Tiny states
The states with less than 3,000 km² of land; on the map most of them are dots you can tap. Number of countries: 29.
Quizzes for this region
Small states on the map
A country is named; put your finger on it. A miss shows how far off you were.
Name the small states
One country is shaded on the map. Which of the four names is it?
Capitals of the small states
Match each country with its capital city, one way round or the other, four choices per question.
Flags of the small states
Name the country of a flag, or pick the right flag of four.
Tiny states on the scales
Put two countries on the scales: more people, or more land?
Name all 29 small states
Type a region’s countries from memory and watch the map fill in.
The selection in numbers
- Countries
- 29
- Largest by area
- Samoa · 2,840 km²
- Smallest by area
- Nauru · 21 km²
- Most people
- Singapore · 6.1 million
- Fewest people
- Tuvalu · 9,492
- People in total
- 13.7 million
- Area in total
- 19,811 km²
- Drawn as a dot
- Samoa, Mauritius, Comoros, São Tomé and Príncipe, Kiribati, Bahrain, Dominica, Tonga, Singapore, Micronesia, Saint Lucia, Andorra, Palau, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Malta, Maldives, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Marshall Islands, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Tuvalu, Nauru, Vatican City
World Bank figures: population of 2025, area of 2023.
Countries in this selection
Sorted by area, largest first. Each name leads to the country’s own page.
Samoa2,840 km²
Luxembourg2,590 km²
Mauritius2,010 km²
Comoros1,861 km²
São Tomé and Príncipe960 km²
Kiribati811 km²
Bahrain800 km²
Dominica751 km²
Tonga749 km²
Singapore734 km²
Micronesia701 km²
Saint Lucia616 km²
Andorra468 km²
Palau459 km²
Seychelles457 km²
Antigua and Barbuda440 km²
Barbados430 km²
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines389 km²
Grenada344 km²
Malta315 km²
Maldives300 km²
Saint Kitts and Nevis261 km²
Marshall Islands181 km²
Liechtenstein160 km²
Monaco75 km²
San Marino61 km²
Tuvalu26 km²
Nauru21 km²
Vatican City–