HOME | DD

Description
Another Countryball post from me, yay

This is simple, it's basically the 10 largest countries in the world as of 2023

Now I shall explain some things noticed in this, one is the conflicting numbers of the sizes for some:
1. Russia claims their size is actually 17,234,028 km2, which includes the claimed territories of Russia, i.e. the claims on Ukrainian territory (Crimea, Sevastopol, Kherson, Zaporozhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk), conflicting with the legal size (or de jure size recognized by the United Nations), that being 17,098,246 km2
2. The United States claims their size is 3,796,742 sq mi, in conflict with the 9,833,520 km2, and it's simple, America still using the Imperial system in contrast to the Metric system
3. China claims to actually be the third largest country (whereas America is fourth), and claims that America's true size is 9,525,067 km2, now granted, this is technically correct, but that's if we exclude America's coastal and territorial waters, and me personally, I prefer to include America's coastal and territorial waters... and I don't wanna be seen as pro-Beijing by placing China ahead of America...
4. Argentina claims their size is 2,796,476 km2, and that is including their territorial claims on the British Overseas Territories of the Falklands and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (or as the Argies call them "Islas Malvinas" and "San Pedro y las Islas Sandwich del Sur"... the last name is unofficial btw)

And some other things:
1. Kazakhstan scribbled out the "Kazakh" bit in their name and changed it to "Qazaq", which is technically the more accurate name because of Kazakhstan's adoption of the Latin script recently, which makes the official name of Kazakhstan in Kazakh being "Qazaqstan" from Қазақстан, in contrast to the Russian name (which is Казахстан)
2. Sudan is looking mad at Algeria, due to the fact that at one point, Sudan was the largest country in Africa and the Arab League, and the 10th-largest internationally, but lost all three positions, due to the independence of South Sudan in 2011, which made the 3rd largest in Africa and the Arab League, and the 15th-largest internationally)

I might make another post likewise for the 10 most populous countries worldwide, but that depends on my willpower

Description
Another Countryball post from me, yay

This is simple, it's basically the 10 largest countries in the world as of 2023

Now I shall explain some things noticed in this, one is the conflicting numbers of the sizes for some:
1. Russia claims their size is actually 17,234,028 km2, which includes the claimed territories of Russia, i.e. the claims on Ukrainian territory (Crimea, Sevastopol, Kherson, Zaporozhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk), conflicting with the legal size (or de jure size recognized by the United Nations), that being 17,098,246 km2
2. The United States claims their size is 3,796,742 sq mi, in conflict with the 9,833,520 km2, and it's simple, America still using the Imperial system in contrast to the Metric system
3. China claims to actually be the third largest country (whereas America is fourth), and claims that America's true size is 9,525,067 km2, now granted, this is technically correct, but that's if we exclude America's coastal and territorial waters, and me personally, I prefer to include America's coastal and territorial waters... and I don't wanna be seen as pro-Beijing by placing China ahead of America...
4. Argentina claims their size is 2,796,476 km2, and that is including their territorial claims on the British Overseas Territories of the Falklands and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (or as the Argies call them "Islas Malvinas" and "San Pedro y las Islas Sandwich del Sur"... the last name is unofficial btw)

And some other things:
1. Kazakhstan scribbled out the "Kazakh" bit in their name and changed it to "Qazaq", which is technically the more accurate name because of Kazakhstan's adoption of the Latin script recently, which makes the official name of Kazakhstan in Kazakh being "Qazaqstan" from Қазақстан, in contrast to the Russian name (which is Казахстан)
2. Sudan is looking mad at Algeria, due to the fact that at one point, Sudan was the largest country in Africa and the Arab League, and the 10th-largest internationally, but lost all three positions, due to the independence of South Sudan in 2011, which made the 3rd largest in Africa and the Arab League, and the 15th-largest internationally)

I might make another post likewise for the 10 most populous countries worldwide, but that depends on my willpower