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2024

  1. National General Election with the Largest Registered Electorate

    2024-01-01

    India · 979,751,847 registered electors · India

    Human SocietyCurrent
  2. World's Largest Library Collection

    2024-01-01

    Library of Congress · 181,130,554 items · Washington, D.C., United States

    Human SocietyCurrent
  3. World's Most Populous Country

    2024-01-01

    India · about 1.444 billion people · India

    Human SocietyCurrent

2021

  1. 2021-01-01

    China · about 1.427 billion people · China

    Human SocietyHistorical

2014

  1. 2014-01-01

    Malala Yousafzai · 17 years · Oslo, Norway

    Human SocietyCurrent

1997

  1. 1997-08-04

    Jeanne Louise Calment · 122 years 164 days · Arles, France

    Human SocietyCurrent

0859

  1. 0859-01-01

    University of al-Qarawiyyin · 859 CE · Fez, Morocco

    Human SocietyCurrent

Time not specified

  1. Russia · about 17,098,200 km² square kilometres · Northern Eurasia

    Human SocietyCurrent
  2. Italy · 62 properties properties · Italy

    Human SocietyCurrent
  3. Sacred City of Caral-Supe · about 5,000 years old · Supe Valley, Peru

    Human SocietyCurrent
  4. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · more than 1,600 ha · Cahokia, Illinois, United States

    Human SocietyCurrent
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World's Most Populous Country
Youngest Nobel Laureate
Longest Fully Authenticated Human Lifespan
World's Oldest Existing and Continually Operating Higher-Learning Institution
World's Largest Country by Area
Country with the Most World Heritage Sites
Oldest Centre of Civilization in the Americas
Largest Pre-Columbian Urban and Mound Center in North America North of Mexico
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