Largest, Smallest, Oldest, Newest, Richest & Poorest Countries of the World: General Knowledge

	LARGEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
1)	Russia 6,592,846 sq miles (17,075,400 sq km)
2)	Canada 3,602,707 sq miles (9,330,970 sq km)
3)	China 3,600,947 sq miles (9,326,410 sq km)
4)	USA 3,539,242 sq miles (9.166,600 sq km)
5)	Brazil 3,265,075 sq miles (8,456,510 sq km)
6)	Australia 2,941,283 sq miles (7,617,930 sq km)
7)	India 1,147,949 sq miles (2,973,190 sq km)
8)	Argentina 1,056,636 sq miles (2,736,690 sq km)
9)	Kazakhstan 1,049,150 sq miles (2,717,300 sq km)
10)	Sudan 917,374 sq miles (2,376,000 sq km)
	SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
1)	Vatican City 0.17 sq miles (0.44 sq km)
2)	Monaco 0.75 sq miles (1.95 sq km)
3)	Nauru 8.2 sq miles (21.2 sq km)
4)	Tuvalu 10 sq miles (26 sq km)
5)	San Marino 24 sq miles (61 sq km)
6)	Liechtenstein 62 sq miles (160 sq km)
7)	Marshall Islands 70 sq miles (181 sq km)
8)	Seychelles 104 sq miles (270 sq km)
9)	Maldives 116 sq miles (300 sq km)
10)	St. Kitts and Nevis 139 sq miles (360 sq km)
	OLDEST COUNTRIES
1)	San Marino 301 AD
2)	France 486 AD
3)	Bulgaria 632 AD
4)	Denmark 950 AD
5)	Portugal 1143 AD
6)	Andorra 1278 AD
7)	Switzerland 1291 AD
	YOUNGEST COUNTRIES
1)	South Sudan July, 2011
2)	Montenegro July, 2006
3)	Serbia July, 2006
4)	East Timor 2002
5)	Palau 1994
6)	Czech Republic 1993
7)	Eritrea 1993
8)	Slovakia 1993
9)	Bosnia/Hertzegovina 1992
	RICHEST COUNTRIES
	(GNP in USA Dollars)
1)	United States $49,800
2)	Luxembourg $45,360
3)	Switzerland $44,355
4)	Japan $41,010
5)	Liechtenstein $40,000
6)	Norway $34,515
	POOREST COUNTRIES
	(GNP in USA Dollars)
1)	Mozambique $80
2)	Somalia $100
3)	Eritrea $100
4)	Ethiopia $100
5)	Congo, DNC $100
	COUNTRIES WITH MOST LAND BORDERS
	(The Most Neighbouring Countries)
1)	China 14
2)	Russian Federation 14
3)	Brazil 10
4)	Congo, Germany and Sudan 9
5)	Austria, France, Tanzania, Turkey and Zambia 8