint Vincent and the Grenadines389 (150)North America
13Barbados430 (170)North America
14Antigua and Barbuda442 (171)North America
15Seychelles455 (176)Africa
16Palau460 (178)Australia and Oceania
17Andorra468 (181)EuropeFrance, Spain
18Saint Lucia616 (238)North America
19Micronesia702 (271)Australia and Oceania
20Singapore719.1 (277.6)Asia
21Tonga747 (288)Australia and Oceania
22Dominica751 (290)North America
23Bahrain780 (301)Asia
24Kiribati811 (313)Australia and Oceania
25Sao Tome and Principe1,001 (386)Africa
26Mauritius2,040 (788)Africa
27Comoros2,235 (863)Africa
28Luxembourg2,586 (998)EuropeBelgium, France, Germany
29Samoa2,842 (1,097)Australia and Oceania
30Cabo Verde4,033 (1,557)Africa
31Trinidad and Tobago5,131 (1,981)North America
32Brunei5,765 (2,226)AsiaMalaysia
33Palestine6,220 (2,402)AsiaEgypt, Israel, Jordan
34Cyprus9,250 (3,571)EuropeUnited Kingdom (Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
35Lebanon10,452 (4,036)AsiaIsrael, Syria
36Kosovo10,887 (4,203)EuropeAlbania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
37Jamaica10,991 (4,244)North America
38Gambia11,295 (4,361)AfricaSenegal
39Qatar11,586 (4,473)AsiaSaudi Arabia
40Vanuatu12,189 (4,706)Australia and Oceania
41Montenegro13,812 (5,333)EuropeAlbania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia
42Bahamas13,878 (5,358)North America
43Timor-Leste14,874 (5,743)AsiaIndonesia
44Eswatini17,364 (6,704)AfricaMozambique, South Africa
45Kuwait17,818 (6,880)AsiaIraq, Saudi Arabia
46Fiji18,274 (7,056)Australia and Oceania
47Slovenia20,273 (7,827)EuropeAustria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy
48Israel20,770 (8,019)AsiaEgypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank), Syria
49El Salvador21,041 (8,124)North AmericaGuatemala, Honduras
50Belize22,966 (8,867)North AmericaGuatemala, Mexico
51Djibouti23,200 (8,958)AfricaEritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
52North Macedonia25,713 (9,928)EuropeAlbania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Serbia
53Rwanda26,338 (10,169)AfricaBurundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda
54Haiti27,750 (10,714)North AmericaDominican Republic
55Burundi27,830 (10,745)AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania
56Equatorial Guinea28,051 (10,831)AfricaCameroon, Gabon
57Albania28,748 (11,100)EuropeGreece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro
58Solomon Islands28,896 (11,157)Australia and Oceania
59Armenia29,743 (11,484)EuropeAzerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey
60Lesotho30,355 (11,720)AfricaSouth Africa
61Belgium30,528 (11,787)EuropeFrance, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
62Moldova33,843 (13,067)EuropeRomania, Ukraine
63Taiwan36,000 (13,900)Asia
64Guinea-Bissau36,125 (13,948)AfricaGuinea, Senegal
65Bhutan38,394 (14,824)AsiaChina, India
66Switzerland41,285 (15,940)EuropeAustria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany
67Netherlands(incl. overseas territories)42,199 (16,293)EuropeBelgium, Germany. France borders with the overseas territory of Netherlands in North America (Sint Maarten).
68Estonia45,227 (17,462)EuropeLatvia, Russia
69Dominican Republic48,670 (18,792)North AmericaHaiti
70Slovakia49,036 (18,933)EuropeAustria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine
71Costa Rica51,100 (19,730)North AmericaNicaragua, Panama
72Bosnia and Herzegovina51,209 (19,772)EuropeCroatia, Montenegro, Serbia
73Croatia56,594 (21,851)EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
74Togo56,785 (21,925)AfricaBenin, Burkina Faso, Ghana
75Latvia64,589 (24,938)EuropeBelarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia
76Lithuania65,300 (25,212)EuropeBelarus, Latvia, Poland, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)
77Sri Lanka65,610 (25,332)Asia
78Georgia69,700 (26,911)Asia / EuropeArmenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey
79Ireland70,282 (27,136)EuropeUnited Kingdom
80Sierra Leone71,740 (27,699)AfricaGuinea, Liberia
81Panama75,420 (29,120)North AmericaColombia, Costa Rica
82Serbia77,474 (29,913)EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania
83Czechia78,867 (30,451)EuropeAustria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
84United Arab Emirates83,600 (32,278)AsiaOman, Saudi Arabia
85Austria83,879 (32,386)EuropeCzechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland
86Azerbaijan86,600 (33,436)Asia / EuropeArmenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey
87Jordan89,342 (34,495)AsiaIraq, Israel, Palestine (West Bank), Saudi Arabia, Syria
88Portugal92,220 (35,606)EuropeSpain
89Hungary93,028 (35,918)EuropeAustria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
90South Korea100,266 (38,713)AsiaNorth Korea
91Iceland103,000 (38,768)Europe
92Guatemala108,889 (42,042)North AmericaBelize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico
93Cuba109,880 (42,425)North America
94Bulgaria110,879 (42,811)EuropeGreece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
95Liberia111,369 (43,000)AfricaCote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone
96Honduras112,090 (43,278)North AmericaEl Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragu
97Benin114,763 (44,310)AfricaBurkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo
98Eritrea117,600 (45,406)AfricaDjibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan
99Malawi118,484 (45,747)AfricaMozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
100North Korea120,540 (46,541)AsiaChina, South Korea, Russia

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