The 30 least populated countries and territories in the world

Federated States of Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

The Federated States of Micronesia consist of four states: Chuuk (pictured), Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. As of 2024, this island country has a population of 113,000.

United States Virgin Islands

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

The United States Virgin Islands has a population of 104,000. Most of the residents of this unincorporated and organized territory of the US are ensconced on the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas.

Tonga

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

The Polynesian archipelago of Tongo in the South Pacific also numbers 104,000. A sizeable proportion of people reside in the capital Nukuʻalofa (pictured).

Andorra

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

This landlocked microstate in the eastern Pyrenees, sandwiched between France and Spain, currently has a population of 86,400 souls.

Dominica

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

Dominica, a mountainous island country in the Caribbean, has a population of 66,200, with many concentrated in the capital, Roseau.

Greenland

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

The world's largest island has a headcount of just 56,700 people. An autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland is in fact the least crowded country in the world, with a population density of less than one person per square kilometer.

Marshall Islands

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

Moored in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, the Marshall Islands comprise 29 coral atolls and five isolated islands on which 54,300 people reside.

Turks and Caicos Islands

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

A British Overseas Territory, the Turks and Caicos Islands in the western North Atlantic Ocean has a population of 49,300. This is the latest figure, from 2023.

American Samoa

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of a group of seven islands and atolls, of which Tutuila is the main island. The population count currently stands at 43,900.

Liechtenstein

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

The German-speaking microstate in the central European Alps known as Liechtenstein has a population of 40,100. The tiny nation is wedged between Austria and Switzerland.

Monaco

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

Monaco, a city-state on the French Riviera, is the second-smallest sovereign state in the world, after Vatican City. Its 2023 population of 38,400, while low, still makes Monaco the world's most densely populated sovereign state.

Saint Martin

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

Saint Martin is the French part of the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin, which it shares with the previously mentioned Dutch portion Sint Maarten. The population on this side of the island numbers 32,000 residents.

Palau

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

Palau is an island nation in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. Consisting of an archipelago of over 500 islands, of which Babeldaob is the largest, Palau currently numbers a population of 17,700.

Nauru

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

The small Micronesian island of Nauru has a population of 11,900. Nauru is the smallest republic and island nation in the world. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program.

Montserrat

Federated States of Micronesia, United States Virgin Islands, Dominica, Greenland, Marshall Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, American Samoa, Liechtenstein, Saint Martin, Montserrat

The population of Montserrat used to be much higher than the current 4,400. In July 1995, an estimated 8,000 people fled the British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean after the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano in the southern end of the island became active and its eruptions destroyed Plymouth, Montserrat's Georgian-era capital city. Volcanic activity is still present today.

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