Tiny states on the scales
Level
Question type
Unfolding the map…
Two countries among the tiny states side by side: choose the one with more people or more land. 28 countries take part.
From the data
- 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.
- Largest population gap
- Singapore and Tuvalu (×644)
- Closest pair by population
- Grenada and Micronesia (×1.032)
- Closest pair by area
- Dominica and Tonga (×1.003)
Levels in this selection
- Easy: 17 countries
- Medium: 24 countries
- Hard: 28 countries
Easy pairs differ at least four times, Medium 1.6 to 4 times, Hard only 1.08 to 1.6 times.
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The answers of this quiz, sorted by area. Open it after a round, not during one.
| # | Country | Area | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samoa | 2,840 km² | 219,306 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 2,590 km² | 686,970 |
| 3 | Mauritius | 2,010 km² | 1.2 million |
| 4 | Comoros | 1,861 km² | 882,847 |
| 5 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 960 km² | 240,254 |
| 6 | Kiribati | 811 km² | 136,488 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 800 km² | 1.6 million |
| 8 | Dominica | 751 km² | 65,871 |
| 9 | Tonga | 749 km² | 103,742 |
| 10 | Singapore | 734 km² | 6.1 million |
| 11 | Micronesia | 701 km² | 113,683 |
| 12 | Saint Lucia | 616 km² | 180,149 |
| 13 | Andorra | 468 km² | 82,904 |
| 14 | Palau | 459 km² | 17,663 |
| 15 | Seychelles | 457 km² | 122,730 |
| 16 | Antigua and Barbuda | 440 km² | 94,209 |
| 17 | Barbados | 430 km² | 282,623 |
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 km² | 99,924 |
| 19 | Grenada | 344 km² | 117,303 |
| 20 | Malta | 315 km² | 579,704 |
| 21 | Maldives | 300 km² | 529,676 |
| 22 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 km² | 46,922 |
| 23 | Marshall Islands | 181 km² | 36,282 |
| 24 | Liechtenstein | 160 km² | 41,024 |
| 25 | Monaco | 75 km² | 38,341 |
| 26 | San Marino | 61 km² | 34,109 |
| 27 | Tuvalu | 26 km² | 9,492 |
| 28 | Nauru | 21 km² | 12,025 |
Questions about this quiz
How many countries does this quiz cover?
28 countries. A round asks ten of them; choose a longer round in the setup under New.
Which country of this selection has the largest area?
Samoa, with 2,840 km² according to the World Bank (2023).
Which country of this selection has the most people?
Singapore, with 6.1 million people according to the World Bank (2025).