World Statistics

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Most Populous Countries in the World

1. China - 1,623,574,000

2. Hindustan - 527,088,000

3. Zanzibar - 283,128,000

4. United States - 261,746,000

5. Bengal - 254,642,000

6. Russia - 248,351,000

7. Sokoto - 236,248,000

Largest Cities in the World


Rank City Country Type Metropolitan area population City proper population
1 Lahore Punjabi Republic Metropolitan department 38,408,000 32,700,000
2 Nanjing United Provinces of China Municipality 36,910,000 34,203,000
3 Kolkata Republic of Bengal Consolidated city-county 30,899,000 14,915,000
4 Rio de Janeiro United Meridian States Municipality 26,610,000 11,540,000
5 Paris French Republic Metropolitan department 24,677,000 9,715,000
6 Ningpo United Provinces of China Municipality 24,108,000 13,039,000
7 New York City United States of America Municipality 23,785,000 10,090,000
8 Mexico City Republic of Mexico City-state 21,615,000 9,166,000
9 Manila Philippine Republic Municipality 21,207,000 14,064,000
10 Constantinople Free City of Constantinople Country 20,785,000 20,785,000
11 Edo Republic of Japan Metropolitan department 20,542,000 7,621,000
12 Guangzhou United Provinces of China Municipality 20,372,000 14,527,000
13 Moscow Russian Democratic Federative Republic Metropolitan oblast 20,172,000 15,501,000
14 Djakarta Republic of Djakarta Country 19,983,000 19,983,000
15 Shanghai United Provinces of China Municipality 19,885,000 16,180,000
16 Lagos Republic of Lagos Country 19,252,000 19,252,000
17 Cairo Republic of Egypt Metropolitan department 18,861,000 10,785,000
18 Sokoto Republic of Sokoto Municipality 18,683,000 12,064,000
19 Tehran Persian Republic Metropolitan province 17,910,000 12,973,000
20 Mumbai Federation of Maharashtra City-state 17,615,000 10,180,000
21 Osaka Republic of Japan Metropolitan department 17,481,000 13,273,000
22 Fuzhou United Provinces of China Municipality 17,174,000 11,384,000
23 Buenos Aires Platine Republic City-state 16,981,000 12,731,000
24 Zamboanga Philippine Republic City-state 16,473,000 16,473,000
25 Baroda Republic of Gujarat Municipality 16,064,000 8,628,000
26 Ilahabad Hindustani Republic Municipality 15,528,000 10,319,000
27 St. Louis United States of America Municipality 15,038,000 5,221,000

Largest Cities in the French Republic


Largest Cities in the United States of America

Tallest freestanding buildings in the world

Name Height Held Record City Country
Monument to the Charter of Liberty and Security 152 m 1844-1879 Brompton (now in London) British Isles
Centennial Tower 305 m 1879-1903 Philadelphia United States of America
Union Tower 343 m 1903-1928 St. Louis United States of America
Tour Thyssen 450 m 1928-1971 Nanterre (now in Paris) French Republic
Dresdener Photoniksturm 501 m 1971-1973 Dresden Empire of the German Nation
Wilno Spire 553 m 1973-1979 Vilnius Commonwealth of Lithuania
Resurgence Tower 581 m 1979-1994 Petrograd Russian Republic
Tremonia Tower 681 m 1994-2018 Zamboanga Philippine Republic
Cochin Bank Tower 833 m 2018-present Cochin Republic of Malabar

Largest libraries in the world


Rank Name Buildings Location Country Year Notes
1 Bibliothèque nationale de France A complex of buildings, and entrance at 58 Rue de la Loi Paris French Republic 1793 Originates with the library of the King of France. Following the French Revolution, the library was nationalized and formally granted to the public. Renovated and expanded as part of Parisian redevelopment and French expansion, the threat of dirigible bombing runs during the German Unification and Hungarian Independence Wars in the late part of the 19th century led to duplication, microfilm storage, and storage bunkers. During the French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41), the building was emptied prior to its flattening by German bombers, and the government opened modern vast buildings for the library on the same site.
2 Library of Parliament 2, namely the Parliamentary Reading Room & Henry Brougham House London British Isles 1841 Originates with the King's Library of George III; upon his death, its ownership was unclear. Following the Popular Revolution, Parliament nationalized it under the Frame of Government (1829), and following the Orange Riots of 1834, the new Senate House included a semi-separated Reading Room in the style of the Pantheon on the embankment front to store the King's Library and whatever other books Parliament might require, for the enjoyment of the public. Expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries forced it (despite an on-site expansion in 1881) to create an additional purpose-built building near Senate House in 1942.
3 Republican Library of China Nanjing United Provinces of China 1863 [...]
4 Great Library of New York 177 branches, centered around the Great Athenaeum at 4 Irving Place New York City United States of America 1879 During the US's Wars > American Civil War (1869-76), New York City supported the Richmondite government while the rest of New York State supported the Constitutionalist cause. During the Battle of New York that ensued as a result, Richmondites torched gasworks and distilleries, causing massive destruction and a Great Fire despite their defeat. Postwar reconstruction included creating a library worthy of the city, and with endowments and donations it rapidly grew into the premier library of the Americas and, effectively, the national library of the United States of America.
5 National Library of Punjab 1097 branches, centered around the Bibalithaink Lahore (head) Punjabi Republic 1884 In the wake of the Punjabi Revolution, the new republic believed the creation of a national library to be a necessary aspect of republican ideology, and thus created one in Lahore on the model of the Bibliothèque Nationale, to the extent of naming it a Punjabization of the word. Its endowment and size expanded rapidly following Prem Nath Kaul's military coup in 1890, as he deposited manuscripts seized from his conquests of the hill kingdoms into it and made it the lynchpin of a national library network as a symbol of the active state. Every regime and administration since has attempted to make their own mark on the system and its central building, if nothing else to plaster their name on it.
6 New Library of Alexandria Alexandria United States of America 1954 The Library of Alexandria had, before its fall, contained six microfilm duplicate copies of all its documents. Prior to its fall, these duplicates were all taken to France. While one of them was incorporated into the Bibliothèque Nationale, the other five were instead gifted to various republics as symbols of revolutionary values. Among them was the United States. Despite talk of incorporating them into the Smithsonian collection, they were instead shifted into their own institution in Alexandria, Anacostia state. Since then, this New Library of Alexandria has bloomed into a colossal institution with a special focus on numerized data and an early adopter of analyzer technology.
7 Imperial Court Library 1, namely the Hofburg Palace Vienna Empire of the German Nation 1368 This library has its origins among the Habsburg emperors' collection from medieval times. It gradually expanded over time and incorporated a great number of books from across the Habsburg lands and Germany itself. With the unification of Germany under Habsburg leadership in 1884, it expanded even further as it served as a library of deposit, and despite the Hungarian War of Independence it retained its Hungarian collection. During the French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41), the Hofburg faced attack from long-range Véronique missiles, destroying part of the library. Postwar, with the Heads of Germany > *1941-1949 Interregnum*, the library was separated from national authority, and with the Perpetual Capitulation of 1949 and election of a Wettin to the throne, this was made permanent. In an act of magnanimity, the Head of the House of Habsburg - reduced to Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia - opened the library to the whole nation and moved out of the Hofburg to make room for more books. It has maintained being Germany's premiere collection as a result.
8 Bibliotheca Mundi 1, namely the Palais Mondiale Aix-la-Chappelle French Republic 1905 [...]
9 Great Library of Alexandria Alexandria Egyptian Republic 1874 In the nineteenth century, Egypt fell under French influence, although formally it continued to be ruled by its weak sultan. In this environment, a number of French businessmen seeking to "revive" the days of old founded what they intended to be a distant successor to the Library of Alexandria. As a repository of important documents to the French colonial empire, it grew rapidly. However, then came the Egyptian Revolution (1948-52), and France was too busy rebuilding after French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41) to secure its colonial interests. The Library became important to the Egyptian war effort as a symbol of French influence, and its administrators wanting to preserve it surrendered it without a shot. It was thence re-founded as a national library and object of much pride.
10 Biblioteca Nacional de Las Antillas Havana Antillean Confederation [...]
11 Shree Saraswati Mahapustakalaya Pune Federation of Maharashtra 1947 With the restoration of Chhatrapati Shahu III to real power over his hereditary prime minister in 1891, he committed himself to reform to secure his power. With the assistance of a consultative assembly, he moved against Brahmins by making reservations in administration and universities for non-Brahmins, and he formally nationalized all Hindu temples in Maharashtra, to be run from the hands of his appointees. As part of this grand takeover, he gathered a great many manuscripts, a personal collection for him and his favorites. This status quo continued for most of his reign, until British Wars > Hindustani War of Independence (1936-9) saw Maharashtra end its alliance with the British and the rise of a pro-democracy movement, and the grisly fate of many Hindustani aristocrats showed Shahu what would happen if he did nothing. When he finally accepted ministerial responsibility in 1945, his new diwan sought to make this great library available for the people. Eventually, after much negotiation, it was made a public library, but with the Hindu character of most manuscripts, it was a temple library and formally endowed under the goddess of knowledge. Despite talk of secularizing this collection as part of some mooted separation of religion and state, there is little chance of this, and the Mahapustakalaya has since become a site of some pilgrimage.
12 Daniel C. Broderick Athenaeum San Francisco United Provinces of Buenaventura 1910 Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the city had a chance to be rebuilt almost from scratch - and with it being the economic and cultural center of Buenaventura, it had the resources too. Taking cues from New York, it was now to have a vast library at its very core, and it opened to much fanfare early in reconstruction, and it was swiftly endowed with nationalism by being named after the first General Director of Buenaventura. Its empty grandeur was gradually filled as its librarians acquired vast collections, many of them from across the Pacific, becoming the greatest library of the West Coast.
13 Library of the Smithsonian Institution Washington United States of America 1845 Endowed under the fortune of James Smithson, further enhanced by a number of effective stock market bets, the Smithsonian in short succession became one of the United States' greatest institution. For much of this, it only had a working library, but this changed following the US's Wars > American Civil War (1869-76), as the Smithsonian became the center of the National University of the United States of America. Its library grew with it as a result.
14 Advocates Library 1, namely Parliament House Edinburgh British Isles 1682 [...]
15 Lunar Library of the University of Birmingham Birmingham British Isles 1849 The Lunar Society was a historic eighteenth century scientific society in Birmingham, which mostly collapsed in the wake of the royalist Priestley Riots of 1791. After the Popular Revolution in 1827 and Dissenter emancipation, it saw a revival, and in 1849 it became the core of the University of Birmingham, one of many land-grant universities endowed with former Crown land. Its library later became the seed of the new university's own library.
16 O'Connell University Library Dublin British Isles [...]
17 Library of the American Philosophical Society Philadelphia United States of America 1828 [...]
18 Petrograd Russian Democratic Federative Republic [...]
19 Bibliothèque nationale de Laurentie Montreal Laurentia [...]
20 National Library of Canada 1, namely 30 Whitbread Street East Toronto Commonwealth of Canada [...]
21 Library of the University of St. Louis St. Louis United States of America [...]
22 Library of the Manchester Lyceum 1, namely Free Trade In Land Hall Manchester British Isles [...]
23 National Library of Zanzibar Dar es-Salaam Republic of Zanzibar [...]
24 Library of the University of Black Rock Black Rock United States of America [...]
25 National Library of Sokoto Sokoto Republic of Sokoto [...]