Microstate

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A microstate[1] or ministate is a country that is very small in size, or has very little amounts of people living in it., Usually, both cases are true. However, there are no set definitions of the terms "state" and "very small".[2]

Some examples that are usually called microstates include Andorra, Bahamas, Comoros, Fiji, Guyana, Iceland, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, San Marino, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The smallest state in the world is Vatican City, in the city of Rome.

Microstates of the world[3]

Criteria[change | change source]

This is a criteria table to make sure that other countries are connected to its smallness.

Generally speaking, only a few countries of the world are so small, remote or lack some resources that someone else uses this year.

In function of area In function of population
Less than 6000 km22 34 countries Less than 1,000,0002 52 countries
Less than 1000 km22 26 countries Less than 500,0002 33 countries
Less than 500 km22 19 countries Less than 100,0002 20 countries

List of microstates[change | change source]

This is a table of all microstates according to the current CIA Factbook. In addition, states with limited recognition are included.

# Country Area (km2 or sq mi)[4] Population[5] Continent Subregion
1  Vatican City 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi) 1,000 Europe Southern Europe
2  Monaco 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) 31,597 Europe Western Europe
3  Nauru 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) 9,852 Oceania Micronesia
4  Tuvalu 26 km2 (10 sq mi) 11,639 Oceania Polynesia
5  San Marino 61 km2 (24 sq mi) 34,892 Europe Southern Europe
6  Liechtenstein 160 km2 (62 sq mi) 39,993 Europe Western Europe
7  Marshall Islands 181 km2 (70 sq mi) 80,966 Oceania Micronesia
8  Cook Islands 236 km2 (91 sq mi) 7,939 Oceania Polynesia
9  Niue 260 km2 (100 sq mi) 2,000 Oceania Polynesia
10  Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 km2 (101 sq mi) 54,817 Americas Caribbean
11  Maldives 298 km2 (115 sq mi) 389,568 Asia Southern Asia
12  Malta 316 km2 (122 sq mi) 467,138 Europe Southern Europe
13  Grenada 344 km2 (133 sq mi) 114,299 Americas Caribbean
14  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 km2 (150 sq mi) 100,804 Americas Caribbean
15  Barbados 430 km2 (170 sq mi) 303,831 Americas Caribbean
16  Antigua and Barbuda 442 km2 (171 sq mi) 101,489 Americas Caribbean
17  Seychelles 455 km2 (176 sq mi) 97,617 Africa Eastern Africa
18  Palau 459 km2 (177 sq mi) 21,779 Oceania Micronesia
19  Andorra 468 km2 (181 sq mi) 85,468 Europe Southern Europe
20  Saint Lucia 618 km2 (239 sq mi) 167,591 Americas Caribbean
21  Federated States of Micronesia 702 km2 (271 sq mi) 100,319 Oceania Micronesia
22  Singapore 716 km2 (276 sq mi) 5,975,383 Asia Southeast Asia
23  Tonga 747 km2 (288 sq mi) 105,221 Oceania Polynesia
24  Dominica 751 km2 (290 sq mi) 74,656 Americas Caribbean
25  Bahrain 761 km2 (294 sq mi) 1,553,886 Asia Western Asia
26  Kiribati 811 km2 (313 sq mi) 115,372 Oceania Micronesia
27  São Tomé and Príncipe 1,001 km2 (386 sq mi) 220,372 Africa Central Africa
28  Comoros 1,861 km2 (719 sq mi) 888,378 Africa Eastern Africa
29  Mauritius 2,040 km2 (790 sq mi) 1,309,448 Africa Eastern Africa
30  Luxembourg 2,586 km2 (998 sq mi) 660,924 Europe Western Europe
31  Samoa 2,831 km2 (1,093 sq mi) 207,501 Oceania Polynesia
32  Artsakh 3,101 km2 (1,197 sq mi) 156,300 Asia Western Asia
33  Northern Cyprus 3,351 km2 (1,294 sq mi) 356,262 Europe Southern Europe
34  South Ossetia 3,900 km2 (1,500 sq mi) 63,118 Asia Western Asia
35  Cape Verde 4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi) 603,901 Africa Western Africa
36  Transnistria 4,152 km2 (1,603 sq mi) 531,365 Europe Eastern Europe
37  Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 km2 (1,980 sq mi) 1,409,460 Americas Caribbean
38  Brunei 5,765 km2 (2,226 sq mi) 484,991 Asia Southeast Asia
39  Cyprus 5,900 km2 (2,300 sq mi) 962,232 Europe Southern Europe
40  Abkhazia 8,660 km2 (3,340 sq mi) 259,323 Asia Western Asia
41  Vanuatu 12,189 km2 (4,706 sq mi) 313,046 Oceania Melanesia
42  Montenegro 13,812 km2 (5,333 sq mi) 602,445 Europe Southern Europe
43  Bahamas 13,880 km2 (5,360 sq mi) 358,508 Americas Caribbean
44  Fiji 18,274 km2 (7,056 sq mi) 947,760 Oceania Melanesia
45  Belize 22,966 km2 (8,867 sq mi) 419,137 Americas Central America
46  Djibouti 23,200 km2 (9,000 sq mi) 976,143 Africa Eastern Africa
47  Solomon Islands 28,896 km2 (11,157 sq mi) 714,766 Oceania Melanesia
48  Bhutan 38,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi) 876,181 Asia Southern Asia
49  Iceland 103,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi) 360,872 Europe Northern Europe
50  Suriname 163,820 km2 (63,250 sq mi) 639,759 Americas South America
51  Guyana 214,969 km2 (83,000 sq mi) 791,739 Americas South America
52  Western Sahara 266,000 km2 (103,000 sq mi) 646,191 Africa Northern Africa

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Microstate, Demography of
  2. ↑ Warrington, E. (1994). "Lilliputs Revisited". Asian Journal of Public Administration, 16(1).
  3. ↑ This map includes states with limited recognition that are not found in ISO-3166.
  4. ↑ CIA - The World Factbook
  5. ↑ CIA - The World Factbook
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