(30/06/2012 04:36 PM)Joom Wrote:  Please name a rich country besides China.

Top 10 World’s Richest Countries in 2012 (based on the Forbes magazine)

1- Qatar
Average income per capita: 88,222 dollars a year, it’s located east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, bordering the Persian Gulf, its capital is Doha, and has a population of 1.8 million people.

2- Luxembourg:
Average income per capita: 81,466 dollars a year, is located in Western Europe between Germany, France, Belgium,with a population of 502 thousand people.

3- Singapore:
Average income per capita: 56,694 dollars a year, is located on an island in South East Asia, Singapore as its capital, the population is 4.9 million people.

4- Norway:
Average income per capita: 51,959 dollars a year, located in northern Europe and occupies the western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, its capital is Oslo and has a population of 4.9 million people.

5- Brunei:
Average income per capita: 48,333 dollars a year, is located on the northern coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia, its capital is  Bandar Seri Begawan, and has a population of 388 thousand people.

6- United Arab Emirates:
Average income per capita: 47,439 dollars a year, is located east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, bordering the Persian Gulf, Abu Dhabi as its capital and a population of 8.2 million people.

7- The United States:
Average income per capita: 46,860 dollars a year, a federal republic comprising fifty states and is located in North America, its capital isWashington DC and has a population of 313 million.

8- Hong Kong:
Average income per capita: 45,944 dollars a year, is one of the administrative regions of China, located in East Asia with a population of 7 million people.

9- Switzerland:
Average income per capita: 41,950 dollars a year, a federal republic located in Central Europe, with its capital Bern and a population of 7.7 million.

10- The Netherlands:
Average income per capita: 40,973 dollars a year, located in western Europe, bordering the North Sea, with its capital Amsterdam and a population of 16 million people.