Microstate

A microstateMicrostate, Demography of 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".Warrington, E. (1994). "Lilliputs Revisited". Asian Journal of Public Administration, 16(1).

300px|thumb|The world's smallest countries by area and population

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.  

300px|thumb|The microstates in Europe

 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.

In function of areaIn function of populationLess than 6000 km2234 countriesLess than 1,000,000254 countriesIncluding Bougainville and GreenlandLess than 1000 km2226 countriesLess than 500,000235 countriesLess than 500 km2219 countriesLess than 100,000222 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)CIA - The World Factbook PopulationCIA - The World Factbook Capital Continent Subregion1,000Vatican CityEuropeSouthern Europe31,597Monaco CityEuropeWestern Europe9,852YarenOceaniaMicronesia11,639FunafutiOceaniaPolynesia34,892San MarinoEuropeSouthern Europe39,993VaduzEuropeWestern Europe80,966MajuroOceaniaMicronesia7,939AvaruaOceaniaPolynesia2,000AlofiOceaniaPolynesia54,817BasseterreAmericasCaribbean389,568MaléAsiaSouthern Asia467,138ValletaEuropeSouthern Europe114,299St George'sAmericasCaribbean100,804KingstownAmericasCaribbean303,831BridgetownAmericasCaribbean101,489St John'sAmericasCaribbean97,617VictoriaAfricaEastern Africa21,779NgerulmudOceaniaMicronesia85,468Andorra la VellaEuropeSouthern Europe167,591CastriesAmericasCaribbean100,319PalikirOceaniaMicronesia5,975,383SingaporeAsiaSoutheast Asia105,221Nuku'alofaOceaniaPolynesia74,656RoseauAmericasCaribbean1,553,886ManamaAsiaWestern Asia115,372South TarawaOceaniaMicronesia220,372São ToméAfricaCentral Africa888,378MoroniAfricaEastern Africa1,309,448Port LouisAfricaEastern Africa660,924Luxembourg CityEuropeWestern Europe207,501ApiaOceaniaPolynesia156,300StepanakertAsiaWestern Asia356,262North NicosiaEuropeSouthern Europe63,118TskhinvaliAsiaWestern Asia603,901PraiaAfricaWestern Africa531,365TiraspolEuropeEastern Europe1,409,460Port of SpainAmericasCaribbean484,991Bandar Seri BegawanAsiaSoutheast Asia962,232NicosiaEuropeSouthern Europe259,323SokhumiAsiaWestern Asia95% of the population voted for independence.310,013TendooOceaniaMelanesia313,046Port VilaOceaniaMelanesia602,445PodgoricaEuropeSouthern Europe358,508NassauAmericasCaribbean947,760SuvaOceaniaMelanesia419,137BelmopanAmericasCentral America976,143Djibouti CityAfricaEastern Africa714,766HoniaraOceaniaMelanesia876,181ThimphuAsiaSouthern Asia360,872ReykjavíkEuropeNorthern Europe639,759ParamariboAmericasSouth America791,739GeorgetownAmericasSouth America646,191LaayouneAfricaNorthern AfricaGreenland effort 95% of autonomy and started a referendum for independence from Denmark.57,777NuukAmericasNorth America

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