5 Least Populated Capital In The World

A capital city is considered the administrative center of a country and it is often the most populated city in a country. Every day people are very busy with their daily routines with work and businesses.

But there are some unique countries out there, where the capital has a very low number of people living in the country due to various geographical factors or other unique reasons. Here we would like to share with you the 5 least populated capital in the world that has been reported.

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5. Funafuti, Tuvalu (6,152 People)

Tuvalu is an atoll country formed from 9 different islands that are scattered from one another.

Due to its challenging geographical location, the people of Tuvalu are prone to make the most significant island in Tuvalu, Funafuti island the center of its society and later became the capital city of Tuvalu.

Funafuti is the place of its administrative center, high court, and parliament buildings. Tuvalu has comprised 11,646 population and the majority of them lived on Funafuti Island.

4. City of San Marino, San Marino (4,044 People)

An enclave country located in Italy, the people of the Republic of San Marino with a population of 33,600 rely heavily on the surrounding countries for their daily routines.

It was named after Saint Marinus who was responsible to establish a settlement in 301 until a sovereign country, San Marino was established. The geographical location of San Marino made it hard for people to settle there due to the many mountains that are present without much flat land.

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Even if there were any they will pretty much be used for agriculture instead. The country has an area of 61.2 squared km and the City of San Marino was chosen as the capital which is run by 4,044 of its people living there.

3. Vatican City (801 Registered People)

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with only an area of 0.44 squared km surrounded by a 3.2 km wall that separates them from Italy.

It is ruled by the absolute Pope that is appointed and the administration of Vatican City was named as Holy See which runs government matters as well as works related to the Catholic churches all over the world.

Since the government of Vatican City does not impose taxes on its people, all the funds collected by the government come from public donations and gifts to administer to 801 people that lived there.

There is no such thing as automatic citizenship in Vatican City as the citizenships are only given to those serving in Vatican City temporarily.

2. Yaren, Nauru (747 People)

The Republic of Nauru is a country island known for being the third smallest country in the world by size. This also contributes to the very small population that lived there which was 10,670 as of 2018.

It is not surprising that the capital of Nauru, Yaren is worthy to be on this list. It is also known by the old name, Makwa, and Yaren city is not the official capital of Nauru as it was not stated in the country's legislation.

However, it seems that the majority of the people that lived there consider Yaren as the country's administrative center. The parliament building of Nauru is situated in Yaren giving it the advantage of Yaren being called the unofficial capital despite only having 747 permanent residents.

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1. Ngerulmud, Palau (271 People)

Palau is another country island on this list that was formed by more than 340 islands and reefs that are located 890km from the Philippines.

Palau became a free country after the end of its treaty with the United States of America in 1994, thus making the administrative system of Palau formed. This ultimately made Koror City its temporary capital.

This is following the legislation of the country that made it compulsory for the capital to be moved to the biggest Island of Palau, Badeldaob Island. It was planned to happen 10 years after the legislation of the country was formed.

The plan however was forced to be on hold many times due to logistic and financial issues. The transfer project only took place in early 2000 after the government named Ngerulmud which is located on Badeldaob Island as its capital city in 2006.

Now Ngerulmud still remains the country's capital despite only having 271 people living there placing Ngerulmud as the least populated capital in the world. But this figure only accounts for 1.5% of the whole population of Palau.

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• Iluminasi

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