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Background Canada is the 2nd largest nation with the world, with a surface area of almost 10 million sq km. It has just one neighbour, the US, which it borders on two fronts, the south (6,418km) and the the US state of Alaska in the west (2,477km). Its total of 8,893km is the longest land border between two nations in the world. Despite its size, it has a most population of just 34 million, 2.5 million of which live in the largest city Toronto. Its capital city, Ottawa, has just over 800,000 inhabitants. A former Dutch colony, Indonesia declared independence after the Japanese occupation during World War II in 1945, though it wasn't until 1949 that the Netherlands accepted it. Though the country boasts more than 17,000 islands it, but significant land borders with Malaysia (on the island of Borneo), Papua New Guinea (on the island of New Guinea), and east Timor (on the island of Timor). With a population of 245.6 million people, it is the 4th most populous nation in the world, behind China, India and the US.
National bird " common loon, Gavia immer" " Javan hawk eagle, Spizaetus bartelsi"

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