Snapshots.
Countries with the Highest & Lowest Life Expectancies
Highest Years
Andora 83.49
San Marino 81.43
Japan 80.93
Singapore 80.42
Australia 80.13
Switzerland 79.99
Sweden 79.97
Canada 79.83
Iceland 79.8
Italy 79.4
Lowest Years
Ethiopia 41.24
Swaziland 39.47
Rwanda 39.33
Zimbabwe 39.01
Malawi 37.98
Angola 36.96
Lesotho 36.94
Zambia 35.25
Botswana 32.26
Mozambique 31.3
The U.S. ranks 31st with a life expectancy of 77.14 years
Source: World Factbook 2003 (CIA)
Note: Table made from bar graph
Top 5 Oil Producers Millions of
Barrel
Produced
per Day
Saudi Arabia 8.711
U.S. 8.054
Russia 7.286
Iran 3.804
Mexico 3.590
Top 5 Oil Consumers Millions of
Barrel
Produced
per Day
U.S. 19.650
Japan 5.290
China 4.975
Germany 2.813
Russia 2.595
Note: Table made from bar graph.
Countries with the Most Internet Users (in millions)
U.S. 165.75
Japan 56
China 45.8
United Kingdom 34.3
Germany 32.1
South Korea 25.6
Italy 19.25
Russia 18
France 16.97
Canada 16.84
Brazil 13.98
Taiwan 11.6
Australia 10.63
Netherlands 9.73
Spain 7.89
India 7
Poland 6.4
Sweden 6.02
Malaysia 5.7
Philippines 4.5
Note: Table made from bar graph.
Major Religions of the World
Christianity 32.9%
Islam 19.8%
Nonreligious or ath 14.9%
Hinduism 13.3%
Chinese religions 6.3%
Buddhism 5.9%
Ethnic religions 3.7%
Other 3%
Judaism 0.2%
Note: Table made from pie graph
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica 2003 Book of the Year
[GRAPHIC OMITTED] Highest point of Earth: Mt. Everest Nepal 29,035 feet Lowest point of Earth: Shores of the Dead Sea Israel Israel, in the Bible Israel (ĭz`rēəl, ĭz`rāəl) [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, the chosen people of God. and Jordan Jordan, country, Asia Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,760,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on Syria in the north, on Iraq in the northeast, and on Saudi , 1,312 feet Below sea level Source: National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. Hottest place on Earth: El Azizia Azizia: see Al Aziziyah, Libya. , Libya Libya (lĭb`ēə), officially Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahirya [state of the masses], republic (2005 est. pop. 5,766,000), 679,358 sq mi (1,759,540 sq km), N Africa. , 136[degrees]F (on Sept. 13, 1922) Coldest place on Earth: Vostok Vostok Any of a series of six manned Soviet spacecraft launched from 1961 to 1963. Vostok 1 (1961) carried the first human (Yury A. Gagarin) into space. Vostok 3 set a new time record in space of 94 hours. , Antartica, -129[degrees]F (on July July: see month. 21, 1983) Source: National Climatic Data Center |
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