The world population contingent is constantly growing, but this process develops at different scales, since in Latin America, Africa and especially in Asia the population growth is well above the others continents.
According to data released in 2009 by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), planet Earth has 6.829 billion inhabitants. These people are unequally distributed across the planet, with some nation-states having fewer inhabitants than many Brazilian cities. The Vatican, for example, is inhabited by only 990 people.
Both Oceania and Central America have 9 of the 30 countries with the smallest population in the world. Europe, in turn, is represented on the list by 8 nations. According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the 30 least populated countries are:
1st Vatican (Europe): 990 inhabitants.
2nd Nauru (Oceania): 9,771 inhabitants.
3rd Tuvalu (Oceania): 11,093 inhabitants.
4th Palau (Oceania): 20,397 inhabitants.
5th San Marino (Europe): 31,359 inhabitants.
6th Monaco (Europe): 32,020 inhabitants.
7th Liechtenstein (Europe): 35,010 inhabitants.
8th Saint Kitts and Nevis (Central America): 46,111 inhabitants.
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9th Marshall Islands (Oceania): 54,065 inhabitants.
10th Dominica (Central America): 70,382 inhabitants.
11th Andorra (Europe): 82,180 inhabitants.
12th Antigua and Barbuda (Central America): 82,786 inhabitants.
13th Seychelles (Africa): 84,600 inhabitants.
14th Kiribati (Oceania): 98,989 inhabitants.
15th Grenada (Central America): 103,930 inhabitants.
16th Tonga (Oceania): 103,967 inhabitants.
17th Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Central America): 109,209 inhabitants.
18th Micronesia (Oceania): 110,728 inhabitants.
19° São Tomé and Príncipe (Africa): 162,755 inhabitants.
20° Saint Lucia (Central America): 172,189 inhabitants.
21st Samoa (Oceania): 178,846 inhabitants.
22° Vanuatu (Oceania): 239,788 inhabitants.
23rd Barbados (Central America): 255,872 inhabitants.
24th Belize (Central America): 306,777 inhabitants.
25th Maldives (Asia): 309,430 inhabitants.
26th Iceland (Europe): 322,691 inhabitants.
27th Bahamas (Central America): 341,713 inhabitants.
28th Brunei (Asia): 399,687 inhabitants.
29th Malta (Europe): 408,712 inhabitants.
30th Luxembourg (Europe): 486,184 inhabitants.
By Wagner de Cerqueira and Francisco
Graduated in Geography
Brazil School Team
Curiosities - geography - Brazil School
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FRANCISCO, Wagner de Cerqueira e. "Least Populated Countries in the World"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/geografia/paises-menos-populosos-mundo.htm. Accessed on June 29, 2021.
