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  1. Largest countries and territories in the world by area

    • statista.com
    Updated Jul 29, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Largest countries and territories in the world by area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262955/largest-countries-in-the-world/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 29, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2025
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    Russia is the largest country in the world by far, with a total area of just over 17 million square kilometers. After Antarctica, the next three countries are Canada, the U.S., and China; all between 9.5 and 10 million square kilometers. The figures given include internal water surface area (such as lakes or rivers) - if the figures were for land surface only then China would be the second largest country in the world, the U.S. third, and Canada (the country with more lakes than the rest of the world combined) fourth. Russia Russia has a population of around 145 million people, putting it in the top ten most populous countries in the world, and making it the most populous in Europe. However, it's vast size gives it a very low population density, ranked among the bottom 20 countries. Most of Russia's population is concentrated in the west, with around 75 percent of the population living in the European part, while around 75 percent of Russia's territory is in Asia; the Ural Mountains are considered the continental border. Elsewhere in the world Beyond Russia, the world's largest countries all have distinctive topographies and climates setting them apart. The United States, for example, has climates ranging from tundra in Alaska to tropical forests in Florida, with various mountain ranges, deserts, plains, and forests in between. Populations in these countries are often concentrated in urban areas, and are not evenly distributed across the country. For example, around 85 percent of Canada's population lives within 100 miles of the U.S. border; around 95 percent of China lives east of the Heihe–Tengchong Line that splits the country; and the majority of populations in large countries such as Australia or Brazil live near the coast.

  2. Countries in Europe, by area

    • statista.com
    Updated Jun 10, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Countries in Europe, by area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1277259/countries-europe-area/
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 10, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2025
    Area covered
    Europe
    Description

    Russia is the largest country in Europe, and also the largest in the world, its total size amounting to 17 million square kilometers (km2). It should be noted, however, that over three quarters of Russia is located in Asia, and the Ural mountains are often viewed as the meeting point of the two continents in Russia; nonetheless, European Russia is still significantly larger than any other European country. Ukraine, the second largest country on the continent, is only 603,000 km2, making it about 28 times smaller than its eastern neighbor, or seven times smaller than the European part of Russia. France is the third largest country in Europe, but the largest in the European Union. The Vatican City, often referred to as the Holy Sea, is both the smallest country in Europe and in the world, at just one km2. Population Russia is also the most populous country in Europe. It has around 144 million inhabitants across the country; in this case, around three quarters of the population live in the European part, which still gives it the largest population in Europe. Despite having the largest population, Russia is a very sparsely populated country due to its size and the harsh winters. Germany is the second most populous country in Europe, with 83 million inhabitants, while the Vatican has the smallest population. Worldwide, India and China are the most populous countries, with approximately 1.4 billion inhabitants each. Cities Moscow in Russia is ranked as the most populous city in Europe with around 13 million inhabitants, although figures vary, due to differences in the methodologies used by countries and sources. Some statistics include Istanbul in Turkey* as the largest city in Europe with its 15 million inhabitants, bit it has been excluded here as most of the country and parts of the city is located in Asia. Worldwide, Tokyo is the most populous city, with Jakarta the second largest and Delhi the third.

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    Land area in | TheGlobalEconomy.com

    • theglobaleconomy.com
    csv, excel, xml
    Updated Mar 15, 2024
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    Globalen LLC (2024). Land area in | TheGlobalEconomy.com [Dataset]. www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/land_area/1000/
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    Dataset updated
    Mar 15, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Globalen LLC
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1961 - Dec 31, 2022
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    The average for 2021 based on 196 countries was 656013 sq. km. The highest value was in Russia: 16376870 sq. km and the lowest value was in Monaco: 2 sq. km. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

  4. Largest countries in South America, by land area

    • statista.com
    Updated Aug 7, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Largest countries in South America, by land area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/992398/largest-countries-area-south-america/
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 7, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    South America, Latin America, Americas
    Description

    The statistic shows the largest countries in South America, based on land area. Brazil is the largest country by far, with a total area of over 8.5 million square kilometers, followed by Argentina, with almost 2.8 million square kilometers.

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    COUNTRIES BY AREA

    • global-relocate.com
    Updated Dec 22, 2024
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    Global Relocate (2024). COUNTRIES BY AREA [Dataset]. https://global-relocate.com/rankings/countries-by-area
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    Dec 22, 2024
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    Description

    The ranking shows the area of countries within their internationally recognized borders. Both land and water borders are taken into account. The data for the ranking is collected by statistical agencies and organizations.

  6. Largest countries in Latin America, by land area

    • statista.com
    Updated Apr 2, 2019
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    Statista (2019). Largest countries in Latin America, by land area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990519/largest-countries-area-latin-america/
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    Apr 2, 2019
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Latin America, LAC
    Description

    Based on land area, Brazil is the largest country in Latin America by far, with a total area of over 8.5 million square kilometers. Argentina follows with almost 2.8 million square kilometers. Cuba, whose surface area extends over almost 111,000 square kilometers, is the Caribbean country with the largest territory.

    Brazil: a country with a lot to offer

    Brazil's borders reach nearly half of the South American subcontinent, making it the fifth-largest country in the world and the third-largest country in the Western Hemisphere. Along with its landmass, Brazil also boasts the largest population and economy in the region. Although Brasília is the capital, the most significant portion of the country's population is concentrated along its coastline in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

    South America: a region of extreme geographic variation

    With the Andes mountain range in the West, the Amazon Rainforest in the East, the Equator in the North, and Cape Horn as the Southern-most continental tip, South America has some of the most diverse climatic and ecological terrains in the world. At its core, its biodiversity can largely be attributed to the Amazon, the world's largest tropical rainforest, and the Amazon river, the world's largest river. However, with this incredible wealth of ecology also comes great responsibility. In the past decade, roughly 80,000 square kilometers of the Brazilian Amazon were destroyed. And, as of late 2019, there were at least 1,000 threatened species in Brazil alone.

  7. World Population by Country 2023

    • kaggle.com
    Updated Aug 6, 2023
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    Joakim Arvidsson (2023). World Population by Country 2023 [Dataset]. https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/joebeachcapital/world-population-by-country-2023
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 6, 2023
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    Authors
    Joakim Arvidsson
    License

    http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/

    Area covered
    World
    Description

    This list includes both countries and dependent territories. Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates.

    • Country - Name of countries and dependent territories.
    • Population2023 - Population in the year 2023
    • YearlyChange - Percentage Yearly Change in Population
    • NetChange - Net Change in Population
    • Density(P/Km²)- Population density (population per square km)
    • Land Area(Km²) - Land area of countries / dependent territories.
    • Migrants(net) - Total number of migrants
    • Fert.Rate - Fertility rate
    • Med.Age - Median age of the population
    • UrbanPop%- Percentage of urban population
    • WorldShare - Population share
  8. Countries and territories Named Authority List

    • data.europa.eu
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    Updated Dec 3, 2021
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    Publications Office of the European Union (2021). Countries and territories Named Authority List [Dataset]. https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/country?locale=en
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    xml, rdf xml, zipAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Dec 3, 2021
    Dataset provided by
    Publications Office of the European Unionhttp://op.europa.eu/
    European Union-
    Authors
    Publications Office of the European Union
    License

    http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2011/833/ojhttp://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2011/833/oj

    Description

    Countries and territories is a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with names of countries and territories. It is a corporate reference data asset covered by the Corporate Reference Data Management policy of the European Commission. It provides codes and names of geospatial and geopolitical entities in all official EU languages and is the result of a combination of multiple relevant standards, created to serve the requirements and use cases of the EU institutions services. Its main scope is to support documentary metadata activities. The codes of the concepts included are correlated with the ISO 3166 international standard. The authority code relies where possible on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code. Additional user-assigned alpha-3 codes have been used to cover entities that are not included in the ISO 3166-1 standard. The corporate list contains mappings with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes, the Interinstitutional Style Guide codes and with other internal and external identifiers including ISO 3166-1 numeric, ISO 3166-3, UNSD M49, UNSD Geoscheme, IBAN, TIR, IANA domain. For the names of countries and territories, the corporate list synchronises with the Interinstitutional Style Guide (ISG, Section 7.1 and Annexes A5 and A6) and with the IATE terminology database. Membership and classification properties provide possibilities to group concepts, e.g., UN, EU, EEA, EFTA, Schengen area, Euro area, NATO, OECD, UCPM, ENP-EAST, ENP-SOUTH, EU candidate countries and potential candidates. Countries and territories is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. Regular updates are foreseen based on its stakeholders’ needs. Downloads in human-readable formats (.csv, .html) are also available.

  9. Largest countries in Central America, by land area

    • statista.com
    Updated Aug 11, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Largest countries in Central America, by land area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/992382/largest-countries-area-central-america/
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 11, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Americas, Latin America
    Description

    The statistic shows the largest countries in Central America, based on land area. Nicaragua is the largest country in the subregion, with a total area of over 130 thousand square kilometers, followed by Honduras, with more than 112 thousand square kilometers.

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    Forest area, percent by country, around the world | TheGlobalEconomy.com

    • theglobaleconomy.com
    csv, excel, xml
    Updated Apr 22, 2016
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    Globalen LLC (2016). Forest area, percent by country, around the world | TheGlobalEconomy.com [Dataset]. www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/forest_area/
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    excel, csv, xmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Apr 22, 2016
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Globalen LLC
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1990 - Dec 31, 2022
    Area covered
    World, World
    Description

    The average for 2021 based on 194 countries was 31.8 percent. The highest value was in Suriname: 94.6 percent and the lowest value was in Egypt: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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    ARABLE LAND PERCENT OF LAND AREA WB DATA.HTML by Country in AFRICA

    • tradingeconomics.com
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    Updated Jan 12, 2024
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2024). ARABLE LAND PERCENT OF LAND AREA WB DATA.HTML by Country in AFRICA [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/arable-land-percent-of-land-area-wb-data.html/1000?continent=africa
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    xml, json, excel, csvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jan 12, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    2025
    Area covered
    Africa
    Description

    This dataset provides values for ARABLE LAND PERCENT OF LAND AREA WB DATA.HTML reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

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    Arable land, percent of land area by country, around the world |...

    • theglobaleconomy.com
    csv, excel, xml
    Updated Nov 18, 2016
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    Globalen LLC (2016). Arable land, percent of land area by country, around the world | TheGlobalEconomy.com [Dataset]. www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/arable_land_percent/
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    csv, excel, xmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Nov 18, 2016
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Globalen LLC
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1961 - Dec 31, 2022
    Area covered
    World, World
    Description

    The average for 2021 based on 192 countries was 14.4 percent. The highest value was in Bangladesh: 60.5 percent and the lowest value was in Djibouti: 0.1 percent. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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    Land area in the European union | TheGlobalEconomy.com

    • theglobaleconomy.com
    csv, excel, xml
    Updated Oct 16, 2019
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    Globalen LLC (2019). Land area in the European union | TheGlobalEconomy.com [Dataset]. www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/land_area/European-union/
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    xml, excel, csvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Oct 16, 2019
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Globalen LLC
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1961 - Dec 31, 2022
    Area covered
    World, European Union, Europe
    Description

    The average for 2021 based on 27 countries was 148029 sq. km. The highest value was in France: 547557 sq. km and the lowest value was in Malta: 320 sq. km. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

  14. Largest island countries in the Caribbean sea, by land area

    • statista.com
    Updated May 30, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Largest island countries in the Caribbean sea, by land area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/992416/largest-countries-territories-area-caribbean/
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    Dataset updated
    May 30, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Latin America
    Description

    Cuba is the largest island country or territory in the Caribbean, with a total area of almost 111 thousand square kilometers, followed by the Dominican Republic, with nearly 49 thousand square kilometers.

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    GDP by Country in EUROPE

    • tradingeconomics.com
    csv, excel, json, xml
    Updated May 30, 2017
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2017). GDP by Country in EUROPE [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp?continent=europe
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    csv, xml, json, excelAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    May 30, 2017
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    2025
    Area covered
    Europe
    Description

    This dataset provides values for GDP reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

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    Data Reference Standard on Countries, Territories and Geographic areas

    • open.canada.ca
    csv
    Updated Jun 11, 2025
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    Global Affairs Canada (2025). Data Reference Standard on Countries, Territories and Geographic areas [Dataset]. https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/cac6fd9f-594a-4bcd-bf17-10295812d4c5
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 11, 2025
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    Global Affairs Canada
    License

    Open Government Licence - Canada 2.0https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    This reference data provides a standard list of values for all Countries, Territories and Geographic areas. This list is intended to standardize the way Countries, Territories and Geographic areas are described in datasets to enable data interoperability and improve data quality. The data dictionary explains what each column means in the list.

  17. Population of Europe in 2024 by country

    • statista.com
    Updated Aug 21, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Population of Europe in 2024 by country [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/685846/population-of-selected-european-countries/
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 21, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2024
    Area covered
    Europe
    Description

    In 2024, Russia had the largest population among European countries at ***** million people. The next largest countries in terms of their population size were Turkey at **** million, Germany at **** million, the United Kingdom at **** million, and France at **** million. Europe is also home to some of the world’s smallest countries, such as the microstates of Liechtenstein and San Marino, with populations of ****** and ****** respectively. Europe’s largest economies Germany was Europe’s largest economy in 2023, with a Gross Domestic Product of around *** trillion Euros, while the UK and France are the second and third largest economies, at *** trillion and *** trillion euros respectively. Prior to the mid-2000s, Europe’s fourth-largest economy, Italy, had an economy that was of a similar sized to France and the UK, before diverging growth patterns saw the UK and France become far larger economies than Italy. Moscow and Istanbul the megacities of Europe Two cities on the eastern borders of Europe were Europe’s largest in 2023. The Turkish city of Istanbul, with a population of 15.8 million, and the Russian capital, Moscow, with a population of 12.7 million. Istanbul is arguably the world’s most famous transcontinental city with territory in both Europe and Asia and has been an important center for commerce and culture for over 2,000 years. Paris was the third largest European city with a population of ** million, with London being the fourth largest at *** million.

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    Data Reference Standard on Countries, Territories and Geographic areas -...

    • data.urbandatacentre.ca
    • beta.data.urbandatacentre.ca
    Updated Sep 30, 2024
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    (2024). Data Reference Standard on Countries, Territories and Geographic areas - Catalogue - Canadian Urban Data Catalogue (CUDC) [Dataset]. https://data.urbandatacentre.ca/dataset/gov-canada-cac6fd9f-594a-4bcd-bf17-10295812d4c5
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    Dataset updated
    Sep 30, 2024
    License

    Open Government Licence - Canada 2.0https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    Canada
    Description

    This reference data provides a standard list of values for all Countries, Territories and Geographic areas. This list is intended to standardize the way Countries, Territories and Geographic areas are described in datasets to enable data interoperability and improve data quality. The data dictionary explains what each column means in the list.

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    GDP by Country in AFRICA

    • tradingeconomics.com
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    Updated May 27, 2017
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2017). GDP by Country in AFRICA [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp?continent=africa
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    xml, json, csv, excelAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    May 27, 2017
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    2025
    Area covered
    Africa
    Description

    This dataset provides values for GDP reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

  20. Militaries & Weapons

    • kaggle.com
    Updated Jun 25, 2023
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    Muhammed Tausif (2023). Militaries & Weapons [Dataset]. https://www.kaggle.com/muhammedtausif/military-size-by-country-2022/discussion
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 25, 2023
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    Kagglehttp://kaggle.com/
    Authors
    Muhammed Tausif
    License

    https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

    Description

    List of Army personnel in the world, and the population of the respective country. The data is extracted and scrapped from 1. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/military-size-by-country 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_military_and_paramilitary_personnel

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Statista (2025). Largest countries and territories in the world by area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262955/largest-countries-in-the-world/
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Largest countries and territories in the world by area

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Dataset updated
Jul 29, 2025
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Statistahttp://statista.com/
Time period covered
2025
Area covered
World
Description

Russia is the largest country in the world by far, with a total area of just over 17 million square kilometers. After Antarctica, the next three countries are Canada, the U.S., and China; all between 9.5 and 10 million square kilometers. The figures given include internal water surface area (such as lakes or rivers) - if the figures were for land surface only then China would be the second largest country in the world, the U.S. third, and Canada (the country with more lakes than the rest of the world combined) fourth. Russia Russia has a population of around 145 million people, putting it in the top ten most populous countries in the world, and making it the most populous in Europe. However, it's vast size gives it a very low population density, ranked among the bottom 20 countries. Most of Russia's population is concentrated in the west, with around 75 percent of the population living in the European part, while around 75 percent of Russia's territory is in Asia; the Ural Mountains are considered the continental border. Elsewhere in the world Beyond Russia, the world's largest countries all have distinctive topographies and climates setting them apart. The United States, for example, has climates ranging from tundra in Alaska to tropical forests in Florida, with various mountain ranges, deserts, plains, and forests in between. Populations in these countries are often concentrated in urban areas, and are not evenly distributed across the country. For example, around 85 percent of Canada's population lives within 100 miles of the U.S. border; around 95 percent of China lives east of the Heihe–Tengchong Line that splits the country; and the majority of populations in large countries such as Australia or Brazil live near the coast.

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