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Brazil is the largest surprise for me. It's an absolute massive country.


Not only in area, but also in population: about 200 million, 2/3 of the USA population. The population of our 5 largest cities (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Fortaleza, Salvador, Belo Horizonte) is bigger than the 5 largest cities of the USA (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix):

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_munic%C3%ADpios_do_Br...


Wikipedia says contiguous USA is smaller, 95% of Brazil size.




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