Geog 302/ GEOG 303 World Statistics

            1. World's Most Populous Countries -- July 2014 CIA World Factbook

1. China 1,355,692,576	6. Pakistan 196,174,380
2. India 1,236,344,631	7. Nigeria 177,155,754
3. U.S.A. 318,892, 103 *	8. Bangladesh 166,280,712
4. Indonesia 253,609,643	9. Russia 142,470,272
5. Brazil 202,656,788	10. Japan 127,103,388

*European Union Population at 511 million is actually 3rd

2. World's Top Ten Metropolitan Areas --CIA World Factbook

1. Tokyo             36.669 million	6. New York City 19.425 million
2. Delhi               22.157 million	7. Shanghai      16.575 million
3. Sao Paulo        20.262 million	8. Calcutta        15.552 million
4. Mumbai           20.041 million	9. Dhaka           14.648 million
5. Mexico City     19.46 million	10. Karachi 13.125 million

3. Most Densely Populated Countries:      1- Monaco 2- Singapore

4. Least Densely Populated Countries: -1)Greenland 2-Western Sahara 3-Mongolia

5. World's Largest Islands

1. Greenland	6. Sumatra
2. New Guinea	7. Honshu
3. Borneo	8. Great Britain
4. Madagascar	9. Victoria Island
5. Baffin Island	10. Ellesmere Island

6. Highest Mountain Range: Himalayas

7. Highest Mountain Peaks: 1- Mt. Everest 2- K2 3- Kanchenjunga 4- Lhotse I

8. Top 4 Largest Seas:  1- South China Sea 2- Caribbean Sea 3- Mediterranean Sea 4- Bering Sea

9. Longest Rivers

1. Nile	6.Huang-He (Yellow)
2. Amazon	7. Ob-Irtysh
3. Yangtze	8. Congo
4. Mississippi-Missouri	9. Parana
5. Yenisey	10. Amur-Argun

10. Largest Countries by land area

1.Russia	6. Australia
2. Canada	7. India*
3. U.S.A.	8. Argentina
4. China	9. Kazakhstan
5. Brazil	10. Algeria

*European Union is 7th if, included.

11. Seven Natural Wonders of the World:

1. Aurora Borealis; 2. Grand Canyon; 3. Paricutin;  4. Victoria Falls; 5. Mt. Everest;

6. Great Barrier Reef;  7. View of Rio de Janeiro Harbor

12. Top Ten largest economies in the World – +by GDP with purchasing power parity – CIA World Factbook, 2014.

1. U.S.A.	6. Germany
2. European Union	7.  Russia
3. China	8. Brazil
4. India	9. United Kingdom
5. Japan	10. France
	11. Mexico

13. Top 10 Crude Oil Exporting Countries  (Data ranges from 2010-2013 numbers)

1.Saudi Arabia	6. U.A.E.
2. Russia	7. Angola
3. Iran	8. Venezuela
4. Iraq	9. Norway
5. Nigeria	10. Canada

14. Top 10 Natural Gas Exporting Countries (Data ranges 2010-2013 numbers)

1.Russia	6. Netherlands
2. Qatar	7. Algeria
3. Norway	8. U.S.A.
4. European Union	9. Slovakia
5. Canada	10. Bolivia