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	38,423	2.02	Monaco	Europe
3	Gibraltar	38,000	6	Gibraltar	Europe
4	Tokelau	2,608	12	Fakaofo	Oceania
5	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	593	14	West Island	Oceania
6	Nauru	11,680	21	Yaren	Oceania
7	Saint Barthélemy	10,562	21	Gustavia	Americas
8	Tuvalu	10,643	26	Funafuti	Oceania
9	Macau	685,900	30	N/A	Asia
10	Sint Maarten	41,349	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	31,496	53	Marigot	Americas
16	Bermuda	64,055	54	Hamilton	Americas
17	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	60	Diego Garcia	Africa
18	San Marino	34,132	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	40,900	160	Vaduz	Europe
27	Aruba	107,566	180	Oranjestad	Americas
28	Marshall Islands	42,418	181	Majuro	Oceania
29	American Samoa	49,710	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	51,320	261	Basseterre	Americas
34	Cayman Islands	84,738	264	George Town	Americas
35	Maldives	515,132	300	Malé	Asia
36	Malta	574,250	316	Valletta	Europe
37	Caribbean Netherlands	31,980	328	Kralendijk	Americas
38	Grenada	109,021	344	St. George's	Americas
39	United States Virgin Islands	87,146	347	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
40	Mayotte	320,901	374	Mamoudzou	Africa
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,872	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	267,800	430	Bridgetown	Americas
45	Antigua and Barbuda	103,603	442	Saint John's	Americas
46	Curaçao	156,115	444	Willemstad	Americas
47	Seychelles	122,729	452	Victoria	Africa
48	Palau	16,733	459	Ngerulmud	Oceania
49	Northern Mariana Islands	47,329	464	Saipan	Oceania
50	Andorra	88,406	468	Andorra la Vella	Europe
51	Guam	153,836	549	Hagåtña	Oceania
52	Isle of Man	84,530	572	Douglas	Europe
53	Saint Lucia	184,100	616	Castries	Americas
54	Micronesia	105,564	702	Palikir	Oceania
55	Singapore	6,110,200	710	Singapore	Asia
56	Tonga	100,179	747	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
57	Dominica	67,408	751	Roseau	Americas
58	Bahrain	1,594,654	765	Manama	Asia
59	Kiribati	120,740	811	South Tarawa	Oceania
60	Turks and Caicos Islands	50,828	948	Cockburn Town	Americas
61	São Tomé and Príncipe	209,607	964	São Tomé	Africa
62	Hong Kong	7,527,500	1,104	City of Victoria	Asia
63	Martinique	349,925	1,128	Fort-de-France	Americas
64	Faroe Islands	54,885	1,393	Tórshavn	Europe
65	Åland Islands	30,654	1,580	Mariehamn	Europe
66	Guadeloupe	378,561	1,628	Basse-Terre	Americas
67	Comoros	919,901	1,862	Moroni	Africa
68	Mauritius	1,243,741	2,040	Port Louis	Africa
69	Réunion	896,175	2,511	Saint-Denis	Africa
70	Luxembourg	681,973	2,586	Luxembourg	Europe
71	Samoa	205,557	2,842	Apia	Oceania
72	South Georgia	0	3,903	King Edward Point	Antarctic
73	Cape Verde	491,233	4,033	Praia	Africa
74	French Polynesia	279,500	4,167	Papeetē	Oceania
75	Trinidad and Tobago	1,367,764	5,130	Port of Spain	Americas
76	Brunei	455,500	5,765	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia
77	Palestine	5,483,450	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	1,442,614	9,251	Nicosia	Europe
81	Lebanon	5,490,000	10,452	Beirut	Asia
82	Gambia	2,422,712	10,689	Banjul	Africa
83	Kosovo	1,585,566	10,908	Pristina	Europe
84	Jamaica	2,825,544	10,991	Kingston	Americas
85	Qatar	3,173,024	11,586	Doha	Asia
86	Falkland Islands	3,662	12,173	Stanley	Americas
87	Vanuatu	321,409	12,189	Port Vila	Oceania
88	Montenegro	623,327	13,812	Podgorica	Europe
89	Bahamas	398,165	13,943	Nassau	Americas
90	Timor-Leste	1,391,221	14,874	Dili	Asia
91	Eswatini	1,235,549	17,364	Mbabane	Africa
92	Kuwait	4,881,254	17,818	Kuwait City	Asia
93	Fiji	900,869	18,272	Suva	Oceania
94	New Caledonia	264,596	18,575	Nouméa	Oceania
95	Slovenia	2,130,638	20,273	Ljubljana	Europe
96	El Salvador	6,029,976	21,041	San Salvador	Americas
97	Israel	10,134,800	21,937	Jerusalem	Asia
98	Belize	417,634	22,966	Belmopan	Americas
99	Djibouti	1,066,809	23,200	Djibouti	Africa
100	North Macedonia	1,822,612	25,713	Skopje	Europe
101	Rwanda	14,104,969	26,338	Kigali	Africa
102	Haiti	11,867,032	27,750	Port-au-Prince	Americas
103	Burundi	12,332,788	27,834	Gitega	Africa
104	Equatorial Guinea	1,668,768	28,051	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa
105	Albania	2,363,314	28,748	Tirana	Europe
106	Solomon Islands	750,325	28,896	Honiara	Oceania
107	Armenia	3,076,200	29,743	Yerevan	Asia
108	Lesotho	2,116,427	30,355	Maseru	Africa
109	Belgium	11,825,551	30,528	Brussels	Europe
110	Moldova	2,749,076	33,847	Chișinău	Europe
111	Guinea-Bissau	1,781,308	36,125	Bissau	Africa
112	Taiwan	23,317,031	36,197	Taipei	Asia
113	Bhutan	784,043	38,394	Thimphu	Asia
114	Switzerland	9,082,848	41,284	Bern	Europe
115	Netherlands	18,100,436	41,865	Amsterdam	Europe
116	Denmark	6,011,488	43,094	Copenhagen	Europe
117	Estonia	1,369,995	45,227	Tallinn	Europe
118	Dominican Republic	10,771,504	48,671	Santo Domingo	Americas
119	Slovakia	5,413,813	49,037	Bratislava	Europe
120	Costa Rica	5,309,625	51,100	San José	Americas
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,422,000	51,209	Sarajevo	Europe
122	Croatia	3,866,233	56,594	Zagreb	Europe
123	Togo	8,095,498	56,785	Lomé	Africa
124	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	2,530	61,399	Longyearbyen	Europe
125	Latvia	1,829,000	64,559	Riga	Europe
126	Lithuania	2,894,886	65,300	Vilnius	Europe
127	Sri Lanka	21,763,170	65,610	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia
128	Georgia	4,000,921	69,700	Tbilisi	Asia
129	Ireland	5,458,600	70,273	Dublin	Europe
130	Sierra Leone	9,077,691	71,740	Freetown	Africa
131	Panama	4,064,780	75,417	Panama City	Americas
132	Serbia	6,567,783	77,589	Belgrade	Europe
133	Czechia	10,882,341	78,865	Prague	Europe
134	French Guiana	292,354	83,534	Cayenne	Americas
135	United Arab Emirates	11,294,243	83,600	Abu Dhabi	Asia
136	Austria	9,200,931	83,871	Vienna	Europe
137	Azerbaijan	10,241,722	86,600	Baku	Asia
138	Jordan	11,734,000	89,342	Amman	Asia
139	Portugal	10,749,635	92,090	Lisbon	Europe
140	Hungary	9,539,502	93,028	Budapest	Europe
141	South Korea	51,159,889	100,210	Seoul	Asia
142	Iceland	391,810	103,000	Reykjavik	Europe
143	Guatemala	18,079,810	108,889	Guatemala City	Americas
144	Cuba	9,748,007	109,884	Havana	Americas
145	Bulgaria	6,437,360	110,879	Sofia	Europe
146	Liberia	5,248,621	111,369	Monrovia	Africa
147	Honduras	9,892,632	112,492	Tegucigalpa	Americas
148	Benin	13,224,860	112,622	Porto-Novo	Africa
149	Eritrea	3,607,000	117,600	Asmara	Africa
150	Malawi	20,734,262	118,484	Lilongwe	Africa
151	North Korea	25,950,000	120,538	Pyongyang	Asia
152	Nicaragua	6,803,886	130,373	Managua	Americas
153	Greece	10,400,720	131,990	Athens	Europe
154	Tajikistan	10,499,000	143,100	Dushanbe	Asia
155	Nepal	29,911,840	147,181	Kathmandu	Asia
156	Bangladesh	169,828,911	147,570	Dhaka	Asia
157	Tunisia	11,972,169	163,610	Tunis	Africa
158	Suriname	616,500	163,820	Paramaribo	Americas
159	Uruguay	3,499,451	181,034	Montevideo	Americas
160	Cambodia	17,577,760	181,035	Phnom Penh	Asia
161	Syria	25,620,000	185,180	Damascus	Asia
162	Senegal	18,593,258	196,722	Dakar	Africa
163	Kyrgyzstan	7,281,800	199,951	Bishkek	Asia
164	Belarus	9,109,280	207,600	Minsk	Europe
165	Guyana	772,975	214,969	Georgetown	Americas
166	Laos	7,647,000	236,800	Vientiane	Asia
167	Romania	19,036,031	238,391	Bucharest	Europe
168	Ghana	33,742,380	238,533	Accra	Africa
169	Uganda	45,905,417	241,550	Kampala	Africa
170	United Kingdom	69,281,437	244,376	London	Europe
171	Guinea	14,363,931	245,857	Conakry	Africa
172	Western Sahara	600,904	266,000	El Aaiún	Africa
173	Gabon	2,469,296	267,668	Libreville	Africa
174	New Zealand	5,324,700	268,838	Wellington	Oceania
175	Burkina Faso	24,070,553	272,967	Ouagadougou	Africa
176	Ecuador	18,103,660	276,841	Quito	Americas
177	Italy	58,927,633	301,336	Rome	Europe
178	Oman	5,343,630	309,500	Muscat	Asia
179	Poland	37,392,000	312,679	Warsaw	Europe
180	Ivory Coast	31,719,275	322,463	Yamoussoukro	Africa
181	Malaysia	34,231,700	330,803	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
182	Vietnam	101,343,800	331,212	Hanoi	Asia
183	Finland	5,650,325	338,455	Helsinki	Europe
184	Republic of the Congo	6,142,180	342,000	Brazzaville	Africa
185	Philippines	114,123,600	342,353	Manila	Asia
186	Germany	83,491,249	357,114	Berlin	Europe
187	Japan	123,210,000	377,930	Tokyo	Asia
188	Norway	5,606,944	386,224	Oslo	Europe
189	Zimbabwe	17,073,087	390,757	Harare	Africa
190	Paraguay	6,109,644	406,752	Asunción	Americas
191	Iraq	46,118,793	438,317	Baghdad	Asia
192	Morocco	36,828,330	446,550	Rabat	Africa
193	Uzbekistan	37,859,698	447,400	Tashkent	Asia
194	Sweden	10,605,098	450,295	Stockholm	Europe
195	Papua New Guinea	11,781,559	462,840	Port Moresby	Oceania
196	Cameroon	29,442,327	475,442	Yaoundé	Africa
197	Turkmenistan	7,057,841	488,100	Ashgabat	Asia
198	Spain	49,315,949	505,992	Madrid	Europe
199	Thailand	65,859,640	513,120	Bangkok	Asia
200	Yemen	32,684,503	527,968	Sana'a	Asia
201	France	66,351,959	543,908	Paris	Europe
202	Kenya	53,330,978	580,367	Nairobi	Africa
203	Botswana	2,359,609	582,000	Gaborone	Africa
204	Madagascar	31,727,042	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa
205	Ukraine	32,862,000	603,550	Kyiv	Europe
206	South Sudan	15,786,898	619,745	Juba	Africa
207	Central African Republic	6,470,307	622,984	Bangui	Africa
208	Somalia	19,655,000	637,657	Mogadishu	Africa
209	Afghanistan	43,844,000	652,230	Kabul	Asia
210	Myanmar	51,316,756	676,578	Naypyidaw	Asia
211	Zambia	19,693,423	752,612	Lusaka	Africa
212	Chile	20,206,953	756,102	Santiago	Americas
213	Turkey	85,664,944	783,562	Ankara	Asia
214	Pakistan	241,499,431	796,095	Islamabad	Asia
215	Mozambique	34,090,466	801,590	Maputo	Africa
216	Namibia	3,022,401	825,615	Windhoek	Africa
217	Venezuela	28,517,000	916,445	Caracas	Americas
218	Nigeria	223,800,000	923,768	Abuja	Africa
219	Tanzania	68,153,004	947,303	Dodoma	Africa
220	Egypt	107,271,260	1,002,450	Cairo	Africa
221	Mauritania	4,927,532	1,030,700	Nouakchott	Africa
222	Bolivia	11,365,333	1,098,581	Sucre	Americas
223	Ethiopia	111,652,998	1,104,300	Addis Ababa	Africa
224	Colombia	53,057,212	1,141,748	Bogotá	Americas
225	South Africa	63,100,945	1,221,037	Pretoria	Africa
226	Mali	22,395,489	1,240,192	Bamako	Africa
227	Angola	36,170,961	1,246,700	Luanda	Africa
228	Niger	26,312,034	1,267,000	Niamey	Africa
229	Chad	19,340,757	1,284,000	N'Djamena	Africa
230	Peru	34,350,244	1,285,216	Lima	Americas
231	Mongolia	3,544,835	1,564,110	Ulan Bator	Asia
232	Iran	85,961,000	1,648,195	Tehran	Asia
233	Libya	7,459,000	1,759,540	Tripoli	Africa
234	Sudan	51,662,000	1,886,068	Khartoum	Africa
235	Indonesia	284,438,782	1,904,569	Jakarta	Asia
236	Mexico	130,575,786	1,964,375	Mexico City	Americas
237	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	2,149,690	Riyadh	Asia
238	Greenland	56,542	2,166,086	Nuuk	Americas
239	DR Congo	112,832,000	2,344,858	Kinshasa	Africa
240	Algeria	47,400,000	2,381,741	Algiers	Africa
241	Kazakhstan	20,426,568	2,724,900	Astana	Asia
242	Argentina	46,735,004	2,780,400	Buenos Aires	Americas
243	India	1,417,492,000	3,287,263	New Delhi	Asia
244	Australia	27,536,874	7,692,024	Canberra	Oceania
245	Brazil	213,421,037	8,515,767	Brasília	Americas
246	United States	340,110,988	9,525,067	Washington, D.C.	Americas
247	China	1,408,280,000	9,706,961	Beijing	Asia
248	Canada	41,651,653	9,984,670	Ottawa	Americas
249	Antarctica	1,300	14,000,000	N/A	Antarctic
250	Russia	146,028,325	17,098,246	Moscow	Europe

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