Exploring The World's Least Populated Cities

Vatican City, Vatican

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Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands

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Ngerulmud, Palau

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Funafuti, Tuvalu

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San Marino, San Marino

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Baarle-Hertog, Belgium

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King Edward Point, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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