The smallest country in the world is Vatican City, with a landmass of just **** square kilometers (0.19 square miles). Vatican City is an independent state surrounded by Rome. Vatican City is not the only small country located inside Italy. San Marino is another microstate, with a land area of ** square kilometers, making it the fifth-smallest country in the world.
Many of these small nations have equally small populations, typically less than ************** inhabitants. However, the population of Singapore is almost *** million, and it is the twentieth smallest country in the world with a land area of *** square kilometers. In comparison, Jamaica is almost eight times larger than Singapore, but has half the population.
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Visual Capitalist. (October 16, 2020). The smallest countries in the world as of 2020, by land area (in square kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181994/the-worlds-smallest-countries/
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Visual Capitalist. (2020). The smallest countries in the world as of 2020, by land area (in square kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181994/the-worlds-smallest-countries/
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