Further Exploration of the Factorium

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Big, Bigger, Biggest - The Biggest Democracy

The ongoing series 'Big, Bigger, Biggest' shows everything that is the biggest in their own class. This also may include the words 'Large' and 'Great' and other relating words. The topic for today is 'Democracy'. We will see facts about the World's Largest Democracy (World's Biggest Democracy) today with the help of certain criterion. We had seen about Democracy in the series 'Republics, Monarchies and Dictatorships' previously. Firstly, We will see what exactly is a democracy:

Democracy is a form of a political government that is carried out directly by the people or by elected representatives (elected by the people). We are today going to see the 'Biggest Democracies' divided by specific criterion of Area, Population and Population Density.

The Biggest Democracy by Area: The world's Biggest Democracy by Area is The United States of America. At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million sq.km) and with about 309 million people, the United States is the fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest both by land area and population. It has the world's oldest surviving federation and the government is a form of democracy called representative democracy.

The Biggest Democracy by Population: The Biggest Democracy by Population is India. At 3,287,240 sq.km (1,269,210 sq.miles) and with about 1.3 Billion People, it is the seventh largest country by area and the second largest country by population. The constitution of India is the most longest and exhaustive than of any other independent nation in the world.

The Biggest Democracy by Population Density: The Biggest Democracy by Population Density is Singapore. At 710.2 sq.km (274.2 sq mi), Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast Asia. With a population of about 0.4 million people and a population density of about 7022 per sq.km, it is the world's second sovereign state in terms of population density and the World's Biggest Democracy considering its population density.

More 'Big' coming up tomorrow....

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