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