The largest countries, states of the world in area: TOP-5 giant countries

Great countries, large states - what are they?

Huge territories, large areas and a large number of inhabitants are indicators of large countries of the world. Let's get acquainted with these countries in more detail.

The largest countries in the world: rating

5th place in the world ranking of states in their territory occupies Brazilian Republic. This country is also the first in territorial sizes in South America. The capital is the city of Brazilia, erected literally for three and a half years. The area occupied by the state is 8 million 514 thousand 877 km². He has the largest length on the mainland, besides, it borders on all South American countries.

4th place occupy USAMade from the bronze medalist by about 79,500 km². Fifty American states + one district, Colombia, where the capital of the state, Washington, are located in the territory with an area of \u200b\u200b9 million 519 thousand 431 km². And this is 6.15% of the entire earthly land. On both sides, the country is washed by oceans, because of which tsunami and tornadoes often fall into the country.

In the 3rd place in the five of the largest countries is located Chinese People's Republic, The “possessions” of which stretched only to the Asian mainland, with an area of \u200b\u200b9 million 598 thousand 962 km². Borders on the fourteen states, the capital is the city of Beijing. China is a leading world in the world for the development of many pro -ots, sports achievements, and economics. The country has the largest army, the leading number of nuclear weapons, the country is also the leader in the development of space know-how.

2nd position- canada at Canada, with an area of \u200b\u200b9 million 976 thousand 139 km². The acting head of state, the governor-general is the official representative of the English queen, Elizabeth Second. Not the entire Canadian area is suitable for living, due to the location of the largest lake with fresh water in the world-upper. It borders only on 3 countries-the United States of America (according to the most significant border in land), also its neighbors are: Denmark and France (sea border). The metropolitan city is Ottawa.

And the leader of this rating, namely, the largest country in the world, becomes Russia, located on the territory, with an area of \u200b\u200b17 million 102 thousand 345 km², thus occupying a third of two parts of the world - Europe and Asia, most of which have not been populated. The neighbors of the Russian Federation are nineteen states (this is the largest number in the world), two of which have a sea border with it (USA, Japan). Capital - city of Moscow, with the highest population density in the country.