Global land area is
197 million square miles. The poles
occupy 10.9 million square miles of ice.
20% of the global land mass has permafrost. 33% of the global land mass
is desert. 71% of the earth’s surface is Ocean. 11% of global land is used for
agriculture and 60% of that is used for grazing. 20% of our protein comes from
fish. Despite these limitations, Earth manages to support a population of 7.6
billion people.
The 192 countries
listed have land masses ranging from less than 1 square mile to 6.6 million
square miles.
Russia and Canada have
50% of their land area limited by permafrost.
Africa and Arabia have vast desert areas.
The largest 36
countries on the planet are listed below:
Russia 6.6 million
square miles
Canada 3.8 million sm
United States 3.8
million sm
China 3.7 million sm
Brazil 3.3 million sm
Australia 2.9 million
sm
India 1.24 million sm
Argentina 1.1 million
sm
Kazakhstan 1 million
sm
Algeria 919,595 square
miles
Congo 905,354 sm
Saudi Arabia 864,869
sm
Mexico 758,499 sm
Indonesia 742,308 sm
Sudan 728,215 sm
Libya 685,524 sm
Iran 636,313 sm
Mongolia 603,909 sm
Peru 496,225 sm
Chad 495,800 sm
Niger 489,000 sm
Mali 482,077 sm
Angola 481,354 sm
South America 470,693
sm
Colombia 440,831 sm
Ethiopia 437,794 sm
Bolivia 424,164 sm
Mauritania 398,000 sm
Egypt 386,874 sm
Tanzania 364,900 sm
Nigeria 356,669 sm
Venezuela 340,561 sm
Pakistan 339,697 sm
Namibia 318,261 sm
Mozambique 313,661 sm
Turkey 300,948 sm
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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