Microstate

A **microstate** or **ministate** is a country that is very small in size, or has very little amounts of people living in it. Usually, both cases are true. However, there are no set definitions of the terms "state" and "very small".

Some examples that are usually called microstates include Andorra, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brunei,   Comoros, Cyprus The Cook Islands  Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, East Timor, Fiji,  Kiribati, Kosovo  Liechtenstein,  Mauritius , Monaco, Montenegro  Nauru, Palau, San Marino, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Singapore, Niue, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Barbados The smallest state in the world is Sealand, in the U.K.

In addition, places such as the Isle of man, Jersey and Guernsey has been included here for its significant level of independence. some places that are functionally independent but are claimed by other countries such as South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) are also sometimes included.

## Criteria

This is a criteria table to make sure that other countries are connected to its smallness.

Generally speaking, only a few countries of the world are so small, remote or lack a few resources that someone else uses these for even part of this year. These countries are tiny Islands, tiny landlocked countries, city states and sparsely populated countries.

|colspan="2"|In function of area|colspan="2"|In function of population|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Less than 6000 km2<sup>2</sup>|34 countries|Less than 1,000,000<sup>2</sup>|54 countries|
|Less than 1000 km2<sup>2</sup>|26 countries|Less than 500,000<sup>2</sup>|35 countries|
|Less than 500 km2<sup>2</sup>|19 countries|Less than 100,000<sup>2</sup>|22 countries|

## Origin

The origin of the word "microstate" is Europe, specially in Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City. Countries like Cyprus, Djibouti, Guyana, Iceland and Suriname are also microstates because their populations are so small. However, the qualifier for this is having an area of less than 6000 km² or a population of less than 1 000 000 people.

## List of microstates

This is a table of all microstates according to the current CIA Factbook. In addition, states with limited recognition are included.

|Country|Area (km2 or sq mi)|Population|Capital|Continent|Subregion|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||1,000|Vatican City|Europe|Southern Europe|
|||31,597|Monaco City|Europe|Western Europe|
|||9,852|Yaren|Oceania|Micronesia|
|||11,639|Funafuti|Oceania|Polynesia|
|||34,892|San Marino|Europe|Southern Europe|
|||39,993|Vaduz|Europe|Western Europe|
|||80,966|Majuro|Oceania|Micronesia|
|||7,939|Avarua|Oceania|Polynesia|
|||2,000|Alofi|Oceania|Polynesia|
|||54,817|Basseterre|Americas|Caribbean|
|||389,568|Malé|Asia|Southern Asia|
|||467,138|Valleta|Europe|Southern Europe|
|||114,299|St George's|Americas|Caribbean|
|||100,804|Kingstown|Americas|Caribbean|
|||303,831|Bridgetown|Americas|Caribbean|
|||101,489|St John's|Americas|Caribbean|
|||97,617|Victoria|Africa|Eastern Africa|
|||21,779|Ngerulmud|Oceania|Micronesia|
|||85,468|Andorra la Vella|Europe|Southern Europe|
|||167,591|Castries|Americas|Caribbean|
|||100,319|Palikir|Oceania|Micronesia|
|||5,975,383|Singapore|Asia|Southeast Asia|
|||105,221|Nuku'alofa|Oceania|Polynesia|
|||74,656|Roseau|Americas|Caribbean|
|||1,553,886|Manama|Asia|Western Asia|
|||115,372|South Tarawa|Oceania|Micronesia|
|||220,372|São Tomé|Africa|Central Africa|
|||888,378|Moroni|Africa|Eastern Africa|
|||1,309,448|Port Louis|Africa|Eastern Africa|
|||660,924|Luxembourg City|Europe|Western Europe|
|||207,501|Apia|Oceania|Polynesia|
|||156,300|Stepanakert|Asia|Western Asia|
|||356,262|North Nicosia|Europe|Southern Europe|
|||63,118|Tskhinvali|Asia|Western Asia|
|||603,901|Praia|Africa|Western Africa|
|||531,365|Tiraspol|Europe|Eastern Europe|
|||1,409,460|Port of Spain|Americas|Caribbean|
|||484,991|Bandar Seri Begawan|Asia|Southeast Asia|
|||962,232|Nicosia|Europe|Southern Europe|
|||259,323|Sokhumi|Asia|Western Asia|
|||310,013|Tendoo|Oceania|Melanesia|
|||313,046|Port Vila|Oceania|Melanesia|
|||602,445|Podgorica|Europe|Southern Europe|
|||358,508|Nassau|Americas|Caribbean|
|||947,760|Suva|Oceania|Melanesia|
|||419,137|Belmopan|Americas|Central America|
|||976,143|Djibouti City|Africa|Eastern Africa|
|||714,766|Honiara|Oceania|Melanesia|
|||876,181|Thimphu|Asia|Southern Asia|
|||360,872|Reykjavík|Europe|Northern Europe|
|||639,759|Paramaribo|Americas|South America|
|||791,739|Georgetown|Americas|South America|
|||646,191|Laayoune|Africa|Northern Africa|
|||57,777|Nuuk|Americas|North America|