62 datasets found
  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. The ten largest lakes in the world

    • statista.com
    Updated Jan 23, 2025
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    Statista (2025). The ten largest lakes in the world [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262931/the-ten-largest-lakes-in-the-world/
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 23, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2024
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    The Caspian Sea in Central Asia is, by far, the largest lake worldwide with 386,000 square kilometers. Lake Superior on the border between Canada and the United States, the world's second largest lake, is, by comparison, 82,000 square kilometers.

  3. World's biggest companies dataset

    • kaggle.com
    Updated Feb 2, 2023
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    Maryna Shut (2023). World's biggest companies dataset [Dataset]. https://www.kaggle.com/marshuu/worlds-biggest-companies-dataset/discussion
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    Dataset updated
    Feb 2, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    Kagglehttp://kaggle.com/
    Authors
    Maryna Shut
    License

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

    Area covered
    World
    Description

    The dataset contains information about world's biggest companies.

    Among them you can find companies founded in the US, the UK, Europe, Asia, South America, South Africa, Australia.

    The dataset contains information about the year the company was founded, its' revenue and net income in years 2018 - 2020, and the industry.

    I have included 2 csv files: the raw csv file if you want to practice cleaning the data, and the clean csv ready to be analyzed.

    The third dataset includes the name of all the companies included in the previous datasets and 2 additional columns: number of employees and name of the founder.

    In addition there's tesla.csv file containing shares prices for Tesla.

  4. f

    Table1_Building an Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Based on Real World...

    • frontiersin.figshare.com
    docx
    Updated May 31, 2023
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    A. Damiani; C. Masciocchi; J. Lenkowicz; N. D. Capocchiano; L. Boldrini; L. Tagliaferri; A. Cesario; P. Sergi; A. Marchetti; A. Luraschi; S. Patarnello; V. Valentini (2023). Table1_Building an Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Based on Real World Data: The Experience of Gemelli Generator.DOCX [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2021.768266.s001
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    docxAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    May 31, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    Frontiers
    Authors
    A. Damiani; C. Masciocchi; J. Lenkowicz; N. D. Capocchiano; L. Boldrini; L. Tagliaferri; A. Cesario; P. Sergi; A. Marchetti; A. Luraschi; S. Patarnello; V. Valentini
    License

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

    Description

    The problem of transforming Real World Data into Real World Evidence is becoming increasingly important in the frameworks of Digital Health and Personalized Medicine, especially with the availability of modern algorithms of Artificial Intelligence high computing power, and large storage facilities.Even where Real World Data are well maintained in a hospital data warehouse and are made available for research purposes, many aspects need to be addressed to build an effective architecture enabling researchers to extract knowledge from data.We describe the first year of activity at Gemelli Generator RWD, the challenges we faced and the solutions we put in place to build a Real World Data laboratory at the service of patients and health researchers. Three classes of services are available today: retrospective analysis of existing patient data for descriptive and clustering purposes; automation of knowledge extraction, ranging from text mining, patient selection for trials, to generation of new research hypotheses; and finally the creation of Decision Support Systems, with the integration of data from the hospital data warehouse, apps, and Internet of Things.

  5. Biggest companies in the world by market value 2024

    • statista.com
    • ai-chatbox.pro
    Updated May 30, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Biggest companies in the world by market value 2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263264/top-companies-in-the-world-by-market-capitalization/
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    Dataset updated
    May 30, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    May 17, 2024
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    With a market capitalization of 3.12 trillion U.S. dollars as of May 2024, Microsoft was the world’s largest company that year. Rounding out the top five were some of the world’s most recognizable brands: Apple, NVIDIA, Google’s parent company Alphabet, and Amazon. Saudi Aramco led the ranking of the world's most profitable companies in 2023, with a pre-tax income of nearly 250 billion U.S. dollars. How are market value and market capitalization determined? Market value and market capitalization are two terms frequently used – and confused - when discussing the profitability and viability of companies. Strictly speaking, market capitalization (or market cap) is the worth of a company based on the total value of all their shares; an important metric when determining the comparative value of companies for trading opportunities. Accordingly, many stock exchanges such as the New York or London Stock Exchange release market capitalization data on their listed companies. On the other hand, market value technically refers to what a company is worth in a much broader context. It is determined by multiple factors, including profitability, corporate debt, and the market environment as a whole. In this sense it aims to estimate the overall value of a company, with share price only being one element. Market value is therefore useful for determining whether a company’s shares are over- or undervalued, and in arriving at a price if the company is to be sold. Such valuations are generally made on a case-by-case basis though, and not regularly reported. For this reason, market capitalization is often reported as market value. What are the top companies in the world? The answer to this question depends on the metric used. Although the largest company by market capitalization, Microsoft's global revenue did not manage to crack the top 20 companies. Rather, American multinational retailer Walmart was ranked as the largest company in the world by revenue. Walmart also had the highest number of employees in the world.

  6. G

    Land area by country, around the world | TheGlobalEconomy.com

    • theglobaleconomy.com
    csv, excel, xml
    Updated Oct 16, 2016
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    Globalen LLC (2016). Land area by country, around the world | TheGlobalEconomy.com [Dataset]. www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/land_area/
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    csv, excel, xmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Oct 16, 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 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.

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    World - Population In The Largest City

    • tradingeconomics.com
    csv, excel, json, xml
    Updated Jun 5, 2017
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2017). World - Population In The Largest City [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/world/population-in-the-largest-city-percent-of-urban-population-wb-data.html
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    xml, csv, excel, jsonAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jun 5, 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
    Jan 1, 1976 - Dec 31, 2025
    Area covered
    World, World
    Description

    Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in World was reported at 16.05 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. World - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

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    Large Language Model (LLM) Data | 10 Million POI Average Noise Levels | 35 B...

    • storefront.silencio.network
    Updated Apr 9, 2025
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    Silencio Network (2025). Large Language Model (LLM) Data | 10 Million POI Average Noise Levels | 35 B + Data Points | 100% Traceable Consent [Dataset]. https://storefront.silencio.network/products/ai-training-data-global-hyper-local-average-noise-levels-silencio-network
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 9, 2025
    Dataset provided by
    Quickkonnect UG
    Authors
    Silencio Network
    Area covered
    Central African Republic, Anguilla, Chile, Timor-Leste, Faroe Islands, Uzbekistan, French Guiana, Hungary, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Mauritania
    Description

    Silencio provides the world’s largest real-world street and venue noise-level dataset, combining over 35 billion datapoints with AI-powered interpolation. Fully anonymized, user-consented, and ready for AI training, urban analysis, and mobility insights. Available in raw format.

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    Major rivers of the world (Derived from HydroSHEDS)

    • datacore-gn.unepgrid.ch
    ogc:wms +1
    Updated Oct 28, 2010
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    FAO-UN - NRL (2010). Major rivers of the world (Derived from HydroSHEDS) [Dataset]. https://datacore-gn.unepgrid.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d72bf361-2fc1-4ed3-906a-95e73ba3e552
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    www:link-1.0-http--link, ogc:wmsAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Oct 28, 2010
    Dataset provided by
    FAO-UN - NRL
    Area covered
    World,
    Description

    The major rivers of the world are derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer. The drainage direction layer was created from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) 15-second Digital Elevation Model (DEM). The raster stream network was determined by using the HydroSHEDS flow accumulation grid, with a threshold of about 1000 sqkm upstream area. The stream network dataset consists of the following information: the origin node of each arc in the network (FROM_NODE), the destination of each arc in the network (TO_NODE), the Strahler stream order of each arc in the network (STRAHLER), numerical code and name of the major basin that the arc falls within (MAJ_BAS and MAJ_NAME); - area of the major basin in square km that the arc falls within (MAJ_AREA); - numerical code and name of the sub-basin that the arc falls within (SUB_BAS and SUB_NAME); - area of the sub-basin in square km that the arc falls within (SUB_AREA); - numerical code of the sub-basin towards which the sub-basin flows that the arc falls within (TO_SUBBAS) (the codes -888 and -999 have been assigned respectively to internal sub-basins and to sub-basins draining into the sea). The attributes table now includes a field named "Regime" with tentative classification of perennial ("P") and intermittent ("I") streams.

  10. World's largest deserts

    • statista.com
    Updated Jan 22, 2016
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    Statista (2016). World's largest deserts [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/504421/the-largest-deserts-on-earth/
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 22, 2016
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2016
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    This statistic displays the ten largest deserts on earth. The largest desert on earth is the Antarctic desert, covering the continent of Antarctica with a size of around 5.5 million square miles. The term desert includes polar deserts, subtropical deserts, cold winter and cool coastal deserts, and are based on their geographical situation.

  11. Global Power Plants

    • kaggle.com
    Updated Nov 13, 2021
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    Jay tilala (2021). Global Power Plants [Dataset]. https://www.kaggle.com/jaytilala/global-power-plant/activity
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    Dataset updated
    Nov 13, 2021
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    Kaggle
    Authors
    Jay tilala
    License

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

    Description

    Context

    What are the biggest power plants around the world, where are they located, and which fuel types are they operating?

    Content

    Based on the annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world compiled by World Resources Institute magazine, I have created this dataset. It covers approximately 30,000 power plants from 164 countries and includes thermal plants (e.g. coal, gas, oil, nuclear, biomass, waste, geothermal) and renewables (e.g. hydro, wind, solar).

  12. Phosphorus loadings to the worlds largest lakes: data

    • data.europa.eu
    unknown
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    Zenodo, Phosphorus loadings to the worlds largest lakes: data [Dataset]. https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/oai-zenodo-org-1094983?locale=mt
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    unknown(15936)Available download formats
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Zenodohttp://zenodo.org/
    License

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

    Description

    The files contain annual average of TP loadings (sector specific and total) loadings to the 100 world largest lakes for the periods 1990-1994, 1995-1999, 2000-2004, and 2005-2010. loadings are given as kg/yr/catchment area the average total brutto/netto loadings indicate the loadings without/with retention in the surface water of a lake catchment.

  13. Countries with the largest gross domestic product (GDP) 2025

    • statista.com
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    Updated May 28, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Countries with the largest gross domestic product (GDP) 2025 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268173/countries-with-the-largest-gross-domestic-product-gdp/
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    Dataset updated
    May 28, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2025
    Area covered
    Worldwide
    Description

    In 2025, the United States had the largest economy in the world, with a gross domestic product of over 30 trillion U.S. dollars. China had the second largest economy, at around 19.23 trillion U.S. dollars. Recent adjustments in the list have seen Germany's economy overtake Japan's to become the third-largest in the world in 2023, while Brazil's economy moved ahead of Russia's in 2024. Global gross domestic product Global gross domestic product amounts to almost 110 trillion U.S. dollars, with the United States making up more than one-quarter of this figure alone. The 12 largest economies in the world include all Group of Seven (G7) economies, as well as the four largest BRICS economies. The U.S. has consistently had the world's largest economy since the interwar period, and while previous reports estimated it would be overtaken by China in the 2020s, more recent projections estimate the U.S. economy will remain the largest by a considerable margin going into the 2030s.The gross domestic product of a country is calculated by taking spending and trade into account, to show how much the country can produce in a certain amount of time, usually per year. It represents the value of all goods and services produced during that year. Those countries considered to have emerging or developing economies account for almost 60 percent of global gross domestic product, while advanced economies make up over 40 percent.

  14. Biggest Concrete Companies in the World

    • indexbox.io
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    Updated Jul 1, 2025
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    IndexBox Inc. (2025). Biggest Concrete Companies in the World [Dataset]. https://www.indexbox.io/search/biggest-concrete-companies-in-the-world/
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    xls, xlsx, docx, doc, pdfAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jul 1, 2025
    Dataset provided by
    IndexBox
    Authors
    IndexBox Inc.
    License

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

    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 2012 - Jul 28, 2025
    Area covered
    World, World
    Variables measured
    Price CIF, Price FOB, Export Value, Import Price, Import Value, Export Prices, Export Volume, Import Volume
    Description

    Discover the biggest concrete companies in the world, including LafargeHolcim, CEMEX, HeidelbergCement, CRH plc, and Buzzi Unicem. Find out about their operations, production capacity, and global presence in the concrete industry.

  15. Advertising spending in the world's largest ad markets 2024

    • statista.com
    Updated Jul 2, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Advertising spending in the world's largest ad markets 2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275916/forecast-of-advertising-expenditure-at-the-worlds-largest-ad-markets/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 2, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Jun 2022
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    It is projected that Japan will be the third largest ad market in 2024, with a total advertising expenditure of nearly ** billion U.S. dollars. The United States will remain on the throne with ad spend amounting to about *** billion dollars, and China will take second place that year.

  16. World's largest rivers based on drainage area

    • statista.com
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    Updated Jul 22, 2013
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    Statista (2013). World's largest rivers based on drainage area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/570374/earths-largest-rivers-based-on-drainage-area/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 22, 2013
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    1999
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    This statistic presents the largest rivers in the world based on drainage area. The Mississippi River in North America has a drainage area of *** million square kilometers. Rivers act as habitats, travel routes, electricity sources, sediment deposits, and drainage channels for surface water.

  17. Largest armies in the world by active military personnel 2025

    • statista.com
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    Updated May 30, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Largest armies in the world by active military personnel 2025 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264443/the-worlds-largest-armies-based-on-active-force-level/
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    Dataset updated
    May 30, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    As of May 2025, China had the largest armed forces in the world by active duty military personnel, with about *********** active soldiers. India, the United States, North Korea, and Russia rounded out the top five largest armies. Difference between active and reserve personnel Active personnel, also known as active duty in the United States and active service in the United Kingdom, are those individuals whose full-time occupation is being part of a military force. Active duty contrasts with a military’s reserve force, which are individuals who have both a military role and a civilian career. The number of active duty forces in the U.S. is much larger than its reserve membership. What is the strongest army? The strength of a country’s armed forces is not only determined by how many personnel they maintain, but also the number and quality of their military equipment. For example, looking only at personnel does not factor in the overwhelmingly higher number of nuclear warheads owned by Russia and the United States compared to other countries. One way to answer this question is to look at the total amount of money each country spends on their military, as spending includes both personnel and technology. In terms of countries with the highest military spending, the United States leads the world with an annual budget almost ***** times larger than second-placed China.

  18. The world's largest reservoirs according to volume

    • statista.com
    Updated Aug 15, 2010
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    Statista (2010). The world's largest reservoirs according to volume [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/269737/the-largest-reserviors-in-the-world/
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 15, 2010
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2010
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    This statistic shows the largest reservoirs around the world according to their storage volume. Lake Nasser has a storage capacity of 165,000 million cubic meters.

  19. Nuclear reactors - the world's largest operators 2011

    • statista.com
    Updated Mar 18, 2011
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    Statista (2011). Nuclear reactors - the world's largest operators 2011 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/272171/largest-operators-of-nuclear-reactors-by-number-of-reactors-installed/
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    Dataset updated
    Mar 18, 2011
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    The statistic represents the world's largest operators of nuclear reactors based on the number of reactors installed

  20. Largest global carbon sequestration projects in operation 2024

    • statista.com
    Updated Jul 10, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Largest global carbon sequestration projects in operation 2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108355/largest-carbon-capture-and-storage-projects-worldwide-capacity/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 10, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Worldwide
    Description

    The Petrobras Santos Basin Pre-Salt Oil Field CCS in Brazil had a carbon capture and storage capacity of 10.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxid per year (Mtpa CO₂) as of July 2024. The capacity of operational CCS facilities around the world was around 50 Mtpa CO₂ in 2024. The most operational CCS facilities are located in the U.S.

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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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