List of statistically superlative countries
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Some countries are special, under a particular criteria. Below is a list of country superlatives.
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[edit] Geography
- Largest total area: Russia, 17,098,242 km²[1]
- Largest land area: Russia, 17,075,200 km²[2]
- Largest water area: Canada, 891,163 km²[3]
- Most coastline: Canada, 243,792 km[4]
- Most coastline to area ratio: Micronesia, 8,706.553 m/km²[5]
- Most compact measured in circular ratio: Mauritius, 0.81425[6]
- Most countries bordered: Russia and China, 14 (16 for China if the two special administrative regions are counted)
[edit] Demographics
- Largest population (2006): China, 1,315,844,000[7]
- Most densely populated (2004): Monaco, 23,660 per km²
- Highest murder rate (2000): Colombia, 61.7 murders per 100,000 people[8]
[edit] Quality of life
- Most years attaining the highest Human Development Index (HDI): Canada (10 out of 19 years)
- Highest Human Development Index (HDI) (2003): Norway[9]
[edit] Economy
- Highest GDP (nominal) (2005): United States, 12,485,726
- Highest GDP (nominal) per capita (2005): Luxembourg, 75,130
- Highest GDP growth rate (2005): Azerbaijan[10]
- Highest exports per capita: Liechtenstein, $90,000 (est. 2000)
- Most equal income distribution: Denmark (1997)[11]
- Most startup companies: United States[12]
- Most startup companies per capita: Israel[12]
- Largest labor force: China, 791,400,000[13]
[edit] Military
- Largest military budget: United States, $ 518,100,000,000 (2005 est.)[14]
- Largest military budget as %GDP: Eritrea, 17.7% (2005 est.)[15]
- Largest Standing Army: China (People's Liberation Army), 2.25 million troops (2005 est.)[16]
[edit] Transportation
- Most railway lines (length): United States, 227,736 km (2003)[17]
- Most roadways (length): United States, 6,407,637 km (2004)[18]
- Most airports: United States, 14,893 (2005)[19]
- Largest merchant marine fleet: Greece, 30,186,624 GRT (52,943,968 DWT) (2005)
[edit] Tourism
[edit] Athletic achievement
- Total Olympic medals: United States, 2112 (2006)[21]
- Winner of most Football World Cups: Brazil, 5 (2006)[22]
- Winner of most Rugby World Cups: Australia, 2 (2006)[23]
- Winner of most Basketball World Championships: Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro, 5 (2006)[24]
[edit] Technology
- Most technologically advanced according to the UN's Technology Achievement Index: Finland, .744 (2001)[25]
- Most internet users: United States, 203,824,428, (2005)[26]
- Most mobile cellular phones: China, 334,824,000[27]
- Most main line phones: China, 311,756,000[28]
- Most internet users per capita: Iceland, 70.2 per 100 inhabitants (total) (2004);[29] 26.7 per 100 inhabitants (broadband)(2005)[30]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13449
- ^ http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/ctyareal.htm
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ca.html#Geo
- ^ http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa052500a.htm
- ^ List of countries by coast/area ratio
- ^ List of countries by compactness
- ^ http://www.cpirc.org.cn/en/eindex.htm
- ^ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention. Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 – 2000.
- ^ http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/pdf/HDR05_HDI.pdf
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2003rank.html
- ^ http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/pdf/hdr05_HDI.pdf
- ^ a b http://www.ishitech.co.il/0605ar1.htm
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2095rank.htm
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2067rank.html
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2034rank.html
- ^ "China's Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2121rank.html
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2085rank.html
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2053rank.html
- ^ http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0198352.html
- ^ http://www.aneki.com/olympic.html
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/brazil/4751387.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/3090865.stm
- ^ Men's World Championship Team History
- ^ http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2001/en/pdf/techindex.pdf
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2153rank.html
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2151rank.html
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2150rank.html
- ^ http://www.etforecasts.com/products/ES_intusersv2.htm
- ^ http://gigaom.com/2006/04/11/iceland-broadbands-new-king/
