If Prince Edward Island was a country…

The population of Prince Edward Island is, according to the government, 146,105. If Prince Edward Island was a country, thus, it would be the 188th largest country in the world, and 53 other countries would have smaller populations (source):

  1. Prince Edward Island
  2. Curacao
  3. Grenada
  4. Aruba
  5. Federated States of of Micronesia
  6. Tonga
  7. Virgin Islands
  8. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  9. Kiribati
  10. Jersey
  11. Seychelles
  12. Antigua and Barbuda
  13. Isle of Man
  14. Andorra
  15. Dominica
  16. Bermuda
  17. Marshall Islands
  18. Guernsey
  19. Greenland
  20. American Samoa
  21. Cayman Islands
  22. Northern Mariana Islands
  23. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  24. Faroe Islands
  25. Turks and Caicos Islands
  26. Sint Maarten
  27. Liechtenstein
  28. San Marino
  29. British Virgin Islands
  30. Saint Martin
  31. Monaco
  32. Gibraltar
  33. Palau
  34. Dhekelia
  35. Akrotiri
  36. Wallis and Futuna
  37. Anguilla
  38. Cook Islands
  39. Tuvalu
  40. Nauru
  41. Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
  42. Saint Barthelemy
  43. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  44. Montserrat
  45. Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
  46. Norfolk Island
  47. Svalbard
  48. Christmas Island
  49. Tokelau
  50. Niue
  51. Holy See (Vatican City)
  52. Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  53. Pitcairn Islands

Comments

Alexander's picture
Alexander on December 2, 2012 - 21:53 Permalink

On Compass about 15 years ago I remember Roger interviewing a gentleman from the Isle of Man about life as a small island dependency. It seemed like a very sensible idea for PEI as well.

Steven Garrity's picture
Steven Garrity on December 3, 2012 - 02:19 Permalink

Ground invasion of Saint Pierre and Miquelon! Who’s with me!?

Randy McDonald's picture
Randy McDonald on December 3, 2012 - 08:15 Permalink

Nearly all of these islands are not full-fledged countries, but rather, self-governing polities associated with much larger and wealthier countries. Even nominally-independent states like Nauru or the Federated States of Micronesia are closely tied to patrons like Australia or the United States.

Oliver's picture
Oliver on December 7, 2012 - 00:14 Permalink

Wow, that surprises me. Just missed the cutoff for H-bomb testing, based on the relative ranking of the Marshalls.