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Top 20 Longest Country Dimensions

Which countries have the longest straight line distance from one end of the country to the other? This is the longest possible distance for each country, and may run north-south, east-west, or more likely, run diagonally on a map.
Islands are only counted if they have a permanent population. Offshore territories are excluded
Countries in red do not appear in the Countries of the World quiz, but appear in the the Countries 197 to 205 quiz
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Last updated: December 5, 2019
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km
country
miles
8526
United States
5298
7766
Russia
4826
5558
Canada
3454
5339
Indonesia
3318
4896
China
3042
4405
Brazil
2737
4288
Chile
2664
4052
Australia
2518
3719
Kiribati
2311
3704
Argentina
2302
km
country
miles
3328
Mexico
2068
3242
India
2014
2953
Kazakhstan
1835
2901
Japan
1803
2665
Greenland
1656
2400
Mongolia
1492
2365
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
1469
2269
Iran
1410
2259
Saudi Arabia
1404
2177
Malaysia
1354
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Level 74
Nov 5, 2014
Near misses: Algeria, Burma
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Level 52
Nov 1, 2015
Please explain Kiribati?
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Level 76
Nov 1, 2015
Banaba (Ocean Island) and Kiritimati (pronounced Christmas) are the inhabited I-Kiribati islands furthest apart from each other.
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Level 59
Sep 25, 2016
for some reason Algeria type in is filling in kiribati
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Level 21
Dec 5, 2019
Greenland isn't an independent country it is part of Denmark and Denmark should be included in its measurements and accepted as an answer...
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Level 76
Dec 5, 2019
Please see the instructions. Your homework is to check on the difference between the country of Denmark and the kingdom of Denmark: they are different.