World rankings
The world’s countries and cities, ranked by area, population, coastline, neighbours and more, as recorded in Hookito’s country data.
- Largest countries by area
- 1Russia17,075,400 km²
- 2Canada9,984,670 km²
- 3United States9,826,675 km²
- Smallest countries by area
- 1Vatican City0.44 km²
- 2Monaco2 km²
- 3Gibraltar6.8 km²
- Most populous countries
- 1People's Republic of China1,442,965,000
- 2India1,326,093,247
- 3United States340,110,988
- Least populous countries
- 1Vatican City882
- 2Tuvalu10,643
- 3Nauru13,650
- Countries with the longest coastlines
- 1Canada202,080 km
- 2Indonesia54,716 km
- 3Greenland44,087 km
- Countries with the most neighbours
- 1Russia14
- 2People's Republic of China13
- 3Brazil9
- Landlocked countries
- ·Botswana
- ·Burkina Faso
- ·Burundi
- Countries with the most languages
- 1Taiwan22
- 2Zimbabwe16
- 3Mali13
- Countries that drive on the left
- ·Botswana
- ·Eswatini
- ·Kenya
- Biggest capital cities
- 1Beijing18,960,744
- 2Kinshasa16,000,000
- 3Mexico City12,294,193
- Most populous cities
- 1Shanghai24,874,500
- 2Beijing18,960,744
- 3Karachi18,868,021
- Newest countries
- 1South Sudan9 July 2011
- 2Nepal28 May 2008
- 3Kosovo17 February 2008
Russia
Canada
United States
Vatican City
Monaco
Gibraltar
People's Republic of China
India
Tuvalu
Nauru
Indonesia
Greenland
Brazil
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Taiwan
Zimbabwe
Mali
Eswatini
Kenya
Kinshasa
Mexico City
Karachi
South Sudan
Nepal
KosovoAbout these rankings
Each list is built from the same facts as the country pages, largely based on Wikidata, with city populations from GeoNames. The lists include territories such as Greenland and Gibraltar. Figures are the latest each source gives, so some are a few years old.
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