Why are countries in Europe relatively small compared to countries in the rest of the world.

Question

Kind of a showerthought, at the same time. I honestly have no idea.

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Answer 1

I’m not sure the premise is true. There are a number of small countries in Central America and South America, as well as Central Asia and South east Asia. The Middle East is home to a number of small countries like Lebanon, Kuwait, the UAE; east Asia has N. and S. Korea which are quite small. Then there are Island countries, which are the smallest countries of them all, which exist exclusively outside of Europe.