(photo) List of the smallest countries in the world.

The Vatican City State is the smallest country in the world. According to the same top made by Visual Capitalist, Moldova ranks 60th in terms of territorial area. Vatican City became independent from Italy in 1929 under the Lateran Treaty and remains the smallest state in the world at just 0. 49 square kilometers or 0. 19 square miles. Monaco is the second smallest country in the world at just over two square kilometers or 0.

78 square miles. According to the data, the surface of our country is 33,846 km². .