Top 100 smallest countries by area

Along with the big countries, there are many small independent states, and some are so tiny that they are called microstates.

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).

Many other countries ranked in the top 30 of our list have some common features. Most of them are European microstates or the tiny islands in the Caribbean, the South Pacific and Indian Ocean (mostly the former overseas colonies gained their independence in the second half of the 20th century). Further, in the table below you can find more known nations ranked by total area, and also see neighbors with whom they share land borders.

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)
Rank Country Area
(km2)
Area
(mi2)
Continent Bordering countries by land
1Vatican City0.440.17EuropeItaly
2Monaco2.020.78EuropeFrance
3Nauru218.1Oceania-
4Tuvalu2610Oceania-
5San Marino6124EuropeItaly
6Liechtenstein16062EuropeAustria, Switzerland
7Marshall Islands18170Oceania-
8Saint Kitts and Nevis269104North America-
9Maldives300116Asia-
10Malta316122Europe-
11Grenada344133North America-
12Saint Vincent and the Grenadines389150North America-
13Barbados430170North America-
14Antigua and Barbuda442171North America-
15Seychelles455176Africa-
16Palau460178Oceania-
17Andorra468181EuropeFrance, Spain
18Saint Lucia616238North America-
19Micronesia702271Oceania-
20Singapore719.1277.6Asia-
21Tonga747288Oceania-
22Dominica751290North America-
23Bahrain780301Asia-
24Kiribati811313Oceania-
25Sao Tome and Principe1,001386Africa-
26Mauritius2,040788Africa-
27Comoros2,235863Africa-
28Luxembourg2,586998EuropeBelgium, France, Germany
29Samoa2,8421,097Oceania-
30Cabo Verde4,0331,557Africa-
31Trinidad and Tobago5,1311,981North America-
32Brunei5,7652,226AsiaMalaysia
33Palestine6,2202,402AsiaEgypt, Israel, Jordan
34Cyprus9,2503,571EuropeUnited Kingdom (Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
35Lebanon10,4524,036AsiaIsrael, Syria
36Kosovo10,8874,203EuropeAlbania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
37Jamaica10,9914,244North America-
38Gambia11,2954,361AfricaSenegal
39Qatar11,5864,473AsiaSaudi Arabia
40Vanuatu12,1894,706Oceania-
41Montenegro13,8125,333EuropeAlbania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia
42Bahamas13,8785,358North America-
43Timor-Leste14,8745,743AsiaIndonesia
44Eswatini17,3646,704AfricaMozambique, South Africa
45Kuwait17,8186,880AsiaIraq, Saudi Arabia
46Fiji18,2747,056Oceania-
47Slovenia20,2737,827EuropeAustria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy
48Israel20,7708,019AsiaEgypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank), Syria
49El Salvador21,0418,124North AmericaGuatemala, Honduras
50Belize22,9668,867North AmericaGuatemala, Mexico
51Djibouti23,2008,958AfricaEritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
52North Macedonia25,7139,928EuropeAlbania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Serbia
53Rwanda26,33810,169AfricaBurundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda
54Haiti27,75010,714North AmericaDominican Republic
55Burundi27,83010,745AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania
56Equatorial Guinea28,05110,831AfricaCameroon, Gabon
57Albania28,74811,100EuropeGreece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro
58Solomon Islands28,89611,157Oceania-
59Armenia29,74311,484EuropeAzerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey
60Lesotho30,35511,720AfricaSouth Africa
61Belgium30,52811,787EuropeFrance, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
62Moldova33,84313,067EuropeRomania, Ukraine
63Taiwan36,00013,900Asia-
64Guinea-Bissau36,12513,948AfricaGuinea, Senegal
65Bhutan38,39414,824AsiaChina, India
66Switzerland41,28515,940EuropeAustria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany
67Netherlands *42,19916,293EuropeBelgium, Germany. France borders with the overseas territory of Netherlands in North America (Sint Maarten).
68Estonia45,22717,462EuropeLatvia, Russia
69Dominican Republic48,67018,792North AmericaHaiti
70Slovakia49,03618,933EuropeAustria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine
71Costa Rica51,10019,730North AmericaNicaragua, Panama
72Bosnia and Herzegovina51,20919,772EuropeCroatia, Montenegro, Serbia
73Croatia56,59421,851EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
74Togo56,78521,925AfricaBenin, Burkina Faso, Ghana
75Latvia64,58924,938EuropeBelarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia
76Lithuania65,30025,212EuropeBelarus, Latvia, Poland, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)
77Sri Lanka65,61025,332Asia-
78Georgia69,70026,911Asia / EuropeArmenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey
79Ireland70,28227,136EuropeUnited Kingdom
80Sierra Leone71,74027,699AfricaGuinea, Liberia
81Panama75,42029,120North AmericaColombia, Costa Rica
82Serbia77,47429,913EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania
83Czechia78,86730,451EuropeAustria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
84United Arab Emirates83,60032,278AsiaOman, Saudi Arabia
85Austria83,87932,386EuropeCzechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland
86Azerbaijan86,60033,436Asia / EuropeArmenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey
87Jordan89,34234,495AsiaIraq, Israel, Palestine (West Bank), Saudi Arabia, Syria
88Portugal92,22035,606EuropeSpain
89Hungary93,02835,918EuropeAustria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
90South Korea100,26638,713AsiaNorth Korea
91Iceland103,00038,768Europe-
92Guatemala108,88942,042North AmericaBelize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico
93Cuba109,88042,425North America-
94Bulgaria110,87942,811EuropeGreece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
95Liberia111,36943,000AfricaCote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone
96Honduras112,09043,278North AmericaEl Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragu
97Benin114,76344,310AfricaBurkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo
98Eritrea117,60045,406AfricaDjibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan
99Malawi118,48445,747AfricaMozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
100North Korea120,54046,541AsiaChina, South Korea, Russia

* Including overseas territories.