Smallest Countries in the World by Area

The 50 smallest countries on Earth ranked by total area. Vatican City is the smallest at just 0 km².

Facts last checked 31 August 2026.

#	Country	Area	Capital
1	Vatican City	0 km²	Vatican City
2	Monaco	2 km²	Monaco
3	Nauru	21 km²	Yaren
4	Tuvalu	26 km²	Funafuti
5	San Marino	61 km²	City of San Marino
6	Liechtenstein	160 km²	Vaduz
7	Marshall Islands	181 km²	Majuro
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 km²	Basseterre
9	Maldives	300 km²	Malé
10	Malta	316 km²	Valletta
11	Grenada	344 km²	St. George's
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 km²	Kingstown
13	Barbados	430 km²	Bridgetown
14	Antigua and Barbuda	442 km²	Saint John's
15	Seychelles	452 km²	Victoria
16	Palau	459 km²	Ngerulmud
17	Andorra	468 km²	Andorra la Vella
18	Saint Lucia	616 km²	Castries
19	Micronesia	702 km²	Palikir
20	Singapore	710 km²	Singapore
21	Tonga	747 km²	Nuku'alofa
22	Dominica	751 km²	Roseau
23	Bahrain	765 km²	Manama
24	Kiribati	811 km²	South Tarawa
25	São Tomé and Príncipe	964 km²	São Tomé
26	Comoros	1,862 km²	Moroni
27	Mauritius	2,040 km²	Port Louis
28	Luxembourg	2,586 km²	Luxembourg
29	Samoa	2,842 km²	Apia
30	Cape Verde	4,033 km²	Praia
31	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130 km²	Port of Spain
32	Brunei	5,765 km²	Bandar Seri Begawan
33	Palestine	6,220 km²	Ramallah
34	Cyprus	9,251 km²	Nicosia
35	Lebanon	10,452 km²	Beirut
36	Gambia	10,689 km²	Banjul
37	Kosovo	10,908 km²	Pristina
38	Jamaica	10,991 km²	Kingston
39	Qatar	11,586 km²	Doha
40	Vanuatu	12,189 km²	Port Vila
41	Montenegro	13,812 km²	Podgorica
42	Bahamas	13,943 km²	Nassau
43	Timor-Leste	14,874 km²	Dili
44	Eswatini	17,364 km²	Mbabane
45	Kuwait	17,818 km²	Kuwait City
46	Fiji	18,272 km²	Suva
47	Slovenia	20,273 km²	Ljubljana
48	El Salvador	21,041 km²	San Salvador
49	Israel	21,937 km²	Jerusalem
50	Belize	22,966 km²	Belmopan

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Last updated: 31 August 2026