the largest cities on the planet, in the same publication, we learn about the largest countries. The largest country in terms of area is the Russian Federation, occupying 17 126 122 km².The largest country by population - China, it has 1 368 779 000 people. More information on this subject you can get further.
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Owners of wide expanses
First we will consider the TOP of the largest territories of the countries and their floor space:
- Russia - 17,126,122 km²;
- Canada - 9,976,140 km²;
- China - 9,598,077 km²;
- USA - 9 518 900 km²;
- Brazil - 8,511,965 km²;
- Australia - 7,686,850 km²;
- India - 3,287,590 km²;
- Argentina - 2,766,890 km²;
- Kazakhstan - 2,724,902 km²;
- The rest - 80 646 216 km ².
In the diagram below, you can clearly see these figures as a percentage.
As we can see, Russia occupies 11% of the terrestrial territory of the planet, Canada - 7%, China - 6%.Thus, these three countries occupy about 24% of the world's land area. Now we will study in more detail the leading countries.
Russian Federation
The largest country in the world is Russia, its area is 17 126 122 km ².
Russia is the largest country in the territory, with a federal device. Until 2014, the territory of Russia was 17,125,187 km², after the Crimea was annexed in March 2014, the area of the state increased to the present level.
In view of such a huge territory, Russia borders on 18 countries, which is the most record indicator in the world.
The territory of the Russian state includes 85 subjects of the federation, including:
- 46 regions;
- 22 republics;
- 9 edges;
- 4 autonomous okrugs;
- 3 cities of federal significance;
- 1 autonomous region.
Russia occupies 1/8 of the land and is comparable not only with countries, but even with the mainland.
Canada
The second largest country in the world is Canada, its area is 9 984 670 km ².
Canada is inferior to Russia in territory almost in 2 times. Like Russia, Canada is a federated state.
The territory of Canada includes:
- 10 provinces;
- 3 territories.
Canada - the largest state of the American islands, even surpassing the area adjacent to the mainland US state.
China
The third on the planet territory is owned by China, which occupies 9,640,821 km².
The area of China is not too far from Canada, if compared to Russia.
China includes:
- 22 provinces( in some sources 23 provinces are indicated, including Taiwan);
- 5 autonomous regions;
- 4 municipalities;
- 2 special administrative area.
Despite its considerable area, most of the territory of China is occupied by mountains, about 67%.
"People's" countries
Let's consider the general rating of the most populated countries:
- China - 1 368 779 000 people;
- India - 1 261 779 000 people;
- USA - 318 613 000 people;
- Indonesia - 252,812,245 people;
- Brazil - 203 260 131 people;
- Pakistan - 187 878 027 people;
- Nigeria - 178,516,904;
- Bangladesh - 156 951 230 people;
- Russia - 146 200 000 people;
- The rest - 2,911,254,980 people.
As you can see from the table, the three leading countries have a population equal to all those countries that did not enter the top nine. Now consider the three leaders in more detail.
China
The most populated country is China, where about 1 368 779 000 people live.
Every year the population of China is increased by 12 million people. Since 1979 the state has passed to the policy of birth control, but having reached the average indicators, over time, the birth rate gradually grows again from year to year.
India
The second country in terms of population is India, there are 1 261 779 000 people in the country.
Strangely enough, almost 70% of Indians live in rural areas. The state does not implement any policy of birth control. The annual population growth in India is about 14 million people.
USA
Closes the top three countries in terms of population - the United States, they are home to 320,194,478 people.
The increase in the population of the United States per year is about 8 million people. A fairly large proportion of this number is made up of migrants from other countries. USA, just like other countries, catching up with China and India in terms of population will be very difficult, and in modern life - unrealistic.
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