What is the longest country in the world (comparing length to width)?
The Russian Federation takes the first prize with an east to west distance of over 9,000 km .In comparison, Chile (which many people erroneously consider to be the longest) stretches over only 4,270 km from north to south.The following countries are longer than Chile:Canada: 5,514 km (east to west)China: 5,000 km (east to west)USA (mainland): 4,654 km (east to west)Brazil: 4,395 km (north to south)