❄️ Biggest air conditioner producers in the world (2025) Room air conditioners, units: 1. 🇨🇳 China: 209.0M 2. 🇹🇭 Thailand: 22.0M 3. 🇮🇳 India: 12.5M 4. 🇧🇷 Brazil: 6.4M 5. 🇲🇾 Malaysia: ~6.0M 6. 🇯🇵 Japan: ~5.0M 7. 🇺🇸 United States: 4.1M 8. 🇲🇽 Mexico: ~3.5M 9. 🇰🇷 South Korea: ~2.5M 10. 🇹🇷 Türkiye: ~2.2M China's figure counts the indoor units of multi-split systems separately, so it isn't strictly comparable with other countries. Figures for Japan and South Korea are estimates, and Türkiye's is based on sales. Some countries' figures are from 2024. Source: CHEAA; IndexBox; ICRA; ABRAVA; AHRI

🔥 Biggest natural gas consumers in the world (2025) Trillion cubic feet per year: 1. 🇺🇸 US: 32.3 2. 🇷🇺 Russia: 17.0 3. 🇨🇳 China: 15.6 4. 🇮🇷 Iran: 9.1 5. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 4.7 6. 🇨🇦 Canada: 4.7 7. 🇲🇽 Mexico: 3.5 8. 🇯🇵 Japan: 3.2 9. 🇩🇪 Germany: 2.8 10. 🇦🇪 UAE: 2.5 11. 🇮🇳 India: 2.4 12. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 2.2 13. 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2.2 14. 🇬🇧 UK: 2.2 15. 🇮🇹 Italy: 2.1 2025 data. Source: Energy Institute, Statistical Review of World Energy 2026

% of men who always sit down to pee (when only urinating): 🇩🇪 Germany: 40% 🇦🇺 Australia: 25% 🇸🇪 Sweden: 22% 🇩🇰 Denmark: 19% 🇫🇷 France: 19% 🇨🇦 Canada: 16% 🇪🇸 Spain: 14% 🇮🇹 Italy: 13% 🇺🇸 USA: 10% 🇵🇱 Poland: 10% 🇬🇧 UK: 9% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 6% 🇸🇬 Singapore: 5% Note: Only counts times when men go to the toilet solely to pee (not when they also poop). Source: YouGov (2023)

🛢️ Biggest oil consumers in the world (2025) Million barrels per day: 1. 🇺🇸 US: 19.4 2. 🇨🇳 China: 17.4 3. 🇮🇳 India: 5.6 4. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 3.9 5. 🇷🇺 Russia: 3.6 6. 🇯🇵 Japan: 3.3 7. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 2.8 8. 🇧🇷 Brazil: 2.6 9. 🇨🇦 Canada: 2.4 10. 🇩🇪 Germany: 2.0 11. 🇮🇷 Iran: 2.0 12. 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1.8 13. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1.7 14. 🇸🇬 Singapore: 1.5 15. 🇫🇷 France: 1.4 2025 data. Source: Energy Institute, Statistical Review of World Energy 2026

🛂 Share of Americans with a passport, by state 1. New Jersey: 79.9% 2. California: 71.8% 3. Massachusetts: 71.2% 4. New York: 71.1% 5. Connecticut: 65.1% 6. Maryland: 64.1% 7. Colorado: 62.5% 8. Washington: 61.4% 9. Hawaii: 60.4% 10. Utah: 60.2% 11. Virginia: 60.0% 12. Florida: 59.9% 13. Rhode Island: 59.4% 14. Illinois: 56.6% 15. Nevada: 56.4% 16. New Hampshire: 55.5% 17. Minnesota: 55.4% 18. Oregon: 54.9% 19. Alaska: 54.9% 20. Texas: 54.8% 🇺🇸 US: 53.1% 21. Delaware: 50.6% 22. Arizona: 48.3% 23. Vermont: 48.2% 24. Idaho: 48.0% 25. Georgia: 47.8% 26. Pennsylvania: 46.1% 27. Maine: 46.1% 28. Montana: 45.2% 29. Nebraska: 43.8% 30. North Carolina: 43.7% 31. Wisconsin: 43.1% 32. North Dakota: 40.9% 33. Kansas: 40.8% 34. Iowa: 40.3% 35. Wyoming: 40.0% 36. Michigan: 39.7% 37. South Carolina: 37.7% 38. New Mexico: 37.3% 39. South Dakota: 37.2% 40. Missouri: 37.2% 41. Ohio: 37.0% 42. Indiana: 35.5% 43. Tennessee: 35.4% 44. Oklahoma: 33.1% 45. Louisiana: 30.4% 46. Kentucky: 29.0% 47. Arkansas: 28.4% 48. Alabama: 27.7% 49. Mississippi: 22.1% 50. West Virginia: 20.7% Estimated using historical passport issuance data, not direct counts of passport holders (2024) Source: US State Department; Center for American Progress

🪨 Biggest coal consumers in the world (2025) Million tonnes of coal equivalent: 1. 🇨🇳 China: 3,147.0 2. 🇮🇳 India: 787.2 3. 🇺🇸 US: 297.9 4. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 175.9 5. 🇯🇵 Japan: 148.7 6. 🇿🇦 South Africa: 124.4 7. 🇷🇺 Russia: 121.4 8. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 97.4 9. 🇻🇳 Vietnam: 87.7 10. 🇹🇷 Türkiye: 61.0 11. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 53.6 12. 🇩🇪 Germany: 51.0 13. 🇦🇺 Australia: 49.8 14. 🇵🇱 Poland: 45.8 15. 🇹🇼 Taiwan: 43.7 2025 data. Source: Energy Institute, Statistical Review of World Energy 2026

Top 10 Largest IPOs in History (by capital raised): SpaceX: $75 billion Saudi Aramco: $29.4 billion Alibaba: $25 billion SoftBank Corp: $23.5 billion Agricultural Bank of China: $22.1 billion ICBC: $21.9 billion AIA Group: $20.5 billion Visa Inc.: $19.7 billion General Motors: $18.15 billion NTT DoCoMo: $18.1 billion

🤖 Share of people who say AI products and services make them excited 1. 🇨🇳 China: 83% 2. 🇮🇳 India: 79% 3. 🇹🇭 Thailand: 77% 4. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 76% 5. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 74% 6. 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 71% 7. 🇿🇦 South Africa: 68% 8. 🇵🇪 Peru: 65% 9. 🇹🇷 Türkiye: 65% 10. 🇨🇴 Colombia: 63% 11. 🇲🇽 Mexico: 63% 12. 🇸🇬 Singapore: 61% 13. 🇧🇷 Brazil: 52% 14. 🇨🇱 Chile: 47% 15. 🇮🇹 Italy: 47% 16. 🇯🇵 Japan: 47% 17. 🇪🇸 Spain: 47% 18. 🇵🇱 Poland: 44% 19. 🇦🇷 Argentina: 43% 20. 🇮🇪 Ireland: 43% 21. 🇭🇺 Hungary: 42% 22. 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 40% 23. 🇮🇱 Israel: 39% 24. 🇩🇪 Germany: 37% 25. 🇦🇺 Australia: 36% 26. 🇧🇪 Belgium: 36% 27. 🇸🇪 Sweden: 36% 28. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 34% 29. 🇫🇷 France: 33% 30. 🇺🇸 United States: 33% 31. 🇬🇧 UK: 29% 32. 🇨🇦 Canada: 26% Survey of adults in 32 countries, March–April 2026. Source: Ipsos AI Monitor 2026

🇳🇬 Population of Nigeria (1955–2025) 1955 — 40,935,635 1960 — 45,053,782 1965 — 50,086,764 1970 — 55,893,838 1975 — 63,410,815 1980 — 73,764,641 1985 — 84,897,973 1990 — 97,120,925 1995 — 110,819,428 2000 — 126,382,494 2005 — 145,017,253 2010 — 166,642,886 2015 — 190,671,878 2020 — 213,996,181 2025 — 237,527,782 Now — 244,292,365 Source: Worldometer

🧫 A study found that a petri dish exposed to public bathroom air for two minutes with the hand dryers off only grew one colony of bacteria, or none at all, whereas petri dishes exposed to the hot air from a hand dryer for 30 seconds grew up to 254 colonies of bacteria.

🏭 Least trade-dependent countries (share of GDP): 1. 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2% 2. 🇭🇹 Haiti: 16% 3. 🇻🇪 Venezuela: 25% 4. 🇺🇸 US: 25% 5. 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 27% 6. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 28% 7. 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan: 28% 8. 🇦🇷 Argentina: 30% 9. 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 33% 10. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 33% 11. 🇷🇺 Russia: 34% 12. 🇳🇪 Niger: 34% 13. 🇦🇴 Angola: 35% 14. 🇧🇷 Brazil: 35% 15. 🇨🇴 Colombia: 35% 16. 🇸🇾 Syria: 35% 17. 🇧🇯 Benin: 37% 18. 🇰🇪 Kenya: 38% 19. 🇨🇳 China: 38% 20. 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 39% Exports plus imports of goods and services as a share of GDP. Trade can exceed GDP because imports and exports are counted at full value. Mostly 2025 data; some countries 2022–2024. Source: World Bank