The Vatican City is the smallest country in the world in 2019 with an area of just 0.44 km2 It has a population of about 1000 people.
Top 50 smallest countries in the world
| Rank | Country | Area |
| 1. | Vatican City | 0.44 km2 |
| 2. | Monaco | 2.02 km2 |
| 3. | Nauru | 21 km2 |
| 4. | Tuvalu | 26 km2 |
| 5. | San Marino | 61 km2 |
| 6. | Liechtenstein | 160 km2 |
| 7. | Marshall Islands | 181 km2 |
| 8. | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 km2 |
| 9. | Maldives | 298 km2 |
| 10. | Malta | 316 km2 |
| 11. | Grenada | 344 km2 |
| 12. | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 km2 |
| 13. | Barbados | 431 km2 |
| 14. | Antigua and Barbuda | 443 km2 |
| 15. | Seychelles | 455 km2 |
| 16. | Palau | 459 km2 |
| 17. | Andorra | 468 km2 |
| 18. | Saint Lucia | 606 km2 |
| 19. | Singapore | 687 km2 |
| 20. | Micronesia | 702 km2 |
| 21. | Tonga | 717 km2 |
| 22. | Dominica | 751 km2 |
| 23. | Bahrain | 765 km2 |
| 24. | Kiribati | 811 km2 |
| 25. | Sao Tome | 964 km2 |
| 26. | Comoros | 1,862 km2 |
| 27. | Mauritius | 2,030 km2 |
| 28. | Luxembourg | 2,586 km2 |
| 29. | Samoa | 2,821 km2 |
| 30. | Cape Verde | 4,033 km2 |
| 31. | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 km2 |
| 32. | Brunei | 5,265 km2 |
| 33. | Cyprus | 9,241 km2 |
| 34. | Gambia | 10,000 km2 |
| 35. | Bahamas | 10,010 km2 |
| 36. | Lebanon | 10,230 km2 |
| 37. | Jamaica | 10,831 km2 |
| 38. | Qatar | 11,586 km2 |
| 39. | Vanuatu | 12,189 km2 |
| 40. | Montenegro | 13,452 km2 |
| 41. | East Timor | 14,874 km2 |
| 42. | Swaziland | 17,204 km2 |
| 43. | Kuwait | 17,818 km2 |
| 44. | Fiji | 18,274 km2 |
| 45. | Slovenia | 20,151 km2 |
| 46. | Israel | 20,330 km2 |
| 47. | El Salvador | 20,721 km2 |
| 48. | Belize | 22,806 km2 |
| 49. | Djibouti | 23,180 km2 |
| 50. | Macedonia | 25,433 km2 |