The ten smallest countries in the world

Asia

Rich from oil - Brunei

City-state - Singapore

The "garland" of the Indian Ocean - Maldives< /p>

The "Oasis" of the Persian Gulf - Bahrain

The hometown of Vienna - Cyprus

Europe

"Seaside Park" - Monaco

"Steel Country" - Luxembourg

"Shining Stone" - Liechtenstein

Pyrenees Country - Andorra

< p>The "Heart" of the Mediterranean - Malta

A country within a country - San Marino

A country within a city - Vatican

Africa

< p>The transit point of the Atlantic route - Cape Verde

The Green Island in the Gulf of Guinea - Sao Tome and Principe

The "Spice Country" - Comoros

The "Garden of Eden" longed for by biologists - Seychelles

A new country created by multiple ethnic groups - Mauritius

Oceania

"The Land of the Rising Sun" - Tonga

"The Land of the Sunset" - Samoa

The "Land of the Ends of the World" - Cook Islands

The newly independent pocket country - Palau

The federation of more than 600 islands and reefs - Micronesia

A country spanning four hemispheres - Kiribati

The English domain name is ".tv" - Tulua

The tiny island country full of gunpowder - Marshall

The smallest island country in the world - Nauru

< p>America

The "Sugar Bowl" of the Caribbean - Saint Kitts and Nevis

From sugar island to tourist country - Antigua and Barbuda

The Garden of the Caribbean—Dominica

“The Country of Bananas”—Saint Lucia

The Country of Active Volcanoes—Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The "Fairy Island" rich in nutmeg - Grenada

The "tourist power" built by the three "S" - Barbados

The oil-producing country in the Caribbean - Special Trinidad and Tobago

First place: Vatican

The Vatican is the smallest country in the world today and it is also an independent country.

Area: 0.44 square kilometers Population: 830 people

Location: Northwest Highlands of Rome, Italy

The Vatican (Vatican) is the smallest country in the world today. An independent country in Europe. It is also the center of Catholicism in the world - the seat of the Holy See. It is located on the right bank of the Tiber River, with the surrounding city walls as its national boundary. Junior high school palaces, churches, libraries, post offices, radio stations, train stations, airports and other facilities are all available. The official languages ??are Italian and Latin. Most residents believe in Catholicism.

Second place: Monaco

Area: 1.96 square kilometers Population: 35,657 people (2005)

Location: Southern France in the Mediterranean region

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Monaco is located in the south of France. It is surrounded by France to the north, west and east, and borders the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The border is 4.5 kilometers long and the coastline is 5.16 kilometers long. The terrain is long and narrow, about 3 kilometers long from east to west, and the narrowest point from north to south is only 200 meters. The territory is hilly, with an average altitude of less than 500 meters. It has a subtropical Mediterranean climate, with dry and cool summers and humid and warm winters. The average annual temperature is 16°C and the average annual precipitation is 500-600 mm.

Third place: Nauru

Area: 21 square kilometers Population: 13,005 people (2005)

Location: South of the equator in the Western Pacific

The entire territory of Nauru is an oval-shaped coral island. The coast is steep. The coastline is 30 kilometers. There is a coastal zone with a width of 150-300 meters and an altitude of 30 meters along the coast. It is the only agricultural area in the country. The middle part is a platform, and the highest point is 64 meters above sea level. 3/5 of the island is covered by phosphate, there are no rivers, and there is only Buada Salt Lake in the southwest. It has a tropical rainforest climate, with an average annual temperature of 25-35°C and an annual precipitation of more than 2,000 mm.

Nauruans generally live in government-built seaside lowland residences. Due to the hot weather, people wear simple clothes.

Fourth place: Tuvalu

Area: 26 square kilometers Population: 11,000 people

Location: Located in the South Pacific island country< /p>

Tuvalu is composed of nine annular coral island groups, 560 kilometers apart from the north and south ends, stretching from northwest to southeast and spread over an ocean area of ??about 1.3 million square kilometers, while the land area is only 26 square kilometers. Because the terrain is extremely low and barren. There are few water storage areas and the soil is not suitable for farming. Rising sea levels caused by the greenhouse effect pose a very serious threat to Tuvalu. The average annual temperature is 29℃. It has a tropical maritime climate. It is the most sparsely populated country after the Holy See.

Tuvalu has almost no natural resources and its main income comes from foreign aid. The main industries are fishing and tourism, but its remote location means there are very few tourists every year.

Fifth place: San Marino

Area: 61.2 square kilometers Population: 28,117 people

Location: Adriatic, north of eastern Italy Coast

San Marino is a landlocked country in northeastern Italy with undulating terrain. It has a subtropical Mediterranean climate. The annual average temperature is 16℃, the minimum temperature in winter is -2℃, and the maximum temperature in summer is 30℃. The average annual precipitation is 880 mm.

San Marino is a country within a country, located on Mount Titano near the Adriatic coastal city of Rimini, Italy. There is no border checkpoint here, only a gate-like decoration at the foot of the mountain, with a banner reading: The ancient Republic of China welcomes you. This is the marker for the national border of San Marino.

The five smallest pocket countries in the world

Although small countries may have small areas and few people, some of them are rich and wealthy. For example: San Marino, Liechtenstein, and Andorra in Europe, Singapore and Bahrain in Asia, Nauru in Oceania, etc., have a per capita national economic output value of more than 20,000 US dollars, and are classified as high-income countries by the United Nations.

Why can a small country create an economic miracle that attracts worldwide attention? The reasons can be attributed to the following factors.

Superior geographical location: Geographical location is one of the important factors affecting economic development. Taking advantage of location advantages, a unique economic structure can be established. For example: Singapore has an area of ??618km2 and a population of 2.7 million. Making full use of its position as the throat of the Strait of Malacca, known as the "Crossroad of the East", it has established an economic structure system for entrepot trade, shipping, shipbuilding, refining, electronics, tourism and other industries. The former "Sing Chau" desert island has become world-famous A major trading port, the third largest oil refining center in the world, one of the three major financial centers in Asia, and the "Land of City Gardens". More than 250 maritime routes connect to more than 300 ports around the world, with a cargo throughput of more than 2×108t. It is also the aviation center of the Asia-Pacific region, with more than 100 routes leading to all parts of the world. In 1995, the per capita GNP reached 22,300 US dollars, and the per capita income increased more than 6 times, ranking second in Asia. Its economic competitiveness is second only to the United States, ranking second in the world. The island nation of Malta, known as the "Heart of the Mediterranean", has an area of ??316km2 and a population of 390,000. Taking advantage of its key advantage of guarding the Atlantic Ocean through the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean, the shipbuilding and ship repairing industries are the foundation of the country. Although Falklands only has stones, sunshine and sea water, passing ships have brought it huge wealth, with a per capita national product of more than 7,000 US dollars.

Natural resource advantages: The wealth and poverty of natural resources is also one of the important factors in economic development. Nauru, the smallest island country in the world, is located south of the equator in the Pacific Ocean, with an area of ??22km2 and a population of 8,000. It is a small coral island. 70% of the island is composed of phosphate mines formed from guanolite, with a reserve capacity of 3.4×107t and an annual mining volume of approximately 2×106t. Mainly shipped to Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Japan and other countries, exports of phosphate account for more than 95% of the country's total revenue. With a per capita national income of more than US$30,000, it can be called the richest country in the world. In order to prevent the country from sitting on nothing, it invested some of its remaining funds in foreign real estate to prepare for the need to relocate residents to foreign lands after the phosphate mines are mined. The island country Bahrain, known as the "Pearl of the Gulf", covers an area of ??662km2 and has a population of 410,000. It is an island country located on the west side of the Persian Gulf. Oil and natural gas resources have brought huge wealth to this small Middle Eastern country. Oil and natural gas exports account for more than 64% of the total national economic income. The per capita annual income is more than 10,000 US dollars, making it a famous oil-rich country.