Smallest Countries in the World by Area (2026)

The smallest country in the world by area is Vatican City at just 0.49 km². Many of the world's smallest countries are island nations or European microstates. Here are all 250 countries ranked from smallest to largest.

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	Vatican City	882	0.49	Vatican City	Europe
2	Monaco	38,631	2.02	Monaco	Europe
3	Gibraltar	39,329	6	Gibraltar	Europe
4	Tokelau	2,608	12	Fakaofo	Oceania
5	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	593	14	West Island	Oceania
6	Nauru	11,947	21	Yaren	Oceania
7	Saint Barthélemy	10,562	21	Gustavia	Americas
8	Tuvalu	9,646	26	Funafuti	Oceania
9	Macau	687,000	30	N/A	Asia
10	Sint Maarten	43,350	34	Philipsburg	Americas
11	United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	34.2	Washington DC	Americas
12	Norfolk Island	2,188	36	Kingston	Oceania
13	Pitcairn Islands	35	47	Adamstown	Oceania
14	Bouvet Island	0	49	N/A	Antarctic
15	Saint Martin	26,129	53	Marigot	Americas
16	Bermuda	64,636	54	Hamilton	Americas
17	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	60	Diego Garcia	Africa
18	San Marino	33,977	61	City of San Marino	Europe
19	Guernsey	64,781	78	St. Peter Port	Europe
20	Anguilla	16,010	91	The Valley	Americas
21	Montserrat	4,386	102	Plymouth	Americas
22	Jersey	103,267	116	Saint Helier	Europe
23	Christmas Island	1,692	135	Flying Fish Cove	Oceania
24	Wallis and Futuna	11,620	142	Mata-Utu	Oceania
25	British Virgin Islands	39,471	151	Road Town	Americas
26	Liechtenstein	40,450	160	Vaduz	Europe
27	Aruba	107,995	180	Oranjestad	Americas
28	Marshall Islands	37,548	181	Majuro	Oceania
29	American Samoa	46,765	199	Pago Pago	Oceania
30	Cook Islands	15,040	236	Avarua	Oceania
31	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,819	242	Saint-Pierre	Americas
32	Niue	1,681	260	Alofi	Oceania
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,843	261	Basseterre	Americas
34	Cayman Islands	74,457	264	George Town	Americas
35	Maldives	527,799	300	Malé	Asia
36	Malta	568,847	316	Valletta	Europe
37	Caribbean Netherlands	31,980	328	Kralendijk	Americas
38	Grenada	117,207	344	St. George's	Americas
39	United States Virgin Islands	104,377	347	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
40	Mayotte	320,901	374	Mamoudzou	Africa
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,616	389	Kingstown	Americas
42	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	5,651	394	Jamestown	Africa
43	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	412	N/A	Antarctic
44	Barbados	282,467	430	Bridgetown	Americas
45	Antigua and Barbuda	93,772	442	Saint John's	Americas
46	Curaçao	155,967	444	Willemstad	Americas
47	Seychelles	121,354	452	Victoria	Africa
48	Palau	17,695	459	Ngerulmud	Oceania
49	Northern Mariana Islands	44,278	464	Saipan	Oceania
50	Andorra	81,938	468	Andorra la Vella	Europe
51	Guam	167,777	549	Hagåtña	Oceania
52	Isle of Man	84,160	572	Douglas	Europe
53	Saint Lucia	179,744	616	Castries	Americas
54	Micronesia	113,160	702	Palikir	Oceania
55	Singapore	6,036,860	710	Singapore	Asia
56	Tonga	104,175	747	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
57	Dominica	66,205	751	Roseau	Americas
58	Bahrain	1,588,670	765	Manama	Asia
59	Kiribati	134,518	811	South Tarawa	Oceania
60	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,535	948	Cockburn Town	Americas
61	São Tomé and Príncipe	235,536	964	São Tomé	Africa
62	Hong Kong	7,524,100	1,104	City of Victoria	Asia
63	Martinique	349,925	1,128	Fort-de-France	Americas
64	Faroe Islands	54,681	1,393	Tórshavn	Europe
65	Åland Islands	30,654	1,580	Mariehamn	Europe
66	Guadeloupe	378,561	1,628	Basse-Terre	Americas
67	Comoros	866,628	1,862	Moroni	Africa
68	Mauritius	1,245,779	2,040	Port Louis	Africa
69	Réunion	896,175	2,511	Saint-Denis	Africa
70	Luxembourg	677,012	2,586	Luxembourg	Europe
71	Samoa	218,019	2,842	Apia	Oceania
72	South Georgia	0	3,903	King Edward Point	Antarctic
73	Cape Verde	524,877	4,033	Praia	Africa
74	French Polynesia	281,807	4,167	Papeetē	Oceania
75	Trinidad and Tobago	1,368,333	5,130	Port of Spain	Americas
76	Brunei	462,721	5,765	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia
77	Palestine	5,289,152	6,220	Ramallah	Asia
78	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	400	7,747	Port-aux-Français	Antarctic
79	Puerto Rico	3,203,295	8,870	San Juan	Americas
80	Cyprus	1,358,282	9,251	Nicosia	Europe
81	Lebanon	5,805,962	10,452	Beirut	Asia
82	Gambia	2,759,988	10,689	Banjul	Africa
83	Kosovo	1,594,353	10,908	Pristina	Europe
84	Jamaica	2,839,175	10,991	Kingston	Americas
85	Qatar	2,857,822	11,586	Doha	Asia
86	Falkland Islands	3,662	12,173	Stanley	Americas
87	Vanuatu	327,777	12,189	Port Vila	Oceania
88	Montenegro	623,525	13,812	Podgorica	Europe
89	Bahamas	401,283	13,943	Nassau	Americas
90	Timor-Leste	1,400,638	14,874	Dili	Asia
91	Eswatini	1,242,822	17,364	Mbabane	Africa
92	Kuwait	4,897,263	17,818	Kuwait City	Asia
93	Fiji	928,784	18,272	Suva	Oceania
94	New Caledonia	292,639	18,575	Nouméa	Oceania
95	Slovenia	2,127,400	20,273	Ljubljana	Europe
96	El Salvador	6,338,193	21,041	San Salvador	Americas
97	Israel	9,974,400	21,937	Jerusalem	Asia
98	Belize	417,072	22,966	Belmopan	Americas
99	Djibouti	1,168,722	23,200	Djibouti	Africa
100	North Macedonia	1,824,359	25,713	Skopje	Europe
101	Rwanda	14,256,567	26,338	Kigali	Africa
102	Haiti	11,772,557	27,750	Port-au-Prince	Americas
103	Burundi	14,047,786	27,834	Gitega	Africa
104	Equatorial Guinea	1,892,516	28,051	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa
105	Albania	2,377,128	28,748	Tirana	Europe
106	Solomon Islands	819,198	28,896	Honiara	Oceania
107	Armenia	3,033,500	29,743	Yerevan	Asia
108	Lesotho	2,337,423	30,355	Maseru	Africa
109	Belgium	11,858,610	30,528	Brussels	Europe
110	Moldova	2,402,306	33,847	Chișinău	Europe
111	Guinea-Bissau	2,201,352	36,125	Bissau	Africa
112	Taiwan	23,317,031	36,197	Taipei	Asia
113	Bhutan	791,524	38,394	Thimphu	Asia
114	Switzerland	9,005,582	41,284	Bern	Europe
115	Netherlands	17,993,485	41,865	Amsterdam	Europe
116	Denmark	5,976,992	43,094	Copenhagen	Europe
117	Estonia	1,372,341	45,227	Tallinn	Europe
118	Dominican Republic	11,427,557	48,671	Santo Domingo	Americas
119	Slovakia	5,422,069	49,037	Bratislava	Europe
120	Costa Rica	5,129,910	51,100	San José	Americas
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,164,253	51,209	Sarajevo	Europe
122	Croatia	3,866,200	56,594	Zagreb	Europe
123	Togo	9,515,236	56,785	Lomé	Africa
124	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	2,530	61,399	Longyearbyen	Europe
125	Latvia	1,866,124	64,559	Riga	Europe
126	Lithuania	2,888,278	65,300	Vilnius	Europe
127	Sri Lanka	21,916,000	65,610	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia
128	Georgia	3,699,557	69,700	Tbilisi	Asia
129	Ireland	5,395,790	70,273	Dublin	Europe
130	Sierra Leone	8,642,022	71,740	Freetown	Africa
131	Panama	4,515,577	75,417	Panama City	Americas
132	Serbia	6,586,476	77,589	Belgrade	Europe
133	Czechia	10,905,028	78,865	Prague	Europe
134	French Guiana	292,354	83,534	Cayenne	Americas
135	United Arab Emirates	10,986,400	83,600	Abu Dhabi	Asia
136	Austria	9,177,982	83,871	Vienna	Europe
137	Azerbaijan	10,202,830	86,600	Baku	Asia
138	Jordan	11,552,876	89,342	Amman	Asia
139	Portugal	10,694,681	92,090	Lisbon	Europe
140	Hungary	9,562,065	93,028	Budapest	Europe
141	South Korea	51,751,065	100,210	Seoul	Asia
142	Iceland	386,506	103,000	Reykjavik	Europe
143	Guatemala	18,406,359	108,889	Guatemala City	Americas
144	Cuba	10,979,783	109,884	Havana	Americas
145	Bulgaria	6,441,421	110,879	Sofia	Europe
146	Liberia	5,612,817	111,369	Monrovia	Africa
147	Honduras	10,825,703	112,492	Tegucigalpa	Americas
148	Benin	14,462,724	112,622	Porto-Novo	Africa
149	Eritrea	3,535,603	117,600	Asmara	Africa
150	Malawi	21,655,286	118,484	Lilongwe	Africa
151	North Korea	26,498,823	120,538	Pyongyang	Asia
152	Nicaragua	6,916,140	130,373	Managua	Americas
153	Greece	10,405,134	131,990	Athens	Europe
154	Tajikistan	10,590,927	143,100	Dushanbe	Asia
155	Nepal	29,651,054	147,181	Kathmandu	Asia
156	Bangladesh	173,562,364	147,570	Dhaka	Asia
157	Tunisia	12,277,109	163,610	Tunis	Africa
158	Suriname	634,431	163,820	Paramaribo	Americas
159	Uruguay	3,386,588	181,034	Montevideo	Americas
160	Cambodia	17,638,801	181,035	Phnom Penh	Asia
161	Syria	24,672,760	185,180	Damascus	Asia
162	Senegal	18,501,984	196,722	Dakar	Africa
163	Kyrgyzstan	7,221,868	199,951	Bishkek	Asia
164	Belarus	9,132,629	207,600	Minsk	Europe
165	Guyana	831,087	214,969	Georgetown	Americas
166	Laos	7,769,819	236,800	Vientiane	Asia
167	Romania	19,051,804	238,391	Bucharest	Europe
168	Ghana	34,427,414	238,533	Accra	Africa
169	Uganda	50,015,092	241,550	Kampala	Africa
170	United Kingdom	69,226,000	244,376	London	Europe
171	Guinea	14,754,785	245,857	Conakry	Africa
172	Western Sahara	600,904	266,000	El Aaiún	Africa
173	Gabon	2,538,952	267,668	Libreville	Africa
174	New Zealand	5,287,500	268,838	Wellington	Oceania
175	Burkina Faso	23,548,781	272,967	Ouagadougou	Africa
176	Ecuador	18,135,478	276,841	Quito	Americas
177	Italy	58,952,704	301,336	Rome	Europe
178	Oman	5,281,538	309,500	Muscat	Asia
179	Poland	36,559,233	312,679	Warsaw	Europe
180	Ivory Coast	31,934,230	322,463	Yamoussoukro	Africa
181	Malaysia	35,557,673	330,803	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
182	Vietnam	100,987,686	331,212	Hanoi	Asia
183	Finland	5,619,911	338,455	Helsinki	Europe
184	Republic of the Congo	6,332,961	342,000	Brazzaville	Africa
185	Philippines	115,843,670	342,353	Manila	Asia
186	Germany	83,516,593	357,114	Berlin	Europe
187	Japan	123,975,371	377,930	Tokyo	Asia
188	Norway	5,572,279	386,224	Oslo	Europe
189	Zimbabwe	16,634,373	390,757	Harare	Africa
190	Paraguay	6,929,153	406,752	Asunción	Americas
191	Iraq	46,042,015	438,317	Baghdad	Asia
192	Morocco	38,081,173	446,550	Rabat	Africa
193	Uzbekistan	36,361,859	447,400	Tashkent	Asia
194	Sweden	10,569,709	450,295	Stockholm	Europe
195	Papua New Guinea	10,576,502	462,840	Port Moresby	Oceania
196	Cameroon	29,123,744	475,442	Yaoundé	Africa
197	Turkmenistan	7,494,498	488,100	Ashgabat	Asia
198	Spain	48,848,840	505,992	Madrid	Europe
199	Thailand	71,668,011	513,120	Bangkok	Asia
200	Yemen	40,583,164	527,968	Sana'a	Asia
201	France	68,551,653	543,908	Paris	Europe
202	Kenya	56,432,944	580,367	Nairobi	Africa
203	Botswana	2,521,139	582,000	Gaborone	Africa
204	Madagascar	31,964,956	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa
205	Ukraine	37,860,221	603,550	Kyiv	Europe
206	South Sudan	11,943,408	619,745	Juba	Africa
207	Central African Republic	5,330,690	622,984	Bangui	Africa
208	Somalia	19,009,151	637,657	Mogadishu	Africa
209	Afghanistan	42,647,492	652,230	Kabul	Asia
210	Myanmar	54,500,091	676,578	Naypyidaw	Asia
211	Zambia	21,314,956	752,612	Lusaka	Africa
212	Chile	19,764,771	756,102	Santiago	Americas
213	Turkey	85,518,661	783,562	Ankara	Asia
214	Pakistan	251,269,164	796,095	Islamabad	Asia
215	Mozambique	34,631,766	801,590	Maputo	Africa
216	Namibia	3,030,131	825,615	Windhoek	Africa
217	Venezuela	28,405,543	916,445	Caracas	Americas
218	Nigeria	232,679,478	923,768	Abuja	Africa
219	Tanzania	68,560,157	947,303	Dodoma	Africa
220	Egypt	116,538,258	1,002,450	Cairo	Africa
221	Mauritania	5,169,395	1,030,700	Nouakchott	Africa
222	Bolivia	12,413,315	1,098,581	Sucre	Americas
223	Ethiopia	132,059,767	1,104,300	Addis Ababa	Africa
224	Colombia	52,886,363	1,141,748	Bogotá	Americas
225	South Africa	64,007,187	1,221,037	Pretoria	Africa
226	Mali	24,478,595	1,240,192	Bamako	Africa
227	Angola	37,885,849	1,246,700	Luanda	Africa
228	Niger	27,032,412	1,267,000	Niamey	Africa
229	Chad	20,299,123	1,284,000	N'Djamena	Africa
230	Peru	34,217,848	1,285,216	Lima	Americas
231	Mongolia	3,524,788	1,564,110	Ulan Bator	Asia
232	Iran	91,567,738	1,648,195	Tehran	Asia
233	Libya	7,381,023	1,759,540	Tripoli	Africa
234	Sudan	50,448,963	1,886,068	Khartoum	Africa
235	Indonesia	283,487,931	1,904,569	Jakarta	Asia
236	Mexico	130,861,007	1,964,375	Mexico City	Americas
237	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	2,149,690	Riyadh	Asia
238	Greenland	56,836	2,166,086	Nuuk	Americas
239	DR Congo	109,276,265	2,344,858	Kinshasa	Africa
240	Algeria	46,814,308	2,381,741	Algiers	Africa
241	Kazakhstan	20,592,571	2,724,900	Astana	Asia
242	Argentina	45,696,159	2,780,400	Buenos Aires	Americas
243	India	1,450,935,791	3,287,263	New Delhi	Asia
244	Australia	27,196,812	7,692,024	Canberra	Oceania
245	Brazil	211,998,573	8,515,767	Brasília	Americas
246	United States	340,110,988	9,525,067	Washington, D.C.	Americas
247	China	1,408,975,000	9,706,961	Beijing	Asia
248	Canada	41,288,599	9,984,670	Ottawa	Americas
249	Antarctica	1,300	14,000,000	N/A	Antarctic
250	Russia	143,533,851	17,098,246	Moscow	Europe

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