Paying the bills!
Here is a top 10 list of worlds richest countries according to CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia measured by GDP per capita. For those in the dark – GDP or Gross Domestic Product – is the value of all the goods that a country produces. GDP per capita stands for the value an average person produces.
10. Switzerland – $39,800 (GDP per capita)
This cheese making country is considered to be one of the most neutral countries in the world. During World War 2, people from other European countries deposited their money in the banks of Switzerland, knowing that their money would be safer there than in their home countries. Some well known Swiss companies include Nestle, Logitech, Rolex and Credit Suisse.
9. Equatorial Guinea – $44,100
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a country in Central Africa. Most people have never heard of it. This country flew into stardom after 1996 when large oil reserves were found in the nation of only 0,5 million people. While being one of the largest producers of oil in Africa, little has been made to improve the living conditions of the people. Corruption is widespread and ordinary people are mostly living in poverty. The gap between rich and poor is probably the largest in the world.
8. Ireland - $45,600
This member of European Union has been often admired as one of the most modern knowledge economies in the world. Ireland is the largest maker of computer software in the world. A study done by The Economist ranked the Celtic Tiger to have the best quality of life in the world.
7. United States – $46,000
What sets the US apart from most other countries in this list is its size. While most other countries in this list are among the smallest in the world the US has a population of over 300 million and a total land area of 3,79 million square miles (9.83 million sq km). The US is also home to the largest amount of billionaires in the world. It is speculated that as many billionaires live in the US as in the rest of the world.
6. Singapore – $48,900
This country tiny country consist of 63 island and some mainland with a total area of only 270 square miles (704 sq km). With Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan it is considered one of the Four Asian Tigers. Singapore has the busiest port in the world and is the 4th largest foreign exchange trading center in the world. Singapore is widely believed to be the most business-friendly economy in the world.
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“Ireland is the biggest maker of computer software in the world”
Ruins the article.
What do you mean?
Anyway, I changed it to largest, if that’s what you had in mind…
hi INDIA is best and largest software producing country in the world…we are proud to be a indians…….
what do u mean? what about nigeria?.nigeria is one of the oil and cocoa rich country in the world. uyou have to remember nigeria.we are proud to be a nigerian
Ghana is the best nation cos we are peaceful and loving country
yeah right. you might be all that but your country Ghana is as poor as a church mouse on a sunday.
yes I agree with u that Ghana is the peaceful nation in the world
yea but mind u mr proud indian ..india is one of the poor slums in the world aswel. mainly because more than half of india still dont have water to drink and they live like animals.
India is the developing country its also riches country because always 4 person from India involve in the list of top 10 man riches in the world.
I don’t agree with you. Yes, India is one of a poor countries in the world. Rich Indians are very few compare to your huge population. There are many people still live under $2 a day; many live in the street next to trash and many of them die in the heat or cold. Don’t lie to yourself. Where are your 4 richest people? Are they hidding or just keeping all the money for themselves?
You need to go to school.
Lame idiot.
Hi,
In most of the countries tehre are rich as well as poor: there is no equality:and all donot have the mind to help the poor.so donot spell India as the poorer or poorer.
If there is a place where there are poor piple is India,in other countries mad piple and street boys and girls are living outdoors like wild animals but in India, majority of normal piple are sleeping in streets no place to call home.wat u can see only is maybe good infrastructure,otherwise everything sucks there.
Mr. Bett for your kind information we are hardworking Indian that’s why you can find our brother in every part of the world. As concerned about our country our country is not poor country we are devolving country and we proud to be Indian. Yes we’ve some area where our country is lacking but it doesn’t mean that anybody can abuse us. That’s our problems and we gonna solve them. And mr. so I am giving some facts about India just goes thru them and then save your own but… by reading them…
India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
The name ‘India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name ‘Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
Chess was invented in India.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
The ‘Place Value System’ and the ‘Decimal System’ were developed in India in 100 B.C.
The World’s First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
India is the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.
The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called ‘Mokshapat’. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good deeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.
The world’s highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
The world’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India’s wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘NAVGATIH’. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Nou’.
Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.
The value of “pi” was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India.Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).
Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world
(Source: Gemological Institute of America).
The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.
India exports software to 90 countries.
The four religions born in India – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world’s population.
Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.
Islam is India’s and the world’s second largest religion.
There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.
Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively
The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.
The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world’s largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.
Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.
Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called “the Ancient City” when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution.
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India.
Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.
Bett the lame ass you know all your countries economies runs cause of The People called Indians and still you are proud of it no matter whatever we do but we work hard and with our blood and sweat earn respect for ourselves and look at you you are such a piece of shit!!!!!!!!!!!!Is’nt it………..And think over it……….
Do you think those normal Indian piples have enough energy to act wild when their stomachs are emptied or just too worry for the next meals?
Hey you Indian Assholes, your millionaires ( Including billlionaires ) are very few compared to your country’s population. And you Indians that used the Internet, probably you are rich as Indians from India that have computers means they are rich, like you, asshole
fuck of u all freaks who r saying bad abt india , jst look at ur self do u all know ur father”s name, u fckin son s of bitches bloody hell n u talking abt indian, u r real poor people who dont hve ur fathers name evan i think u dont know ur moms name,
Indians have lots of money..
U ASSHOLE NO NEED TO GIVE U ANY EXPLAINATION THE WORLD KNOW THAT WHERE WE STANDING TODAY IN WHICH POSITION & THE WORD WHICH U USED FOR OUR COUNTRY FROM THAT PEOPLE WILL COME TO KNOW THAT UR COUNTRY PEOPLE DONT HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHER COUNTRY SO SUGGESTION FOR U IS GIVE RESPECT & TAKE RESPECT & WE ARE PROUD THAT WE BORN IN INDIA & WE ARE PROUD TO BE INDIANS
i think you have only heard from your mad grand father about india.
you must come and see what we are doing and what we have done.
magnificent answer by bhagat singh bayya………..hatsoff
hey i m a pakistani n i wldnt say that india is a poor or slum country….hve u noticed tht around 4billion indians r livin in ur country n yah u wld never find americans workin anywhere but jus in da army….n there cumes a news tht filty american died in iraq,kuwait,etc….who said we want a fuckin ppl 4rm ur country itx….jus tht u guyx dunt hve enough jobs there so….u decide 2 cume in foreign countries n disturb their lyfe styles….n yah 1 more thng america ix da biggest begger country in da wrld….askin 4 money…
Hello, Ms. pakistani,
How u saying all that, what about Pakistan I think condition of Pakistan is worst and India is many time rich than Pakistan ok. Next time after think then comment OK.
check this out miss pakistan. the only reason your taliban infested country continues to survive is because america gives you billions of dollors a year. your country needs the u.s. if it werent for us than your economy would collapse. how can a country be so weak by letting the enemy blow up its own people and still let those enemies live on there land. your military is a joke. please dont mention our military,cause we all know if we wanted your country it would only take about 2 days. im sorry that my military is so powerful that it can take over any country in world. hey lil miss india. your country needs alot of work, but you are one of the largest economies in the world. if somebody in india wants education they come to america, just like every other person in other countries do. people who speak about pakistan should atleast know some facts before discriminating the u.s, the only country in the world who gives hundreds of billions of dollors every year to countries around the world. if it wasnt for the u.s than alot of economies would fall apart.they need our aid to prosper. just look at how america with over 300 million people can still be one of the weathiest nations. no big populated country can acheive that. everyone in america has a good job,house,car and the opportunity to acheive greatness. maybe thats why we have a 14 trillion dollar economy. i might add that no other country even comes close to that margin. if u want your deams to come true,come to america. the best of everything. what other country can have a black,white,chinese,japanese,latin,muslim,russian,indian in the same room and not feel out of place.
Hey Indians, I don’t understand what you are talking about. You talk like chickens
Learn to spell words so we can understand what you’re saying
eric wr u frm punk… u aint seen indian dick yet… if i start it from ur ass it will come out of ur mouth
wow………. what an argument from mr. american pride, let me ask uone question mr asshole pride.. if ur army is so strong where is ur dad osama….. and if u have seen zeitgeist u will understand that the person u think is ur dad is actually ur neighbourer and ue mom was just playing with him in front of the person u call dad…….. and if u see zeitgeist u will understand how basterd u americans are. what u did all this time copying black people and now u say rap is in our blood fuck u son of bitches
we have a saying dont touch garbage let it stay in one corner and throw the frangnance all arround same is with americans and indians american stays in one corner and indians are all arround the world whipping worlds ass..
u mother fuckers………….u dont have culture or tradition…….scum people u don’t have no right to talk about indians u ass holesssssssssss.
u mother fuckers………….u dont have culture or tradition…….scum people u don’t have right to talk about indians u ass holesssssssssss.
mike put ur pennis into ur ass it self……….son of a bitch
India is a very wealthy nation.
But it lacks government funding, that is why people live in slums,
This message is to jes, the black Indian/African. I give you facts about Singapore, black jes.
1. Singapore made Asian history by having Obama visiting Asia for the first time to attend the APEC Summit 09′.
2. The country with the highest concentration of millionaires in the world. 10% last year and 9% this year.
3. The country with the highest concentration of drivers owning Mercedes and BMWs.
4. The country that has each citizen earning $51,226 a year.( 4th in the world now, my parents each earn more than that )
5. Go fuck yourself jes.
I’m not arguing with others but arguing only with jes! So don’t be angry at me for doin’ this but be angry wif jes for making me do this
u calling me black man u dont even know me.. maybe colour of my privates parts are fairer than u face and by the way u have only 5 qualities in singapore i have millions in my country canada if i start to tell u, and india and africa are not small countries like singapore if u wana see mercedees and bmw’s go to cyprus an island near greece u will undersand what means cars for u maybe the mercedees and bmw are the highest brands in cyprus people start with hummer and royal royce.
and if u talk about earnings an average waiter in america earns more than 40000/year and calculate it to ur singapore dollar, i myself working as accountant earns morethan 55000/year.
jerk,your country may be rich but its not powerful.asshole,indian army is million times more powerful than yours and it can convert your city into pile of dust within seconds!there wouldnt even be need to use the indian nukes!
foolish Singaporeans
last year your concentration of millionaires was 10% this year its 9%
it will decrease n decrease b’coz we are taking all your money
we were the richest in the world before 18 century now we are retaining our position
ass holes
am an indian and am proud about it
we have 4 brothers
1-Pakistan
2-Bangladesh
3-Afghanistan
4-sri-Lanka
just think if these countries wouldn’t have separated then the whole world would have fucked up
if these countries again come to their own original form which was before 1947 then the whole world would have to face our combined wrath
and when we see u Singaporeans and Chinese we think that these fools are sleeping .your eyes always remains closed
i would love to see India-Pakistan-Bangladesh-sri Lanka-and Afghanistan merge
the most powerful people are seen in these and from these 5 countries.
osama is from Afghanistan,LTTE,AL-Qaeda ,Lashkar-e-taiba etc.
in cricket also srilanka, India, Pakistan,and Bangladesh are included in the top 10 countries of the world
just think if we merge not a single country on this planet will be able to win against us
China,USA,UK(which is responsible for our separation)etc. no other country will be able to fight us.
HAIL INDIA,PAKISTAN,BANGLADESH,SRI-LANKA,AFGHANISTAN
Dude are you out of your mind. You are cursing at me for no reason. Read my comments. I have only praised India. Can you read and understand English.
India`s people very hard working & minded they are spread in various country most of them are engg./docter and good business diveloper.
i am doing a project on poor countriaes and india is one of them so dont say that that poor ass country is rich so go root a farm amimal… Australia is the best dumbshits.
hello…………… australia is not a country.its just a camp of few European people. its population is very much similar to that of a small Indian town . u should compare it with a indian town.Now india is the 4th largest economy in the world. without indian scientists, engineers NASA is dead. without indian doctors the whole world will be sick.now only the Indian brain drives the world.Australia is a village of wild & mannerless twoleged animals.India is a land having a great culture & civilisation of 10,000 years.when there was no creation of the rest of world at that time india was writing epics like ramayan & mahabharat. india had delivered the concept of ‘0′ 2 the world.india is going 2 rule the 21st century. worlds 40% english speaking population lives in india. if there is no indian, there is no software what u r using very cheerfully.the whole wolrd is astonished 2 see how there is democracy in india inspite of 1.2 billion people.here the people from different religeon,community,language are staying united just like brothers. this is my india. mind it. jai ho!
young man go to bed, i hope you get good grade your project, because if you don’t know indians are rich just that they are dirty people. i should know because i live with them.
but monetary wise,they are rich. have you ever in your poor life gave a woman a huge amount of money?that should be in your wildest dreams. just shut the f**@ up.
Second Highest Population -India
Largest country in top five – India
Around 20-25 religion and Largest Democracy -India
Have your country all this things.
so don’t fu-ke here small country like.
hay, you people who calls india poor.
for your kind information we are the 12th
largest economy in the world.
in top 100 richeis we have almost 30 of them.
we have the 4th largest army in the world.
Hello, Dharru,
Yaar I’m also Indian and I want to correction ur stmt that we are not 4th largest army but we are 2nd largest army in the world.
dude 3rd largest
even am an indian
yes thats true you can find india anywhere in this world because they cannot stay their own country because they dont have. so they go out from their country hoping they can find good life.
hahhhahhaaa poor maria she dont know we are on the tour to educate this illitrate world bitch.
Your country cannot take any country in the world. They may take some countries, but not others .
you are a stupid indian fuck that likes to eat shit and bangs all of your family… by the way Australia is way better then stupis ass indi.
fuck u sheldon we are mutherfucker indian who mke overseas women mom and fuck them
indian boys are rapists!!!! you all are criminals ha ha ha
If india is poor country than why did British people came to india? India was a richest country in the world, we had kohinoor diamond, the british army stole it,whatever we had was stole by british government, Still you said wer are poor, ask your ancestor who we are, At the time of Mughal rule India was the super power, no one can dare to attack India at that time.
If British govt would not have came, then india is the super power in all fields. There would be no poverty, there would be no chance to any one abuses to us. InshaAllah once again India will be super power and india can rich its glory once again InshAllah.
Hey shakeel khan lovesindia, don’t be stupid. The British invaded India last time becaused they are rich, not-well prepared army and has low-defence. The British took advantage of that and they invaded India easily. India wasn’t ready for invasions last time. They were stupid. Rich, but careless. That’s why British invaded India
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LOOKS AT YOUR NAME MR. IT’S SHOWING YOUR PERSONALITY ITSELF
Hey u aussies are such big ass holes,that u people just know about ur little world. U don’t know any thing about food and commented on indian food,wat do u have in australia some few dishes, which u don’t even know how to make. How can u comment on indian food. Do u know most of ur chefs come to india for cooking training. Khana banana ata nae bat kar rhe hai khane he
fuck of u all freaks who r saying bad abt india , jst look at ur self do u all know ur father”s name, u fckin son s of bitches bloody hell n u talking abt indian, u r real poor people who dont hve ur fathers name evan i think u dont know ur moms name,
fucking asshole how much money u have in ur pocket people in india working as labourer should have more money in their pocket and by the way i have seen how old cars (1960 model) are running in austrailia…kangaroo
do u know ur own language. ask ur dead grandma what means kangaroo if not i will tell u ask me u son of a bitch
India is a country of Ugliest people and poor hygiene.. i agree with the write ups below.. thats the real truth..
DEAR GARNIER JEN …PLEASE CHECK OUT THE LIST OF MISS WORLD WINNERS !!
INDIA AND VENEZUALA SHARE 5 EACH MISS WORLD TITLES {HIGHEST EVER }
SO PLZ STOP SHITTING OVER THAT INDIANS ARE UGLY ! INDIA FILM INDUSTRY POSESSES TOP MOST BEAUTIES !!
AND WAT U KNOW ABOUT HGIENE OF WE PEOPLE..??
I love those country you are talking about so in that case I will for somebody who about this 10 country to put the country in order who is the country that first and second……
Thank you
Ok Guys as far as concern you are true about India is not the richest country in the world cause of lack of responsibility and etc etc
however it is amaze that this country is still running without system. Don’t you guys see that the system is changing and I am sure that youngster in India are coming up fast and not sticking up with their race caste and all shitty stuff. I have really seen lots of changes in India Guys. I am not saying cause i favoring them , I am telling you the truth. Before I use to underestimate India , well right now I admire them cause some youngster are coming up with brilliant ideas and innovating themselves towards there goals the have the largest working population in the world. All of them are qualify doctors scientist psychologist astronauts. Half of NASA workers are Indians guys.
ya i agree with but we r seen lot of beggars in my country .this is frustration of india.then how to developing
is it wright or wrong.
Yeah, India is the top software producer in the world. we proud to b Indians.
Good work!! Dine
h…dine ur sort of right…..india produces software alot….but their “after sales service ” is worst…
Don’t brag about your country, others are better countries than yours! For example, Singapore gained independence in 1965 or 1964 or whatever in the 60s. Since gaining independence and have lack of natural resources, like water. Singapore does not have any oil reserve and miraclly, Minister Mentor of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, ( Oldest politician and the longest-serving minister in the world ) and his group of party transformed Singapore into a global hub. Singapore is currently hosting the APEC Summit 2009.
Hey Roman, have you been to Singapore, or Asia??? ( Includes stopovers )
alrite bitches ,indian ,australian and butt head singaporian.Firstly yes india as a country is rich and if ur talking about the poor ,its true there are rich ,middle class and poor people,its a fact and cant be denied.Now australia is a country of convcts and murderers ,criminals were sent there and confined to what was then called a GOD FORSAKEN island.And yup dont be proud of that shit .probably ur grandparents were confined there for raping,robbing or even killing someone think about it.And finally to fucking singaporian .I have been to that fucked up country ,the only thing u have a good infrastructure ,loads of lady boy who according to u make 50000$ sleeping around .May be ur parents sleep around too when they tuck u in bed .No wonder their salary combined is huge .And u country is one of the smallest countries in the world .Ur sisters or girls act fucking rich ,but actually downing a torn bra or panty.YELLOW sking fungus mother fuckers .Ask me how i know that ,becoz u motherfuckers come over here to canada and act like us .Have u seen ur flat faced ,stinky breath,button eyes in the mirror.I bet my dick looks better than ur face and ur whole fucking country .And yes ask ur fucking people not to come to canada.I think indians and australians are better ,than a fucking MALAY .My country CANADA may not be the top 10 richest in the world but we belong to the G7 and india belongs to the G20.I have a lot of indian friends here and they’re cool.Not like u stuck up asians .I WOULD LOVE TO ASSOSIATE myself with an indian ,rather look at a butt head asian (that includes ur flat face singaporian .) send u mother here ,probably after 9 months u’ll have a baby sister or brother .
hey man this is a wrong statement because India is the world’s largest computer making country
hey man! you should know one thing, everything is oil, even computers are made of oil, if you do not have oil in your country you should dig deeper. thanks
But still they are poor,why do u find Indians scattered all over the countries in the whole, because their country is poor and not condusive,u cant leave a gud place n go to poor countries like africa
Mr. Bett for your kind information we are hardworking Indian that’s why you can find our brother in every part of the world. As concerned about our country our country is not poor country we are devolving country and we proud to be Indian. Yes we’ve some area where our country is lacking but it doesn’t mean that anybody can abuse us. That’s our problems and we gonna solve them. And mr. so I am giving some facts about India just goes thru them and then save your own but… by reading them…
India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
The name ‘India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name ‘Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
Chess was invented in India.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
The ‘Place Value System’ and the ‘Decimal System’ were developed in India in 100 B.C.
The World’s First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
India is the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.
The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called ‘Mokshapat’. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good deeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.
The world’s highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
The world’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India’s wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘NAVGATIH’. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Nou’.
Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.
The value of “pi” was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India.Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).
Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world
(Source: Gemological Institute of America).
The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.
India exports software to 90 countries.
The four religions born in India – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world’s population.
Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.
Islam is India’s and the world’s second largest religion.
There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.
Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively
The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.
The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world’s largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.
Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.
Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called “the Ancient City” when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution.
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India.
Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.
SO WE ARE PROUD TO BE INDIAN
Thanks! I read it all and I am happy to say that I learned a lot of new things about India and the world
ummm… could you please like not write so much
you are a сукасын. you are an ignorant fool if you are thinking that africa is poor? you should infact ask about your lineage, because fools like you don’t know were they come from. am proud to be an african. but you,destituted. IDIOT
Hey you , Jade, you are rich…Rich… And I know it… Cuz Africans that own cars and computers with Internet connection are F*cking rich . But, if you would change your whole money to American Currency/Singapore’s currency, I bet you wouldn;t be rich anymore. If you buy a $300,000 house in Singapore, you’ll get about 120 square feet house with 3 or 4 bedrooms, 1 living room, a kitchen and a toilet. Britney’s Spears mansion, a $7.5 million dollars mansion,35,000 square feet, is equivilant to a 8,000 square feet house in SIngapore. So Jade, you can be a rich in Africa, a bit rich in America, but no rich in Singapore. If you go to SIngapore, you want to go back to Africa cuz here is expensive.( + 7% GST ) For us it’s cheap cuz we are already used to it. An extra large pizza from Pizza Hut will cost $50 Singapore Dollars. And here, we have lots of kind of people, the Chinese( not from China ), the Malay( Not Malaysians ) , the Indians( Not from India ), Westerners, ( They are Singaporeans )some Filipino workers, Indonesian workers, Indian national workers, Middle-east workers, Chinese national workers and about 40% of foreigner workers here are from USA, Europe,Canada, UK ( excluding Ireland ) Australia/NZ. If you visit Singapore, you’ll find a lot of type of people. The main Languages here are : English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil, Arabic. So Jade, don’t think of living or working in Singapore. Most crimes here are not from Singaporeans, but foreigners from Philippines, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Africa ( Drug smuggling ) and lastly, Malaysia. Indian nationals rarely commit crimes here, but the thing is, they like to stop in the middle of the way blocking others! DONE
What is tat brown-thingy on your head. It looks like Mickey Mouse’s ears except its brown. If you replied, please email me cuz my comments here usually dont get replies
we have a saying dont touch garbage let it stay in one corner and throw the frangnance all arround same is with americans and indians american stays in one corner and indians are all arround the world educating son of bitches.
It doesn’t mean it is the richest. It only counts the average citizen of the country earns, right Roman?
whoever replied as to:jade he doesnt even know what singapur means and talking about singapur currency and by the way do u know how many fathers u have coz so many languages are spoken their and so many kind of people live their. and if u start to do currency exchanging go to bahreen and i hope if u sell ur house u will be able to pay one day and night rent of 5 star hotels bill. man stop comparing about currency conversion talk about how much facilities u can get with one day earnings and i know how old cars are running in singapur and how people get drunk and fall on the roads and fight wiht each other and i think ur the one of those guys.
HAHAHAHA stupid jes. Old cars in Singapore??? You’re kiddin’. If you go to Singapore, don’t be surprised if you see ferraris, lambos, BMW, Mercedes, Porshe or any kind of super cars near a shopping mall or at the carpark of a neighbourhood place. 10% of the population of Singapore are millionaires! Stupid Jes. I think you’re a black Indian as you pronounce Singapore as Singapur. That’s what Indians call Singapore – Singapur. Both my mum and my dad drives a Mercedes while my brother drives a BMW 750i. My sister shares the same car as my mum. I’m the youngest in my family. I can’t drive yet as I’m not at the right age yet. Go fuck yourself, black Indian who is currently using the name ”Jes”.
BTW, Singapore means Lion City. Singa means lion and pore means city. It’s was founded by a British guy named Raffles and named after an Indonesian.
eve though your country makes computer,,,it doesnt say that it’s the richest…are you dreaming???
A Toyota Corolla Altis in Singapore cost $60,000. Very expensive. Talk about buying houses in Singapore.
then what if toyota corolla altis cost $60,000 in singapore it could be more for u not for every one in this world. their are people in africa those u can buy half of ur city in singapore. and what is singapore in the world no news on the international news channel i had have heard about u guys execpt gang rape of girl and kids shooting in the class coz the girl he like doesnt like him. talk about the big countries in the world of whom u hear everyday. talk about america england india china poland german russia. what is singapore nothing anyway i like to visit singapore, wow i still remember those shops witht the girls to choose which one u want to fuck and no restriction what ever u want them to do they will do 4 u.. i miss that i wana visit again singapore.
Hahahaha???? Some africans can buy half the city of Singapore???? You gotta be kiddin’ me Jes. Just let Roman settle this matter and see if africans can buy half the city of Singapore.
Stupid Jes. Singapore don’t even sell guns, idiot. At least our skin are not like yours, African.
where u live singaporeboi, and tht name singapur i said coz i know some of indian pronouncations . and if u really know where this singa word came from i think u will be genius but im sure u dont know………….its a sanskirt word in other way its also called sinh or singh and by the way im not indian and not american, im canadian i have background of america and my grandfather is indian i have visited almost all of asian countries and know maybe more than u ok so go and fuck ur slef and if u cant tell me i can come their to fuck u coz it really doesnt matter to me to come their everyday to fuck u and come back to canada to sleep………by the way ur mother is very nice lady and she folds very nice napkins….tell her hi from my side…
Go to Clarke Quay and see for yourself! Full of lambos and ferraris. By the way, my mum’s from America while my dad from canada. They purposely make me Singaporean and they are planning to be a Singapore citizen soon…
bEHAHAHAHA!!!!! Singapore’s ”Hummers” are very cheap. It can even kill you! Only a few dollars… Change the ”U” to ”A”. ”Hammer”…
what, really ! u have ferraries amd lambo, by the way how many 2-3 or 5 in all country hey dont make everybody fool i have been to singapore and i know how good looking cars are on the roads……….
Name the places you visited in Singapore, Jes
Hey Roman, I want to speak to you in Singlish first.
Eh, dis one the list is counted by the average salary in a month or year ah??? Or just the richest people? I ”bo faham”* ah!
*bo = Don’t ( In Chinese )
*faham= Understand ( In Malay )
hey u stupid Singaporeboi what if they dont sell gun they do black market and specially ur judges like Wu Xiaoqing are mafia in the white shirt, taking bribes from indians and chinese mafia. assholes u guys use ur power at wrong place………and for ur confirmation im an american not an african . singapore is just a shit hole of the world nothing more if u think of singapore u just think o cheap electronic things and prostitutes nothing else if their is something special please let me know i know their is nothing u asshole……
I know your a black guy living in america.
Shut up black jes you’re not american! You argued with AmericanPride so you’re not American. You’re a black African.
i will like you to add me to your yahoo list so that will can talk better.Thanks
Hey you said Ireland having the largest marker of computer software in the world ruins the article. I happen to be Irish and my I.C.T knowledge is away above average so please don’t say things about my country that your not sure about perhaps the U.S, Japan and China has more powerful computer software than Ireland but i happen to know for a fact that Ireland is the most advanced country in Europe.
this is the most ridiculous list i’ve ever seen
the usa with 45 million people without medicare is among the poorest nations on the planet, both morally and financially
I agree with you Robert – the US has got to have one of the worse medicare in the planet. I’ve lived most of my life in Europe – and about a year in the US. When it comes to medical aid I’d choose Europe any time!
But speaking financially – Having everyone sign up for a medical insurance is a great way of pumping money into the economy. Too bad that in my opinion people’s health is not something you can play with!
well stay in europe then. keep paying taxes so your arab and african invaders can free health care.
How bout’ Singapore??? When a patient leaves the clinic, the patient won’t leave with empty hands, the patient will leave with medicines – Yes, medicines in the clinic. It usually cost $20+ ( Singapore Dollars, $15 if changed into US currency) If you go to the clinic, don’t expect it to be cheap! – Singapore is one of the most expensive cities/countries in the world!
I’m proud to be a Singaporean. 8.5% of the population of Singapore are millionaires! The highest percentage in the world!!!!!
You have no idea what you are talking about and you know nothing about the principals of a capitalist society.
Thanks for clarifying this! You are the smartest and the best and you always know what you are talking about!
fuck you, you dome ass piece of shit you dont know what the fuck you are talking about, the US will whip all of europes ass in a couple of days as well as the rest of the world
so go fuck yourself and your piece of shit dome ass eurpoe that is probalby goin to get itself in another world war and then come crying to us AMERICANS to help their weak asses
so get the hel out o fthe US we dont want your dome ass motherfuckers in our country
Your very retarded. USA couldn’t whip out all of Europe without a shitload of countries attacking them. USA relies on Nukes. Nukes create danger to the ecosystem. you live in a ecosystem if it’s removed you die faster. Canada doesn’t need USA’s help either. USA beginning the largest in debt make’s it the poorest. notify that USA isn’t the greatest it has nice Regions & People. But your Goverment is a pile of coporate bullshit. Privatized Healhcare isn’t the way to go. Make it better for you. log off and make yourself a responsible american. We don’t need people like you in the world. If you wanted to do something get money and buy countries like what you did with Alaska instead of taking it away from Mexico in 1847.
Sincerely,
Cody Freson.
and what the fuck are you
a fucking guy or a fagatass girl seriously r u a fucking bisexual or transvesti ro something
hahah bitch as thats why u hatin on the US
OMG!!!!!!! pull ur head out of your ****!!!! your language is discraceful!! you sound like you have no idea what you are talking about!!!! and sound like an idiot!!! im sure the us is great, but like all countries has a severe degree of poverty!!!! weather it is medicare, food or water!! no country is perfect!!! u are an embarrasment to yours!!!!! your president would be horrified at what you are writing!!! give it up!
I agree with you Robert that america is the poorest in terms of the morality and as for the australians’ comments, it just shows how inconsiderate you are to another human-being’s economic or social standing. If ‘australia’ is so much better than India their citizens wouldn’t conduct themselves as you do. Economics doesn’t determine how great a country is the people do…by the sound of things it would be advisable for everyone to visit india because of the passion and politeness Dine and Hanesh show.
You stupid Indian. Dine and Hanesh are not polite, asshole
This list is based on GDp per capita which is a measurable amount, the fact speak for themselved. So, to call this list ridiculous is like calling the fortune 500 list ridiculous. If it just IS, you cannot call it ridiculous!
GDP per capita is indeed a measurable amount – I haven’t made this list up. If I did, I’d probably put Estonia (that’s where I live) in number 1 spot
Abu Dhabi is the capital of the UAE
Thanks for the comment Baker! I mistakenly assumed that when Dubai is the largest city of UAE, it should also be the capital!
Thanks for letting me know!
Thats like saying Portland oregon is Oregons capital……
Dubai isnt the larcest citi in the uae sharjah is
i no
Qatar actually kicked in to the #1 spot with approximately $81,200
It actually depends on who’s statistics you believe. According to IMF (International Monetary Fund) Qatar is #1, according to the World Bank and CIA World Factbook – it’s #2.
This list is made from information obtained from the CIA World Factbook.
One thing is sure however – Qatar is rich
What about Vatican City? It’s considered to be its own country. I wonder how much the pope makes?
Vatican has a national income of about 250 million USD/year.
However I think that they hold a majority of their financial assets offshore.
The pope is in a sense the richest person in the world – he can pretty much do whatever he wants for free. He has churches all over the world that in a sense belong to him.
Do my eyes deceive me, or is England not on this list?
If the latter then the CIA World Fact-book need to revaluate their facts -seriously.
Smith, your eyes are not deceiving you – England is not in the list. In fact, there are several lists out there and England is not in the top ten in any of them…
I know where you live. MWHAHAhAHAHAHA!!!!! IM GOING TO FiND YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow, this guys on crak! RUN LIKE HEEELL!!!OR BEETHOVEN!!!
England looks like a large decaying turd from close up… just to let u know
oil account to only a small percentage of UAE overall economy. it is not considered to be oil rich.
this is a surprising list indeed.
What’s so surprising sir jorge?
Luxembourg isnt that rich in reality as on paper though, the reason is that there’s ALOT of people who live in other countries work in Luxembourg, and just drive over the border and work there. As they live in other countries they’re forced to tax to the country they actually live in.
So there’s alot more people contributing to the GDP then there’s actually living there. Reality is if you ytavel there is that it’s a country just like France and nothing else really, your not going to find bus drivers who take in 80.000$ a year. If you go to Norway though, you’ll find that most people actually earn atleast 55.000$. Huge diffrence.
Elin, I have also been to Luxembourg for at least 5 times in the past few years since a member of my family works there for the EU.
I agree, that it is very similar to France but numbers are numbers! Luxembourg is rich
Hay Im 12! But this list makes alot of sence to me. Norway is rich from oil. Yet the gas is 11 dollers a gallon! lolololol!!!
nop Mr steph, you got the wrong information, Am Norwegian and in Norway we buy a liter of gas at 13 kroner, so if its a gallon its 39 kroner which is almost 7 us dollars, to make sure check the prices on the internet..Norway is not an industrialized country, but we have a lot of gas, fish, n some companies which build ships…But with a small population of about 4,7 million people,, Norway is a small country n is not that known…But one of the richest!!
Norway is a good country, you may earn a lot but earning $55K there is like somoene earning $25k in France. that is me factoring cost of living.
Norway rocks!!!!! Woo Hoo!! Norway!!!!
Why are gas prices that high in norway? Roman, Your smart, Do you no why?
Norway is a country with extremely high salaries. If you look at how much they get paid vs how much they spend for gas then it doesn’t look so bad!
Norway also has extremely high taxes – they make up most of the gas prices!
Hi
in fact the Norwegians made a conscious decision in the 60s to keep domestic energy prices on par with the globally prevailing price level. Thus recognising that whats in the ground is not really @free@ unlike the arabs and latin americans seem to think.
Thanks to this decision, together with ptting a large part of their oil income in reserves, they are not waisting energy and have managed to avoid dutch disease, when the rest of the economy disintegrates because everything goes to the oil sector.
IMHO NOrway is the tru richest country in the world – their national oil fund has over 50t dollars per capita, no budget deficit, no government debt, high and rleatively uniform income for most people, 2% unemployment… When oil and brains meet…
So gas being 11 dollers a gallon in Norway, the people there dont really care about the price? Its also kind of strange concidering their country is one of the countries with the the most oil in Europe!
Yes, its a bit strange that the country with a lot of oil has one of the highest gas prices in Europe.
Another reason why this is happening is that Norway is very keen on saving the environment. High taxes on gas makes it possible to give back to the environment to lessen the effects from pollution which are inevitable when using gas.
Don’t let these people feed u wrong information, we don’t buy a gallon of gas at 11 dollars….check for your self, we buy it at almost 7 dollars, and 11
us is the best!!!!!
Thats why Norway is a great country!It cares more about the important stuf! Not bad stuf like blowing up places.
OWERN BUFFET IS THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.AND HE IS FROM AMERICA.
lol… those rulers of the arab gulf have way more than your friend buffet..
that no one knows about..
yah! but hows rich if will not happy!!!!!
Hey Roman, I just graduated university with a business degree. I live in vancouver canada. Where can i work to make lots of money. Vancouver doesn’t pay recent grads very well and i want to buy a condo here. the only way to do that is to make money. How can i make a lot of money in a foriegn country and come back home and live modestly without worrying about paying the bills.
George!
It depends what you are good in and what you would like to do with your life!
For instance I like marketing and personal finance so I started this website where I write about things related to money and finance and my plane is to also make some money with ads!
So it pretty much depends on what you set your mind to!
True that!!
Hi
I don’t see many welathy economies in the list .
Britian contributes a lot of money to many third world countries It has got to be wealthy as a member of G8 But it is nowhere in the list. China is emerging as the fastest growing economy and probably the seond wealthiest in GDP But why is china not in the top ten welathy list. I am surprised.And also India is not in the list.
Danial!
In terms of total wealth you are probably correct – Britain, China and India are very rich. That’s because they are large countries with a lot of people.
GDP per capita however measures “how rich a country is” by taking all the money a countries economy produces and divides it by the number of people living in that country. This way you will get a somewhat honest picture how much extra wealth a person living in that country produces.
China and India have a lot of money but when you divide it between more than 1 billion people living in these countries you will not have much left. In fact in the list China is 30 and India 126th. Britain is in the 20th place!
If you would just look how much a country makes without taking into account the amount of people living there China would be the 4th largest economy in the world, UK the 5th and India 12th.
The more people live in a country the greater potential for a larger economy!
nice and straight forward answer!
If I ever get a holiday I am going to Luxembourg and work there in the bank if I could fine a job there. The Bus drivers may not take $80000 home but there may be people taking millions and some may be taking less then 50000. GDP is total income divided by the population.As simple as that.
A member of my family actually works in Luxembourg and I can tell you this – they do indeed get paid really good over there!
Hi,
I am Diana from Sweden but currently I work in Qatar in the education city. It is completely true that Qatar is one of the richest countries in the world. If you come to Qatar, you will see most of Qatari people wear Gucci, Versace and Luis Vuitton wherever you go. Moreover, the place where I live, each house has at least two modern cars and it is normal there. In deed Qatari people are the kindest people I’ve ever seen in my life. They are so helpful. If I had to choose between Sweden and Qatar to spend the rest of my life in, I would choose Qatar.
Nice to get some comments from people actually living in some of the richest countries in the world!
Sorry. I wrote my daughter’s name while she was talking to me.
I really shocked when i saw Luxemberg in the 1st place.It is a great name for that country
Roman, how did you no that India was in 126th! ive been wanting to look at a long orderd list of the richist countries in order since I was 9!
Stephen, for a complete list check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
I just want to know that how much a person can get hourly in sweden as it is the neighbouring country of norway which is nominated a rich country by you.And also tell me which country is best to live england or sweden? in any way..i,e: more wages,living expenses,studies etc.. Thanks
How much you can make hourly in Sweden is entirely up to what kind of work you are doing and how good you are at it.
According to statistics the average pay in Sweden is about 13 Euros an hour (20 dollars).
If you can’t speak Swedish then England is a better country for you to live – because you already speak English!
People in Sweden generally speak English, but it is very difficult to get a good job if you do not speak Swedish!
I am surprised you didn’t you spoke about Germany in the rich countries…..? I think it is more rich than England….
Yes, Germany is a very rich country but in terms of how much an average person generates wealth it does not make the top 10. It is in the 21st place while England(which was also absent from the list) is number 20.
The problem with Germany is that east Germany which used to be a communist country during the Cold War era is a lot poorer than the west part of the country. That brings their average down a bit.
The link on Norway goes to Luxemburg. You should be shamed of your self
- Norwayman
Lol, thanks for letting me know – It’s fixed now!
Funny that about 50 000 people have read this post and you are the first to notice
hey roman i am still waiting for your reply!!!!
I was on a trip to Moldova and Ukraine and didn’t have too much access to internet over there!
Anyhow I am answering your questions right know!
what about morocco in the richest countries?
It seems that Morocco isn’t really that rich of a country – it is 121st on the list.
i want friend so i will be happy to hear from u again. Thank you.
Hi Roman, I am a true indian who loves my country and whole world.But i am disapointed with the language that people are using for any country’s pride or people. So can you help me to live people their own life and should let other live thier own life.
Thanks i am waiting for you answer.It’s good that there is someone who can provide me some helpful information.Sweden is also a richest country and pay some healthy wages like luxembourg..isn’t it?
You can see my answer to your question under your original comment!
can i have your Email address so that i can speak to you?
I just want to get some assistance from you..
Kind regards
yes i can,t speak swedish but i have to go to sweden for my studies and i also want to do some job with my studies…So now let me know whether i would get any job easily or not?
HEY MAN, WATCHA BEEN BLABBING ABOUT RICHEST COUNTRIES…WITHOUT NIGERIA BEEN ON THE LIST UHHH????
You’re right. Nigeria probably makes a lot of money from scamming people but it is actually the 150th rich country in the world.
In other words – it’s one of the poorest countries!
Roman,u thought us how to scamm money from dump ass,ask d queen of england when she came to nigeria in d 60s,if she didnt see alot of natural resource like gold,oil,coco.. am ashame of u white boy bcos u are a racist and refuse to say d truth. Is only greedy people that get scam,do u no what dis people from ur place want to do with some of d nigerians? steal from us also… YOUR little penny doesnt make nigeria rich,is already rich and bless with kind and honest people and for information mr tourist go to nigeria and alot of ur people living happy and rich.. u hating u and make more reseach about nigeria and africa as a whole… there is scam every where in d world,mostly ur people.,eg madoxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
This is your country! Don’t let scammers get away with dealing your natural resources!
They are yours and all the money should benefit your people!
What’s about India?
India is the 136th richest country of the world!
Have You Brain Problem or You Illitrate.
India stand in 12th postion Not 136th.OK
If you have Brain Problem .I am a Brain Doctor.
i dont give a **** adout those countries denmark is more rich then anyone of thise countries and that i sure!
Denmark is not richer than Norway….norsk heheheh
can anybody recognize kenya it is one of the developed countires in the world as well!!!!!!!!!
Kenya, Nigeria, India, China, Libya, Singapoer , malaysia all are
> among the wealthy nations now. The rich men’s club members are
> growing. This is good.
> The wealth is now spreading and this is a good signal
How come saudi arabia isnt on there!!!
i think saudi arabia is one of the richest countries in the world.. according to their people!!!
How come Russia is not among the first 10 when it has alot of riches and it is world widely known and popular!!
Russia is the 52nd richest country
It has a lot of resources but it also has a lot of people. On average the people in Russia are not rich.
What about the little country of Brunie?
hey man, if theres a corruption, difference between poor and rich and all that stuff in Equatorial Africa, it cannot be the richest country in the world…hahahahhahahaha…my goooood
Actually it can.
Imagine that you are living in the same house with Bill Gates. You have only 2 dollars but Bill has 100 billion dollars.
On average you would both have 50 billion and 1 dollar…
So anything is possible statistically
thanks roman for giving lot of information ! i read all comments !please, richest, all over the world like luxumberg, help me i am the poorest among all of you in list .you can help me by sending lot of money!!!
HOW ABOUT THE PHILIPINES IF IM NOT MISTAKEN PHP. IS THE 2ND POOREST COUNTRY… TSK TSK
ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THERE MUST HELP EACH OTHER SO THAT THIER ECONOMY WILL IMPROVE… PHILIPINES IS STILLA DEVELOPING COUNTRY RIGHT?????
hey come on man, you have paradoxly accept my point of view…I think you dont quite understand the word richest, wealthiest, most developed…in my opinion whether the country is rich, wealthy and well developed can be measured by HDI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index) and let see where is your Equatorial Guinea
No, really, I dont want to take offense on your web, you did a good job, this ranking is also on every website I have been to..but all I want to say that, this ranking has nothing to do with richest, wealthiest, most developed countries.
P.S.: I know, how to calculate the average, but what you said about the house and Bill Gates, thats the thing I want to point out here..that when you have in one house a few billionaires pulling the average up, that does not mean that the whole house is rich, thats the first thing…the second thing is that just by GDP per capita you cannot measure the richness, prosperity and the level of development of the country.
I agree with you that this list does not contain the most developed countries in the world. This list contains the richest countries in the world and these 2 things don’t have to be the same. You can have a developed country that is not very rich and vice versa.
That is exactly the case with Equatorial Guinea – on average it is a very rich country but it is only the 127th highly developed country in the world.
Roman i’v been seein ya comments, n i can tell that u smart, cuz u approach matters wit facts, unlike some people they say things according to their emotions …..Am from Kenya, n i know that Kenya is not a rich country, but we shudnt just believe everything we see on TV, nop!!
ok, but then we have to define the word “rich”, because for me, rich means also wealthy and developed, and of course the gap between poor and rich must not be so large..
india is very rich than all countries they have lot money in every indians
I would like to vividly make it know to you that Nigeria is the world richest country, if you doubt this kindly find your way to Nigeria and see for yourself….
I doubt it a bit, but someday I hope to visit all the countries in the world and find out for myself!
Roman German,
For your Information the highest growing scam nation is not even Nigeria do your homeworks and get updated people scam people so shut up and watch your words i wont allow you insult my country, I think you white skin heads need to grow up and stop hating your socalled list ommitted Nigeria,Equitorial Guinea,Qatar,India, in the top ten this is bullscrap.
Nigerians third world as you call them learn IT, Indians produce software and Americans and the whole world use it now clear the air dummie.
Talk sense boy people do shits and put all blames on Africa. trace your lineage your dad would tell you you once fed on spiders for breakfast and hunted the jungle naked.
Additionals in case you don’t Nigeria produce the highest workforce,they are hard working,brainy,educated and accomodating we got tons of foreigners and Investors all over,we dont hate. Dont read books and draw some spoof analysis of what you never knew and wont know else you get physical facts.Get a better definition of a scammer and you would fall as one so shut if don’t know Ask
I love Nigeria and am proudly African. Visit Nigeria and be convinced.
Check out the list of Oil richest Country in the World and place Nigeria. Good Night!!
Arch Angel
Search and Destroy Evil
How current is this list?
John, as you can see from the date – the list is from May 28.
The data that this list is based on is acquiered on the same date.
So the list is a bit less than half a year old – so it’s pretty up to date!
WHERE IS INDIA……………….I LOVE MY INDIA………….YE MERA INDIA………..
Last time I checked India is in Asia.
But to be a bit more honest the reason why India is not in this list is because you have a lot of people in your country.
India is a rich country but when you divide all the money between everybody in India – everyone will only have a little bit.
This TOP 10 Rich countries of the world list represents the countries with the most money per person.
Hi! roman for your kind information here’s the list of top 20 richest country
1. United States – 11,711,830
2. Japan – 4,622,771
3. Germany – 2,740,551
4. China – 2,228,862
5. United Kingdom – 2,124,385
6. France – 2,046,646
7. Italy – 1,677,834
8. Spain – 1,039,927
9. Canada – 977,968
10. Brazil – 603,973
11. India – 691,163
12. South Korea – 679,674
13. Mexico – 676,497
14. Russian Federation –
15. Australia – 637,327
16. Netherlands – 578,979
17. Switzerland – 357,542
18. Belgium – 352,312
19. Turkey – 302,786
20. Sweden – 346,412
Hi – Norway, the UK & Europe
This list is what its all about. – How much money a country has. I’ve got two Degrees in Geography and Economics and in truth all of this stuff about GDp is bollocks. People dont actually have that porportion of the countries money to spend… it would be like saying an 80 year old with £2, ooo,ooo is richer than an 20 year old man because in theory he has more money to spend is each of the remainig years of his life! So when you say how rich a country is ity should be judged by how much money thay have in total.
Also I’m shocked by the ’smugness’ of many to find that the UK is outside of the top ten when you look at GDP. As I’ve said IT IS the 5th richest in the world in terms of ACTUAL WEALTH not GDP. London and the UK is the financail centre of the world, hence why it has been so effected by the current economic downturn, We have had the strongest currency for decades and will do once agian after this global credit crunch.
Also the UK is part of Europe – In fact it’s the second richest country in Europe after Germany and slightly richer than France. The UK, along with France, Germany and the richer countries of Europe all contribute into a pot and receive less money back as this pot is alloctaed to the poorer countries. I’m sick and tired of norweigians going on about how much oil and shit they’ve got… They won’t join Europe because they know that they’ll have to distribute some of their wealth to the poorer European countries. Norway is happy to be part of the EC (EEA) so it can enjoy free trade and all of the other benefits of the EU but not actually put anything into it. Rather selfish if you ask me. I love the idea of the EU to bring peace and prosperity to the whole of Europe and ignorrant selfish countries like Norway and reaping the benefits of a scheme and putting nothing in! So as for Norway is so good with its oil reserves and helps the environment etc… what about helping the other countries of Europe like the other rich countries of Europe are doing.
As to say that Norway has no National/Government debt and rub it in the UK’s face is distgusting. In the last 12 months we have spent a lot in an attemot to stimulate our economy. However, the main reason for our debt was WWII! We were part of the victourious allies and helped many European countries re-occupy their own countries after thay had fallen to the Germans. We got in debt helping them to rebuild their countries and I think people forget that sometimes. Also, countries like Switzerland benefited from a lot from Nazi gold and bank deposits from deceased Jews. So all of you Neutral countries who go on about how we shouldnt go to war and UK is so bad etc…. Evil Prevails when good men stand by and do nothing!
In addition, the UK and Germany are some of the biggest donors of cash to third world countries and togther with France and Spain put a lot of resources into other functionable and vital organisatoins such as NATO and the UN.
the united states is the best!!!!! every other place is just overated like india
Foolish American!!!!!!!
I strongly agree that INDIA is a poor country, i watched different kinds of documentaries tackled about the hunger, over populated, pollution and mismanaged politics.. honestly, ive been there for only 1 day to give some help for the less fortunate.. i find that people eating from garbage.. and the smell of indians.. WTF.. it makes me vomit.. Im sorry.. Im honest person and that the info about INDIA when ive been there (i dont want to go back).
Based on Pulse Asia Survey..
Indians is the most Ugliest people in Asia aside from their poor hygiene.
Thats All
-American
you are so ignorant. Y0U are the ugliest person in the world so don’t talk. Y0U probably got some disease and look retarted.
I don’t know which country you belong to but your country either had failed to impart any culture to you or your are just too hideous of person to pursue it. I just think when your helping those less fortunate people around the global your only patronizing them. I wonder how much good looks helps when it comes to being a beautiful person with kind heart. Your message just establishes the fact that your mind is too swallow & dirty even though you come from affluent & clean country.
Im also from india, lets face it my fellow indians.. most of the companies in our county are came from america because the american companies pay a cheaper salary on our employer, they tried to build their companies to help us.. i believe that our country is poor. Lets face it. Thanks marian, i agree with your comment.
she’s from the philippines for sure. know why? the name she used, user’s name rather is the name of philippines’ famous actress. i know them because im from philippines. we can speak english well unlike other asians, just stating the fact. though, i love my country, i can say (in my opinion) my country’s one of the poor countries in asia.
hoooo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29
check out where is Egypt and Where is India…
The hell we care.. Jai Ho!
hey… u guys…. n fuckers who said that india is ugly….
india is the best… it is….. hard to believe but…it is…
jus wait and watch….
are you sure”
that list”hehehe”
philippines is also rich country!
in the nature!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so nxt time include it!in the top 10 richest
nature!!!!!!!!hehehehehe!!!!!!
Yeah, Philippines is the best based on their nature.. I miss BORACAY ISLAND in the Philippines.. whew
i also love Boracay Island.. I love Philippines. Hope to get back this January..
I want to go back to the Philippines… I like the hospitable Filipinos..
yeah, i also love philippines…
might not be rich in money, but were rich in natures gift..:)
and mis those happy pipol…
i dont think its the richest but for my opinion it is LUXEMBOURG.
UAE in the richest in the world of 2009 this website has been updated in 2000.
what about australia
What about Australia?
what number is New Zealand on the list?
New Zealand is number 35
You know what Roman, i noticed that your ugly when i tried to zoom your photo.. it looks like a barking bulldog.. LOL.. just kidding.. peace men my fellow..
I agree with your comment, i cant stop laughing!… LOL
where is jamaica.
jamica country is more marijuana!
it is not allowed in the philp!!!!!!
Jamaica – Wealthy, based on ugly people.
fuck you marian rivero
marian your sister n mother are in kingston (jamaica) right now sucking dick,… o yeah, n your little daughter too
I agree.. it makes me laugh when i saw their face… their dark color… big nose.. dirty skin.. bad hygiene.. OMG..
LOL
That’s the real truth.. i believe that jamicans are the ugliest breed.. so sad..
Jamaica is where your mother, sisters, nieces and daughters fuck and suck cocks
Jamaica is the poorest country..
Jamaica is where the ugliest people lived..
Jamaica is the ugliest breed of mankind…
Jamaica is only poor because the rich countries keep it poor. They feed off of it and give nothing back. About all of the comments?
America is a rich and powerful nation and yes, it would destroy any country it needed to IF it needed to. It also has the largest economy but the largest spending problem.
India is also very rich but not per capita, the government uses most of the money on infrastructure. It then can develop a better economy. There are many slums though but also many beautiful areas. Its military is numerous yes but not the best equipped and numbers do not always make a difference. It. also only has around 50 nukes compared to Russia’s 5,200.
Singapore is very rich per capita and has an extremely fast growing economy but it is like India and many people see little of that money.
Canada is only slightly rich and has been surpassed by many counties in recent years but we have a good quality of life and the full backing of both NATO and China in almost any issue we have.
Oh and to some people… Pakistan is ruled by
Taliban who should all go die in a hole… And also India did not discover the value of Pi or the Pythagorean theorum… That was Pythagorus of Greece. Which is why it is called the Pythagoreas Theorum… And diamonds were available every for almost ever… Not just India, they were being exported by the load from Brazil throughout the 1700’s. Make sure you do some research before you try and post idiot.
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