The Squarest, Roundest, Narrowest, Widest and Weirdest Countries

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  • @earthbasics10
    @earthbasics10  5 місяців тому +10

    Also Watch This > 'The 20 WEIRDEST Shaped Countries EVER EXISTED!': ua-cam.com/video/4MX8mgaYoDM/v-deo.htmlsi=QlPMiJKPvpVt5T8U

    • @Forthecity911
      @Forthecity911 5 місяців тому

      uhm i’m just gonna tell you that you got the map of vietnam and portugal wrong😢

    • @JustBlack4
      @JustBlack4 4 місяці тому

      Equatorial Guinea is way more ŘĘÇȚÅÑĞŁĒ

    • @isaacopoku514
      @isaacopoku514 3 місяці тому

      you forogot de finists

  • @MrSerbiaYT
    @MrSerbiaYT Рік тому +155

    Fun fact: If you take a closer look at the nile river it kinda looks like vietnam

    • @DaliDoneDusted4019
      @DaliDoneDusted4019 Рік тому +4

      ​@Kleiner812 kinda true but that wouldn't make sense since veitnam gained independence before Chile

    • @rosyfaten
      @rosyfaten Рік тому +2

      YOU MADE ME WASTE MY TIME

    • @OrtGraphy
      @OrtGraphy Рік тому +2

      And zimbabwe too. It's antarctica's lil bro

    • @RBLXzane
      @RBLXzane Рік тому +1

      @@DaliDoneDusted4019Cuba and Chile

    • @Xsqber1234
      @Xsqber1234 Рік тому +4

      Wisconsin looks like Tanzania

  • @Sanandaj_geo
    @Sanandaj_geo Рік тому +77

    For narrow take ratio of width to length, which for Chile is 1 : 24

    • @Yes_Circlic
      @Yes_Circlic Рік тому +25

      I agree, they should use ratio instead.

    • @dianadong8486
      @dianadong8486 11 місяців тому +1

      True Chile kind like high terretori

    • @elenashasherina4417
      @elenashasherina4417 9 місяців тому

      ​@@dianadong8486even though if land mass is not even better than France

    • @ursa27
      @ursa27 9 місяців тому

      😑😑😑😎😎😎😋😍😂😗😎😄😃🤔 😐😎😘that calculator is good gugnx xhgg.zxfhxmfhfxmhmjgbcmgxj!

    • @LeonJennings-b8g
      @LeonJennings-b8g 2 місяці тому

      🤓

  • @wolfboy8667
    @wolfboy8667 Рік тому +52

    Sierra Leone is the most circular country using math

    • @marbleWRKS
      @marbleWRKS 5 місяців тому +4

      “Ah yes, Iceland is round!”
      “Nah, Sierra Leone looks more like a dodecahedron”

    • @KenthJasperMarifosque
      @KenthJasperMarifosque 2 дні тому

      ok bougey

  • @Potocalter
    @Potocalter Рік тому +19

    1:51 I love when Vietnam swaps places with Laos
    2:06 And Portugal swaps places with Malawi

    • @Cool-AnNguyen
      @Cool-AnNguyen 5 місяців тому +2

      I notice that too, no one is talking about it tho

    • @JBarG22
      @JBarG22 3 місяці тому

      Don't you love to learn their avarages, whatever that is

  • @יותםלוין-פ7ח
    @יותםלוין-פ7ח Рік тому +245

    You said Vietnam and showed a picture of Laos, and you said Portugal and showed a picture of Malawi

  • @CutePoliwag1
    @CutePoliwag1 Рік тому +16

    Fun Fact: The center of Croatia is in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Edit: Realised I accidentally said Chile not Croatia)

  • @log_dog145
    @log_dog145 Рік тому +44

    Honestly, I would say that the country of Cambodia would be a good contester for the Roundest category.

  • @FewVidsJustComments
    @FewVidsJustComments Рік тому +11

    Sierra Leone is no doubt the roundest country. It’s practically a bumpy circle with one flat edge

  • @RiffedVR
    @RiffedVR Рік тому +19

    HOW IS TOGO NOT MENTIONED AT ALL IN THE NARROWEST COUNTRIES??????????!!!!

    • @takisasllanis-tj2oe
      @takisasllanis-tj2oe Рік тому +1

      Togo 🇹🇬 is in the middle of ghana 🇬🇭 and benin 🇧🇯 and its tighter than my assho- my laywer advised me to not complete that word
      🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
      (EDIT) I did not like my comment

    • @RoamingHeathen
      @RoamingHeathen Рік тому +12

      Because his research is “um, this one kinda looks like it”

    • @breecebeamer3241
      @breecebeamer3241 Рік тому +1

      Fr tho bc togo is ridiculously thin but he must be doing it by length and not height

    • @Z-pb1rr
      @Z-pb1rr Рік тому +1

      benin too

    • @adamaisyah1
      @adamaisyah1 Рік тому

      I know right

  • @DeltaHydrixian
    @DeltaHydrixian Рік тому +19

    Cambodia, Eswatini, and Sierra Leone in the roundest category: 💀
    and Equatorial guinea is a rectangle too, just not that visible, but it’s a bit longer

  • @leonidsboyko160
    @leonidsboyko160 Рік тому +28

    For the weirdest-shaped countries, please, have a look at
    Equatorial Guinea (note its island of Annobon);
    Kiribati as an extremely scattered but small one;
    Denmark (with Greenland and Faroese islands);
    Colombia (with San Andres and Providencia);
    Senegal, due to the indention of The Gambia;
    Namibia, given the Caprivi strip;
    Malaysia.
    And other.

  • @Just_A_Black_Screen_lol
    @Just_A_Black_Screen_lol Рік тому +5

    Fun facts:bangladesh border with india is weird

  • @Jameson-Richardson
    @Jameson-Richardson 9 місяців тому +2

    Nauru without a doubt should be considered the roundest. I think something being “the roundest” and something being “the most circular” aren’t exactly the same imo. Nauru’s smooth curved shape to me tops the list.
    I think he’s focusing on the wrong things. So what if this country or that country has a tiny portion somewhere that is technically slightly narrower than Chile it is obvious to all that overall Chile is the narrowest country. If you had a 400 lb person and a 100 lb person side by side and someone used a belt to squash in the heavier persons stomach to be smaller you would claim they were the narrowest (yes bad example but never the less)

  • @InferKnow
    @InferKnow Рік тому +13

    You have to measure length relative to width or width relative to height for the narrowest country. You can’t just scrap the list for the most round country😂 It’s Sierra Leone. Macedonia may have round edges but it is not a circle. Equatorial Guinea is a good contender to mention but you cut off their capital and 300,000 people in the process so idk how I feel about that lol. Last bit was very accurate replace Indonesia with Gambia though👌🏼

    • @ssw9310
      @ssw9310 11 місяців тому

      Yeah that lad is quite unintelligent

  • @leonardomoraes9195
    @leonardomoraes9195 Рік тому +8

    What I get from this video is that you’re struggling (I don’t know if on purpose of not) with the concept of length and width. It’s not oriented by north-south/ west-east, you just look at the measurements, whichever is the longest, that’s the length. The measurements opposite of that are the widths.
    9.000.km is Russia’s length, not width. So both China and Canada are wider than Russia.
    Also, when you say something is narrow (especially a country, since it’s not actually gonna be narrow anyway), you look at the length/width ratio, otherwise you’ll just account for smallest countries (that aren’t necessarily narrow.) Chile is by far the narrowest country on Earth.

    • @earthbasics10
      @earthbasics10  Рік тому +1

      U must be fun at parties

    • @RoamingHeathen
      @RoamingHeathen Рік тому +6

      @@earthbasics10 so you make a video going into detail on your (admittedly flawed) processes, all the while critiquing what others have suggested. And then when someone suggests a better process and critiques your approach, you try to act all nonchalant with the party line.

    • @leonardomoraes9195
      @leonardomoraes9195 Рік тому +2

      @@earthbasics10 I don’t know about parties, but I’ll tell you this: I’m very fun at work. Because I do the job right.
      Honestly, try it. Don’t get mad at me because you decided to do a geometry video and not use geometry.

    • @earthbasics10
      @earthbasics10  Рік тому +1

      It's just a joke. I mean, we both have other definitions of length and width. I respect your comment, but just don't take it to serious.@@leonardomoraes9195

    • @earthbasics10
      @earthbasics10  Рік тому +1

      Smile a bit man. it's just a joke. Even outside of jobs and the standard things in life people worry about these small things.@@RoamingHeathen

  • @rosacorrado-nanji4831
    @rosacorrado-nanji4831 Рік тому +4

    Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have quite interesting shapes. I also have to nominate Zambia, which is very oddly swirled.

    • @carinaslima
      @carinaslima Рік тому

      Zambia looks like a countryball flexing its muscles

  • @AmeralMix
    @AmeralMix Рік тому +1

    Jordan looks weird and unique, Syria looks like the UA-cam shorts sign, Greece looks weird too

  • @PolishGeographist
    @PolishGeographist 5 місяців тому +2

    I’d say the squarest is still Egypt bc capitals are important and especially talking about where so capitals are basically and extent of shape when talking about it being outside the main land or in the ocean somehow so Equatorial Guinea is not a square

  • @TWBHunter_VR0604
    @TWBHunter_VR0604 Рік тому +8

    Winner of narrowest: The Gambia 🇬🇲
    Winner of widest: Russia 🇷🇺
    Winner of roundest: North Macedonia 🇲🇰
    Winner of squarest: Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶
    Winner of weirdest: Croatia 🇭🇷

  • @user-ninetail
    @user-ninetail Рік тому +5

    I personally think the weirdest country shape is either Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan

  • @brianoconnor1721
    @brianoconnor1721 Рік тому +9

    Also Egypt is more of a square because, you are just ignoring Bioko and Annobon, Rio Muni is more a rectangle, Egypt is more square

  • @shawnmccallan7872
    @shawnmccallan7872 Рік тому +7

    You mentioned Laos 🇱🇦 and Vietnam 🇻🇳 as the narrowest countries however unfortunately when mentioning both had shown the outline Map of Laos 🇱🇦 for both countries

  • @AlperenBozkurt-tx2bx
    @AlperenBozkurt-tx2bx Рік тому +1

    Reason chile is so narrow is back in the day they were stuck between a giant ocean and a giant mountain range so they could not expand these ways, they only could go north or soth, fought with peru on the north and expanded down too.

  • @RoamingHeathen
    @RoamingHeathen Рік тому +8

    I will never understand geography channels who don’t google the pronunciations of the included countries prior to doing the voiceover

  • @SSADO-
    @SSADO- Рік тому +2

    Equatorial Guinea doesn’t count not because of simply having an island, but also having their CAPITAL on the island. Cmon man they literally said that in the song…

  • @DrawingBoi-24
    @DrawingBoi-24 Рік тому +2

    At 1:52 there's a mistake.
    It says Vietnam but the picture is Laos.

  • @Smartness_itself
    @Smartness_itself Рік тому +2

    6:02 You mean West Bulgaria.

  • @3dmaker794minsol
    @3dmaker794minsol Рік тому +1

    "France is the largest European country"
    Russia:huh?

    • @lioneldemun6033
      @lioneldemun6033 Рік тому

      Not much difference with Spain however ( 550.000 sqkm Vs 505.000 sqkm )

  • @brianoconnor1721
    @brianoconnor1721 Рік тому +3

    DRC is way weirder, also your way of getting the narrowest is just ignorant, Measuring by average thickness makes the most sense at the beginning, but the one that makes the most sense at the beginning is often terrible, Chile is longer on average if you calculate by length divided by average width,
    Gambia gets 17, Chile gets 24

  • @shawnmccallan7872
    @shawnmccallan7872 Рік тому +3

    Also as I am watching you had shown Malawi 🇲🇼 and then afterwards had shown Portugal 🇵🇹 but the country shown for Portugal 🇵🇹 was the map outline of Malawi 🇲🇼

  • @jeanninelakes2742
    @jeanninelakes2742 6 днів тому +1

    Travis Johnson from STAY WISE?

  • @Romanianretard
    @Romanianretard Рік тому +1

    1:48 Error
    2:06 Another Error

  • @MG-tq9gv
    @MG-tq9gv Рік тому +1

    Sierra Leone is literally the most round and you didn’t even include it in the list. I’d also put Guyana as weird shape

  • @李子财e-i
    @李子财e-i 4 місяці тому

    Countries that look like animals
    Azerbaijan:Bird
    Tajikistan:Dog
    China:disabled chicken
    Egypt:horse
    Australia:Scooby-Doo's head
    Morocco:Chicken Leg
    Romania:Fish
    Bangladesh:horse
    Benin:chicken leg
    Panama:worm
    Iceland:duck
    Mongolia:seal
    Afghanistan:Kiwi
    Russia:horse
    Japan:Goose
    Countries that look like game characters
    Croatia:Pacman
    Somalia:Pacman
    Countries that look like dinosaurs
    Pakistan:T-rex
    Countries that looks like items
    Nambia:taser
    France:vest
    Angola:vest
    Italy:boot
    Papua New Guinea:heals
    Saudi Arabia:hiking boots
    Chile:stick
    Norway:bended hammer
    Isreal:blade
    Uzbekistan:gloves

  • @IDK_imnotKev
    @IDK_imnotKev Рік тому +1

    1:54, Vietnam change a lot after the vietnam war💀💀

  • @ioium299
    @ioium299 Рік тому +1

    2:16 Look at Togo and Benin to get more context

  • @LightningTheChosenOne
    @LightningTheChosenOne Рік тому +2

    How is Sierra Leone not the most round?

  • @WillowSmithHaircut
    @WillowSmithHaircut Рік тому +1

    Togo left the chat for narrowest

  • @Smartness_itself
    @Smartness_itself Рік тому +1

    Bulgaria has very interesting shape.

  • @ebkjosh8240
    @ebkjosh8240 Рік тому +1

    Countries most shaped like a: Triangle, Pentagon and Star.

  • @Vex_The_Vexillologist
    @Vex_The_Vexillologist 7 місяців тому

    for everyone commenting the errors: he does that so he has more comments, boosting his video

  • @ChrisGamingNL333
    @ChrisGamingNL333 Рік тому +1

    Because of the weird shape the middle of Croatia is in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    • @swarala
      @swarala 11 місяців тому

      Croatia looks like dragon

  • @5-27thebest3
    @5-27thebest3 Рік тому

    I going to Bahamas so glad to see it’s on here

  • @N1haI
    @N1haI Рік тому +3

    6:01 sierra Leone left the chat

  • @Random_Geography
    @Random_Geography 10 місяців тому

    For the roundest, im thinking about cambodia, bhutan, sierra leone, eswaniti,lesotho should be in the top 10 too

  • @yakov7438
    @yakov7438 6 місяців тому

    6:40 Equatorial Guinea: Am I a joke to you?

  • @Guest111a11
    @Guest111a11 11 місяців тому +2

    Narrowest: Togo🇹🇬?
    Widest: Russia🇷🇺?
    Roundest: Sierra Leone🇸🇱?
    Squarest: Equatorial Guinea🇬🇶?
    Weirdest: Uzbekistan🇺🇿?
    Tajikistan🇹🇯?
    Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬?
    Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)🇨🇩?
    Paraguay🇵🇾?
    Cameroon🇨🇲?
    Central African Republic (CAR)🇨🇫?
    Afghanistan🇦🇫?
    Armenia🇦🇲?
    Georgia🇬🇪?
    South Sudan🇸🇸?
    South Africa🇿🇦?
    Namibia🇳🇦?
    Switzerland🇨🇭?

    • @swarala
      @swarala 11 місяців тому

      Uzbekistan looks like a bird hammered bill

    • @swarala
      @swarala 11 місяців тому

      When you flip the russia it looks like a bearded vulture

  • @hiimdanish8618
    @hiimdanish8618 Рік тому +6

    Fun fact: since Malabo is on an island. The island is the mainland and the part on mainland Africa is just a territory they own

  • @prodd333
    @prodd333 Рік тому +1

    5:52 what about Sierra Leone

  • @AF-mq3hh
    @AF-mq3hh 4 місяці тому +1

    I say none of the asian countries that you said look weirdest. I say india, Bangladesch, Uzbekistan Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan go to top one being weirdest in asia

  • @lhebadeagwadu173
    @lhebadeagwadu173 Рік тому +2

    If you were also considering subnational maps, I would have suggested Makurdi local government area in Benue state, Nigeria as the roundest.

  • @Karthikeya1704
    @Karthikeya1704 4 місяці тому

    Me
    Asia. Mongolia 🇲🇳
    Europe. Denmark 🇩🇰
    Africa. Gabon 🇬🇦
    North america. Mexico 🇲🇽
    South america. Peru 🇵🇪
    Oceania. Palau 🇵🇼

  • @andrijadikic5241
    @andrijadikic5241 Рік тому

    Vietnam:shows laos
    Portugal:show malawi

  • @iloveLaurens
    @iloveLaurens Рік тому

    fun fact:due to croatias shape,the center of it is actually in bosnia and herzergovina

  • @adrielcruz9883
    @adrielcruz9883 9 місяців тому

    🇲🇰:IM NOT CIRCLE HE IS CIRCLE
    🇸🇱:WHY DID YOU NOT CHOOSE ME

  • @greenSTEMforall
    @greenSTEMforall 4 місяці тому

    Sierra Leone is the roundest, Togo is very narrow, and Nicaragua is the most equilaterally triangular, Also, Puerto Rico is the most rectangular island! Amazing when you consider that Puerto Rico's boundary is all coastline. Straightest coastlines: Namibia and Australia! Longest and straightest right-angled coastline? Australia!

  • @baby_mickey2016rocketleagueYT
    @baby_mickey2016rocketleagueYT Рік тому +1

    1:49 spelling mistakes

  • @Ireland_needs_monies
    @Ireland_needs_monies Рік тому +1

    1:53 oh hi Laos what’s up

  • @literallyhydrus
    @literallyhydrus 11 місяців тому +1

    *togo has left the chat*

  • @archivince
    @archivince 9 місяців тому

    Fun fact: even if Equatorial Guinea did not have the island it would be a bit too rectangular

  • @Kehanzip
    @Kehanzip 3 місяці тому

    for africa in the weirdest country shape, i wouldve chosen South Africa. it's so wobbly, has a random line and a hole in the middle of it!

  • @cburkhart524
    @cburkhart524 Рік тому +1

    1:48 That's laos, not vietnam - 2:06 That's malawi, not portugal

  • @kingdom_of_impor
    @kingdom_of_impor Рік тому +1

    1:48 wtf thats laos

  • @Naurushorts5555
    @Naurushorts5555 Рік тому +1

    For the first one for vietnam you put the map of laos

  • @GiórgosCountryballs
    @GiórgosCountryballs 8 місяців тому

    0:24 what about New caledonia, benin and togo?

  • @Smartness_itself
    @Smartness_itself Рік тому +1

    1:48 That's Laos, not Vietnam.

  • @viperrse
    @viperrse Рік тому +2

    i mean, sri lanka is a bit round

  • @TheShmaggy
    @TheShmaggy Рік тому +1

    wrong country for vietnam thats laos lol

  • @angelakimani914
    @angelakimani914 Рік тому +1

    I think the roundest country is Sierra Leone

  • @T.E.S.T.2
    @T.E.S.T.2 Рік тому

    why did you show the shape of laos when talking about Vietnam

  • @Sanandaj_geo
    @Sanandaj_geo Рік тому +2

    I think South Africa also has weird shape

  • @prettymucharandomgoober
    @prettymucharandomgoober 5 місяців тому

    "Vietnam"
    *Casually shows Laos*

  • @lankanmapping
    @lankanmapping 8 місяців тому

    The Stans: Where am I?

  • @HankusmankusThethird
    @HankusmankusThethird Рік тому

    For the squarest Squarest countries Equitorial Guinea is like rectangular

  • @Seniomentary_2
    @Seniomentary_2 Рік тому

    _PROVE_ _IT!_ _Some_ _states_ _in_ _America_ _use_ _Metric_ _units!_

  • @pumpkinking2324
    @pumpkinking2324 Рік тому +1

    Tajikistan left the chat for weirdest.

  • @kerbypeligrino9961
    @kerbypeligrino9961 10 місяців тому

    Nanggagago ba to?

  • @5-27thebest3
    @5-27thebest3 Рік тому

    The Bahamas looks like someone poured rice on paper and drew around it

  • @AlexTheEggRat
    @AlexTheEggRat Рік тому

    Earth Basics: Vietnam
    Vietnam: Laos

  • @blackpearl7679
    @blackpearl7679 26 днів тому +1

    Bro you said 5st🤦🏿

  • @JibsRandomz_YT
    @JibsRandomz_YT Рік тому +1

    :20 Benin and Togo left the chat

  • @AirMadeKat
    @AirMadeKat Рік тому +1

    I'd definently do central asia, have you SEEN those enclaves and exclaves?

  • @Kingofnothing0060
    @Kingofnothing0060 Рік тому +2

    In Asia the weirdest
    Country is Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 or Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬

  • @kiawegamer
    @kiawegamer 11 місяців тому

    My country appeared in a top 3! (Panama 🇵🇦)

  • @baoan2404
    @baoan2404 Рік тому +1

    0:26 wat the

  • @breecebeamer3241
    @breecebeamer3241 Рік тому

    Narrowest: c h i l e me like 10 seconds after he said chile i was like: togo noises

  • @sunwep3737
    @sunwep3737 11 місяців тому

    “france is the biggest european country because of overseas territories”
    Denmark: 😡

  • @marbleWRKS
    @marbleWRKS 5 місяців тому

    Nah, he really called out the Nauruans for being one of the “roundest countries”

  • @gucy24
    @gucy24 Рік тому +2

    My country is weird shaped 😂🇭🇷

    • @Croatiauefaeuro
      @Croatiauefaeuro 11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah my country is also weird shaped 🤣 🇭🇷 🇭🇷 🇭🇷

  • @rdtc2009
    @rdtc2009 5 місяців тому

    how is Iceland even more circular than Sierra Leone

  • @prodd333
    @prodd333 Рік тому +2

    8:08 no no Denmark looks like an elf that is spotted and the islands are boogers

  • @ladygoogooo
    @ladygoogooo 13 днів тому +1

    6:20 n. Macedonia🇲🇰 is the winner😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @giannis233
    @giannis233 11 місяців тому

    6:48 equatorial guinea is mire rectangle then square

  • @FilipEdits1
    @FilipEdits1 Рік тому +1

    I love round countries 👌

    • @DavidTomevski-u4y
      @DavidTomevski-u4y Рік тому +1

      i like north Macedonia mate

    • @FilipEdits1
      @FilipEdits1 Рік тому

      @@DavidTomevski-u4y It's not north but still thanks ❤️🧡

    • @Khauchina
      @Khauchina Рік тому

      ​@@FilipEdits1It's North Macedonia Because there's a region called Macedonia

    • @FilipEdits1
      @FilipEdits1 Рік тому

      @@Khauchina Nah we call it Macedonia because the Region Macedonia was Macedonian before it became greek in 1913

  • @12yeaxb
    @12yeaxb Місяць тому

    Equatorial guinea the capital is in the island, you didn't see the full video

  • @noemileon9073
    @noemileon9073 11 місяців тому

    What about Lesotho for roundest?

  • @ESMESUPERMARCUSOFFICIAL
    @ESMESUPERMARCUSOFFICIAL Рік тому

    Another round country that comes to my mind is Cambodia 🇰🇭

  • @JadenYoung-wm2bi
    @JadenYoung-wm2bi 5 місяців тому

    I was thinking of Indonesia as the weirdest shape.

  • @timmipol
    @timmipol 5 місяців тому

    1:48 ahh yes my favorite country
    Vietnam 🇱🇦