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The transcontinental country, which spans Asia and Europe, has a total surface area of 17.1 million square kilometers – Russia consists of land area for the most part, only about 4% of total ...
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories. All 193 member states of the United Nations plus the two observer states are given a rank ...
Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,125,191 km 2 (6,612,073 sq mi), and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area.
[7] [8] Since China's transition to a socialist market economy through controlled privatisation and deregulation, [9] [10] the country has seen its ranking increase from ninth in 1978, to second in 2010; China's economic growth accelerated during this period and its share of global nominal GDP surged from 2% in 1980 to 18% in 2021.
The demographic trend spells trouble for Russia's economy, which is already dealing with a severe worker shortage. At the end of 2023, Russia was short a record 5 million workers, according to an ...
So far, however, high interest rates have shown limited impact on Russia's inflation rate, which hit 8.63% in September. Though annual inflation slowed to 8.54% in October , food prices continue ...
A Canada-Russia Business Summit was organized in Ottawa on 1 June 2011 by CERBA, in coordination with the Government of Canada and the Government of Russia. The event was co-chaired on the government level by the Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov and the Canadian Minister of International Trade Edward Fast .
The economy of Canada is a highly developed mixed economy, [33] [34] [35] the world's ninth-largest as of 2024, and a nominal GDP of approximately US$2.117 trillion. [6] Canada is one of the world's largest trading nations, with a highly globalized economy. [36] In 2021, Canadian trade in goods and services reached $2.016 trillion. [37]