Brazil: the fifth-largest country in the world in terms of area and population

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil is the largest country in South America and the Latin American region . It is the fifth largest country in the world , both in terms of geographical area and population. It is the largest Portuguese - speaking country in the world, and the only one in the Americas. Is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km ( 4,655 miles) bounded on the north Venezuela , Guyana, Suriname and the Overseas French of French Guiana ; in the northwest of Colombia but on the west Bolivia and Peru ; on the south west of Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Several groups of islands is part of the Brazilian territory , such as Fernando de Noronha , Roccas Atoll , Saint Peter and Paul Rocks , and Trindade and Martim won . It is bordered by all other countries in South America except for Ecuador and Chile and occupies 47 % of the continent of South America.

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Switzerland: a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps and the Swiss Plateau

Switzerland or the Swiss Confederation is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. Switzerland is located in western Europe, where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps and the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, which extends over an area of 41285 km2 (15.940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the bulk of the land, and Switzerland's population is concentrated nearly 8 million people in mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found.

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