Maps are of little help when it comes to size comparisons, World Population Review says. They can be misleading because they’re two-dimensional representations of a three-dimensional world. A more accurate way to compare countries is by the area of each, usually measured in square miles or square kilometers.
When it comes to comparing areas of the country, however, there’s a distinction between the land area and area that’s covered by water bodies like lakes, reservoirs and rivers. While the total surface area of countries is made up of both, there’s a significant difference between the countries with higher land area like the U.S., compared with Canada, which has numerous inland water bodies.
The transcontinental country, which spans Asia and Europe,has a total surfacearea of 17.1 million square kilometers – Russia consists of land area for the most part, and only about 4% of the total areaaccounts for territorial waters. In contrast, about 9%of Canada’s surfaceapproximately is covered with water.
In fact, Russia is so large it has nine time zones and borders 16 other countries.
What are the three largest countries in the world?
The U.S.and China have been head-to-head for the position of the third largest country in the world. Considering the total surface area of both countries including land andwater, the United States takes up 9.8 million square kilometers while China has 9.6 million square kilometers, according to World Atlas. However, China leads when it comes to the land area compared with the U.S. World Atlas says China is approximately 2% larger than the U.S. in terms of land area.
According to history.com, Vatican City is the smallest. Located inRome, Italy, the home of the Pope spans less than half a square kilometer.
Followed by Vatican City, the Principality of Monaco and Nauru take the spots for the second and third-smallest countriesin the world, according to World Atlas.
The U.S. is approximately half the size of Russia when compared to its landmasses. According to NationMaster.com, Russia is 1.8 times larger than America.
France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 including its claim in Antarctica). Many countries have daylight saving time, one added hour during the local summer, but this list does not include that information.
Russia, the largest country in the world, occupies one-tenth of all the land on Earth. It spans 11 time zones across two continents (Europe and Asia) and has coasts on three oceans (the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic).
Russia. The world's largest country is Russia. With a total area of 17,098,246 square kilometers, it is roughly 45 times larger than Japan and makes up 13% of the planet. The nation extends halfway across the globe from its eastern border with Japan to Europe.
Once the biggest country in the world, Russia has 11 time zones. Russia is the country to have most consecutive number of time zones. Russian time zones are UTC-2, UTC-3, UTC-4, UTC-5, UTC-6, UTC-7, UTC-8, UTC-9, UTC-10, UTC-11 and UTC-12.
This tie is between Antarctica, the United Kingdom, and Australia. All three of these countries each have a total of nine time zones. Australia proper has four different time zones, while the United Kingdom proper only has one time zone. All nine of Antarctica's time zones come from the country itself.
Russia was divided into eleven time zones in 1919, after the Bolshevik Revolution. Russia is a huge country by area expanding from east to west in the northern hemisphere and therefore, the country felt the need to adopt 11 time zones.
Considering the total surface area of both countries including land and water, the United States takes up 9.8 million square kilometers while China has 9.6 million square kilometers, according to World Atlas.
It's important to note that the size of Africa is significantly larger than Russia in actuality. Africa has an area of approximately 11.73 million square miles, while Russia's area is around 6.6 million square miles [2].
Answer and Explanation: Russia is about twice as big as China with a population of 144.3 million (2016) and 6, 602 square miles. China, by contrast, has a larger population, at 1.379 billion (2016), and is smaller than Russia, at 3,705 square miles.
1. Canada. After beating Switzerland, today, Canada stands as the number 1 country in the world, as per the reports in 2021. Despite being ranked as the second-largest nation on this planet by landmass, Canada has jumped one stance since 2020 and is now the world's most populous country.
Canada has a larger land mass than the United States. The land area of Canada is 3, 855, 103 square miles compared to America's 3, 794, 083, making Canada 1.6% larger that the States.
This country controls the pandemic duration better than any other European country. In 2020, they had a growth rate of minus 0.9%, and the country will grow by 7% in 2021. Hans Luxembourg is at the top of the list of the richest countries in the world by GDP 14,3740 USD.
China is nowadays the only large country other than India to have only one time zone and is the largest single time zone area in the world. In comparison, the United States, a country of similar geographical area to China, has four major time zones, each separated by an hour.
Fernando de Noronha Time (FNT), which is three hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. Locations: Fernando de Noronha and other islands far from the coast in the Atlantic Ocean.
Owing to the number of territories it governs beyond Europe, France has 12 (and for a period of the year 13) time zones. Metropolitan France operates on Central European Summer Time (UTC+2), while its dependencies range from Tahiti Time (UTC-10) in French Polynesia to Wallis & Futuna Time (UTC+12) in the South Pacific.
China, with a total area of 9.38 million square kilometres (3.62 million square miles) according to the World Bank, is the largest country to observe just one time zone: Beijing (or China) Standard Time.
The time zone that is farthest behind is Baker Island Time (BIT; UTC-12), the time on Baker and Howland Islands. However, those islands are officially uninhabited. The inhabited time zones that are farthest behind are American Samoa Standard Time (SST) and Niue Time (NUT).
In Russia, there are eleven time zones with current times ranging from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00. Since October 26, 2014, Russia has not used daylight saving time (DST).
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