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CAN RICH COUNTRIES BUY POOR COUNTRIES

USA

USA ( United States Of America ) has bought almost half of its land like Alaska from Russia , California , Arizona , New Mexico , Texas from Mexico , Louisiana from France and Florida from Spain and in 2019 USA tried to buy Greenland from Denmark but Denmark declined its deal .




China

China is trapping poor countries in his depth trap . China gives loans to poor countries to get developed and most of the poor countries cannot repay the loan so China takes some land from their country and uses it for his own wealth . China has controlled parts of different countries like like port of Djibouti , China satellite tracking station at Argentina , Kyaukpu port in Myanmar , Chitttagong port in Bangladesh , Hambantota port in Sri Lanka , Marao atoll port of Maldives

and Gwadar port in Pakistan .




here is a list of countries buying land from other countries


Territory

Purchased by

Purchased from

Cost

Year

Area

Dunkirk and fort-mardyck

France


England

5,000,000 livres

1662

44 km

Saint croix

Denmark-Norway

France

750,000 livres

1733

210 km

Singapore

United kingdom

Johor

60,000 spanish dollars

1824

728 km

Danish gold coast

United kingdom

Denmark

10,000 GBP

1850

12,000 km

Dutch gold coast

United kingdom

Netherlands

46,939.62 dutch guilders

1872

13,000 km

Saint barthelemy

France

Sweden

320,000 french francs

1878

212,4 km

Janiskoski-Niskakoshi

Soviet union (USSR)

Finland

700,000,000 FIM

1947

176 km

Elten , Selfkant , Suderwick

West Germany

Netherlands

280 million DM

1963

69 km

Tiran islands and Sanafir islands

Saudi Arabia

Egypt

$22 billion in oil and development aid

2017

113 km

Gwadar

Pakistan

Muscat and Oman

5,500,000,000 PKR

1958

265 km

Acre (state)

Brazil

Bolivia

$25,000,000

1903

143,800 km

Palau , Mariana islands , Caroline islands

Germany

Spain

25,000,000ESP

1899

1,160 km

Can Countries buy land of other countries ?

Yes


France

First time when land was bought from other country was done by France. In 1101 the king of France Philip 1 bought regions of Bourges ( today known as Central France ) from Odo Arpinus by giving 60,000 Pounds .




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