Rank
|
Category
|
Countries
|
4
|
Most Theravada Buddhist country [1]
|
Cambodia | Thailand | Myanmar
|
2
|
Largest island nation entirely in the Indian Ocean
|
Madagascar
|
6
|
Most populous starting with S
|
South Africa | South Korea | Spain | Sudan | Saudi Arabia
|
4
|
Deadliest non-state terrorist attack [3]
|
United States | Iraq | Ethiopia
|
4
|
|
China | India | Kenya
|
7
|
Most recent to change name after independence
|
North Macedonia | Eswatini | D.R. Congo | Myanmar | Burkina Faso | Benin
|
4
|
World's largest monolith [4]
|
Australia | Nigeria | Brazil
|
8
|
Lowest % of population living in urban centers [5]
|
Papua New Guinea | Burundi | Liechtenstein | Niger | Malawi | Rwanda | Samoa
|
3
|
Longest official English name
|
United Kingdom | São Tomé and Príncipe
|
8
|
Highest % of people who are Hindu * among them that are < 50% Hindu
|
Mauritius | Fiji | Guyana | Bhutan | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago | Qatar
|
2
|
Highest position in 2007 Cricket World Cup
|
Australia
|
5
|
Longest-serving female "President"
|
Iceland | Ireland | Liberia | Finland
|
2
|
Most deaths in 2004 Boxing Day tsunamis
|
Indonesia
|
5
|
Lowest % of people living in the capital
|
United States | Burundi | Nigeria | Pakistan
|
5 (t)
|
Most recent certified malaria-free country [6]
|
Algeria | Argentina | Uzbekistan | Paraguay
|