the popular sportsperson (of the World) −

Sportpersons of World

The following table enlists the popular sportsperson (of the World) −

Name	Sports	Country	Photograph
Cristiano Ronaldo	Soccer	Portugal
Lionel Messi	Soccer	Argentina
LeBron James	Basketball	USA
Roger Federer	Tennis	Switzerland
Kevin Durant	Basketball	USA
Novak Djokovic	Tennis	Serbia
Cam Newton	American football	USA
Phil Mickelson	Golf	USA
Jordan Spieth	Golf	USA
Kobe Bean Bryant	Basketball	USA
Lewis Hamilton	Formula One racing	United Kingdom
Tiger Woods	Golf	USA
Rafael Nadal	Tennis	Spain
Manny Pacquiao	Boxer	Philippines
Serena Williams	Tennis	USA
Maria Sharapova	Tennis	Russian
Caroline Wozniacki	Tennis	Denmark
Danica Sue Patrick	Car racing	USA
Stacy Lewis	Golf	USA
Usain Bolt	Runner (100 m)	Jamaica
Florence Griffith-Joyner	Runner (100 m)	USA

Greatest Sportsmen (India)

The following table enlists the greast sportsmen (of India) −

Name	Sports	Country	Photograph
Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket	Maharashtra
Dhyan Chand	Hockey	Uttar Pradesh
Abhinav Bindra	Shooting	Uttarakhand
Milkha Singh	Runner	Chandigarh
Kapil Dev	Cricket	Chandigarh
Sushil Kumar	Freestyle Wrestler	Delhi
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Cricket	Jharkhand
Viswanathan Anand	Chess	Tamil Nadu
Leander Paes	Tennis	West Bengal
Prakash Padukone	Badminton	Karnataka
Geet Sethi	Billiards & Snooker	Delhi
Mahesh Bhupathi	Tennis	Tamil Nadu
Pankaj Advani	Billiards & Snooker	Maharashtra
Vikas Gowda	Discus throw	Karnataka
Saurav Ghosal	Squash	West Bengal
Dhanraj Pillay	Hockey	Maharashtra
Jeev Milkha Singh	Golf	Chandigarh
Balbir Singh Sr.	Hockey	Punjab
Sunil Gavaskar	Cricket	Maharashtra

Greatest Sportswomen (India)

The following table enlists the greast sportswomen (of India) −

Name	Sports	Country	Photograph
Deepika Kumari	Archery	Jharkhand
PT Usha	Runner	Kerala
Anjum Chopra	Cricket	New Delhi
Anju Bobby George	Athletics	Kerala
Dipika Pallikal	Squash	Tamil Nadu
Karnam Malleswari	Weightlifting	Andhra Pradesh
Mithali Raj (Lady Sachin)	Cricket	Rajasthan
Sania Mirza	Tennis	Maharashtra
Saina Nehwal	Badminton	Haryana
MC Mary Kom	Boxing	Manipur

the major stadiums (of the world) with their geographic location −

Stadiums of World

The following table illustrates the major stadiums (of the world) with their geographic location −

Stadium	Purpose	Location
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium	Multi-purpose stadium	Pyongyang, North Korea
Michigan Stadium	American Football	Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Beaver Stadium	American Football	State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Soccer City	Multi-purpose stadium	Johannesburg, South Africa
Wembley	Multi-purpose stadium	London, England
Camp Nou	Multi-purpose stadium	Barcelona, Spain
Estadio Azteca	Football	Mexico City
Allianz Arena	Football	Bayern Munich
Estadio Do Maracana	Multi-purpose stadium	Brazil

List of Stadiums (India)

The following table illustrates the major stadiums (of India) with their geographic location −

Stadium	Purpose	Location
Indira Gandhi Arena or Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium	Indoor Stadium	Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Multipurpose sports	Delhi
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	Cricket	Delhi
Ambedkar Stadium	Football	Delhi
Shivaji Hockey Stadium	Hockey	Delhi
Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium or National Stadium	Hockey	Delhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium	Multipurpose sports	Mumbai
Wankhede Stadium	Cricket	Mumbai
Brabourne Stadium	Cricket	Mumbai
Eden Gardens	Cricket	Kolkata
Green Park Stadium	Multi-purpose stadium	Kanpur
Keenan Stadium	Multi-purpose stadium	Jamshedpur
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Multi-purpose stadium	Chennai
Barabati Stadium	Multi-purpose stadium	Cuttack, Odisha

name of the sports with the number of players −

The following table illustrates name of the sports with the number of players −

Sport	No. of player (in one Team)
Badminton	In Single - 1 player & In Double - 2 players
Baseball	9
Basketball	5
Billiards/Snooker	1
Boxing	1
Chess	1
Cricket	11
Croquet	3 or 6
Football (Soccer)	11
Golf	Not fixed
Hockey	11
Kabaddi	7
Kho Kho	9
Lacrosse	10
Netball	7
Polo	4
Rugby football	15
Table Tennis	In Single - 1 player & In Double - 2 players
Tennis	In Single - 1 player & In Double - 2 players
Volleyball	6
Water Polo	7

The sports with their respective playgrounds −

The following table illustrates sports with their respective playgrounds −

Playground	Sport/s	Picture
Arena	Horse riding, Polo
Board	Table Tennis
Course	Golf
Court	Tennis, Badminton, Net Ball, Handball, Volleyball, Squash
Diamond	Baseball
Field	Football, Hockey
Mat	Judo, Karate, Taikwondo
Pitch	Cricket
Pool	Swimming
Ring	Skating, Boxing
Rink	Curling, Ice Hockey
Track	Athletics
Velodrome	Cycling

the countries with their National Sports −

The following table illustrates the countries with their National Sports −

Country	National Sport	Picture
Afghanistan	Buzkashi
Argentina	Pato
Australia	Cricket/Australian Rules Football
Bangladesh	Kabaddi
Bhutan	Archery
Brazil	Capoeira
Canada	Lacrosse (summer), Ice hockey (winter)
India	Hockey
Indonesia	Badminton
Japan	Sumo
Pakistan	Hockey
Russia	Bandy/Chess
Sri Lanka	Volleyball
UK	Cricket
United States	Baseball

the Coffee (Green) producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Coffee (Green) producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Metric Tonnes*)
Brazil	3,037,534
Vietnam	1,292,389
Indonesia	657,200
Colombia	464,640
India	314,000
Peru	303,264
Honduras	300,000
Ethiopia	275,530
Guatemala	248000
Mexico	246,121

* Estimated Value (2012)

the Tea producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Tea producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Tonnes*)
China	1,939,457
India	1,208,780
Kenya	432,400
Sri Lanka	340,230
Vietnam	214,300
Turkey	212,400
Iran	160,000
Indonesia	148,100
Argentina	105,000
Japan	84,800

* Estimated Value (2013)

the Tobacco producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Tobacco producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Tonnes*)
China	3,200,000
India	875,000
Brazil	810,550
United States	345,837
Indonesia	226,700
Malawi	151,150
Argentina	148,000
Tanzania	120,000
Zimbabwe	115,000

* Estimated Value (2012)

the Sugarcane producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Sugarcane producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Thousand Metric Tonnes*)
Brazil	79,267
India	341,200
China	125,536
Thailand	100,096
Pakistan	63,750
Mexico	61,180
Colombia	34,876
Indonesia	33,700
Philippines	31,874
United States	27,906

* Estimated Value (2015)

the Jute producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Jute producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Metric Tonnes*)
India	1,912,000
Bangladesh	1,452,044
China	45,000
Uzbekistan	20,000
Nepal	14,424
Vietnam	3,227
Myanmar	2,650
Zimbabwe	2,500
Egypt	2,400
Thailand	2,200

* Estimated Value (2012)

the Cotton producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Cotton producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Metric Tonnes*)
China	6,532,000
India	6,423,000
United States	3,553,000
Pakistan	2,308,000
Brazil	1,524,103
Uzbekistan	849,000
Turkey	697,000
Australia	501,000
Turkmenistan	210,000
Mexico	198,000

* Estimated Value (2014)

the Maze producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Maze producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Tonnes*)
United States	353,699,440
China	217,730,000
Brazil	80,516,571
Argentina	32,119,211
Ukraine	30,949,550
India	23,290,000
Mexico	22,663,953
Indonesia	18,511,853
France	15,053,100
South Africa	12,365,000

* Estimated Value (2013)

the Aluminum producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Aluminum producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Million Metric Tonnes*)
China	122
India	94
United States	58
Russia	52
France	39
Canada	38
Germany	25
Pakistan	24
Australia	23
Turkey	22

* Estimated Value (2013)

the Rice producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Rice producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Million Metric Tonnes*)
China	204
India	152.6
Indonesia	69
Vietnam	43.7
Thailand	37.8
Bangladesh	33.9
Myanmar	33
Philippines	18
Brazil	11.5
Japan	10.7

*Estimated Value (2012)

the Manganese producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Manganese producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Tonnes)
South Africa	5,213,338
China	6,000,000
Australia	4,567,000
Brazil	3,128,000
Gabon	2,978,972
Kazakhstan	2,200,000
India	2,092,000
Ukraine	2,000,000
Ghana	1,800,000
Mexico	381,982

the Silver producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Silver producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (In Tonnes)
Mexico	5,400
China	4,000
Peru	3,500
Russia	1,700
Australia	1,700
Bolivia	1,200
Chile	1,200
Poland	1,150
United States	1,090
Canada	720

the Uranium reserve countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Uranium reserve countries in decreasing order −

Country	Reserves (in Tonnes)	World Share (in %)
Australia	1,673,000	31
Kazakhstan	651,800	12.1
Canada	485,300	9
Russia	480,300	8.9
South Africa	295,600	5.5
Namibia	284,200	5.3
Brazil	278,700	5.2
Niger	272,900	5
China	265,000	4.92
United States	207,400	3.8

the Iron-ore exporting countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Iron-ore exporting countries in decreasing order −

Country	Value (In Million USD)
Australia	54,397
Brazil	32,738
South Africa	5,580
Canada	4,569
India	3,212
Ukraine	3,170
Sweden	3,076
Russia	2,813
Kazakhstan	2,362
Mauritania	1,583

the Iron-ore producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Iron-ore producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (Thousands of Tonnes)
China	1,380,000
Australia	824,000
Brazil	428,000
India	129,000
Russia	112,000
Ukraine	68,000
South Africa	80,000
United States	43,000
Canada	39,000
Sweden	37,000

the Diamond producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Diamond producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (Million Carats, est.)
Russia	39
Botswana	23
Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.7
Australia	12
Canada	10.6
Zimbabwe	10.4
Angola	9.4
South Africa	8.1

the Diamond exporting countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Diamond exporting countries in decreasing order −

Country	Value (In Millions of USD)
United Kingdom	9,983
Belgium & Luxembourg	9,941
South Africa	8,465
Russia	4,677
India	2,411
Israel	2,027
Switzerland	1,819
Canada	1,690
Hong Kong (China)	1,047

the Gold exporting countries in decrea

The following table enlists the Gold exporting countries in decreasing order −

Country	Value (In Millions of USD)
Switzerland	52,519
Hong Kong (China)	48,312
United States	27,154
South Africa	20,436
China	15,754
United Arab Emirates	14,745
Australia	13,530
Germany	11,037
Peru	9,686

the Gold producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Gold producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (Metric Tonnes)
People's Republic of China	490
Australia	300
Russia	242
United States	200
Canada	150
Peru	150
South Africa	140
Mexico	120
Uzbekistan	103
Ghana	85

the Copper producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Copper producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (Thousands of Tonnes)
Chile	5,750
People's Republic of China	1,760
Peru	1,380
United States	1,360
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,030
Australia	970
Russia	742
Zambia	708
Canada	696
Mexico	515

the Bauxite producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Bauxite producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (Thousands of Tonnes)
Australia	81,000
People's Republic of China	47,000
Brazil	32,500
Guinea	19,300
India	19,000
Jamaica	9,800
Kazakhstan	5,500
Russia	5,300
Suriname	2,700
Venezuela	2,200
Greece	2,100
Guyana	1,800

the Aluminum producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the Aluminum producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (Thousands of Tonnes)
People's Republic of China	23,300
Russia	3,500
Canada	2,940
United Arab Emirates	2,400
India	2,100
United States	1,720
Australia	1,680
Norway	1,200
Brazil	960
Bahrain	930
Iceland	810
South Africa	735

the coal exporting countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the coal exporting countries in decreasing order −

Country	Export (Million Short Tonnes)	Share in Total (%)
Indonesia	421.8	29.8
Australia	332.4	23.5
Russia	150.7	10.7
United States	126.7	8.7
Colombia	92.2	6.5
South Africa	357.6	4.3
South Africa	82.0	5.8
Canada	38.8	2.7
Kazakhstan	35.2	2.5
Mongolia	24.3	1.7
Vietnam	21.1	1.5

the coal importing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the coal importing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Import (Million Short Tonnes)	Share in Total (%)
Japan	206.7	17.5
China	195.1	16.6
South Korea	125.8	10.7
India	101.6	8.6
Taiwan	71.1	6.0
Germany	55.1	4.7
Turkey	30.0	2.5
United Kingdom	29.3	2.5
Italy	23.7	1.9
Netherlands	22.8	1.9

the coal consuming countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the coal consuming countries in decreasing order −

Country	Consumption (Million short Tonnes)	Share in Total (%)
China	4,053	50.7
United States	1,003	12.5
India	788	9.9
Russia	262	3.3
Germany	256	3.3
South Africa	210	2.6
Japan	202	2.5
Poland	162	2.0

the coal reserve countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the coal reserve countries in decreasing order −

Country	Reserves (Million Tonnes)	Share in Total (%)
United States	246,643	27.1
Russia	157,010	17.3
China	114,500	12.6
India	92,445	10.2
Australia	78,500	8.6
South Africa	48,750	5.4
Ukraine	34,153	3.8
Kazakhstan	31,279	3.4
Poland	14,000	1.5
Brazil	10,113	1.1

the coal producing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the coal producing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Production (Million Tonnes)	Share in Total (%)*
China	3,874	46.9
United States	906.9	12.9
Australia	644	6.2
India	537.6	3.9
Indonesia	458	7.2
Russia	357.6	4.3
South Africa	260.5	3.8
Germany	185.8	1.1
Poland	137.1	1.4
Kazakhstan	108.7	1.4

* Shares are based on data expressed in tonnes oil equivalent.

the oil importing countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the oil importing countries in decreasing order −

Country	Import (BBL/Day)
United States	7,713,000
China	5,658,000
India	3,782,000
Japan	3,408,000
South Korea	2,450,000
Germany	2,219,000
Italy	1,198,000
France	1,668,000
Netherlands	961,000
Venezuela	1,712,000
Norway	1,680,000
Canada	1,579,000

the oil exporting countries in decreasing order −

The following table enlists the oil exporting countries in decreasing order −

Country	Export (BBL/Day)
Saudi Arabia	8,865,000
Russia	7,201,000
Kuwait	2,300,000
Iran	1,808,000
Iraq	3,500,000
Kuwait	104,000
United Arab Emirates	2,595,000
Nigeria	2,500,000
Angola	1,738,000
Venezuela	1,712,000
Norway	1,680,000
Canada	1,579,000

the countries having maximum reserve of petroleum −

The following table enlists the countries having maximum reserve of petroleum −

Country	Reserves (MMBBL*, est.)
Venezuela	297,740
Saudi Arabia	268,350
Canada	175,200
Iran	157,300
Iraq	140,300
Kuwait	104,000
UAE	97,800
Russia	80,000
Libya	48,014
Nigeria	37,200
United States	36,420
Kazakhstan	30,002
China	25,585
Qatar	25,382
Brazil	13,986

* MMbbl = One Million Barrels

the major oil consuming countries of the world.

The following table enlists the major oil consuming countries of the world.

Country	Consumption (BBL */Day, est.)
United States	19,840,000
People's Republic of China	9,790,000
Japan	4,464,000
India	3,509,000
Russia	3,196,000
Saudi Arabia	2,817,000
Brazil	2,594,000
Germany	2,400,000
South Korea	2,301,000
Canada	2,259,000
Mexico	2,133,000
France	1,792,000
Iran	1,709,000
Italy	1,454,000
Spain	1,384,000

*BBL is a unit of volume equivalent to 42 US gallons or 159 liters

the major petroleum producing countries of the world −

The following table enlists the major petroleum producing countries of the world −

Country	Production (BBL/Day, est.)
United States	13,973,000
Saudi Arabia	11,624,000
Russia	10,853,000
People's Republic of China	4,572,000
Canada	4,383,000
United Arab Emirates	3,471,000
Iran	3,375,000
Iraq	3,371,000
Brazil	2,950,000
Mexico	2,812,000
Kuwait	2,767,000
Venezuela	2,689,000
Nigeria	2,427,000
Qatar	2,055,000
Norway	1,904,000

the major Cold Desert of the world −

The following table illustrates the major Cold Desert of the world −

Desert	Area (in Sq. km) *	Located in
Antarctica	14,000,000	Antarctica
Arctic Desert	N/A	Arctic
Greenland	2,166,086	Greenland
Russian Arctic	N/A	Russia
Gobi Desert	1,300,000	China & Mongolia (Asia)
Patagonian Desert	670,000	South America
Karakum Desert	350,000	Turkmenistan
Taklamakan Desert	337,000	China

* The above given area is relative and not a fixed value

the major Hot Desert of the world −

The following table enlists the major Hot Desert of the world −

Desert	Area (in Sq. km)*	Located in
Sahara Desert	9,100,000	North Africa
Arabian Desert	2,600,000	West Asia (Middle East)
Great Victoria Desert	647,000	Australia
Kalahari Desert	570,000	South of Africa
Great Basin Desert	490,000	North America
Syrian Desert	490,000	Middle East
Karoo Desert	400,000	South Africa
Thar Desert	376,000	India & Pakistan
Chihuahuan Desert	362,600	Mexico
Great Sandy Desert	284,993	Northwestern Australia
Sonoran Desert	260,000	USA & Mexico
Simpson Desert	176,500	Central Australia
Gibson Desert	156,000	Western Australia
Mojave Desert	124,000	USA
Atacama Desert	105,000	South America
Namib Desert	81,000	South-west of Africa

* The above given area is relative and not a fixed value.

the top ten countries by population −

The following table illustrates the top ten countries by population −

Country	Population	% of World Population
China	1,377,171,510	18.79
India	1,291,090,094	17.61
The United States	323,833,000	4.42
Indonesia	258,705,000	3.53
Brazil	206,063,797	2.81
Pakistan	193,977,638	2.65
Nigeria	186,988,000	2.55
Bangladesh	160,914,278	2.2
Russia	146,600,000	2
Japan	126,960,000	1.73

top ten smallest countries of the world −

The following table enlists the top ten smallest countries of the world −

Country	Area in Sq. km	Population	Location
Vatican City	0.44		Italy (Europe)
Monaco	2.02	North America	France (Europe)
Nauru	21	10,084	Pacific Ocean
Tuvalu	26	10,640	Pacific Ocean
San Marino	61	32,576	Italy (Europe)
Liechtenstein	160	37,340	Europe
Marshall Islands	181	72,191	Pacific Ocean
Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	54,961	Caribbean Sea
Maldives	300	393,500	Indian Ocean
Malta	316	445,426	Mediterranean Sea