Top Ten Richest Countries In The World

lists of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita.

1)Liechtenstein : Liechtenstein has one of the highest standards of living in Europe and a highly educated workforce – what other country can boast that it imports Austrian, German and Swiss labour on a daily basis? You will see the influence the Alps and the river Rhine have on the country, the industry, sport, history and tourism of Liechtenstein and surrounding areas.
* GDP (PPP): $122,100
* Area: 160.475 km2,61.960 sq mi
* Population: 502,202.
* Capital City: Vaduz
* Largest city: Schaan
* Languages: German
* Religions: Roman Catholic
* Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)
* Calling code: +423
* Government: Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
* Prince: Hans-Adam II
* Regent: Alois
* Landtag Speaker: Arthur Brunhart
* Prime Minister: Klaus Tshutscher

2)Qatar : Qatar is an Arab country, known officially as an emirate, in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Qatar resolved its longstanding border disputes with both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. As of 2007, oil and natural gas revenues had enabled Qatar to attain the first-highest per capita income in the world.

* GDP (PPP): $102.147 billion, Per capita: $90,149
* Area: 11,435 sq km
* Population: 1,696,563
* Capital City: Doha
* People: Arab, Muslim majority
* Languages: Arabic (official), English (also widely-used)
* Religion(s): Islam
* Currency: Qatari Riyal (QR); 1 QR = 100 Dirhams
* Calling code: 974
* Government: Monarchy
* Head of State: Emir, His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
* Prime Minister and Foreign Minister: His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani
* Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry:His Excellency Abdallah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah

3)Luxembourg: Luxembourg, once part of Charlemagne’s empire, became an independent state in 963, when Siegfried, count of Ardennes, became sovereign of Lucilinburhuc (“Little Fortress”). In 1060, Conrad, a descendant of Siegfried, took the title count of Luxembourg.
* GDP (PPP): $77,600
* Area: 2,586.4 km2 (175th) 998.6 sq mi
* Population: 502,202.
* Capital City: Luxembourg
* Languages: Luxembourgish (national language), German and French
* Religions: Predominantly Roman Catholic, but some Protestants, Jews and Muslims
* Currency: Euro
* Calling code: 352.
* Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
* Head of State: Grand Duke Henri (succeeded on 7 October 2000)
* Prime Minister/Premier: Jean-Claude Juncker
Foreign Minister: Jean Asselborn

4)Bermudas: Bermudas is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about 1,030 kilometers’ (640 mi) to the west-northwest. It is about 1,373 kilometers’ (853 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and 1,770 kilometers’ (1,100 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida.

* GDP (PPP): $69,900
* Capital:Hamilton
* Official language(s):English1
* Other language:Portuguese1
* Ethnic groups:
* 54.8% African-Caribbean
* 34.1% white
* 6.4% multiracial
* 4.3% other
* 0.4% unspecified[1]
* Demonym:Bermudian
* Government:British overseas territories
* Monarch:Queen Elizabeth II
* Governor: Sir Richard Gozney
* Premier: Paula Cox
* Area: 53.2 km2,20.6 sq mi
* Population: 68,268
* Currency: Bermudian dollar2 (BMD)

* Calling code: +1-441

* Religions: Mainly Christian although many faiths are represented. The most popular denominations are Anglican and African Methodist Episcopalian (AME).

5)Norway: The Viking period (9th to 11th centuries) was one of national unification and expansion. The Norwegian royal line died out in 1387, and the country entered a period of union with Denmark. By 1586, Norway had become part of the Danish Kingdom. In 1814, as a result of the Napoleonic wars, Norway was separated.
# GDP (PPP): $59,300.
# Area: 385,155 km2 (mainland: 323,758 km2, Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen: 61,397 km2)
# Population: 4,934,600
# Capital City: Oslo
# Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK)
# Calling code: 47
# Languages: Two forms of Norwegian, named “bokmål” and “nynorsk”.Sami is a separate language spoken by the Sami peoples in the northern counties, which has equal status with the Norwegian language.
# Religion(s): 90% Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran)
# Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
# Head of State: HM King Harald V (1991)
# Prime Minister: Jens Stoltenberg (Labour)
# Foreign Minister: Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour)

6)Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France.As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs.A dependency of the English Crown since the Middle Ages, Jersey has a rich cultural heritage evident in the range of sites across the Island from the palaeolithic to the Second World War.
* Jersey:Flag GDP (PPP): $59,300
* Capital(and largest city): Saint Helier
* Official language(s): English, French
* Ethnic groups: 51.1% Jersey, 34.8% Britons, 6.4% Portuguese, 2.6% Irish, 1.7% French, 2.3% other white, 1.1% other[2]
* Government: Parliamentary system, Constitutional monarchy and Crown dependency
* Chief of state: Elizabeth II, Duke of Normandy
* Lieutenant Governor: Lt. Gen. Andrew Ridgway
* Bailiff: Michael Birt[3]
* Chief Minister: Senator Terry Le Sueur
* Area: 116 km2,45 sq mi
* Population: 2,034/sq mi
* Currency: Pound sterling
* Calling code: +44 spec.
* +44-1534(landline)
* +44-7797, +44-7937, +44-7509(Jersey Telecom mobile)
* +44-7700(Sure mobile)
* +44-7829(Airtel-Vodafone mobile)

7)Kuwait: Kuwait (Arabic: دولة الكويت‎)is a sovereign Arab nation situated in the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, and Iraq to the north. It lies on the northwestern shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the Arabic “akwat”, the plural of “kout”, meaning fortress built near water.
* GDP (PPP): $55,900
* Capital:Kuwait City
* Official language(s):Arabic
* Other language:English
* Religion: Islam is the official religion, 85% Kuwaiti citizens are Muslim. 15% others.
* Demonym:Bermudian
* Government:British overseas territories
* Monarch:Queen Elizabeth II
* Governor: Constitutional hereditary emirate
* Prime Minister: Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
* Area: 17,821 sq km (6880 sq mi).
* Population:estimate 3,566,440
* Currency: Kuwait Dinar (KD) = 1,000 fils.
* Calling code: 965

8)Singapore: Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, in Southeast Asia. It is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north, and from Indonesia’s Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south.
* Capital: Singapore
* language: English
* Government: Parliamentary republic
* President: S.R. Nathan
* Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong
* Speaker of Parliament: Abdullah Tarmugi
* Chief Justice: Chan Sek Keong
* Area: 710.2 km2(274.2 sq mi)
* Population: 5,076,700
* Currency: Singapore dollar (SGD)
* Calling code: +65

9)United States: The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.
* GDP (PPP):$50,200
* Capital:Washington, D.C.
* Largest city: New York City
* Official language(s): None at federal level[a]
* Religion:Christians
* National language: English (de facto)[b]
* Demonym: American
* Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic
* President: Barack Obama (D)
* Vice President: Joe Biden (D)
* Chief Justice: John Roberts
* Area: 9,826,675 km2(3,794,101 sq mi)
* Population: 308,745,538
* Currency: United States dollar ($) (USD)
* Calling code: +1

10)Brunei: The small country of Brunei Darussalam is situated on the northwestern edge of the island of Borneo, an island which is also a part of Indonesia and Malaysia.In fact, it once controlled much of Borneo, as well as the southern Philippines, but its regional influence peaked by the end of the 17th Century.It subsequently entered a period of decline caused by internal fighting over royal succession, colonial expansion of European powers, and local piracy.
* GDP (PPP):$ 49,900
* Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
* Languages: Malay, English, Chinese
* Demonym: Bruneian
* Religion: Islam
* Government:Islamic Absolute Monarchy
* Head of State: His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei is also Prime Minister, Defence Minister and Finance Minister.
* Senior Minister: Crown Prince Billah
* Foreign Minister: Prince Mohamed Bolkiah
* Area: 5,765 km2(2,226 sq mi)
* Population:estimate 395,027[2] (175)
* Currency: Brunei dollar (BND)
* Calling code: +6731