Actually there are 19 countries smaller than Singapore in area; the smallest independent nation is Vatican City.
The smallest independent country by land area is Vatican City, with an area of approximately 0.2 square miles.
Look at a map and you will clearly see NO! Singapore is not larger than Australia.
The area of Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city is 30 square kilometers.
The Vatican has an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres).
Vatican City is 440,000 square meters in area.
The Vatican City is the smallest country in terms of land area, and its capital is Vatican City itself.
The three smallest countries in the world is Vatican City, an enclave within Rome, Italy Monaco, a principality at the Mediterranean coast and a enclave within Southern France, and Nauru, and island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
The smallest country in terms of land area is Vatican City. It is an independent city-state enclaved within Rome, Italy, and is the spiritual and administrative headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. Vatican City covers an area of about 44 hectares (110 acres).
Vatican City.
Vatican City.
The area called the Vatican existed in the times of the early Roman Republic. It was a swampy area west of the Tiber. The Vatican became an independent city-state in 1929 with the signing of the Lateran Treaty.