what is the smallest country in the planet?
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Vatican state but it is one of the richest countrys and the only one with a 0% birth rate
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Well we would say that the Vatican is a capital without a country as it is called Vatican City.\nSee in\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City\nOn the other hand Nauru, a remote island in the Pacific Ocean , is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 km² (8.1 sq. mi), the smallest independent republic, and the only nation in the world without an official capital.[1]\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru
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Neither Borneo (divided between Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia) nor Antarctica (claimed but officially unowned) are countries. And by some definitions, neither is Greenland (partly dependent on Denmark).\n\nI'm just from Canada. We like to gripe that it's 'lesser known', but not in the way that you mean :)
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the two countries near that location are macau (very tiny) and china (not so tiny)
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According to the annual survey by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International, the world's least corrupt country is seen as being Iceland and the countries perceived as most corrupt are Bangladesh and Chad. The index defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gain, and measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among a country's public officials and politicians. It is a composite index, drawing on 16 surveys from 10 independent institutions, which gathered the opinions of businesspeople and country analysts. Only 159 of the world's countries are included in the survey, due to an absence of reliable data from the remaining countries. The scores range from ten (squeaky clean) to zero (highly corrupt). A score of 5.0 is the number Transparency International considers the borderline figure distinguishing countries that do and do not have a serious corruption problem. Countries that have improved their rating since the 2004 index were Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Estonia, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Nigeria, Qatar, Slovakia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, and Yemen. Some of the countries that have a worse rating since 2004 include Costa Rica, Gabon, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, and Uruguay.
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Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering about 10,390,000 square kilometres (4,010,000 sq mi) or 2.0% of the Earth's surface.
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On this list are 243 entities considered to be countries. This corresponds to:\n\n\n\n\n202 sovereign states: \n\n\n191 member states of the United Nations (UN).\n\n1 state with general international recognition but not UN membership, governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer), the Vatican City.\n\n1 newly independent state, recognized by a growing number of UN member states including all permanent members of the Security Council, widely expected to gain UN membership in the near future: Montenegro.\n\n\n9 states lacking general international recognition, none UN members, that customary international law nonetheless defines as states under the Montevideo Convention: \n\n\n1 state, not a UN member since late 1971, recognized by 25 UN member states and currently with de facto international relations with most others, the Republic of China (popularly referred to as Taiwan). \n\n1 state, recognized by 46 UN member states but never admitted to the UN itself, with most of its claimed territory under military occupation, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara. \n\n1 state, recognized by 92 UN member states and the Holy See but never admitted to the UN itself, with only partial de facto control over any of its claimed territory exercised through the Palestinian National Authority (a UN permanent observer), the State of Palestine in the Palestinian territories. \n\n\n6 de facto independent states lacking any significant measure of diplomatic recognition from other states: \n\n\n1 de facto independent state, diplomatically recognized by no UN member states except Turkey, Northern Cyprus. \n\n5 de facto independent states, namely Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Pridnestrovie, Somaliland, and South Ossetia, all recognized by no UN member states. \n\n\n36 inhabited dependent territories: \n\n\n3 external territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island). \n\n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands). \n\n\n5 (overseas) communities of France:\n\n \n1 sui generis (unique) community (New Caledonia). \n\n4 overseas communities (Mayotte, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna). \n\n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles). \n\n\n3 dependent territories of New Zealand: \n\n\n2 states in free association with New Zealand (Cook Islands and Niue). \n\n1 overseas territory (Tokelau). \n\n\n16 dependent territories of the United Kingdom: \n\n\n3 Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man). \n\n13 overseas territories (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena (and its dependencies Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha), Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia). \n\n\n5 unincorporated territories of the United States: \n\n\n2 commonwealths (Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico). \n\n2 organized insular territories (Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands). \n\n1 de facto organized insular territory lacking an Organic Act (American Samoa). \n\n\n5 areas of special sovereignty: \n\n\n4 special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (Åland in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, as well as the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China). \n\n1 UN protectorate inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state (Kosovo in Serbia under UN interim civilian administration).
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According to this site (http://geography.about.com/cs/countries/a/smallcountries.htm), it is the Vatican City. This site lists 17 of the world's smallest countries.
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The officially recognized name of the Vatican is "The Holy See", nearly a fourth (1/4) the size of the next smallest country, Monaco.
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Vatican city is generally considered as the smallest state on earth.\n3 other things which are unique about Vatican city are;\n\n1-no female head of state so far\n2- no army\n3-no coastline/port.\n\ncheers
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Why do so many people think it is Rhode Island? Because it is the smallest state geographically? \n \nWyoming is the smallest state in population, per the census of 2000.\n  \nRhode Island ranks 43rd...in other words, seven states are smaller. \n \nTop ten:\n    California                 33,871,648  \n    Texas                      20,851,820  \n    New York                   18,976,457   \n    Florida                    15,982,378  \n    Illinois                   12,419,293  \n    Pennsylvania               12,281,054   \n    Ohio                       11,353,140  \n    Michigan                    9,938,444    \n    New Jersey                  8,414,350    \n    Georgia                     8,186,453  \n\nBottom ten:\n    New Hampshire               1,235,786  \n    Hawaii                      1,211,537   \n    Rhode Island                1,048,319  \n    Montana                       902,195  \n    Delaware                      783,600   \n    South Dakota                  754,844  \n    North Dakota                  642,200    \n    Alaska                        626,932  \n    Vermont                       608,827    \n    Wyoming                       493,782
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There is no right answer. \n\n Many sources offer different answers, and depending on the source, there are 189, 191, 192, 193 or 194 independent countries in the world today. \n\n The United Nations has 191 members (including East Timor, the newest nation) but that number does not include the Vatican, an independent nation. \n\n The US State Department recognizes 192 independent countries around the world. but that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it does not include Taiwan as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China. \n\n Many World Almanacs use 192 countries, which is probably the best answer, but what about East Timor? Palestine? Greenland? Western Sahara? The political world is constantly changing.
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Spain, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, France, one or two of the small countries that will surprise the world
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Pluto is the smallest planet, recent reports says that pluto is not further considered as one of the planet cause it is actuallay only 3/4 of the moon...........Pluto has one moon named Charon
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On this list are 243 entities considered to be countries. This corresponds to:\n\n191 member states of the United Nations (UN). \n1 UN recognized non-member state governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer): the Vatican City. \n1 non-UN recognized state, diplomatically recognized by the Holy See and 24 UN member states, and in de facto relations with many others: the Republic of China, on (and popularly referred to as) Taiwan. \n6 generally unrecognized but de facto independent states; namely Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, South Ossetia, and Transnistria; all recognized by no states, except for Northern Cyprus, which maintains diplomatic relations only with Turkey. \n2 entities recognized by many countries as sovereign, but not de facto independent; namely Palestine and Western Sahara. \n37 inhabited dependent territories: \n3 overseas territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island) \n3 British Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man) \n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands) \n1 sui generis dependency of France (New Caledonia) \n4 overseas collectivities of France (Mayotte, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna) \n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles) \n2 states in free association with New Zealand (Cook Islands and Niue) \n1 New Zealand overseas territory (Tokelau) \n14 overseas territories of the United Kingdom (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena and its dependencies Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) \n5 unincorporated territories of the United States (US) (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) \n4 special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (Åland in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, as well as the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China) \n1 UN protectorate inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state (Kosovo in Serbia and Montenegro under UN interim civilian administration).
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Trinidad and Tobago was the smallest country to participate. Togo played as well, Jamaica and Cameroon did not qualify.
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The lest populated parts of earth include Antarctica,very large portion of Canada,Greenland,Russia and Australia are almost uninhabited.Also the Saharan countries like Algeria,Libya,Mali,Niger,etc have scarce population.Arabian countries in west Asia are also scarcely populated.