The 5 Largest countries in the World
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The surface area of the world is 510,072,000 square kilometers. 70.8% of the world is covered with waters and the remaining 29.2% is terrestrial. The total land area is 148,940,000 square kilometers.
Almost 50% of the land area is covered by 5 countries. Here are the World’s Top 5 Largest Countries.
Brazil
Brazil is the largest country in South America, with 5 being the world’s largest face value.
It is the largest united area on the American continent.
The total area is 8,515,767 km2. 8,460,415 km2 is the continental area and only 55,352 km2 is the water area.
United States of America
America is the fourth largest country in the world and the largest after the waters of the American continent.
The total area is 9,629,091 km2, the terrestrial area is 9,158,960 km2 and the water area is 470,131 km2.
China
China is the third largest country in the world.
It is also the largest country in Asia. The total surface area is 9,706,961 km2. Almost all of the country is continental and the total area of terrestrial area is 9,569,901 km2.
The remaining 137.060 km2 is the area of water and corresponds to 1.41% of the country’s area.
Canada
Canada is the second largest country in the world and the largest in the Americas.
The total surface area of Canada is 9,984,670 km2. The terrestrial area is 9.093.507 km2 and the water area is 891.163 km2. Canada’s water area is 8,93% of the total area of the country.
Russia
Russia is the largest country in the world and is also one of the few countries with land both in Europe and Asia.
The total surface area of Russia is 17.098.242 km2. 95.95% of the 17.098.242 km2 area is terrestrial.
The total area of this terrestrial area is 16.377.742 km2. 4.21% is water. This corresponds to 720.500 km2.
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