Smallest countries in the world

Ranked by total area, including lakes and rivers, as published by the United Nations Statistics Division. Where it gives no figure, or a figure for a different territory than our map shows, an official national figure is used; those are listed under the table.

Rank	Country	Capital	Continent	Population, 2023	Area (km²), 2023
1	Vatican City	Vatican City	Europe	496	0.44 (2026)
2	Monaco	Monaco	Europe	38,956	2
3	Nauru	Yaren	Oceania	11,875	21
4	Tuvalu	Funafuti	Oceania	9,816	26
5	San Marino	San Marino	Europe	33,733	61
6	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Europe	39,598	160
7	Marshall Islands	Majuro	Oceania	38,827	181
8	Cook Islands	Avarua	Oceania	14,222	236
9	Niue	Alofi	Oceania	1,817	260
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	North America	46,758	261
11	Maldives	Malé	Asia	525,994	300
12	Malta	Valletta	Europe	532,956	315
13	Grenada	St. George's	North America	117,081	345
14	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	North America	101,323	389
15	Barbados	Bridgetown	North America	282,336	431
16	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	North America	93,316	442
17	Seychelles	Victoria	Africa	127,951	457
18	Palau	Ngerulmud	Oceania	17,727	459
19	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Europe	80,856	468
20	Saint Lucia	Castries	North America	179,285	616
21	Micronesia	Palikir	Oceania	112,630	702
22	Singapore	Singapore	Asia	5,789,090	728
23	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	Oceania	104,597	747
24	Dominica	Roseau	North America	66,510	750
25	Bahrain	Manama	Asia	1,569,666	778
26	Kiribati	South Tarawa	Oceania	132,530	811 (2026)
27	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Africa	230,871	964
28	Comoros	Moroni	Africa	850,387	1,862 (2026)
29	Mauritius	Port Louis	Africa	1,273,588	1,979
30	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Europe	665,098	2,586
31	Samoa	Apia	Oceania	216,663	2,831 (2024)
32	Cape Verde	Praia	Africa	522,331	4,033
33	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	North America	1,502,932	5,127
34	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia	458,949	5,765
35	Palestine	East Jerusalem (proclaimed); Ramallah (seat of government)	Asia	5,409,202	6,025
36	Cyprus	Nicosia	Europe, Asia	1,344,976	9,251
37	Lebanon	Beirut	Asia	5,773,493	10,452
38	Kosovo	Pristina	Europe	1,700,031	10,887 (2022)
39	Jamaica	Kingston	North America	2,839,786	10,990
40	Gambia	Banjul	Africa	2,697,845	11,295
41	Qatar	Doha	Asia	2,979,082	11,627
42	Vanuatu	Port Vila	Oceania	320,409	12,189
43	Montenegro	Podgorica	Europe	633,552	13,812
44	Bahamas	Nassau	North America	399,440	13,940
45	Timor-Leste	Dili	Asia	1,384,286	14,919
46	Eswatini	Mbabane	Africa	1,230,506	17,363
47	Kuwait	Kuwait City	Asia	4,838,782	17,818
48	Fiji	Suva	Oceania	924,145	18,272
49	Slovenia	Ljubljana	Europe	2,118,396	20,273
50	El Salvador	San Salvador	North America	6,309,624	21,041
51	Israel	Jerusalem (status disputed)	Asia	9,256,314	22,072
52	Belize	Belmopan	North America	411,106	22,965
53	Djibouti	Djibouti	Africa	1,152,944	23,200
54	North Macedonia	Skopje	Europe	1,831,802	25,713
55	Rwanda	Kigali	Africa	13,954,471	26,338
56	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	North America	11,637,398	27,750
57	Burundi	Gitega	Africa	13,689,450	27,834
58	Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa	1,847,549	28,052
59	Albania	Tirana	Europe	2,811,655	28,748
60	Solomon Islands	Honiara	Oceania	800,005	28,896
61	Armenia	Yerevan	Asia, Europe	2,943,393	29,743
62	Lesotho	Maseru	Africa	2,311,472	30,355
63	Belgium	Brussels	Europe	11,712,893	30,528
64	Moldova	Chișinău	Europe	3,067,070	33,847
65	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Africa	2,153,339	36,125
66	Taiwan	Taipei	Asia	23,317,145	36,197 (2024)
67	Bhutan	Thimphu	Asia	786,385	38,394
68	Switzerland	Bern	Europe	8,870,561	41,291
69	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Europe	18,122,422	41,865 (2009)
70	Denmark	Copenhagen	Europe	5,948,136	42,938
71	Estonia	Tallinn	Europe	1,367,196	45,261
72	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	North America	11,331,265	48,671
73	Slovakia	Bratislava	Europe	5,518,055	49,035
74	Costa Rica	San José	North America	5,105,525	51,100
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Europe	3,185,073	51,209
76	Croatia	Zagreb	Europe	3,896,023	56,594
77	Togo	Lomé	Africa	9,304,337	56,785
78	Latvia	Riga	Europe	1,882,396	64,594
79	Lithuania	Vilnius	Europe	2,854,099	65,286
80	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia	22,971,617	65,610
81	Georgia	Tbilisi	Asia, Europe	3,807,492	69,700
82	Ireland	Dublin	Europe	5,196,630	69,825
83	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Asia	10,642,081	71,024
84	Sierra Leone	Freetown	Africa	8,460,512	72,300
85	Panama	Panama City	North America	4,458,759	75,320
86	Serbia	Belgrade	Europe	6,773,201	77,474 (2005)
87	Czechia	Prague	Europe	10,809,716	78,871
88	Austria	Vienna	Europe	9,130,429	83,878
89	Azerbaijan	Baku	Asia, Europe	10,318,207	86,600
90	Jordan	Amman	Asia	11,439,213	89,318
91	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe	10,430,738	92,226
92	Hungary	Budapest	Europe	9,686,463	93,023
93	South Korea	Seoul	Asia	51,748,739	100,401
94	Iceland	Reykjavík	Europe	387,558	103,000
95	Guatemala	Guatemala City	North America	18,124,838	108,889
96	Cuba	Havana	North America	11,019,931	109,884
97	Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe	6,795,803	110,372
98	Liberia	Monrovia	Africa	5,493,031	111,369
99	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	North America	10,644,851	112,492
100	Benin	Porto-Novo	Africa	14,111,034	114,763
101	Malawi	Lilongwe	Africa	21,104,482	117,726
102	North Korea	Pyongyang	Asia	26,418,204	120,538
103	Eritrea	Asmara	Africa	3,470,390	121,144
104	Nicaragua	Managua	North America	6,823,613	130,374
105	Greece	Athens	Europe	10,242,908	131,957
106	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Asia	10,389,799	141,400
107	Nepal	Kathmandu	Asia	29,694,614	147,181
108	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Asia	171,466,990	148,460
109	Tunisia	Tunis	Africa	12,200,431	163,610
110	Suriname	Paramaribo	South America	628,886	163,820
111	Uruguay	Montevideo	South America	3,388,081	173,626
112	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Asia	17,423,880	181,035
113	Syria	Damascus	Asia	23,594,623	185,180
114	Senegal	Dakar	Africa	18,077,573	196,712
115	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Asia	7,073,516	199,949
116	Belarus	Minsk	Europe	9,115,680	207,600
117	Guyana	Georgetown	South America	826,353	214,969
118	Laos	Vientiane	Asia	7,664,993	236,800
119	Romania	Bucharest	Europe	19,118,479	238,391
120	Ghana	Accra	Africa	33,787,914	238,537
121	Uganda	Kampala	Africa	48,656,601	241,550
122	United Kingdom	London	Europe	68,682,962	242,495
123	Guinea	Conakry	Africa	14,405,468	245,836
124	Ecuador	Quito	South America	17,980,083	257,217
125	Gabon	Libreville	Africa	2,484,789	267,668
126	New Zealand	Wellington	Oceania	5,172,836	268,107
127	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Africa	23,025,776	274,200
128	Philippines	Manila	Asia	114,891,199	300,000
129	Italy	Rome	Europe	59,499,453	302,068
130	Oman	Muscat	Asia	5,049,269	309,980
131	Poland	Warsaw	Europe	38,762,844	312,679
132	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Africa	31,165,654	322,462
133	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia	35,126,298	330,621
134	Vietnam	Hanoi	Asia	100,352,192	331,317
135	Finland	Helsinki	Europe	5,601,185	336,884
136	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Africa	6,182,885	342,000
137	Germany	Berlin	Europe	84,548,231	357,581
138	Japan	Tokyo	Asia	124,370,947	377,930
139	Norway	Oslo	Europe	5,519,167	384,483 (2026)
140	Zimbabwe	Harare	Africa	16,340,822	390,757
141	Paraguay	Asunción	South America	6,844,146	406,752
142	Iraq	Baghdad	Asia	45,074,049	435,052
143	Sweden	Stockholm	Europe	10,551,494	438,574
144	Morocco	Rabat	Africa	37,712,505	446,550
145	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Asia	35,652,307	448,969
146	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Oceania	10,389,635	462,840
147	Cameroon	Yaoundé	Africa	28,372,687	475,650
148	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Asia	7,364,438	488,100
149	Spain	Madrid	Europe	47,911,579	506,008
150	Thailand	Bangkok	Asia	71,702,435	513,140
151	Yemen	Sanaa	Asia	39,390,799	527,968
152	Botswana	Gaborone	Africa	2,480,244	582,000
153	Madagascar	Antananarivo	Africa	31,195,932	587,041
154	Kenya	Nairobi	Africa	55,339,003	591,958
155	Ukraine	Kyiv	Europe	37,732,836	603,500
156	Central African Republic	Bangui	Africa	5,152,421	622,984
157	France	Paris	Europe	68,655,641	633,109 (2021)
158	Somalia	Mogadishu	Africa	18,358,615	637,657
159	South Sudan	Juba	Africa	11,483,374	644,329 (2025)
160	Afghanistan	Kabul	Asia	41,454,761	652,864
161	Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Asia	54,133,798	676,577
162	Zambia	Lusaka	Africa	20,723,965	752,612
163	Chile	Santiago	South America	19,658,835	756,102
164	Turkey	Ankara	Asia, Europe	87,270,501	783,562
165	Pakistan	Islamabad	Asia	247,504,495	796,095
166	Mozambique	Maputo	Africa	33,635,160	799,380
167	Namibia	Windhoek	Africa	2,963,095	825,229
168	Nigeria	Abuja	Africa	227,882,945	923,768
169	Venezuela	Caracas	South America	28,300,854	929,690
170	Tanzania	Dodoma	Africa	66,617,606	947,303
171	Egypt	Cairo	Africa	114,535,772	1,002,000
172	Mauritania	Nouakchott	Africa	5,022,441	1,030,700
173	Bolivia	Sucre	South America	12,244,159	1,098,581
174	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Africa	128,691,692	1,104,300
175	Colombia	Bogotá	South America	52,321,152	1,141,748
176	South Africa	Pretoria	Africa	63,212,384	1,221,037
177	Mali	Bamako	Africa	23,769,127	1,240,192
178	Angola	Luanda	Africa	36,749,906	1,246,700
179	Niger	Niamey	Africa	26,159,867	1,267,000
180	Chad	N'Djamena	Africa	19,319,064	1,284,000
181	Peru	Lima	South America	33,845,617	1,285,216
182	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Asia	3,431,932	1,564,116
183	Iran	Tehran	Asia	90,608,707	1,630,848
184	Libya	Tripoli	Africa	7,305,659	1,676,198
185	Sudan	Khartoum	Africa	50,042,791	1,886,068 (2017)
186	Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia	281,190,067	1,910,931
187	Mexico	Mexico City	North America	129,739,759	1,964,375
188	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Asia	33,264,292	2,206,714
189	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	Africa	105,789,731	2,345,410
190	Algeria	Algiers	Africa	46,164,219	2,381,741
191	Kazakhstan	Astana	Asia	20,330,104	2,724,902
192	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	45,538,401	2,796,427
193	India	New Delhi	Asia	1,438,069,596	3,287,263
194	Australia	Canberra	Oceania	26,451,124	7,692,024
195	Brazil	Brasília	South America	211,140,729	8,515,767
196	China	Beijing	Asia	1,422,584,933	9,600,000
197	United States	Washington, D.C.	North America	343,477,335	9,833,517
198	Canada	Ottawa	North America	39,299,105	9,984,670
199	Russia	Moscow	Europe, Asia	145,440,500	17,098,246

Other sources

Vatican City: Official surface area, va
Kiribati: Australian Government, Pacific Australia Labour Mobility
Comoros: French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Samoa: Central Bank of Samoa
Kosovo: Official surface area, xk
Taiwan: Official surface area, tw
Netherlands: CBS, European Netherlands plus Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius, curated sum
Serbia: Statistical Office of Serbia
Norway: Statistics Norway
France: DGCL, Les budgets primitifs 2021 des régions, geographical indicators from INSEE
South Sudan: South Sudan Ministry of Health
Sudan: United Nations Development Programme

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