27 most interesting facts about countries.

Interesting facts about countries.
The United States is the country with the highest percentage of people in prison. About a quarter of the world's prisoners are incarcerated here. Russia is in second place and Thailand is in third place.
The country with the largest number of obese people is the island nation of Nauru, here about 95 percent of the population suffers from overweight to some degree.
The country with the largest number of time zones is France, taking into account all its overseas territories. 12 time zones is a record. In the USA there are 10 time zones, in Russia - 7.
In the country of Guam, coral is used in the production of road pavement.
Canada has about 60 percent of the world's lakes. There are more than three million of them and they occupy 9 percent of the Canadian territory.
Libya is the world's driest country, 99 percent of its territory is desert.
The first place in the world in oxygen production belongs to Russia, thanks to its Siberian forests.
And the least forested country is Haiti. Almost all the trees there have been cut down.
The most fragmented country in the world is Somalia. There are half a dozen unrecognized states on its territory.
The most educated country in the world, judging by the percentage of people with higher education to the total population - Canada.
The largest city-state in the world is Singapore.
And the smallest is Vatican City (see interesting facts about Vatican City).
The most languages in the world in use in Papua New Guinea, here in use more than 820 languages, that is, more than 12 percent of all languages in the world.
Colombia ranks first in the world in terms of happiness and satisfaction, despite being a very poor country.
The cleanest country in the world is Iceland.
Also, Iceland is the most peaceful country in several ways.
It is also the friendliest. You only have to visit it once to be convinced of that
And the most unfriendly country to foreigners, according to the results of a survey of tourists - Bolivia. The second and third places in this rating are occupied by Venezuela and Russia.
The richest country is Qatar.
The lowest population density in the world - in Mongolia, there are only four people per one and a half square kilometers.
The country with the largest number of young population in the world is the African state of Niger, almost half of the local population is under sixteen years old.
Andorra is the only country in the world where sending mail is free.
Monaco has more national orchestra than army (see facts about Monaco).
And Costa Rica has no regular army at all.
The world's poorest country is the African nation of Togo.
And the poorest country in Europe is Ukraine.
The most densely populated country in the world is Monaco, with a population density of over 16,000 people per square kilometer.