Smallest colony :
The smallest colony in the world is Gibraltar (since 169, the city of Gibraltar),
with an area of 5.8 square kilometers. Pitcairn Island, the only inhabited (55 people in late-1993) island of a group of four (total area 4 square kilometers) has an area of 388 hectares (960 acres).
Smallest republic :
The smallest Independent country in the world is the Vatican City which was made an enclave within the city of Rome,
Italy on February 11, 1929. The enclave has an area of 0.44 sq. k.m.
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Largest country :The country with the greatest area is Russia With a total area of 17,075,200 sq. km. or 11.5 percent of the world’s total land area. It is 70 times larger than U.K. in area, but with a population of 146 million in 200, has only 2.4 times more people than the UK.
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The world comprises of 192 Sovereign States, 189 members of the United Nations and three nonmembers, viz., China
(Taiwan), Switzerland, Vatican City.
There are 61 non-sovereign are 6 disputed territories or other territories (dependencies of sovereign states, territories
claimed in Antarctica and disputed territories), making a total of 259 in mid-September 1999.
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