TODAY FACTS

If you like kids, then Uganda might be the place for you. Half the population is under 15!

Senior gentlemen might consider a trip to Russia, where there are two women over 65 for every man.

Single guys should check out The Virgin Islands, where the women outnumber the men.

South America is unusual in that it is both highly urbanized and poor.

Many Americans live alone - the United States leads the world in one person households.

Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country

Looking for geniuses? Head straight to Iceland. There are more than 3 Nobel Prize Winners for every million Icelanders.

Sri Lanka has lowest divorce rate in the world - and the highest rate of female suicide.

Australians have a huge 380,000 sq m of land per person - and yet 91% live in urban areas.

Nearly a quarter of people in Monaco are over 65.

The United States has the world's highest marriage rate - as well as the world's highest divorce rate.

If you're Dutch or Swedish, you're among the world's most likely to end up living in a retirement home. If you're Japanese, you'll probably end up living with your children.

Of all the nations of the world, China has the most people. But there are 71 nations that are more crowded.

Most households in Europe and North America contain fewer than three people.

Like living in cities? Guadeloupe, Nauru, Monaco, Singapore, Gibraltar and Bermuda are only nations that are 100% urbanised.

There are 11 countries where the average woman has more than six children. Ten of them are in Africa.

Mali and Niger have 7 children born per woman, yet their populations grow at less than 3% per year.

Mexico has the most Jehovah's Witnesses per capita in the OECD

At least 9 out 10 Nigerians attend church regularly. Only 4 out of 10 Americans claim to do so.

Finns are perhaps the world's greatest athletes, ranking first in medals per capita for Summer Olympics, and third for Winter Olympics.

Russia won the first World Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included hang-gliding, sky-surfing, and ballooning.

Don't start a company in Australia. More than 20% of the tax collected in Australia is corporate income tax.

WORLD'S AWESOME AND INTEREST FACTS

The United States has the most money, airports, radios and Internet Service Providers.

Malaysia has the lowest rate of cinema attendance in the world.

A three-minute local phone call in Ecuador costs 60 U.S. cents, 60 times as much as in Ukraine, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, or Uzbekistan.

Israel enjoys a GDP per capita 21 times that of the Palestinian West Bank and 33 times that of the Gaza Strip. Its military spending per capita tops the world.

North Korea spends the most of its GDP on its military.

The United States spends more money on its military than the next 12 nations combined.

In the 1990's, nearly half of all arms exported to developing countries came from the United States of America.

If you're looking to invade someone by sea, try Canada! Canada has only 9000 Navy personnel guarding the longest national coastline in the world.

Moldova has one of the smallest artillery forces in Europe, and the highest rate in the world of death by powered lawnmower. Coincidence? Surely not.

On average, more than 70 persons die of varicose veins per year per country.

If someone you know died from falling out of a tree, you’re probably Brazilian.

You are more likely to be reported as having been killed by lightning in Cuba than in any other country.

AWESOME FACTS

22% of New Zealanders have used cannabis.

Australians are the most likely to join charities, educational organizations, environmental groups, professional organizations, sports groups and unions. But only three percent join political parties.

Australians lead the world in hours worked and membership in many voluntary organizations. How do they find the energy?

The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.

In all the countries surveyed, women do more housework than men.

Canadians drink more fruit juice than the citizens of any other nation - more than one litre each, every week.

Andorra has no unemployment, which is just as well because they have no broadcast TV channels either. What would everyone watch?

China has the most workers, so it's a good thing they've also got the most TV's.

Indians go out to the movies 3 billion times a year - much more than any other nation.

The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

Americans and Icelanders go to the cinema 5 times a year, on average. The average Japanese person goes only once.

Interesting facts about women in world and some other facts

9 in 10 Dutch use the internet.

Guatamalan women work 11.5 hours a day, while South African men work only 4.5.

Kenyan women work 35% longer than their menfolk.

Ethiopians are by far the most agricultural people on earth (both men and women)

Looking for Czech and Slovak men? Half are in factories.

Women are flooding into the workforce in many Muslim countries.

American women have the most powerful jobs.

Southern European women hugely outnumber their menfolk amongst the unemployed.

Danish workers strike 150 times more than their German neighbours.

More than a third of the time, Icelanders don't show up for work. Perhaps that's why they're the world's happiest nation.

In Switzerland, the average person has to work for 102 minutes to buy a kilogram of beef - one of the longest times in the developed world. On the other hand, they only have work 14 hours to buy a refrigerator for it.

If you are looking for work, just go to the Falkland Islands! They have full employment and a labor shortage.

62% of Bulgarians describe themselves as either 'not very' or 'not at all' happy.

The fourteen unhappiest countries are all in Eastern Europe.