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COUNTRIES (Highest Density)

(people per square km)

• Monaco 16,205
• Singapore 6,386
• Malta 1,261
• Maldives 1,164
• Bahrain 1,035
• Bangladesh 1,002
• Vatican City 920
• Barbados 648
• Nauru 621
• Mauritius 603

COUNTRIES (Lowest Density)

(people per square km)

• Mongolia 2
• Namibia 2
• Australia 3
• Botswana 3
• Iceland 3
• Suriname 3
• Libya 3
• Mauritania 3
• Canada 3
• Guyana 4

COUNTRY POPULATION (smallest)

(February, 2006 numbers)

• Vatican City 920
• Tuvalu 11,640
• Nauru 13,050
• Palau 20,300
• San Marino 28,880
• Monaco 32,410
• Liechtenstein 33,720
• St. Kitts 38,960
• Marshall Islands 59,070
• Antigua and Barbuda 68,720

COUNTRY POPULATION (largest)

(February, 2006 numbers)

• China 1,306,313,800
• India 1,080,264,400
• USA 295,734,100
• Indonesia 241,973,900
• Brazil 186,112,800
• Pakistan 162,419,900
• Bangladesh 144,319,600
• Russia 143,420,300
• Nigeria 128,772,000
• Japan 127,417,200 

CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD

CONTINENTS (by size)

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• Asia - (44,579,000 sq km)
• Africa - (30,065,000 sq km)
• North America - (24,256,000 sq km)
• South America - (17,819,000 sq km)
• Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km)
• Europe - (9,938,000 sq km)
• Australia/Oceania - (7,687,000 sq km)

CONTINENTS (by population) 2006 est.

• Asia - (3,879,000,000)
• Africa - (877,500,000)
• Europe - (727,000,000)
• North America - (501,500,000)
• South America - (379,500,000)
• Australia/Oceania - (32,000,000)
• Antarctica - (0)

CONTINENTS (by the number of countries)

• Africa - (53)
• Europe - (46)
• Asia - (44)
• North America - (23)
• Oceania - (14)
• South America - (12)

Outline Map of Europe, Outline Map of France, European Countries

LARGEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)

• Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,846 sq miles)
• Canada 9,330,970 sq km, (3,602,707 sq miles)
• China 9,326,410 sq km, (3,600,947 sq miles)
• USA 9.166,600 sq km, (3,539,242 sq miles)
• Brazil 8,456,510 sq km, (3,265,075 sq miles)
• Australia 7,617,930 sq km, (2,941,283 sq miles)
• India 2,973,190 sq km, (1,147,949 sq miles)
• Argentina 2,736,690 sq km, (1,056,636 sq miles)
• Kazakhstan 2,717,300 sq km, (1,049,150 sq miles)
• Sudan 2,376,000 sq km, (917,374 sq miles)

SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)

• Vatican City 0.44 sq km, (0.17 sq miles)
• Monaco 1.95 sq km, (0.75 sq miles)
• Nauru 21.2 sq km, (8.2 sq miles)
• Tuvalu 26 sq km, (10 sq miles)
• San Marino 61 sq km, (24 sq miles)
• Liechtenstein 160 sq km, (62 sq miles)
• Marshall Islands 181 sq km, (70 sq miles)
• Seychelles 270 sq km, (104 sq miles)
• Maldives 300 sq km, (116 sq miles)
• St. Kitts and Nevis 360 sq km, (139 sq miles)

OLDEST COUNTRIES

• San Marino (301 AD)
• France (486 AD)
• Bulgaria (632 AD)
• Denmark (950 AD)
• Portugal (1143 AD)
• Andorra (1278 AD)
• Switzerland (1291 AD)

YOUNGEST COUNTRIES

• Montenegro (July, 2006)
• Serbia (July, 2006)
• East Timor (2002)
• Palau (1994)
• Czech Republic (1993)
• Eritrea (1993)
• Slovakia (1993)
• Bosnia/Hertzegovina (1992)

RICHEST COUNTRIES

(GNP in USA Dollars)

• Luxembourg ($45,360)
• Switzerland ($44,355)
• Japan ($41,010)
• Liechtenstein ($40,000)
• Norway ($34,515)

POOREST COUNTRIES

• (GNP in USA Dollars)
• Mozambique ($80)
• Somalia ($100)
• Eritrea ($100)
• Ethiopia ($100)
• Congo, DNC ($100)

COUNTRIES WITH MOST LAND BORDERS

(The Most Neighboring Countries)

• China (14)
• Russian Federation (14)
• Brazil (10)
• Congo, Germany and Sudan (9)
• Austria, France, Tanzania, Turkey and Zambia (8)