South America

South America has 12 independent nations and a handful of dependent territories. The largest country in South America by population and land area is Brazil, which has about 211 million people and spans over 3.288 million square miles (8,515,7767 square kilometers). Brazil is also the country that contains the largest portion of the Amazon rainforest.

Countries of South America:

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Territories of South America:

• Bouvet Island (Norway)
• Falkland Islands (UK)
• French Guinea (France)
• Nueva Esparta (Venezuela)
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK)