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Top 10 Largest Countries in the World
Check out the top ten largest countries in the world, ranked by land masses in km^2. We’ve also included some fun facts about each country. Please note that this list has purposely not included politically disputed countries such as Sudan.
10. Algeria
Its capital city is Algiers. It is the largest country in Africa and the 10th largest country in the world in terms of its land mass which covers 2,381,741 square kilometers (919,595 square miles). Comparatively, it is slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas, a state in USA. The only people to have been born in Algeria and to have won Nobel Prizes were Albert Camus (Literature 1957) and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (Physics, 1997). The highest temperature ever recorded in Algeria was 51C in August 2011.
9. Kazakhstan
The capital of Kazakhstan is Astana. The Central Asian country covers a total area of 2,724,900 square kilometers (1,052,100 square miles) and is the largest landlocked country. The 9th largest country in the world is very diverse. It has a population of 17.7 million, with 131 ethnicities, including Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian, German, Uzbek, Tatar, and Uyghur. Around 63% of the population are Kazakhs. It is also home to the Baikonur Cosmodome, the world’s first and largest space launch facility. It is leased by the Russians until 2050.
8. Argentina
The capital city of Argentina is Buenos Aires, the Pacific of South America. It is ranked as the 8th largest country in the world as it covers a total area of 2,780,400 square kilometers (1,073,500 square miles). Comparatively, it’s about one-third the size of the United States. Argentina is significant because it is the first country in the world to solve a case using fingerprint evidence. As well, 1 in 30 women in Argentina have cosmetic surgeries done. Due to low cost procedures, it is known as a hub for cosmetic surgery tourism.
7. India
New Delhi is the capital city of India. India, the second most populated country in the world, comes in the 7th place on the list of the largest countries in the world since it covers a total area of 3,166,414 square kilometers (1,222,559 square miles). Four world religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here. The Indian economy is the world’s tenth-largest by nominal GDP and third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). Despite it being the fastest growing economy, poverty, corruption, malnutrition, inadequate public healthcare, and terrorism still plague the country.
6. Australia
Australia’s capital city is Canberra, the country’s 8th largest city in the world. It is the 6th largest country in the world in terms of its area and the biggest in Oceania. It covers a total area of 7,692,024 square kilometers (2,969,907 square miles). It is also one of the wealthiest in the world, containing the world’s 12th-largest economy. In 2012, it was determined that Australia also had the world’s fifth-highest per capita income.
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