https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/Recent content in World Geography on Teddy Rook Bookhttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpghttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpgHugoenhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/parallels-meridians/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/parallels-meridians/Parallels (lines of latitude) run east and west around the globe; meridians (lines of longitude) run north and south from pole to pole. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/latitude/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/latitude/Latitude tells how many degrees north or south of the equator a place is, from 0° at the equator to 90° at each pole. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/longitude/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/longitude/Longitude tells how many degrees east or west of the prime meridian (through Greenwich, England) a place is, up to 180°. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/read-coordinates/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/read-coordinates/Give a place's location as latitude first, then longitude: Washington, D.C., is at about 39° N, 77° W. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/find-by-coordinates/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/find-by-coordinates/Go to the latitude line, then along it to the longitude line, and name the city or country where they meet. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/special-parallels/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/special-parallels/The Tropic of Cancer (about 23.4° N), the Tropic of Capricorn (23.4° S), the Arctic Circle (66.6° N) and the Antarctic Circle (66.6° S). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/coordinates-hemispheres/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/coordinates-hemispheres/The letters in a place's coordinates tell its two hemispheres: 34° S, 151° E (Sydney) is in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/degrees-minutes/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/degrees-minutes/A degree has 60 minutes, so 40° 30′ is 40.5°; GPS often writes south and west as negative numbers. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/degree-distance/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/degree-distance/One degree of latitude is about 111 km (69 miles) everywhere; a degree of longitude shrinks from 111 km at the equator to nothing at the poles. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/flat-maps/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/flat-maps/You cannot flatten a ball without stretching or tearing it, so every flat world map changes some sizes, shapes, distances or directions. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/mercator/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/mercator/Mercator keeps shapes and directions true in small areas, which made it good for sailing, but it makes lands near the poles look far too big. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/equal-area/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/equal-area/Equal-area projections, such as Gall-Peters, Mollweide and Equal Earth, show every country at its true size compared with others, but bend shapes. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/compromise-projections/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/compromise-projections/Robinson and Winkel tripel maps keep nothing perfectly but stretch everything only a little; many atlases use them for world maps. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/tissot/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/tissot/Draw same-size circles all over the globe and project them: where the circles grow, the map enlarges areas; where they squash, it bends shapes. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/map-scale/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/map-scale/A scale such as 1:100,000 means 1 unit on the map stands for 100,000 of the same unit on the ground. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/kinds-of-maps/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/kinds-of-maps/Political maps show borders and cities, physical maps show landforms, and thematic maps show one topic, such as rainfall or population. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/gps-gis/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/gps-gis/GPS finds your position from satellite signals, satellites photograph Earth, and a GIS stacks map layers to answer questions. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/why-time-zones/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/why-time-zones/Earth turns 360° in 24 hours, 15° each hour, so noon moves west around the world; time zones are about 15° wide. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-time-math/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-time-math/Use UTC offsets to find the time somewhere else: subtract your offset to get UTC, then add the other place's offset. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/date-line/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/date-line/The date line runs near 180° longitude; crossing it going west, you skip ahead one day; going east, you go back one day. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/continents-compared/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/continents-compared/Asia is the largest continent in area and people; Australia is the smallest; Antarctica has no permanent residents. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/oceans-seas/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/oceans-seas/Find the oceans and major seas: the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Arabian, South China, North, Black, Red and Bering Seas. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-rivers/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-rivers/Find the Nile, Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi, Congo, Ganges, Mekong, Danube and Volga, and the continents they flow through. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-mountains/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-mountains/The Himalayas hold Mount Everest (8,849 m, the highest); the Andes are the longest range above sea level; find the Rockies, Alps, Urals and Atlas too. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-deserts/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-deserts/The Sahara is the largest hot desert; the Atacama is the driest place outside the poles; Antarctica is the largest desert of all. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/lakes-falls/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/lakes-falls/The Caspian Sea is the largest lake by area, Lake Baikal the deepest, Lake Superior the largest freshwater lake by area; Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/islands-peninsulas/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/islands-peninsulas/Greenland is the largest island; find New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar and Great Britain, and the Arabian, Iberian, Scandinavian, Italian and Korean peninsulas. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/straits-canals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/straits-canals/Straits such as Gibraltar, the Bosporus, Hormuz, Malacca and Bering, and the Panama and Suez Canals, link seas and carry much of the world's shipping. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/climate-controls/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/climate-controls/Latitude, height above sea level, nearness to the ocean, ocean currents, winds and mountains together set a place's climate. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/climate-zones/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/climate-zones/Geographers group climates into five main types: tropical, dry, temperate, continental and polar (the Köppen groups A to E), plus highland climates in mountains. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/climographs/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/climographs/A climograph shows a place's average temperature (a line) and rainfall (bars) for each month; use it to tell the climate and the hemisphere. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/biomes/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/biomes/A biome is a large region with similar climate, plants and animals: tropical rainforest, savanna, desert, grassland, temperate forest, Mediterranean, taiga and tundra. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/biome-climate/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/biome-climate/Temperature and rainfall decide the biome: hot and wet makes rainforest, hot with a dry season savanna, cold and dry tundra. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/how-many-countries/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/how-many-countries/There are 193 UN member states and 2 observer states (the Holy See and Palestine); places like Taiwan and Kosovo govern themselves but are not UN members. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/landlocked/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/landlocked/A landlocked country has no coast on the open ocean; Kazakhstan is the largest, and Bolivia and Paraguay are the two in South America. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-nca/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-nca/Find Canada, the United States, Mexico and the seven countries of Central America, from Guatemala and Belize to Panama. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-nca/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-nca/Match each country with its capital, from Ottawa and Mexico City to Panama City. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-caribbean/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-caribbean/Find the thirteen island countries of the Caribbean, from Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas to Trinidad and Tobago. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-caribbean/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-caribbean/Match each Caribbean country with its capital, such as Havana (Cuba), Kingston (Jamaica) and Nassau (Bahamas). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-south-america/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-south-america/Find the twelve countries of South America; Brazil is the largest and touches every country except Chile and Ecuador. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-south-america/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-south-america/Match each South American country with its capital, such as Brasília (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-americas/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-americas/The Rockies and Andes run down the west side, the Amazon drains the largest rainforest, and plains such as the Great Plains and the Pampas lie in the middle. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-northern-europe/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-northern-europe/Find the ten countries of Northern Europe: the United Kingdom and Ireland, the Nordic countries and the Baltic states. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-northern-europe/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-northern-europe/Match each country of Northern Europe with its capital, such as Oslo (Norway) and Stockholm (Sweden). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-western-europe/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-western-europe/Find the nine countries of Western Europe, from France and Germany to the tiny states of Monaco and Liechtenstein. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-western-europe/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-western-europe/Match each country of Western Europe with its capital, such as Berlin (Germany) and Bern (Switzerland). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-southern-europe/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-southern-europe/Find the countries of Southern Europe, from Portugal and Spain through Italy to Greece and the Balkans. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-southern-europe/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-southern-europe/Match each country of Southern Europe with its capital, such as Lisbon (Portugal) and Belgrade (Serbia). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-eastern-europe/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-eastern-europe/Find the ten countries of Eastern Europe, from Poland and Czechia to Ukraine and Russia. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-eastern-europe/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-eastern-europe/Match each country of Eastern Europe with its capital, such as Warsaw (Poland) and Kyiv (Ukraine). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-europe/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-europe/Find the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians and Urals, the North European Plain, the Danube and Rhine, and the Iberian, Italian, Balkan and Scandinavian peninsulas. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-north-africa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-north-africa/Find Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Sudan and their capitals, and Western Sahara, a disputed territory. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-west-africa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-west-africa/Find the sixteen countries of West Africa, from Senegal and Mali to Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-west-africa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-west-africa/Match each West African country with its capital, such as Abuja (Nigeria) and Accra (Ghana). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-central-africa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-central-africa/Find the nine countries of Central Africa, including the two Congos, Cameroon, Chad and Angola. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-central-africa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-central-africa/Match each Central African country with its capital, such as Kinshasa (DR Congo) and Luanda (Angola). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-east-africa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-east-africa/Find the countries of East Africa, from Ethiopia and Kenya to Tanzania, Madagascar and the island nations of the Indian Ocean. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-east-africa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-east-africa/Match each East African country with its capital, such as Nairobi (Kenya) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-southern-africa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-southern-africa/Find South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini and their capitals; South Africa has three capital cities. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-africa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-africa/Find the Sahara, the Sahel, the Nile and Congo rivers, the Great Rift Valley, Mount Kilimanjaro, Lake Victoria and the Kalahari. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-southwest-asia/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-southwest-asia/Find the countries of Southwest Asia, from Türkiye and the countries of the Caucasus to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-southwest-asia/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-southwest-asia/Match each country of Southwest Asia with its capital, such as Ankara (Türkiye) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-central-south-asia/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-central-south-asia/Find the five "-stan" countries of Central Asia, and Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-central-south-asia/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-central-south-asia/Match each country with its capital, such as New Delhi (India) and Islamabad (Pakistan). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-east-asia/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-east-asia/Find China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea and their capitals, and Taiwan, which governs itself. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-southeast-asia/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-southeast-asia/Find the eleven countries of Southeast Asia, on the mainland (such as Thailand and Vietnam) and on islands (such as Indonesia and the Philippines). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-southeast-asia/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-southeast-asia/Match each country of Southeast Asia with its capital, such as Bangkok (Thailand) and Hanoi (Vietnam). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-asia/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-asia/Find the Himalayas, the Plateau of Tibet, Siberia, the Gobi and Arabian deserts, and the Yangtze, Ganges, Mekong, Tigris and Euphrates rivers. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-oceania/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/countries-oceania/Find Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the island countries of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-oceania/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/capitals-oceania/Match each country of Oceania with its capital, such as Canberra (Australia) and Wellington (New Zealand). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-oceania-antarctica/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/physical-oceania-antarctica/Find the Outback, the Great Dividing Range, the Great Barrier Reef, the Southern Alps and Antarctica, a continent with no countries, set aside for science. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-population/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/world-population/The world has about 8.2 billion people (UN, 2025); most live in Asia, and growth is slowing. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/most-populous/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/most-populous/India (about 1.45 billion in 2024) and China (about 1.42 billion) have the most people, followed by the United States, Indonesia and Pakistan (UN World Population Prospects 2024). World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/largest-countries/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/largest-countries/Russia is by far the largest country, then Canada; the United States and China come next, and their order depends on how water and disputed land are counted; then Brazil and Australia. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/population-density/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/population-density/Population density is the number of people per square kilometer: divide the people by the land area. World Geography · Geography Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/largest-cities/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/geography/world-geography/largest-cities/Jakarta, Dhaka and Tokyo are the largest cities in the UN's 2025 count; lists differ because they draw city edges differently. World Geography · Geography Ladder