Country |
Statistics |
Afghanistan |
Highest annual prevalence of opiates use, 2.65% of population |
Afghanistan |
Highest infant mortality rate, 119.41 deaths per 1000 live births |
Bangladesh |
Highest importance of religion, (tied with Nigeria and Somalia) |
Burkina Faso |
Worst situation with education according to Education Index, score of 0.274 |
Burundi |
Highest rate of urbanisation, +6.8% of urban population per year |
Chad |
Highest child mortality rate in the world |
Chad |
Highest maternal mortality ratio in the world |
China |
Largest labour force, 807,700,000 |
China |
Highest rate of execution per year, officially not released. |
China |
Largest population |
Cook Islands |
Lowest population growth rate, -3.07[40] |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
Highest poverty, 95.15% of population living under 2 dollar (PPP) a day |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Highest percentage of population suffering from undernourishment, 75% |
Denmark |
Best knowledge of English according to EF English Proficiency Index |
Denmark |
Most equal income distribution according to UN |
Estonia |
Lowest importance of religion |
Estonia |
Highest prevalence of females in population, 0.84 males per female |
Ethiopia |
Earliest human settlement, 195,000 years ago |
Finland |
Best student performance in science according to Programme for International Student Assessment |
Honduras |
Highest intentional homicide rate, 58 per 100000 people per year |
India |
Highest number of undernourished people, 230 million |
India |
Largest number of multi-dimensionally poor, 612 million |
India |
Largest Hindu population in the world |
India |
Largest Sikh population in the world |
India |
Highest number of doctors graduating in the world |
India |
Highest number of engineers graduating in the world |
Indonesia |
Largest Muslim population in the world |
Iran |
Largest Shia Population in the world |
Iran |
Highest rate of brain drain in the world |
Israel |
Largest Jewish population |
Maldives |
Highest annual population growth, 5.57% |
Mali |
Highest fertility rate, 7.34 births per woman |
Moldova |
Highest rate of de-urbanisation, -1.5% of urban population per year |
Monaco |
Highest overall life expectancy, 89.68 years |
Monaco |
Highest median age of population, 45.7 years |
Monaco |
Most densely populated, 23,660 per km² |
Mongolia |
Least densely populated, 1.7 per km² |
Montenegro |
Largest annual population decline, -0.93% |
Namibia |
Least equal income distribution |
Netherlands |
Tallest people, both men (1.837 m) and women (1.693 m) |
Niger |
Highest birth rate, 51.60 births per 1000 persons |
Nigeria |
Highest importance of religion, (tied with Bangladesh and Somalia) |
Norway |
Highest level of gender equality in the economy according to Global Gender Gap Report |
Papua New Guinea |
Most languages spoken in a country, 820 languages |
Papua New Guinea |
Highest annual prevalence of cannabis use, 29.5% of population |
Philippines |
Best proficiency in Business English according to Global English |
Qatar |
Highest net migration rate, 40.62 migrants per 1000 persons |
Russia |
Moscow is city with most billionaires, 79 billionaires with combined wealth of $375.3 billion. |
Russia |
Highest crude divorce rate, 4.42 per 1000 population |
Singapore |
Lowest infant mortality rate, 2.31 deaths per 1000 live births |
Singapore |
Lowest fertility rate, 1.08 births per woman |
Somalia |
Highest importance of religion, (tied with Bangladesh and Nigeria) |
South Africa |
Highest death rate, 17.23 deaths per 1000 persons |
South Africa |
Most HIV/AIDS deaths, 350,000 |
South Africa |
Most people living with HIV/AIDS, 5,600,000 |
South Sudan |
Lowest literacy rate, 27% of population |
Swaziland |
Lowest overall life expectancy, 31.88 years |
Swaziland |
Highest HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate, 26.01 of population |
Syria |
Lowest net migration rate per 1,000 population, -113.51 |
Taiwan |
Best student performance in mathematics according to Programme for International Student Assessment |
Tuvalu |
Smallest number of immigrants, 300 |
Uganda |
Lowest median age of population, 15 years |
United Arab Emirates |
Lowest death rate, 2.11 deaths per 1000 persons |
United Arab Emirates |
Highest prevalence of males in population, 2.19 males per female |
United States |
Most billionaires, 359 |
United States |
Highest incarceration rate, 760 prisoners per 100000 people, totalling 2,310,984 prisoners |
United States |
Most privately owned firearms per capita, 90 per 100 population |
United States |
Most privately owned firearms in total, 270 million |
United States |
Largest number of immigrants, 38,355,000 |
Vatican City |
Smallest population, 800 |
Vatican City |
Largest percentage of immigrant population, 100% |
Vietnam |
Smallest percentage of immigrant population, 0.0249% |
Zimbabwe |
Highest unemployment rate, 70% of population |
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