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