LOW POPULATION COUNTRY
10. Antigua and Barbuda
With a population of approximately 70,000 people, Antigua and Barbuda is
a pretty small country – it’s population is ⅓ to ¼ that of Iceland,
about 50,000 less than the town of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and probably 100
to 120x smaller than the population of all of New York City.
9. Marshall Islands
With a population of less than 60,000 people, the entire surface area of
the Marshall Islands is less than 175 total square miles! That country
is quite tiny! Located in the northern Pacific Ocean, the Marshall
Islands are, as the name would suggest, an island country, and actually
borders the #2 country on our list.
8. Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Kitts is an island in the West Indies that is in the same
federation as the island of Nevis. The population of this federation is
less than 40,000 people total, making this island smaller than your
average American town, about 15 times smaller than the entire city of
Boston, Massachusetts, and about 650 – 700 times smaller than the entire
states of Texas.
7. Liechtenstein
With a population of 33,720, Liechtenstein is less than half the size of
our #10 country, Antigua and Barbuda. The whole country is less than 63
square miles in size, making it quite a tiny nation. The country is
bordered by Switzerland and located in Central Europe. An interesting
fact of note is that it is, by measure of gross domestic product per
capita, the richest German-speaking country in the entire world.
6. Monaco
Boasting a truly enormous and unbelievably large population of 32,410
people, Monaco is just a little bit smaller than Liechtenstein. Located
along the French Riviera in Western Europe, it lies adjacent to France.
It also borders the Mediterranean sea, and is actually run as a
monarchy under Prince Albert II.For those of you looking to move to Europe for an incredible tax
incentive, look no further than Monaco: this country poses absolutely no
income tax to its citizens.
5. The Republic of San Marino
With a population of less than 30,000 people, this country is
exceptionally tiny, boasting an area of just 24 square miles total. The
country is a small area surrounded by Italy in Southern Europe, and
relies a great deal on tourism to stimulate its economy. A great
vacation spot for any tourist, this tiny European destination is a
hotspot for travelers the world over.
4. Palau
With a population just over 20,000 people, Palau is one of the world’s
four smallest countries, about ⅓ of the size of the Marshall Islands.
With over 175 square miles of land area, Palau is larger than many other
countries on this list, likely comfortably fitting it’s tiny population
of 20,000 people. Located on a tiny island just east of the
Philippines, Palau is an isolated nation in the heart of the Pacific
Ocean.
3. Nauru
Boasting an impressively tiny population of less than 15,000 people,
Nauru, only eight square miles in total length, is located to the
northeast of australia on a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean. Nauru is
broken up into 14 districts, each one of them containing between 4 to 17
villages per district with a population between 150 and 3,000 per
district.
2. Tuvalu
Having gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1978, Tuvalu is
the second smallest country in the world in terms of population size,
having only around 11,000 people in its entire population. Tuvalu is
located to the east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, close to Nauru as
well as Fiji.
1. Vatican City
Would you believe somebody if they told you that an entire nation has a
population smaller than 1,000 people total? The Vatican City is exactly
that, my friends: the world’s smallest country in both population and in
terms of total square miles. Boasting a population of approximately 850
total people, the entire country is the size of less than ½ of a square
mile! The epicenter of Christian theology, the Vatican is one of the
most famous and controversial nations in human history, and also the
very smallest.