Friday, 24 May 2013

WORLD AT THE TOP 10


Top 10 most violent cities


  1. 10.Belém, Brazil, 1,639 homicides, 2,100,319 inhabitants: 78.04/100,000

  2. 9.Durango, Mexico, 474 homicides, 593,389 inhabitants: 79.88/100,000

  3. 8.Chihuahua, Mexico, 690 homicides, 831,693 inhabitants: 82.96/100,000

  4. 7.Torreón, Mexico, 990 homicides, 1,128,152 inhabitants: 87.75/100,000

  5. 6.Caracas, Venezuela, 3,164 homicides, 3,205,463 inhabitants: 98.71/100,000

  6. 5.Distrito Central , Honduras, 1,123 homicides, 1,126,534 inhabitants: 99.69/100,000

  7. 4.Acapulco, Mexico, 1,029 homicides, 804,412 inhabitants: 127.92/100,000

  8. 3.Maceió, Brazil, 1,564 homicides, 1,156,278 inhabitants: 135.26/100,000

  9. 2.Juárez, Mexico, 1,974 homicides, 1,335,890 inhabitants: 147.77/100,000

  10. 1.San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 1,143 homicides, 719,447 inhabitants:158.87/100,000

Top 10 oldest permanently inhabitated cities


  1. 10.Luxor – 3,200 BC

  1. 9.Plovidiv – 3,000 – 4,000 BC

  2. 8.Delhi – 3,500 BC

  3. 7.Gaziantep – 3,650 BC

  4. 6.Sidon – 4,000 BC

  5. 5.Athens – 4,000 – 5,000 BC

  6. 4.Argos – 5,000 BC

  7. 3.Aleppo – 5,000 BC

  8. 2.Biblos – 5,000 BC

  9. 1.Damascus – 9,000 BC



Top 10 religions of the world


  1. 10.Spiritism – 15 million

  2. 9.Juche (Korean) – 19 million

  3. 8.Sikhism – 23 million

  4. 7.African Traditional & Diasporic – 100 million

  5. 6.Primal indigenous religions – 300 million (app)

  6. 5.Buddhism – 376 million

  7. 4.Confucianism – 394 million

  8. 3.Hinduism – 900 million

  9. 2.Islam 1.5 billion –

  10. 1.Christianity – 2.1 billion


Top 10 most visited tourist attractions in the world


  1. 10.Grand Bazaar, Istanbul: 15 million visitors

  2. 9.Disneyland, Anaheim, CA: 16 million visitors

  3. 8.Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Orlando: 17 million visitors

  4. 7.Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston: 18 million visitors

  5. 6.NYC’s Grand Central Terminal: 21.6 million visitors

  6. 5.Niagara Falls: 22.5 million visitors

  7. 4.Las Vegas Strip: 29.5 million visitors

  8. 3.Washington, D.C.’s Union Station: 37 million visitors

  9. 2.Central Park in NYC: 38 million visitors

  10. 1.Times Square: 39.2 million visitors

Top 10 countries by prison population per capita


  1. 10.Virgin Islands (UK) – 439

  2. 9.Anguila (UK) – 480

  3. 8.Cuba – 510

  4. 7.Russia – 511

  5. 6.Georgia – 524

  6. 5.Rwanda – 527

  7. 4.Seychelles – 535

  8. 3.Virgin Islands (USA) – 539

  9. 2.St. Kitts & Nevis – 649

  10. 1.United States – 730


Top 10 most visited museums


  1. 10.Musée d’Orsay, Paris – 2,985,510 visitors

  2. 9.National Museum of Korea, Seoul – 3,067,909 visitors

  3. 8.Centre Pompidou, Paris – 3,130,000 visitors

  4. 7.Museum of Modern Art, New York – 3,131,238 visitors

  5. 6.National Gallery of Art Washington – 4,775,114 visitors

  6. 5.National Gallery, London – 4,954,914 visitors

  7. 4.Tate Modern, London – 5,061,172 visitors

  8. 3.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – 5,216,988 visitors

  9. 2.British Museum, London – 5,842,138 visitors

  10. 1.Louvre, Paris – 8,500,000 visitors


Top 10 happiest countries in the world


  1. 10.Guatamala – 56,9

  2. 9.Venezuela – 56,9

  3. 8.Nicaragua – 57,1

  4. 7.Panama – 57,8

  5. 6.Jamaica – 58,5

  6. 5.El Salvador – 58,9

  7. 4.Belize – 59,3

  8. 3.Colombia – 59,8

  9. 2.Vietnam – 60,4

  10. 1.Costa Rica – 64,0

Top 10 least densely populated countries


  1. 10.Botswana: 3.66 (2.127.825 / 581.730 sq km)

  2. 9.Canada: 3.46 (34.568.211 / 9.984.670 sq km)

  3. 8.Suriname: 3.46 (566.846 / 163.820 sq km)

  4. 7.Guyana (British): 3.44 (739.903 / 214.969 sq km)

  5. 6.Libya: 3.41 (6.002.347 / 1.759.540 sq km)

  6. 5.Mauritania: 3.34 (3.437.610 / 1.030.700 sq km)

  7. 4.Iceland: 3.06 (315.281 / 103.000 sq km)

  8. 3.Australia: 2.88 (22.262.501 / 7.741.220 sq km)

  9. 2.Namibia: 2.64 (2.182.852 / 824.292 sq km)

  10. 1.Mongolia: 2.06 (3.226.516 / 1.564.116 sq km)


Top 10 countries by annual working hours


  1. 10.Turkey – 1.877 hours per year

  2. 9.Israel – 1.890 hours per year

  1. 8.Estonia – 1.924 hours per year

  2. 7.Poland – 1.937 hours per year

  3. 6.Hungary – 1.980 hours per year

  4. 5.Russia – 1.981 hours per year

  5. 4.Greece – 2.032 hours per year

  6. 3.Chile – 2.047 hours per year

  7. 2.South Korea – 2.090 hours per year

  8. 1.Mexico – 2.250 hours per year


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