Statistics for Countries That Are Barely Countries

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Area (sq km)	Pop (000)	Hint	Answer	% Correct
9,251	1,189	Island divided by armed conflict between Greeks and Turks.	Cyprus	85%
1,861	851	Three islands between Mozambique and Madagascar.	Comoros	78%
760	1,569	Consists of one main island with 50 natural islets and 33 artificial islets in the Middle East.	Bahrain	77%
5,765	460	Asian sultanate of two separate land areas on the world's third largest island.	Brunei	75%
13,943	342	Consists of 700 islands and 2,400 cays scattered across the western Atlantic.	Bahamas	74%
468	77	Co-ruled by the bishop of one neighboring country and the president of the other neighbor.	Andorra	72%
4,033	483	Chain of 10 volcanic islands in the Atlantic found uninhabited by the Portuguese in the 1400s.	Cape Verde	68%
2	39	Gambling resort on the Riviera with a prince as the ruling head of state.	Monaco	66%
10.887	1,935	Created in 2008 after centuries of conflict between Albanian Muslims and Christian Serbs.	Kosovo	64%
15,007	1,340	Eastern half of the eastern island of a long South East Asian chain of islands.	East Timor	60%
2,586	645	Seat for the Court of Justice for the European Union.	Luxembourg	59%
298	392	Chain of 26 very low atolls in the middle of the Indian Ocean.	Maldives	57%
17,364	1,160	Kingdom with health problems; 26% of the king's subjects are subject to HIV.	eSwatini	56%
440	99	Name means ancient and bearded; with islands called Green, Maiden and Prickly Pear.	Antigua and Barbuda	54%
811	119	Archipelago of 32 atolls stretched across the western Pacific.	Kiribati	54%
181	60	Group of 5 islands and 29 atolls in the Pacific; half the populace lives on Majuro.	Marshall Islands	53%
2,040	1,265	An island in the Indian Ocean 2,000 km from the African continent that claims islands another 2,000 km further away.	Mauritius	53%
702	104	Archipelagoes of 607 islands spread across the Pacific Ocean.	Micronesia	51%
13,812	621	Thinly populated land whose name means Black Mountain.	Montenegro	51%
21	11	Phosphate-rock island in the Pacific with rich deposits near the surface that allowed for easy strip mining.	Nauru	49%
697	5,463	Founded by the British at the tip of the Malay Peninsula in 1819; now heavily populated, it prohibits chewing gum.	Singapore	49%
160	38	Rich financial center known as a tax haven for billionaires.	Liechtenstein	46%
455	98	115 islands in the Indian Ocean that were uninhabited until discovered by Europeans in the 1500s.	Seychelles	46%
10,689	2,174	Situated on narrow strips of land along both banks of a river.	Gambia	45%
964	211	Two Portuguese colonial, slave islands sandwiched between two Spanish colonial, slave islands.	Sao Tome and Principe	45%
459	18	The 340 islands that voted against joining Micronesia; they use the US dollar for currency.	Palau	44%
18,274	926	Two main islands with an ethnic mix of 55% Melanesians and 40% Indians who were brought in for plantation labor.	Fiji	43%
2,842	202	Two western islands that are separate from an eastern chain of islands with the same name that is a US territory.	Samoa	43%
1/2	1	A religious enclave with the Swiss Guards for a civil defense force.	Vatican	42%
316	516	Strategic island bastion famous for withstanding sieges, the last being in World War II.	Malta	41%
432	287	Sugar cane plantations started by Dutch Sephardim used involuntary Irish laborers sent by Cromwell.	Barbados	38%
5,131	1,367	Two islands near Venezuela with an ethnic mix of 1/3 south Asian and 1/3 African, and a petrochemical industry.	Trinidad and Tobago	37%
28,400	652	Chain of large islands in the western Pacific; one was the site of the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal.	Solomon Islands	36%
61	34	Founded as a monastery on top of Mount Titan; it elects 2 heads of state every 6 months.	San Marino	35%
23,200	922	Refueling center located at the southern mouth of the world's busiest shipping lane.	Djibouti	32%
261	52	The original name was San Cristobal y la Senora de los Nieves (Snows), which is odd for a tropical island.	St. Kitts and Nevis	31%
748	102	Devout Christian nation of 3 long, island chains in the South Pacific; over 25% of the populace is Mormon.	Tonga	29%
26	12	Composed of 3 tiny islands and 6 tiny atolls in the Pacific.	Tuvalu	27%
751	72	Descendants of African slaves freed in 1833 who fought for Britain in World War I and World War II.	Dominica	26%
348	112	A ship dropped off nutmeg trees in 1843; now the island produces 40% of the world's nutmeg.	Grenada	25%
12,189	308	Discovery of sandalwood on these Pacific islands brought a rush of incense trade with China.	Vanuatu	23%
389	110	The volcano La Sufriere is very active here; last erupting in 2021, forcing 16,000 to flee.	St. Vincent and Grenadines	20%
617	184	French pirate La Clerc, known as Jambe de Bois for his wooden leg, set up his island base here.	St. Lucia	19%