World and society

Countries compared on population, economy, energy and health.

• Countries by above ground biomass in forest per hectare

  #1 Guyana · 498.96

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by above or below extreme poverty line world bank

  #1 East Asia and Pacific (WB) · 2,352.08 million

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by absolute change CO2

  #1 India · 130.7k thousand

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution

  #1 China · 1,108.1 thousand

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by access drinking water stacked

  #1 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba · 100

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by access to sexual health care and education

  #1 Netherlands · 100

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by adolescent fertility

  #1 Afghanistan · 18

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by adolescent fertility 15 19

  #1 Mozambique · 158

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by adults smoking 2007 2018

  #1 East Timor · 48.8

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by age dependency ratio of working age population

  #1 Central African Republic · 105.18

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by age dependency ratio young of working age population

  #1 Central African Republic · 100.88

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by age of democracy polity

  #1 Switzerland · 171

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by age of electoral democracy

  #1 Switzerland · 177

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by age of electoral democracy lexical

  #1 New Zealand · 133

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries by age of full democracy

  #1 Australia · 80

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries spending the most on health per person

  #1 United States · 13.5k US$

  United States is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries spending the most on the military (share of GDP)

  #1 Ukraine · 39.56 % of GDP

  Ukraine is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries with the highest CO2 emissions per person

  #1 Qatar · 41.27 t

  Qatar is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries with the highest energy use per person

  #1 Iceland · 206.92 MWh

  Qatar entered the top 10 at #2.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries with the highest fertility rate

  #1 Chad · 6.03

  Somalia, Fed. Rep. entered the top 10 at #2.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries with the highest share of people over 65

  #1 Monaco · 36.01 %

  Monaco is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries with the highest share of renewable electricity

  #1 Albania · 100 %

  Lesotho entered the top 10 at #8.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries with the longest life expectancy

  #1 Monaco · 86.37 years

  Monaco is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Countries with the lowest access to electricity

  #1 South Sudan · 5.4 % of population

  South Sudan is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Fastest-growing populations

  #1 United Arab Emirates · 4.68 %

  United Arab Emirates is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Largest countries by land area

  #1 Russian Federation · 16.4k thousand km²

  Russian Federation is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Most forested countries

  #1 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. · 92.07 % of land

  Micronesia, Fed. Sts. is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Most populous countries

  #1 India · 1,463.87 million

  United States entered the top 10 at #3.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Most urbanised countries

  #1 Bahrain · 100 %

  Kuwait entered the top 10 at #6.

  Updated 2026-10-28

• Richest countries by GDP per capita

  #1 Monaco · 288.0k US$

  Monaco is the new #1.

  Updated 2026-10-28