20 amazing discoveries about countries around the world
Currently there are 236 countries and territories in the world. Read the article below to discover interesting features of countries around the world: the lowest country in the world, the most time-consuming country, which country has the most lakes .
The Maldives is the lowest country in the world when the roof of this island nation averages only 1.8 meters above sea level.This is also the most flat country in the world.
France has 12 different time zones and becomes the most time-consuming country inthe world.Followed by the US with 11 time zones and Russia is 9 time zones.
The Nauru island nation is home to the most overweight population on Earth.More than 95% of the population in this country suffers from obesity.The reason is that people consume too much fast food imported from the West in the 20th century.
Guam, an island located in the western Pacific Ocean has no natural sand but in return there are many corals.To avoid having to spend money to import sand from other countries, people here have crushed dead coral mixed with industrial oil to make asphalt for roads.
In the Falkland Islands (England), there are up to 500,000 sheep while the population is only about 3000 people.On average, each person who owns 350 sheep and wool exports is a key trade here
Canada has more than 3 million lakes, accounting for about 9% of the country's territory and accounting for 60% of the world's freshwater lakes.This is the country with the most lakes on Earth
The country with the lowest population density in the world is Mongolia.According to statistics, only 4 Mong people live on 1.6 km.Perhaps, the people here rarely meet their neighbors.
Saudi Arabia is a land without rivers.Most of Saudi Arabia's fresh water comes from desalination plants or underground reservoirs.
Niger is a country with a young population.49% of the nation's population is between the ages of 15 and under in the world.
India is the most diverse country in the world in many areas such as culture, economy, climate, race, language, ethnicity and religion.
The oldest sovereign nation is Egypt.The ancient Egyptians formed the government from 3100 BC.
Currently, the rate of natural population decline in Ukraine is about 0.8% per year and by 2050, Ukraine will lose about 30% of the existing population.This country is on the way to disappear fastest.
After the economic crisis and population boom, the Maltese chose to leave their homeland to settle in other countries.Today, you can hardly find the original Maltese here because most of them live abroad.
Although the Vatican has an area smaller than the Principality of Monaco, it is still recognized as the smallest country in the world.With an area of just over 2km², the Principality of Monaco is even smaller than Central Park (Central Park) in New York, USA!
91% of Suriname area is covered by dense forest
In contrast to Suriname, Haiti has almost no forest left due to logging.
You will be surprised to know that there are 820 different languages widely used in Papua New Guinea, accounting for 12% of the world's spoken languages.And of course, Papua New Guinea becomes the most linguistically speaking country in the world.
Canada is ranked as the best educated population of the population with 50% of the population studying at the high school level.Second place is Israel with 45% and Japan third with 44%.
99% of Libya is desert country, even some parts of Libya have never rained in decades.This is the driest country in the world.
In the United States, about 2.2 million people live after prison bars, accounting for 5% of the US population and 25% of the total number of prisoners worldwide.
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