What is the largest country?
The largest country in the world is Russia, according to worldometers.info. The country has a total area of over 6.6 million square miles, or over 17 million square kilometers.
Russia is a transcontinental country located in Europe and Asia. As of August 2022, the country had a population of over 144 million people, according to worldpopulationreview.com.
Canada ranks as the second largest with a total area of more than 3.8 million square miles. China and the U.S. take third and fourth places for their areas of above 3.7 million and 3.6 million, respectively.
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