Microcountries are countries whose territory does not exceed 1000 km². Despite the small size of the territory, these countries have population, laws, sovereignty, government and political organization, that is, everything a state needs.
In terms of size, no country is smaller than the Vatican, considered the smallest territory among all other micro-countries.
Due to the small size of some countries, these are often not explicitly displayed on maps. However, they are present on all continents.
Get to know some micro countries, their respective areas and number of inhabitants.
Microcountries of the American continent
• Barbuda and Antigua – an area of 442 km² and a population of around 69 thousand inhabitants.
• São Cristovão – area of 269 km² and approximately 46 thousand inhabitants.
• Dominica – area of 751 km² and population of 72 thousand inhabitants.
• Barbados – area of 431 km² and population of 271,000 inhabitants.
• Santa Lúcia – an area of 616 km² and a population of 16 thousand inhabitants.
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – area of 389 km² and 117 thousand inhabitants.
• Grenada – area of 344 km² and 102 thousand inhabitants.
European Microcountries
• Liechtenstein – area of 160 km² and population of 33 thousand inhabitants.
• Monaco – area of 2 km² and population of 32 thousand inhabitants.
• Andorra – an area of 453 km² and a population of 68 thousand inhabitants.
• San Marino – an area of 60 km² and a population of 28 thousand inhabitants.
• Vatican – area of 0.44 km² and population of 1,000 inhabitants.
• Malta – area of 315 km² and population of 396 thousand inhabitants.
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African Microcountries
• São Tomé and Príncipe – area of 964 km² and population of 154 thousand inhabitants.
• Seychelles – area of 455 km² and population of 84 thousand inhabitants.
Microcountries of Asia and Oceania
• Bahrain – area of 678 km² and population of 739 thousand inhabitants.
• Maldives – area of 298 km² and population of 328,000 inhabitants.
• Singapore – area of 641 km² and population of 4.3 million.
• Palau – area of 487 km² and population of 20 thousand inhabitants.
• Marshall Islands – an area of 181 km² and 53 thousand inhabitants.
• Nauru – area of 21 km² and 13 thousand inhabitants.
• Micronesia – area of 707 km² and 122 thousand inhabitants.
• Tuvalu – area of 24 km² and 11 thousand inhabitants.
• Kiribati – area of 849 km² and 95 thousand inhabitants.
• Tonga – area of 749 km² and 101 thousand inhabitants.
By Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
FREITAS, Eduardo de. "The microcountries of the world"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/geografia/os-micropaises-mundo.htm. Accessed on June 28, 2021.
