TOP TEN OF THE WORLD: Top 10 Least Populated Countries on the World

World Top 10 Least Populated Countries

Rank Of Word	Country (or dependent territory)	Population	Date to	% of world population	Source
233	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British overseas territoryconsisting of the islands of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and the Tristan da Cunha group. It was previously known as Saint Helena and Dependencies until 1 September 2009, when a new constitution came into force giving the three islands equal status within the territory.	4,000	July 1, 2012	0.00004%	UN estimate
234	Falkland Islands (UK) The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located more than 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) east of the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 lesser islands. Stanley, the capital and only city, is on East Falkland. The islands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory, with the United Kingdom responsible for their defence and foreign affairs.	3,000	July 1, 2012	0.00003%	UN estimate
235	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway) Svalbard and Jan Mayen is a statistical designation defined by ISO 3166-1 of two parts of Norway under separate jurisdictions-Svalbard and Jan Mayen. While the two are combined for the purposes of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) category, they are not administratively related. The United Nations Statistics Division also uses this code, but has named it Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.	2,495	March 1, 2010	0.00002%	Official estimate
236	Norfolk Island (Australia) Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance. Together with two neighbouring islands, it forms one of Australia's external territories.	2,302	August 9, 2011	0.00002%	2011 census
237	Christmas Island (Australia) The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, 360 km (220 mi) south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, 975 km (606 mi) ENE of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and 2,748 km (1,708 mi) west of the Territorian city of Darwin.	1,462	June 30, 2010	0.00001%	Official estimate
238	Tokelau (NZ) Tokelau is a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean that consists of three tropical coral atolls with a combined land area of 10 km² and a population of approximately 1,400. The atolls lie north of the Samoan Islands, east of Tuvalu, south of the Phoenix Islands, southwest of the more distant Line Islands (both island groups belonging to Kiribati) and northwest of the Cook Islands.	1,411	October 18, 2011	0.00001%	2011 census
239	Niue (NZ) Niue is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) northeast of New Zealandin a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to the southeast. The land area is 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) with about 1,400 people who are predominantly Polynesian.	1,000	July 1, 2012	0.00001%	UN estimate
240	Vatican City Vatican City or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of just over 800. This makes Vatican City the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population.	800	March 1, 2011	0.00001%	Official estimate
241	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) The Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka. The territory consists of two atolls and 27 coral islands, of which two, West Island and Home Island, are inhabited with a total population of approximately 600.	605	June 30, 2010	0.000001%	Official estimate
242	Pitcairn Islands (UK) The Pitcairn Islands , officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, form a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British Overseas Territory. The four islands - named Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno - are spread over several hundred miles of ocean and have a total land area of about 18 square miles (47 km²). Only Pitcairn, the second largest and measuring about 2 miles (3.2 km) across, is inhabited.	66	July 1, 2008	0.000000001%	2008 census