Canada's coastline of 202,080 km is more than three times longer than that of the country with the second-longest coastline, Norway.

The island nation of Nauru, in the Pacific Ocean, has no official capital. The government buildings are in the district of Yaren, sometimes called the 'Main District.'

With over 200 ancient pyramids found so far, Sudan has the most. Egypt, home of the famous Pyramids of Giza, only has 138.

Mongolia has a population density of 1.9 people per square km, making it the least densely populated country in the world.

The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, the very first place to earn that honor.

With an average life expectancy of 89.32 years in 2019, citizens of the tiny principality of Monaco can expect to live longer than anyone else in the world.

At 5,100 m above sea level, the mining town of La Rinconada in the Peruvian Andes is the highest permanent settlement in the world.

With its lowest point being 1,400 meters above sea level, Lesotho in southern Africa is the highest complete country in the world.

Panama adopted the US dollar as its currency in 1904. Other countries that now use the dollar are El Salvador and Ecuador.

Although landlocked, Kazakhstan still has an operating navy, who sail in the equally landlocked Caspian Sea.