Giant countries by area and by population

All states of the world vary greatly in size, population, wealth of natural resources and so on. There are on our planet, and tiny dwarf countries, and huge powers whose areas are estimated at millions of square kilometers. This article lists all the giant countries by area and population. In addition, we collected about them the most interesting and curious information.

All countries-giants by area: list

Geographers classify all states of our planet according to various parameters. One of them is the area occupied by the territory. So, in the world there are countries-dwarfs, small, small, medium, large, large states, and also countries-giants. By area, they can differ from each other in hundreds or even thousands of times!

According to this classification, the "gigantic" state must have no less than 3 million km ^{2 of} territory. The largest countries in the world in terms of area are listed below:

• Russia.
• Canada.
• China.
• USA.
• Brazil.
• Australia.
• India.

For comparison, you can cite the area and the smallest state of the planet - 0.44 km ² , which is occupied by the Vatican.

It is interesting to note that the giants of the area are present on all the continents of the planet, except Africa (the continent without a permanent population of Antarctica is not counted).

The world's largest countries by population

If the state occupies vast expanses, this does not mean that it has the same huge number of people. So, for example, in Russia there are only 146 million people. There are 10 million more inhabitants in Bangladesh, a country comparable in size to the Vologda region of the Russian Federation.

In which countries is the largest population? The leaders by this criterion are:

• China (1 373 million people).
• India (1 282 million people).
• The United States (323 million people).
• Indonesia (258 million people).
• Brazil (203 million people).

By the way, the population of India is growing at a catastrophic rate. According to the scientists' forecasts, by the year 2050 this Asian country should lead the above rating.

Russia is the largest country in the world

In addition to the fact that Russia is the largest state in the world in terms of area, it also has a number of other records:

• Russia boasts the world's largest freshwater reserves;
• This state has the lowest external debt in the world;
• The Russian army is inferior only to China by the total number of military forces;
• The most replicated newspaper is also published in Russia - this is Komsomolskaya Pravda;
• In this country is the largest on the planet forest massif - the Siberian taiga;
• Russia is the world leader in the export of nitrogen fertilizers;
• In Moscow is the tallest building in Europe - the tower of Ostankino ;
• Dacha is a purely Russian "invention", which appeared under Peter the Great.

China is the most populous country in the world

China is the second country on the planet in size and the first - in terms of population. And here are some more amazing facts about this eastern state:

• The most ancient civilization in the world arose in the territory of modern China;
• China is the birthplace of many flowers that today adorn many gardens around the world;
• It was in this country that the compass, salutes, ice cream, crossbow and toilet paper were invented;
• Many consider the founders of football, the British, but historians have found evidence that the Chinese "kicked the ball" on the field even before our era;
• The color of mourning and sorrow in China is white;
• In the PRC was built the world's largest dam.

Finally...

The countries of the giants are huge in size. Their territories occupy over 3 million square kilometers. To such include the seven states of the planet: Russia, China, Canada, USA, Brazil, Australia and India.

Among the most populous countries of the modern world, it is worth highlighting China, India, the USA, Indonesia and Brazil.