Wednesday 18 September 2013

WORLD AT A GLANCE

Total Surface Area: 510,064,472 sq km

Total Land Area: 148,940,000 sq km (29.2% of Planet Earth's surface)

Total Water Area: 361,132,000 sq km (70.8% of Planet Earth's surface)

Total Population: 7.04 billion

Total Weight: 5.9722 × 1024 Kg

Total Volume: 1.08321×1012 km3

Total Age: 4.54 billion years

Surface Gravity: 32.041 ft/s2

Distance from Moon: 384,403 kmWorld Map

Distance from Sun: 150 million km

Equatorial Radius: 6,378.1 km

Mean Radius: 6,371.0 km

Polar Radius: 6,356.8 km

Orbiting Speed: 29.78 km/s

Orbiting Time: 365.256363004 days

Surface Temperature: -88/5(min/max)°C

Orbit Size around Sun: 92,956,050 miles (Semi Major Axis)

Period of Rotation: 23.934 hours

Speed of Rotation: 1670 km/hr

Distance from nearest Planet: 38 million km from Venus

Total Continent: 7 (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia,

Antarctica)

Total Ocean: 5 ( Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic )

UN Recognized Countries: 193

Total Seas: 137

Primary Tectonic Plates: 8 (African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, Indian, North American, Pacific,

South American)

Largest Continent: Asia, 43,820,000 sq km (29.5% of total World landmass)

Smallest Continent: Australia, 9,008,500 sq km

Largest Country: Russia, 17,098,242 sq km

Smallest Country: Vatican City - 0.44 sq km

Largest Ocean: The Pacific Ocean - 155,557,000 sq km

Smallest Ocean: Arctic, 14,056,000 sq km

Highest Mountain: Mount Everest, 29,029 ft - Nepal

Longest River: The Nile - 6,650 km

Largest Lake: The Caspian Sea - 371,000 sq km

Average Life Expectancy: 67.2 years

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