Per Capita Income Luxemburg has the highest per capita income ($55,100 in 2003), and East Timor has the lowest ($500 in 2001).
Refugees better off than Canadian Seniors A single refugee receives from the Canadian Government a monthly allowance of $1,890.00, plus $580.00 in social assistance, a total of $2,470.00.
But a Canadian single pensioner receives only a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age Security Income and Guaranteed Income Supplement.
The Canadian Government is treating refugees more favourably than the country's senior citizens. Is this fair?
Americans at age 65 or older. Today, about 13% of Americans, or 35 million people, are aged 65 and older. But between 2010 and 2030, this segment of the population is expected to swell to over 69 million, and one in five of us will be considered “elderly.” By 2050, the elderly population is projected to reach 79 million. (U.S. Census Bureau)
Deaths from HIV/AIDS South Africa has the most people who died of AIDS (370,000 in 2003), compared to Svalbard (0 in 2001).
Teen Pregnancy USA has the highest rate of teen pregnancy among the industrialized countries.
$17 billion spent on pet food a year in Europe and USA According to the UN, Americans and Europeans together spend $17 billion a year on pet food, $4 billion more than the estimated yearly additional amount needed to provide everyone in the world with basic health and nutrition.
Internet Country Code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
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