Description of World

World Description    

Geography:

• Age: 4.55 billion years old


• Total Area: 510.072 million sq km (196.940 million sq mi)
  Land area: 148.94 million sq km (57.506 million sq mi)
  Water area: 361.132 million sq km (139.434 million sq mi)
  Coastline: 356,000 km (221,208 mi)
  Note: 70.8% of the world is water, 29.2% is land.


• Land Boundaries: 251,480.24 km (156,262.58 mi) not counting shared boundaries twice.


• Climate: Two large areas of polar climates are seperated by two rather narrow temperature zones from a wide equatorial band of trophical to subtrophical climates.


• Terrain: Highest elevation is Mt. Everest at 8,850 m (29,035 ft) and lowest land depression is the Dead Sea at -411 m (-1,349 ft) below sea level. The greatest ocean depth is the Mariana Trench at -10,924 (-35,840 ft) in Pacific Ocean.


• Land Use: Arable land: 10.73%.
  Permanent Crops: 1%
  Other: 88.27%
  Irrigated land: 2,714,320 sq km (1,048,005 sq mi)

Populations Countries, 2008 Country Population (in Million) China 1,324.7 India 1,149.3 United States 304.5 Indonesia 239.9 Brazil 195.1 Pakistan 172.8 Nigeria 148.1 Bangladesh 147.3 Russia 141.9 Japan 127.7

Largest Population Growth or Decline , 2008 Country Percent Uganda 263 Niger 261 Burundi 220 Liberia 216 Guinea-Bissau 205 Congo, Dem. Rep. 185 Timor-Leste (East Timor) 179 Mali 169 Somalia 166 Angola 155

Rank Order - Birth Rates Country Birth Rate(births/1000 population) Niger 49.62 Mali 49.38 Uganda 48.15 Afghanistan 45.82 Sierra Leone 45.08 Burkina Faso 44.68 Somalia 44.12 Angola 44.09 Congo, Dem. Rep. 43.00 Liberia 42.92 INDIA(Rank-87) 22.22

Rank Order - Death Rates Country Birth Rate (death/1000 population) Swaziland 30.70 Angola 24.44 South Africa 22.70 Lesotho 22.33 Sierra Leone 22.26 Zimbabwe 21.70 Liberia 21.45 Zambia 21.35 Mozambique 20.29 Niger 20.26 INDIA(Rank-150) 6.40

Ten Most Happy Countries Denmark Puerto Rico Colombia Iceland Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Switzerland Netherlands Canada Austria

Ten Most UnHappy Countries Zimbabwe Armena Moldova Belarus Ukraine Albania Iraq Bulgaria Georgia Russia

Most Stable and Prosperous Countries Vatican 99 Sweden 99 Luxembourg 99 Monaco 98 Gibraltar 98 San Marino 98 Liechtenstein 97 United Kingdom 97 The Netherlands 97 United States(22nd) 93

Most UnStable Central African Republic 39 Democratic Congo 38 Chad 38 Zimbabwe 38 Haiti 38 Ivory Coast 36 Afghanistan 36 Sudan 35 Somalia 29 Gaza and West Bank 27

Most Educated Countries in the world Rank Country Percentage of Population 1 Canada 44.0 2 United States 38.4 3 Japan 37.4 4 Sweden 33.4 5 Finland 33.3 6 Denmark 31.9 7 Australia 31.3 8 Norway 31.0 9 New Zealand 30.9 10 South Korea 29.5

Corruption Percentage Index Position Country Score 1 Denmark 9.3 1 New Zealand 9.3 1 Sweden 9.3 4 Singapore 9.2 5 Finland 9.0 5 Switzerland 9.0 7 Iceland 8.9 7 Netherlands 8.9 9 Australia 8.7 9 Canada 8.7 11 Luxembourg 8.3 12 Austria 8.1 12 Hong Kong 8.1 14 Germany 7.9 14 Norway 7.9 16 Ireland 7.7 16 United Kingdom 7.7 18 Belgium 7.3 18 Japan 7.3 18 USA 7.3 85 INDIA 3.4