On this page, we present a table showing the largest and
smallest countries on each continent. Also check out which
countries have the highest and lowest population density and
life expectancy.
| Geographic extremes of
continents |
| Continent |
Feature |
Countries |
Greatness |
| Africa |
Largest country in extension |
Sudan |
2,505,813 km2 |
| Smallest country in size |
Seychelles |
455 km2 |
| Country with the highest population density |
Mauritius |
550 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the lowest population density |
Chad |
0.5 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the highest life expectancy |
Meeting |
79 years |
| Country with the lowest life expectancy |
Sierra Leone |
33 years |
| Central America |
Largest country in extension |
Nicaragua |
130,000km2 |
| Smallest country in size |
Grenade |
344 km2 |
| Country with the highest population density |
Barbados |
697.6 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the lowest population density |
Belize |
8.6 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the highest life expectancy |
Dominica |
80 years |
| Country with the lowest life expectancy |
Haiti |
48 years |
| North America |
Largest country in extension |
Canada |
9,970,610 km2 |
| Smallest country in size |
Mexico |
1,958,201 km2 |
| Country with the highest population density |
Mexico |
50.1 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the lowest population density |
Canada |
3.2 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the highest life expectancy |
Canada |
81 years |
| Country with the lowest life expectancy |
Mexico |
70 years |
| South America |
Largest country in extension |
Brazil |
8,547,403.5 km2 |
| Smallest country in size |
Suriname |
163,265 km2 |
| Country with the highest population density |
Colombia |
35.9 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the lowest population density |
Suriname |
2.5 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the highest life expectancy |
Chile and Uruguay |
76 years |
| Country with the lowest life expectancy |
Bolivia |
59 years |
| Asia |
Largest country in extension |
Russia |
12,704,097 km2 |
| Smallest country in size |
Singapore |
641 km2 |
| Country with the highest population density |
Singapore |
3,500 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the lowest population density |
Mongolia |
1.5 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the highest life expectancy |
Japan |
83 years |
| Country with the lowest life expectancy |
Afghanistan |
43 years |
| Europe |
Largest country in extension |
Russia |
4,371,303 km2 |
| Smallest country in size |
Vatican |
0.44km2 |
| Country with the highest population density |
Monaco |
15,461 hab./km2 |
| Country with the lowest population density |
Iceland |
3 hab./km2 |
| Country with the highest life expectancy |
France and Switzerland |
82 years |
| Country with the lowest life expectancy |
Russia |
58 years |
| Oceania |
Largest country in extension |
Australia |
7,682,300 km2 |
| Smallest country in size |
Nauru |
21.3 km2 |
| Country with the highest population density |
Marshall Islands |
555.6 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the lowest population density |
Australia |
2.4 inhab./km2 |
| Country with the highest life expectancy |
Australia |
81 years |
| Country with the lowest life expectancy |
Nauru |
50 years |
Oceania
Formed by various groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean,
Oceania is the smallest "continent" in area and the second
smallest (after Antarctica) in population.
It has a total area of 8,480,355 km2. The
name Oceania comes from Oceanus, the god of rivers.
Although the islands of Oceania do not form a real
continent, some associate Oceania with the continent of
Australia or Australasia, with the purpose of dividing the
planet into continental groupings.
 Australia, a modern and first world country (occupies the
top positions in the Human Development Index), is the main
country on the continent, occupying almost 90% of it.
Africa
It is the third largest continent on Earth, just behind
Asia and the Americas.
Together with the adjacent islands, it occupies about 30
million km2, covering 20.3% of the total land
area of the planet.
It is also the second most populous continent on Earth,
just behind Asia. It has more than 800 million inhabitants
in 54 countries, representing about one seventh of the
world's population.
The African countries that have Portuguese as their
official language are: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau,
Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.
Asia
It is the largest and most populous continent on Earth.
It has about 49 million km2, occupying 8.6% of
the planetary surface (almost 30% of the emerged lands).
In Asia, more than 60% of the world population is found.
Located mainly in the eastern and northern hemispheres, Asia
is usually defined as the portion of Eurafrásia (the
Africa-Asia-Europe group) that lies east of the Red Sea,
Suez Canal and Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus and
Caspian and Black seas.
It is bathed on the east by the Pacific Ocean (South
China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Japan Sea, Okhotsk
Sea and Bering Sea), on the south by the Indian Ocean (Gulf
of Aden, Arabian Sea and Gulf of Bengal) ) and north by the
Arctic Ocean.
Europe
With an area of 10,368,099 km2, Europe forms
with Asia a set of continuous lands known as Eurasia.
According to
Countryaah, the European Union is a part of Europe continent located in
western part of Europe.
The boundaries between Europe and Asia are not clear, but
historical, ethnic and cultural factors give Europe a
well-defined individuality.
The continental part is limited to the north by the
Arctic Glacial Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to
the south by the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the
Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea, and to the east by
the Ural Mountains and the Ural River. According to Greek
mythology, Europa was a very beautiful woman who aroused the
loves of Zeus, god-king of Olympus.
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