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World’s oldest inhabited cities: 🇮🇳 Varanasi: 3,000 years 🇪🇸 Cádiz: 3,100 years 🇬🇷 Thebes: 3,400 years 🇨🇾 Larnaca: 3,400 years 🇬🇷 Athens: 3,400 years 🇦🇫 Balkh: 3,500 years 🇮🇶 Kirkuk: 4,200 years 🇮🇶 Arbil: 4,300 years 🇱🇧 Tyre: 4,750 years 🇮🇱🇵🇸 Jerusalem: 4,800 years

Top 9 Most Popular Tourist Destinations in 2024: 1. 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand - 32.4M 2. 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Türkiye - 23.0M 3. 🇬🇧 London, UK - 21.7M 4. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China - 20.5M 5. 🇸🇦 Mecca, KSA - 19.3M 6. 🇹🇷 Antalya, Türkiye - 19.3M 7. 🇦🇪 Dubai, UAE - 18.2M 8. 🇲🇴 Macau, China - 18.0M

Largest expected population decline (2020-2050): 🇧🇬Bulgaria → 22.5% 🇱🇹Lithuania → 22.1% 🇱🇻Latvia → 21.6% 🇺🇦Ukraine → 19.5% 🇷🇸Serbia → 18.9% 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina → 18.2% 🇭🇷Croatia → 18.0% 🇲🇩Moldova → 16.7% 🇯🇵Japan → 16.3%

Gold reserves (tonnes) 🇺🇸 United States: 8133 🇩🇪 Germany: 3352 🇮🇹 Italy: 2452 🇫🇷 France: 2437 🇷🇺 Russia: 2336 🇨🇳 China: 2264 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 1040 🇯🇵 Japan: 846 🇮🇳 India: 841 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 612 🇹🇷 Turkey: 585 🇹🇼 Taiwan: 422 🇵🇹 Portugal: 383 🇵🇱 Poland: 377 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 365

GDP growth, 2024. 🇮🇳 India: 7% 🇻🇳 Vietnam: 6.1% 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 5.4% 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 5% 🇨🇳 China: 4.8% 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 4.8% 🇱🇦 Laos: 4.1% 🇷🇺 Russia: 3.6% 🇹🇭 Thailand: 2.8% 🇸🇬 Singapore: 2.6% 🇰🇷 South Korea: 2.5% 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 2.4% 🇧🇳 Brunei: 2.4% 🇯🇵 Japan: 0.3% (IMF)

IMF Growth Forecast, 2024 🇮🇳India: 7.0% (BRICS) 🇨🇳China: 4.8% (BRICS) 🇷🇺Russia: 3.6% (BRICS) 🇧🇷Brazil: 3.0% (BRICS) 🇺🇸US: 2.8% (G7) 🇸🇦KSA: 1.5% (invited to BRICS) 🇨🇦Canada: 1.3% (G7) 🇿🇦RSA: 1.1% (BRICS) 🇬🇧UK: 1.1% (G7) 🇫🇷France: 1.1% (G7) 🇮🇹Italy: 0.7% (G7) 🇯🇵Japan: 0.3% (G7) 🇩🇪

World’s leaders approval rating: 🇸🇻 Nayib Bukele: 89% 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin: 78% 🇮🇳 Narendra Modi: 73% 🇲🇽 Andrés López: 61% 🇦🇷 Javier Milei: 61% 🇨🇭 Viola Amherd: 59% 🇮🇪 Simon Harris: 48% 🇦🇺 Anthony Albanese: 45% 🇵🇱 Donald Tusk: 45% 🇳🇱 Dick Schoof: 44% 🇿🇦Cyril Ramaphosa: 44%

Top 10 countries known for the best old architecture: 1. Italy 🇮🇹 2. Greece 🇬🇷 3. China 🇨🇳 4. Egypt 🇪🇬 5. India 🇮🇳 6. Spain 🇪🇸 7. France 🇫🇷 8. Turkey 🇹🇷 9. Mexico 🇲🇽 10. Jordan 🇯🇴 #WHS

Top 10 Happiest Cities in 2024 1. 🇩🇰 Aarhus, Denmark 2. 🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland 3. 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany 4. 🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Sweden 5. 🇳🇱Amsterdam, Netherlands 6. 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland 7. 🇬🇧 Bristol, United Kingdom 8. 🇩🇰Copenhagen, Denmark 9. 🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland 10. 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany

Population: 1. India 🇮🇳 1.450 billion 2. China 🇨🇳 1.419 billion 3. USA 🇺🇸 345 million 4. Indonesia 🇮🇩 283 million 5. Pakistan 🇵🇰 251 million 6. Nigeria 🇳🇬 232 million 7. Brazil 🇧🇷 211 million 8. Bangladesh 🇧🇩 173 million 9. Russia 🇷🇺 144 million 10. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 132 million

Top 9 Cities by Number of Billionaires: 2024 1. 🇺🇸 New York: 119 2. 🇬🇧 London: 97 3. 🇮🇳 Mumbai: 92 4. 🇨🇳 Beijing: 91 5. 🇨🇳 Shanghai: 87 6. 🇨🇳 Shenzhen: 84 7. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 65 8. 🇷🇺 Moscow: 59 9. 🇮🇳 New Delhi: 57

Cities with most billionaires in India 🇮🇳: 1. #Mumbai: 92 2. #New Delhi: 68 3. Bengaluru: 27 4. Hyderabad: 18 5. Chennai: 16 6. Ahmedabad: 14 7. Kolkata: 12 8. Pune: 11 9. Surat: 2 10. Gurugram: 2 #Hurun #Research #Institute 2024

Richest person: 🇺🇸 Elon Musk: $272B 🇺🇸 Jeff Bezos: $211B 🇫🇷 Bernard Arnault: $207B 🇺🇸 Mark Zuckerberg: $201B 🇺🇸 Larry Ellison: $182B 🇺🇸 Bill Gates: $163B 🇺🇸 Larry Page: $149B 🇺🇸 Steve Ballmer: $148B 🇺🇸 Warren Buffett: $144B 🇺🇸 Sergey Brin: $140B , Sep 2024)

Top 10 Strongest IT Services Brands 2024: 1. 🇺🇸 IBM Consulting 2. 🇮🇪 accenture 3. 🇮🇳 TCS 4. 🇮🇳 Infosys 5. 🇦🇷 Globant 6. 🇮🇳 HCL Tech 7. 🇮🇳 Wipro 8. 🇺🇸 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 9. 🇫🇷 Capgemini 10. 🇮🇳 Tech Mahindra (#Brand #Finance)

Top 10 Best Cities For Students: 1. 🇬🇧 London 2. 🇯🇵 Tokyo 3. 🇰🇷 Seoul 4. 🇩🇪 Munich 5. 🇦🇺 Melbourne 6. 🇦🇺 Sydney 7. 🇫🇷 Paris 8. 🇨🇭 Zurich 9  🇩🇪 Berlin 10. 🇨🇦 Montreal ( #Britannica, Sep 2024)

Top 10 Best University In India 🇮🇳: 1. IIT Bombay 2. IIT Delhi 3. IISC 4. IIT Kharagpur 5. IIT Kanpur 6. IIT Madras 7. IIT Guwahati 8. IIT Roorkee 9. University of Delhi 10. Anna University (QS World University Rankings) India

Top 10 most powerful countries in 2024: 1. United States 🇺🇸 2. China 🇨🇳 3. India 🇮🇳 4. Japan 🇯🇵 5. Russia 🇷🇺 6. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 7. Germany 🇩🇪 8. South Korea 🇰🇷 9. France 🇫🇷 10. Australia 🇦🇺 (Lowy Institute's 2024 Asia Power Index)