Microstate
A microstate[1] or ministate is a country that is very small in size, or has very little amounts of people living in it. Usually, both cases are true. H…
A microstate[1] or ministate is a country that is very small in size, or has very little amounts of people living in it. Usually, both cases are true. However, there are no set definitions of the terms "state" and "very small".[2]
Some examples that are usually called microstates include Andorra, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brunei, Comoros, Cyprus, The Cook Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, East Timor, Fiji, Kiribati, Kosovo, Liechtenstein,Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, San Marino, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Singapore, Niue, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and Barbados. The smallest state in the world is Sealand, in the U.K.
In addition, places such as the Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey has been included here for its significant level of independence. Some places that are functionally independent but are claimed by other countries such as South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) are also sometimes included.
Criteria
This is a criteria table to make sure that other countries are connected to its smallness.
Generally speaking, only a few countries of the worl are so small, remote or lack a few resources that someone else uses these for even part of this year. These countries are tiny islands, tiny landlocked countries, city states and sparsely populated countries.d
| In function of area | In function of population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 6000 km22 | 34 countries | Less than 1,000,0002 | 54 countries[3] |
| Less than 1000 km22 | 26 countries | Less than 500,0002 | 35 countries[3] |
| Less than 500 km22 | 19 countries | Less than 100,0002 | 22 countries[3] |
Origin
The origin of the word "microstate" is Europe, specially in Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino,and Vatican City. Countries like Cyprus, Djibouti, Guyana, Iceland, and Suriname are also microstates because their populations are so small. However, the qualifier for this is having an area of less than 6000 km² or a population of less than 1 000 000 people.
List of microstates
This is a table of all microstates according to the current CIA Factbook. In addition, states with limited recognition are included.
References
- ↑ Microstate, Demography of
- ↑ Warrington, E. (1994). "Lilliputs Revisited". Asian Journal of Public Administration, 16(1).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Including Bougainville and Greenland
- ↑ "CIA - The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ↑ "CIA - The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ↑ 95% of the population voted for independence.
- ↑ Greenland effort 95% of autonomy and started a referendum for independence from Denmark.
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