Monday, April 11, 2011

Biggest Countries (In Area)

Biggest Countries (In Area)
 
The Twenty Largest Countries in Area in the World


No.CountriesArea
sq. kmsq. mi
1Russia17,075,200 6,591,027
2Canada9,984,6703,854,082
3United States9,631,4183,717,727
4China9,596,9603,704,426
5Brazil8,511,9653,285,618
6Australia7,686,8502,967,124
7India3,287,5901,269,009
8Argentina2,766,8901,068,019
9Kazakhstan2,717,3001,048,877
10Sudan2,505,810967,243
11Algeria2,381,740919,352
12Congo, Democratic Republic of the2,345,410905,328
13Mexico1,972,550761,404
14Saudi Arabia1,960,582756,785
15Indonesia1,919,440740,904
16Libya1,759,540679,182
17Iran1,648,000636,128
18Mongolia1,564,116603,749
19Peru1,285,220496,095
20Chad1,284,000495,624

Complete Listing of World Wonders

Complete Listing of World Wonders





The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
• The Great Pyramid of Giza
• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
• The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
• The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
• The Colossus of Rhodes
• The Pharos of Alexandria
 
The Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind
• Stonehenge
• The Colosseum
• The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
• The Great Wall of China
• The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
• The Hagia Sophia
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Seven Natural Wonders of the World
• Mount Everest
• The Great Barrier Reef
• The Grand Canyon
• Victoria Falls
• The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
• Paricutin Volcano
• The Northern Lights
 
The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World
• Palau
• The Belize Barrier Reef
• The Galapagos Islands
• The Northern Red Sea
• Lake Baikal
• The Great Barrier Reef
• The Deep Sea Vents
 
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World
• The Empire State Building
• The Itaipú Dam
• The CN Tower
• The Panama Canal
• The Channel Tunnel
• The North Sea Protection Works
• The Golden Gate Bridge
 
The Seven Forgotten Natural Wonders of the World
• Angel Falls
• The Bay of Fundy
• Iguaçú Falls
• Krakatoa Island
• Mount Fuji
• Mount Kilimanjaro
• Niagara Falls
 
The Seven Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World
• The Clock Tower (Big Ben)
• Eiffel Tower
• The Gateway Arch
• The Aswan High Dam
• Hoover Dam
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial
• The Petronas Towers
 
The Seven Forgotten Wonders of the Medeival Mind
• Abu Simbel Temple
• Angkor Wat
• Taj Mahal
• Mont Saint-Michel
• The Moai Statues
• The Parthenon
• The Shwedagon Pagoda
 
The Forgotten Wonders
• The Aztec Temple
• The Banaue Rice Terraces
• The Borobudur Temple
• The Inca City
• The Statue of Liberty
• The Mayan Temples
• The Temple of the Inscriptions
• The Throne Hall of Persepolis
• Petra
• The Suez Canal
• The Sydney Opera House
• The Red Fort in India

Area and Population of Countries


Area and Population of Countries
(mid-2006 estimates)

CountryCapitalArea
sq. miPopulation
AfghanistanKabul250,00031,056,997
AlbaniaTiranë11,1003,581,655
AlgeriaAlgiers919,59032,930,091
AndorraAndorra la Vella18171,201
AngolaLuanda481,35112,127,071
Antigua and BarbudaSt. John's17169,108
ArgentinaBuenos Aires1,068,29639,921,833
ArmeniaYerevan11,5062,976,372
AustraliaCanberra2,967,89320,264,082
AustriaVienna32,3828,192,880
AzerbaijanBaku33,4367,961,619
BahamasNassau5,382303,770
BahrainAl-Manámah257698,585
BangladeshDhaka55,598147,365,352
BarbadosBridgetown166279,912
BelarusMensk (Minsk)80,15410,293,011
BelgiumBrussels11,78710,379,067
BelizeBelmopan8,867287,730
BeninPorto-Novo43,4837,862,944
BhutanThimphu18,1472,279,723
BoliviaLa Paz424,1628,989,046
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo19,7414,498,976
BotswanaGaborone231,8031,639,833
BrazilBrasília3,286,470188,078,227
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan2,228379,444
BulgariaSofia42,8227,385,367
Burkina FasoOuagadougou105,86913,902,972
BurundiBujumbura10,7458,090,068
CambodiaPhnom Penh69,90013,881,427
CameroonYaoundé183,56717,340,702
CanadaOttawa3,855,08133,098,932
Cape VerdePraia1,557420,979
Central African RepublicBangui240,5344,303,356
ChadN'Djamena495,7529,944,201
ChileSantiago292,25816,134,219
ChinaBeijing3,705,3861,313,973,713
ColombiaBogotá439,73343,593,035
ComorosMoroni838690,948
Congo, Republic ofBrazzaville132,0463,702,314
Congo, Democratic Republic of theKinshasa905,56362,660,551
Costa RicaSan José19,7304,075,261
Côte d'IvoireYamoussoukro124,50217,654,843
CroatiaZagreb21,8314,494,749
CubaHavana42,80311,382,820
CyprusNicosia3,571784,301
Czech RepublicPrague30,45010,235,455
DenmarkCopenhagen16,6395,450,661
DjiboutiDjibouti8,880486,530
DominicaRoseau29168,910
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo18,8159,183,984
East TimorDili5,7941,062,777
EcuadorQuito109,48313,547,510
EgyptCairo386,66078,887,007
El SalvadorSan Salvador8,1246,822,378
Equatorial GuineaMalabo10,830540,109
EritreaAsmara46,8424,786,994
EstoniaTallinn17,4621,324,333
EthiopiaAddis Ababa435,18474,777,981
FijiSuva7,054905,949
FinlandHelsinki130,5585,231,372
FranceParis211,20860,876,136
GabonLibreville103,3461,424,906
GambiaBanjul4,3631,641,564
GeorgiaTbilisi26,9114,661,473
GermanyBerlin137,84682,422,299
GhanaAccra92,45622,409,572
GreeceAthens50,94210,688,058
GrenadaSt. George's13389,703
GuatemalaGuatemala City42,04212,293,545
GuineaConakry94,9259,690,222
Guinea-BissauBissau13,9461,442,029
GuyanaGeorgetown83,000767,245
HaitiPort-au-Prince10,7148,308,504
HondurasTegucigalpa43,2787,326,496
HungaryBudapest35,9199,981,334
IcelandReykjavik39,768299,388
IndiaNew Delhi1,269,3381,095,351,995
IndonesiaJakarta741,096245,452,739
IranTehran636,29368,688,433
IraqBaghdad168,75326,783,383
IrelandDublin27,1354,062,235
IsraelJerusalem8,0196,352,117
ItalyRome116,30558,133,509
JamaicaKingston4,2442,758,124
JapanTokyo145,882127,463,611
JordanAmman35,6375,906,760
KazakhstanAstana1,049,15015,233,244
KenyaNairobi224,96134,707,817
KiribatiTarawa313105,432
Korea, NorthPyongyang46,54023,113,019
Korea, SouthSeoul38,02348,846,823
KuwaitKuwait City6,8802,418,393
KyrgyzstanBishkek76,6415,213,898
LaosVientiane91,4286,368,481
LatviaRiga24,9382,274,735
LebanonBeirut4,0153,874,050
LesothoMaseru11,7202,022,331
LiberiaMonrovia43,0003,042,004
LibyaTripoli679,3585,900,754
LiechtensteinVaduz6233,987
LithuaniaVilnius25,1743,585,906
LuxembourgLuxembourg998474,413
MacedoniaSkopje9,7812,050,554
MadagascarAntananarivo226,65618,595,469
MalawiLilongwe45,74513,013,926
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur127,31624,385,858
MaldivesMalé116359,008
MaliBamako478,76411,716,829
MaltaValletta122400,214
Marshall IslandsMajuro4,57760,422
MauritaniaNouakchott397,9533,177,388
MauritiusPort Louis7881,240,827
MexicoMexico City761,602107,449,525
MicronesiaPalikir271108,004
MoldovaChisinau13,0674,466,706
MonacoMonaco132,543
MongoliaUlan Bator603,9052,832,224
MontenegroCetinje5,415630,548
MoroccoRabat172,41333,241,259
MozambiqueMaputo309,49419,686,505
Myanmar (Burma)Rangoon261,96947,382,633
NamibiaWindhoek318,6942,044,147
NauruYaren813,287
NepalKathmandu54,36328,287,147
NetherlandsAmsterdam16,03316,491,461
New ZealandWellington103,7374,076,140
NicaraguaManagua49,9985,570,129
NigerNiamey489,18912,525,094
NigeriaAbuja356,667131,859,731
NorwayOslo125,1814,610,820
OmanMuscat82,0313,102,229
PakistanIslamabad310,401165,803,560
PalauKoror17720,579
PanamaPanama City30,1933,191,319
Papua New GuineaPort Moresby178,7035,670,544
ParaguayAsunción157,0466,506,464
PeruLima496,22328,302,603
PhilippinesManila115,83089,468,677
PolandWarsaw120,72838,536,869
PortugalLisbon35,67210,605,870
QatarDoha4,416885,359
RomaniaBucharest91,69922,303,552
RussiaMoscow6,592,735142,893,540
RwandaKigali10,1698,648,248
St. Kitts and NevisBasseterre10139,129
St. LuciaCastries238168,458
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown150117,848
SamoaApia1,137176,908
San MarinoSan Marino2429,251
São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé386193,413
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh756,98127,019,731
SenegalDakar75,74911,987,121
SerbiaBelgrade34,1169,396,411
SeychellesVictoria17681,541
Sierra LeoneFreetown27,6996,005,250
SingaporeSingapore2674,492,150
SlovakiaBratislava18,8595,439,448
SloveniaLjubljana7,8272,010,347
Solomon IslandsHoniara10,985552,438
SomaliaMogadishu246,1998,863,338
South AfricaPretoria471,00844,187,637
SpainMadrid194,89640,397,842
Sri LankaColombo25,33220,222,240
SudanKhartoum967,49341,236,378
SurinameParamaribo63,039439,117
SwazilandMbabane6,7041,136,334
SwedenStockholm173,7319,016,596
SwitzerlandBern15,9427,523,934
SyriaDamascus71,49818,881,361
TaiwanTaipei13,89223,036,087
TajikistanDushanbe55,2517,320,815
TanzaniaDodoma364,89837,445,392
ThailandBangkok198,45564,631,595
TogoLomé21,9255,548,702
TongaNuku'alofa289114,689
Trinidad and TobagoPort-of-Spain1,9801,065,842
TunisiaTunis63,17010,175,014
TurkeyAnkara301,38270,413,958
TurkmenistanAshgabat188,4555,042,920
TuvaluFunafuti1011,810
UgandaKampala91,13528,195,754
UkraineKyiv (Kiev)233,08946,710,816
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi32,0002,602,713
United KingdomLondon94,52560,609,153
United StatesWashington, D.C.3,718,691298,444,215
UruguayMontevideo68,0393,431,932
UzbekistanTashkent172,74127,307,134
VanuatuVila4,710208,869
Vatican City 0.17932
VenezuelaCaracas352,14325,730,435
VietnamHanoi127,24384,402,966
Western Sahara 102,703278,600
YemenSanaá203,84921,456,188
ZambiaLusaka290,58411,502,010
ZimbabweHarare150,80312,236,805