What is the number of countries in the world ?
UN Membership : 193 countries.
Globally accepted number of countries : 195
Vatican City (Holy See) and Kosovo are not members of UN.
DevelopedNation.org are currently treating HongKong and Macau as separate though they are part of China.

Some countries you may think are missing ?
Taiwan - Taiwan is part of China
Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England : They are part of United Kingdom or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Greenland, Palestine, Western Sahara : These are not countries

USSR : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Fifteen new countries became independent with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Most of these countries declared independence a few months preceding the fall of the Soviet Union in late 1991. These are : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan

Former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia dissolved in the early 1990s into five independent countries.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Macedonia (officially The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovenia

Which country moved 24 hours ahead in 2012 ?
Samoa and Tokelau have skipped a day - and jumped westwards across the international dateline - to align with trade partners. As the clock struck midnight (10:00 GMT Friday) as 29 December ended, Samoa and Tokelau fast-forwarded to 31 December, missing out on 30 December entirely.
Search Samoa in News Section for details

Which country has the highest number of airports ?
USA : 15,079 Airports (2010)
Brazil : 4,072
Mexico : 1,819

Which is the largest country in the world (in terms of size) ?
Russia : 17,098,242 sq kms
Canada : 9,984,670 sq kms
United States : 9,826,675 sq kms

Tuvalu 26 sq kms
Nauru 21 sq kms
Monaco 2 sq kms


Which country records highest birth rates in the world ?
Niger : 50.54 births per 1000 population
Uganda : 47.49 births per 1000 population
Mali : 45.62 births per 1000 population

Germany 8.3 births per 1000 population
Japan 7.31 births per 1000 population
Monaco 6.94 births per 1000 populations

 

Which country records highest death rates in the world ?
Angola 23.4
Afghanistan 17.39
South Africa 17.09

Qatar 2.43
Kuwait 2.11
United Arab Emirates 2.06

Which country records highest children born per woman in the world ?
Niger 7.6
Uganda 6.69
Mali 6.44

Korea, South 1.23
Japan 1.21
Singapore 1.11

Which country invests highest percentage of its GDP on Education ?
Timor-Leste 16.8
Cuba 13.6
Lesotho 12.4

United Arab Emirates 1.2
Monaco 1.2
Equatorial Guinea 0.6

Which country records highest GDP per capita in the world ?
Qatar $179,000 2010 est.
Liechtenstein $141,100 2008 est.
Luxembourg $82,600 2010 est.

Liberia $500 2010 est.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $300 2010 est.
Burundi $300 2010 est.

Which country records highest GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) in the world ?
United States $14,660,000,000,000
China $10,090,000,000,000
Japan $4,310,000,000,000

Marshall Islands $133,500,000
Nauru $60,000,000
Tuvalu $36,000,000


Which country records highest number of HIV deaths in the world ?
South Africa 310,000 2009 est.
Nigeria 220,000 2009 est.
India 170,000 2009 est.


All the following countries had 100 HIV deaths
Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Barbados,
Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bhutan, Comoros, Cuba, Denmark, Ireland, Czech Republic, Finland, Fiji, Georgia, Croatia, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Slovakia,
Luxembourg, Mongolia, Macedonia, Malta, Oman, Maldives, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Qatar, Serbia, Slovenia, Singapore, Serbia, Slovenia and Singapore

Which country has the highest number of People living with HIV / AIDS ?
South Africa 5,600,000
Nigeria 3,300,000
India 2,400,000

Turkmenistan 200
Brunei 200
Macedonia 200
Qatar 200
Maldives 100

Which country has the largest number of labour force in the world ?
China 815,300,000
India 478,300,000
United States 153,900,000

Marshall Islands 14,680
Palau 9,777
Kiribati 7,870

Which country has the highest life expectancy in the world ?
Monaco 89.73
San Marino 83.01
Andorra 82.43

Nigeria 47.56
Afghanistan 45.02
Angola 38.76

Which is the largest populated country in the world ?
China 1,336,718,015
India 1,189,172,906
United States 313,232,044

Palau 20,956
Tuvalu 10,544
Nauru 9,322

Which country ranks best and worst in Unemployment ?
Monaco 0 %
Qatar 0.5 %
Azerbaijan 0.9 %

Liberia 85 %
Nauru 90 %
Zimbabwe 95 %