Here are some interesting facts
about the different countries of
the world.
1.) Abkhazia is the most recent
independent country in the
world. It became independent
on August 26, 2008 followed by
South Ossetia on August 8,
2008.
2.) The country with the most
neighbors is Russia with 16
neighbors followed by China
with 14 neighboring countries.
3.) The world’s largest country
is Russia with an area of 17.09
million km² followed by Canada
with an area of 9.98 million
km².
4.) The country with the
highest murder rate is El
Salvador with a rate of 55.3%
murders per 100,000 population
followed by Honduras with
49.9%.
5.) Somalia is the most corrupt
country in the world followed
by Iraq and Myanmar.
6.) The least corrupt country is
Denmark followed by New
Zealand and Sweden.
7.) Bulgaria is the country with
the biggest population decrease
– 35% or 2.6 million followed by
Swaziland with 33% or 378,000.
8.) The most populous country
is China with 1.34 billion people
followed by India with 1.18
billion people.
9.) Uganda is the country with
the biggest population increase
– 267% followed by Niger with
261%.
10.) The USA is the country
with the largest Christian
population with 245.9 million
followed by Brazil with 170.5
million.
11.) The country with the
largest Jewish population is the
USA with 5.7 million followed by
Israel with 4.8 million.
12.) India is the country with
the largest Hindu population
with 817.1 million followed by
Nepal with 18.7 million.
13.) The country with the
largest Sikh population is India
with 21.2 million followed by
the UK with 0.38 million.
14.) India is the country with
the largest Muslim population
with 155.1 million followed by
Pakistan with 151.8 million.
15.) The country with the
largest Buddhist population is
China with 116.7 million
followed by Japan with 71.7
million.
16.) Indonesia is the most
populated island country with
242.9 million people followed by
Japan with 126.8 million.
17.) The country with the
highest percentage of women
members of the parliament is
Rwanda with 56.3% (45 of 80
seats) followed by Sweden with
47% (164 of 349 seats).
18.) New Zealand is the first
country that gave women the
right to vote in 1893 followed
by Australia.
19.) The country with the
largest armed forces is China
with a total of 2.185 million
followed by the USA with 1.539
million.
20.) The USA is the country
with the largest military
expenditure as of 2009,
spending $713,100 million
followed by France with 61,571
million.
21.) The country with the most
battle tanks is Russia with
28,381 tanks followed by the
USA with 7,821 tanks.
22.) The country with the most
birth is India with 25.2 million
estimated births for 2010 and
followed by China with 19.2
million births.
23.) China is the largest country
with the most death with 9.5
million estimated deaths for
2010 and followed by India with
7.1 million deaths.
24.) The country with the most
cremations is China with 4.5
million followed by Japan with
1.1 million.
25.) Niger is the country with
the greatest population growth
with a growth rate of 3.66%
followed by Uganda and UAE
with a growth rate of 3.56%.
26.) The most suicidal country
is Lithuania with 38.6% suicides
per 100,000 per annum followed
by Belarus with 35.1%.
27.) Angola is the country with
the highest infant mortality
with an estimated death rate of
178.13% per 1,000 live births
followed by Sierra Leone with
152.42%.
28.) The country with the most
marriages is the USA with 2.16
million marriages per year
followed by Bangladesh with
1.18 million.
29.) Colombia is the country
with the lowest marriage rate
with 1.7% marriages per 1,000
every year followed by
Dominican Republic with 2.8%.
30.) The country with the
lowest divorce rate is
Guatemala with 0.12% divorce
per 1,000 followed by Belize
with 0.17%.
31.) Russia is the country with
the highest divorce rate with
5.30% divorce per 1,000
marriages followed by Aruba
with 5.27%.
32.) The country with the most
primary pupils is India with
139.1 million followed by China
with 108.9 million.
33.) China is the country with
the most primary school
teachers with 5.9 million and
India with 2.1 million.
34.) The country with the most
secondary school students is
China with 101.19 million
followed by India with 91.5
million.
35.) China is the country with
the most university students –
23,361,000 followed by the USA
with 17,487,000.
36.) The country with the least
Press Freedom is North Korea
followed by Myanmar in
Southeast Asia.
37.) China is the country with
the most workers – 807.7
million followed by India with
523.5 million.
38.) The country with the
highest unemployment is
Nauru. Liberia is in second
place.
39.) Mali is the country with the
highest proportion of child
workers – 70.9% followed by
Mali with 67.5%.
40.) The country with the
highest proportion of female
workers is Mozambique with
53.4% of the labor force
followed by Burundi and
Rwanda with 51.4%.
41.) The USA is the largest
energy-consuming country.
China is the second placer.
42.) The largest oil-producing
country is Saudi Arabia with an
estimated annual production of
493.1 million tonnes followed by
Russia with 491.3 million
tonnes.
43.) Russia is the largest
natural gas-producing country
with an average annual
production of 546.7 million
tonnes followed by the USA
with 499.4 million tonnes.
44.) The largest carbon dioxide-
emitting country is China with
an annual emission of 1.8
billion tonnes followed by the
USA with 1.5 billion tonnes of
CO2.
45.) China is the country with
the most mobile phones - 649.7
million followed by India with
376.1 million subscribers.
47.) The largest motor vehicle-
owning country is the USA with
a total of 244 million owners
followed by Japan with 74.2
million owners.
48.) China, being the most
populous country in the world,
has the highest number of
internet users -360 million
while the USA has 227.7 million
users.
49.) There are 44 countries in
the world without shoreline.
The country with the longest
shoreline measuring 202,080
km is Canada followed by
Indonesia with 54,716 km.
50.) The Philippines, which is
ranked 72nd among the
countries of the world in term
of land area, is ranked number
12 in term of population with
more than 91 million people.
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