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Great site with facts about countries, like richest, healthiest etc...

http://www.aneki.com/

I came across this, and thought to share it with u.
Very interesting stuff about countries, post facts and we can discuss it.

Most Commonly Spoken Languages

Rank Language Number of Speakers

1 Mandarin 1,000,000,000 +
2 English 508,000,000
3 Hindustani 497,000,000
4 Spanish 392,000,000
5 Russian 277,000,000
5 Arabic 246,000,000
7 Bengali 211,000,000
8 Portuguese 191,000,000
9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000
10 French 129,000,000

WTF is mandarin??
I thought English was the most spoken

Finland
Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia
Population: 5,175,783 (July 2001 est.)
Capital: Helsinki
GDP: $118.3 billion (2000 est.)
hdi : 10
suicide : 10
expensive : 11
cleanest : 1
mobilephone : 1
Mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants
1. Finland 67.8
2. Norway 62.7
3. Sweden 59.0

Cleanest Countries
1. Finland
2. Norway
3. Canada

Most Expensive Countries to Live in
1. Japan
2. South Korea
3. Russia
...
11. Finland

Highest Quality of Life
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada
...
10. Finland

Highest Suicide Rates (per 100,000 inhabitants per year)
1. Lithuania 42.0
2. Russia 37.4
3. Belarus 35.0
...
10. Finland 24.3

Best Places to Live
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada
...
10. Finland

SO we are clean and mobile.. but kill ourselves pretty much.

Best Places to Live
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada
4. Belgium

I love my country!

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker WTF is mandarin?? I thought English was the most spoken

Mandarin is Chinese.

Belgium:

growing producer of synthetic drugs; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and
marijuana entering Western Europe.

Not good! It's all Antwerp's fault

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker Belgium: growing producer of synthetic drugs; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe. Not good! It's all Antwerp's fault

Yep, Antwerp always seems to be burning!

Looks like this place got its info from:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Swamper is so right

that cia worldbook has too much info if you ask me but quality site.

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Best Places to Live

3.Canada

as usual...better than belgium

we should be number 1 tho

oh well

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker Most Commonly Spoken Languages Rank Language Number of Speakers 1 Mandarin 1,000,000,000 + 2 English 508,000,000 3 Hindustani 497,000,000 4 Spanish 392,000,000 5 Russian 277,000,000 5 Arabic 246,000,000 7 Bengali 211,000,000 8 Portuguese 191,000,000 9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000 10 French 129,000,000 WTF is mandarin?? I thought English was the most spoken

Is this most spoken as a first language?

If you include people who speak it as a second or third language (such as yourself?) then English is probably top. I don't think I've ever met anyone who speaks Mandarin as a second language, yet people all over the world speak English as a second language.

China has 1.3 Billion People

Of course mandarin would be more than english

That's obvious

but everyone realizes that english is the language of business.

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker Most Commonly Spoken Languages Rank Language Number of Speakers 1 Mandarin 1,000,000,000 + 2 English 508,000,000 3 Hindustani 497,000,000 4 Spanish 392,000,000 5 Russian 277,000,000 5 Arabic 246,000,000 7 Bengali 211,000,000 8 Portuguese 191,000,000 9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000 10 French 129,000,000 WTF is mandarin?? I thought English was the most spoken

hahaha you sound american are you really american with a german flag

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Originally posted by GrimReaper Mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants 1. Finland 67.8 2. Norway 62.7 3. Sweden 59.0 Cleanest Countries 1. Finland 2. Norway 3. Canada Highest Quality of Life 1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Canada Best Places to Live 1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Canada

nordic countries kick ass

I wish some of those statistics were less biased on population.

Like internet users, instead of how many why not do per capita?

Iceland at one point had more cell phone users per capita, more internet users per capita, more cars per family per capita, etc..

Little countries like Iceland compare to a lot of the big countries in some catagories and I'd like to see those kinds of statistics.

Oh well, its no big deal either way.. What rankings my country gets is irrelevant, cause I love it either way.

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker WTF is mandarin?? I thought English was the most spoken

You really are slow aren't you

lol, either this bloody thing is biased or my country sucks at statistics Bah, I love it anyway, so I don't mind

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Originally posted by evil_bastard Is this most spoken as a first language?

Yes

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Originally posted by evil_bastard If you include people who speak it as a second or third language (such as yourself?) then English is probably top. I don't think I've ever met anyone who speaks Mandarin as a second language, yet people all over the world speak English as a second language.

Not really... I recall I saw the numbers somewhere and there are just 200 million/300 million people that speak English (properly) as a second language: usually only those who have a good education learn it... and not all of them do, so it doesn't top Mandarin (even because I believe that many people speak Mandarin as a second language in China, i.e. those whose first language is Cantonese, Wu, ...).

Does anyone have official numbers to confirm (or not) what I'm saying?

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Originally posted by mndeg hahaha you sound american are you really american with a german flag

OMG the irony! (your saying "german" to his Belgian flag in that statement)

Priceless

Hah, Norway's number one!

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Originally posted by mndeg hahaha you sound american are you really american with a german flag

LMAO hahahaha, a winner is you!

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker WTF is mandarin??

lol

eh fuck. Must go to Scandinavian countries someday.

quote:

Originally posted by TranceSeeker Most Commonly Spoken Languages Rank Language Number of Speakers 1 Mandarin 1,000,000,000 + 2 English 508,000,000 3 Hindustani 497,000,000 4 Spanish 392,000,000 5 Russian 277,000,000 5 Arabic 246,000,000 7 Bengali 211,000,000 8 Portuguese 191,000,000 9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000 10 French 129,000,000 WTF is mandarin?? I thought English was the most spoken

Mandarin is one of the two major dialects of chinese

and English is the most widely spoken language. (that is to say, it's spoken more in the most parts of the world)

Most visited countries in the world:
1 France 75,500,000
2 United States 50,900,000
3 Spain 48,200,000
4 Italy 41,200,000
5 China 31,200,000
6 United Kingdom 25,200,000
7 Russia 21,200,000
8 Mexico 20,600,000
9 Canada 20,400,000
10 Germany 19,000,000
11 Austria 18,000,000
12 Poland 17,400,000
13 Hungary 15,600,000
14 Hong Kong 13,100,000
15 Greece 12,500,000

hmmm.. 13/15, gotta hit Hong Kong and mainland China to fill it up

Mandarin?
See my avatar?
thats part of mandarin...what a imbecile in not knowing the world's most populated place is China which speaks mandarin..

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