THE EARTH
Estimated Weight (mass)
(5,940,000,000,000,000,000,000 metric tons)
Estimated Age 4.6 billion years
Current Population 6,446,131,714
Surface Area (510,066,000 sq km)
Land Area (148,647,000 sq km) 29.1%
Ocean Area (335,258,000 sq km)
Total Water Area (361,419,000 sq km) 70.9%
Type of Water (97% salt), (3% fresh)
Circumference at the equator (40,066 km)
Circumference at the poles (39, 992 km)
Diameter at the equator (12,753 km)
Diameter at the poles (12,710 km)
Radius at the equator (6,376 km)
Radius at the poles (6,355 km)
Orbit Speeds The earth orbits the Sun at
(66,700 mph), (107,320 km per hour)
Sun Orbit The earth orbits the Sun every 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds
To convert km (kilometers) to miles, multiply kilometers by: 0.621371
To convert sq km (kilometers) to sq miles, multiply kilometers by: 0.386102
CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD
CONTINENTS (by size)
#1 Asia - (44,579,000 sq km)
#2 Africa - (30,065,000 sq km)
#3 North America - (24,256,000 sq km)
#4 South America - (17,819,000 sq km)
#5 Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km)
#6 Europe - (9,938,000 sq km)
#7 Australia/Oceania - (7,687,000 sq km)
CONTINENTS (by population) 2005 est.
#1 Asia - (3,879,000,000)
#2 Africa - (877,500,000)
#3 Europe - (727,000,000)
#4 North America - (501,500,000)
#5 South America - (379,500,000)
#6 Australia/Oceania - (32,000,000)
#7 Antarctica - (0)
CONTINENTS (by the number of countries)
#1 Africa - (53)
#3 Europe - (46)
#2 Asia - (44)
#4 North America - (23)
#5 Oceania - (14)
#6 South America - (12)
COUNTRIES (Highest Density)
(people per square km)
Monaco 16,205
Singapore 6,386
Malta 1,261
Maldives 1,164
Bahrain 1,035
Bangledesh 1,002
Vatican City 920
Barbados 648
Nauru 621
Mauritius 603
COUNTRIES (Lowest Density)
(people per square km)
Mongolia 2
Namibia 2
Australia 3
Botswana 3
Iceland 3
Suriname 3
Libya 3
Mauritania 3
Canada 3
Guyana 4
COUNTRY POPULATION (smallest)
(February, 2006 numbers)
Vatican City 920
Tuvalu 11,640
Nauru 13,050
Palau 20,300
San Marino 28,880
Monaco 32,410
Liechtenstein 33,720
St. Kitts 38,960
Marshall Islands 59,070
Antigua and Barbuda 68,720
COUNTRY POPULATION (largest)
(February, 2006 numbers)
China 1,306,313,800
India 1,080,264,400
USA 295,734,100
Indonesia 241,973,900
Brazil 186,112,800
Pakistan 162,419,900
Bangladesh 144,319,600
Russia 143,420,300
Nigeria 128,772,000
Japan 127,417,200
LARGEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
locator map here
Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,846 sq miles)
Canada 9,330,970 sq km, (3,602,707 sq miles)
China 9,326,410 sq km, (3,600,947 sq miles)
USA 9.166,600 sq km, (3,539,242 sq miles)
Brazil 8,456,510 sq km, (3,265,075 sq miles)
Australia 7,617,930 sq km, (2,941,283 sq miles)
India 2,973,190 sq km, (1,147,949 sq miles)
Argentina 2,736,690 sq km, (1,056,636 sq miles)
Kazakhstan 2,717,300 sq km, (1,049,150 sq miles)
Sudan 2,376,000 sq km, (917,374 sq miles)
SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
Vatican City 0.44 sq km, (0.17 sq miles)
Monaco 1.95 sq km, (0.75 sq miles)
Nauru 21.2 sq km, (8.2 sq miles)
Tuvalu 26 sq km, (10 sq miles)
San Marino 61 sq km, (24 sq miles)
Liechtenstein 160 sq km, (62 sq miles)
Marshall Islands 181 sq km, (70 sq miles)
Seychelles 270 sq km, (104 sq miles)
Maldives 300 sq km, (116 sq miles)
St. Kitts and Nevis 360 sq km, (139 sq miles)
OLDEST COUNTRIES
San Marino (301 AD)
France (486 AD)
Bulgaria (632 AD)
Denmark (950 AD)
Portugal (1143 AD)
Andorra (1278 AD)
Switzerland (1291 AD)
YOUNGEST COUNTRIES
Montenegro (July, 2006)
Serbia (July, 2006)
East Timor (2002)
Palau (1994)
Czech Republic (1993)
Eritrea (1993)
Slovakia (1993)
Bosnia/Hertzegovina (1992)
RICHEST COUNTRIES
(GNP in USA Dollars)
Luxembourg ($45,360)
Switzerland ($44,355)
Japan ($41,010)
Liechtenstein ($40,000)
Norway ($34,515)
POOREST COUNTRIES
(GNP in USA Dollars)
Mozambique ($80)
Somalia ($100)
Eritrea ($100)
Ethiopia ($100)
Congo, DNC ($100)
OCEANS OF THE WORLD (by size)
Pacific (155,557,000 sq km)
Atlantic (76,762,000 sq km)
Indian (68,556,000 sq km)
Southern (20,327,000 sq km)
Arctic (14,056,000 sq km)
Note the Southern Ocean was approved in 2000 by the International Hydrographic Organization. It is now the fourth largest ocean.
OCEANS' GREATEST DEPTHS
Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean 35,827 ft
Puerto Rico Trench, Atlantic Ocean 30,246 ft
Java Trench, Indian Ocean 24,460 ft
Arctic Basin, Arctic Ocean 18,456 ft
DEEPEST OCEANS & SEAS
Pacific Ocean (35,827 ft) (10,924 meters)
Atlantic Ocean (30,246 ft) (9,219 meters)
Indian Ocean (24,460 ft) (7,455 meters)
Caribbean Sea (22,788 ft) (6,946 meters)
Arctic Ocean (18,456 ft) (5,625 meters)
South China Sea (16,456 ft) (5,016 meters)
Bering Sea (15,659 ft) (4,773 meters)
Mediterranean Sea (15,197 ft) (4,632 meters)
Gulf of Mexico (12,425 ft) (3,787 meters)
Japan Sea (12,276 ft) (3,742 meters)
Note that official depths for the Southern Ocean are still not available at this time.
MAJOR SEAS (by size)
locator map here
South China (2,974,600 sq km)
Caribbean (2,515,900 sq km)
Mediterranean (2,510,000 sq km)
Bering (2,261,100 sq km)
Gulf of Mexico (1,507,600 sq km)
Arabian Sea (1,498,320 sq km)
Sea of Okhotsk (1,392,100 sq km)
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
(1,012,900 sq km)
Hudson Bay (730,100 sq km)
East China (664,600 sq km)
Andaman (564,900 sq km)
Black (507,900 sq km)
Red (453,000 sq km)
MAJOR ISLANDS (by size)
locator map here
Australia, (7,617.930 sq km) is widely considered part of a continental landmass, not officially an island. But without doubt it is the largest island on the planet, and when combined with Oceania, the smallest continent on Earth.
Greenland (2,175,600 sq km)
New Guinea (792,500 sq km)
Borneo (725,500 sq km)
Madagascar (587,000 sq km)
Baffin (507,500 sq km)
Sumatra (427,300 sq km)
Honshu (227,400 sq km)
Great Britain (218,100 sq km)
Victoria (217,300 sq km)
Ellesmere (196,200 sq km)
Celebes (178,650 sq km)
New Zealand (south) (151,000 sq km)
Java (126,700 sq km)
New Zealand (north) (114,000 sq km)
Newfoundland (108,900 sq km)
MAJOR RIVERS (By Length)
Nile, Africa (6,825 km)
Amazon, South America (6,437 km)
Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia (6,380 km)
Mississippi, North America (5,971 km)
Yenisey-Angara, Asia (5,536 km)
Huang (Yellow), Asia (5,464 km)
Ob-Irtysh, Asia (5,410 km)
Amur, Asia (4,416 km)
Lena, Asia (4,400 km)
Congo, Africa (4,370 km)
Mackenzie-Peace, North America (4,241 km)
Mekong, Asia (4,184 km)
Niger, Africa (4,171 km)
MAJOR LAKES (By Size)
Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km)
Superior, North America (82,100 sq km)
Victoria, Africa (69,500 sq km)
Huron, North America (59,600 sq km)
Michigan, North America (57,800 sq km)
Tanganyika, Africa (32,900 sq km)
Baikal, Asia (31,500 sq km)
Great Bear, North America (31,300 sq km)
Aral Sea, Asia (30,700 sq km)
Malawi, Africa (28,900 sq km)
Great Slave, Canada (28,568 sq km)
Erie, North America (25,667 sq km)
Winnipeg, Canada (24,387 sq km)
Ontario, North America (19,529 sq km)
Balkhash, Kazakhstan (18,300 sq km)
DEEPEST LAKES (By Greatest Depth)
Baikal, Russian Fed. (5,315 ft)
Tanganyika, Africa (4,800 ft)
Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (3,363 ft)
Malawi or Nyasa, Africa (2,317 ft)
Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan (2,303 ft)
LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD
Languages spoken by the most people
(Native speakers only)
Chinese Mandarin 1 billion +
English 512 million
Hindi 501 million
Spanish 399 million
Russian 285 million
Arabic 265 million
Bengali 245 million
Portuguese 196 million
Malay-Indonesian 140 million
Japanese 125 million
German 100 million
Korean 78 million
French 77 million
Chinese, Wu 77 million
Javanese 75 million
Chinese. Yue 71 million
LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET!
Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city. For the largest metropolitan areas refer to the list below this one.
Revised (10/01/04)
Shanghai, China 13.3 million
Mumbai (Bombay), India 12.6 million
Buenos Aires, Argentina 11.92 million
Moscow, Russia 11.3 million
Karachi, Pakistan 10.9 million
Delhi, India 10.4 million
Manila, Philippines 10.3 million
Sao Paulo, Brazil 10.26 million
Seoul, South Korea 10.2 million
Istanbul, Turkey 9.6 million
Jakarta, Indonesia 9.0 million
Mexico City, Mexico 8.7 million
Lagos, Nigeria 8.68 million
Lima, Peru 8.38 million
Tokyo, Japan 8.3 million
New York City, USA 8.09 million
Cairo, Egypt 7.6 million
London, UK 7.59 million
Teheran, Iran 7.3 million
Beijing, China 7.2 million
LARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE WORLD
Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures. Revised (09/05)
Toyko, Japan 31.2 million
New York City - Philadelphia area, USA 30.1 million
Mexico City, Mexico 21.5 million
Seoul, South Korea 20.15 million
Sao Paulo, Brazil 19.9 million
Jakarta, Indonesia 18.2 million
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan 17.6 million
New Delhi, India 17.36 million
Mumbai, India (Bombay) 17.34 million
Los Angeles, USA 16.7 million
Cairo, Egypt 15.86 million
Calcutta, India 14.3 million
Manila, Philippines 14.1 million
Shanghai, China 13.9 million
Buenos Aires, Argentina 13.2 million
Moscow, Russian Fed. 12.2 million
Hottest,Coldest,Driest,Wettest
Hottest Place Dalol, Denakil Depression, Ethiopia, annual average temperature (93.2°F, 34°C)
Coldest Place Plateau Station, Antarctica, annual average temperature (-56.7°C)
Wettest Place Mawsynram, Assam, India, annual average rainfall (11,873 mm, 467.4")
Driest Place Atacama Desert, Chile, imperceptible rainfall on a yearly basis
HIGHEST/LOWEST SURFACE POINTS
(Below Sea Level, On Each Continent)
Dead Sea, Asia -409 meters
Lake Assal, Africa -156 meters
Death Valley, North America -86 meters
Valdés Peninsula, South America -40 meters
Caspian Sea, Europe -28 meters
Lake Eyre, Australia -16 meters
Antarctica (ice covered) -2,538 meters
Highest/Lowest Points
Countries, Islands, Oceans here!
For the highest points on each continent see
Tallest Mountains (above)
DRIEST INHABITED PLACES
(Rain fall in inches per year)
Aswan, Egypt 0.02"
Luxor, Egypt 0.03"
Arica Desert, Chile 0.04"
Ica, Peru 0.1"
Antofagasta, Chile 0.2"
El Minya, Egypt 0.2"
Asyut, Egypt 0.2"
WETTEST INHABITED PLACES
(Rain fall in inches per year)
Buenaventira, Colombia 267"
Monrovia, Liberia 202"
Pagp Pago, American Samoa 198"
Moulein, Burma (Myanmar 192"
Lae, Papua New Guinea 183"
Baguio, Philippines180"
Sylhet, Bangladesht 178"
LARGEST DESERTS OF THE WORLD
(SUBTROPICAL)
Sahara, North Africa 3,500,000 sq. miles
Arabian, Middle East 1,000,000 sq. miles
Great Victoria, Australia 250,000 sq. miles
Rub'al Khali, Middle East 250,000 sq. miles
Kalahari, Southern Africa 225,000 sq. miles
Syrian, Middle East 200,000 sq. miles
Chihuahuan, Mexico 175,000 sq. miles
Thar, India/Pakistan175,000 sq. miles
Great Sandy, Australia 150,000 sq. miles
Gibson, Australia 120,000 sq. miles
Sonoran, S.W. USA 120,000 sq. miles
Mohave, S,W, USA 54,000 sq. miles
(COOL COASTAL)
Atacama, Chile SA 54,000 sq. miles
Namib, S.W. Africa 13,000 sq. miles
(COLD WINTER)
Gobi, China 500,000 sq. miles
Patagonian, Argentina 260,000 sq. miles
Great Basin, S.W. USA 190,000 sq. miles
Kara-Kum, West Asia 135,000 sq. miles
Colorado, Western USA 130,000 sq. miles
(also called the Painted Desert}
Taklamakan, China 105,000 sq. miles
Iranian, Iran 100,000 sq. miles
TOP 10 TALLEST MOUNTAINS
Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Nepal/China
Qogir (K2) 8611m (28250ft) Pakistan
Kangchenjunga 8586m (28169ft) Nepal
Lhotse 8501m (27920ft) Nepal
Makalu I 8462m (27765ft) Nepal
Cho Oyu 8201m (26906ft) Nepal
Dhaulagiri 8167m (26794ft) Nepal
Manaslu I 8156m (26758ft) Nepal
Nanga Parbat 8125m (26658ft) Pakistan
Annapurna I 8091m (26545ft) Nepal
The dormant volcano Mauna Kea (on the Big Island of Hawaii) could be considered the tallest mountain in the world. If you measure it from its base in the Hawaiian Trough (3,300 fathoms deep) to its summit of 13,796 feet, it reaches a height of 33,476 feet.
TALLEST MOUNTAINS
(On Each Continent)
Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Asia
Aconcagua 6959m (22831ft) S. America
Mount McKinley 6194m (20320ft) N. America
Mount Kilimanjaro 5963m (19563ft) Africa
Mount Elbrus 5633m (18481ft) Europe
Puncak Jaya 4884m (16023ft) Oceania
Vinson Massif 4897m (16066ft) Antarctica
How Many Countries In The World?
Now that is a question that's somewhat difficult to answer, as there is no one right answer.
Many sources offer different answers, and depending on the source, there are 189, 191, 192, 193 or 194 independent countries in the world today.
The United Nations has 192 members (including Montenegro and Serbia - the two newest nations) but that number does not include the Vatican, an independent nation. Regarding England, Scotland and Wales, though considered individual countries, they are all a part of the United Kingdom (UK), a European country, and therefore included within the United Kingdom on the list below.
The US State Department recognizes 193 independent countries around the world. but that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it does not include Taiwan as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China.
The latest World Almanacs use 193 countries, which is probably the best answer, but what about Palestine? Greenland? Western Sahara? The political world is constantly changing and our list of independent nations is shown below. Note that we don't say that our list is the ONLY answer, just that it's our answer.
A complete list of Dependencies and Territories of the world here!
(A)
Afghanistan (Kabul) (AS)
Albania (Tirane) (EU)
Algeria (Algers) (AF)
Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (EU)
Angola (Luanda) (AF)
Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) (NA)
Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA)
Armenia (Yerevan) (EU)
Australia (Canberra) (AU)
Austria (Vienna) (EU)
Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS)
(B)
Bahamas (Nassau) (NA)
Bahrain (Manama) (AS)
Bangladesh (Dhaka) (AS)
Barbados (Bridgetown) (NA)
Belarus (Minsk) (EU)
Belgium (Brussels) (EU)
Belize (Belmopan) (NA)
Benin (Port-Novo) (AF)
Bhutan (Thimphu) (AS)
Bolivia (Sucre) (SA)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (EU)
Botswana (Gaborone) (AF)
Brazil (Brasilia) (SA)
Brunei (Bander Seri Begawan) (AS)
Bulgaria (Sofia) (EU)
Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF)
Burma/Myanmar (Yangon) (AS)
Burundi (Bujumbura) (AF)
(C)
Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS)
Cameroon (Yaounde) (AF)
Canada (Ottawa) (NA)
Cape Verde (Praia) (EU - Portugal)
Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF)
Chad (N'Djamena) (AF)
Chile (Santiago) (SA)
China (Beijing) (AS)
Colombia (Bogota) (SA)
Comoros (Moroni) (AF)
Congo (Brazzaville) (AF)
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF)
Costa Rica (San Jose) (NA)
Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF)
Croatia (Zagreb) (EU)
Cuba (Havana) (NA)
Cyprus (Nicosia) (AS) and/or (EU)
Czech Republic (Prague) (EU)
(D)
Denmark (Copenhagen) (EU)
Djibouti (Djibouti) (AF)
Dominica (Roseau) (NA)
Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (NA)
(E)
East Timor (Dili) (AS)
Ecuador (Quito) (SA)
Egypt (Cairo) (AF)
El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA)
Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF)
Eritrea (Asmara) (AF)
Estonia (Tallinn) (EU)
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF)
(F)
Fiji (Suva) (AU - Oceania)
Finland (Helsinki) (EU)
France (Paris) (EU)
(G)
Gabon (Liberville) (AF)
Gambia (Banjul) (AF)
Georgia (Tbilisi) (EU)
Germany (Berlin) (EU)
Ghana (Accra) (AF)
Greece (Athens) (EU)
Grenada (St. George's) (NA)
Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA)
Guinea (Conakry) (AF)
Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF)
Guyana (Georgetown) (SA)
(H)
Haiti (Port-au-Prince) (NA)
Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA)
Hungary (Budapest) (EU)
(I)
Iceland (Reykjavik) (EU)
India (New Delhi) (AS)
Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS)
Iran (Tehran) (AS)
Iraq (Baghdad) (AS)
Ireland (Dublin) (EU)
Israel (Jerusalem) (AS)
Italy (Rome) (EU)
(J)
Jamaica (Kingston) (NA)
Japan (Tokyo) (AS)
Jordan (Amman) (AS)
(K)
Kazakstan (Astana) (AS)
Kenya (Nairobi) (AF)
Kiribati (Bairiki) (AU - Oceania)
Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS)
Korea, South (Seoul) (AS)
Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS)
Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS)
(L)
Laos (Vientiane) (AS)
Latvia (Riga) (EU)
Lebanon (Beirut) (AS)
Lesotho (Maseru) (AF)
Liberia (Monrovia) (AF)
Libya (Tripoli) (AF)
Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (EU)
Lithuania (Vilnius) (EU)
Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (EU)
(M)
Macedonia (Skopje) (EU)
Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF)
Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF)
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS)
Maldives (Male) (AS)
Mali (Bamako) (AF)
Malta (Valletta) (EU)
Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU - Oceania)
Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF)
Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF)
Mexico (Mexico City) (NA)
Micronesia (Palikir) (AU - Oceania)
Moldova (Chisinau) (EU)
Monaco (Monaco) (EU)
Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS)
Montenegro (Podgorica) (EU)
Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (including Western Sahara)
Mozambique (Maputo) (AF)
(N)
Namibia (Windhoek) (AF)
Nauru (no official capital) (AU - Oceania)
Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS)
Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague) (EU)
New Zealand (Wellington) (AU)
Nicaragua (Managua) (NA)
Niger (Niamey) (AF)
Nigeria (Abuja) (AF)
Norway (Oslo) (EU)
(O)
Oman (Muscat) (AS)
(P)
Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS)
Palau (Koror) (AU - Oceania)
Panama (Panama City) (NA)
Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU)
Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA)
Peru (Lima) (SA)
Philippines (Manila) (AS)
Poland (Warsaw) (EU)
Portugal (Lisbon) (EU)
(Q)
Qatar (Doha) (AS)
(R)
Romania (Bucharest) (EU)
Russian Federation (Moscow) (AS)
Rwanda (Kigali) (AF)
(S)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (NA)
Saint Lucia (Castries) (NA)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (NA)
Samoa (Apia) (AU - Oceania)
San Marino (San Marino) (EU)
Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome) (AF)
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS)
Senegal (Dakar) (AF)
Serbia (Belgrade) (EU)
Seychelles (Victoria) (AF)
Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF)
Singapore (Singapore City) (AS)
Slovakia (Bratislava) (EU)
Slovenia (Ljubljana) (EU)
Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU - Oceania)
Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF)
South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein) (AF)
Spain (Madrid) (EU)
Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS)
Sudan (Khartoum) (AF)
Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA)
Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF)
Sweden (Stockholm) (EU)
Switzerland (Bern) (EU)
Syria (Damascus) (AS)
(T)
Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS)
Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF)
Thailand (Bangkok) (AS)
Togo (Lome) (AF)
Tonga (Nuku'alofa) (AU - Oceania)
Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (NA)
Tunisia (Tunis) (AF)
Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (EU)
Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS)
Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU - Oceania)
(U)
Uganda (Kampala) (AF)
Ukraine (Kiev) (EU)
United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS)
United Kingdom (London) (EU)
United States (Washington D.C.) (NA)
Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA)
Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS)
(V)
Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU - Oceania)
Vatican City (na) (EU)
Venezuela (Caracas) (SA)
Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS)
(Y)
Yemen (Sana) (AS)
(Z)
Zambia (Lusaka) (AF)
Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF)
Currencies of the World
Country Currency Sub Currency
Afghanistan afghani 100 puls
Algeria dinar 100 centimes
Andorra euro 100 cents
Argentina austral 100 centavos
Australia dollar 100 cents
Austria euro 100 cents
Bahamas dollar 100 cents
Bahrain dinar 1,000 fils
Barbados dollar 100 cents
Belgium euro 100 cents
Belize dollar 100 cents
Benin franc 100 centimes
Bolivia boliviano 100 centavos
Brazil real 100 centavos
Brunei dollar 100 cents or sen
Bulgaria lev 100 stotinki
Cameroon franc 100 centimes
Canada dollar 100 cents
Cayman Islands dollar 100 cents
Central African Rep. franc 100 centimes
Chad franc 100 centimes
Chile peso 100 centavos
China yuan 10 fen
Columbia peso 100 centavos
Congo franc 100 centimes
Costa Rica colon 100 centimos
Cuba peso 100 centavos
Czechoslovakia koruna 100 halers
Denmark krone 100 ore
Djibouti franc 100 centimes
Dominican Rep. peso 100 centavos
Ecuador dollar 100 cents
Egypt pound 100 piastres
El Salvador colon 100 centavos
Ethiopia birr 100 cents
Fiji dollar 100 cents
Finland euro 100 cents
COUNTRY CURRENCY SUB CURRENCY
France euro 100 cents
Gabon franc 100 centimes
Gambia dalasi 100 bututs
Germany euro 100 cents
Ghana cedi 100 pesewas
Greece euro 100 cents
Guatemala quetzal 100 centavos
Guinea franc 100 centimes
Guyana dollar 100 cents
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Country, Capital City, Population
Afghanistan, Kabul
Albania, Tirane, 300,000
Algeria, Algiers
Andorra, Andorra la Vella, 22,390
Angola, Luanda, 2,000,000
Antigua and Barbuda, St. John's, 21,514;
Codrington (capital of Barbuda), est. pop. 1,000
Argentina, Buenos Aires: city 3,000,000; metro 12,000,000
Armenia, Yerevan, 1,226,000
Australia, Canberra, 307,700
Austria, Vienna, 1,600,000
Azerbaijan, Baku, 1,713,300
Bahamas, Nassau, 171,542
Bahrain, Manama, 140,401
Bangladesh, Dhaka: city 3,839,000; metro area 8,500,000
Barbados, Bridgetown, 6,700
Belarus, Minsk, 1,666,000
Belgium, Brussels, 949,070 (metro)
Belize, Belmopan, 5,845
Benin, Porto-Novo (official), 177,660; Cotonou (de facto capital) 33,212
Bhutan, Thimphu 30,340
Bolivia, Sucre, 131,800; Administrative capital: La Paz, 713,400
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 310,000
Botswana, Gaborone, 138,000
Brazil, Brasilia, 1,800,000
Brunei, Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan, 52,300
Bulgaria, Sofia, 1,113,674
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, 500,000
Burundi, Bujumbura, 300,000
Cambodia, Phnom Penh, 900,000
Cameroon, Yaounde
Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (unavailable)
Cape Verde, Praia, 61,797
Central African Republic, Bangui, 706,000
Chad, N'Djamena, 529,555
Chile, Santiago, 4,601,434
China, Beijing, 12,033,000
Colombia, Bogota 1,945,448
Comoros, Moroni (on Grande Comoro), 23,432
Congo, Brazzaville, 937,580
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa, 4,655,313
Costa Rica, San Jose, 315,909
Cote d'Ivoire, Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (administrative),106,786
Croatia, Zagreb, 930,753
Cuba, Havana, 2,241,000
Cyprus, Nicosia, 186,400
Czech Republic, Prague, 1,215,771
Denmark, Copenhagen, 1,339,395
Djibouti, Djibouti, 395,000
Dominica, Roseau, 15,853
Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 2,100,000
Ecuador, Quito, 1,500,000
Egypt, Cairo: city limits 7,010,000; metro 10,72,000
El Salvador, San Salvador, 972,810
Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, 30,418
Eritrea, Asmara, 400,000
Estonia, Tallinn, 471,608
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 2,200,186
Fiji, Suva, 200,000
Finland, Helsinki, 515,765
France, Paris
Gabon, Libreville, 419,596
Gambia, Banjul, 44,188,
Georgia, Tbilisi, 1,279,000
Germany, Berlin, 3,471,418
Ghana, Accra
Greece, Athens
Grenada, St. George's, 4,439
Guatemala, Guatemala City, 1,150,452
Guinea, Conakry, 1,508,000
Guinea-Bissau, Bissau, 200,000
Guyana, Georgetown, 248,500
Haiti, Port-au-Prince, 1.500,000
Honduras, Tegucigalpa, 1,500,000
Hungary, Budapest, 2,008,546
Iceland, Reykjavik, 103,036
India, New Delhi, 294,149
Indonesia, Jakarta: city 9,160,500; metro 11,500,000
Iran, Teheran
Iraq, Baghdad
Ireland, Dublin
Israel, Jerusalem, 2,550,500
Italy, Rome, 2,693,383
Jamaica, Kingston, 104,000
Japan, Tokyo: city 8,162,444; metro 28,025,000
Jordan, Amman, 963,490
Kazakhstan, Astana, 280,200
Kenya, Nairobi, 2,000,000
Kiribati, South Tarawa, (25,154)
Korea (North), Pyongyang, 2,741,260
Korea, (South), Seoul, city 10,231,217; metro 11,968,000
Kuwait, Kuwait City, 151,060
Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, 631,000
Laos, Vientiane, 442,000
Latvia, Riga, 874,000
Lebanon, Beirut, 1,100,000
Lesotho, Maseru 170,000,
Liberia, Monrovia, 1,000,000
Libya, Tripoli
Liechtenstein, Vaduz, 5,067
Lithuania, Vilnius, 590,100
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 75,622
Macedonia, Skopje, 444,229
Madagascar, Antananarivo, 1,000,000
Malawi, Lilongwe, 260,000
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 1,145,000
Maldives, Male, 62,973
Mali, Bamako, 746,000
Malta, Valletta, 9,183
Marshall Islands, Majuro, 20,000
Mauritania, Nouakchott, 480,000
Mauritius, Port Louis, 134,516
Mexico, Mexico City: city 8,735,400; metro 18,131,000
Micronesia, Palikir
Moldova, Chisinau, 676,700
Monaco, Monaco, 30,400
Mongolia, Ulan Bator, 619,000
Morocco, Rabat, 1,220,000
Mozambique, Maputo, 1,095,300
Myanmar, Rangoon
Namibia, Windhoek, 161,000
Nauru, Yaren, 559
Nepal, Kathmandu, 535,000
The Netherlands, Amsterdam (official), 724,096;
The Hague (administrative capital), 445,279
New Zealand, Wellington
Nicaragua, Managua, 974,000
Niger, Niamey, 398,265
Nigeria, Abuja, 339,000
Norway, Oslo, 483,401
Oman, Muscat, 350,000
Pakistan, Islamabad, 201,000
Palau, Koror, 12,299
Palestinian State,
Panama, Panama City, 450,668
Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, 250,000
Paraguay, Asuncion, 502,426
Peru, Lima, city 5,681,941; metro 7,443,000
Philippines, Manila, city 1,654,761, metro 9,280,000
Poland, Warsaw, 1,642,700
Portugal, Lisbon, 677,790
Qatar, Doha, 300,000
Romania, Bucharest, 2,351,000
Russian Federation, Moscow: city 8,415,549, metro 9,299,000
Rwanda, Kigali, 232,733
St. Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre, 19,000
St. Lucia, Castries, 13,600
St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Kingstown, 15,466
Samoa, Apia, 32,859
San Marino, San Marino, 2,397
Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome, 43,420
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Senegal, Dakar, 1,729,823
Seychelles, Victoria, 25,000
Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1,300,000
Singapore, Singapore, 3,044,000
Slovakia, Bratislava, 446,600
Slovenia, Ljubljana, 330,000
Solomon Islands, Honiara, 35,288
Somalia, Mogadishu, 900,000
South Africa, (official) Pretoria, (legislative) Cape Town, (judicial) Bloemfontein
Spain, Madrid, 2,947,228
Sri Lanka, Colombo, (official) 1,994,000,
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative and judicial), 107,000
Sudan, Khartoum, 924,505
Suriname, Paramaribo, 200,970
Swaziland, Mbabane 47,020
Sweden, Stockholm, 703,627
Switzerland, Bern, 129,423
Syria, Damascus, 1,549,932
Taiwan, Taipei, 2,643,439
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 524,000
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam (administrative), 1,360,850,
Dodoma (official) 45,807
Thailand, Bangkok, 5,882,000
Togo, Lome, 366,476
Tonga, Nuku'alofa, 34,000
Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 52,451
Tunisia, Tunis, 887,800
Turkey, Ankara, 2,890,025
Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 518,000
Tuvalu, Funafuti, 3,839
Uganda, Kampala, 773,463
Ukraine, Kiev, 2,637,000
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, 363,432
United Kingdom, London, 7,007,091
United States, Washington, D.C., 606,900
Uruguay, Montevideo, 1,330,440
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 2,106,000
Vanuatu, Port Vila, 26,100
Venezuela, Caracas
Vietnam, Hanoi
Western Sahara, El Aaiun, 20,010
Yemen, Sana, 1,972,011
Yugoslavia, Belgrade, 1,168,454
Zambia, Lusaka
Zimbabwe, Harare, 1,184,169
Fact The Species
Fastest Animal on Land Cheetah . Reaching speeds of 70 MPH (not long though)
Fastest Bird Hunting Peregrine Falcon dives at speeds over 200 MPH
Fastest Bird Flying Racing Pigeon at about 100 MPH
Fastest Swimming Pinniped California Sea Lion at 25 MPH
Fastest Sea Star Sun Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides 75 cm per minute (0.027 miles per hour)
Fastest Dog Greyhound at 45 MPH
Fastest Fish Sailfish at 68 mph
Fastest Bird Non Flight Ostrich can reach speeds of 43 mph
Fastest Insect Runner Cockroach at 3MPH
Fastest Insect: Dragonfly can move at 36 mph
Fastest Mouth (sea) Frogfish. 6 milliseconds to open, swallow and close.
Fastest Swimming Bird Gentoo Penguin can swim underwater up to 22 Mph
Fastest Dolphin Dall's porpoise at 56 MPH
Fastest Whale Killer Whale, Orcinus orca at 56 MPH
Fastest Reptile Spiny-Tailed Iguana at about 21 MPH
Largest Sea Cucumber Members of the genus Stichopus have been measured up to 40 inches long and 8 inches in diameter.
Largest Teeth (mammal) African Elephant. Molars can be more than a foot long and weigh 10lb.
Largest Living Organism Grove of Aspen Trees in Utah. Named "Pando". 660 Tons, 200 acres
Largest Insect Egg Malaysian stick insect (Heteropteryx dilitata) at .05 inches.
Largest Invertebrate Architeuthis dux (Giant Squid) Up to 59 foot and over 1 ton (so far)
Largest Gastropod Syrinx aruanus. Australia. In 1979, a 40 pound animal was found with a shell that measured 30.4 inches in length and 39.75 inches in girth.
Largest Clam Giant Clam is 4ft. 6in. across
Largest Sea Urchin Sperosoma giganteum Test diameter of 38 cm (13 inches)
Largest Wave (Ocean) 524m high hit Lituya Bay on July 9, 1958 caused by a 8.3 Earthquake
Largest Octopus Pacific Giant Octopus with an average arm span of 8ft. 2in.
Largest Carnivore Sperm Whale.
Largest Flying Bird Great Bustard which can weigh as much as 32 pounds and are 4 feet long.
Largest North American Animal Buffalo (Bison)
Largest Pigeon Giant Ruck. Up to 4 Lbs
Largest Creature (length) Artic Lion's Mane. (Jellyfish). Bell was 7 feet wide and tentacles over 120 feet long.
Largest Animal Blue Whale averages 110 feet long and a whopping 209 tons
Largest Pantherine Tiger
Largest Land mammal African Bush Elephant reaches 13 feet high and weights 8 tons.
Largest Head Sperm Whale. Can be up to 1/3 total body length or 20 foot.
Largest Amphibian Chinese Giant Salamander grows about 6ft.in length weighs 132
Largest Bear Kodiak Bear and weighed 1600lbs.
Largest Snake Reticulated Python averages between 26-32 feet long
Largest Poisonous Snake King Cobra. record is 18 1/2 foot. Averages 12 foot
Largest Bug Stick Insect averages 15 inches long
Largest Reptile Saltwater Crocodile averages 16 feet long and 1,150 pounds
Largest Lizard Komodo Dragon at 9-10 feet long and up to 300 pounds
Largest Ocean Carnivore Sperm Whale. At 60 feet long and 40 Tons with 11 inch long teeth.
Largest Dolphin Killer whale (Orca) at 32 feet long and 21,000 pounds
Largest Fish Whale Shark reaches 45 feet long and humans aren't on the diet.
Largest Shark Great White Shark reaches up to 21 feet and over 2 tons
Largest Shark on record Whale Shark. 59 feet long, captured in Thailand in 1919.
Largest Invertebrate Giant Squid reaches up to at least 60 feet long
Largest Rodent (ever) Phoberomys Pattersoni. Now extinct weighed over 1500 lb !!!.
Largest Rodent (current) Capybaras in South America weighs about 100 lbs.
Largest Sea Star Evasterias echinosomo 96 cm (37.79 inches) in diameter, weight 5 kg (11 pounds), collected in the North Pacific
Largest Turtle (sea) Leatherback Turtle. 8 feet diameter. 1900 Lbs
Largest Turtle (freshwater) Alligator Snapping Turtle averages 200lbs.
Largest Penguin Emperor at 48 inches.
Largest Swan Trumpeter Swan. Wingspan up to 9 feet.
Largest Seaweed Macrocystis pyrifera, a brown algae called the giant kelp. The longest recorded length is 54 metres long! M. pyrifera is the type of kelp that makes up the majority of the giant kelp forests off the California coast.
Largest Sponge Xestospongia muta, the barrel sponge, found in tropical coastal waters. Some individuals in the Caribbean measure 6-8 feet tall, and 6-8 feet across.
Largest Jellyfish Lion's Mane Jellyfish. Their Bells can reach 8 feet across and their tentacles can be more than 200 feet long
Largest Mouth on Land Hippo. They can open their mouth 180 degrees.
Largest Mouth anywhere Bowhead Whale Average up to 60 feet long and 20 foot mouth.
Largest Tiger Siberian Tiger. Sadly only about 200 left.
Largest Bird Egg Ostrich
Largest Land Carnivore Polar Bear
Largest Raptor Andean Condor. With a big 11 foot wingspan.
Largest Wingspan (Bird) Wandering Albatross at 11 feet 11 inches
Largest Breed Hybrid Cat Savannah Cat.
Largest Rabbit (domesticated) Flemish Giant. 11-14 Lbs.
Largest Gastropod Tridacna derasa, found on coral reefs in the South Pacific. One was collected on the Great Barrier Reef in 1917 that measured 49 inches by 29 inches, and weighed 579.5 pounds. The shell of a close relative, Tridacna gigas, was found off Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan in 1956 measuring 45.25 inches in length and weighing 734 pounds
Largest Flower Amorphophallus titanum height of 6 feet or more and opens to a diameter of three to four feet.
Largest Tree Giant Sequoia in California's Sequoia National Park, 2000 to 2100 years old. Measures 275 feet tall and 30 feet across.
Largest web building spider Golden Orb-Web Spider.
Largest Brain Sperm Whale at 17 lb 3 oz.
Largest Little Cat 19.
Largest Single Animal Cell African Ostrich egg.
Largest Gliding Mammal Colugo or Flying Lemur.
Largest Nose (Primate) Proboscis Monkey.
Largest Spider Goliath Bird eater. As large as 11 inches in leg span
Largest Moth Atlas Moth. Wingspan of 12 inches.
Largest Invertebrate The Atlantic Giant Squid. Can weigh as much as 2 metric tons.
Largest Crustacean Giant spider crab Macrocheira kaempferi
Individuals can measure 12-14 inches across the body, with a claw span of 8-9 feet.
Largest Brain compared to Body Squirrel Monkey's brain 1/9th of its total weight.
Largest Bat Species Giant Fox bat is the largest bat in the world with its wingspan reaching more than six feet.
Largest Bat Colony Bracken Cave in central Texas holds about 20 million individuals.
Largest Eye Giant Squid. A 55 foot squid had an eye 15.74 inch in diameter.
Largest Animal eye (Land) Ostrich eye is 2 inches diameter.
Largest Appetite Blue Whale. A blue whale eats up to 4 tons of krill everyday.
Largest Community Nest (bird) African Social Weavers. 100 chamber nest. Measured 27 ft long x 6 ft high
Largest Tree Nest (bird) Bald Eagle (Florida). 20 ft deep & 9.5 ft wide. Weighing almost 3 tons.
Largest Bird Nest (Ground) Dusky Scrubfowl. 36 ft wide and 16 ft high. Over 300 tons of forest floor litter
Largest Marine Reserve Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve, Australia. 25,096 square mile.
Largest Volcano (world) The Yellowstone caldera. USA in Salt Lake City.
Tallest Volcano (World) Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano is the world's largest mountain in cubic content with an estimated volume of 9,600 cubic miles and is 13,681 feet high.
Wettest Place on Earth Cherrapunji, India. Monsoons in the summer, drought in the winter.
Tallest Dinosaur Sauroposeidon. About 60 Feet Tall.
Tallest animal (land) Giraffe. Bulls can grow as high as 18 feet tall.
Tallest Horse Breed Shire called Samson. He stood 21.2 and a half hands ( 7 ft 2 inches)
Tallest Dog Irish Wolfhound can reach an average of 7 feet when standing.
Tallest & Biggest Bird Ostrich averages 9 feet tall and weighs 345 pounds
Largest Cow Breed Chianina. Bulls can reach 6 feet high.
Tallest Land Animal Giraffe averages 19 feet tall
Tallest Tree Nest (bird) Marbled Murrelet at up to 148 foot.
Tallest Jumper (land animal) Pumas. 15 feet high. Or 5 times it's own height.
Tallest Jumper (body size considered) Flea. They can jump 100 times their own height.
Tallest Mountain (world ) Mt Everest on the border of Nepal, Tibet, and China is the world's tallest mountain and highest elevation with a peak at 29,035 feet
Thickest Ice Antarctica
Coldest Place on Earth Antarctica. During Night.
Coldest Temperatures Recorded Antarctica. -129 degrees F.
Smallest Dinosaur Microraptor. About 16 inches long. They are still finding small ones.
Smallest Sea Cucumber Rhabdomolgus ruber, North Sea 10 mm (0.39 inches) in length
Smallest Wild Cat Breed Rusty-Spotted cat from Sri Lanka.
Smallest Rabbit (domestic) Netherland Dwarf at only 1 1/2 to 3 lbs.
Smallest Rodent Pygmy Jerboa at only a couple inches.
Smallest Bat Kitti’s hog-nosed bat Craseonycteridae thonglongyai has a wingspan of less than 6 inches.
Smallest Incubation Period (bird) Small Passerines. Only 11 Days
Smallest Crab Pea crabs in the family Pinnotheridae are about .25 inches across the shell
Shortest Marine Fish Schindleria praematurus, 12-19 mm in length, weight 2 mg
Smallest Turtle Speckled Cape Tortoise. Shell length of between six and 9.6.
Smallest Breed Horse Falebella of Argentina. The tallest one stands only 30inches at the shoulder.
Smallest Pony "Little Pumpkin." He stood 14 inches and weighed only 20 lbs!
Smallest Cow Breed Dexter.
Smallest Snake Blind Snake only reaches about 6 inches.
Smallest Wingspan Bee humming Bird only Two in a half inches
Smallest Mammal Bumble-Bee Bat
Smallest Sea Star Leptychaster propinquus 1.83 cm (0.72 inches) total diameter
Smallest Raptor Pygmy Falcons. Only 3 oz.
Smallest Bird Hummingbird is 2.5 inches long and only 0.06 oz
Smallest Dog Breed Chihuahua
Smallest Breed of Cat Singapura
Smallest Amphibian Cuban Frog only 3/8 long
Smallest Soaring Bird Swift
Smallest winged insect Tanzanian parasitic Wasp it has a wingspan of 0.2mm.
Smallest Sea Urchin Echinocyamus scaber Test diameter of 5.5 mm (0.21 inches)
Smallest Pinniped Baikal Seal. Adults are 4 feet 6 inches and 140 pounds
Smallest Fish Dwarfgoby. Mature females reach only 8-10mm
Smallest Crab Pea crabs in the family Pinnotheridae are about .25 inches across the shell
Smallest Egg Clutch Albatrosses. They only lay an egg every 2 years.
Smallest Egg West Indian Vervain Humming Bird. Only 0.39 in in length and 0.0132 oz
Smallest Insect Megaphragma caribea. About 0.17 mm long
Smallest Lizard Jaragua Lizard. 16 mm long. It can curl up on a dime.
Smallest Reptile British Virgin Islands gecko is only 7/10 in long
Smallest Nest (bird) Cuban Bee and Vervain Hummingbirds. 0.78 in wide and 1.2 in deep.
Longest Flying Bird Sooty Terns. They can go 3-10 years without landing.
Longest Fish Whale Shark averages 41 1/2 feet long.
Longest life (insect) Rust-Colored Wooly Bear Caterpillar of Ellesmere Island. 14 years.
Longest Life (insect captivity) Queen Ant. 28 years.
Longest Worm Boot Lace Worm. More than 180 feet long. (1864)
Longest Pregnancy 38 Months. Alpine Salamander of Southern Europe.
Longest Incubation (egg) Australian Lyrebird takes 50 days.
Heaviest Horse Breed Clydesdale
Heaviest Dog Breed Mastiff
Heaviest Snake Anaconda was weighed in at 27 feet, 9 inches long and a big 500 pounds
Heaviest Reptile Marine Leather Back Turtle weighing at 700kmg. (0.8 metric tons)
Heaviest Turkey The largest domesticated turkey weighed 81 Lbs.
Heaviest Teeth (mammal) African Elephant. Molars can be more than a foot long and weigh 10lb.
Heaviest Bear Polar Bear at 2200 something pounds
Heaviest Cat (on record) 46 Lbs.
Heaviest Mollusc (and heaviest invertebrate) The giant squid (Architeuthis sp.)
The largest giant squid ever recorded (Architeuthis princeps) was captured in 1878. One of the tentacle measured 35 feet long. It is estimated that the animal weighed in the neighborhood of 4000 pounds.
Heaviest Fish (bony fish) Ocean Sunfish. Killed in 1908. 10 feet in length, 14 feet between dorsal and anal fins, 4,928 pounds. Struck by a boat.
Heaviest Bug Goliath Beetle. About 4.5 inches and 3.5 oz.
Fattest Animal (% body fat) Blue Whale Baleanoptera Musculus.
Fattest on record (created) OB mouse developed in a lab to study obesity. 70% body fat.
Fattest record (non-created) A human. Jon in the USA had 80% body fat.
Best Sense Of Humor Shark
Heaviest Crustacean Atlantic Lobster Homarus americanus. They can weigh over 20 Lbs.
Longest Flying (land bird) Common Swift. Can go up to 3 years without landing.
Longest Time Underwater (bird) Emperor Penguin can stay underwater for 18 minutes.
Longest wing span Wondering Albatross . Measuring 10ft. 6in. from wingtip to wingtip
Longest Hibernation Marmots can Hibernate for 9 months a year
Longest Migration (Bird) Artic Tern fly's over 25,000 miles to the southern ocean.
Longest Migration (Mammal) Gray Whale migrates about 12,500 miles per year.
Longest Migration (Insect) Desert Locust travels about 2,800 miles yearly.
Longest lived bird (captivity) Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo at over 80 years old.
Longest Living Animal Giant Tortoise lives up to 177 years
Longest Migration (Land animal) Caribou travels about 700 miles yearly.
Longest Migration (Butterfly) Monarch at about 2,000 miles.
Longest Tail Feathers Crested Argus Pheasant at 5 feet 7 inches
Weirdest egg yoke Penguin. Red. Yolk color is affected by pigments in the penguin diet.
Weirdest Mammal Duckbill Platypus. Lays eggs.
Meanest Animal (world) Honey Badger of South Africa
Oldest Pinniped (wild) Ringed Seal at 43 years old.
Oldest Pinniped (captive) Grey Seal. 41-42 years in Sweden 1901-1942
Oldest Horse recorded 62 years old named "Old Billy"
Oldest Living Wild Bird Britain's Royal Albatross, 62 and still going.
Oldest Living Snake Common Boa. Lived 40 years, 3 months,14 days names Popeye.
Rarest Cat Breed (wild) Malabar Large Spotted Civet only about 250 in Asia
Rarest Bird (world) Ivory-Billed woodpecker and Jerdon's Courser
Rarest Sea Turtle Kemp's Ridleys
Oldest Fish Species Chimaera. These fishes evolved 400 million years ago during the Devonian Period
Oldest Pinniped Ringed Seal at 43 years old.
Oldest Man Methuselah. 969 years
Oldest Living Tree (NEW) Pine Tree in California named Methuselah.Over 4700 years old. Kept secret for it's protection.
Oldest Tree Giant Sequoia in California's Sequoia National Park, 2000 to 2100 years old. Measures 275 feet tall and 30 feet across.
Oldest Dog Breed Saluki. of Egypt dating back to 7000 - 6000 BC
Oldest Cat (on record) Tabby Cat. 34 years old.
Oldest Fish The Common Eel at 88 years.
Most Teeth (land mammal) Giant Armadillo. Can have as many as 100.
Most Teeth (ocean) Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphin. As many as 252 teeth !
Most Ferocious Creature (water) Piranha. Not all species. The Black is considered the meanest.
Most Deadliest Creature (Ocean) Sea Wasp. ( species of Jelly Fish) 60 tentacles as long as 60 feet.
Most Venomous Animal Sea Wasp Swims 5 mph
Most Venomous Spider Sydney Funnel Web Spider
Most Complicated song Male Humpback Whale; Each song can last over 30 minutes
Most Snake Venom 1 bite 110 mg. Enough to kill 100 over people. Inland Taipan
Most Shocking Animal Electrical eel can release 650 volts.
Most Legs Millipede has 750
Most Feathers Whistling Swan has about 25,216
Best Hearing Animal Bat.
Strongest Bird Bald Eagle. Can carry as much as 15 lbs in flight.
Strongest Web Spider Silk is stronger than no known fiber equal to it's size vs. strength.
Strongest Animal Rhinoceros Beetles
Smartest Invertebrate (Marine) Common Cuttlefish.
Smartest mammal (human excluded) Chimpanzee. The Bonobos which is a pygmy Chimpanzee
Smartest Dog Breed Border Collie followed by Poodle.
Smartest Fish Cichlid family. In particular the Oscar.
Smartest Bird Ravens. Untie knots, unzip zippers, extensive language, sociable, plays games.
Deepest Cave (World) "Lamprechtsofen-Vogelshacht" at 5,354 feet deep Salzburg, Austria
Deepest Cave (US) Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico at 1,632 feet and still going.
Deepest Sea Cucumber Unidentified specimen taken from the Philippine trench in 1951 at 33,431 ft
Deepest Diving Bird Emperor Penguin can dive 1772 ft underwater.
Hardest Shell (nuts) Macadamia Nuts
Loudest insect African Cicada at 107 decibels it is almost as loud as a road drill
Loudest Animal Blue Whale
Loudest Land Animal Howler Monkey
Best sense of smell (fish) Shark. Detect as little as 1 part blood in 100 million parts of waters.
Most Plentiful Ocean Creature (bottom) Sea Pigs.
Most Taking Bird African Gray Parrot. Can learn over 800 words.
Most Dangerous (water) Sea Wasp or Marine Stinger. 10 tentacles means death.
Most Dangerous Animal Human with Hippo being second
Most Dangerous Anything Common Housefly
Most Dangerous Animal in Canada Moose
Most Dangerous Snakes (USA) Rattlesnakes - Eastern and Western Diamondbacks
Most Dangerous Snakes (Africa) Egyptian Cobras, Saw-Scaled Vipers, and Puff Adders
Most Dangerous Snakes (Asia) Cobra and the Russell's Viper
Most Deadly Snake Inland Taipan
Most Venomous Snake (World) Fierce Snake (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)
Most Deadly Spiders (USA) Brown Recluse and Black Widow
Most Poison Frog Poison Arrow Frog. 2 micrograms of toxin will kill a human.
Most Poisonous Animal Golden Poison Frog
Most Venomous Animal Box Jellyfish.
Most Destructive (Insect) Desert Locust
Most Greediest animal Larva of the Polyphemus.
1st Poultry Domesticated Jungle Fowl. About 3200 BC
Rarest Canine Ethiopian Wolf
Rarest Amphibian Painted Frog, Lives in Israel
Rarest Dog Breed HOUNDS OF CRETE called the Cretan Hounds
Slowest Fish Sea Horse at .01 MPH
Highest Flying Bird Ruppell's Griffon Vulture at about 7 miles up
Slowest Bird Maturity Royal and Wandering Albatrosses take about 6-10 years to mature.
Slowest Flying Bird American Woodcock does about 5 MPH
Deepest Living fishes Abyssobrotula galatheae a member of the cuskeel family.
Deepest Fish Abyssobrotula Galatheae found in Puerto Rican Trench at over 5 miles down.
Deepest Sea Star Eremicaster tenebrarius Collected in 7,630 meters (25,032 feet)
Shortest Life (Insect) Mayflies. Live as little as one hour.
Deepest Place in Ocean Challenger Deep, Marianas Trench. 35,838 feet down (that's over 7 miles)
Deepest Dive (Turtle) Leatherback
Best Swimming (bird) Penguins
Best Swimming (mammal) Toss up between Dolphin & Whale.
Best Sense of Hearing (bird) Barn Owl
Best Sense of Smell (bird) Kiwis
Rarest Fox Imperiled Foxes. Santa Cruz Islands.
Rarest Bird Crested Ibis. Japan. Only 60 left.
Rarest Bear Spectacled Bear. Again, a victim of South American rainforest deforestation.
America's most endangered mammal Black-Footed Ferret.
Rarest Crane Red-crowned Crane. Only 8 left. China
Rarest Alligator Chinese Alligator.
Rarest Lizard Komodo Dragon. 3,000 left and dropping.
Rarest Monkey Golden Lion Tamarin. Only 150 left. Couth American Rainforest victim
Rarest Seal Hooded Seal. Almost gone from hunting.
Rarest Animal (Land) Amur Tiger. Only 60-70 Amur tigers left.
