79 Countries That are Smaller Than Gilgit-Baltistan

You might think of Gilgit-Baltistan as a small piece of land lying in the north of Pakistan. What if I tell you there are 79 countries/sovereign states is the world that are smaller than Gilgit-Baltistan. This number not even includes the two and half dozen dependent territories like Taiwan and Hong Kong etc.

Here are some facts and figures about area and population of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Now let’s look at the complete list of sovereign states that are smaller than Gilgit-Baltistan in terms of size or area covered.

Rank	Sovereign state/dependency	Total in km2 (mi2)	Land in km2(mi2)
1	Sierra Leone	71,740 (27,700)	71,620 (27,650)
2	Ireland	70,273 (27,133)	68,883 (26,596)
3	Georgia	69,700 (26,900)	69,700 (26,900)
4	Sri Lanka	65,610 (25,330)	62,732 (24,221)
5	Lithuania	65,300 (25,200)	62,680 (24,200)
6	Latvia	64,559 (24,926)	62,249 (24,034)
7	Togo	56,785 (21,925)	54,385 (20,998)
8	Croatia	56,594 (21,851)	55,974 (21,612)
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209 (19,772)	51,187 (19,763)
10	Costa Rica	51,100 (19,700)	51,060 (19,710)
11	Slovakia	49,037 (18,933)	48,105 (18,573)
12	Dominican Republic	48,671 (18,792)	48,320 (18,660)
13	Estonia	45,227 (17,462)	42,388 (16,366)
14	Denmark	43,094 (16,639)	42,434 (16,384)
15	Netherlands	41,850 (16,160)	33,893 (13,086)
16	Switzerland	41,284 (15,940)	39,997 (15,443)
17	Bhutan	38,394 (14,824)	38,394 (14,824)
18	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 (13,948)	28,120 (10,860)
19	Moldova	33,846 (13,068)	32,891 (12,699)
20	Belgium	30,528 (11,787)	30,278 (11,690)
21	Lesotho	30,355 (11,720)	30,355 (11,720)
22	Armenia	29,743 (11,484)	29,843 (11,522)
23	Solomon Islands	28,896 (11,157)	27,986 (10,805)
24	Albania	28,748 (11,100)	27,398 (10,578)
25	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 (10,831)	28,051 (10,831)
26	Burundi	27,834 (10,747)	25,680 (9,920)
27	Haiti	27,750 (10,710)	27,560 (10,640)
28	Rwanda	26,338 (10,169)	24,668 (9,524)
29	Macedonia	25,713 (9,928)	25,433 (9,820)
30	Djibouti	23,200 (9,000)	23,180 (8,950)
31	Belize	22,966 (8,867)	22,806 (8,805)
32	El Salvador	21,041 (8,124)	20,721 (8,000)
33	Israel	20,770 (8,020)	20,330 (7,850)
34	Slovenia	20,273 (7,827)	20,151 (7,780)
35	Fiji	18,272 (7,055)	18,274 (7,056)
36	Kuwait	17,818 (6,880)	17,818 (6,880)
37	Swaziland	17,364 (6,704)	17,204 (6,643)
38	East Timor	14,874 (5,743)	14,874 (5,743)
39	Bahamas	13,943 (5,383)	10,010 (3,860)
40	Montenegro	13,812 (5,333)	13,452 (5,194)
41	Vanuatu	12,189 (4,706)	12,189 (4,706)
42	Qatar	11,586 (4,473)	11,586 (4,473)
43	Gambia	11,295 (4,361)	10,000 (3,900)
44	Jamaica	10,991 (4,244)	10,831 (4,182)
45	Lebanon	10,452 (4,036)	10,230 (3,950)
46	Cyprus	9,251 (3,572)	9,241 (3,568)
47	State of Palestine	6,220 (2,400)	5,640 (2,180)
48	Brunei	5,765 (2,226)	5,265 (2,033)
49	Trinidad and Tobago	5,130 (1,980)	5,128 (1,980)
50	Cape Verde	4,033 (1,557)	4,033 (1,557)
51	Samoa	2,842 (1,097)	2,821 (1,089)
52	Luxembourg	2,586 (998)	2,586 (998)
53	Mauritius	2,040 (790)	2,030 (780)
54	Comoros	1,862 (719)	1,862 (719)
55	São Tomé and Príncipe	964 (372)	964 (372)
56	Kiribati	811 (313)	811 (313)
57	Bahrain	765 (295)	765 (295)
58	Dominica	751 (290)	751 (290)
59	Tonga	747 (288)	717 (277)
60	Singapore	719 (278)	687 (265)
61	Federated States of Micronesia	702 (271)	702 (271)
62	Saint Lucia	616 (238)	606 (234)
63	Andorra	468 (181)	468 (181)
64	Palau	459 (177)	459 (177)
65	Seychelles	452 (175)	455 (176)
66	Antigua and Barbuda	442 (171)	442.6 (170.9)
67	Barbados	430 (170)	431 (166)
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 (150)	389 (150)
69	Grenada	344 (133)	344 (133)
70	Malta	316 (122)	316 (122)
71	Maldives	300 (120)	298 (115)
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 (101)	261 (101)
73	Marshall Islands	181 (70)	181 (70)
74	Liechtenstein	160 (62)	160 (62)
75	San Marino	61 (24)	61 (24)
76	Tuvalu	26 (10)	26 (10)
77	Nauru	21 (8.1)	21 (8.1)
78	Monaco	2.02 (0.78)	2.02 (0.78)
79	Vatican City	0.44 (0.17)	0.44 (0.17)

Amazing, isn’t it?

Statistics credits: United Nations Statistics Division

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