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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
Capital: Ankara
President: ​Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Population: 87.8 Million
City: Istanbul 14.3 Million (24)
Language: Turkish
Religion: 99.8% Muslim
Corruption Rank: 66
41. Georgia
Capital: Tbilisi
President: ​Giorgi Margvelashvili
Population: 5.0 Million
City: Tbilisi - 1.2 Million (424)
Language:  Kartvelian 
Religion: ​83.9% Orthodox Christian
Corruption Rank: 48
42. Armenia
Capital: Yerevan
President: Serzh Sargsyan
Population: 3.1 Million
City: Yerevan - 1.5 Million (353)
Language: Armenian
Religion: 92.6% Armenian Apostolic
Corruption Rank: 95

​BILLY STEMHOVLICHKY

​Billy, it worries me when you don't eat your potatoes.
That's okay, we're on Summer Vacation, let's go jump some weeds!
43. Azerbaijan
Capital: Baku
President: ​​Ilham Aliyev
Population: 9.9 Million
City: Baku
Language: Azerbaijani
Religion: 93.4% Muslim
Corruption Rank: 119
44. Khazakhstan
Capital: Astana
President: ​Nursultan Nazarbayev
Population: 18.4 Million
City: Almaty 2.0 Million (298)
Language: Khazakh - Russian
Religion: ​70.2% Muslim
Corruption Rank: 123
45. Kyrgyzstan
Capital: Bishkek
President: Almazbek Atambayev
Population: 6.0 Million
City: Bishkek - 900,000
Language: Kyrgyz - Russian
Religion: 83% Muslim
Corruption Rank: 123

ALL YOU NEED TO COMMIT MURDER

1. The Desire
2. And, a pair of soft-soled shoes.
46. Tajikistan
Capital: Dushanbe
President: ​Emomali Rahmon
Population: 8.4 Million
City: Dushanbe 753,143
Language: Tajiki - Persian - Russian
Religion: 85% Muslim
Corruption Rank: 136
47. Turkmenistan
Capital: Ashgabat
Pres: ​Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Population: 5.3 Million
City: Ashgabat - 1.2 Million (451)
Language: Turkmen - Russian
Religion: ​89% Muslim
Corruption Rank: 154
48. Uzbekistan
Capital: Tashkent
PM: Shavkat Miziyovev 
Population: 29.8 Million
City: Tashkent 2.7 Million (190)
Language: Uzbek +++
Religion: Muslim 88%
Corruption Rank: 153

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