The 13 Smallest Countries in the World
13. St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 150 square miles, pop. 117,000, island located in the Caribbean
12. Grenada - 133 sq miles, pop. 90,000, island located in the Caribbean
11. Malta - 122 sq miles, pop. 400,000, island located south of the Italian island of Sicily
10. Maldives - 115 sq miles, pop. 340,000, island group located in the Indian Ocean
9. Seychelles - 107 sq miles, pop. 81,000, island group located in the Indian Ocean
8. Saint Kitts & Nevis - 104 sq miles, pop. 39,000, islands located in the Caribbean
7. Marshall Islands - 70 sq miles, pop. 58,000, island group located in the Pacific
6. Leichtenstein - 62 sq miles, pop. 34,000, located in the Alps between Switzerland and Austria
(This is where Bermuda would have gone, at 25 sq miles with a pop. of 65,000, but it remains a self-governing British colony)
5. San Marino - 24 sq miles, pop. 29,000, located on Mt. Titano in north central Italy
4. Tuvalu - 9 sq miles, pop. 12,000, group of islands in Polynesia
3. Nauru - 8.5 sq miles, pop. 13,000, located in the Pacific
2. Monaco - .7 sq miles, pop. 32,000, located near Nice on the French Riviera
and the smallest country in the world is: *insert drum roll*
1. Vatican City (Holy See) - .2 sq miles, pop. 770 (though none are permanent residents), located in Rome, ItalyLeave you name, and if you've ever visited one of these wee places, please tell us what you thought:
