Without looking it up, can you name in order:
– The top 5 biggest countries in size?
– The top 5 biggest countries in population?
– The top 5 smallest countries in size?
– The top 5 smallest countries in population?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
No. But here my best try:
The top 5 biggest countries in size: Canada, China, United States, Russia, Australia
– The top 5 biggest countries in population: China, India, Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico
– The top 5 smallest countries in size: Vatican City (does that count?), Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Andorra, Malta
– The top 5 smallest countries in population: Vatican City, no clue about the rest…
big size: russia, canada, us & a, china, brazil
big pop: china, india, indonesia, us & a, philippines
small size: vatican city, san marino, monaco, swaziland?, andorra (micronesia?)
small pop: norfolk island…bunch of other oceania nations…these are hard.
In order:
1. Russia, Canada, US, China, Brazil (know that one from a trivial pursuit question :))
2. China, India, US, Brazil, Indonesia (last two could be other way round)
3. Vatican city, Monaco, San Marino? Difficult to tell from here as I am sure there are several small nations out in the pacific ocean. Certainly Luxembourg is not in there (I’m from there)
4. Will go for the same as 3 as I don’t know the name of those islands in the pacific
Niall
I tested my knowledge.
top 5 smallest countries in population: vatican city, san marino, tuvalu, nauru, palau?
Give me a chance friends,this old man plays too:
Big size:
1. Russia: 17,075,200 km2 (6,591,027 mi2)
2. Canada: 9,984,670 km2 (3,854,082 mi2)
3. United States: 9,631,418 km2 (3,717,727 mi2)
4. China: 9,596,960 km2 (3,704,426 mi2)
5. Brazil: 8,511,965 km2 (3,285,618 mi2)
Big pop:
1.China – 1,313,973,713
2.India – 1,095,351,995
3.United States – 298,444,215 (as of Nov. 2006 – 300,176,035)
4.Indonesia – 245,452,739
5.Brazil – 188,078,227
Small size and small population:
1.Vatican City – 0.2 square miles – The world’s smallest state, the Vatican has a population of 770, none of whom are permanent residents. The tiny country which surrounds St. Peter’s Basilica is the spiritual center for the world’s Roman Catholics (over 1 billion strong). Also known as the Holy See, Vatican City is surrounded by Rome, Italy.
2.Monaco – 0.7 square miles – The tiny state of Monaco lies along the French Riviera on the French Mediterranean coast near Nice.
An impressive 32,000 people live in this state known for its Monte Carlo casinos and Princess Grace. It has been independent off-and-on since the 13th century.
3.Nauru – 8.5 square miles – The 13,000 residents of the Pacific island Nauru rely on diminishing phosphate deposits. The state became independent in 1968 and was formerly known as Pleasant Island.
4.Tuvalu – 9 square miles – Tuvalu is composed of 9 coral atolls along a 360 mile chain in Polynesia. They gained independence in 1978. The former Ellice Islands are home to 12,000.
5.San Marino – 24 square miles – Located on Mt. Titano in north central Italy, San Marino has 29,000 residents. The country claims to be the oldest state in Europe, having been founded in the fourth century.
I found everything in http://geography.about.com/
am I or not a google master?
Best wishes Susan!