Monday, April 1, 2024

Population

 Population: 


1. India 🇮🇳 1.438 billion

2. China 🇨🇳 1.425 billion 

3. USA 🇺🇸 341 million

4. Indonesia 🇮🇩 279 million

5. Pakistan 🇵🇰 244 million

6. Nigeria 🇳🇬 227 million

7. Brazil 🇧🇷 217 million

8. Bangladesh 🇧🇩 174 million

9. Russia 🇷🇺 144 million

10. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 128 million 

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11. Mexico 🇲🇽 129 million

12. Japan 🇯🇵 122 million

14. Egypt 🇪🇬 114 million

17. Iran 🇮🇷 89 million

18. Turkey 🇹🇷 86 million

19. Germany 🇩🇪 83 million

21. UK 🇬🇧 67 million

23. France 🇫🇷 64 million

24. South Africa 🇿🇦 60 million

25. Italy 🇮🇹 58 million

29. South Korea 🇰🇷 51 million

32. Spain 🇪🇸 47 million

35. Argentina 🇦🇷 45 million

38. Canada 🇨🇦 39 million

40. Ukraine 🇺🇦 37 million

42. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 37 million

52. Venezuela 🇻🇪 29 million

54. Niger 🇳🇪 27 million

55. Australia 🇦🇺 26 million

66. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 19 million

72. Netherlands 🇳🇱 17 million

88. Sweden 🇸🇪 10.6 million

96. UAE 🇦🇪 9.5 million

101. Austria 🇦🇹 8.9 million

102. Switzerland 🇨🇭 8.8 million

114. Singapore 🇸🇬 6 million

115. Denmark 🇩🇰 5.9 million

118. Finland 🇫🇮 5.5 million

120. Norway 🇳🇴 5.5 million

129. Kuwait 🇰🇼 4.3 million

142. Qatar 🇶🇦 2.7 million

168. Luxemburg 🇱🇺 660,025

179. Iceland 🇮🇸 376,905

197. Seychelles 🇸🇨 108,263

217. Monaco 🇲🇨 36,157

227. Tuvalu 🇹🇻 11,478

234. Vatican 🇻🇦 518


World 🌎  8.1 billion 


Note: Numbers are rounded 


According to World Population Review and Worldometer

Real GDP Growth in 2023:

 Real GDP Growth in 2023:


🇦🇷 Argentina: -1,1% 📉

🇦🇺 Australia: +1,8%

🇧🇷 Brazil: +3,1%

🇨🇦 Canada: +1,1%

🇨🇳 China: +5,2%

🇪🇬 Egypt: +3,8%

🇫🇷 France: +0,8%

🇩🇪 Germany: -0,3% 📉

🇮🇳 India: +6,7%

🇮🇩 Indonesia: +5,0%

🇮🇷 Iran: +5,4%

🇮🇹 Italy: +0,7%

🇯🇵 Japan: +1,9%

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: +4,8%

🇰🇷 South Korea: +1,4%

🇲🇾 Malaysia: +4,0%

🇲🇽 Mexico: +3,4%

🇳🇱 Netherlands: +0,2%

🇳🇬 Nigeria: +2,8%

🇵🇰 Pakistan: -0,2% 📉

🇵🇭 Philippines: +5,3%

🇵🇱 Poland: +0,6%

🇷🇺 Russia: +3,0%

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: -1,1% 📉

🇿🇦 South Africa: +0,6%

🇪🇸 Spain: +2,4%

🇹🇭 Thailand: +2,5%

🇹🇷 Turkey: +4,0%

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: +0,5%

🇺🇸 United States: +2,5%


Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook, January 2024 Update.

G20 Inflation Rates in 2024:

 G20 Inflation Rates in 2024:


Argentina 🇦🇷: 276%

Turkey 🇹🇷: 67.1%

Russia 🇷🇺: 7.7%

South Africa 🇿🇦: 5.6%

India 🇮🇳: 5.1%

Brazil 🇧🇷: 4.5%

Mexico 🇲🇽: 4.4%

Australia 🇦🇺: 4.1%

UK 🇬🇧: 3.4%

USA 🇺🇲: 3.2%

South Korea 🇰🇷: 3.1%

France 🇫🇷: 3%

Canada 🇨🇦: 2.8%

Japan 🇯🇵: 2.8%

Spain 🇪🇸: 2.8%

Indonesia 🇮🇩: 2.8%

Germany 🇩🇪: 2.5%

Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: 1.8%

Italy 🇮🇹: 0.8%

China 🇨🇳: 0.7%


according to TradingEconomics

World's largest Oil producing countries in 2023 🛢️:

 World's largest Oil producing countries in 2023 🛢️:


1. 🇺🇸 USA: 12.9 million barrels per day

2. 🇷🇺 Russia: 10.1 million

3. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 9.7 million

4. 🇨🇦 Canada: 4.6 million

5. 🇮🇶 Iraq: 4.3 million

6. 🇨🇳 China: 4.2 million

7. 🇮🇷 Iran: 3.6 million

8. 🇧🇷 Brazil: 3.4 million

9. 🇦🇪 UAE: 3.4 million

10. 🇰🇼 Kuwait: 2.7 million


Other: 22.8 million


according to the US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics

World's most polluted countries & regions:

 World's most polluted countries & regions:


1. Bangladesh 🇧🇩 

2. Pakistan 🇵🇰 

3. India 🇮🇳 

4. Tajikistan 🇹🇯 

5. Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 

6. Iraq 🇮🇶 

7. UAE 🇦🇪 

8. Nepal 🇳🇵 

9. Egypt 🇪🇬 

10. DR of the Congo 🇨🇩 

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11. Kuwait 🇰🇼 

12. Bahrain 🇧🇭 

14. Indonesia 🇮🇩 

19. China 🇨🇳 

22. Vietnam 🇻🇳 

27. Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 

29. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 

30. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 

35. Nigeria 🇳🇬 

39. Mongolia 🇲🇳 

40. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 

43. Serbia 🇷🇸 

44. Turkey 🇹🇷 

46. Mexico 🇲🇽 

50. South Korea 🇰🇷 

56. Israel 🇮🇱 

67. Romania 🇷🇴 

71. Italy 🇮🇹 

74. Poland 🇵🇱 

83. Brazil 🇧🇷 

87. Hungary 🇭🇺 

93. Canada 🇨🇦 

94. Russia 🇷🇺 

95. Spain 🇪🇸 

96. Japan 🇯🇵 

99. France 🇫🇷 

101. Argentina 🇦🇷 

102. USA 🇺🇸 

103. Germany 🇩🇪 

112. UK 🇬🇧 

119. Ireland 🇮🇪 

120. Norway 🇳🇴 

124. Sweden 🇸🇪 

132. Iceland 🇮🇸 


Note: Most polluted country and region ranking based on annual average PM2.5 concentration (μg/m³) in 2023

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