Rank
|
Category
|
Countries
|
5
|
Most populous country to never win an Olympics medal
|
Bangladesh | D.R. Congo | Myanmar | Angola
|
3
|
Poorest country in Asia [1]
|
North Korea | Afghanistan
|
3
|
Last country alphabetically
|
Zimbabwe | Zambia
|
2
|
Most recent country to reunite
|
Germany
|
2
|
Closest country to Africa
|
Spain
|
7
|
Source of most foreign-born residents in Saudi Arabia
|
India | Indonesia | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Egypt | Syria
|
4 (t)
|
Whose flag has the highest % of black
|
Libya | Papua New Guinea | Angola
|
4
|
Has the most ethnic Somalis * other than Somalia itself
|
Ethiopia | Kenya | Djibouti
|
7
|
Whose capital has the highest elevation
|
Bolivia | Ecuador | Bhutan | Colombia | Ethiopia | Eritrea
|
2
|
Highest rate of gun ownership [2]
|
United States
|
5
|
Most populous capital starting with S
|
South Korea | Singapore | Chile | Dominican Republic
|
4
|
Most deaths due to Malaria outside Africa
[3]
|
India | Papua New Guinea | Indonesia
|
7
|
Shortest average height of residents
|
East Timor | Laos | Madagascar | Guatemala | Philipines | Nepal
|
4
|
Has the most rectangular shape
[4]
|
Egypt | Vatican City | Lesotho
|
5
|
Highest population of Shia Muslims
|
Iran | Iraq | Pakistan| India
|
6
|
Most recently started ongoing civil war
[5]
|
Nigeria | Ethiopia | Iraq | Mozambique | Cameroon
|