World Rankings

Smallest Countries in the World

Complete ranking of 251 countries by total land area (smallest first)

Monaco

#1 Smallest

2 km²

Smallest Area

251

Countries & Territories

About This Ranking

This list ranks all countries and territories by their total land area, starting with the smallest. Many of the world's smallest nations are city-states or island territories.

The smallest countries often have unique characteristics: high population density, specialized economies, and outsized influence in areas like banking, tourism, or diplomacy.

Complete Rankings

Rank	Country	Land Area (km²)
1.	Monaco	2
2.	Coral Sea Islands	3
3.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	5
4.	Navassa Island	5
5.	Spratly Islands	5
6.	Clipperton Island	6
7.	Wake Island	7
8.	Gibraltar	7
9.	Paracel Islands	8
10.	Tokelau	12
11.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14
12.	Nauru	21
13.	Saint Barthelemy	25
14.	Tuvalu	26
15.	Macau	28
16.	Sint Maarten	34
17.	Norfolk Island	36
18.	Pitcairn Islands	47
19.	Bouvet Island	49
20.	Saint Martin	50
21.	Bermuda	54
22.	British Indian Ocean Territory	60
23.	San Marino	61
24.	Guernsey	78
25.	Anguilla	91
26.	Montserrat	102
27.	Jersey	116
28.	Akrotiri	123
29.	Dhekelia	131
30.	Christmas Island	135
31.	Wallis and Futuna	142
32.	British Virgin Islands	151
33.	Liechtenstein	160
34.	Aruba	180
35.	Marshall Islands	181
36.	American Samoa	224
37.	Cook Islands	236
38.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242
39.	Niue	260
40.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261
41.	Cayman Islands	264
42.	Maldives	298
43.	Malta	316
44.	Grenada	344
45.	Gaza, Gaza Strip	360
46.	Jan Mayen	377
47.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389
48.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	394
49.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412
50.	Barbados	430
51.	Antigua and Barbuda	443
52.	Curacao	444
53.	Seychelles	455
54.	Palau	459
55.	Northern Mariana Islands	464
56.	Andorra	468
57.	Guam	544
58.	Isle of Man	572
59.	Saint Lucia	616
60.	Federated States of Micronesia	702
61.	Singapore	719
62.	Tonga	747
63.	Dominica	751
64.	Bahrain	760
65.	Kiribati	811
66.	Turks and Caicos Islands	948
67.	Sao Tome and Principe	964
68.	Hong Kong	1,108
69.	Faroe Islands	1,393
70.	Virgin Islands	1,910
71.	Mauritius	2,040
72.	Comoros	2,235
73.	Luxembourg	2,586
74.	Samoa	2,831
75.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	3,903
76.	Cabo Verde	4,033
77.	French Polynesia	4,167
78.	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128
79.	Brunei	5,765
80.	West Bank	5,860
81.	Puerto Rico	9,104
82.	Cyprus	9,251
83.	Lebanon	10,400
84.	Kosovo	10,887
85.	Jamaica	10,991
86.	The Gambia	11,300
87.	Qatar	11,586
88.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	12,173
89.	Vanuatu	12,189
90.	Montenegro	13,812
91.	The Bahamas	13,880
92.	Timor-Leste	14,874
93.	Eswatini	17,364
94.	Kuwait	17,818
95.	Fiji	18,274
96.	New Caledonia	18,575
97.	Slovenia	20,273
98.	El Salvador	21,041
99.	Israel	21,937
100.	Belize	22,966
101.	Djibouti	23,200
102.	North Macedonia	25,713
103.	Rwanda	26,338
104.	Haiti	27,750
105.	Burundi	27,830
106.	Equatorial Guinea	28,051
107.	Albania	28,748
108.	Solomon Islands	28,896
109.	Armenia	29,743
110.	Lesotho	30,355
111.	Belgium	30,528
112.	Moldova	33,851
113.	Taiwan	35,980
114.	Guinea-Bissau	36,125
115.	Bhutan	38,394
116.	Switzerland	41,277
117.	Netherlands	41,543
118.	Denmark	43,094
119.	Estonia	45,228
120.	The Dominican	48,670
121.	Slovakia	49,035
122.	Costa Rica	51,100
123.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197
124.	Croatia	56,594
125.	Togo	56,785
126.	Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)	62,045
127.	Latvia	64,589
128.	Lithuania	65,300
129.	Sri Lanka	65,610
130.	Georgia	69,700
131.	Ireland	70,273
132.	Sierra Leone	71,740
133.	Panama	75,420
134.	Serbia	77,474
135.	Czechia	78,867
136.	United Arab Emirates	83,600
137.	Austria	83,871
138.	Azerbaijan	86,600
139.	Jordan	89,342
140.	Portugal	92,090
141.	Hungary	93,028
142.	South Korea	99,720
143.	Iceland	103,000
144.	Guatemala	108,889
145.	Cuba	110,860
146.	Bulgaria	110,879
147.	Liberia	111,369
148.	Honduras	112,090
149.	Benin	112,622
150.	Eritrea	117,600
151.	Malawi	118,484
152.	North Korea	120,538
153.	Nicaragua	130,370
154.	Greece	131,957
155.	Tajikistan	144,100
156.	Nepal	147,181
157.	Bangladesh	148,460
158.	Tunisia	163,610
159.	Suriname	163,820
160.	Uruguay	176,215
161.	Cambodia	181,035
162.	Syria	187,437
163.	Senegal	196,722
164.	Kyrgyzstan	199,951
165.	Belarus	207,600
166.	Guyana	214,969
167.	Laos	236,800
168.	Romania	238,391
169.	Ghana	238,533
170.	Uganda	241,038
171.	United Kingdom	243,610
172.	Guinea	245,857
173.	Western Sahara	266,000
174.	Gabon	267,667
175.	New Zealand	268,838
176.	Burkina Faso	274,200
177.	Ecuador	283,561
178.	Philippines	300,000
179.	Italy	301,340
180.	Oman	309,500
181.	Poland	312,685
182.	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463
183.	Norway	323,802
184.	Malaysia	329,847
185.	Vietnam	331,210
186.	Finland	338,145
187.	Congo (Brazzaville)	342,000
188.	Germany	357,022
189.	Japan	377,915
190.	Zimbabwe	390,757
191.	Paraguay	406,752
192.	Iraq	438,317
193.	Uzbekistan	447,400
194.	Sweden	450,295
195.	Papua New Guinea	462,840
196.	Cameroon	475,440
197.	Turkmenistan	488,100
198.	Spain	505,370
199.	Thailand	513,120
200.	Yemen	527,968
201.	Kenya	580,367
202.	Botswana	581,730
203.	Madagascar	587,041
204.	Ukraine	603,550
205.	Central African Republic	622,984
206.	Somalia	637,657
207.	France	643,801
208.	South Sudan	644,329
209.	Afghanistan	652,230
210.	Burma	676,578
211.	Morocco	716,550
212.	Zambia	752,618
213.	Chile	756,102
214.	Turkey	783,562
215.	Pakistan	796,095
216.	Mozambique	799,380
217.	Namibia	824,292
218.	Venezuela	912,050
219.	Nigeria	923,768
220.	Tanzania	947,300
221.	Egypt	1,001,450
222.	Mauritania	1,030,700
223.	Bolivia	1,098,581
224.	Ethiopia	1,104,300
225.	Colombia	1,138,910
226.	South Africa	1,219,090
227.	Mali	1,240,192
228.	Angola	1,246,700
229.	Niger	1,267,000
230.	Chad	1,284,000
231.	Peru	1,285,216
232.	Mongolia	1,564,116
233.	Iran	1,648,195
234.	Libya	1,759,540
235.	Sudan	1,861,484
236.	Indonesia	1,904,569
237.	Mexico	1,964,375
238.	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690
239.	Greenland	2,166,086
240.	DRC	2,344,858
241.	Algeria	2,381,740
242.	Kazakhstan	2,724,900
243.	Argentina	2,780,400
244.	India	3,287,263
245.	Australia	7,741,220
246.	Brazil	8,515,770
247.	China	9,596,960
248.	United States	9,833,517
249.	Canada	9,984,670
250.	Antarctica	14,200,000
251.	Russia	17,098,242

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