What Is The Smallest Country In The World?

The size of a golf course, the Vatican City [wiki | official website] is the smallest country in the world. It's basically a walled enclave inside of Rome, Italy. It's so small that the entire country does not have a single street address.

Vatican city is the world's smallest city in terms of area. It is only 0.2 square miles and has a population of 770 only. None of the residents are permanent by the way.

The country surrounds St. Peter Basilica which is a spiritual center for Roman Catholics.

Vatican city is also known as the Holy Sea and it is surrounded by Rome, Italy.

The smallest country in the world, in terms of area, is the Vatican City, a tiny microstate within the Italian capital of Rome. This is the spiritual centre of the Roman Catholic community of the world. It has a population of 770 people and is 0.2 square miles in area. None of the people who reside in the Vatican City, which surrounds St. Peter's Basilica, are either natives or permanent residents of the Vatican City.

The other countries that cover areas of less than 200 square miles are Monaco (0.7 square miles, with a population of 32, 000), Nauru (8.5 square miles, with a population of 13, 000), Tuvalu (9 square miles, with a population of 12, 000), San Marino (24 square miles, with a population of 29, 000), Liechtenstein (62 square miles, with a population of 34, 000), the Marshall Islands (70 square miles, with a population of 58, 000), Saint Kitts and Nevis (104 square miles, with a population of 39, 000), Seychelles (107 square miles, with a population of 81, 000), the Maldives (115 square miles, with a population of 340, 000), Malta (122 square miles, with a population of 400, 000), Grenada (133 square miles, with a population of 90, 000), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (150 square miles, with a population of 117, 000), Barbados (166 square miles, with a population of 280, 000), Antigua and Barbuda (171 square miles, with a population of 69, 000), Andorra (180 square miles, with a population of 70, 000) and Palau (191 square miles, with a population of 20, 000).      

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