Selected Rankings from the Pocket World in Figures by The Economist
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Stats include:

+ Highest Car Ownership
+ Cigarette consumption
+ Population per doctor
+ Computer ownership
+ Biggest economies
+ Highest forested area
+ Highest obesity
+ Highest office rents
+ Largest populations
+ Population change
+ Highest purchasing power
+ Largest stock market capitalisation
+ Current account, biggest deficit
+ Current account, largest surplus
+ Highest life expectancy
+ Lowest life expectancy
+ Biggest coffee producers

Source: Economist.com (via Basefsky’s IWS Documented News Service)

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