WORLD RANKINGS

We were always talking on our trip about country and city statistics and wondering where each country ranked against its peers so we prepared the below for our own reference for years to come as it will be interesting to see how much changes!

We have italicized the places we visited on this world tour.

World population = 6,807,491,700

BIGGEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD - BY POPULATION AND % OF WORLD POPULATION

1. China - 1,336,260,000 / 19.63%
2. India - 1,178,014,000 / 17.31%
3. United States - 308,831,000 / 4.54%
4. Indonesia - 231,369,500 / 3.4%
5. Brazil - 192,588,000 / 2.83%
6. Pakistan - 168,925,500 / 2.48%
7. Bangladesh - 162,221,000 / 2.38%
8. Nigeria - 154,729,000 / 2.27%
9. Russia - 141,927,297 / 2.98%
10. Japan - 127,430,000 / 1.87%

BIGGEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD - BY AREA

1. Russia: 17,075,200 km2 (6,591,027 mi2)
2. Canada: 9,984,670 km2 (3,854,082 mi2)
3. United States: 9,631,418 km2 (3,717,727 mi2)
4. China: 9,596,960 km2 (3,704,426 mi2)
5. Brazil: 8,511,965 km2 (3,285,618 mi2)
6. Australia: 7,686,850 km2 (2,967,124 mi2)
7. India: 3,287,590 km2 (1,269,009 mi2)
8. Argentina: 2,766,890 km2 (1,068,019 mi2)
9. Kazakhstan: 2,717,300 km2 (1,048,877 mi2)
10. Sudan: 2,505,810 km2 (967,243 mi2)

BIGGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD - BY POPULATION

1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000
2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000
3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000
4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000
5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000
6. Shanghai, China - 14,173,000
7. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488,000
8. Los Angeles, USA - 13,129,000
9. Calcutta, India - 12,900,000
10. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12,431,000

COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST POPULATION DENSITY - POPULATION/SQUARE KM

1. Macau - 18,534
2. Monaco - 16,923
3. Singapore - 7,022
4. Hong Kong - 6,348
5. Gibraltar - 4,558
6. Vatican City - 1,877
7. Malta - 1,308
8. Bermuda - 1,226
9. Bangladesh - 1,126
10. Bahrain - 1,098

POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD - BY GDP PER CAPITA

1. Democratic Republic of Congo - 300
2. Zimbabwe - 500
3. Liberia - 500
4. Guinea - Bissa - 600
5. Somalia - 600
6. Comoros - 600
7. Solomon Islands - 600
8. Niger - 700
9. Ethiopia - 700
10. Central African Republic - 700

BEST COUNTRY TO LIVE IN

Human Development Index (uses education, wealth and life expectancy figures):

1. Norway
2. Australia
3. Iceland
4. Canada
5. Ireland
6. Netherlands
7. Sweden
8. France
9. Switzerland
10. Japan

Quality of Life Index:

1. France
2. Australia
3. Switzerland
4. Germany
5. New Zealand
6. Luxembourg
7. United States
8. Belgium
9. Canada
10. Italy