Palau, Micronesia, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, St. Lucia, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Andorra, Vanuatu, Sao Tome and Principe -- these have smaller populations than the Maldives.
And if you mean smallest in terms of land area, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados are smaller than the Seychelles.
And if you mean smallest in terms of land area, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados are smaller than the Seychelles.
So, yeah, this quiz is wrong.