Rank
|
Category
|
Country
|
3
|
Largest landlocked country in Asia
|
Kazakhstan | Mongolia
|
4
|
Receive the most net foreign aid [1]
|
Syria | Yemen | Ethiopia
|
7
|
Highest average elevation
|
Bhutan | Nepal | Tajikistan | Kyrgyzstan | Lesotho | Andorra
|
3
|
Most populous starting with A
|
Argentina | Algeria
|
2
|
Poorest country in Asia [2]
|
North Korea
|
3 (t)
|
Longest one-word country name
|
Liechtenstein | Turkmenistan
|
5
|
Most populous capital starting with K
|
D.R. Congo | Malaysia | Sudan | Kuwait
|
4 (t)
|
Landlocked country bordering the most other nations
|
Austria | Serbia | Zambia
|
4
|
Shortest border with Iran
|
Armenia | Azerbaijan | Turkey
|
3
|
Source of the most of world's refugees [3]
|
Syria | Venezuela
|
4
|
Latest to become a Communist state
|
Ethiopia | Cambodia | Grenada
|
4
|
Most recent to defeat the UK in a war that is one-on-one
|
Iceland | Ireland | South Africa
|
5
|
Source of most foreign-born residents in Turkey
|
Bulgaria | Iraq | Germany | Syria
|
4
|
Most polluted capital city
[4]
|
India | Bangladesh | Mongolia
|
14 (t)
|
Most recent to win its first ever Olympic medal
|
Burkina Faso | San Marino | Turkmenistan | Fiji | Jordan | Kosovo | Bahrain | Botswana | Cyprus | Gabon | Grenada | Guatemala | Montenegro
|
7
|
Longest ongoing civil war/conflict
[5]
|
Myanmar | Israel | Indonesia | Colombia | Philippines | Angola
|
10
|
Highest mortality rate [6]
|
Lesotho | Lithuania | Bulgaria | Latvia | Ukraine | Guinea-Bissau | Chad | Serbia | Russia
|
3
|
Highest marijuana production
[7]
|
United States | Morocco
|