Our planet is rich in a variety of ethnic groups, languages, cultures, religious beliefs. Countries in the world are much smaller, but their number is quite large. This article will list the countries of the world in terms of population and territorial area. There is no need to list all countries of the world, therefore only the first 10 states will be listed here for these indicators.
List of countries by population
The top ten countries in terms of the number of people living in them include such as:
- China (PRC). For 2017, about 1 billion 385 million inhabitants live in this country. For a long time, this country has been at the top of the population.
- India. The population of this country has already reached 1 billion 345 million inhabitants, which is only slightly less than in China. Considering that the population growth in India is much higher than in the PRC, in a few years India will come to the leading place in the world.
- USA. Today, about 326 million people live in this country. Its population growth is much higher than in Europe, but not as high as in third world countries. The increase is due not only to a high birth rate, but also to a large influx of immigrants.
- Indonesia (264 million people). This Asian country today occupies the 4th position in terms of population. In addition, the population growth here is quite high, as in the whole of Southeast Asia.
- Pakistan, home to about 208 million people, is a very poor state, but population growth is very high due to the high birth rate.
- Brazil, with a population of 207 million inhabitants, only recently ranked 5th, but not so long ago, Pakistan overtook it. Moreover, in Brazil itself, the population growth rate is also quite high.
- Nigeria (192 million inhabitants). Another country where the population growth rate is incredibly high, so in the next few years, probably, this country will also squeeze Brazil on this list.
- Bangladesh (160 million) is the poorest state in the list of countries of the world, but this does not prevent the country's population from growing at an unprecedented pace.
- Russia today has about 146 million inhabitants. For a long time, a negative population growth was observed in the Russian Federation, but not so long ago this indicator began to increase slightly.
- Mesquica (130 million people). This country has only recently entered the list of countries with the largest population, overtaking Japan. This is due to high population growth in Mexico and low in Japan.
List of countries by area
Unlike the above list, this has not happened for a long time.
There is no need to make a list of the countries of the world in alphabetical order and cite it in this article, therefore the first 10 countries by territory will be presented here:
- Russia (17.1 million sq. Km). From the very moment of its formation, the Russian Federation began to occupy first place in the world in terms of area.
- Canada (9.98 million sq. Km). Although the area of this state is the second in the list of countries of the world, but in comparison with Russia, it is almost half.
- China with an area of 9.6 million square meters. km stands today at the 3rd position in this list.
- The USA has an area of about 9.52 million square meters. km, which is almost the same as that of China.
- Brazil, in fifth place, has an area of approximately 8.5 million square meters. km
- Australia (7.7) occupies an entire continent and is one of the largest states in the world.
- India (3.3). Compared to all of the above countries, India seems very small.
- Argentina with an area of 2.78 million square meters. Km is the second largest country in Latin America.
- Kazakhstan (2.72) has the longest land border with Russia.
- Algeria (2.4) is the largest state on the African continent.
Interesting Facts
Many are interested in how many countries in the world. The list of all sovereign states for 2017 is about 230 states. In addition to them, there are self-proclaimed, semi-sovereign countries, etc.
The list of countries of the world in alphabetical order is not of particular interest, since it does not carry any specific information about the country itself. If you compare the above countries in the lists (photo below), then you can understand a lot about them. For example, their densely populated, territorial wealth and natural potential.
Conclusion
A variety of countries, peoples, natural conditions, languages and cultures make our planet very interesting.
It is thanks to this diversity that people are interested in traveling and learning new things.
Therefore, despite repeated attempts to create a single language for everyone, it is still not possible to introduce it.