The Twenty Poorest Nations In The World
A thousand dollars or less per person per year in GDP – the consequence of poverty, genocide, years of war, lack of natural resources, poor farm management, and limited access to clean water and health care. This is the follow-up to 24/7 Wall St.’s Twenty Most Productive Nations. Eighteen of the poorest countries by GDP…
World’s 50 Most Populous Countries: 2010
This table provides figures about the 50 most populous nations in the world. China is the most populous. Rank Country Population World 6,817,246,761 1. China 1,330,141,295 2. India 1,173,108,018 3. United States 310,232,863 4. Indonesia 242,968,342 5. Brazil 201,103,330 6. Pakistan 177,276,594 7. Bangladesh 158,065,841 8. Nigeria 152,217,341 9. Russia 139,390,205 10. Japan 126,804,433…
Africa’s Population Rankings
Africa World Country Population 1. 10 Nigeria 123,337,822 2. 15 Egypt 68,359,979 3. 18 Ethiopia 64,117,452 4. 23 Democratic Republic of Congo 51,964,999 5. 26 South Africa 43,421,021 6. 32 Tanzania 35,306,126 7. 33 Sudan 35,079,814 8. 35 Algeria 31,193,917 9. 36 Kenya 30,339,770 10. 37 Morocco 30,122,350 11. 43 Uganda 23,317,560 12. 50 Ghana…
Africa Countries – Capital – Area
Country Area Capital Date of independence 1. Sudan 2,505,810 Khartoum January 11956 2. Algeria 2,381,741 Algiers July 31962 3. CongoDem. Republic of 2,345,410 Kinshasa June 301960 4. Libya 1,759,540 Tripoli December 241951 5. Chad 1,284,000 N’djamena August 111960 6. Niger 1,267,000 Niamey August 31960 7. Angola 1,246,000 Luanda November 111975 8. Mali 1,240,000 Bamako September…
Nelson Mandela – 8 Lessons of Leadership
Nelson Mandela has always felt most at ease around children, and in some ways his greatest deprivation was that he spent 27 years without hearing a baby cry or holding a child’s hand. Last month, when I visited Mandela in Johannesburg — a frailer, foggier Mandela than the one I used to know — his…
Death is Inevitable
When there is only a single star left in the sky. At that very moment, the path of forgiveness will close. The writing in the Quran will vanish. The sun will lower itself with the earth. Prophet Muhammad saw said, ‘Who ever delivers this news to someone else, I will on the Day of Judgement…
Slandering and Backbitting
Now what does Gheebah mean? Gheebah comes from the root: Gha-Yaa-Baa, meaning that which is unseen. In Arabic, backbiting,slandering, or any misuse of the tongue is Gheebah. Gheebah is to talk about your brother or sister in such a manner that he or she would dislike it if told to their face. Gheebah is one…