World's Smallest Countries

Not many know that in this world there are
many countries that the width not more than
200 square miles or about 300 km2.
The population was only hundreds of
thousands of lives, instead there is only a
population of 14,014 inhabitants.

While based on the data state of the world's
smallest country, Vatican ranks first only 0.2
square miles, is populated mostly not
permanent residents, their temporary
stay there out of duty.



1. Vatican City, It is the smallest country in
the world, the extent of 0.44 km2 with a
population of around 800 people, but mostly
they are not permanent residents ....



2. Monaco, is the second smallest state,
located near Nice, France. City states that form the kingdom has been around since the
13th century, the extent of 1.95 km2 and has
a population of only 32,000 inhabitants. The
country has only one municipality. There are
no geographical differences between the
State and the city of Monaco, even though the responsibility of government and municipal (city level) different ......



3. Nauru, Being in sequence to the 3 smallest countries in the world with a total area of 21 km2. Its location, on the southern Pacific Ocean, just below the equator and south of the Marshall Islands ........



4. Tuvalu, Previously known as the Ellice
Islands, is an island nation located between
Hawaii and Australia in the Pacific Ocean. The
highest point of the 114 islands that make up
this country just as high as 5 m above sea
level. Area of 26 km2, with a population of 11,500 (census 2006).........



5. San Marino, stay on the fifth of the world's smallest, third smallest in Europe. Country surrounded by Italy precisely in the north bordering the province of Rimini, Emilia Romagna region and the southern province of Pesaro and Urbino, region Marche. Area of 61.2 km, with a population of 29,251 souls ........


6. Liechtenstein, a small country in the hills is in
the form of government with 35,000
inhabitants, located between Switzerland
and Austria. Area of 160 km2. Liechtenstein is one of the two countries (the other is
Uzbekistan) the position of the land locked
countries .......



7. Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), is
the island state in the middle of the Pacific
Ocean, the extent of 181 km2 with a
population of 62,000 inhabitants. Spanish
explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first
European to discover Marshall Islands, but the islands never visited again for several
centuries until the British captain John
Marshall in 1788 ......



8. Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also
known as the Federation of Saint
Christopher and Nevis), located in the Leeward Islands, the Caribbean, is a federal
two-island nation in the West Indies. Its area
is 261 km2 with a population of 42,696
souls ......



9. Republic of Seychelles, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about 1,600 km east of mainland Africa, northeast of Madagascar. Neighboring territories is Mauritius and Reunion in the south, Comoro and Mayotte to the southwest, and the Maldives to the northeast. Its area is 455 km2, with a population of 81,755 inhabitants.
This archipelago country got its independence from Britain in 1976 ......



10. Maldives, Maldive Islands or
the Maldives Republic gained independence
from Britain in 1965, is a small country in the
Indian Ocean consists of a series of 26 atolls
covering an area of 90 km2. This unique
country with a population of capital is Male 103 693 inhabitants (2006 census), while
the other islands, amounting to an average
of 1192 islands inhabited 200 people ......



11. Malta, the extent of 122 square miles of
State is located in the south of the island of
Sicily, Italy. The country gained independence from Britain in 1964, but the
new British military actually left Malta in
1979. Malta population 400,000 souls ......



12. Grenada, the extent of 133 square miles.
This is one of the countries in the Caribbean,
population 90 000 inhabitants. Grenada gained independence from Britain in 1974 ......



13. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the
extent of 150 square miles. The population of
117,000 inhabitants. This country gained
independence from Britain in 1979 ......



14. Barbados, the extent of 166 square miles
with a population of 280,000 inhabitants. The country is also in the ranks of the
Caribbean islands. Barbados gained
independence from Britain in 1966 .....