Pocket World in Figures

The 2009 edition has been completely updated, revised, refreshed and expanded. As regulars will know, Pocket World in Figures contains rankings on more than 200 topics in subject areas as wide-ranging as geography, population, business, the economy, trade, transport, finance, industry, demographics, the environment, society, culture and crime.

If you want to know:

* the highest mountain or longest river
* where economic growth is fastest or inflation is highest
* who consumes the most energy
* where innovation is highest
* where computer and mobile phone ownership is highest
* which countries have the most asylum seekers
* who spends most, and who the least, on healthcare
* the heaviest drinkers and smokers
* who recycles most
* facts about obesity