Here is a list of 24 fascinating facts about various countries in the world today
1) Most People Behind Bars – United States: When it comes to incarcerating its population,
the united States is the world’s uncontested leader. The U.S. has 5% of the
world’s population but 25% of the world’s incarcerated population at 2,2
million people behind bars. China comes in second place at 1.5 million
and Russia comes third at 870,000. It should be noted though that China has
about 1.3 billion people, so it’s not too surprising that they’d also have one
of the world’s largest number of people behind bars. Russia only has 141
million people so their percentage of incarcerated people isn’t that far off
the .S. rate.
2) Most overweight population – Nauru: With over 95% of its
population overweight, the small island nation of Nauru is by the fattest
country on Earth and presumably has the highest sale rates. Its obesity
epidemic is primarily attributed to the importation of western fast food that
coincided with an increased standard of living in the 20th century
due to the global popularity of its phosphate exports. However in truth it’s
not really fast food. It’s because they’re choosing to eat more than their body
needs given their level of daily exercise, which triggers it to store more pounds of fat than
had eaten more pounds of fat than had they eaten more moderately.
3) Most Likely to Disappear Beneath the
Waves – Maldives: With all the talks of global warming and rising sea
levels, it’s the residents of the Maldives that have the greatest reason to
fear. With an average height of around 1.8 meters above the sea levels their
nation basically screwed unless they adopt the Venice.
4) Covers the Most Time Zones – France : If you count everything including overseas
territories, then France claims the little by covering 12 time zones. The
United States would be the runner – up with 11 and then Russia with 9.
5) Road Made of Coral – Guam: Because Guam have not any natural sand,
but rather coral, the island nation makes its asphalt using a mix of ground
coral and oil rather than importing sand from abroad.
6) Most Lakes in the World – Canada: With over 3 million lakes 9%
of Canadian territory is actually fresh and over 60% of all the lakes in the
world are found within its borders.
7) Country Covered with the Highest
Percentage of Desert – Libya: With 99% of the
country covered in desert, Libya is one of the most places in the world and in
some regions decades may go by without a single drop of rain.
8) World’s largest Producer of Opium – Afghanistan: Producing a whopping 95% of the world’s opium
9) Country that produces More Oxygen than Any
Other – Russia: Siberia is home to approximately 25% of the world’s
forests that span an area larger than the continental United States, making Russia
the largest converter of CO2 Into breathable
compounds. You win this round Russia.
10) Almost Entirely Treeless – Haiti: On the opposite end of the
spectrum is Haiti, a country that has been so badly deforested that you can
tell where it borders the
Dominican Republic by looking at a satellite image.
11) Last Peaceful Nation in the World – Somalia: Although for the last three
years Iraq has been ranked as the least peaceful country in the world,
according to the Global Peace Index Somalia overlook it this year for the top spot. This couldn’t
be surprising peace and war numbers through history, in terms of the number of
states/tribes/ etc. At war or at
peace tend to correlate well the amount of protein and
food available to the populace and Somalia’s not exactly known for its food
reserves and population able to afford said food. The best way to stop revolution and war is to put
food in the populace’ bellies and a roof over their heads. It’s as true today
as it was 1000 years ago.
12) Most Educated People – Canada: they aren’t just about their
lakes, bacon and flannels, with 50 % of its population having been educated at
the post secondary level, Canada easily has the most educated populace in the
world. It is followed by Israel at 45% and Japan at 44%.
Largest Country with no Farms – Singapore: Although there are a number of small nations in the world that
show no hint of having an agriculture based economy, Singapore is the largest
of these urban city – states.
13) Most Languages Spoken – Papua New Guinea: Although English is
its official language, only 1 – 2% of the population actually speak it. As the most linguistically
diverse country in the world , over 820
languages are spoken in Papua new guinea or 12% of the world’s total.
14) Most Sheep per Capita – Flakland Islands (UK) With only about 3,000 people the Flakland
islands are home to approximately half – a million sheep. Not surprisingly,
wool is a major export.
15) Least Densely Populated – Mongolia: At four people per square
mile, Mongolia is the least densely populated country on Earth. Compare this to
the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong that has the highest population density in
the world with over 340.000 people per square mile.
16) Most Tanks – Russia: it is a strange title to
hold, but Russia has by far the most tanks of any army in the world (21,000).
Unfortunately for the motherland most of these outdated machines are tributes
to its past, and although outnumbered (16,000), the United States has a much
advanced tank inventory.
17) Least Rivers – Saudi Arabia: Sounds a bit strange doesn’t
it? For a country as a big as Arabia there
has to be at least some sort of flowing water. Well, there isn’t. Most of their fresh water comes from desalinization plants underground
reservoirs.
18) Youngest Population of Any Country – Niger: generally the worlds youngest
country is determined by calculating the portion of the population that is
younger than 15. Presently it is Niger that holds this distinction with a roughly
half of its population having barely reached puberty (49%). As about 801% of it’s
landmass is covered in desert, apparently the only thing to do these days is make babies.
19) Highest Percentage of Land Covered in
Jungle – Suriname: With 91% of its land covered in jungle Suriname’s
half – a – million residents live primarily along the coast near the capital. Only
5% of the population live in land.
20) Most of its Citizens Living Abroad – Malta: After some rough economic
times coupled with an increased birth rate, Malta experienced significant emigration.
It was so significant that are now more Maltese living abroad that within the
country itself.
21) Smaller than Central Park in New York
City – Monaco: Although Vatican City is smaller than Monaco,
unlike Monaco it doesn’t have any permanent residents which leaves as the
smallest permanently inhabited nation in the world smaller than Central park.
22)Fastest Disappearing Nation – Ukraine: With a natural decrease in
population of 8% annually, between now and 2050 Ukraine is expected lose around
30% of its people.
23)Oldest Sovereign State – Egypt: This largely depends upon
your definition of a sovereign state but if you are going by first acquisition
of sovereignty then Egypt would be the first
country in the world to achieve sovereignty based upon the formation of the
first dynasty in 3100 BC.
24)Most Diverse Country – India: In almost every category – culturally,
economically, climatically, racially, linguistically, ethnically, and
religiously India is either the most diverse country in the world, or the
runner – up.
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