Sorting Geography

Where the numbers come from

Sorting Geography is a game about real figures, so every value it shows carries a receipt: the organisation that published it, a link to that publication, and the year the figure describes. This page lists all of them.

It is generated from the dataset the app actually ships — currently 190 measures drawn from 181 sources (dataset dataset-v080-6356022044fd) — not maintained by hand, so it cannot drift from what you see in the game.

Where a figure is redistributed by an intermediary, both are named: "FAO (via World Bank WDI)" means the World Bank republished the FAO's number, and both deserve the credit.

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CIA World Factbook 2024 edition (archived), merchant marine field — ships registered under the country's flag merchant marine ships
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition (archived), waterways field — the waterway length the country's own entry states waterways km
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `airports` airports count
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `birth rate` (2023 est.) birth rate
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `coastline` (archived 2024-04-18) coastline km
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `death rate` (2023 est.) death rate
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `elevation` (highest point) highest point m
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `elevation` (mean elevation) mean elevation m
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `land boundaries` (total) land boundary km
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `major rivers (by length in km)` longest river km
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `railways` (total) railways km
CIA World Factbook 2024 edition, field `roadways` (total) roadways km
Derived: CIA World Factbook 2024 `coastline` divided by World Bank WDI 2023 land area (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) coastline per land area
Derived: CIA World Factbook 2024 `railways` divided by World Bank WDI 2023 land area (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) rail density km per 1000km2
Derived: CIA World Factbook 2024 `roadways` divided by World Bank WDI 2023 land area (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) road density km per 100km2
Derived: GeoNames capital coordinates (CC BY 4.0) over the Natural Earth 1:10m coastline (public domain) capital distance to sea km
Derived: Natural Earth 1:10m coastline over the vendored Natural Earth 1:50m admin-0 countries (both PUBLIC DOMAIN) max distance from the sea km
Derived: UN WUP 2025 File 21 largest-city population divided by World Bank WDI 2023 population (SP.POP.TOTL) largest city share of population
EDGAR / EU JRC 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator EN.GHG.CO2.MT.CE.AR5) co2 total mt
ESA WorldCover 2021 grassland class (FAOSTAT Environment/Land Cover item 6983, element 5013) over the same table's total country area grassland share pct
ESA WorldCover 2021 herbaceous wetland class (FAOSTAT Environment/Land Cover item 6977, element 5013) herbaceous wetland area km2
ESA WorldCover 2021 mangrove class (FAOSTAT Environment/Land Cover item 6975, element 5013) mangrove area km2
FAO 2022 (via World Bank WDI, indicator AG.LND.PRCP.MM) annual precipitation
FAO 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator AG.CON.FERT.ZS) fertiliser use kg ha
FAO 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator AG.LND.AGRI.ZS) agricultural land pct
FAO 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.HA.PC) arable land per person ha
FAO 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS) arable land pct
FAO 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator AG.LND.CROP.ZS) permanent cropland pct
FAO 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator AG.PRD.CREL.MT) cereal production t
FAO 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator AG.YLD.CREL.KG) cereal yield kg ha
FAO 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator ER.FSH.AQUA.MT) fish farmed t
FAO 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator ER.FSH.CAPT.MT) fish capture t
FAO AQUASTAT 2021 (via World Bank WDI, indicator ER.H2O.INTR.K3) renewable water internal
FAO AQUASTAT 2022 (via World Bank WDI, indicator ER.H2O.FWAG.ZS) water used for farming pct
FAO AQUASTAT 2022 (via World Bank WDI, indicator ER.H2O.FWIN.ZS) water for industry pct
FAO AQUASTAT 2022 (via World Bank WDI, indicator ER.H2O.FWST.ZS) water stress pct
FAO AQUASTAT 2022 (via World Bank WDI, indicator ER.H2O.FWTL.K3) water withdrawal km3
FAO AQUASTAT 2022 (via World Bank WDI, indicator ER.H2O.INTR.PC) freshwater per capita
FAO Food Balance Sheets (2010-) — Fish & Seafood, food supply quantity per capita (via FAOSTAT bulk) fish seafood kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets 2022 (via Our World in Data) daily calorie supply
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Beer (item 2656, element 645), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) beer supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Eggs (item 2949, element 645), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) eggs supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Fruits - Excluding Wine (kg/capita/yr), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) fruit supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Groundnuts (kg/capita/yr), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) peanut supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Maize and products (kg/capita/yr), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) maize supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Meat (kg/capita/yr), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) meat supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Milk excluding butter (item 2848, element 645), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) milk supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Pigmeat (kg/capita/yr), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) pork supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Potatoes and products (kg/capita/yr), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) potato supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Poultry Meat (kg/capita/yr), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) poultry supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Rice and products (item 2807, element 645), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) rice supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Sugar & Sweeteners (Item 2909 / Element 645), 2023 (via FAOSTAT bulk; supply per capita) sugar supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Vegetables (kg/capita/yr), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) vegetable supply kg
FAO Food Balance Sheets — Food supply quantity, Wheat and products (kg/capita/yr), 2023 (via FAOSTAT) wheat supply kg
FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020, forest area within legally established protected areas, via FAO's own data catalogue protected forest area km2
FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025, Forest land area (item 6646, element 5110), via FAOSTAT forest area km2
FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025, Planted Forest area (item 6716, element 5110), via FAOSTAT planted forest area km2
FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025, forest share of land area (item 6646, element 7209), via FAOSTAT forest pct
FAOSTAT Cattle stocks (item 866, element 5111) 2023, divided by World Bank WDI 2023 population cattle per person
FAOSTAT Environment/Land Cover — Terrestrial barren land from ESA WorldCover (item 6979, element 5013) 2021, over World Bank WDI 2023 land area barren land share
FAOSTAT Horse stocks (item 1096, element 5111) 2023, divided by World Bank WDI 2023 population horses per person
FAOSTAT Inputs/Land Use — Permanent meadows and pastures, share in land area (item 6655, element 7209), 2022 pasture share of land
FAOSTAT Inputs/Land Use — Primary Forest area (item 6714, element 5110), 2025 primary forest area
FAOSTAT Production/Crops and livestock products — Cattle stocks (item 866, element 5111), 2023 cattle count
FAOSTAT Production/Crops and livestock products — Duck stocks (item 1068, element 5112), 2023 duck count
FAOSTAT Production/Crops and livestock products — Goat stocks (item 1016, element 5111), 2023 goat count
FAOSTAT QCL 2022 (via Our World in Data) wheat production t
FAOSTAT QCL 2023 (via Our World in Data) chicken meat t
FAOSTAT QCL 2023 (via Our World in Data) maize production t
FAOSTAT QCL 2023 (via Our World in Data) milk production t
FAOSTAT QCL 2023 (via Our World in Data) pig count
FAOSTAT QCL 2023 (via Our World in Data) potato production t
FAOSTAT QCL 2023 (via Our World in Data) tomato production t
FAOSTAT SDG indicator 15.4.2 — Mountain area: Total (item 24048-_T, element 6241), 2021 mountain area km2
FAOSTAT SDG indicator 15.4.2 — Mountain area: Total (item 24048-_T, element 6241), 2021, less the inland-water land-cover classes (items 24047-C0x_IWB), over FAO Land area (item 24035, element 6176), 2020 mountain share pct
FAOSTAT Sheep stocks (item 976, element 5111) 2023, divided by World Bank WDI 2023 population sheep per person
GeoNames countryInfo.txt, `neighbours` column (cardinality) land neighbour count
IANA Time Zone Database (tzdb) 2026a, zone1970.tab time zone count
IEA (via WDI) 2021 (via World Bank WDI, indicator EG.ELC.RNEW.ZS) renewable electricity pct
IEA 2021 (via World Bank WDI, indicator EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS) renewable energy pct
ILO (modelled estimate) 2025 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS) unemployment pct
ILO modelled estimate 2021 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS) employment in agriculture
ILO modelled estimate 2021 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SL.TLF.CACT.ZS) labour force participation pct
ILO modelled estimate 2021 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS) youth unemployment pct
ILO modelled estimate 2025 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SL.EMP.SELF.ZS) self employed pct
ILO modelled estimate 2025 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SL.IND.EMPL.ZS) employment in industry
ILO modelled estimate 2025 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SL.TLF.TOTL.FE.ZS) female share of workforce
INFORM Risk 2026, indicator EX_TC_SS1 (annual expected people exposed to Saffir-Simpson category 1 tropical-cyclone winds); underlying model STORM (Bloemendaal et al., Deltares/KNMI/Southampton/VU), CC0 cyclone wind exposed people
ITU 2022 (via World Bank WDI, indicator IT.CEL.SETS.P2) mobile per 100
ITU 2022 (via World Bank WDI, indicator IT.MLT.MAIN.P2) fixed telephone per 100
ITU 2022 (via World Bank WDI, indicator IT.NET.BBND.P2) fixed broadband per 100
Inter-Parliamentary Union 2019 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SG.GEN.PARL.ZS) women in parliament share
International Tea Committee (ITC) — annual per-capita tea consumption, 2016 (compiled by Statista; values converted from pounds at 1 lb = 0.45359237 kg). Restricted to the leading tea markets ITC reports per-country; rest of roster = honest no-data. tea consumption kg
JRC Global Human Settlement Layer, GHS country statistics R2024A (2025) built up area share
Marine Regions World EEZ v12 (2023-10-25), Flanders Marine Institute — undisputed 200NM zones, summed to the sovereign state eez area
Men's international football results 1872-2026 (martj42/international_results, CC0), distinct opponents faced football opponents faced
Men's international football results 1872-2026 (martj42/international_results, CC0), goals scored minus goals conceded football goal difference
Men's international football results 1872-2026 (martj42/international_results, CC0), home wins as a share of home matches, minimum 10 home matches football home win pct
Men's international football results 1872-2026 (martj42/international_results, CC0), matches played football matches all time
Men's international football results 1872-2026 (martj42/international_results, CC0), years since the country's first international as at 2026 football years playing
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) — 'A century of trends in adult human height', eLife 2016;5:e13410 (men, 1996 birth cohort, age 18; ~10yr-old by design — newest NCD-RisC FINAL-ADULT-height release; the later 2020 NCD-RisC height study covers ages 5–19 only, so it does not supersede this adult dataset) avg height cm
Natural Earth 1:50m v5.1.1, centroid of the largest polygon (mainland) latitude
Natural Earth 1:50m v5.1.1, latitude span of the largest polygon (mainland) north south extent
OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) — State of the World Wine Sector in 2025, Table 3 (apparent wine consumption, 2025); per-capita derived as total volume ÷ population (WB 2023) wine lpc
Our World in Data (Global Carbon Project) 2024 co2 per capita
OurAirports daily airports.csv dump, 2026 (scheduled-service small/medium/large airports only) highest airport m
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) — World Press Freedom Index 2024, Overall Score (via World Bank Data360) press freedom
SIPRI 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS) military pct gdp
Transparency International — Corruption Perceptions Index 2024 (via Our World in Data) corruption cpi
UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SM.POP.TOTL) migrant stock total
UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024, Table 1 (destination = World, origin = country), both sexes emigrants abroad total
UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024, Table 1 (destination = World, origin = country), over UN WPP 2024 resident population emigrants abroad pct of pop
UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024, Table 1 (destination = country, origin = World), over UN WPP 2024 resident population foreign born share pct
UN DESA Population Division, Database on Household Size and Composition 2022 (latest census or survey per country, restricted to reference year 2010 or later) avg household size
UN DESA World Urbanization Prospects 2025, File 20 Population of Capital Cities (mid-2025) capital population proper
UN DESA World Urbanization Prospects 2025, File 21 Population Residing in Cities with 50,000 Inhabitants or More (mid-2025), most populous city per country largest city population
UN IGME (UNICEF/WHO/World Bank/UN-DESA) 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SH.DYN.MORT) under5 mortality
UN Tourism 2019 (via World Bank WDI, indicator ST.INT.RCPT.CD) tourism receipts usd
UN WPP 2024 via Our World in Data life expectancy
UN WPP 2024 via Our World in Data median age
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SM.POP.NETM) net migration
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SP.ADO.TFRT) adolescent fertility rate
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SP.POP.DPND) age dependency ratio
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SP.POP.GROW) population growth rate
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS) female share of population
UN World Population Prospects 2024, Demographic Indicators (medium variant), LExFemale minus LExMale, 2024 life expectancy gap fm
UN World Population Prospects 2024, Demographic Indicators (medium variant), MAC, 2024 mean age at childbearing
UN World Population Prospects 2024, TPopulation1July at 2024 divided by the same series at 1950 (one revision, present-day borders) pop multiple since 1950
UN World Urbanization Prospects (via World Bank WDI, indicator SP.URB.GROW) urban growth rate
UNCTAD 2018 (via World Bank WDI, indicator IS.SHP.GOOD.TU) container port traffic teu
UNCTAD Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 2019 (via World Bank WDI, indicator IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ) liner shipping connectivity
UNDP Human Development Report 2025, mean years of schooling (adults aged 25+), reference year 2023 mean years schooling
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (via World Bank WDI, indicator SE.PRM.TCHR.FE.ZS), 2021 primary teachers female pct
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (via World Bank WDI, indicator SE.SEC.TCHR.FE.ZS), 2021 secondary teachers female pct
UNESCO UIS 2019 (via World Bank WDI, indicator GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS) rd spend pct gdp
UNESCO UIS 2020 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SE.TER.ENRR) tertiary enrolment pct
UNESCO UIS 2021 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SE.SEC.ENRR) secondary enrolment pct
UNHCR 2025 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SM.POP.FDIP) forcibly displaced people
UNHCR 2025 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SM.POP.RHCR.EA) refugees hosted
UNODC 2019 (via World Bank WDI, indicator VC.IHR.PSRC.P5) homicide rate
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — coal electricity net generation (INTL.30-12-BKWH.A) over fossil + nuclear + renewable generation (INTL.28-12 + INTL.27-12 + INTL.29-12), 2024 coal share of electricity
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — crude oil including lease condensate production (INTL.57-1-TBPD.A), 2024 crude oil production kbd
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — dry natural gas production (INTL.26-1-BCM.A), 2024 gas production bcm
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — electricity distribution losses over generation plus imports minus exports (INTL.2-9 / 2-12 / 2-3 / 2-4), 2024 electricity lost pct
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — electricity net generation (INTL.2-12-BKWH.A), 2024, over EIA population electricity generated kwh per person
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — hydroelectricity net generation (INTL.33-12-BKWH.A) over fossil + nuclear + renewable generation (INTL.28-12 + INTL.27-12 + INTL.29-12), 2024 hydro share of electricity
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — motor gasoline consumption (INTL.62-2-TBPD.A), 2024, over EIA population petrol litres per person year
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — natural gas electricity net generation (INTL.31-12-BKWH.A) over fossil + nuclear + renewable generation (INTL.28-12 + INTL.27-12 + INTL.29-12), 2024 gas share of electricity
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — nuclear electricity net generation (INTL.27-12-BKWH.A) over fossil + nuclear + renewable generation (INTL.28-12 + INTL.27-12 + INTL.29-12), 2024 nuclear share of electricity
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — solar electricity installed capacity (INTL.116-7-MK.A), 2024, over EIA population solar watts per person
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — total energy production over total energy consumption (INTL.44-1-QBTU.A / INTL.44-2-QBTU.A), 2024 energy self sufficiency pct
US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics — wind electricity net generation (INTL.37-12-BKWH.A) over fossil + nuclear + renewable generation (INTL.28-12 + INTL.27-12 + INTL.29-12), 2024 wind share of electricity
WHO Global Health Observatory — Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m² (age-standardized estimate, both sexes), NCD-RisC-compiled obesity pct
WHO Global Health Observatory — total alcohol per capita (15+) consumption, SDG indicator 3.5.2 (recorded 3-yr avg + unrecorded, both sexes) alcohol lpc
WHO/UNICEF JMP 2018 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SH.H2O.BASW.ZS) drinking water pct
WHO/UNICEF JMP 2018 (via World Bank WDI, indicator SH.STA.BASS.ZS) sanitation pct
WIPO patent applications by residents (World Bank WDI indicator IP.PAT.RESD), 2018-2021, over same-year population (SP.POP.TOTL) patent applications per million
WTO and World Bank 2025 (via World Bank WDI, indicator TG.VAL.TOTL.GD.ZS) merchandise trade pct gdp
Wikidata (CC0), living holders of the FIDE Grandmaster title (P2962 = Q105269, no P570) by country for sport (P1532) chess grandmasters
World Bank / ESMAP (SDG 7.1.1) 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS) electricity access pct
World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal, ERA5 0.25 degree country climatology 1991-2020 (producer: ECMWF / Copernicus C3S) coldest night, days above 30c, heavy rain days, hottest day, longest dry spell, mean annual temperature, mean wind speed ms, rainy days, relative humidity pct, wettest day
World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal, ERA5 0.25 degree country climatology 1991-2020, monthly pr (producer: ECMWF / Copernicus C3S) rain seasonality
World Bank Climate Knowledge Portal, ERA5 0.25 degree country climatology 1991-2020, monthly tas (producer: ECMWF / Copernicus C3S) temp annual range
World Bank Food Prices for Nutrition (FPN 5.0, July 2026) — cost of a healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day, 2024 healthy diet cost ppp
World Bank Global Findex 2024 (via World Bank WDI, indicator FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS) bank account ownership pct
World Bank International Comparison Program 2021 — price level index of GDP, World = 100 (source 90, series 1000000, classification PX.WL) price level gdp icp
World Bank WDI 2023 land area km2
World Bank WDI 2023 population density
World Bank WDI 2023 population
World Bank WDI 2023 (indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD) gdp total usd
World Bank WDI 2023 (indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD) gdp per capita usd
World Bank WDI 2024 internet users pct
World Bank WDI 2024 fertility rate
World Bank WDI 2024 urban population pct
World Bank WDI 2024 — Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults 15+, age-standardized); WHO Global Health Observatory estimates redistributed by the World Bank under CC BY 4.0 smoking pct
World Bank WDI indicator AG.LND.EL5M.ZS, 2015 (producer: CIESIN/Columbia LECZ v3) land below 5m pct
World Bank WDI indicator EN.POP.EL5M.ZS, 2015 (producer: CIESIN/Columbia LECZ v3) pop below 5m pct
World Bank national accounts 2023 (via World Bank WDI, indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG) gdp growth pct
World Bank staff estimates 2021 (via World Bank WDI, indicator NY.GDP.FRST.RT.ZS) forest rents pct
World Bank staff estimates 2021 (via World Bank WDI, indicator NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS) natural resource rents pct
World Happiness Report / Gallup World Poll — Self-reported life satisfaction (Cantril ladder, 0–10), 2025 (via Our World in Data) life satisfaction

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Country outlines come from Natural Earth (public domain). Place names and capitals come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time-zone data comes from the IANA Time Zone Database (public domain).

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