Population
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Clue
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Country
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801
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Home to St. Peters Basilica
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Vatican City
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10,824
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61% of adults are obese, the highest rate in the world
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Nauru
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11,792
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Formerly known as the Ellice islands
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Tuvalu
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18,094
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Home to Jellyfish Lake, where the jellyfish have evolved to lose their stingers
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Palau
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33,931
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Claims to be the world's oldest republic, founded in 301 AD
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San Marino
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38,128
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One of the only two double landlocked countries
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Liechtenstein
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39,242
|
Known as the "Billionaires Playground"
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Monaco
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53,199
|
The smallest country in the Caribbean
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St. Kitts and Nevis
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59,190
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Country that Bikini Atoll is part of
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Marshall Islands
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71,986
|
Home to the worlds second largest hot spring, called Boiling Lake
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Dominica
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77,265
|
Led by two co-princes, one of whom is the President of France
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Andorra
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97,929
|
Its two main islands are Spanish for "ancient" and "bearded"
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Antigua and Barbuda
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98,347
|
The richest country in Africa
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Seychelles
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105,695
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Has the nickname "The Friendly Islands," as dubbed by Captain James Cook
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Tonga
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110,940
|
Its capital city is Kingstown
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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112,523
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Know as the "Spice Island of the Caribbean"
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Grenada
|
115,023
|
Consists of 607 islands with a total land area of only 702 square kilometers
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F. S. Micronesia
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119,449
|
Its biggest island is called Christmas Island
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Kiribati
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183,627
|
The only island in the world that contains a drive-in volcano
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St. Lucia
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198,414
|
Known as the "Cradle of Polynesia"
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Samoa
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219,159
|
Consists of two islands in the Gulf of Guinea
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São Tomé and Príncipe
|
287,375
|
Known as the "Land of the Flying Fish"
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Barbados
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307,145
|
117 different languages are spoken on this Melanesian archipelago
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Vanuatu
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341,243
|
Known as the "Land of Fire and Ice"
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Iceland
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393,244
|
The closest country to Florida
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Bahamas
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397,628
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The "Blue Hole" is a popular scuba spot off this country's coast
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Belize
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437,479
|
One of two countries ruled by a Sultan
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Brunei
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441,543
|
Nazis tried, but failed, to take these islands from the British in WWII
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Malta
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540,544
|
Has an average elevation of just 1.5 meters, the lowest of any country
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Maldives
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555,987
|
Uninhabited until settled by the Portuguese in the 1400s
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Cape Verde
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586,632
|
The smallest independent country in South America
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Suriname
|
625,978
|
Seat of the highest court in the European Union
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Luxembourg
|
628,066
|
Name translates into "Black Mountain" in Spanish.
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Montenegro
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686,884
|
Where the Battle of Guadalcanal happened in 1942 and 1943
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Solomon Islands
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771,608
|
Home to the highest un-climbed mountain in the world
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Bhutan
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786,552
|
The only English-speaking South American country
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Guyana
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869,601
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Many of its citizens flee to the nearby French island of Mayotte
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Comoros
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896,445
|
One of seven countries with a J in its name
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Fiji
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988,000
|
Used as an anti-terrorism base and to deter piracy in the Red Sea
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Djibouti
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