118 Panama 74,177 0.05% Central America



Note:

Located on the Isthmus of Panama.



119 Sierra Leone 71,740 0.05% West Africa



Note:

Located on the west coast of Africa.



120 Ireland (Republic of) 70,273 0.05% Northern Europe



Note:

The island of Ireland itself has an area of 84,421 km².



121 Georgia 69,700 0.05% Western Asia



Note:

Includes Abkhazia (8,600 km²) and South Ossetia.



122 Sri Lanka 65,610 0.04% Western Asia



Note:

An island and country off the southeastern coast of India.



123 Lithuania 65,300 0.04% Northern Europe



Note:

One of the Baltic states.



124 Latvia 64,589 0.04% Northern Europe



Note:

One of the Baltic states.



125 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 62,422 0.04% Northern Europe



Note:

A group of islands in the Arctic Ocean north of Norway.



126 Togo 56,785 0.04% West Africa



Note:

A narrow strip of land in West Africa bordering the Bight of Benin.



127 Croatia 56,594 0.04% Southern Europe



Note:

Croatia is located in Central and Southeast Europe, it has a coastline at the Adriatic Sea.



128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,197 0.03% Southern Europe



Note:

Located in the western Balkans, has a very small access to the Adriatic Sea.



129 Costa Rica 51,100 0.03% Central America



Note:

Located on the Central American isthmus, includes Isla del Coco.



130 Slovakia 49,035 0.03% Eastern Europe



Note:

A landlocked country in Eastern Europe, formerly part of Czechoslovakia.



131 Dominican Republic 48,310 0.03% Caribbean



Note:

The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two third of the island of Hispaniola



132 Estonia 45,227 0.03% Northern Europe



Note:

One of the Baltic states, includes Estonia's 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea.



133 Denmark 42,916 0.03% Northern Europe



Note:

Includes Denmark proper only; the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and Faroe Islands covers 2,220,093 km² and would be the world's 13th largest country.



134 Netherlands 41,543 0.03% Western Europe



Note:

Includes the Netherlands proper only. Including its Caribbean islands, the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands covers 42,437 km².



135 Switzerland 41,285 0.03% Western Europe



Note:

A landlocked country extending across the north and south side of the Alps.



136 Bhutan 38,394 0.03% Western Asia



Note:

A landlocked country located on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas.



137 Taiwan (Republic of China) 36,188 0.02% Eastern Asia



Note:

Includes only the territories under the administration of the ROC, namely Taiwan, and the islands of Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.



138 Guinea-Bissau 36,125 0.02% West Africa



Note:

West Africa at the Atlantic coast.



139 Moldova 33,850 0.02% Eastern Europe



Note:

Includes the de facto independent autonomous territory of Transnistria (Pridnestrovie).



140 Belgium 30,528 0.02% Western Europe



Note:

A federal monarchy in Western Europe.



141 Lesotho 30,355 0.02% Southern Africa



Note:

A country entirely surrounded by South Africa. It is also the only independent nation in the world that lies completely on an elevation above 1,000 meters (3,281 ft).



142 Armenia 29,743 0.02% Western Asia



Note:

A landlocked country in the South Caucasus.



143 Solomon Islands 28,896 0.02% Oceania, Melanesia



Note:

An island nation east of Papua New Guinea.



144 Albania 28,748 0.02% Southern Europe



Note:

Located on the Balkan Peninsula, with a a coast on the Adriatic Sea and on the Ionian Sea.



145 Equatorial Guinea 28,051 0.02% Central Africa



Note:

The country consists of five small islands and an African mainland territory between Cameroon and Gabon named Río Muni.



146 Burundi 27,834 0.02% Eastern Africa



Note:

A small, landlocked country in the center of Africa at Lake Tanganyika.



147 Haiti 27,750 0.02% Caribbean



Note:

Haiti occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola



148 Rwanda 26,338 0.02% Eastern Africa



Note:

Landlocked high altitude country in Central/Eastern Africa, just south of the equator.



149 North Macedonia 25,713 0.02% Southern Europe



Note:

A landlocked country located in the central Balkan peninsula, north of Greece.



150 Djibouti 23,200 0.02% Eastern Africa



Note:

Small country in the Horn of Africa.



151 Belize 22,966 0.02% Central America



Note:

Belize lies on the Caribbean coast of northern Central America.



152 Israel 22,072 0.01% Middle East



Note:

Including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem.



153 El Salvador 21,041 0.01% Central America



Note:

Smallest country in Central America.



154 Slovenia 20,273 0.01% Southern Europe



Note:

A country in Central /Southeastern Europe bordered by the Alps, with a small coastline at the Adriatic Sea.



155 New Caledonia 18,575 0.01% Oceania, Melanesia



Note:

A special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.



156 Fiji 18,274 0.01% Oceania, Melanesia



Note:

An archipelago in the South West Pacific, east of Australia.



157 Kuwait 17,818 0.01% Middle East



Note:

A small, oil-rich country on the Arabian Peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf.



158 Swaziland 17,364 0.01% Southern Africa



Note:

Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland is a sovereign state in Southern Africa.



159 East Timor 14,874 >0.01% Southeast Asia



Note:

East Timor is a small country on the island of Timor in Maritime Southeast Asia, bordered by Indonesia.



160 The Bahamas 13,943 >0.01% Caribbean



Note:

Archipelago in the western Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida.



161 Montenegro 13,812 >0.01% Southern Europe



Note:

Montenegro is a small Balkan country with a narrow strip of beaches along its Adriatic sea.



162 Vanuatu 12,189 >0.01% Oceania, Melanesia



Note:

Vanuatu is a South Pacific Ocean island nation consisting of around 80 islands.



163 Falkland Islands 12,173 >0.01% South America



Note:

British Overseas Territory, claimed by Argentina. Excludes South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.



164 Qatar 11,586 >0.01% Middle East



Note:

Qatar, an Arab country occupying the small Qatar Peninsula in the Persian Gulf.



165 The Gambia 11,295 >0.01% West Africa



Note:

The Gambia is the smallest African country on mainland Africa, situated along the Gambia River, with a narrow Atlantic coastline, it is surrounded by Senegal.



166 Jamaica 10,991 >0.01% Caribbean



Note:

The Caribbean island nation south of Cuba is famous as the birthplace of reggae.



167 Kosovo 10,887 >0.01% Southern Europe



Note:

Kosovo unilaterally declared itself independent to partial recognition, with objections from Serbia, Russia, China and others. Serbia still claims the territory.



168 Lebanon 10,400 <0.01% Middle East



Note:

Lebanon, a sovereign country situated north of Israel, with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea.



169 Cyprus 9,251 <0.01% Western Asia



Note:

Includes Northern Cyprus (only recognized by Turkey) and Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Sovereign Base Areas).



170 Puerto Rico 8,870 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

An island in the Caribbean and an Unincorporated and organized U.S. territory.



171 Palestinian territories 6,020 <0.01% Middle East



Note:

The figure consists of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.



172 Brunei Darussalam 5,765 <0.01% Southeast Asia



Note:

One of the smallest countries in Asia (after Singapore and the Maldives).



173 Trinidad and Tobago 5,130 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

An island nation with two main islands off Venezuela's coast in the southern Caribbean.



174 French Polynesia 4,167 <0.01% Oceania, Polynesia



Note:

French overseas collectivity, an archipelago of 118 dispersed islands in the South Pacific Ocean.



175 Cape Verde 4,033 <0.01% West Africa



Note:

An island nation, an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean, west of Africa.



176 Samoa 2,831 <0.01% Oceania, Polynesia



Note:

An island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, formerly known as Western Samoa.



177 Luxembourg 2,586 <0.01% Western Europe



Note:

The Grand Duchy is a landlocked country in Western Europe.



178 Réunion 2,510 <0.01% Eastern Africa



Note:

Known previously as Île Bourbon, an island and a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.



179 Comoros 2,235 <0.01% Eastern Africa



Note:

An island country at northern end of Mozambique Channel (Indian Ocean). Listed figure includes Mayotte (373 km²). Mayotte island is officially an overseas collectivity of France and is not under the sovereignty of Comoros.



180 Mauritius 2,040 <0.01% Eastern Africa



Note:

Includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues.



181 Guadeloupe 1,630 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

Former French overseas département that included La Désirade, Marie Galante, Les Saintes, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin (French part). Note that Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin became separate overseas collectvities in 2007 and are no longer politically part of Guadeloupe.



182 Faroe Islands 1,393 <0.01% Northern Europe



Note:

An archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and a self-governing territory of Denmark.



-- Hong Kong 1,106 Eastern Asia



Note:

The former British dependency is since 1997 a special administrative region (SAR) of China situated on the southeastern coast of China mainland.



183 Martinique 1,100 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

An island in the Caribbean Sea in the Lesser Antilles group and part of France proper.

184 Netherlands Antilles 999 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

Self-governing part of the Netherlands; includes Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin).



185 São Tomé and Príncipe

Sao Tome-et-Principe 964 <0.01% Central Africa



Note:

The island nation in the Gulf of Guinea near the equator is the second-smallest country in Africa.



186 Turks and Caicos Islands 948 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. The area includes protected waters.



187 Dominica 751 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

An island nation south-southeast of Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea.



188 Tonga 747 <0.01% Oceania, Polynesia



Note:

An archipelago nation comprising 177 small islands in the South Pacific Ocean.



189 Bahrain 741 <0.01% Middle East



Note:

The Kingdom of Bahrain is a small island nation north of Qatar in the Persian Gulf.



190 Kiribati 726 <0.01% Oceania, Micronesia



Note:

A sovereign island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, it includes three island groups - the Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands, and the Phoenix Islands.



191 Singapore 725 <0.01% Southeast Asia



Note:

The second-smallest Asian country. Official area is 718.3 km². Singapore gains in size because of land reclamation off its coasts.



192 Micronesia, Federated States of 702 <0.01% Oceania, Micronesia



Note:

An archipelago the Western Pacific Ocean associated with the United States. It includes the Pohnpei (Ponape) archipelago, the island groups of Chuuk (Truk), the Yap islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie).



193 Isle of Man 572 <0.01% Northern Europe



Note:

A crown dependency of the UK.



194 Guam 549 <0.01% Oceania, Micronesia



Note:

One of of the Mariana Islands, administered as an unincorporated territory of the USA.



195 Saint Lucia 539 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

An island nation in the eastern Caribbean south of Martinique.



196 Palau 490 <0.01% Oceania, Micronesia



Note:

An island chain of more than 500 islands, in the Micronesia region of the western Pacific Ocean. [*]



197 Northern Mariana Islands 477 <0.01% Oceania, Micronesia



Note:

Commonwealth in political union with the USA; includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.



198 Andorra 468 <0.01% Southern Europe



Note:

A Principality and a microstate in Southwestern Europe, in the eastern Pyrenees mountains. The second-smallest country in the world that borders more than one other country.



199 Seychelles 455 <0.01% Eastern Africa



Note:

Archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean and the smallest African country.



200 Antigua and Barbuda 442 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

Includes the island of Redonda, 1.6 km².



201 Barbados 431 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

A sovereign island country within the British Commonwealth, situated in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.



202 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

(Saint Vincent 344 km²), an island chain country in the Lesser Antilles, south of Saint Lucia.



203 Virgin Islands U.S. 347 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

Unincorporated, organized territory of the USA.



204 Grenada 344 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

An island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea north of Trinidad and Tobago.



205 Malta 316 <0.01% Southern Europe



Note:

Malta is an island nation in the central Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and the North African coast, east of Tunisia.



206 Maldives 298 <0.01% Western Asia



Note:

An island nation in the Indian Ocean composed of 26 coral atolls. The smallest country in Asia by land area.



207 Cayman Islands 264 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

A British Overseas Territory.



208 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

Also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, smallest sovereign state in the Americas and in the Western Hemisphere, located east of Puerto Rico.



209 Niue 260 <0.01% Oceania, Polynesia



Note:

Self-governing nation in free association with New Zealand.



210 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 <0.01% North America



Note:

A French archipelago south of the island of Newfoundland (Canada); it includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups.



211 Cook Islands 236 <0.01% Oceania, Polynesia



Note:

Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.



212 American Samoa 199 <0.01% Oceania, Polynesia



Note:

Unorganized, unincorporated territory of the USA; includes Rose Island and Swains Island.



213 Marshall Islands 181 <0.01% Oceania, Micronesia



Note:

Includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik.



214 Aruba 180 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

Self-governing part of the Netherlands.



215 Liechtenstein 160 <0.01% Western Europe



Note:

The smallest country in the world that borders more than one other country.



216 British Virgin Islands 151 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

British Overseas Territory; comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands; includes the island of Anegada.



217 Wallis and Futuna 142 <0.01% Oceania, Polynesia



Note:

French overseas collectivity; includes Île Uvéa (Wallis Island), Île Futuna (Futuna Island), Île Alofi, and 20 islets.



218 Saint Helena 122 <0.01% West Africa



Note:

British Overseas Territory; excluding dependencies.



219 Jersey 116 <0.01% Northern Europe



Note:

Crown dependency of the UK.



220 Montserrat 102 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

A British Overseas Territory in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean.



221 Tristan da Cunha 98 <0.01% South Atlantic Ocean



Note:

A dependency of St Helena (UK). Area refers to the only inhabited island.



222 Anguilla 91 <0.01% Caribbean



Note:

A British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.



223 Ascension Island 88 <0.01% South Atlantic Ocean



Note:

A dependency of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.



224 Guernsey 78 <0.01% Northern Europe



Note:

A crown dependency of the UK; includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands.



225 San Marino 61 <0.01% Southern Europe



Note:

The third_smallest country in Europe, an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy.



226 Bermuda 53 <0.01% North America



Note:

An archipelago and a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.



227 Norfolk Island 36 <0.01% Oceania /Australia



Note:

A self-governing area of Australia.



228 Tuvalu 26 <0.01% Oceania, Polynesia



Note:

The second-smallest country in Oceania.



229 Nauru 21 <0.01% Oceania, Micronesia



Note:

The smallest country in Oceania, smallest island nation in the world, and third smallest country in the world.



230 Tokelau 12 <0.01% Oceania /Australia



Note:

A territory of New Zealand.



231 Gibraltar 6 <0.01% Southern Europe



Note:

British Overseas Territory on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula.



232 Pitcairn Islands 5 <0.01% Oceania, Polynesia



Note:

British Overseas Territory and smallest dependent territory in the world.



233 Monaco 1.95 <0.01% Southern Europe



Note:

The second-smallest country in the world.



234 Vatican City 0.44 <0.01% Southern Europe

