Rank
|
Category
|
Countries
|
4
|
Most native Arabic speakers
|
Egypt | Algeria | Sudan
|
5
|
Most proven oil reserves
|
Venezuela | Saudi Arabia | Canada | Iran
|
4 (t)
|
Flag with the highest % of black
|
Libya | Papua New Guinea | Angola
|
2 (t)
|
Most number of official languages in Asia
|
Singapore
|
7
|
Earliest to gain independence from Britain as colonies, protectorates or mandates
|
United States | Canada | Australia | Afghanistan | Egypt | New Zealand
|
5
|
Most recent to "change" flag
|
Afghanistan | Mauritania | Malawi | Libya | Myanmar
|
2
|
|
Somalia
|
4
|
Highest date (fruit) production [2]
|
Egypt | Iran | Saudi Arabia
|
5
|
Most populous capital starting with B
|
China | Thailand | Argentina | Colombia
|
4
|
Highest fertility outside Africa [3]
|
Afghanistan | East Timor | Pakistan
|
2
|
Longest border with Saudi Arabia
|
Yemen
|
9
|
Shortest coastline, among countries that have one [4]
|
Monaco | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Nauru | Jordan | Slovenia | Togo | Tuvalu | Barbados
|
3
|
Highest recorded temperature [5]
|
Kuwait | United States
|
6
|
Highest obesity rate * among countries with > 10 million people
|
United States | Jordan | Saudi Arabia | Turkey | Egypt
|
2
|
Largest country containing the letter Q
|
Mozambique
|
13
|
Most recent to abolish monarchy permanently * excluding Commonwealth nations
|
Nepal | Central African Republic | Iran | Laos | Greece | Ethiopia | Afghanistan | Libya | Maldives | Burundi | Yemen | Rwanda
|
3
|
Source of the most foreign-born Swedish residents [6]
|
Syria | Finland
|
4
|
Destination of most Turkish exports [7]
|
Germany | United Kingdom | Italy
|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_palm#Fruits
New Zealand doesn't belong here - it has 4,851,000 people.
Anyways, great quiz! I'm shocked that Iraq has such a high obesity rate (above any single Western European country it seems) despite being relatively poor.