All About World: July 2009

Trench	Location
Intermontane Trench	Western North America; between Intermontane Islands and North America
Insular Trench	Western North America; between Insular Islands and Intermontane Islands
Farallon Trench	Western North America
Tethyan Trench	South of Turkey, Iran, Tibet and Southeast Asia

Major oceanic trenches

Trench	Ocean	Depth
Mariana Trench	Pacific Ocean	10,911m
Tonga Trench	Pacific Ocean	10,882m
Kuril Trench	Pacific Ocean	10,542 m
Philippine Trench	Pacific Ocean	10,540 m
Kermadec Trench	Pacific Ocean	10,047 m
Izu-Bonin Trench (Izu-Ogasawara Trench)	Pacific Ocean	9,780 m
Japan Trench	Pacific Ocean	9,000 m
Puerto Rico Trench	Atlantic Ocean	8,605 m
Peru-Chile Trench or Atacama Trench	Pacific Ocean	8,065 m

Islands 25,000 km²–250,000 km²

Rank	Island's name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
7	Honshū	225,800	87,182	Japan (Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō and Tōhoku regions)
8	Victoria Island	217,291	83,897	Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)
9	Great Britain	209,331	80,823	United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales)
10	Ellesmere Island	196,236	75,767	Canada (Nunavut)
11	Sulawesi	180,681	69,761	Indonesia (Gorontalo and Central, North, South, South East and West Sulawesi)
12	South Island	145,836	56,308	New Zealand (Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough Regions)
13	Java	138,794	53,589	Indonesia (Banten, Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Central, East and West Java)
14	North Island	111,583	43,082	New Zealand
15	Newfoundland	108,860	42,031	Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador)
16	Cuba (main island)	105,806	40,852	Cuba
17	Luzon	104,688	40,420	Philippines (Bicol, Cagayan Valley, CALABARZON, Central Luzon, Cordillera, Ilocos and National Capital Region)
18	Iceland (main island)	101,826	39,315	Iceland
19	Mindanao	97,530	36,657	Philippines (Caraga, Davao, Muslim Mindanao, Northern Mindanao, SOCCSKSARGEN and Zamboanga Peninsula)
20	Ireland	81,638	31,521	Ireland and United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Islands over 250,000 km²

Rank	Island's name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
1	Greenland*	2,130,800	822,706	Greenland
2	New Guinea	785,753	303,381	Indonesia (Papua and West Papua) and Papua New Guinea
3	Borneo	748,168	288,869	Brunei, Indonesia (Central, East, South and West Kalimantan) and Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak)
4	Madagascar	587,713	226,917	Madagascar
5	Baffin Island	507,451	195,928	Canada (Nunavut)
6	Sumatra	443,066	171,069	Indonesia (Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau and North, South and West Sumatra)

biggest Countries by total Area

Rank	Country	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	% of Total	Notes
1	Russia	17,098,242	6,601,668	11.5%	Largest country in the world.
2	Canada	9,984,670	3,855,100	6.7%	Largest country in the Western Hemisphere. Longest coastline. Longest border with one other country (with the United States).
3 / 4 (depending on definition)	United States	9,629,091	3,717,813	6.5%	Includes only the 50 states and the District of Columbia. UN figure includes Great Lakes and coastal water areas. The total area is claimed as 9,826,630 km² (3,794,080 sq mi) by the CIA World Factbook, which additionally includes territorial waters. The total area is listed as 9,522,055 km² (3,676,486 sq mi) by the Encyclopædia Britannica, and excludes coastal and territorial waters. Second-largest country in Western Hemisphere. Longest border with one other country (with Canada).
3 / 4 (depending on definition)	China	9,596,961–9,639,688	3,705,407–3,721,904	6.4% 6.5%	Largest all-Asian country, second largest Asian country (after Asian part of Russia). This entry uses the UN figure for mainland China (9,596,961 km²/3,705,407 sq mi), excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, for which the UN has separate figures. Both values exclude all the territorial waters and the island of Taiwan and other ROC-controlled territories. The smaller figure excludes all territories disputed with India, whereas the larger figure includes PRC-administered areas of Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract, both territories claimed by India, but excludes Arunachal Pradesh which is administered by India but claimed by the PRC. The PRC claims 9,758,801 km² (3,767,894 sq mi) of total territorial space for China^{[citation needed]} See: Territorial changes and Land reclamations of P.R.China
5	Brazil	8,514,877	3,287,612	5.7%	Includes Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martim Vaz, and Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo. All islands together make 365 km² (141 sq mi) (less than 0.003% of all continental territory). Largest country in South America and in the Southern Hemisphere.
6	Australia	7,692,024	2,969,907	5.2%	Includes Cocos (Keeling) Islands (14 km²/5.4 sq mi), Christmas Island (135 km²/52 sq mi), Macquarie Island (128 km²/49 sq mi), and Lord Howe Island (56 km²/22 sq mi). Excludes external territories of Norfolk Island (36 km²/14 sq mi), Ashmore and Cartier Islands (5 km²/1.9 sq mi), Coral Sea Islands Territory (0.91 km²/0.35 sq mi), and Heard and McDonald Islands (372 km²/144 sq mi). Excludes claims on Australian Antarctic Territory (5,896,500 km²/2,276,700 sq mi). Australia is the only country that contains an entire continent. Largest country without a land-border to neighbours. Largest country in Oceania. Largest country wholly in the Southern Hemisphere.
7	India	3,287,263	1,269,219	2.3%	Figure includes 120,849 km² (46,660 sq mi) of disputed territories with Pakistan and China. Third-largest country in Asia (after Russia and China).
8	Argentina	2,780,400	1,073,500	2%	Does not include claims on the Falkland Islands (12,200 km²/4,700 sq mi), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and on Antarctica (969,000 km²/374,000 sq mi). Second largest country in South America.
9	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1,052,100	1.8%	Largest landlocked country in the world. Second-largest country with part of its territory in Europe (after Russia).
10	Sudan	2,505,813	967,500	1.7%	Largest country in Africa and in the Arab World.
11	Algeria	2,381,741	919,595	1.6%	Second-largest country in Africa.
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,344,858	905,355	1.6%	Third-largest country in Africa.
13	Greenland	2,166,086	836,330	1.5%	A constituent country in the Kingdom of Denmark. Largest island in the world. (Assuming continents are not counted as islands)
14	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	1.4%	Exact size unknown, due to undefined borders with some of its neighbors. Largest country in the Middle East.
15	Mexico	1,964,375	758,449	1.3%	Third-largest country in North America, third largest in Latin America, and fifth largest in the Western Hemisphere. Includes 1,959,248 km²/756,470 sq mi on the mainland and 244 islands located in the Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea which cover a combined area of 5,127 km²/1,980 sq mi. It does not include claims on Clipperton Island (Spanish: Isla de la Pasión) 8.9 km²/3.4 sq mi.
16	Indonesia	1,904,569	735,358	1.3%	Largest and most populous country situated only on islands. Also the largest country in South East Asia.
17	Libya	1,759,540	679,360	1.2%	Fourth-largest country in Africa.
18	Iran	1,648,195	636,372	1.1%	Second largest country in the Middle East.
19	Mongolia	1,564,100	603,900	1.1%	Second largest landlocked country in the world; previously first, before the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics .
20	Peru	1,285,216	496,225	0.86%	Third-largest country in South America

Lakes with greatest maximum depth by continent

Africa — 1: Tanganyika, 2: Nyasa, 3: Kivu
Antarctica — 1: Vostok
Asia — 1: Baikal, (2: Caspian Sea), 3: Issyk Kul, (3: Matano)
Europe — 1: Hornindalsvatnet, 2: Mjøsa, 3: Salsvatn
North America — 1: Great Slave Lake, 2: Crater, 3: Quesnel

Central America — 1: Atitlán, 2: Chicabal

Oceania — 1: Hauroko, 2: Manapouri, 3: Te Anau,

Australia — 1: St Clair

South America — 1: O'Higgins/San Martín, 2: General Carrera, 3: Argentino

Lakes ranked by maximum depth

	Name	Country	Region	Depth (meters)	Depth (feet)
1.	Baikal	Russia	Siberia	&0000000000001637.0000001,637	&0000000000005369.0000005,369
2.	Tanganyika	Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Zambia	Central Africa	&0000000000001470.0000001,470	&0000000000004823.0000004,823
3.	(Caspian Sea	Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan		&0000000000001025.0000001,025	&0000000000003363.0000003,363
4.	Vostok	Antarctica		&0000000000000900.000000>900	&0000000000002950.000000>2,950
5.	O'Higgins-San Martín	Chile, Argentina	Aysén (Chile), Santa Cruz (Argentina)	&0000000000000836.000000836	&0000000000002742.0000002,742
6.	Nyasa	Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi		&0000000000000706.000000706	&0000000000002316.0000002,316
7.	Issyk Kul	Kyrgyzstan		&0000000000000668.000000668	&0000000000002192.0000002,192
8.	Great Slave	Canada	Northwest Territories	&0000000000000614.000000614	&0000000000002015.0000002,015
9.	Crater	United States	Oregon	&0000000000000594.000000594	&0000000000001949.0000001,949
10.	Matano	Indonesia	Sulawesi	&0000000000000590.000000590	&0000000000001936.0000001,936
11.	General Carrera	Chile, Argentina		&0000000000000586.000000586	&0000000000001923.0000001,923
12.	Hornindalsvatnet	Norway	Sogn og Fjordane	&0000000000000514.000000514	&0000000000001686.0000001,686
13.	Quesnel	Canada	British Columbia	&0000000000000506.000000506	&0000000000001660.0000001,660
14=	Toba	Indonesia	Sumatra	&0000000000000505.000000505	&0000000000001657.0000001,657
14=	Sarez	Tajikistan		&0000000000000505.000000505	&0000000000001657.0000001,657
16.	Tahoe	United States	California, Nevada	&0000000000000501.000000501	&0000000000001644.0000001,644
17.	Argentino	Argentina	Santa Cruz (Patagonia)	&0000000000000500.000000500	&0000000000001640.0000001,640
18.	Kivu	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda		&0000000000000480.000000480	&0000000000001575.0000001,575
19.	Mjøsa	Norway	Hedmark, Oppland and Akershus counties	&0000000000000468.000000468	&0000000000001535.0000001,535
20.	Salsvatn	Norway	Nord-Trøndelag county	&0000000000000464.000000464	&0000000000001523.0000001,523

Largest Lakes by continent

Africa: Lake Victoria
Antarctica: Lake Vostok (Subglacial lake)
Asia: Lake Baikal (or the Caspian Sea, a small ocean)
Oceania: Lake Eyre (Fresh: Lake Taupo)
Europe: Lake Ladoga
North America: Lake Michigan-Huron
South America: Lake Titicaca (or Lake Maracaibo, a bay of the Caribbean)

Largest lakes of Europe

		Name	Alternative names	Country	Average area (km²)	Notes
1	E01	Ladoga	Лáдожское Óзеро, Laatokka	Russia	17700	14th largest lake in the world
2	E02	Onega	Onego, Онежское озеро, Ääninen, Äänisjärvi	Russia	9894	18th largest lake in the world
		Kuybyshev	Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir, Ку́йбышевское водохрани́лище	Russia	6450	3rd largest reservoir in the world
3	N01	Vänern		Sweden	5655	Largest lake in Sweden
		Rybinsk	Rybinskoye Reservoir, Ры́бинское водохрани́лище	Russia	4500
4	N02	Saimaa	Saimen	Finland	4377	Largest lake in Finland; a group of smaller lake basins
5	E03	Peipus	Peipsi-Pihkva järv, Чудско-Псковское озеро, Peipusa ezers	Estonia, Russia	3555	Largest lake in Estonia
		Tsimlyansk	Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir, Цимля́нское водохрани́лище	Russia	2702
		Kremenchuk-Oskol	Кременчуцьке водосховище	Ukraine	2250
		Kakhovka	Каховське водосховище	Ukraine	2155
6	N03	Vättern		Sweden	1893
		Saratov	Саратовское водохрани́лище	Russia	1831
		Gorky	Горьковское водохрани́лище	Russia	1591
		Suur-Saimaa		Finland	1377	Largest basin of Saimaa
7	E04	Beloye	Белое озеро	Russia	1290
8	E05	Vygozero	Выгозеро, Uikujärvi	Russia	1250	Original area 766 km² before the construction of a dam
9	N04	Mälaren		Sweden	1140
10	W01	IJsselmeer	Lake Yssel	Netherlands	1100	Largest lake in the Netherlands

Largest Lakes

	Name	Countries with shoreline	Area	Length	Maximum depth	Water volume		Notes
1	Caspian Sea*	Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Iran Azerbaijan Russia	371,000 km² (143,000 sq mi)	1,199 km (745 mi)	1,025 m (3,360 ft)	78,200 km³ (18,800 cu mi)		Variously considered the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. Geologically, it is a small ocean.^[3]

	Name	Countries with shoreline	Area	Length	Maximum depth	Water volume	Notes
2	Michigan-Huron	Canada United States	117,702 km² (45,445 sq mi)	710 km (440 mi)	282 m (930 ft)	8,458 km³ (2,029 cu mi)	Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are physically a single body of water. If counted separately, Huron and Michigan are the third and fourth largest, respectively.
3	Superior	Canada United States	82,414 km² (31,820 sq mi)	616 km (383 mi)	406 m (1,330 ft)	12,100 km³ (2,900 cu mi)	The largest lake in the world if Huron-Michigan is counted as two lakes.
4	Victoria	Uganda Kenya Tanzania	69,485 km² (26,828 sq mi)	322 km (200 mi)	84 m (280 ft)	2,750 km³ (660 cu mi)	The second largest lake in the world if Huron-Michigan is counted as two lakes.
5	Tanganyika	Burundi Tanzania Zambia Democratic Republic of the Congo	32,893 km² (12,700 sq mi)	676 km (420 mi)	1,470 m (4,800 ft)	18,900 km³ (4,500 cu mi)	Second deepest lake in the world.
6	Baikal	Russia	31,500 km² (12,200 sq mi)	636 km (395 mi)	1,637 m (5,370 ft)	23,600 km³ (5,700 cu mi)	Deepest lake in the world. Largest volume fresh water lake in the world.
7	Great Bear Lake	Canada	31,080 km² (12,000 sq mi)	373 km (232 mi)	446 m (1,460 ft)	2,236 km³ (536 cu mi)
8	Malawi	Tanzania Mozambique Malawi	30,044 km² (11,600 sq mi)	579 km (360 mi)	706 m (2,320 ft)	8,400 km³ (2,000 cu mi)
9	Great Slave Lake	Canada	28,930 km² (11,170 sq mi)	480 km (300 mi)	614 m (2,010 ft)	2,090 km³ (500 cu mi)
10	Erie	Canada United States	25,719 km² (9,930 sq mi)	388 km (241 mi)	64 m (210 ft)	489 km³ (117 cu mi)

Longest Rivers in the world

River	Length (km)	Length (miles)	Drainage area (km²)	Average discharge (m³/s)	Outflow	Countries in the drainage basin
Nile	6,650	4,135	3,349,000	5,100	Mediterranean Sea	Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Amazon	6,400	3,980	6,915,000	219,000	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
Yangtze (Chang Jiang)	6,300	3,917	1,800,000	31,900	East China Sea	P.R. China
Mississippi - Missouri	6,275	3,902	2,980,000	16,200	Gulf of Mexico	United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
Yenisei - Angara - Selenga	5,539	3,445	2,580,000	19,600	Kara Sea	Russia, Mongolia
Yellow (Huang He)	5,464	3,398	745,000	2,110	Bohai Sea (Balhae)	P.R. China
Ob - Irtysh	5,410	3,364	2,990,000	12,800	Gulf of Ob	Russia, Kazakhstan, P.R. China, Mongolia
Congo - Chambeshi (Zaire)	4,700	2,922	3,680,000	41,800	Atlantic Ocean	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
Amur - Argun (Heilong Jiang)	4,444	2,763	1,855,000	11,400	Sea of Okhotsk	Russia, P.R. China, Mongolia
Lena	4,400	2,736	2,490,000	17,100	Laptev Sea	Russia

Saturday, July 25, 2009

1. Society was patriarchal and the eldest male of the kutumba was the head of the family.

2. Rigvedic society comprised of four varnas based on occupation of individuals.

3. Varna system based on birth was not prevailing in this period.

4. The four varnas (brahmana, kshatriya, vaishya, shudra) were mentioned for the first time in the Purushsukta of Mandal X of Rigveda.

5. Ever member of same family was free to take any occupation.

Do You Know ?

1. Gayatri Mantra is addressed to Savitri.

2. Vishnu was a less important God in early vedic period.

3. Agni is the only God who is regarded as present among all the categories of God.

Rigvedic Gods

Diti : Mother of the Daityas

Usha : Goddess of Dawn

Savitri : Stimulator or God of light

Varuna: God of water, clouds, oceans, river and moral governer of details

Aditi : Goddess of Eternity

Agni : Priest of God, Intermediary between God and Man

Maruta : God of Storm

Soma : God of plants

Script of Harappans

1. The Harappans knew the art of writing. There are nearly 4,000 specimens of Harappan writing on stone seals and other objects.

2. The Harappan script is not alphabetical but mainly pictographic.

3. The Harappan script has not been deciphered so far.

4. Script was consisted of about 400 symbols, out of which 75 were original and remaining were their variants.

Religion of Harappans

1. Pashupati seal has been found from Mohenjodaro in which a Yogi figure has been depicted.

2. The Yogi on the seal is surrounded by buffalo, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros and deer. Hence the Yogi is said to be proto-Shiva.

3. Signs of phallic worship have been found.

4. Harappans worshipped Mother Goddess.

5. A building called Great Bath have been found at Mohenjodaro which was meant for ritual bathing.

Facts About Kalibangan

1. It was not as well planned or organised as Mohenjodaro was.

2. It did not have a drainage system.

3. A number of firepits agnikundas have been found there.

4. Kalibangan was discovered in 1953. It is located in Upper Rajasthan.

Facts about Lothal

1. A dockyard have been found at lothal.

2. In 1957, Lothal was discovered by S.R. Rao in Gulf of Cambay in Gujrat.

3. Red & Black clay pots, copper tols, brick built tank like structure, a bed making factory and a seal from Iran have been found at Lothal.

Facts about Mohenjodaro

1. The literal meaning of Mohenjodaro in Sindhi language is mound of the dead.

2. The Great Bath, a granary, big halls, a bronze statue of a dancing girl, idol of a yogi and numerous seals have been found here.

3. The evidences of a assembly hall and proper planned houses with a kitchen and courtyard have been found at Mohenjodaro.

4. Mohenjodaro was discovered in 1922 under the supervision of R.D. Bannerji.

Facts About Harappa

1. Six granaries and sixteen agnikundas hav been found here.

2. People of Harappa knew the process of making tarcoal.

3. Main gate for the entry in the house of Harappa was in the north direction.

4. Main gate for the entry in the houses of Harappa was in the north direction.

Important Sites of Harappan Civilisation

Site Location River Bank

Harappa : Montegomari, Punjab : Ravi

Mohanjodaro : Larkana, Sindh(Pakistan) : Indus

Sutkagendaro : Baluchistan(Pakistan) : Dashta

Chanhudaro : Sindh (Pakistan) : Indus

Rangpur : Ahemdabad(India) : Meedar

Kalibangan : Ganganagar(Rajasthan) : Ghaggar

Friday, July 24, 2009

List of seaports in Atlantic Ocean

Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Accra, Ghana
A Coruña, Spain
Port of Albany-Rensselaer, New York, United States
Avilés, Spain
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Rosales, Argentina
Belgrano, Argentina
Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Barranquilla, Colombia
Belém, Brazil
Bergen, Norway
Port of Bilbao, Spain
Bodø, Norway
Port of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Bridgetown, Barbados
Brunswick, Georgia, United States
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Calabar, Nigeria
Cabinda, Angola
Cádiz, Spain
Port Canaveral, Florida, United States
Cape May, New Jersey, United States
Cape Town, South Africa
Port of Casablanca, Morocco
Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Colon, Panama
Cork, Ireland
Dakar, Senegal
Douala, Cameroon
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
El Musel, Gijón, Spain
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Fortaleza, Brazil
Galway, Ireland
Georgetown, Guyana
Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Hamilton, Bermuda
Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States
Harstad, Norway
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Lagos, Nigeria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Libreville, Gabon
Lisbon, Portugal
Lomé, Togo
Luanda, Angola
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Melford, Nova Scotia, Canada (proposed)
Port of Miami, Florida, United States
Monrovia, Liberia
Montevideo, Uruguay
Nantes, France
Narvik, Norway
Nassau, Bahamas
Port of New York and New Jersey, New York, United States
Paramaribo, Suriname
Pecém, Brazil
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Port Everglades, Florida, United States
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Portland, Maine, United States
Porto, Portugal
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Recife, Brazil
Reykjavík, Iceland
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Salvador, Brazil
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Port of Santos near São Paulo, Brazil
Port of Savannah, Georgia, United States
St. Augustine, Florida, United States
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada
Setúbal, Portugal
Sines, Portugal
Stornoway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Shannon/Foynes, Ireland
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Tangier, Morocco
Tromsø, Norway
Trondheim, Norway
Port of Vigo, Spain
Vitória, Brazil
Walvis Bay, Namibia
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Ålesund, Norway

World's busiest transshipment ports

Rank Port Country Transshipment TEUs (000s) % Transshipment

1 Singapore Singapore 17,447 81.8
2 Hong Kong People's Republic of China 6,661 30.3
3 Shanghai People's Republic of China 6,244 42.9
4 Kaohsiung Taiwan (Republic of China) 5,070 52.2
5 Busan South Korea 4,754 41.6
6 Tanjung Pelepas Malaysia 3,851 95.8
7 Rotterdam Netherlands 3,328 40.2
8 Dubai United Arab Emirates 3,220 50.1
9 Gioia Tauro Italy 2,621 80.4
10 Algeciras Spain 2,487 84.7
11 Hamburg Germany 2,296 32.8
12 Salalah Oman 2,217 99.5
13 Klang Malaysia 2,144 40.9
14 Colombo Sri Lanka 1,583 71.3
15 Port Authority of Jamaica Jamaica 1,494 23.0
16 Antwerp Belgium 1,394 23.0

world's busiest port regions

Region Ports Gross tonnage handled Total

Yangtze River Delta, People's Republic of China Port of Shanghai (Waigaoqiao, Yangshan) 443,000 863,920
Port of Ningbo 268,000
Port of Suzhou 152,920
Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta, Netherlands/Belgium Port of Rotterdam[note 1] 429,06 (2008) 780,341
Port of Antwerp 189,389 (2008)
Port of Amsterdam 94,770 (2008)
Port of Ghent 33,844 (2008)
Port of Zeeland[note 3] 33,278 (2008)
Pearl River Delta, People's Republic of China Port of Guangzhou 215,190 571,315
Port of Hong Kong 220,879
Port of Shenzhen 135,246
Bohai Bay, People's Republic of China Port of Dalian 145,162 512,973
Port of Qingdao 161,650
Port of Tianjin 206,161
Singapore Strait, Singapore/Malaysia Johor Port 28,290
Port of Singapore 393,418
Port of Tanjung Pelepas
Osaka Bay, Japan Port of Kobe 185,781 467,986
Port of Osaka 141,808
Port of Sakai-Senboku 72,750
Port of Wakayama-Shimotsu 39,018
Others (Himeji,Nishinomiya,Hannan]) 28,629
Tokyo Bay, Japan Chiba Port 169,254
Port of Kawasaki
Port of Tokyo 91,427
Port of Yokohama 126,960
Port of Yokosuka
New Orleans area, Louisiana, United States Port of Baton Rouge
Port of New Orleans 70,886
Port of South Louisiana 203,517
Los Angeles, California, United States Port of Long Beach 72,684
Port of Los Angeles

ports and harbours of the Australian Ocean

Barrow Island, Western Australia
Broome, Western Australia
Bunbury, Western Australia
Busselton, Western Australia
Challenger Harbour, Western Australia
Cockatoo Island, Western Australia
Cossack, Western Australia
Dampier, Western Australia
Derby, Western Australia
Fishing Boat Harbour, Western Australia
Fremantle, Western Australia
Garden Island, Western Australia
Geraldton, Western Australia
Hamelin Bay, Western Australia
Koolan Island, Western Australia
Kwinana, Western Australia
Port Adelaide, South Australia
Port Hedland, Western Australia
Thompsons Bay, Western Australia
Wyndham, Western Australia

List of ports and harbours of the Indian Ocean

Alang, India
Beypore, India
Calicut, India
Cuddalore,India
Car Nicobar, India
Chennai Port, India
Ennore Port, India
Dabhol, India
Goa, India
Gopalpur, India
Hazira, India
Kakinada, India
Kochi, India
Kolkata, India
Krishnapatnam, India
Mangalore (NMPT), India
Mormugao, India
Mumbai, India
Mundra, India
Narsapur, India
Panaji, India
Paradip, India
Pipavav, India
Pondicherry, India
Port Blair, India
Ratnagiri, India
Tuticorin, India
Visakhapatnam, India
Bhavnagar, India
Bedi, India
Porbandar, India
Veraval, India
Okha, India
Navlakhi, India
Dahej, India
Sikka, India
Jakhau, India
Mundra, India
Magdalla, India

Famous Autobiographies 1900-2008

Joaquim Nabuco, Minha formação, 1900
Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery, 1901
Helen Keller, The Story of My Life, 1903
Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907
Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Autobiography, posthumous, 1907
Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), The Red Fighter Pilot, 1917
Nikola Tesla, My Inventions, c. 1919
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (My Struggle), 1925
Isadora Duncan, "My Life". 1927
Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, 1927 and 1929
Black Elk and John J. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks, 1931
Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, 1933
Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography, 1936
Robert Wagner, Pieces of My Heart, 2008
Richard Wright, Black Boy, 1945
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian , 1951
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, 1965
Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory, 1966
Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1966-76
Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire, 1968
Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969
Roald Dahl, Boy & Going Solo, 1986
Annie Dillard, An American Childhood, 1987
Ronald Reagan, An American Life, 1990
Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father, 1996
A P J Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire, 1999
Craig Thompson, Blankets, 2003
Chelsea Handler, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, 2005
Fidel Castro, My Life - A Spoken Autobiography, 2006
Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, 2007
Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, 2007
Eminem, The Way I Am, 2008
Chelsea Handler, Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, 2008
Jesse Lee Kercheval, Space (memoir)

Nobel laureates of India

Amartya Kumar Sen, Economics, 1998
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar*, Physics, 1983
Mother Teresa, Republic of Macedonia, Peace, 1979
Har Gobind Khorana*, Medicine, 1968
C. V. Raman, Physics, 1930
Rabindranath Tagore, Literature, 1913
Rudyard Kipling*, Literature, 1907
Ronald Ross*, Physiology or Medicine, 1902

Inventions that Changed the World

1 "The Gun" 15 January 2004
Clarkson discovers the history and development of the gun and even makes one of his own.
2 "The Computer" 22 January 2004
Clarkson reveals the origins of the computer and the recent areas of artificial intelligence
3 "Jet" 29 January 2004
Clarkson shows how much the Jet has changed the world by travelling around the world
4 "Telephone" 5 February 2004
Clarkson gives the details of the first telephones and shows how much has changed since its invention
5 "Television" 12 February 2004
Finally Clarkson reveals the invention of the television and how it affected the world since its invention

Modern Era Scientists of India

APJ Abdul Kalam
Anil Kakodkar
Birbal Sahni
Jatin Chanana
Kailas Nath Kaul, botanist and world authority on palms
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar - Mathematician. Known for his contributions to singularity theory and Abhyankar's conjecture
Jagmohan Lal Razdan, pioneer of radiology in India
CNR Rao
CV Raman
Vijay P. Bhatkar
Ganapathi Thanikaimoni
Ashok Gadgil - Inventor of UV-disinfection method
Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran
D. R. Kaprekar - Mathematician. Famous for his work on Number Theory
Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava
Har Gobind Khorana
Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje
Tej P Singh
Harish Chandra
Manindra Agrawal - Computer scientist, noted for co-developing the AKS primality testing algorithm.
Narendra Karmarkar - Mathematician. Renowned for developing Karmarkar's algorithm
Homi Bhabha
Jagdish Chandra Bose
Dr. Jayant Narlikar - Prominent Astrophysicist His work on conformal gravity theory with Sir Fred Hoyle, called Hoyle-Narlikar theory, demonstrated a synthesis can be achieved between Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and Mach's principle.
Lalji Singh
Nitya Anand
Prof. Abhay Ashtekar- known for 'Ashtekar Variables'. He is also regarded as a founder of the theory of Loop quantum gravity
Meghnad Saha
ML Madan
Dr. Sarang A. Kulkarni - Well known Marine Biologist
Padmanabhan Balaram
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Ranajit Chakraborty
Roddam Narasimha
Arun Netravali - Chief Scientist & former CEO of Bell Labs.
Salim Ali
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
Srinivasa Ramanujan
SN Bose
Sir M. Visvesvaraya
Sujoy K. Guha
Sunder Lal Hora
Vainu Bappu
Vikram Sarabhai
William Stephen Atkinson
Deja Imani Walker
Shayla Ravera
Britney Marano
Nia Amari Hall
Dr. S.C.D. Sah
Kanakarajh Raman
Mohammed.E.Dilawar

Ancient Scientists from India

Aryabhatt
Bhāskara I
Brahmadeva
Brahmagupta
Charaka
Baudhayana
Halayudha
Jayadeva
Pingala
Nagarjun
Nine Unknown Men

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

National Awards Year Winner Occupation

17th 1969 Devika Rani actress
18th 1970 B. N. Sircar producer
19th 1971 Prithviraj Kapoor actor (posthumous)
20th 1972 Pankaj Mullick composer (music director)
21st 1973 Ruby Myers (Sulochana) actress
22nd 1974 Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy Director
23rd 1975 Dhirendranath Ganguly actor, director
24th 1976 Kanan Devi actress
25th 1977 Nitin Bose cinematographer, director, writer,
26th 1978 Rai Chand Boral composer, director
27th 1979 Sohrab Modi actor, director, producer
28th 1980 Paidi Jairaj actor, director
29th 1981 Naushad Ali composer (music director)
30th 1982 L. V. Prasad actor, director, producer
31st 1983 Durga Khote actress
32nd 1984 Satyajit Ray director
33rd 1985 V. Shantaram actor, director, producer
34th 1986 B. Nagi Reddy producer
35th 1987 Raj Kapoor actor, director
36th 1988 Ashok Kumar actor
37th 1989 Lata Mangeshkar singer
38th 1990 A. Nageswara Rao actor
39th 1991 Bhalji Pendharkar director, producer, writer
40th 1992 Bhupen Hazarika composer (music director)
41st 1993 Majrooh Sultanpuri lyricist
42nd 1994 Dilip Kumar actor
43rd 1995 Rajkumar actor
44th 1996 Sivaji Ganesan actor
45th 1997 Pradeep lyricist
46th 1998 B.R. Chopra director, producer
47th 1999 Hrishikesh Mukherjee director
48th 2000 Asha Bhosle singer
49th 2001 Yash Chopra director, producer
50th 2002 Dev Anand actor, director, producer
51st 2003 Mrinal Sen director
52nd 2004 Adoor Gopalakrishnan director
53rd 2005 Shyam Benegal director
54th 2006 Tapan Sinha director

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Jnanpith Award Recipients

Year Name Works Language

1965 G Sankara Kurup Odakkuzhal Malayalam
1966 Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya Ganadevta Bengali
1967 Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa (Kuvempu) Sri Ramayana Darshanam Kannada
1967 Umashankar Joshi Nishitha Gujarati
1968 Sumitranandan Pant Chidambara Hindi
1969 Firaq Gorakhpuri Gul-e-Naghma Urdu
1970 Viswanatha Satyanarayana Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu Telugu

1971 Bishnu Dey Smriti Satta Bhavishyat Bengali
1972 Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' Urvashi Hindi
1973 Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre Nakutanti Kannada
1973 Gopinath Mohanty Paraja Oriya
1974 Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar Yayati Marathi
1975 P.V.Akilan Chitttrappavai Tamil
1976 Asha Purna Devi Pratham Pratisruti Bengali
1977 K.Shivaram Karanth Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (Mookajjis dreams) Kannada
1978 Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Ajneya' Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar Hindi
1979 Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya Mrityunjay Assamese
1980 S. K. Pottekkatt Oru Desattinte Katha (Story of a land) Malayalam

1981 Amrita Pritam Kagaj te Canvas Punjabi
1982 Mahadevi Varma Yama Hindi
1983 Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar Chikkaveera Rajendra Kannada
1984 Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Malayalam
1985 Pannalal Patel Maanavi Ni Bhavaai Gujarati
1986 Sachidananda Rout Roy Oriya
1987 Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar Natsamrat Marathi
1988 Dr.C. Narayana Reddy Vishwambhara Telugu
1989 Qurratulain Hyder Akhire Shab Ke Humsafar Urdu
1990 V. K. Gokak Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi Kannada

1991 Subhas Mukhopadhyay Bengali
1992 Naresh Mehta Hindi
1993 Sitakant Mahapatra Oriya
1994 U.R. Ananthamurthy Kannada
1995 M. T. Vasudevan Nair Malayalam
1996 Mahasweta Devi Bengali
1997 Ali Sardar Jafri Urdu
1998 Girish Karnad YAYATHI Kannada
1999 Nirmal Verma Hindi
1999 Gurdial Singh Punjabi
2000 Indira Goswami Assamese

2001 Rajendra Keshavlal Shah Gujarati
2002 D. Jayakanthan Tamil
2003 Vinda Karandikar Marathi
2004 Rahman Rahi Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz Kashmiri
2005 Kunwar Narayan Hindi
2006 Ravindra Kelekar Konkani
2006 Satya Vrat Shastri Sanskrit

Gandhi Peace Prize Recipients

No Year Name Recipient Description

1. 1995 Julius Nyerere 1st President of Tanzania
2. 1996 A. T. Ariyaratne Founder of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
3. 1997[1] Gerhard Fischer[2] German diplomat, recognised for his work against leprosy and polio
4. 1998 Ramakrishna Mission Founded by Swami Vivekananda
5. 1999[3] Baba Amte Social Worker
6. 2000 Nelson Mandela (co-recipient) Former President of South Africa
7. 2000 Grameen Bank (co-recipient) Founded by Muhammad Yunus
8. 2001[4] John Hume Northern Irish Politician
9. 2002 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
10. 2003 Václav Havel Last President of Czechoslovakia and first President of the Czech Republic
11. 2004 Coretta Scott King Widow of Martin Luther King
12. 2005[5] Desmond Tutu South African cleric and activist
13. 2006 Yohei_Sasakawa Chairman of Nippon_Foundation

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Top 10 Cities proper by population

1. Mumbai : 13,922,125

2. Shanghai : 13,831,900

3. Karanchi :12,991,000

4. Delhi: 12,259,230

5. Istanbul: 11,372,613

6. Sau Polo: 10,990,249

7. Moscow: 10,452,000

8. Seoul: 10,421,782

9. Beijing: 10,123,000

10. Maxico City: 8,836,045

Population Density of India

India :

Population : 1,130,618,000
Area(Km Square): 3,287,263
Area(Mi Square): 1,269,219
Density(/Km Square): 344
Density(/Mi Square) : 890

population density of World

World (land only)

Population: 6,733,164,238
Area(Km Square):148,940,000
Area (Mi Sque): 57,510,000
Density (/Km Squre): 45.21
Density(/Mi Aquare):117.1

World (with water)

Population: 6,733,164,238
Area(Km Square):510,072,000
Area (Mi Sque): 196,940,000
Density (/Km Squre): 13.20
Density(/Mi Aquare):34.2

Population density

Population density (in agriculture standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography.

World population

The term world population commonly refers to the total number of living humans on Earth at a given time. As of 22 July 2009 (UTC), the Earth's population is estimated by the United States Census Bureau to be 6.773 billion

Top 10 Cities in the U.S. by Population

New York, N.Y. 8,008,278
Los Angeles, Calif. 3,694,820
Chicago, Ill. 2,896,016
Houston, Tex. 1,953,631
Philadelphia, Pa. 1,517,550
Phoenix, Ariz. 1,321,045
San Diego, Calif. 1,223,400
Dallas, Tex. 1,188,580
San Antonio, Tex. 1,144,646
Detroit, Mich. 951,270

Population growth

Rate of increase:

237.771 million in Asia
92.293 million in Africa
38.052 million in Latin America
16.241 million in Northern America
1.955 million in Oceania
-3.264 million in Europe
383.047 million in the whole world

Countries of the World (Population)

Country Population 2001 Ranking

China 1,273,111,290 1
India 1,029,991,145 2
United States 278,058,881 3
Indonesia 228,437,870 4
Brazil 174,468,575 5
Russia 145,470,197 6
Pakistan 144,616,639 7
Bangladesh 131,269,860 8
Japan 126,771,662 9
Nigeria 126,635,626 10
Mexico 101,879,171 11
Germany 83,029,536 12
Philippines 82,841,518 13
Vietnam 79,939,014 14
Egypt 69,536,644 15
Turkey 66,493,970 16
Iran 66,128,965 17
Ethiopia 65,891,874 18
Thailand 61,797,751 19
United Kingdom 59,647,790 20
France 59,551,227 21
Italy 57,679,825 22
Congo Democratic Republic 53,624,718 23
Ukraine 48,760,474 24
Korea South 47,904,370 25
South Africa 43,586,097 26
Burma 41,994,678 27
Colombia 40,349,388 28
Spain 40,037,995 29
Poland 38,633,912 30
Argentina 37,384,816 31
Tanzania 36,232,074 32
Sudan 36,080,373 33
Algeria 31,736,053 34
Canada 31,592,805 35
Kenya 30,765,916 36
Morocco 30,645,305 37
Peru 27,483,864 38
Afghanistan 26,813,057 39
Nepal 25,284,463 40
Uzbekistan 25,155,064 41
Uganda 23,985,712 42
Venezuela 23,916,810 43
Iraq 23,331,985 44
Saudi Arabia 22,757,092 45
Taiwan 22,370,461 46
Romania 22,364,022 47
Malaysia 22,229,040 48
Korea North 21,968,228 49
Ghana 19,894,014 50
Sri Lanka 19,408,635 51
Mozambique 19,371,057 52
Australia 19,357,594 53
Yemen 18,078,035 54
Kazakhstan 16,731,303 55
Syria 16,728,808 56
Cote d'Ivoire 16,393,221 57
Madagascar 15,982,563 58
Netherlands 15,981,472 59
Cameroon 15,803,220 60
Chile 15,328,467 61
Ecuador 13,183,978 62
Guatemala 12,974,361 63
Cambodia 12,491,501 64
Burkina Faso 12,272,289 65
Zimbabwe 11,365,366 66
Cuba 11,184,023 67
Mali 11,008,518 68
Yugoslavia 10,677,290 69
Greece 10,623,835 70
Malawi 10,548,250 71
Angola 10,366,031 72
Niger 10,355,156 73
Belarus 10,350,194 74
Senegal 10,284,929 75
Czech Republic 10,264,212 76
Belgium 10,258,762 77
Hungary 10,106,017 78
Portugal 10,066,253 79
Zambia 9,770,199 80
Tunisia 9,705,102 81
Sweden 8,875,053 82
Chad 8,707,078 83
Dominican Republic 8,581,477 84
Bolivia 8,300,463 85
Austria 8,150,835 86
Azerbaijan 7,771,092 87
Bulgaria 7,707,495 88
Guinea 7,613,870 89
Somalia 7,488,773 90
Rwanda 7,312,756 91
Switzerland 7,283,274 92
Hong Kong 7,210,505 93
Haiti 6,964,549 94
Benin 6,590,782 95
Tajikistan 6,578,681 96
Honduras 6,406,052 97
El Salvador 6,237,662 98
Burundi 6,223,897 99
Israel 5,938,093 100
Paraguay 5,734,139 101
Laos 5,635,967 102
Sierra Leone 5,426,618 103
Slovakia 5,414,937 104
Denmark 5,352,815 105
Libya 5,240,599 106
Finland 5,175,783 107
Jordan 5,153,378 108
Togo 5,153,088 109
Papua New Guinea 5,049,055 110
Georgia 4,989,285 111
Nicaragua 4,918,393 112
Kyrgyzstan 4,753,003 113
Turkmenistan 4,603,244 114
Norway 4,503,440 115
Moldova 4,431,570 116
Croatia 4,334,142 117
Singapore 4,300,419 118
Eritrea 4,298,269 119
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,922,205 120
New Zealand 3,864,129 121
Ireland 3,840,838 122
Costa Rica 3,773,057 123
Lebanon 3,627,774 124
Lithuania 3,610,535 125
Central African Republic 3,576,884 126
Albania 3,510,484 127
Uruguay 3,360,105 128
Armenia 3,336,100 129
Liberia 3,225,837 130
Congo Republic of the Congo 2,894,336 131
Panama 2,845,647 132
Mauritania 2,747,312 133
Jamaica 2,665,636 134
Mongolia 2,654,999 135
Oman 2,622,198 136
United Arab Emirates 2,407,460 137
Latvia 2,385,231 138
Lesotho 2,177,062 139
Bhutan 2,049,412 140
Macedonia 2,046,209 141
Kuwait 2,041,961 142
Slovenia 1,930,132 143
Namibia 1,797,677 144
Botswana 1,586,119 145
Estonia 1,423,316 146
Gambia The 1,411,205 147
Guinea-Bissau 1,315,822 148
Gabon 1,221,175 149
Mauritius 1,189,825 150
Trinidad and Tobago 1,169,682 151
Swaziland 1,104,343 152
Fiji 844,330 153
Qatar 769,152 154
Cyprus 762,887 155
Guyana 697,181 156
Bahrain 645,361 157
Comoros 596,202 158
Equatorial Guinea 486,060 159
Solomon Islands 480,442 160
Djibouti 460,700 161
Macau 453,733 162
Luxembourg 442,972 163
Suriname 433,998 164
Martinique 418,454 165
Cape Verde 405,163 166
Malta 394,583 167
Brunei 343,653 168
Maldives 310,764 169
Bahamas The 297,852 170
Iceland 277,906 171
Barbados 275,330 172
Belize 256,062 173
Vanuatu 192,910 174
Samoa 179,058 175
Sao Tome and Principe 165,034 176
Saint Lucia 158,178 177
Micronesia Federated 134,597 178
Saint Vincent and Grenadines 115,942 179
Tonga 104,227 180
Kiribati 94,149 181
Grenada 89,227 182
Seychelles 79,715 183
Marshall Islands 70,822 184
Dominica 70,786 185
Andorra 67,627 186
Antigua and Barbuda 66,970 187
Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,756 188
Liechtenstein 32,528 189
Monaco 31,842 190
San Marino 27,336 191
Palau 19,092 192
Nauru 12,088 193
Tuvalu 10,991 194
Holy See (Vatican City) 890 195

Country/Island/Ocean Total Area sq. km Sq. km of Land Sq. km of Water Rank

Afghanistan 647,500 647,500 0 41
Albania 28,748 27,398 1,350 140
Algeria 2,381,740 2,381,740 0 11
Andorra 468 468 0 178
Angola 1,246,700 1,246,700 0 23
Antigua and Barbuda 442 442 0 181
Argentina 2,766,890 2,736,690 30,200 8
Armenia 29,800 28,400 1,400 139
Australia 7,686,850 7,617,930 68,920 6
Austria 83,858 82,738 1,120 113
Azerbaijan 86,600 86,100 500 112

Bahamas The 13,940 10,070 3,870 155
Bahrain 620 620 0 176
Bangladesh 144,000 133,910 10,090 92
Barbados 430 430 0 182
Belarus 207,600 207,600 0 84
Belgium 30,510 30,230 280 137
Belize 22,966 22,806 160 147
Benin 112,620 110,620 2,000 100
Bhutan 47,000 47,000 0 129
Bolivia 1,098,580 1,084,390 14,190 28
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 51,129 0 125
Botswana 600,370 585,370 15,000 45
Brazil 8,511,965 8,456,510 55,455 5
Brunei 5,770 5,270 500 163
Bulgaria 110,910 110,550 360 103
Burkina Faso 274,200 273,800 400 73
Burma 678,500 657,740 20,760 40
Burundi 27,830 25,650 2,180 143

Cambodia 181,040 176,520 4,520 88
Cameroon 475,440 469,440 6,000 53
Canada 9,976,140 9,220,970 755,170 2
Cape Verde 4,033 4,033 0 165
Central African Republic 622,984 622,984 0 43
Chad 1,284,000 1,259,200 24,800 21
Chile 756,950 748,800 8,150 38
China 9,596,960 9,326,410 270,550 4
Colombia 1,138,910 1,038,700 100,210 26
Comoros 2,170 2,170 0 168
Congo Democratic Republic 2,345,410 2,267,600 77,810 12
Congo Republic of the Congo 342,000 341,500 500 63
Costa Rica 51,100 50,660 440 126
Cote d'Ivoire 322,460 318,000 4,460 68
Croatia 56,542 56,414 128 124
Cuba 110,860 110,860 0 104
Cyprus 9,250 9,240 10 161
Czech Republic 78,866 77,276 1,590 115

Denmark 43,094 42,394 700 131
Djibouti 22,000 21,980 20 148
Dominica 754 754 0 171
Dominican Republic 48,730 48,380 350 128

Ecuador 283,560 276,840 6,720 72
Egypt 1,001,450 995,450 6,000 30
El Salvador 21,040 20,720 320 149
Equatorial Guinea 28,051 28,051 0 142
Eritrea 121,320 121,320 0 97
Estonia 45,226 43,211 2,015 130
Ethiopia 1,127,127 1,119,683 7,444 27

Fiji 18,270 18,270 0 152
Finland 337,030 305,470 31,560 64
France 547,030 545,630 1,400 48

Gabon 267,667 257,667 10,000 75
Gambia The 11,300 10,000 1,300 158
Georgia 69,700 69,700 0 119
Germany 357,021 349,223 7,798 62
Ghana 238,540 230,020 8,520 78
Greece 131,940 130,800 1,140 95
Greenland 2,175,600 2,175,600 0 13
Grenada 340 340 0 184
Guatemala 108,890 108,430 460 105
Guinea 245,857 245,857 0 76
Guinea-Bissau 36,120 28,000 8,120 134
Guyana 214,970 196,850 18,120 82

Haiti 27,750 27,560 190 144
Holy See (Vatican City) 0.4 0.4 0 194
Honduras 112,090 111,890 200 101
Hungary 93,030 92,340 690 109

Iceland 103,000 100,250 2,750 106
India 3,287,590 2,973,190 314,400 7
Indonesia 1,919,440 1,826,440 93,000 16
Iran 1,648,000 1,636,000 12,000 18
Iraq 437,072 432,162 4,910 58
Ireland 70,280 68,890 1,390 118
Israel 20,770 20,330 440 150
Italy 301,230 294,020 7,210 70

Jamaica 10,990 10,830 160 159
Japan 377,835 374,744 3,091 61
Jordan 92,300 91,971 329 111

Kazakhstan 2,717,300 2,669,800 47,500 9
Kenya 582,650 569,250 13,400 47
Kiribati 717 717 0 173
Korea North 120,540 120,410 130 98
Korea South 98,480 98,190 290 108
Kuwait 17,820 17,820 0 153
Kyrgyzstan 198,500 191,300 7,200 85

Laos 236,800 230,800 6,000 80
Latvia 64,589 64,589 0 122
Lebanon 10,400 10,230 170 160
Lesotho 30,355 30,355 0 138
Liberia 111,370 96,320 15,050 102
Libya 1,759,540 1,759,540 0 17
Liechtenstein 160 160 0 189
Lithuania 65,200 65,200 0 121
Luxembourg 2,586 2,586 0 167

Macedonia 25,333 24,856 477 146
Madagascar 587,040 581,540 5,500 46
Malawi 118,480 94,080 24,400 99
Malaysia 329,750 328,550 1,200 65
Maldives 300 300 0 186
Mali 1,240,000 1,220,000 20,000 24
Malta 316 316 0 185
Marshall Islands 181.3 181.3 0 188
Mauritania 1,030,700 1,030,400 300 29
Mauritius 1,860 1,850 10 169
Mexico 1,972,550 1,923,040 49,510 14
Micronesia Federated 702 702 0 174
Moldova 33,843 33,371 472 136
Monaco 2 2 0 193
Mongolia 1,565,000 1,565,000 0 19
Morocco 446,550 446,300 250 57
Mozambique 801,590 784,090 17,500 36

Namibia 825,418 825,418 0 34
Nauru 21 21 0 192
Nepal 140,800 136,800 4,000 94
Netherlands 41,526 33,883 7,643 132
New Zealand 268,680 268,670 10 74
Nicaragua 129,494 120,254 9,240 96
Niger 1,267,000 1,266,700 300 22
Nigeria 923,768 910,768 13,000 32
Norway 324,220 307,860 16,360 67

Oman 212,460 212,460 0 83

Pakistan 803,940 778,720 25,220 35
Palau 458 458 0 179
Panama 78,200 75,990 2,210 116
Papua New Guinea 462,840 452,860 9,980 54
Paraguay 406,750 397,300 9,450 59
Peru 1,285,220 1,280,000 5,220 20
Philippines 300,000 298,170 1,830 71
Poland 312,685 304,465 8,220 69
Portugal 92,391 91,951 440 110
Puerto Rico 9,104 8,959 145 162

Qatar 11,437 11,437 0 157

Romania 237,500 230,340 7,160 79
Russia 17,075,200 16,995,800 79,400 1
Rwanda 26,338 24,948 1,390 145

Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 261 0 187
Saint Lucia 620 610 10 177
Saint Vincent and Grenadines 389 389 0 183
Samoa 2,860 2,850 10 166
San Marino 61.2 61.2 0 190
Sao Tome and Principe 1,001 1,001 0 170
Saudi Arabia 1,960,582 1,960,582 0 15
Senegal 196,190 192,000 4,190 86
Seychelles 455 455 0 180
Sierra Leone 71,740 71,620 120 117
Singapore 647.5 637.5 10 175
Slovakia 48,845 48,800 45 127
Slovenia 20,253 20,253 0 151
Solomon Islands 28,450 27,540 910 141
Somalia 637,657 627,337 10,320 42
South Africa 1,219,912 1,219,912 0 25
Spain 504,782 499,542 5,240 51
Sri Lanka 65,610 64,740 870 120
Sudan 2,505,810 2,376,000 129,810 10
Suriname 163,270 161,470 1,800 91
Swaziland 17,363 17,203 160 154
Sweden 449,964 410,934 39,030 55
Switzerland 41,290 39,770 1,520 133
Syria 185,180 184,050 1,130 87

Taiwan 35,980 32,260 3,720 135
Tajikistan 143,100 142,700 400 93
Tanzania 945,087 886,037 59,050 31
Thailand 514,000 511,770 2,230 50
Togo 56,785 54,385 2,400 123
Tonga 748 718 30 172
Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 5,128 0 164
Tunisia 163,610 155,360 8,250 90
Turkey 780,580 770,760 9,820 37
Turkmenistan 488,100 488,100 0 52
Tuvalu 26 26 0 191

Uganda 236,040 199,710 36,330 81
Ukraine 603,700 603,700 0 44
United Arab Emirates 82,880 82,880 0 114
United Kingdom 244,820 241,590 3,230 77
United States 9,629,091 9,158,960 470,131 3
Uruguay 176,220 173,620 2,600 89
Uzbekistan 447,400 425,400 22,000 56

Vanuatu 12,200 12,200 0 156
Venezuela 912,050 882,050 30,000 33
Vietnam 329,560 325,360 4,200 66

Yemen 527,970 527,970 0 49
Yugoslavia 102,350 102,136 214 107

Zambia 752,614 740,724 11,890 39
Zimbabwe 390,580 386,670 3,910 60

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