Top 10 Smallest Countries On Earth
Maldives, 298 Square Kilometers
The Maldives archipelago located in the Indian ocean comprises 1090 Islands in total. But there is only 200 inhabited Islands in Maldives. This beautiful country only has a land area of 298 square kilometers and a population of 3,93,500. The Maldives have been inhabited since the 5th century B.C. The Portuguese, Dutch and British empires have dominated this country respectively in 16th, 17th and 19th century. Finally Maldives became an independent country in 1965.
