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Countries with the Most Area in the Tropics

Can you name the countries that have the most surface area that lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
% in tropics based on rough visual estimates
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km²
Country
% in Tropics
7.88 mil
Brazil
92.5
2.89 mil
Australia
37.5
2.34 mil
D. R. Congo
100
1.91 mil
Indonesia
100
1.90 mil
India
60
1.89 mil
Sudan
100
1.29 mil
Peru
100
1.28 mil
Chad
100
1.25 mil
Niger
99
1.25 mil
Angola
100
km²
Country
% in Tropics
1.18 mil
Mali
95
1.14 mil
Colombia
100
1.10 mil
Ethiopia
100
1.10 mil
Bolivia
100
1.07 mil
Saudi Arabia
50
0.982 mil
Mexico
50
0.945 mil
Tanzania
100
0.923 mil
Nigeria
100
0.916 mil
Venezuela
100
0.902 mil
Mauritania
87.5
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26 Comments
Tramp
+11
Level 76
Jan 5, 2017
No Papua New Guinea is surprising. I thought it was a lot bigger.
sillie
+12
Level 77
Jan 6, 2017
Me too. That and Madagascar.
IBRK
+4
Level 72
Apr 4, 2017
Madagascar is 400,000 km too small
scambigol
+3
Level 77
Jan 6, 2017
nice idea, thanks for the mention!
scambigol
+2
Level 77
Jan 13, 2017
this website seems to have data on area within tropics - https://www.pdx.edu/econ/country-geography-data
JBrommit
+5
Level 64
Jan 14, 2017
This was quite confusing. One doesn't typically associate hot, arid desert countries with tropical countries since to most, tropical means hot, humid, green/jungle all over, not hot, dry and arid/desert. Even the koppen climate classification doesn't call hot deserts in the geographical tropics by any kind of "tropical" term.
Quizmaster
+23
Level ∞
Jan 14, 2017
The Tropics are defined as the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn where the sun can shine directly overhead at some point during the year. It has nothing to do with greenery.

I added this to the quiz description in case other people were confused

Sifhraven
+9
Level 71
Sep 19, 2019
Well you have tropical and the tropics. It is not the same thing, though of course there is a relation
gzx5
+2
Level 72
Apr 24, 2017
What about Australia? How do they have less area in the tropics than Saudi Arabia. If you look on a map of Australia and you see the city of Rockhampton in Queensland, the tropics start just a little before it.
Malbaby
+5
Level 70
Apr 24, 2017
Australia has less % of the country in the tropics than Saudi Arabia, but over twice the square km area at 2.89 mil km2 to 1.07 mil km2.
wiifly
+1
Level 59
Sep 17, 2021
also Saudi Arabia is cut in half as well, not just Australia
jajaco2017
+1
Level 57
Apr 24, 2017
Ecuador ?
Jacktheguy
+4
Level 90
Apr 24, 2017
I'm guessing it's not big enough.
Yossarian
+3
Level 63
Apr 24, 2017
Mauritania. MUST LEARN TO SPELL IT
rg1227
+1
Level 69
Apr 9, 2018
agree
JackintheBox
+5
Level 79
Nov 6, 2019
At first I was a bit confused, because I thought I was meant to guess countries with a tropical climate
thailand
+1
Level 40
Jul 7, 2021
same
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 75
Nov 6, 2019
You could get exact figures of how much % of their land is in the tropics since you have exact numbers of how much total land they have in the tropics
MrBizzaros
+1
Level 59
Jan 17, 2020
So the header says km squared but it's in miles?
Stewart
+8
Level 68
Jan 18, 2020
That's millions not miles, i.e. 7.88 million km2
ftozom
+1
Level 61
Sep 12, 2021
got all except australia , i thought it was further south
levic
+1
Level 69
Sep 13, 2021
Brazil maybe the most tropical country? 37ºC now here
Hampus
+1
Level 56
Oct 13, 2021
You mean the warmest?
scarysouptimes
+4
Level 57
Aug 7, 2022
Hi Levic. The description says not the warmest, but the countries that have the most land in between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. There's a difference
scarysouptimes
+1
Level 57
Aug 7, 2022
Took a wild guess at Saudi Arabia when I had 1 second left, just barely made it to 20/20
mfmehrpooya
+1
Level 38
Aug 1, 2023
Just try top30 largest countries by area
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