Around 200 countries and more than 7.5 billion people, the world is full of interesting, fun, and fascinating people, places, and things.
1. North Korea and Cuba are the only places you can’t buy Coca-Cola.
While this fizzy drink is sold practically everywhere, it still hasn’t (officially) made its way to North Korea or Cuba, according to the BBC.
2. The entire world’s population could fit inside Los Angeles.
The world’s total population is more than 7.5 billion they could all fit within the 500 square miles of Los Angeles, according to National Geographic.
3. More people visit France than any other country.
According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization that more people want to visit France than any other country in the world.
4. Indonesia is home to some of the shortest people in the world.
Though there are short people and tall people everywhere, Indonesia is home to some of the shortest people in the world, according to data compiled from various global sources by the Telegraph in 2017.
5. The Paris Agreement on climate change was signed by the largest number of countries ever in one day.
When 174 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement on Earth Day in 2016 at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, it was the largest number of countries ever to come together to sign anything on a single day, according to the UN.
6. The world’s quietest room is located at Microsoft’s headquarters in Washington state.
7. Four babies are born every second.
Every second, we welcome four new babies into our overall population. Do a little math and you’ll find out that means there are approximately 250 births each minute, 15,000 each hour, and 360,000 each day. In a full year, there are around 131.4 million babies born on Earth, according to the Ecology Global Network.
8. The coldest temperature ever recorded was -144 degrees Fahrenheit.
The temperature was recorded in Antarctica during a span of research between 2004 and 2016.
9. Japan is the world’s most earthquake-prone country.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Japan records the most earthquakes in the world.
10. People who are currently alive represent about 7 percent of the total number of people who have ever lived.
According to the bureau, the number of people alive today represents a whopping seven percent of the total number of humans who have ever lived.
11. Only two countries use purple in their national flags.
12. Africa and Asia are home to nearly 90 percent of the world’s rural population.
India has the largest number of people living in rural areas (approximately 893 million people live outside of the city), according to Reuters. China also has an impressively large rural population, with 578 million living outside of major centers.
13. There are more than 24 time zones around the world.
14. It’s estimated that Sweden has more islands than any other country.
With 221,800 islands, Sweden is thought to have more islands than any other country in the world. Only about 1,000 of them are inhabited.
15. There are 43 countries that still have a royal family.
The British royal family may be the most famous royal family on the planet, but there are still plenty of other nobles out there.
16. All giant pandas in zoos around the world are on loan from China.
They’re technically the property of the government of China, according to Vox.
17. Canada has nine percent of the world’s forests.
18. Facebook has more users than the population of the U.S., China, and Brazil combined.
2 billion active users have an account on the social media platform, which is more than the population of the United States, China, and Brazil combined.
19. New Zealanders have more pets per household than any other country.
68 percent of households in the country have a pet, which is more than any other nation in the world.
20. Tokyo is the world’s largest city with 37 million inhabitants.
With around 37 million people living in Tokyo, it’s the world’s largest city when it comes to population size, according to Reuters. The next largest city is Delhi, India, (population 29 million) and Shanghai, China (population 26 million).
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