How to play
- Press Start. You have 3 minutes for all 25.
- Type an answer, in any order. It counts as soon as it matches, with no need to press Enter, and fills in its row.
- Pause whenever you like; the list is hidden while the clock is stopped. If you leave mid-game, it waits, paused, until you come back.
- When the time is up, the ones you missed fill in, marked as missed.
About the smallest countries
The smallest country is smaller than many city parks, and the 25 smallest together would fit inside Connecticut. Most are islands, in the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean; six are in Europe and two in Africa.
More about the ranking (names some answers)
Vatican City, at 0.44 km², is the smallest country, and Monaco, at about 2 km², the most densely populated. Nauru is the smallest island country and Tuvalu the next. Seven of the 25 are in the Caribbean, from Saint Kitts and Nevis to Dominica, and seven in the Pacific. Singapore keeps growing: land reclaimed from the sea has added about a quarter to its area since 1965.
What counts
Areas are total areas as listed by Wikipedia from the UN, the CIA World Factbook and national figures. Only sovereign countries count, so territories such as Gibraltar or Bermuda aren’t answers. A country outside the 25 clears the box with a note.
Capitals, accents, spaces and punctuation don’t matter, but the spelling does.
The accepted alternative forms appear here when your quiz ends, so they don’t give any answers away.
| Answer | Also accepted |
|---|---|
| Vatican City | Vatican, Holy See |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Kitts |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua |
| Micronesia | Federated States of Micronesia |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé |
Questions
Why isn’t Gibraltar or Bermuda on the list?
They are British territories, not sovereign countries. Only the 197 countries on this site are ranked.
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