Smallest countries in the world
Jul 18, 2020
Along with the big countries, there are many small independent states, and some
are so tiny that they are called microstates.
The smallest one of them is the Vatican City (Holy See), it actually occupies only an
old quarter with a few buildings and parks in the center of Rome (Italy). Perhaps it is
the most unusual country with own government, army, diplomatic missions, but
without permanent native population (the citizenship is granted only to persons who
work in the Vatican and its missions abroad).
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Based on landmass, Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, measuring just 0.2 square miles, almost 120 times smaller than the island of Manhattan. Situated on the western bank of the Tiber River, Vatican City's 2-mile border is landlocked by Italy.
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