Rank
|
Category
|
Countries
|
2
|
Most recent to join the United Nations
|
South Sudan
|
4
|
Most forested in Europe
[1]
|
Finland | Sweden | Slovenia
|
2
|
Smallest former Yugoslav country
|
Kosovo
|
9 (t)
|
Shortest border between two countries
|
Botswana | Zambia | Italy | Vatican City | France | Monaco | North Korea | Russia
|
5
|
Smallest bordering the Mediterranean Sea
|
Monaco | Malta | Cyprus | Lebanon
|
5
|
Highest military personnel per-capita in NATO
[2]
|
Lithuania | Greece | Portugal | Estonia
|
2
|
Most recent to change the name of their current capital
|
Kazakhstan
|
4
|
Whose flag has the highest % red in Europe
|
Albania | Switzerland | Latvia
|
7
|
Most populous country with population under 1 million
|
Djibouti | Fiji | Comoros | Guyana | Bhutan | Solomon Islands
|
4 (t)
|
Longest one-word name in Europe
[3]
|
Liechtenstein | Netherlands | Switzerland
|
2
|
Most recent to join the NATO
|
North Macedonia
|
3
|
Highest civilian gun ownership rate
[4]
|
United States | Yemen
|
2 (t)
|
|
Qatar
|
5
|
Highest death rate from COVID-19
[6]
|
Peru | Bulgaria | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hungary
|
14
|
Highest % of its population is Muslim
[7]
* among countries with a Muslim population < 50%
|
Guinea-Bissau | Ivory Coast | Eritrea | Tanzania | North Macedonia | Ethiopia | Cameroon | Benin | Cyprus | Liberia | Malawi | South Sudan | Togo
|