A major mail distribution center in Buenos Aires doesn't need to know every address in Toronto - it just knows where to send the letter to get it one step closer to its destination.
Each router keeps this knowledge about other routers (its "neighbors") in what is called a Routing Table. Routing tables are constantly being updated real time as routers constantly share information with each other as networks become available or unavailable.
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