hey guys sam here from the geography bible i hope you are having a fantastic week wherever in the world you may be in this video we've got 50 interesting fun and utterly bizarre geography related facts now if you are watching this video then chances are you are interested in geography and therefore you may already know a lot of these facts but hopefully at least a few of them may take you by surprise because it certainly did for me all right without further ado let's get straight into it starting off with fact number one ninety percent of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere number two parts of canada are to the south of detroit number three russia is so big that it is home to 11 different time zones number four despite being just 2. 4 miles apart the diomede islands have a 21-hour time difference between them number five most studies place the total number of human beings who have ever have lived at around 60 to 120 billion since the world population right now is around 8 billion the percentage of humans who have ever lived and are alive today is around 10 percent number six rome is further north than new york city number seven africa could comfortably fit most of the us india and china within its borders number eight the continent of asia has more surface area than the entirety of the moon number nine there are more people living within this circle than outside of this circle number 10 the largest city by area in the world hulumbir mongolia is almost half the size of france number 11 while pretty much no one who lives in alaska can see russia from their house if there was a bridge between the two landmasses it would take less than an hour to drive from one to the other number 12 point nemo is the most remote point on earth 1 000 miles from any land in any direction the closest people to point nemo are astronauts on the international space station whenever they pass by 258 miles away number 13 saudi arabia does not have lakes rivers and areas abundant with natural vegetation because of no rainfall number 14 china has 102 cities with a population of over 1 million they are just kidding for reference the u. s has just 10.
number 15 by the year 2100 lagos nigeria is predicted to reach a population of around 88 million more than the entirety of germany today number 16 if the entirety of scandinavia was a city it wouldn't even make the top 10 most populated in the world number 17 at 132 000 india is home to the largest capacity sports stadium in the world the motera stadium number 18 there are roughly two times more kangaroos in australia than people at 50 million and 25 million respectively number 19 papua new guinea is the country with the most languages in the world with 852 living languages number 20 the netherlands is the tallest country in the world the average 19 year old man stands at 183 centimeters while women of the same age are typically 172 centimeters number 21 on the other hand the smallest country by height in the world is indonesia at 163. 5 centimeters for men and 153 centimeters for women number 22 by an absolute country mile russia has by far the most forest area in the world at around 12 million kilometers squared brazil is in second place with around half of that number 23 suriname however has the most percentage of its land covered in forest at a remarkable 98. 3 percent number 24 the democratic republic of congo is widely considered to be the richest country in the world regarding natural resources its untapped deposits of raw minerals are estimated to be worth in excess of 24 trillion us dollars number 25 the welsh flag has been ranked as the coolest looking flag in the world number 26 for more than a decade tokyo has maintained the accolade as a city with the most starred restaurants in the world with its 226 michelin star restaurants split between 11 3 star 47 2 star and 165 one star number 27 okay this one blew my mind out of every country on earth sweden has the most islands at around 222 000 followed by finland with 188 thousand number 28 only four of africa's 54 countries have a mcdonald's egypt mauritania morocco and south africa these four countries have about 387 mcdonald's restaurants combined which is fewer than 393 in mexico alone number 29 at 424 new york city has the most subway stations in the world followed by shanghai with 369.
number 30 pyongyang north korea is home to the world's tallest unused building the pyongyang hotel this pyramid-shaped building stands at over 1 000 feet tall number 31 created in 2011 south sudan is the world's youngest country it gained independence from england and egypt in 1956 and then in 2011 became its own nation so it's gained independence twice in its life number 32 wellington the second largest city in new zealand is the world's most southern capital number 33 on the flip side the world's most northernmost capital city is reykjavic in iceland a city of around 350 000 inhabitants number 34 the english channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world each day more than 500 vessels cross the 350 mile long english channel a critical route in the european shipping network number 35 overtaking new york city recently beijing is the city with the most billionaires in the world at around 100 number 36 london england is the city with the most five-star hotels in the world at around 75 next is dubai with around 61. at around 227 megabits per second singapore has the fastest broadband in the world and south korea has the fastest mobile internet at around 121 megabits per second number 38 norway has the largest plug-in segment market share of electric new car sales in the world at around 74. 7 percent in 2020.
number 39 vatican city is both the smallest city and country in the world at 0. 49 squared kilometers number 40 kiribati has the highest smoking rates in the world at 52. 4 percent as with many other countries smoking is lower among women than it is among men more than 200 people die in kiribati every year from tobacco-related causes number 41 as of the time of making this video there are 557 cities with more than 1 million inhabitants number 42 with 229 million indonesia is the country with the most muslims in the world around 12.
7 percent of all muslims live in indonesia number 43 there are 36 nations in the world who do not have a military their national police forces do kind of act as a military however andorra iceland and costa rica to name a few number 44 china has the highest electricity consumption in the world at just under 6 trillion kilowatt hours the us is second at just under 4 trillion number 45 altogether the size of the population of china is larger than nearly four regions combined south america europe excluding russia the us and canada and australia and new zealand number 46 israel has the highest percentage of vegans globally with an estimated five to eight percent of the entire population being vegan an estimated 400 000 people and growing number 47 at the time of making this video el salvador is the only country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender let's come back to this video in 10 or 20 years time and see how many other countries have followed in el salvador's footsteps my guess is quite a lot number 48 nearly 1 in 1500 people in japan are now aged 100 or older around 80 000 in total the numbers show that women in japan are far more likely than men to live for a century or more making up 88 of all centarians number 49 pittsburgh the city of bridges has the most bridges in the world with 446 more than the likes of venice italy and finally number 50.
