Which of the following statements is false? a. brazil is the largest country in south america. b. the northeast is brazil's poorest subregion. c. russia, canada, china, and the united states are all larger territorially than brazil. d. brazil's population is one of the fastest growing in the developing world. e. brazil has an ethnically diverse population.

D - Brazil's population is one of the fastest growing in the developing world

Explanation: Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America  and it has an ethnically diverse population with includes the Portuguese, Europeans, Africans and many others.

The population of Brazil, as recorded in 2018 was approximately 209.5 million. Brazil occupies a large area along the eastern coast of South America and includes much of the continent's interior, sharing land borders with Uruguay to the south; Argentina and Paraguay to the southwest; Bolivia and Peru to the west; Colombia to the northwest; and Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and France to the north. It shares a border with every South American country except Ecuador and Chile.

Brazil is the largest national economy in Latin America, the world's ninth largest economy and the eighth largest in purchasing power parity (PPP) according to 2018 estimates.