What is the smallest official island in the world?

Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres (8 sq mi), the smallest independent republic, and the only republican state in the world without an official capital. It is the least populous member of the United Nations.



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The smallest uninhabited island in the world, Simping Island, has only 1.23 acres. You might be wondering how amongst the 900,000 or so islands in the world that include tiny outcroppings this island can claim the title.

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These tiny islands are often called islets. Islands in rivers are sometimes called aits or eyots. Other islands are huge. Greenland, for example, covers an area of about 2,166,000 square kilometers (836,000 square miles).

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Suakin Island (Sudan) Situated in the Red Sea, Suakin is an abandoned island that was once a port.

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Philippines, island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is an archipelago consisting of more than 7,000 islands and islets lying about 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Vietnam. Manila is the capital, but nearby Quezon City is the country's most-populous city.

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Though Sweden is the country with the most islands in the world, less than 1,000 of them are inhabited,” World Atlas said. Norway is close behind in second place with 239,057 counted islands. Finland is third with 178,947, followed by Canada (52,455) and the United States (18,617).

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One island, two worlds The Caribbean island of Hispaniola is home to two countries: Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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Sandy Island (sometimes labelled in French Île de Sable, and in Spanish Isla Arenosa) is a non-existent island that was charted for over a century as being located near the French territory of New Caledonia between the Chesterfield Islands and Nereus Reef in the eastern Coral Sea.

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