In the very first chapter of CBSE Class 9 Geography ('India: Size and Location'), the most frequently asked, massive 1-mark exam question is about India's rank in the world.
By total physical land area, India is officially the 7th largest country in the world. This mathematically means there are exactly 6 countries that are physically larger than India.
India's Global Area Rank: 7th Largest.
India's Global Population Rank: 1st Largest (Having recently surpassed China).
Total Area of India: 3.28 million sq. km.
Memory Trick: Remember the massive acronym 'RCUCBAI' (Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil, Australia, India).
You must memorize this exact ranking from the absolute largest to the 6th largest:
Sitting at the 7th position, the total geographical landmass area of India is exactly 3.28 million square kilometers. While this sounds massive, India physically occupies only a tiny 2.4% of the total geographical area of the Earth, yet it aggressively supports over 17% of the entire human population!
The six massive countries strictly larger than India are: Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil, and Australia.
In terms of pure physical land area, India ranks exactly 7th in the world.
India surprisingly occupies only a highly compact 2.4% of the total geographical land area of the world.
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