Asia - Lindsay Wincherauk

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DATELINE: IN 9 MAY 2017

LAST UPDATE

48 COUNTRIES

SQ KM

743,270,963 POP LIVE

HIGHEST:

LONGEST:

City populations (below) include metropolitan areas. () = World Rank.

1. China

Capital: Beijing

President: Xi Jingping

Population: 1.4 Billion

City: Guangzhou 47.7 Million (1)

Language: Mandarin - Cantonese +++

Religion: Unaffiliated 52.2%

Corruption Rank: 83

2. Mongolia

Capital: Ulaanbaatar

President: Tsakhiaglin Elbegdorj

Population: 3.1 Million

City: Ulaanbaatar - 1.3 Million (404)

Language: Mongolian

Religion: 53% Buddhist

Corruption Rank: 72

3. North Korea

Capital: Pyongyang

Supreme Leader: KIm Yong-un

Population: 25.1 Million

City: Pyongyang - 2.8 Million (175)

Language: Korean

Religion: None

Corruption Rank: 167/168

$1 PER DAY

100 Million people in China live
on less than US$1 per day.

4. South Korea

Capital: Seoul

President: Moon Jae-in

Population: 49.2 Million

City: Seoul -24.4 Million (6)

Language: Korean

Religion: 43.3% None

Corruption Rank: 37

5. Japan

Capital: Tokyo

Emperor: Akihito

Population: 126.8 Million

City: Tokyo - 39.5 Million (2)

Language: Japanese

Religion: 83.9% Shintoism

Corruption Rank: 18

6. Taiwan

Capital: Taipei

President: Tsai Ing-wen

Population: 23.5 Million

City: Taipei 9.1 Million (40)

Language: Standard Mandarin

Religion: 93% Buddhist and Taoist

Corruption Rank:

ADAM + EVE ATE AN APPLE

They ate a forbidden "fruit" of the tree of knowledge---
nowhere is Genesis does it say it was an apple.

7. Philippines

Capital: Manila

President: Rodrigo Duterte

Population: 112.7 Million

City: Manila - 23.3 Million (8)

Language: English, Filipino

Religion: 82.9% Catholic

Corruption Rank: 95

8. Indonesia

Capital: Jakarta

President: Joko Widodo

Population: 260.3 Million

City: Jakarta - 28.1 Million (4)

Language: Indonesian

Religion: 87.2% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 88

9. East Timor

Capital: Dili

President: Taur Matan Ruak

Population: 1.3 Million

City: Dili - 150,000

Language: Portuguese, Tetun

Religion: 986.9% Roman Catholic

Corruption Rank: 123

SOJU

In 2006, it was estimated that the average adult Korean (older than 20)
had consumed 90 bottles of SOJU during that year.

10. Malaysia

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

President: Najib Razak

Population: 31.2 Million

City: Kuala Lumpur - 7.0 Million (56)

Language: Malaysian

Religion: 61.3% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 54

11. Singapore

Capital: Singapore

Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong

Population: 5.6 Million

City: Singapore 6.9* Million (57)

Language: English, Tamil, Malay ++

Religion: 33.9% Buddhist

Corruption Rank: 8

12. Brunei

Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan

King: Hassanal Bolkiah

Population: 436,747

City: Bandar Seri Begawan - 27,285

Language: Malay

Religion: 78.8% Muslim

Corruption Rank: n/a

SLEEPERS SWALLOW 8 SPIDERS PER YEAR

Spiders usually don't crawl into beds during
nighttime wanderings because they offer no prey.
You probably swallow 0 spiders per year.

13. Vietnam

Capital: Hanoi

President: Trần Đại Quang

Population: 95.8 Million

City: Ho Chi Min City - 8.3 Million (44)

Language: Vietnamese

Religion: 80.8% None

Corruption Rank: 112

14. Cambodia

Capital: Phnom Penh

President: Norodom Sihamoni

Population: 16.1 Million

City: Phnom Penh - 1.9 Million (275)

Language: Khmer

Religion: 96.9% Buddhist

Corruption Rank: 150

15. Laos

Capital: Vientiane

President: Bounnhang Vorachith

Population: 7.1 Million

City: Vientiane - 196,731

Language: Lao

Religion: 67% Buddhist

Corruption Rank: 139

AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS

LUST & WONDER

16. Thailand

Capital: Bangkok

Prime Minister: Prayut Chan-o-cha

Population: 68.3 Million

City: Bangkok - 16.9 Million (18)

Language: Thai

Religion: 93.6% Buddhist

Corruption Rank: 78

17. Myanmar

Capital: Naypyidaw

President: Htin Kyaw

Population: 57.1 Million

City: Rangoon - 5.2 Million (75)

Language: Burmese

Religion: 89% Buddhist

Corruption Rank: 147

18. Sri Lanka

Cs: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo

President: Maithripala Sirisena

Population: 22.4 Million

City: Colombo - 4.7 Million (89)

Language: Sinhala, Tamil, English

Religion: 69.1% Buddhist

Corruption Rank: 83

EVEREST IS THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN

Only above sea level. If you measure Hawaii's
Mauna Kea volcano from its underwater base, it stands
more than 33,000 feet tall - 4,000 above Everest.

19. Maldives

Capital: Malé

President: Abdulla Yameen

Population: 404,450

City: Malé - 116,618

Language: Dhivehi

Religion: Muslim

Corruption Rank: n/a

20. India

Capital: New Delhi

President: Pranab Mukherjee

Population: 1.3 Billion

City: New Delhi - 26.4 Million (5)

Language: Hindi, English

Religion: 80.5% Hindu

Corruption Rank: 76

21. Bangledesh

Capital: Dacca

Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina

Population: 172.8 Million

City: Dacca - 17.6 Million (25)

Language: Bengali

Religion: 89.5% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 139

FROGS + MILK

Before fridges were invented, Russians and Fins
kept their milk fresh by putting live frogs in it.

22. Bhutan

Capital: Thimphu

King: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Population: 753,702

City: Thimphu - 98,676

Language: Dzongkha

Religion: 75.3% Buddhist

Corruption Rank: 27

23. Nepal

Capital: Kathmandu

President: Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Population: 32.1 Million

City: Kathmandu - 2.8 Million (180)

Language: Nepali

Religion: 83.1% Hindu

Corruption Rank: 130

24. Pakistan

Capital: Islamabad

President: Mamnoon Hussain

Population: 204.2 Million

City: Karachi - 24.3 Million (7)

Language: Urdu, English

Religion: 96.4% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 117

VAN GOGH CUT OFF HIS EAR FOR A LOVER

It was just a small piece of the lobe, and he did it during a
violent spat with Paul Gauguin. Whether Van Gogh then
gave it to a local girl remains unknown.

25. Afghanistan

Capital: Kabul

President: Ashraf Ghani

Population: 33.7 Million

City: Kabul - 3.7 Million (124)

Language: Pashto, Dari

Religion: 80% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 166

26. Iran

Capital: Tehran

Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei

Population: 83.2 Million

City: Tehran - 13.7 Million (25)

Language: Persian

Religion: 99.4% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 130

27. Iraq

Capital: Baghdad

President: Fuad Masum

Population: 34.4 Million

City: Baghdad - 6.9 Million (58)

Language: Arabic, Kurdish

Religion: 99 % Muslim

Corruption Rank: 161

LEFT + RIGHT BRAIN

There's no solid division between the talents
of each hemisphere; the left brain can
learn "right-brain skills" and vice versa.

28. Saudi Arabia

Capital: Riyadh

King: Salman of Saudi Arabia

Population: 28.4 Million

City: Riyadh - 6.7 Million (61)

Language: Arabic

Religion: Muslim

Corruption Rank: 48

29. Yemen

Capital: Sana'a

PM: Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr

Population: 27.6 Million

City: Sana'a - 2.5 Million (202)

Language: Arabic

Religion: 99.1% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 154

30. Oman

Capital: Muscat

Sultan: Qaboos bin Said al Said

Population: 3.4 Million

City: Muscat - 1.2 Million (441)

Language: Arabic

Religion: 85.9% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 60

JAMES ALTUCHER

Most writers die penniless.
I can’t think of a profession where I can name as many suicides as writing

31. United Arab Emirates

Capital: Abu Dhabi

President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Population: 5.8 Million

City: Dubai - 3.9 Million (175)

Language: English

Religion: 76% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 23

32. Qatar

Capital: Doha

PM: Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani

Population: 2.2 Million

City: Doha - 796,947

Language: Arabic

Religion: 77.5% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 22

33. Bahrain

Capital: Manama

King: Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

Population: 1.4 Million

City: Manama - 153,395

Language: Arabic

Religion: 70.3% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 50

BORDER WALL

MEXICAN SIDE: The grips of addiction dominate as the cartels force feed everyone... everything.

USA SIDE: The complicated subject that is addiction, used to run rampant as the citizenry couldn't say no. Then: The WALL was built. Addiction was immediately cured. Utopia Found!

In the meantime: Somewhere in North Dakota - Little Johnny goes online - where he learns how to cook American Meth.

Don't let the fake media tell you that I have changed my position on the WALL.
It will get built and help stop drugs, human trafficking etc.

Could someone please tell me: What's the etcetera?

34. Kuwait

Capital: Kuwait City

PM: Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Population: 2.9 Million

City: Kuwait City - 4.2 Million (107)

Language: Arabic

Religion: 76.7% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 55

35. Jordan

Capital: Amman

King: Abdullah II of Jordan

Population: 6.9 Million

City: Amman - 3.4 Million (141)

Language: Arabic

Religion: 97.2% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 45

36. Israel

Capital: Jerusalem

Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu

Population: 8.1 Million

City: Tel Aviv - 2.5 Million (197)

Language: Hebrew

Religion: 75.1% Jewish

Corruption Rank: 32

SLAVES BUILT THE PYRAMIDS

Egyptologists say this ancient construction job
was a great honour granted only to respected labourers,
who remain entombed near the site today.

37. Lebanon

Capital: Beirut

President: Michel Aoun

Population: 4.2 Million

City: Beirut - 1.6 Million (334)

Language: Arabic

Religion: 95% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 123

38. Syria

Capital: Damascus

President: Bashar al-Assad

Population: 23.5 Million

City: Damascus - 3.5 Million - 136

Language: Arabic

Religion: 87% Muslim

Corruption Rank: 154

39. Cyprus

Capital: Nicosia

President: Nicos Anastasiades

Population: 1.2 Million

City: Nicosia - 200,452

Language: Turkish, Greek

Religion: 78% Greek Orthodox

Corruption Rank: 32

SLEEPING IN YOUR UNDERWEAR CAN KILL YOU

Because if your home caught on fire.
And, you ran outside to escape wearing only your underwear
But you didn't realize: A thread was hanging down and it was burning.
You could die.

40. Turkey