Introduction to Human Geography

What is the largest country in the world?

• The Russia Federation

• The People's Republic of China

• Canada

• United States of America

Answer explanation

It is the Russian Federation with a total area of 17,098,242 Km² (6,601,665 mi²)!

How did Russia get so big?

What is the smallest country in the world (and has the smallest population)?

• San Marino

• Monaco

• Vatican City

• Nauru

Answer explanation

Status Civitatis Vaticanae (in Latin) or the Vatican City State is the worlds smallest country with the lowest population of 825 people! (2019)

What makes the Vatican a country?

Which country has the highest population?

Answer explanation

India is the most populous country in the world with 1/6th of the world population! According to UN estimates, India overtook China in having the largest population in the world with a population of 1,425,775,850 at the end of April 2023.

What factors contribute to such a high population?

Which country has the biggest city?

• India

• Japan

• South Korea

• China

Answer explanation

1. According to the World Population Review, it is:

2. Tokyo, Japan - 37,435,191 people

3. Delhi, India  - 29,399,141 people

4. Shanghai, China - 26,317,104 people

What is the largest country in the African continent?

• Chad

• Algeria

• Nigeria

• Angola

Which country had the longest living person?

• Japan

• Mexico

• United States of America

• France

Answer explanation

It is France with Jeanne Louise Calment!

She was the worlds verified longest living person who died at the age 122 (born in February 21, 1875 - 1997)!

Which country has the longest life expectancy?

• India
• Monaco

• Japan
• Russia

Answer explanation

Monaco at 87. 01, followed by Hong Kong (China) at 85.83, Macau at 85.51 (China) and Japan at 84.95. How did these countries manage to get such high ages?

Which continent has the largest population?

• Asia

• Americas

• Europe

• Africa

Answer explanation

It is Asia with roughly 60% of the worlds population!

How did it get so high?

Which continent has the lowest population?

• Arctic

• Antarctica

• Oceania

• Americas

Answer explanation

There are about 4,000 people through the summer months and about 1,000 overwinter each year.

Eleven babies have been born in Antarctica, and none of them died as infants. Antarctica therefore has the lowest infant mortality rate of any continent: 0%!

What is the current global population?

• Approximately 8.1 billion

• Approximately 5.5 billion
• Around 10 billion
• Roughly 3.2 billion