COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, Names, Continents, Smallest, Largest, Most Important

In this article we will know about the COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

What is a country?

A country is a nation, a body of land with one government. Also, rural areas outside cities and towns are called the country. There are many countries in the world: places that have a central government and a common identity.

COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD?

The earth, together with all of its countries and peoples is called world. It can also be considered as a particular region or a group of countries. There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

The below table will give you an idea about the countries of the world ( population wise + area wise ).

Smallest Country ( In area ) : Vatican City

Based on landmass, Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, measuring just 0.2 square miles, almost 120 times smaller than the island of Manhattan. Situated on the western bank of the Tiber River, Vatican City’s 2-mile border is landlocked by Italy.

Largest Country ( In area ) : Russia

The largest country in the world is Russia with a total area of 17,098,242 Km² (6,601,665 mi²) and a land area of 16,376,870 Km² (6,323,142 mi²), equivalent to 11% of the total world’s landmass of 148,940,000 Km² (57,510,000 square miles)

Smallest Country ( In population ) – Vatican City

The smallest country in the world is Vatican City, according to worldatlas.com. It is a nation-state located within Rome, Italy and is home to the global headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.

The country boasts an area of just 0.19 square miles, or 0.49 square  kilometers, according to titlemax.com. Vatican City has a population of around 800 to 900 people,

Largest Country ( In population ) – China

The current population of China is 1,453,932,069 as of Monday, February 20, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.

So, in the above article, we read about all the countries in the world updated recently. Also we received an idea about the smallest and largest country.

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