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Traditional concepts of size Table 2.1: Smallest countries in the world (population < 5,000,000) CountryPopulationCountryPopulationCountryPopulation (in 1000)(in 1000)(in 1000) Vatican City0.455 Tuvalu10 Nauru11 Palau17 San Marino26 Liechtenstein31 Monaco32 St. Kitts a. Nevis41 Marshall Islands60 Andorra64 Antigua and Barbuda66 Dominica74 Seychelles78 Kiribati83 Grenada96 Tonga98 Micronesia111 St. Vincent a. t. Gren.112 Sao Tome a. Principe138 St. Lucia159 Samoa174 Vanuatu177 Belize230 Sahara252 Maldives256 Barbados265 Iceland271 Bahamas289 Brunei308 Malta375 Cap Verde401Salomon 
Island403 Suriname412 Equatorial Guinea420 Luxembourg422 Comoros518 Bahrain620 Djibouti636 Qatar721 Bhutan737 Cyprus747 Fiji815 Guyana848 Swaziland958 Trinidad a. Tobago1307 Guinea-Bissau1137 Mauritius1148 Gabon1153 Gambia1181 Estonia1458 Botswana1533 Namibia1623 Kuwait1809 Slovenia1986 Macedonia1997 Lesotho2014 Oman2256 Bosnia-Herzegovina2346 Mauritania2461 Latvia2465 Mongolia2542 Jamaica2554United 
Arab Emir.2580 Congo, Republic2708 Panama2719 Liberia2886 Singapore3104 Uruguay3266 Albania3324 Central African Rep.3418 Costa Rica3464 Ireland3661 Lithuania3706 New Zealand3761 Eritrea3773 Armenia3787 Lebanon4146 Moldavia4312 Togo4345 Norway4404 Jordan4437 Papua-New Guinea4501 Kyrgyz Republic4635 Turkmenistan4658 Nicaragua4677 Sierra Leone4748 Croatia4768 Laos4849 Source: Baratta (1999); figures for 1997.