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Extreme Countries
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Canada Canada has the longest coastline of any country with an total length of 202,080 kilometers (more than five times the circumference of the Earth!) Canada and the United States share the longest common land border with a total length of 8,893 kilometers.
China The People's Republic of China is the most populous country with more than 1,300,000,000 human inhabitants. China also has the longest land borders of any country with a total length of 22,117 kilometers. China is one of only two nations that border fourteen countries: Afghanistan (76 km), Bhutan (470 km), Burma (2,185 km), India (3,380 km), Kazakhstan (1,533 km), North Korea (1,416 km), Kyrgyzstan (858 km), (Laos 423 km), Mongolia (4,677 km), Nepal (1,236 km), Pakistan (523 km), Russia (3,645 km), Tajikistan (414 km), and Vietnam (1,281 km).
East Timor The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is purportedly the poorest country with an estimated per capita annual gross domestic product of $400 PPP1 in 2004.
Ethiopia The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country with more than 73,000,000 human inhabitants, but no ocean access.
Kazakhstan The Republic of Kazakhstan is the most extensive landlocked country with a total surface area of 2,717,300,000,000 square meters (2.71730 Tm2), but no ocean access.
Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein is one of only two nations that are doubly landlocked2. Liechtenstein borders two other landlocked countries: Austria (34.9 km) and Switzerland (41.1 km).
Luxembourg The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is the wealthiest country with a per capita annual gross domestic product of $55,600 PPP1 in 2005. Luxembourg is a very fortunate landlocked country.
Maldives The Republic of Maldives has the lowest mean elevation of any country at 0.8 meter above mean sea level. The maximum elevation in the Maldives is only 2.4 meters above mean sea level. The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami inundated most of the Maldives. A rising sea level could force the evacuation of the Maldives and many other low lying regions of the Earth.
Monaco The Principality of Monaco is the most densely populated country with an estimated 16,689 persons per square kilometer in 2006.
Russia The Russian Federation is the most extensive country with a total surface area of 17,075,200,000,000 square meters (17.0752 Tm2). Russia is one of only two nations that border fourteen countries: Azerbaijan (284 km), Belarus (959 km), China (3,645 km), Estonia (294 km), Finland (1,340 km), Georgia (723 km), Kazakhstan (6,846 km), North Korea (19 km), Latvia (217 km), Lithuania (227 km), Mongolia (3,485 km), Norway (196 km), Poland (206 km), and Ukraine (1,576 km).
United States The United States of America has the largest economy of any country with an annual gross domestic product of $12,360,000,000,000 PPP1 in 2005, more than 20% of the gross world product. The United States and Canada share the longest common land border with a total length of 8,893 kilometers.
Uzbekistan The Republic of Uzbekistan is one of only two nations that are doubly landlocked2. Uzbekistan borders five other landlocked countries: Afghanistan (137 km), Kazakhstan (2,203 km), Kyrgyzstan (1,099 km), Tajikistan (1,161 km), and Turkmenistan (1,621 km).
Western Sahara The disputed territory of Western Sahara is the least densely populated country with an estimated 1.03 persons per square kilometer in 2006.
Note 1: PPP = Purchasing Power Parity to the United States Dollar.
Note 2: A region is said to be doubly landlocked when all adjoining regions lack ocean access.