World countries population as on 2008

Listing out the population of different countries across the world as on 2008.


1 China 1,330,044,605
2 India 1,147,995,898
3 United States 303,824,646
4 Indonesia 237,512,355
5 Brazil 196,342,587
6 Pakistan 172,800,051
7 Bangladesh 153,546,901
8 Nigeria 146,255,306
9 Russia 140,702,094
10 Japan 127,288,419
11 Mexico 109,955,400
12 Philippines 96,061,683
13 Vietnam 86,116,559
14 Ethiopia 82,544,838
15 Germany 82,369,548
16 Egypt 81,713,517
17 Turkey 71,892,807
18 Congo (Kinshasa) 66,514,506
19 Iran 65,875,223
20 Thailand 65,493,298
21 France 64,057,790
22 United Kingdom 60,943,912
23 Italy 58,145,321
24 South Africa 48,782,755
25 Korea, South 48,379,392
26 Burma 47,758,181
27 Ukraine 45,994,287
28 Colombia 45,013,674
29 Spain 40,491,051
30 Argentina 40,481,998
31 Sudan 40,218,455
32 Tanzania 40,213,162
33 Poland 38,500,696
34 Kenya 37,953,838
35 Morocco 34,343,219
36 Algeria 33,769,669
37 Canada 33,212,696
38 Afghanistan 32,738,376
39 Uganda 31,367,972
40 Nepal 29,519,114
41 Peru 29,180,899
42 Iraq 28,221,181
43 Saudi Arabia 28,146,657
44 Uzbekistan 27,345,026
45 Venezuela 26,414,815
46 Malaysia 25,274,133
47 Korea, North 23,479,089
48 Ghana 23,382,848
49 Yemen 23,013,376
50 Taiwan 22,920,946
51 Romania 22,246,862
52 Mozambique 21,284,701
53 Sri Lanka 21,128,773
54 Australia 21,007,310
55 Cote d'Ivoire 20,179,602
56 Madagascar 20,042,551
57 Syria 19,747,586
58 Cameroon 18,467,692
59 Netherlands 16,645,313
60 Chile 16,454,143
61 Kazakhstan 15,340,533
62 Burkina Faso 15,264,735
63 Cambodia 14,241,640
64 Malawi 13,931,831
65 Ecuador 13,927,650
66 Niger 13,272,679
67 Guatemala 13,002,206
68 Senegal 12,853,259
69 Angola 12,531,357
70 Mali 12,324,029
71 Zambia 11,669,534
72 Cuba 11,423,952
73 Zimbabwe 11,350,111
74 Greece 10,722,816
75 Portugal 10,676,910
76 Belgium 10,403,951
77 Tunisia 10,383,577
78 Czech Republic 10,220,911
79 Rwanda 10,186,063
80 Serbia 10,159,046
81 Chad 10,111,337
82 Hungary 9,930,915
83 Guinea 9,806,509
84 Belarus 9,685,768
85 Somalia 9,558,666
86 Dominican Republic 9,507,133
87 Bolivia 9,247,816
88 Sweden 9,045,389
89 Haiti 8,924,553
90 Burundi 8,691,005
91 Benin 8,532,547
92 Austria 8,205,533
93 Azerbaijan 8,177,717
94 Honduras 7,639,327
95 Switzerland 7,581,520
96 Bulgaria 7,262,675
97 Tajikistan 7,211,884
98 Israel 7,112,359
99 El Salvador 7,066,403
100 Hong Kong S.A.R. 7,018,636
101 Paraguay 6,831,306
102 Laos 6,677,534
103 Sierra Leone 6,294,774
104 Jordan 6,198,677
105 Libya 6,173,579
106 Papua New Guinea 5,931,769
107 Togo 5,858,673
108 Nicaragua 5,785,846
109 Eritrea 5,502,026
110 Denmark 5,484,723
111 Slovakia 5,455,407
112 Kyrgyzstan 5,356,869
113 Finland 5,244,749
114 Turkmenistan 5,179,571
115 Norway 4,644,457
116 Georgia 4,630,841
117 United Arab Emirates 4,621,399
118 Singapore 4,608,167
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,590,310
120 Croatia 4,491,543
121 Central African Republic 4,444,330
122 Moldova 4,324,450
123 Costa Rica 4,195,914
124 New Zealand 4,173,460
125 Ireland 4,156,119
126 Lebanon 3,971,941
127 Puerto Rico 3,958,128
128 Congo (Brazzaville) 3,903,318
129 Albania 3,619,778
130 Lithuania 3,565,205
131 Uruguay 3,477,778
132 Mauritania 3,364,940
133 Liberia 3,334,587
134 Oman 3,311,640
135 Panama 3,309,679
136 Mongolia 2,996,081
137 Armenia 2,968,586
138 Jamaica 2,804,332
139 Kuwait 2,596,799
140 West Bank 2,407,681
141 Latvia 2,245,423
142 Lesotho 2,128,180
143 Namibia 2,088,669
144 Macedonia 2,061,315
145 Slovenia 2,007,711
146 Botswana 1,842,323
147 Gambia, The 1,735,464
148 Guinea-Bissau 1,503,182
149 Gaza Strip 1,500,202
150 Gabon 1,485,832
151 Estonia 1,307,605
152 Mauritius 1,274,189
153 Swaziland 1,128,814
154 Timor-Leste 1,108,777
155 Trinidad and Tobago 1,047,366
156 Fiji 931,741
157 Qatar 824,789
158 Cyprus 792,604
159 Guyana 770,794
160 Comoros 731,775
161 Bahrain 718,306
162 Bhutan 682,321
163 Montenegro 678,177
164 Equatorial Guinea 616,459
165 Solomon Islands 581,318
166 Macau S.A.R. 545,674
167 Djibouti 506,221
168 Luxembourg 486,006
169 Suriname 475,996
170 Cape Verde 426,998
171 Malta 403,532
172 Western Sahara 393,831
173 Maldives 385,925
174 Brunei 381,371
175 Bahamas, The 307,451
176 Iceland 304,367
177 Belize 301,270
178 French Polynesia 283,019
179 Barbados 281,968
180 Netherlands Antilles 225,369
181 New Caledonia 224,824
182 Samoa 217,083
183 Mayotte 216,306
184 Vanuatu 215,446
185 Sao Tome and Principe 206,178
186 Guam 175,877
187 Saint Lucia 159,585
188 Tonga 119,009
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 118,432
190 Kiribati 110,356
191 Virgin Islands, U.S. 109,840
192 Micronesia, Federated States of 107,665
193 Aruba 101,541
194 Jersey 91,533
195 Grenada 90,343
196 Northern Mariana Islands 86,616
197 Antigua and Barbuda 84,522
198 Andorra 82,627
199 Seychelles 82,247
200 Isle of Man 76,220
201 Dominica 72,514
202 Bermuda 66,536
203 Guernsey 65,726
204 American Samoa 64,827
205 Marshall Islands 63,174
206 Greenland 57,564
207 Faroe Islands 48,668
208 Cayman Islands 47,862
209 Saint Kitts and Nevis 39,817
210 Liechtenstein 34,498
211 Monaco 32,796
212 San Marino 29,973
213 Saint Martin 29,376
214 Gibraltar 28,002
215 Virgin Islands, British 24,041
216 Turks and Caicos Islands 22,352
217 Palau 21,093
218 Wallis and Futuna 15,237
219 Anguilla 14,108
220 Nauru 13,770
221 Cook Islands 12,271
222 Tuvalu 12,177
223 Saint Helena 7,601
224 Saint Barthelemy 7,492
225 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7,044
226 Montserrat 5,079

History of Jack O lanterns

People have been making jack o'lanterns at Halloween for centuries.

The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form.

Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."

People not wanting to be visited by these ghosts would set food and treats out to appease the roaming spirits and began to make their own versions of Jack's lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits.

In England, large beets are used. Immigrants from these countries brought the jack-o'-lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack-o'-lanterns. They were softer and easier to carve than the turnips and potatoes of their homeland.

A new inspirational movie from simple thruths

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Swimming at the highest point of the victoria falls

Would you go swimming here???

In Zimbabwe, Africa, you will find the magnificent Victoria Falls at a height
of 128m. The location is known as 'The Devil's Swimming Pool'.

During the months of September and December, people can swim as close
as possible to the edge of the falls without falling over!

These falls are becoming well known amongst the 'radical tourist'
industry as more and more people search for the ultimate experience.

Would you dare?

Worlds 15 most unbelieveable coincidences

I am listing some of the unbelievable coincidences in the current world. These things always lead to admiration.

1. Childhood Book

While American novelist Anne Parrish was browsing bookstores in Paris in the 1920s, she came upon a book that was one of her childhood favorites - Jack Frost and Other Stories. She picked up the old book and showed it to her husband, telling him of the book she fondly remembered as a child. Her husband took the book, opened it, and on the flyleaf found the inscription: “Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs.” It was Anne’s very own book.

2. Poker Luck

In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead, an act of vengeance by those with whom he was playing poker. Fallon, they claimed, had won the $600 pot through cheating. With Fallon’s seat empty and none of the other players willing to take the now unlucky $600, they found a new player to take Fallon’s place and staked him with the dead man’s $600. By the time the police had arrived to investigate the killing, the new player had turned the $600 into $2,200 in winnings. The police demanded the original $600 to pass on to Fallon’s next of kin - only to discover that the new player turned out to be Fallon’s son, who had not seen his father in seven years!

3.Twin Deaths

In 2002, Seventy-year-old twin brothers died within hours of one another after separate accidents on the same road in northern Finland. The first of the twins died when he was hit by a lorry while riding his bike in Raahe, 600 kilometres north of the capital, Helsinki. He died just 1.5km from the spot where his brother was killed. “This is simply a historic coincidence. Although the road is a busy one, accidents don’t occur every day,” police officer Marja-Leena Huhtala told Reuters. “It made my hair stand on end when I heard the two were brothers, and identical twins at that. It came to mind that perhaps someone from upstairs had a say in this,” she said.

4.Poe Coincidence

In the 19th century, the famous horror writer, Egdar Allan Poe, wrote a book called ‘The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym’. It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventually the three senior members of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.


5. Royal Coincidence

In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I, went to a small restaurant for dinner, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, General Emilio Ponzia- Vaglia. When the owner took King Umberto’s order, the King noticed that he and the restaurant owner were virtual doubles, in face and in build. Both men began discussing the striking resemblance between each other and found many more similarities.
1. Both men were born on the same day, of the same year, (March 14th, 1844).
2. Both men had been born in the same town.
3. Both men married a woman with same name, Margherita.
4. The restaurateur opened his restaurant on the same day that King Umberto was crowned King of Italy.
5. On the 29th July 1900, King Umberto was informed that the restaurateur had died that day in a mysterious shooting accident, and as he expressed his regret, an anarchist in the crowd then assassinated him.

6. Falling Baby

In 1930s Detroit, a man named Joseph Figlock was to become an amazing figure in a young (and, apparently, incredibly careless) mother’s life. As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother’s baby fell from a high window onto Figlock. The baby’s fall was broken and Figlock and the baby were unharmed. A year later, the selfsame baby fell from the selfsame window, again falling onto Mr. Figlock as he was passing beneath. Once again, both of them survived the event.

7. Mystery Monk

In 19th century Austria, a near-famous painter named Joseph Aigner attempted suicide on several occasions. During his first attempt to hang himself at the age of 18, a mysterious Capuchin monk interrupted Aigner. And again at age 22, the very same monk prevented him from hanging himself. Eight years later, he was sentenced to the gallows for his political activities. But again, his life was saved by the intervention of the same monk. At age 68, Joseph Aigner finally succeeded in suicide, using a pistol to shoot himself. Not surprisingly, the very same Capuchin monk - a man whose name Aigner never even knew, conducted his funeral ceremony.

8. Photographic Coincidence

A German mother who photographed her infant son in 1914 left the film to be developed at a store in Strasbourg. In those days some film plates were sold individually. World War I broke out and unable to return to Strasbourg, the woman gave up the picture for lost. Two years later she bought a film plate in Frankfurt, over 100 miles away, to take a picture of her newborn daughter. When developed the film turned out to be a double exposure, with the picture of her daughter superimposed on the earlier picture of her son. Through some incredible twist of fate, her original film, never developed, had been mislabeled as unused, and had eventually been resold to her.

9. Book Find

In 1973, actor Anthony Hopkins agreed to appear in “The Girl From Petrovka”, based on a novel by George Feifer. Unable to find a copy of the book anywhere in London, Hopkins was surprised to discover one lying on a bench in a train station. It turned out to be George Feifer’s own annotated (personal) copy, which Feifer had lent to a friend, and which had been stolen from his friend’s car.

10. Twins

The twin brothers, Jim Lewis and Jim Springer, were separated at birth, adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both families named the boys James. Both James grew up not knowing of the other, yet both sought law-enforcement training both had abilities in mechanical drawing and carpentry, and each had married women named Linda. Both had sons, one of who was named James Alan and the other named James Allan. The twin brothers also divorced their wives and married other women - both named Betty. And they both owned dogs which they named Toy.

11. Revenge Killing

In 1883, Henry Ziegland broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl’s enraged brother hunted down Ziegland and shot him. Believing he had killed Ziegland, the brother then took his own life. In fact, however, Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet had only grazed his face, lodging into a tree. It was a narrow escape. Years later, Ziegland decided to cut down the same tree, which still had the bullet in it. The huge tree seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland’s head, killing him.

12. Golden Scarab

From The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche: “A young woman I was treating had, at a critical moment, a dream in which she was given a golden scarab. While she was telling me this dream I sat with my back to the closed window. Suddenly I heard a noise behind me, like a gentle tapping. I turned round and saw a flying insect knocking against the windowpane from outside. I opened the window and caught the creature in the air as it flew in. It was the nearest analogy to the golden scarab that one finds in our latitudes, a scarabaeid beetle, the common rose-chafer (Cetonia aurata) which contrary to its usual habits had evidently felt an urge to get into a dark room at this particular moment. I must admit that nothing like it ever happened to me before or since, and that the dream of the patient has remained unique in my experience.” - Carl Jung

13. Taxi

In 1975, while riding a moped in Bermuda, a man was accidentally struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, this man’s brother was killed in the very same way. In fact, he was riding the very same moped. And to stretch the odds even further, the very same taxi driven by the same driver - and even carrying the very same passenger struck him!

14. Hotel Discovery

In 1953, television reporter Irv Kupcinet was in London to cover the coronation of Ellizabeth II. In one of the drawers in his room at the Savoy he found some items that, by their identification, belonged to a man named Harry Hannin. Coincidentally, Harry Hannin - a basketball star with the famed Harlem Globetrotters - was a good friend of Kupcinet’s. But the story has yet another twist. Just two days later, and before he could tell Hannin of his lucky discovery, Kupcinet received a letter from Hannin. In the letter, Hannin told Kucinet that while staying at the Hotel Meurice in Paris, he found in a drawer a tie - with Kupcinet’s name on it.


15. Historical Coincidence

The lives of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, two of America’s founders. Jefferson crafted the Declaration of Independence, showing drafts of it to Adams, who (with Benjamin Franklin) helped to edit and hone it. The Continental Congress approved the document on July 4, 1776. Surprisingly, both Jefferson and Adams died on the same day, July 4, 1826 - exactly 50 years from the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Tax Structure in India

Different kinds of taxes levied in India

1) Qus. : What are you doing?
Ans.: Business.
Tax: PAY PROFESSIONAL TAX

2) Qus. : What are you doing in Business?
Ans.: Selling the Goods.
Tax: PAY SALES TAX

3) Qus. : From where are you getting Goods?
Ans.: From other State/Abroad
Tax: PAY CENTRAL SALES TAX, CUSTOM DUTY & OCTROI

4) Qus. : What are you getting in Selling Goods?
Ans.: Profit.
Tax: PAY INCOME TAX

5) Qus. : Where you Manufacturing the Goods?
Ans.: Factory.
Tax: PAY EXCISE DUTY

6) Qus. : Do you have Office / Warehouse/ Factory?
Ans.: Yes
Tax: PAY MUNICIPAL & FIRE TAX

7) Qus. : Do you have Staff?
Ans.: Yes
Tax: PAY STAFF PROFESSIONAL TAX

8) Qus. : Doing business in Millions?
Ans.: Yes
Tax: PAY TURNOVER TAX

9) Qus. : Are you taking out over 25,000 Cash from Bank?
Ans.: Yes, for Salary.
Tax: PAY CASH HANDLING TAX

10) Qus. : Where are you taking your client for Lunch & Dinner?
Ans.: Hotel
Tax: PAY FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT TAX

11) Qus. : Are you going Out of Station for Business?
Ans.: Yes
Tax: PAY FRINGE BENEFIT TAX

12) Qus. : Have you taken or given any Service/s?
Ans.: Yes
Tax : PAY SERVICE TAX

13) Qus. : How come you got such a Big Amount?
Ans.: Gift on birthday.
Tax: PAY GIFT TAX

14) Qus. : Do you have any Wealth?
Ans.: Yes
Tax: PAY WEALTH TAX

15) Qus. : To reduce Tension, for entertainment, where are you going?
Ans.: Cinema or Resort.
Tax: PAY ENTERTAINMENT TAX

16) Qus. : Have you purchased House?
Ans.: Yes
Tax : PAY STAMP DUTY & REGISTRATION FEE

17) Qus. : How you Travel?
Ans.: Bus
Tax: PAY SURCHARGE

18) Qus. : Any Additional Tax?
Ans.: Yes
Tax: PAY EDUCATIONAL, ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL & SURCHARGE ON ALL THE CENTRAL GOVT.'s TAX

19) Qus. : Delayed any time Paying Any Tax?
Ans.: Yes
Tax: PAY INTEREST & PENALTY

Anti Terror Squad - India All India Toll-free Helpline

In case you come across any suspicious activity, any suspicious movement or have any information to tell to the Anti-Terror Squad, please take a Note of the new ALL INDIA TOLL-FREE Terror Help-line "1090".

Your city's Police or Anti-Terror squad will take action as quickly as possible. Remember that this single number 1090 is valid all over India. This is a toll free number and can be dialed from mobile phones also. Moreover, the identity of the caller will be kept a secret.

Let us make each and every citizen of India aware about this facility. Please spread this info to as many people as possible.