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The world’s largest countries, by population and area:

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The top 20 with live updates, from the Worldometers site:

India is #2 in population, and seems poised to overtake China in the near future.

India is #7 in area:

20 countries with the largest populations:

  1. China
  2. India
  3. USA
  4. Indonesia
  5. Pakistan
  6. Brazil
  7. Nigeria
  8. Bangladesh
  9. Russia
  10. Mexico
  11. Japan
  12. Ethiopia
  13. Philippines
  14. Egypt
  15. Vietnam
  16. DR Congo
  17. Turkey
  18. Iran
  19. Germany
  20. Thailand

See live link: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/#top20

Apart from China and India, other pairs with similar populations are Brazil/Nigeria and Turkey/Iran. You may find the top 20 in a different ranking if you check after a few weeks.

20 countries with the largest areas:

  1. Russia
  2. Canada
  3. China
  4. USA
  5. Brazil
  6. Australia
  7. India
  8. Argentina
  9. Kazakhstan
  10. Algeria
  11. DR Congo
  12. Greenland (ruled by Denmark)
  13. Saudi Arabia
  14. Mexico
  15. Indonesia
  16. Sudan
  17. Libya
  18. Iran
  19. Mongolia
  20. Peru

Those with similar areas are Greenland and Saudi Arabia.

See live link: https://www.worldometers.info/geography/largest-countries-in-the-world/