Countries with the WORST natural geography on Earth
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the one mountain range that made Chile so thin is the same that avoided like 2345 wars with Argentina; the Atacama desert has the copper mines that push the economy, and the looooong coast to the Pacific besides its fisheries make Chile a node/hub for trade with east asia. Also all of this kept migration under control unril they invented airplanes
Good points
You sounded like a Europa Universalis player here for some reason 🤷♂️😏
Argentina has potential to be a superpower, geographically.
@@himanshugurjar9002 i guess you were answering my comment in a peter zeihan video and not this one
@@himanshugurjar9002 No. It doesn't. It never has. People need to stop misusing that word.
As an Indonesian myself, I'm also surprised at how my country survive for so long despite having a lot of islands and some separatist movements
Because of it's shared history and culture which unites everyone.
Because some foreigners beat you all up just like us indians 😀 so you decided to unite to fight them off because alone the enemy was too strong. The same thing happened to india but once you become rich internal separations will start
@@rizwanuzzamanjyoti 😑😑
@@rizwanuzzamanjyoti ooo that is a good point
@@rizwanuzzamanjyoti latin country not united. Even smaller country like malaysia split into three to Brunei and Singapore even tho they colonized by UK.
Indonesia united because in the past it is already united as majapahit
Nepal has very friendly relationship with India so much so that both country is visa free for tourist from both countries and trade between both is free .
Yeah Nepal is not being held hostage, in fact India doesn't really care about its territory
Ex-PM Oli decided to have an anti-India, pro-China policy.
@@artman12 you better not rely on China, India is like the brother of Nepal
@@flaviomulatojerkin Yes. Thankfully, relations between India and Nepal seem to be again better now.
@@artman12 and relations between India and companies from China are at an all time low
as an Uzbek, i can say that Uzbekistan’s climate is pretty good, high temperature doesn’t really affect for people bcuz we’re far from oceans and humidity. Also we have two seasons of harvest bcuz of sunny days (300/365) that’s why our fruit and vegetables are mouth watering 😄
I have to agree with this. I live in Western Colorado, it has a very similar climate to Uzbekistan and our peaches our prized for a reason
very much agreed, well hot weathers have more to offer rather than cold tbh
There are people in Puebla, Mexico that have never seen the ocean, and It's not very far. Does the people in Uzbekistan think about going at some point of life to the sea? ⛵
You have to cross mountains to get to Ferghana valley and to Termez from Tashkent. Crossing desert to get to Karakalpakstan. Water shortage. Hot af. Anyway we love you
The uzbek climate is similar to the romanian climate
And we have one of the best countries for agriculture so i understand you
Greetings from Romania 🙏🏾
11:00 I'd like to point out that we don't call "Typhoons" or "Hurricanes" in and around Indian ocean, but rather "Cyclones"
tomato, tomahto
@@incogneter its tamatar
@@incogneter potato
Yeah. We have a ton of jokes on the word 'cyclone'. Lol.
Nor do we call Willy willies 😂😂
I'm from Bangladesh and yes Bangladesh have a very bad geography. I live in the north-eastern part (Sylhet District). Heavy rain is very common here. Only this year two major flood occurred. One of which was biggest flood in 122 years of history. While we were being washed by rain and flood, people from the west part of Bangladesh were praying for rain.
So many misinformation shared here about Bangladesh. Bangladesh's population growth rate is not increasing but decreasing and it's fertility rate now at replacement rate and lower than world average. Land area of Bangladesh is decreasing is also false. In fact land area of Bangladesh is increasing 20 sq. km per year due to massive amount of river silt being deposited on the coastal areas. Bangladesh is unlikely to loose land due to sea level rise as flood silt naturally elevate coastal areas and Bangladesh govt. is implementing 'Deltaplan 2100' project to tackle sea level rise with tens of billion dollar investment.
@@Zahir244820 Bangladesh population is slowing down it's growing but it will continue to grow, also it is true that is losing territory because of flooding and natural disasters so those places won't be able to be habited and the plan of the government that you said they have, I don't know how will they do that considering that the country needs a miracle and a lot of money to get a little chance to solve that disaster not just of the floods but its infrastructure, contamination, life, poverty, over population that just shows how that country is broken.
No they don't. Their objective seems to be pushing Climate Porn. And little else.
@@Zahir244820
The only solution for Bangladesh is to Join with Northeast India
@@Baazigar_007 join pakistan our Myanmar, but please not india.
I think most of the countries mentioned here arent actually the most disadvantaged, the key features of a good geography are a hard exterior, a soft interior, strategic depth and a large core population which can exert force on outer territories many of the countries mentioned here have two or more of these.
i.e. indonesias geography is definitely not ideal but the fact it is an archipelago makes it very difficult to invade and the economic and demographic dominance of the fertile and highly populous island of java mean that Jakarta has been able to retain control of most of Indonesia, a country the size of Europe with relative ease despite the obvious difficulties involved.
Chile also doesn't deserve to be on this list, it is bounded by deserts and ocean and mountains on all sides and in the centre sits a large albeit thin fetile plain which is culturally homogenous, earthquakes be damned, no one is easily invading Chile at least for the time being.
Well chile was invaded at least once with a certain permanent occupier for a while. So, 🤷♀️, not really that hard, it's more that nowadays most countries prefer trade and financial dominance than military presence.
A country the size of Europe?! which Indonesia are you talking about?
@@puraLusa who invaded Chile?
@@newton6936 Spain 😂
@@puraLusa it wasn't called Chile then or did they invade they fellow Europeans?"
"Nepal is being held hostage by India".
India & Nepal has brilliant relation. Open borders, culturally very similar & a lot more.
he didn’t lie
They kinda are held hostage. India is not providing Nepal a safe access to Bangladeshi ports and forcing Nepal to move closer towards China. If you treat your neighbours like shits then you can expect your ass handed later as well
That's what Indians say to delude themself and the world, ask a Nepalese, the contrast in their answer says a lot.
Also hostage
One country you missed out was Bolivia - landlocked, at altitude, relatively poor, with generally poor soils, and with two distinct halves of the population who do not get on well together, the Spanish-descended urban-dwellers and the Incan-descended rural-dwellers.
Eastern half of Bolivia is a flat level fertile plain, and if not for the lack of water in the Gran Chaco, it would be agriculturally very very productive. I mean a large scale irrigation system with proper measures to conserve water can still help. But you know South American countries generally have a lot of political and social Instability and inefficient government policies which are themselves corrupt and often under the influence of the US or other wealthier European/Asian countries.
Agree 💯
I think you should consider the same criteria to all countries
- risk of natural disasters
- risk of war
- access to natural resources (water, oil)
- climate
- ease of farming
- access to sea
- communication/distance to other countries
- natural beauty
France would probably fair well in your criteria?
Yeah, like russia, who never was occupied due to its geography. Have a lot of money due to natural resources to be in war for years, access almost 3 oceans and the biggest in the world overall - disadvantage
What about Ukraine being at the position where major battlefields of world wars were, which has a bloodthirsty neighbor trying to invade every few decades and threatens with nuclear weapon, commits natural disasters by exploding the dam, attack electricity during the cold winter. This is probably very advantageous position
There should be adequate land for industrial development and a population that the resource base can sustain.
Surprised Bolivia, Belarus, Niger, CAR, Laos and south Sudan are not on the list. All of them really struggle to do a thing because of how isolated and difficult their geography makes it for them
As a Chilean, Geography is one of the most interesting topics about my own country, together with history. The Andes and the ocean have proved incredible at defending the country, the south once was a hub of trade as it was the sole way to go from europe to the pacific, short of crossing three oceans, and the north brought primary resource riches such as saltpeter, and currently copper and lithium. Gives us plenty of access to the largest ocean and the andes has granted us said protection, but also isolation which, while a double edged sword, also helped create the country as we know it
The fact that Chile is only the second tallest country is a good reason to invade Peru again and anex more land.
Chile has an interesting history, how? Your whole nations history can be summarised into how " Spanish came and conquered all the natives"
That's why you all speak Spanish, follow Christianity, have Spanish names, have almost negligible amount of native influence (along with Argentina)
I am heavily disgusted by Chilean borders to the very south, it makes an annoying rectangle shape, invades land that really looks like should belong to Argentina, that grand island of tierra del fuego border is awful and is better of belonging to argentine entirely. In fact if road access to a place to another interrupted by another country pretty much means borders are wrong.
@@coldplayfan7357 That's because you don't know shit abouth Chile's or south america's history lil bro. South america is not like africa. the borders changed a lot after we kicked the spaniards out because we fought a lot against each other, specially in the 19th century.
@@cems.3144this guy triggered by borders lmao😂
Is Russia and Chile really more disadvantaged than say, Burkina Faso, Bolivia or Niger? This looks like a very arbitrary list to me.
Facts
Relative to population, I will guess so
almost all north african countries will be here then
Think he is highlighting many often overlooked countries, rarely part of the say, poverty conversation rather than highly arid and migrating populations under strife, often covered as trying to escape famine from desertification.
India have not (will never) held Nepal hostage. Our relationship with Nepal is very friendly.
😂 How you feel towards a country and how geopolitics work are two different things.
@@theascendunt9960 Agreed. And there is no other country that has been so successful (from past 8 years) in current geopolitics strategies.
But oppressive geopolitics applies for countries like US, Europe union and China. India doesn't make any country debt ridden, never ask for favors in return of loan/investment, Never ever put a clause that only Indians will work for any project in foreign country that is funded by India. India is always friendly and will remain friendly until someone shows aggression towards it.
7:23 I'd just like to say that France has never invaded Poland. It has only invaded the foreign powers which were occupying Poland's territory in the 19th Century. In fact - France actually helped our nation this way by establishing the Duchy of Warsaw (which unfortunately didn't last for long).
Yes it was Austria that conquered and held the southern part of Poland known as Galicia which has the beautiful city of Krakow.
Regardless of who was in charge, the French still went and invaded.
Napoleon?
@@omnipitous4648 Poles joined Napoleon in his wars against countries that invaded Poland, legions of polish solders were fighting along with french army as allies, that's why for us invasion in this context sounds odd/incorrect.
This is also a big part of why a Frenchman is in the Polish national anthem among a relative sea of Poles.
An impressively depressing list. I'm going to suggest that any number of very small countries in the Pacific are candidates for most disadvantaged. Some are too low-lying to survive even a smallish rise in sea level (like the Maldives). At least one, Nauru, is facing the end of its sole natural commodity (guano) that is tradable for needed imports. Some of these tiny countries are really too small to sustain an existence as an independent nation--lack of area, lack of population, lack of infrastructure. They were easily taken over by colonial powers, and some got independence mostly because the cost of subsidizing them and/or maintaining a government there became detrimental to the colonial power, so just cutting them loose became desirable--this being also good politically (I'm being cynical here).
Would also add Haiti: not enough arable land, severe environmental damage from overpopulation, prone to both severe earthquakes and hurricanes. As the population grows and the environment becomes more degraded, things can only get worse.
Haiti is a cursed nation with absolutely no hope that anything will ever improve
Well, at least those countries are paradise.
He should make a second part video and do more countries he missed here
It seems like the Maldives have a time limit to their country, Bangladesh doesn't look good either, and Uzbekistan is in bad shape. Thanks for this thought provoking video!
Bangladesh population isn't growing though as he said. Its quite stable & birth rates r below replacement level of 2.1 per woman.
Its population will go down 20% by 2060.
So many misinformation shared here about Bangladesh. Bangladesh's population growth rate is not increasing but decreasing and it's fertility rate now at replacement rate and lower than world average. Land area of Bangladesh is decreasing is also false. In fact land area of Bangladesh is increasing 20 sq. km per year due to massive amount of river silt being deposited on the coastal areas. Bangladesh is unlikely to loose land due to sea level rise as flood silt naturally elevate coastal areas and Bangladesh govt. is implementing 'Deltaplan 2100' project to tackle sea level rise with tens of billion dollar investment.
@@Zahir244820 Thanks for the clarification.
I am from Uzbekistan. The only thing I agree with him is disconnecting from sea or ocean. The rest makes Uzbekistan much better than most of countries. Uzbekistan has 4 seasons, there’s enough drinkable water, especially natural resources is big advantage. And agriculture is one of the best in the world.
@@muzaffarkhaydarov7769 Im not from Bangladesh or Uzbekistan but Thank you for these info. I love learning about other countries.
It’s nice to see your channel growing, you deserve it!
India and Nepal are friends...theres some friction but that as neighbours is expected but friendship remains strong.
Probably Bangladesh, though the sea rise situation in Maldives is also quite grim. I went to undergrad with a woman from the Maldives and she shared with me that the government bought a lot of land in Australia to relocate the population there when the country goes underwater. It’s apocalyptic.
I also go for Bangladesh. I’ve always been intrigued by its geography since I was a kid.
well they are not alone there because a handful of Pacific Countries faces the same problem as well
@@RegienaldCGayaman Every year Bangladesh gains 20sqkm of new lands instead of drowning
Passing the Bolivia-Chile border to go to the Chilean coast is really interesting. The frontier seats 4.200 meters above sea level, and it takes a two hour drive from Sajama National park that’s literally beside the frontier to get to the Chilean coast.
I passed the Peru-Chile border. I'll never forget the barren, empty desert.
From a political perspective, Poland is in dangerous location, while when it comes to natural disasters, it is one of the safest countries to live in. There are no volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes etc.
Well for the time being the surrounding neighbours are allies which makes it less so, it's just rogue russian influence but it won't last. Overall, poland only down size is the weather as it makes poland more dependant on energy suppliers.
Poland had eartquake in 2021. it was pretty bad if i'm not mistaken.
Poland also got hit by tornadoes no tso long ago.
@@kudajingkrak4919 Little earthquakes come from coal mines in southtern part of country. Tornadoes are very rare and weak.
Politically it has stopped existing like 4 times.
@@Halcon_Sierreno Because some nations cannot live in peace. Today you can see who for example.
Chile reminds me a lot of Norway, at least in terms of physical geography. Both countries are extremely long and narrow, and very mountainous. Both also have very long coastlines.
Chiles is twice as long as Norway
both are known for fjords
@@jonathannunezferrada8579And Norway is narrower
Lesotho isn't disadvantaged, they are actually really lucky. The are safe from invasion because of their terrain and because whoever wants to invade them has to go through South Africa first.
Lesotho has nothing to invade for. Very mountainous terrain. Not friendly people though.
@@jcstrydom2505 read properly
What if south Africa is the who invade? RIP no chance
@@Isolet. I'm South African, we would never do that to Little Lesotho. They are like a little mountainous South Africa. It's so cute.
@@TamimLB i like that thought!
You should add The Philippines because we suffer from typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the islands are distant making public transpo hard to implement in the whole country.
How did your ancestors survive there if the conditions were so harsh? Or has the climate just recently worsened due to global warming?
Public Transportation Projects and Infrastructure Feasibility and Implementation isn't hard here, if it is, the 600 km Railway that is already being started in Southern Luzon and within Mainland Mindanao won't be feasible, nor the numerous planned and approve interisland bridges, such as CCLEX wouldn't be ideal in the first place. PH's Geography is like Japan, but despite this, they have built numerous rail lines and has strengthened building codes to match the geographic hurdles that you've stated.
In the end, it's all about economic progress, reforms, particularly building codes, and nation-building initiatives, which is fortunately progressing already on most of the stated initiatives, such as an infrastructure road map, reforms within the country's law, and other socio-economic initiatives.
One can also say the Philippines and Indonesia has the same geographic set-up and challenge.
@@herrkommandank675 No. The Philippines and Japan suffer from typhoons regularly, arguably, Japan has it worse since they are sitting on 4 interlocking plates, and have to deal with winters that often cover the country deep in snow.
It’s Philippines not The Philippines
@@Farron14 The Philippines yan. Wag kang ano. Basic yan sa English major.
Been loving your stuff recently! Would just say that for the table at 0:55, it would've been great to have column headers haha
Why did the Netherlands not make the list? 26% of our land is below sea level. Roughly 30% is just above sea level like the Maldives and on top of that 30% is prone to floods from rivers like the Rhine and Mose. Also with a highest point of 300m in elevation Nazi Germany had an absolute field day taking the land.
Props to the Dutch for holding out for 3 days rather than the 1 day people thought it would take
I'm from Colombia and our geography have been very challenging for the connectivity of the country because like a 30% of the country are the Andes mountains that can be over 4000 meters above sea level and this is the most populated region with the biggest cities, just the trajectory from Medellín to Bogotá of 480Km is 7 hours with the newest roads. also the 50% are the forests like amazonas and the flat part of the country is very uninhabited except the Caribbean coast.
The Netherlands is blessed eith access to international waters that at some point made it one if not the biggest powerhouse in trade in the world, that is a huge blessing, also yeah its flat but unlike Poland, is not surrounded by enemies.
@@phaerion9142 you obviously don't know about Dutch history...
@@user-cx9nc4pj8w and you confuse history with natural geography, the netherlands is blessed with access to the oceans, flat easily farmeable lands, and neighbors who speak very similar languages and practice the same faith, is a blessed location compared to the ones in the video
10:31 Bangladeshs population growth rate is very low right now (.83%) and fertility rate is below replacement level(1.9). So hopefully between 2035-2040 we will see a population decline.
Fertility rate of Bangladesh is 2.01 as of 2019...
@@AzadHind572 its 2022 bro
So many misinformation shared here about Bangladesh. Bangladesh's population growth rate is not increasing but decreasing and it's fertility rate now at replacement rate and lower than world average. Land area of Bangladesh is decreasing is also false. In fact land area of Bangladesh is increasing 20 sq. km per year due to massive amount of river silt being deposited on the coastal areas. Bangladesh is unlikely to loose land due to sea level rise as flood silt naturally elevate coastal areas and Bangladesh govt. is implementing 'Deltaplan 2100' project to tackle sea level rise with tens of billion dollar investment.
These geographers seem to always have an elitist view on Bangladesh. Poor? Fastest growing GDP in South Asia, about to graduate from LDC to DC, birth rates have steadied. Clearly know nothing
@@a1_trillz Birth rates haven’t steadied, they are decreasing. Decrease too much and you end up like Japan and South Korea, where there just isn’t enough young people to do things.
I think Ukraine would be happy to have mountains between Ukraine and Russia ...
Есть украинские карпаты, могут сделать их границей =)
Хохлы уже выкопали Черное море, что им стоит насыпать гор))
@@dimushka383 The Urals should be the new border.
@@xviper2k
And who does he owe and why?
And maybe we will return the old borders of a hundred years ago than to produce new ones? =)
The people agree.
The list could've included pacific islands like Japan and the Philippines, tho the Philippines has its own natural beauty and resources, Japan lacks natural resources... Both Countries are ravaged by earthquakes, monsoons, typhoons and volcanic eruptions...
In modern meteorological records, the deadliest storm was Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan), which became the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record as it crossed the Visayas in central Philippines. That's not even mentioning the gravity of the other natural aspects that hinder the country.
The Devils triangle is located between Japan and The Philippines 😄
should of also added Haiti in the Caribbean
@@LuisCruz-ne5wo Typhoon Haiyan was not the strongest recorded in history.
Not even in top 10 of strongest storms or cyclones on record.
The worst was typhoon Nancy at 345 kph in Western Pacific. Outside PH.
@@ronnienestor he meant deadliest haiyan is the strongest typhoon that landfall
Thank you for the information.. :)
Thanks for another great video. I like the way you show the people and the open places.
This video is deeply interesting, this explains a lot about countries worries and negotiations with other countries
Chilean geography its actually a blessing, i am from Paraguay. That is trully a bad luck
Also that Chile is shaped like a chili
@@JoeyCakes2008 hahaha good one!
This is the smartest video I have seen with regard to its perspective in a long time. I have seen so many geographical videos in my research and this is one gets it. Great perspective. Never thought of this angle and it is so true. So smart.
Thanks for the great video. It's sad that so many places on Earth must consider their geography in terms of vulnerability to invasion. As if life isn't already difficult and complex enough.
It's sad, but at least we've made considerable progress. Before World War II, invasions were routine almost everywhere. Almost every line on the map was drawn in blood, and some were redrawn multiple times. After World War II there have still been wars, but the so-called "rules based order" is based on nations having sovereign territory and no nation having the right to unilaterally violate another nation's territory by force. This is why Russia's invasion of Ukraine is seen as so egregious - Russia is challenging the rules-based order, which has been the organizing principle of international law for almost 80 years. If Russia succeeds, the rules-based order might collapse, and we could back to the bad old days of nations routinely invading their neighbors to grab more territory and resources.
The rules-based order might hold, but we have another problem which could turn out to be worse than invasions: man-made climate change. It's possible to defend your country against invasion, but there is no defense against carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The atmosphere is well-mixed, so everybody's fossil carbon emissions distribute to everybody else. And as the polar ice caps melt, the sea level rises for everybody with a coastline. Coastal nations might be able to protect some of their cities with seawalls and levees, but that won't be practical for most low-lying areas of land.
Good work 👏, just an idea for the next vid. Comparison between Norway and Sweden, which is best?
Not bad, may as well chuck Finland and Denmark in there too
@@smokey2471 *sad Iceland noises*
@@thesubser0291 😂😂😂
Your take on the population rise of Bangladesh is dated. From the present 170 million, it may hit 194 million in 2050 and then decline to 158 million by 2100.
Good video 👍 can you make a video on the andes mountains
An objective and apolitical Geopolitics/Geography channel?! Where have you been all my life?! SUBBED!
Would love to see a video about the best natural geography in the world.
I live in Denmark, and now that I think about it, we have some pretty good natural geography. There's virtually no natural disasters; no earth quakes, no aggressive weather, and almost no flooding. There's great access to the sea, good arable land, and we don't have to think about mountains or anything, so I think we would rank quite highly
Lots of countries have great natural geography, but the United States is by far the best. Access to the Atlantic and Pacific, ports, rivers, mountains, farmland, deserts, you name it they have it.
Usa also have a lot of fossil ressources. Its probably the best overall geography i agree
@@Andrew-bd8dc we do get a lot of hurricanes and tornadoes.
Another geographically disadvantaged country would be Moldova because:
- they are sandwiched between NATO and Russia
- their land consists mostly of plains and small hills
- they are a landlocked country
- they have an ongoing separatist movement in Transnistria, a region in the east mainly populated by Russians, which might escalate considering the war in Ukraine. In addition the country also has another breakaway region called Gaugazia which is populated mostly by Turkish speaking people.
Handle the Turkish first before it gets out of hand, else they will get in power and introduce strong radical Islamic shariat and u will have to give up. Then Russians will take advantage and snatch Transnistria.
I just though of Iceland. Being a former colony of Denmark and situated in the middle of the Atlantic ocean made it rely of fishing for most parts, but these last decades there has been a turnaround.
They got natural cheap energy and cold weather, which means they are ideal for server farms and especially cryptocurrency mining. On top of that they got the film industry and a lot of tourism. So maybe it wasn't so bad being an isolated island in the Atlantic ocean.
It really depends on your infrastructure game.
Iceland is good thanks to Geothermal on the hotspot. El Hierro and Gran Canaria made use of wind and hydropower. Bermuda and the Azores have got tourism. The further south you go, the less I can vouch for 'em tho. St. Helena? Tristan de Cunha? South Georgia? Bouvet? Worse and worse.
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan probably have worse geography than Uzbekistan despite only being singly landlocked
And all the stans are between 2 agressive powers (albeit different tipe agressors): the regimes probably keep a balancing act worthy of praise.
@@puraLusa usa is #1 aggressor in the world!
@@user-fu2cv9xl7p and also has a hate club that is blind.
I don't think Indonesia got the worst geography, our land is so fertile, and we got everything... We got a good position in the middle of the crossway ocean, we got a good mineral resources, we have the second most abundant biodiversity of animal and plant after brazil, and volcano makes our land so fertile even our old people says that nothing cannot be grown in our land
Indonesian archipelago is stunningly beautiful but also insanely deadly due to the facts that it's located in the ring of fire with so many active volcanoes and on the tectonic zone where the Pacific , Eurasian, and Indo-Australian plates collide, basically it's in the center of a complex tectonic zone.
Indonesia has a good geography
Same as Bangladesh
@@Yasin_2312 Nah, bangladesh is the worst. One of the densest country in the world and constantly flooding.
The naval war between India and China can destroy Indonesia.
Points made here are sometimes almost made-up:
1. Nepal is landlocked between China and India - and apparently, Bhutan is not)
2. Chile is isolated - with that shoreline?! Really?)
3. Uzbekistan - separated from Russia by Kazakhstan (which isn't a Monaco-sized country)
4. Indonesia has many islands - and Philippines are apparently a one big blob of land?
Otherwise - Maldives and Bangladesh seem to have it the worst, just because their risks are a reality rather than a theory.
Chile is isolated from other countries of that continent (south america) because of mountains.
@@kanekiken2002 So are many other countrues in the world
@@Profffesor Bhutan has friendly relations with India. With nepal, the political relations are precarious. People to people relations are ok but nothing great.
@@ashishtiwari1912 That's a good insight, thanks!
@@Profffesor India is the protector of Bhutan. Foreign relations and the military of Bhutan are controlled by India.
I love your videos
Indonesia's geography is not as bad as described here. while located in the Ring of Fire volcanic formation, the volcanic activities made the soil in the archipelago one of the most fertile in the world. Look at the small island of Java that has 150 million people in it.
also Indonesia is in the crossroads between 2 oceans and 2 continents. trade flourishes since antiquity.
the diverse culture and island sprawl could cause cultural and logistic issues, but it is overstated. generally the myriad cultures get along peacefully, and there are only 2 separatist movements going on and off in the westernmost and easternmost provinces.
I'm from Bangladesh. Although the video is mostly based on geographical location, it lacks other economical factors. For example how high population can be turned into skilled resources (examples India, China and Bangladesh). We're the second largest apparel exporter. Because of our fertile soil and ample water supply, we are among the top producers of rice (third), potatoes (seventh), tropical fruits (sixth), jute (second), and farmed fish (fifth).
Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Our economy is the 35th largest in the world in nominal terms, and 25th largest by purchasing power parity. Bangladesh is seen by various financial institutions as one of the Next Eleven, an emerging market, a middle income economy, and a frontier market.
Although Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone and climate vulnerable country in the world, the death toll from extreme weather events has drastically decreased. Bangladesh have relatively well managed the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. We have been efficiently managing the 1.2 million persecuted Myanmar Rohingya citizens (750,000 new arrivals since 2017 Rohingya exodus). We have gained remarkable resilience and experience in disaster management, climate change mitigation, adaptation and nature-based solutions.
These geographers seem to always have an elitist view on Bangladesh. Poor? Fastest growing GDP in South Asia, about to graduate from LDC to DC, birth rates have steadied. Clearly know nothing
haha ok
@@a1_trillz its one of if not the poorest country in the world *per person*
Lmao
Who are liking this
Actually Bangladesh has done a great job controlling population growth and it’s now per replacement level .. And about land reclamation or preventing erosion, government' s been working with The Netherlands on "The delta plan 2021"... Solicit your prayers plz for our Lovely Bangla Mother, if God wills, we shall Thrive..
R u indian bengali or bangladeshi?
@@himanshugurjar9002 Why or how does it matter?
@@cookiekha Because of last line and his name
@@himanshugurjar9002 most probably he is Hindu Bengali who came to India after partition in 1947 and still loves Bangladesh as he considers, it is his parental country although the reality is, his ancestors has been kicked out of that country but he can not acknowledge that.
@@himanshugurjar9002 He is most probably Bangladeshi. His name Tushar( which is a Bengali word for snow) is a pretty common name in Bangladesh....he said 'lovely Bangla mother'....which is one the most common phrases we use to indicate our motherland.
Great video! From strictly a geographical standpoint, I would suppose that Mongolia is the most disadvantaged country. Taking all things into consideration, me thinks Bangladesh would likely have the greatest struggle going forward, as there is no option for expanding, nor a likely reduction in population growth rate, along with the frequent natural disasters; ya, I wouldn't want to be in their shoes!
They could invest in start ups that develop tecnology to win land like the netherlands did.
Actually They have done a great job controlling population growth and it’s now per replacement level.. And about land reclamation or preventing erosion, government' s been working with The Netherlands on "The delta plan 2021"
@@Tushar-ou7ju that's great, maybe new technologies will come up that will help other countries with erosion and sea level rising problems.
Bangladesh's only pressing problem is overpopulation. Right now the population stands about 165 million which is too much for an area just the size of New York State. If the population were kept below 50 million, it would have become another Netherlands because it is located in the most fertile area of the world and large coastal area for deep water port. But the population is just too many and it puts tremendous stress on the country's resources. Although water is plenty, land is scarce due to housing and farming, leaving little for industrialization. However, Bangadesh's economy is growing at a rapid rate. They should take the East Asian countries economic route by becoming hub for manufacturing since labour is still cheap. The government should invest in a technology that could use less land for farming but yields similar result. Then the former farming land could be used for setting up factories that employs these former agricultural workers. This would increase their income and the overall being of Bangladeshis.
Bangladesh's population has actually remained stagnant for 20 years (At 160 Million), after a lot of measures to control population were taken in the 90s.
Bangladesh geography is a blessing with fresh water. It is the main reason behind its textile industry boom. Also you ever thought how it can feed so many ppl with this small land? (Plus 2 million Rohingya refugee). Bcoz the land is highly fertile. Regular flood is the blessing for fertile land. Also flood isn’t major problem for us as we are prepared for flood.
So many misinformation shared here about Bangladesh. Bangladesh's population growth rate is not increasing but decreasing and it's fertility rate now at replacement rate and lower than world average. Land area of Bangladesh is decreasing is also false. In fact land area of Bangladesh is increasing 20 sq. km per year due to massive amount of river silt being deposited on the coastal areas. Bangladesh is unlikely to loose land due to sea level rise as flood silt naturally elevate coastal areas and Bangladesh govt. is implementing 'Deltaplan 2100' project to tackle sea level rise with tens of billion dollar investment.
@@Zahir244820 Very well said.
You mentioned the climate when it comes to Poland but as a person who lives here I think it is not a bad climate. The winters are no longer as cold as they used to be although it can indeed be cold and the summers are not yet as hot as in, say, France, Spain or Italy but the climate is changing and the summers can be a bit tiring. Another thing is that the climate in Poland, which is continental, is not as "aggressive" as the continental climate in, for example, Kazakhstan or Russia.
true, i used to live in England and o boy weather in Poland is ten times better (no so blody wet and damp)
Poland has a transitional climate. Western Poland still has oceanic influence with only incidental continental dry weather. Normal winter weather is around 0C, summers are wet. Going east the mix is going more in favour of continental weather but still harsh winters are rare.
BTW. France Napoleonic "invasion" is rather considered as liberation in Poland ;)
Why Indonesia though? The country lies on the Malaya strait, one of the most important waterways in the world that connect the South China Sea to the Hindian Ocean, arguably the 2nd most important after Suez Canal. The weather is amazing just for life in general and for crops (which is why the Dutch colonized Indonesia, for its spices). If anything Japan is way worse geographically than Indonesia. Also, small islands in the pacific are even worse.
Japan is integrated quite well unlike Indonesia.
Economic geography of Indonesia is quite good but human geography is very bad
In Japan its opposite
@@himanshugurjar9002 Read “natural geography” on the title. What you said don’t even make sense. Human geography economic geography lol what is that😂
These points are all interesting and informative.
U are a very underrated youtuber.
Landlocked countries are not necessarily disadvantaged (eg of the opposite: Austria, Switzerland), the neighborhood you are in plays significant role.
Well, it's kinda the case..
Your life literally depend on other's kindness..
If your neighbors are friendly, then it's great.. but if not? Nah, you're doomed
Japan is a weird case where their inland geography kind of sucks for developing food due to it being mostly forests and mountains, but having access to a lot of ocean as well as being right next to korea and china are a pretty big advantage.
The problem with japan is that all young people move into big cities.
@@ts6603 That kinda happens everywhere but yeah it can be an issue.
true@@mutegamingstuff9120
The main issue with Japan is it lie on the ring of fire
lol korea and china both hate japan to the core and you are saying it is advantage
Loving the soundtrack. Wish I knew where to find it.🎶🎹
Indonesia is blessed yet cursed by the volcano, it sits on the equatorial earth and very new volcanic soil makes it the most fertile soil on the entire earth. But also has very well-known great volcanoes such as Krakatoa and Tambora, which are deadly and destructive as hell.
The Maldives has the same problem as other small pacific islands states as well, you need to mention all of them lmao.
Armenia has a long and pain in the ass history, long time ago it was a decent kingdom or state which has access to the sea, enough area for farming, and a great natural barrier for the enemy. But now, they were a small landlocked country, scarce resources, sandwiched by two greater enemies, marginal culture, and so on.
Nepal and Bhutan have the same problem.
The partial recognize of the West Sahara Republic is way too dry, as well as Qatar, Bahrain, and United Arab Emirates.
Iceland, perfectly combined volcanoes and an icy small northern island. Never ever had a big population.
Greenland is just like Iceland without volcanoes, but bigger and colder.
I think Indonesia's geography is either the worst or one of the best depending on which perspective you want to take If the benchmark is economy, Indonesia is one of the best, it is located between the busiest trade routes in the world and can be a balance for the power struggle between big countries like China.India and America.
Yup, Indonesia is a power just solely on gepgraphical location, that's why it has to manage it's down size with outmost atention, one wrong move might mean loss of sovereignty. It's a blessing and a curse all at the same time.
That's why Indonesia is working hard on their infrastructure Indonesia already have 1 trilion economy India also helping to build some very important ports in it's land and now India is also understanding the importance of andman and nicobar islands.
You missed Philippines,Saudi,Iraq & Egypt
Nauru.
While it is theoretically an island paradise, it is surrounded by shallow coral reef which makes boating treacherous, and the government decimated the interior of the island for mining purposes last century.
It may be interesting to look at those countries that also come with disadvantaged geography but seems to be doing pretty well history e.g. Swiss, Austria, Netherland, Singapore etc. At the end, people can make things different.
Apparently providing the means for sustenance for a country is *holding them a hostage* these days.
Not having local production is a disadvantage.
The Saudis have invested a fortune in the Maldives and thus show no worry about the islands future. The rate of ocean rise is the same now as it was 100 years ago
New Zealand is so far away from many major countries that it makes imported and exported goods so expensive.
Great video, but you have not mentioned Bhutan. Though it's situation might resemble Nepal. Am I correct?
I'm quite sure that for Chile these problems are actually their advantages. The long coastline means unlimited access to the global market. Isolation from the rest of South America means no real wars. The Andes means rich mineral deposits. And so on.
Their biggest advantage is surely isolation from Latin America. And even though they are surrounded by mountains and the world's driest desert, Venezuelan immigrants who can't behave and don't want to work cross it all to reach Chile and cause chaos there. Imagine, if there hadn't been any challenge to come... I'm not even Chilean and not Latin American, I'm European who visited Chile. When other Latinos (namely Venezuelans, Colombians and Ecuatorians) started coming there, crime rate in Chile skyrocketed
You don't need a very long coastline , you need a strategically located coastline
Wars? As if we had the resources for that
This makes me think. What is the most advantageous one? An advantage and a disadvantage can be the same. Switzerland is landlocked but they're impossible to invade.
Most likely usa. Surrounded by ocean,
@Blowing winds 🍃 do you think France and Germany are truly allies?
Usa by a mile. No other country in human history has had the advantage the US has.
@@curiodyssey3867 Australia would definitely be up there
@@dudenotperfect9383 nah, Australia is down under, not up there m8
Thanks for the vid. Mongolia and the Stans have it worse for sure, no? Landlocked and, er, difficult neighbors.
mexico has the worst neighbour in the world
I was waiting for Poland and was not disappointed. Hehe. Greetings from this "free real estate".
Bangali people are a peaceful nation. It is rather sad what they have to deal with.
So many misinformation shared here about Bangladesh. Bangladesh's population growth rate is not increasing but decreasing and it's fertility rate now at replacement rate and lower than world average. Land area of Bangladesh is decreasing is also false. In fact land area of Bangladesh is increasing 20 sq. km per year due to massive amount of river silt being deposited on the coastal areas. Bangladesh is unlikely to loose land due to sea level rise as flood silt naturally elevate coastal areas and Bangladesh govt. is implementing 'Deltaplan 2100' project to tackle sea level rise with tens of billion dollar investment.
Bengali is a linguistic identity.. not a national..
One topic should be "proximity to russia", and with 3 tiers:
-inside russia (bad)
-close to russia (very bad)
-away from russia (one step closer to "good")
How wonderful Somalia, Haiti, Bolivia live. =)
The problem is not in Russia, but in propaganda. Look not there for the enemy that oppresses the world.
Main solution- nuke Russia or let China invade it!
@@dimushka383what country is invading Ukraine again?
@@studleyjb3172
Again? When was the next time?
Let's have another question. Over the 30 years of independence, which country has made more invasions of other countries? Russia or Ukraine?
How much do you know the region and facts about the countries.
Where did Russia even invade?
Namibia has a good number of geographical disadvantages. Lack of rainfall, lack of natural seaports along the Skeleton Coast, huge percentage of desert.
Glad that my country made it to your list
Genuinely thought that a clear number one is Tuvalu for the most crucial fact that it is literally sinking into the sea... I'd assume any country that's geography is causing it to straight up disappear would take number 1 or at least be on the list 😂😂
Pakistan & Srilanka both have such a favourable geography but their economic struggle in these times are unparalleled
This winter Uzbekistan recorded temparature of -20 all over the country for one months
As a Pole our geography is pretty good (very fertile land) but it’s just our bad luck that we are sandwiched against 2 superpowers
My family are from Bangladesh and our village lies in the north eastern part of Bangladesh (Sunamganj) which was recently the worst effected by flooding during the last couple of weeks (over 90% of the city was flooded). People are still recovering from the disaster. It was the worst disaster in modern history for the country and I'm surprised you never brought it up.
Since my family have been living in the UK since the 1990s and still live here, connecting through phonelines was virtually impossible at the time of the floods. We had to wait at least a week or two for the phone lines to work again. (of course no blame on them because the water destroyed everything.)
I just find it sad because most of these people are not responsible for climate change but they have to face the brunt of it.
Those flash floods are due to unregulated deforestation in Meghalaya. Don't know how's the deforestation situation in Sylhet. Sylhet and its surrounding districts can spend money on better drainage system to get rid of rainwater quicker.
@@t.f.r287 yeah I totally agree with you, the government need to spend more money on good infrastructure. The part where I'm from, it's mostly a village area and development in those areas are quite slow. Around 50% of people in the country work in agriculture and 70% of the land is used for growing crops, so yeah.
Also I think India needs to regulate the water coming out from east India and the Himalaya's because as you mentioned that's where the water is coming from. Kind of sad because Bangladesh is kind of like a dumping ground for them.
@@saymastein i too felt bad when i first got to know my country has become a dumping ground for India.
@@t.f.r287 😂😂😂😂 cry
Why are blaming India its natural humans can do anything
No one can stop water.
I wonder if Chile can be considered a subcontinent. It has well-developed geographical boundaries - the Pacific, the Andes, the Atacama desert, the Southern Ocean.
no💀
O Romeo, O Romeo, O Romeo Santos de Chile ! For a Landmass to get the title Subcontinent, you will have to prove that Chile has its own independent Continental Tectonic Plate, that moves independently of the South American Plate.
like the Subcontinent of India, the Indian Plate is crashing into the Asian Plate quite aggressively, hence the Himalayas are getting taller and taller every 1000 years. Hence India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Parts of China, myanmar are called as part of the 'Indian Subcontinent'.
Its not just the Geographical features that define a landmass as a sub continent my friend.
O Romeo, O Romeo, O Romeo Santos de Chile! Hope I have answered your queries till ur heart's content ! O Romeo O Romeo!
Bangladesh is not poised to growing its population - in a study in the Lancet, it is projected that the population will drop from around 160M to around 80M by the end of the century.
I'm quite surprise that the Philippines is not include. Considering that we are literally in the middle of a highway where Typhons come by.
It drives me crazy how in this video the word “nuclear” is consistently mispronounced as “nucular”
Oh no, don't tell Putin, that Russia won't be a superpower. (I agree with you)
Lol when talking about Uzbekistan and the desert, mountains it contains, it showed a picture of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado ❤ @6:30
6:45 this is not bad temperature. in southern brazil we have the same temperature and even higher in summer
I think japan is in much more worse position than Indonesia and philipines as japan has no natural resources whatsoever while having to battle frequent tsunami, earthquake, typhoon etc. And surrounded by their worst enemies.
Could argue for Australia, given how dry and flat it is, the position of its mountains & associated rain shadow means most of it is desert, but the small population and bits that do have water mean it does alright. Also prone to fire and cyclones and floods etc.
The geography is not ideal, but it's far from being so problematic as it is for the countries listed in the video. As he said, most countries have challenging geography, only a few are lucky like the US, Argentina and China.
What about Philippines ? It is also an archipelago with 6708 islands during the low tide and 6707 islands during the high tide and stretches over a distance of more than 4000 kilometers in the Pacific Ocean
A feedback: much of the strategic considerations here are around wars.
But quality of life, economics, and trade are equally important (and more and more so in an era where nuclear heads made major wars less likely)
Hey there! I am an Russian who lives far from Moscow. And I totally agree with you saying Russia not having a good geography. Its get super cold where I am from. Packages get lost easily here. Food gets scarce in winter. If (right now in 2022) Japan attacks Russia it would be quite hard for Russia to move there army from Ukraine to Russia. Which will give an advantage to NATO or the EU to attack from Ukraine. All in all Russia ain't got that good of a geography but it is quite interesting!
Are u from Siberia...?
in what situation is Russia at the moment, China could also invade and basically take over most of Asian Russia with zero problems.
Japan would have difficulties and would have to make preparations to transport tanks and other armored vehicles across the sea.
China meanwhile doesn't have this problem.
Russia is lucky by the fact China is somewhat of a necessary "ally".
Most of Russia's theritory is stolen anyway.
@Levis H
It's only matter of time. Russia will be invaded by China in the future. Siberia is already getting floaded with Chinese migrants. China is only pretending to be friends with Russia to appease botox brain filled Putin. Russia has no future. It has one of the fastest shrinking populations in the world, and the war will only speed up that process.
@@LevisH21 zero problems?)) do you know how many nukes Russia has? And China is not interested Siberia, 90% Chinese live in southern China. They are interested in the Asian region with a warm climate and own the sea routes.
Oh, c'on, Russia has one of the worst natural geopgraphy? It has nuclear and it has self-sufficient food supply and eneryy. While EU is sanctioning Russia, but it's more like EU is sanctioning itself.
Finally someone said the truth
What does "having nuclear" have to do with geography? Russia is mostly an arctic wasteland with a lack of ports that don't freeze over, which is why they have to steal someone else's.
@@xviper2k Having nuclear means free from outside invasion. Ports are good, but that doesn't mean self-sufficiency. Japan and Korea will be in a very bad situation once they were being locked, they need imported foods and oil
esources from other countries to survive while Russia has fertile lands and resources, they'lll be good even if they're totally blocked and cut off from the outside world.
Chile may look really long and thin but it's still like 30% wider than Nepal
Can you do the US state with the worst and the best natural geography?
From this countries the best country to live in is Chile and the worst countries are Uzbekistan,mongolia,bangladesh and Lesotho.Russia and Indonesia are kind of like ok
russia & BD!? lol..
@@ahanafalam6215 - He said Bangladesh is bad. Russia is like Canada. Most of the land is on snow and desolate. But these countries are so large people can live in places, that are as big European countries, with warmer climate. That's why Russia is one of the biggest grain and potato producer in the world.
Bangladesh population is actually very stable and fertility rates r below 2.1 births per woman which is less than replacement rate.
Its population will go down almost 20% by 2060.
The drawbacks of Indonesia's archipelago isn't that you need boats, it's the separation of humans preventing national cohesion and supporting separtism. But more importantly the factors which created the archipelago made it subject to earthquakes and volcanos and cyclones, which are the real problem. the ocean is still the most efficient method of transport despite all the advancements in road, rail, and aviation, which is why global shipping is global shipping, not global trucking.
anyone like me, who looked on the map what's the second double-landlocked country? i found it, despite it wasn't very easy on a global map. ;)