List of geographical records by continent
This article lists geographic records sorted by continent . World records are printed in bold.
Continents in general
- Continent with the largest area: Asia: 44.486 million km²
- Continent with the smallest area: Oceania: 8.5 million km²
- Continent with the highest population: Asia: approx. 4 billion people
- Continent with the lowest number of inhabitants: Antarctica: In summer approx. 4000 and in winter approx. 1000 people
Africa
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- Country with the largest area: Algeria : 2,381,741 km²
- Country with the smallest area: Seychelles : 455 km²
- Highest mountain: Kibo , Tanzania : 5895 m
- Lowest point: Lake Assal , Djibouti : 153 m below sea level
- Largest lake: Lake Victoria , East Africa : 68,870 km²
- Deepest lake: Lake Tanganyika , East Africa : 1470 m
- Longest river : Nile , North Africa : 6,852 km
- Largest underground lake : Drachenhauchloch , Namibia : 2.61 hectares
- Northernmost point (continental Africa): Cape Blanc , Tunisia , near Bizerta
- Northernmost point (Africa): Gallo Island, Galite Islands , Tunisia
- Southernmost point: Cape Agulhas , South Africa
- Most western point (continental Africa): Cabo Verde , Senegal
- Westernmost point (Africa): Santo Antão , Cape Verde
- Easternmost point (continental Africa): Ras Hafun , Somalia
- Easternmost point (Africa): Mauritius
population
- Country with the highest population: Nigeria : 131,859,731 inhabitants
- Country with the lowest population: Seychelles : 80,832 inhabitants
- Country with the highest population density: Mauritius 603 inhabitants / km²
- Country with the lowest population density: Namibia , 2.4 inhabitants / km² ( Western Sahara , 1.8 inhabitants / km²)
- Metropolitan area with the highest number of inhabitants: Cairo , Egypt : 15,707,992 inhabitants
- City without a suburban belt with the highest population: Lagos , Nigeria : 8,789,120 inhabitants
- Most populous capital (excluding metropolitan area): Cairo, Egypt: 7,950,000 inhabitants
- Capital city with the lowest population (including metropolitan region): Victoria , Seychelles: 26,500 inhabitants ( Tifariti , Western Sahara: 3100 inhabitants)
Asia
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- Country with the largest area : Russia : 17,075,400 km² (of which 13,122,850 km² in Asia)
- Country with the smallest area: Maldives : 298 km²
- Country with the highest population : People's Republic of China : 1,321,367,270 inhabitants
- The country with the lowest population: Maldives : 359,008 inhabitants
- Country with the highest population density: Singapore : 6480 inhabitants / km²
- Country with the lowest population density : Mongolia : 1.7 inhabitants / km²
- Metropolitan area with the highest population : Tokyo , Japan : 36,769,213 inhabitants
- City without a suburban belt with the highest population : Mumbai , India : 12,691,836 inhabitants
- Highest mountain : Mount Everest , People's Republic of China , Nepal : 8848 m
- Largest lake : Caspian Sea , Western Asia : 393,898 km²
- Deepest lake : Lake Baikal , Russia : 1642 m
- Longest river: Yangtze , People's Republic of China : 6380 km
- Deepest point on land : Dead Sea ( 423 m below sea level , tendency falling)
- Largest rock cave : Sarawak Chamber
- Island with the highest population : Java : 130,000,000 inhabitants
- Cold record of the inhabited continents : Oymyakon and Verkhoyansk : −67.8 ° C
- Highest annual precipitation : Cherrapunji ( India ): 10,777 mm
- Largest volcanic crater: Lake Toba , 100 km in diameter
- Largest peninsula Arabian Peninsula
Europe
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- Country with the largest area : Russia : 17,075,400 km² (of which 3,952,550 km² in Europe)
- Country with the smallest area : Vatican City : 0.44 km²
- Country with the highest population: Russia : 143.6 million inhabitants (104.4 million of them in Europe)
- Country with the lowest population : Vatican City : 842 inhabitants
- Country with the highest population density (city-state) : Monaco 18,648 inhabitants / km²
- Country with the highest population density (area state): Netherlands , 401 inhabitants / km²
- The country with the lowest population density: Iceland : 3.2 inhabitants / km²
- Metropolitan area with the highest number of inhabitants: Moscow , Russia : 14,520,800 inhabitants
- City without a suburb with the highest number of inhabitants: Moscow , Russia : 10,381,222 inhabitants
- Highest mountain: Mont Blanc , France / Italy : 4810 m
- Deepest gorge: Tara gorge in Montenegro
- Largest lake: Lake Ladoga , Russia : 17,703 km²
- Deepest lake: Hornindalsvatnet , Norway : 514 m
- Longest river: Volga , Russia : 3534 km
- Largest peninsula: Scandinavia
- Largest river delta: Volga Delta , 27,224 km²
- Lowest point on the mainland: Caspian Sea , 28 m below sea level
North America
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- Country with the largest area: Canada : 9,984,670 km²
- Smallest land: St. Kitts and Nevis : 269 km²
- Highest population country: United States : 317,238,626 inhabitants
- Lowest Population Country: St. Kitts and Nevis : 50,314 inhabitants
- Country with the highest population density: Barbados 649 inhabitants / km²
- The country with the lowest population density: Canada 3.3 people / km²
- Highest population metropolitan area: New York , United States : 22,531,069 inhabitants
- City without a suburban belt with the highest population: Mexico City , Mexico : 8,851,080 inhabitants
- Highest mountain: Denali (Mount McKinley) , United States : 6168 m
- Largest lake: Lake Superior , United States , Canada 82,414 km²
- Deepest lake: Great Slave Lake , Canada : 800 m
- Longest River: Missouri - Mississippi , United States : 6051 km
- Lowest point: Badwater Basin, United States : 85.5 m below sea level
- Largest island on earth : Greenland
- Largest inland island in the world : Manitoulin , Canada 2,788 km²
Australia - Oceania
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- Country with the largest area: Australia : 7,692,030 km²
- Country with the smallest area: Nauru : 21 km²
- Country with the highest population: Australia : 20,930,254 inhabitants
- Country with the lowest population: Tuvalu 11,636 inhabitants
- Country with the highest population density: Nauru 621 inhabitants / km²
- The country with the lowest population density: Australia : 2.6 people / km²
- Metropolitan area with the highest population: Sydney , Australia 4,444,513 inhabitants
- City without a suburban belt with the highest population: Sydney , Australia 3,774,894 inhabitants
- Highest mountain: Carstensz pyramid , Indonesia : 4884 m
- Largest lake: Lake Eyre , Australia : 9876 km²
- Deepest lake: Lake Hauroko , New Zealand : 463 m
- Longest river: Murray - Darling -River, Australia : 3,376 km;
South America
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- Country with the largest area: Brazil : 8,547,404 km²
- Country with the smallest area: Suriname : 163,820 km²
- Country with the highest population: Brazil : 188,780,227 inhabitants
- Country with the lowest population: Suriname 439,117 inhabitants
- Country with the highest population density: Ecuador : 46 inhabitants / km²
- The country with the lowest population density: Suriname : 2.7 inhabitants / km²
- Metropolitan area with the highest population: São Paulo , Brazil : 19,357,485 inhabitants
- City without a suburban belt with the highest population: São Paulo , Brazil 10,021,295 inhabitants
- Highest mountain: Aconcagua , Argentina : 6961 m
- Largest lake: Lake Titicaca , Peru / Bolivia : 8288 km²
- Deepest lake: Lago General Carrera Chile , Argentina : 836 m
- Longest river: Amazon : 6,992 km
See also
Remarks
- ↑ cf. Borderline on Mont Blanc
- ↑ Depending on the definition of the inner Eurasian border, Elbrus can also be seen as the highest mountain in Europe.
- ↑ Unless the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea is included in Oceania, Mount Wilhelm would be the highest mountain on the continent.