» posted on Sunday, September 6th, 2020 by Linda Lou Burton
Know Your Neighbors – South America
September 6, 2020, Linda Lou Burton posting from Little Rock, Arkansas – Do you know your geography? There are twelve countries in South America – I keep up with them by memorizing them alphabetically.
Countries in South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Where do the most people live?
- Brazil – 210,301,591
- Colombia – 48,631,464
- Argentina – 45,089,492
- Venezuela – 32,068,672
- Peru – 31,624,207
- Chile – 18,057,855
- Ecuador – 16,703,254
- Bolivia – 11,473,676
- Paraguay – 7,108,524
- Uruguay – 3,378,471
- Guyana – 744,845
- Suriname – 603,823
If you had to walk across it, which county would take the longest? Which is largest in square miles?
- Brazil – 3,287,957
- Argentina – 1,073,518
- Peru – 496,225
- Colombia – 439,736
- Bolivia – 424,164
- Venezuela – 352,144
- Chile – 291,933
- Paraguay – 153,399
- Ecuador – 109,484
- Guyana – 83,000
- Uruguay – 68,037
- Suriname – 63,251
Which country has the highest percentage of internet users? Most technologically inclined?
- Chile – 82.3%
- Argentina – 74.3%
- Venezuela – 72.0%
- Uruguay – 68.3%
- Brazil – 67.5
- Paraguay – 65.0%
- Colombia – 62.3%
- Ecuador – 57.3%
- Peru – 52.5%
- Suriname – 48.9%
- Bolivia – 43.8%
- Guyana – 37.3%
Which country has the highest literacy rate? Percent of population able to read and write?
- Argentina – 99.1%
- Uruguay – 98.6%
- Venezuela – 97.1%
- Chile – 96.9%
- Suriname – 95.6%
- Colombia – 94.7%
- Paraguay – 94.7%
- Ecuador – 94.4%
- Peru – 94.1%
- Brazil – 92.6%
- Bolivia – 92.5%
- Guyana – 88.5%
Which country has the highest population density? How many people are there per square mile? Close to each other or lots of breathing space?
- Ecuador – 156
- Colombia – 121
- Venezuela – 94
- Brazil – 65
- Peru – 64
- Chile – 63
- Uruguay – 50
- Paraguay – 46
- Argentina – 43
- Bolivia- 27
- Guyana – 10
- Suriname – 10
Which country has had the most confirmed DEATHS from COVID19 in 2020 to date?
- Brazil – 126,960
- Peru – 29,976
- Colombia – 21,615
- Chile – 11,682
- Argentina – 10,179
- Bolivia – NA
- Ecuador – NA
- Guyana – NA
- Paraguay – NA
- Suriname – NA
- Uruguay – NA
- Venezuela – NA
Which country has had the most confirmed CASES of COVID19 reported in 2020 to date?
- Brazil – 4,147,794
- Peru – 691,575
- Colombia – 671,848
- Argentina – 488,007
- Chile – 425,541
- Bolivia – NA
- Ecuador – NA
- Guyana – NA
- Paraguay – NA
- Suriname – NA
- Uruguay – NA
- Venezuela – NA
Resources: World Almanac and Book of Facts 2020 and World Health Organization