Top 10 Largest Countries in the World by Area

 1.Russia;

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Russia, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black and Caspian seas in the south. Russia covers 17,125,191 square kilometres (6,612,073 sq mi), spanning more than one-eighth of the Earth'S inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations.

Official name: Russian Federation (Rossiyskaya Federatsiya)
Land area: 494,208,000 sq mi (16,377,742 sq km);
Total area: 496,223,000 sq mi (17,098,242 sq km)
President: Vladimir Putin Trending
Capital: Moscow
Dialing code: +7
Population: 14.45 crores (2018) World Bank
Currency: Russian ruble

2.Canada;

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Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by total area.

Official name: Canada

Land area: 3,511,003 sq mi (9,093,507 sq km);

Total area: 3,855,102 sq mi (9,984,670 sq km)

Prime minister: Justin Trudeau Trending

Capital: Ottawa

Dialing code: +1

Currency: Canadian dollar

Population: 3.76 crores (2019)

3.United States;

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The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

President: Donald J. Trump (2017)

Vice President: Michael Pence (2017)

Land area: 3,539,225 sq mi (9,166,601 sq km); 

total area: 3,718,691 sq mi (9,631,420 sq km)

Capital: Washington, D.C.

Dialing code: +1

Population: 32.82 crores (2019)

Official languages: None at federal level

currency : United States Dollar

4.China;

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China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.4 billion in 2019. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometers, it is the world's third or fourth-largest country by area. 

Official name: People's Republic of China (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)

Land area: 3,600,927 sq mi (9,326,411 sq km);

Total area: 3,705,407 sq mi (9,596,960 sq km)1

Capital: Beijing

President: Xi Jinping

Currency: Renminbi

Population: 139.27 crores (2018) World Bank

Official script: Simplified Chinese

5.Brazil;

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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous.

Land area: 3,265,059 sq mi (8,456,511 sq km);

total area: 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km)

President: Jair Bolsonaro Trending

Capital: Brasilia

Dialing code: +55

Currency: Brazilian real

Population: 20.95 crores (2018) World Bank

6.Australia;

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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.

Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)

Governor-General: Peter Cosgrove (2014)

Prime Minister: Malcolm Turnbull (2015)

Land area: 2,941,283 sq mi (7,617,931 sq km);

total area: 2,967,893 sq mi (7,686,850 sq km)

Capital: Canberra

Population: 2.5 crores (2018) World Bank

7.India;

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India (Hindi: Bhārat), officially the Republic of India (Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by land area, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

President: Pranab Mukherjee (2012)

Prime Minister: Narendra Modi (2014)

Land area: 1,147,949 sq mi (2,973,190 sq km); 

total area:1,269,338 sq mi (3,287,590 sq km)

Currency: Indian rupee Trending

Capital: New Delhi

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Native languages: 447 languages

8.Argentina;

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Argentina (Spanish: [aɾxenˈtina]), officially the Argentine Republic[A] (Spanish: República Argentina), is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south.

Land area: 1,056,636 sq mi (2,736,690 sq km);

total area: 1,068,296 sq mi (2,766,890 sq km)

Capital: Buenos Aires

Dialing code: +54

President: Alberto Fernández

Currency: Argentine peso

9.Kazakhstan;

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Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country and former Soviet republic, extends from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains at its eastern border with China and Russia. Its largest metropolis, Almaty, is a long-standing trading hub whose landmarks include Ascension Cathedral, a tsarist-era Russian Orthodox church, and the Central State Museum of Kazakhstan, displaying thousands of Kazakh artifacts.

Land area: 1,049,150 sq mi (2,717,300 sq km); 

total area: 1,049,150 sq mi (2,717,300 sq km)

Capital: Nur-Sultan

Dialing code: +7

Currency: Kazakhstani tenge

President: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

10.Algeria;

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Algeria is a North African country with a Mediterranean coastline and a Saharan desert interior. Many empires have left legacies here, such as the ancient Roman ruins in seaside Tipaza. In the capital, Algiers, Ottoman landmarks like circa-1612 Ketchaoua Mosque line the hillside Casbah quarter, with its narrow alleys and stairways.

Total area: 919,590 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 38,813,722 (growth

Capital: Algiers

Dialing code: +213

Currency: Algerian dinar

President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Prime minister: Abdelaziz Djerad

Official language: Arabic