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Most Expensive Countries to Live in Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Country Japan South Korea Russia Taiwan Norway Hong Kong Switzerland Denmark Argentina China Finland Cote d'Ivoire United States Sweden Venezuela United Kingdom Singapore Oman Jordan Kuwait
Richest Countries in the World Rank Country Luxembourg 1 Norway 2 United States 3 San Marino 4 Switzerland 5 Denmark 6 Iceland 7 Austria 8 Canada 9 10 Ireland 11 Belgium 12 Australia 13 Netherlands 14 Japan 15 United Kingdom 16 France 17 Germany 18 Finland 19 Monaco 20 Sweden
GDP - per capita $ 55,100 $ 37,800 $ 37,800 $ 34,600 $ 32,700 $ 31,100 $ 30,900 $ 30,000 $ 29,800 $ 29,600 $ 29,100 $ 29,000 $ 28,600 $ 28,200 $ 27,700 $ 27,600 $ 27,600 $ 27,400 $ 27,000 $ 26,800 Source: CIA World Factbook
Poorest Countries in the World Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Country East Timor Somalia Sierra Leone Malawi Tanzania Burundi Congo, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Comoros Eritrea Ethiopia Afghanistan Niger Yemen Madagascar Guinea-Bissau Zambia Kiribati Nigeria Mali
GDP - per capita $ 500 $ 500 $ 500 $ 600 $ 600 $ 600 $ 700 $ 700 $ 700 $ 700 $ 700 $ 700 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 900 $ 900 Source: CIA World Factbook
Richest Countries in Asia Rank Country Japan 1 Singapore 2 Brunei 3 Korea, South 4 Palau 5 Malaysia 6 Thailand 7 Turkey 8 Kazakhstan 9 10 Turkmenistan 11 China 12 Philippines 13 Maldives 14 Sri Lanka 15 Armenia 16 Azerbaijan 17 Indonesia 18 India 19 Vietnam 20 Papua New Guinea
GDP - per capita $ 28,200 $ 23,700 $ 18,600 $ 17,800 $ 9,000 $ 9,000 $ 7,400 $ 6,700 $ 6,300 $ 5,800 $ 5,000 $ 4,600 $ 3,900 $ 3,700 $ 3,500 $ 3,400 $ 3,200 $ 2,900 $ 2,500 $ 2,200 Source: CIA World Factbook
Top cell phone manufacturers Rank Country Finland 1 United States 2 Korea, South 3 Germany 4 Korea, South 5 6
Sweden
Manufacturer / Global market share Nokia / 30.4% Motorola /15.3% Samsung / 12.7% Siemens / 7.2% LG / 6.5% (Swedish/Japanese) Sony Ericsson / 6.2% Source: BBC
Most Corrupt World Leaders Rank Country Indonesia 1 Philippines 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Nigeria Serbia and Montenegro Haiti Peru Ukraine Nicaragua Philippines
Leader and alleged embezzlement Suharto, $15-35bn Ferdinand Marcos, $5-10bn Mobutu Sese Seko, $5bn Sani Abacha, $2-5bn (Yugoslavia) Slobodan Milosevic, $1bn J-C Duvalier, $300-800m Alberto Fujimori, $600m Pavlo Lazarenko, $114-200m Arnoldo Aleman, $100m Joseph Estrada, $78-80m Source: BBC
Countries with the Biggest TV Watchers Rank Country Thailand 1 Philippines 2 3 Egypt Turkey 4 Indonesia 5 United States 6 China 7 Brazil 8 United Kingdom 9 10 Japan
Weekly Hours Spent Watching 22.4 21 20.9 20.2 19.7 19 (Taiwan) 18.9 18.4 18 17.9
Richest People in the World Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Country United States United States India Mexico Saudi Arabia Sweden United States Germany United States United States
Individual Gates, William H III Buffett, Warren E Lakshmi Mittal Carlos Slim Helu Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Ingvar Kamprad Paul Allen Karl Albrecht Lawrence Ellison S Robson Walton
Source: Forbes
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE WON THE MOST MISS WORLD TITLES Venezuela
5
India
5
United Kingdom
4
Sweden
3
Jamaica
3
Netherlands
3
United States
2
South Africa
2
Iceland
2
Finland
2
Argentina
2
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE WON THE MOST MISS UNIVERSE TITLES Country
Number of Miss Universe Titles
United States
7
Venezuela
4
Puerto Rico
4
Sweden
3
Trinidad and Tobago
2
Thailand
2
Philippines
2
India
2
Finland
2
Brazil
2
Smallest Countries in the World Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 17 18 19 20
Country Vatican Monaco Nauru Tuvalu San Marino Liechtenstein Saint Kitts and Nevis Maldives Malta Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados Antigua and Barbuda Seychelles Andorra Bahrain Saint Lucia Singapore Micronesia Kiribati Tonga
Total Area (sq km) 0.44 1.95 21 26 61.2 160 261 300 316 389 430 442 455 468 620 620 647.5 702 717 748 Source: CIA World Factbook
Least Densely Populated Countries in the World Rank 1 2 3 4 4 6 7 8 9 10
Country Mongolia Namibia Australia Botswana Suriname Mauritania Iceland Libya Canada Guyana
Population per square mile 4.5 5.7 6.6 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.9 9.0 9.2
Most Commonly Spoken Languages Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Language Chinese (Mandarin) English Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) Spanish Russian Arabic Bengali Portuguese Malay-Indonesian French
Number of Speakers 1,000,000,000 + 508,000,000 497,000,000 392,000,000 277,000,000 246,000,000 211,000,000 191,000,000 159,000,000 129,000,000 Source: University of Washington
Countries Receiving the most Money from Remittances by Migrants Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Country India Mexico Philippines Morocco Egypt Turkey Lebanon Bangladesh Jordan Dominican Republic
Total Remittances (US dollars) $10bn $9.9bn $6.4bn $3.3bn $2.9bn $2.8bn $2.3bn $2.1bn $2bn $2bn Source: World Bank
Countries to have Won the Most Olympic Medals Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Country United States
USSR United Kingdom France Germany Italy Sweden Hungary
East Germany Australia
Number of Medals 2,112 1,234 665 601 573 478 471 442 410 352 Source: International Olympic Committee
Country Japan South Korea Russia Taiwan Norway Hong Kong Switzerland Denmark Argentina China Finland Cote d'Ivoire United States Sweden Venezuela United Kingdom Singapore Oman Jordan Kuwait
Richest Countries in the World Rank Country Luxembourg 1 Norway 2 United States 3 San Marino 4 Switzerland 5 Denmark 6 Iceland 7 Austria 8 Canada 9 10 Ireland 11 Belgium 12 Australia 13 Netherlands 14 Japan 15 United Kingdom 16 France 17 Germany 18 Finland 19 Monaco 20 Sweden
GDP - per capita $ 55,100 $ 37,800 $ 37,800 $ 34,600 $ 32,700 $ 31,100 $ 30,900 $ 30,000 $ 29,800 $ 29,600 $ 29,100 $ 29,000 $ 28,600 $ 28,200 $ 27,700 $ 27,600 $ 27,600 $ 27,400 $ 27,000 $ 26,800 Source: CIA World Factbook
Poorest Countries in the World Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Country East Timor Somalia Sierra Leone Malawi Tanzania Burundi Congo, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Comoros Eritrea Ethiopia Afghanistan Niger Yemen Madagascar Guinea-Bissau Zambia Kiribati Nigeria Mali
GDP - per capita $ 500 $ 500 $ 500 $ 600 $ 600 $ 600 $ 700 $ 700 $ 700 $ 700 $ 700 $ 700 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 900 $ 900 Source: CIA World Factbook
Richest Countries in Asia Rank Country Japan 1 Singapore 2 Brunei 3 Korea, South 4 Palau 5 Malaysia 6 Thailand 7 Turkey 8 Kazakhstan 9 10 Turkmenistan 11 China 12 Philippines 13 Maldives 14 Sri Lanka 15 Armenia 16 Azerbaijan 17 Indonesia 18 India 19 Vietnam 20 Papua New Guinea
GDP - per capita $ 28,200 $ 23,700 $ 18,600 $ 17,800 $ 9,000 $ 9,000 $ 7,400 $ 6,700 $ 6,300 $ 5,800 $ 5,000 $ 4,600 $ 3,900 $ 3,700 $ 3,500 $ 3,400 $ 3,200 $ 2,900 $ 2,500 $ 2,200 Source: CIA World Factbook
Top cell phone manufacturers Rank Country Finland 1 United States 2 Korea, South 3 Germany 4 Korea, South 5 6
Sweden
Manufacturer / Global market share Nokia / 30.4% Motorola /15.3% Samsung / 12.7% Siemens / 7.2% LG / 6.5% (Swedish/Japanese) Sony Ericsson / 6.2% Source: BBC
Most Corrupt World Leaders Rank Country Indonesia 1 Philippines 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Nigeria Serbia and Montenegro Haiti Peru Ukraine Nicaragua Philippines
Leader and alleged embezzlement Suharto, $15-35bn Ferdinand Marcos, $5-10bn Mobutu Sese Seko, $5bn Sani Abacha, $2-5bn (Yugoslavia) Slobodan Milosevic, $1bn J-C Duvalier, $300-800m Alberto Fujimori, $600m Pavlo Lazarenko, $114-200m Arnoldo Aleman, $100m Joseph Estrada, $78-80m Source: BBC
Countries with the Biggest TV Watchers Rank Country Thailand 1 Philippines 2 3 Egypt Turkey 4 Indonesia 5 United States 6 China 7 Brazil 8 United Kingdom 9 10 Japan
Weekly Hours Spent Watching 22.4 21 20.9 20.2 19.7 19 (Taiwan) 18.9 18.4 18 17.9
Richest People in the World Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Country United States United States India Mexico Saudi Arabia Sweden United States Germany United States United States
Individual Gates, William H III Buffett, Warren E Lakshmi Mittal Carlos Slim Helu Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Ingvar Kamprad Paul Allen Karl Albrecht Lawrence Ellison S Robson Walton
Source: Forbes
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE WON THE MOST MISS WORLD TITLES Venezuela
5
India
5
United Kingdom
4
Sweden
3
Jamaica
3
Netherlands
3
United States
2
South Africa
2
Iceland
2
Finland
2
Argentina
2
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE WON THE MOST MISS UNIVERSE TITLES Country
Number of Miss Universe Titles
United States
7
Venezuela
4
Puerto Rico
4
Sweden
3
Trinidad and Tobago
2
Thailand
2
Philippines
2
India
2
Finland
2
Brazil
2
Smallest Countries in the World Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 17 18 19 20
Country Vatican Monaco Nauru Tuvalu San Marino Liechtenstein Saint Kitts and Nevis Maldives Malta Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados Antigua and Barbuda Seychelles Andorra Bahrain Saint Lucia Singapore Micronesia Kiribati Tonga
Total Area (sq km) 0.44 1.95 21 26 61.2 160 261 300 316 389 430 442 455 468 620 620 647.5 702 717 748 Source: CIA World Factbook
Least Densely Populated Countries in the World Rank 1 2 3 4 4 6 7 8 9 10
Country Mongolia Namibia Australia Botswana Suriname Mauritania Iceland Libya Canada Guyana
Population per square mile 4.5 5.7 6.6 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.9 9.0 9.2
Most Commonly Spoken Languages Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Language Chinese (Mandarin) English Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) Spanish Russian Arabic Bengali Portuguese Malay-Indonesian French
Number of Speakers 1,000,000,000 + 508,000,000 497,000,000 392,000,000 277,000,000 246,000,000 211,000,000 191,000,000 159,000,000 129,000,000 Source: University of Washington
Countries Receiving the most Money from Remittances by Migrants Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Country India Mexico Philippines Morocco Egypt Turkey Lebanon Bangladesh Jordan Dominican Republic
Total Remittances (US dollars) $10bn $9.9bn $6.4bn $3.3bn $2.9bn $2.8bn $2.3bn $2.1bn $2bn $2bn Source: World Bank
Countries to have Won the Most Olympic Medals Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Country United States
USSR United Kingdom France Germany Italy Sweden Hungary
East Germany Australia
Number of Medals 2,112 1,234 665 601 573 478 471 442 410 352 Source: International Olympic Committee
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