Least Populated Countries in the World

The 50 least populated countries ranked from smallest population upwards, starting with Vatican City.

Facts last checked 31 August 2026.

#	Country	Population	Capital
1	Vatican City	882	Vatican City
2	Tuvalu	10,643	Funafuti
3	Nauru	11,680	Yaren
4	Palau	16,733	Ngerulmud
5	San Marino	34,132	City of San Marino
6	Monaco	38,423	Monaco
7	Liechtenstein	40,900	Vaduz
8	Marshall Islands	42,418	Majuro
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,320	Basseterre
10	Dominica	67,408	Roseau
11	Andorra	88,406	Andorra la Vella
12	Tonga	100,179	Nuku'alofa
13	Antigua and Barbuda	103,603	Saint John's
14	Micronesia	105,564	Palikir
15	Grenada	109,021	St. George's
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,872	Kingstown
17	Kiribati	120,740	South Tarawa
18	Seychelles	122,729	Victoria
19	Saint Lucia	184,100	Castries
20	Samoa	205,557	Apia
21	São Tomé and Príncipe	209,607	São Tomé
22	Barbados	267,800	Bridgetown
23	Vanuatu	321,409	Port Vila
24	Iceland	391,810	Reykjavik
25	Bahamas	398,165	Nassau
26	Belize	417,634	Belmopan
27	Brunei	455,500	Bandar Seri Begawan
28	Cape Verde	491,233	Praia
29	Maldives	515,132	Malé
30	Malta	574,250	Valletta
31	Suriname	616,500	Paramaribo
32	Montenegro	623,327	Podgorica
33	Luxembourg	681,973	Luxembourg
34	Solomon Islands	750,325	Honiara
35	Guyana	772,975	Georgetown
36	Bhutan	784,043	Thimphu
37	Fiji	900,869	Suva
38	Comoros	919,901	Moroni
39	Djibouti	1,066,809	Djibouti
40	Eswatini	1,235,549	Mbabane
41	Mauritius	1,243,741	Port Louis
42	Trinidad and Tobago	1,367,764	Port of Spain
43	Estonia	1,369,995	Tallinn
44	Timor-Leste	1,391,221	Dili
45	Cyprus	1,442,614	Nicosia
46	Kosovo	1,585,566	Pristina
47	Bahrain	1,594,654	Manama
48	Equatorial Guinea	1,668,768	Ciudad de la Paz
49	North Macedonia	1,822,612	Skopje
50	Latvia	1,829,000	Riga

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Last updated: 31 August 2026