The testimonies of the largest world countries on the occupied area may vary from source to source. For example, we can often see that China ranks third, and the United States is 4th. This is due to the fact that some sources include the area of overseas and subordinate territories in the total area of the state, others - no.
Contents:
- 1. Russia
- 2. Canada
- 3. USA
- 4. China( People's Republic of China)
- 5. Brazil
1. Russia
The largest country in the world. The area is 17,098,242 km2.Russia in the ranking of the most-most countries of the world occupies about one-eighth of the Earth's land surface, extends through the whole of Eurasia and covers nine time zones. Russia has common borders with 18 other states( including two partially recognized ones), including the EU, CIS and Far East countries. Russia has a federal structure and includes 83 subjects. One of the world's largest exporters of natural resources. Despite such a huge area, Russia occupies only the ninth place in the list of countries by population( 143.2 million people).
2. Canada
Area - 9,984,670 km2.Canada has only one land border - with the United States. The borders of Canada and the US are the longest in the world. Canada is washed by the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and also has maritime boundaries with Greenland and France( through the French overseas community of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, located 20 km south of Newfoundland).Canada is a bilingual state( Canadian versions of English and French) and administratively divided into 3 territories and 10 provinces. By the number of people, Canada occupies the 39th place( 33.7 million people).
3. US
Area - 9,826,675 km2.The US has common land borders with Canada and Mexico, as well as the maritime border with Russia. The United States is washed by the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and has a number of island territories subordinate to it. Administratively, the US includes 50 states, one federal district and dependent territories. The United States, like Canada, has the unofficial status of the "country of immigrants".This explains the great linguistic diversity. The most common languages are American English and South American Spanish. In terms of population, the United States ranks third in the world( 315.1 million people).
4. China( People's Republic of China)
Area - 9,596,961 km2.China is located in East Asia, borders with 14 states, from the east it is washed by the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Despite the huge area, the whole country is located in one time zone, called a single Chinese time zone. China - the first country in the world in terms of population( 1.3 billion people), the strength of the army, the number of industrial production, the volume of exports of goods. Half of the world's foreign exchange reserves are concentrated in China. Administratively, China is divided into 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 2 special administrative districts, 4 municipalities.
5. Brazil
Area - 8,514,877 km2.The largest state in South America. It occupies the 5th place in the world in terms of population( 192 million people, the overwhelming majority profess Catholicism, which makes Brazil the first in the world in the number of adherents of this religion).It consists of 26 states and one metropolitan district. It is considered the most developed country in South America, it has the eighth in the world economy in terms of nominal GDP.The official language is Portuguese( Brazilian version);Also, in connection with immigration from other South American countries, South American Spanish is common. It borders with 10 states, it is washed by the Atlantic Ocean from the east and from the north.
