SenseList » Statistics http://senselist.com Help for the listless (and the senseless) Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:06:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Top 10 Countries with the Lowest and Highest Population Densities http://senselist.com/2006/11/27/top-10-countries-with-the-lowest-and-highest-population-densities/ http://senselist.com/2006/11/27/top-10-countries-with-the-lowest-and-highest-population-densities/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:00:24 +0000 Morgen Jahnke http://senselist.com/2006/11/27/top-10-countries-with-the-lowest-and-highest-population-densities/

Lowest (People per square kilometer)

  1. Mongolia (2)
  2. Namibia (2)
  3. Australia (3)
  4. Botswana (3)
  5. Iceland (3)
  6. Surinam (3)
  7. Libya (3)
  8. Mauritania (3)
  9. Canada (3)
  10. Guyana (4)

Highest (People per square kilometer)

  1. Monaco (16,205)
  2. Singapore (6,386)
  3. Malta (1,261)
  4. Maldives (1,164)
  5. Bahrain (1,035)
  6. Bangladesh (1,002)
  7. Vatican City (920)
  8. Barbados (648)
  9. Nauru (621)
  10. Mauritius (603)

Source: WorldAtlas.com

]]> http://senselist.com/2006/11/27/top-10-countries-with-the-lowest-and-highest-population-densities/feed/ 0 47 male celebrities 5'7" or under http://senselist.com/2006/09/29/47-male-celebrities-57-or-under/ http://senselist.com/2006/09/29/47-male-celebrities-57-or-under/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:00:21 +0000 Joe Kissell http://senselist.com/2006/09/29/45-male-celebrities-57-or-under/ According to popular mythology, male celebrities (and especially leading men on the big screen) are supposed to be tall, dark, and handsome. But many a successful actor, filmmaker, and singer has risen to great heights in the industry without having his head in the clouds—including some larger-than-life action heroes. Speaking as someone who can see eye-to-eye with such diverse figures as Tom Cruise, Al Pacino, and Jon Stewart, I’m proud to count myself among the compact citizens who nevertheless stand tall for their art. It’s therefore my pleasure to honor 46 other celebrities no taller than myself. I look up to you all, even those I must look down at.

(Unsurprisingly, there is frequently conflicting information on the Internet about people’s actual heights; I’ve taken these numbers from the Internet Movie Database.)

  1. Jason Alexander (5'5")
  2. Woody Allen (5'5")
  3. Ed Asner (5'7")
  4. Sean Astin (5'6")
  5. Richard Attenborough (5'7")
  6. Roberto Benigni (5'5")
  7. Gael Garcia Bernal (5'6½")
  8. Jack Black (5'6")
  9. Mel Brooks (5'7")
  10. LeVar Burton (5'7")
  11. Phil Collins (5'6")
  12. Brian Cox (5'7")
  13. Tom Cruise (5'7")
  14. Billy Crystal (5'7")
  15. Danny DeVito (5')
  16. Richard Dreyfuss (5'5")
  17. Emilio Estevez (5'7")
  18. Peter Falk (5'6")
  19. Michael J. Fox (5'4½")
  20. Al Franken (5'5")
  21. Edward Furlong (5'7")
  22. Seth Green (5'4")
  23. Dustin Hoffman (5'6¾")
  24. Tom Hollander (5'5")
  25. Ian Holm (5'6")
  26. Bob Hoskins (5'6")
  27. D.L. Hughley (5'7")
  28. Peter Jackson (5'6½")
  29. Billy Joel (5'6½")
  30. Elton John (5'7")
  31. Charlie Kaufman (5'4½")
  32. Harvey Keitel (5'7")
  33. Joe Kissell (5'7")
  34. Nathan Lane (5'5")
  35. George Lucas (5'6")
  36. Mike Myers (5'7")
  37. Al Pacino (5'7")
  38. Kevin Pollak (5'5")
  39. Prince (5'2")
  40. Mickey Rooney (5'3")
  41. Tim Roth (5'7")
  42. Wallace Shawn (5'2")
  43. Harry Shearer (5'7")
  44. Martin Sheen (5'7")
  45. Jon Stewart (5'7")
  46. Henry Winkler (5'6½")
  47. Elijah Wood (5'6")

A final note: I intend no slight toward the likes of Michael J. Anderson (3'7"), Gary Coleman (4'8"), Peter Dinklage (4'5"), and Verne Troyer (2'8") by omitting them from the list, but I felt that using such obvious candidates to pad an already lengthy roll would be a bit gratuitous.

]]> http://senselist.com/2006/09/29/47-male-celebrities-57-or-under/feed/ 6 20 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names in 2005 and 1885 http://senselist.com/2006/09/13/20-most-popular-us-baby-names-in-2005-and-1885/ http://senselist.com/2006/09/13/20-most-popular-us-baby-names-in-2005-and-1885/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:00:05 +0000 Morgen Jahnke http://senselist.com/2006/09/13/20-most-popular-us-baby-names-in-2005-and-1885/ There seems to be a trend lately of parents choosing names for their children that may be considered more traditional. I think this may be a backlash against decades of popular baby names that were newly coined or given new spellings. It’s interesting to see that there are some names that remain popular from one century to another.

2005

 boysgirls
1.JacobEmily
2.MichaelEmma
3.JoshuaMadison
4.MatthewAbigail
5.EthanOlivia
6.AndrewIsabella
7.DanielHannah
8.AnthonySamantha
9.ChristopherAva
10.JosephAshley
11.WilliamSophia
12.AlexanderElizabeth
13.RyanAlexis
14.DavidGrace
15.NicholasSarah
16.TylerAlyssa
17.JamesMia
18.JohnNatalie
19.JonathanChloe
20.NathanBrianna

1885

 boysgirls
1.JohnMary
2.WilliamAnna
3.JamesEmma
4.GeorgeElizabeth
5.CharlesMargaret
6.FrankMinnie
7.JosephClara
8.HenryBertha
9.RobertIda
10.ThomasAnnie
11.EdwardAlice
12.HarryFlorence
13.WalterBessie
14.FredGrace
15.ArthurEthel
16.AlbertNellie
17.ClarenceMartha
18.SamuelSarah
19.LouisElla
20.GroverMabel

Source: Social Security Administration

Update: This post was featured in the October 6, 2006 edition of the Carnival of Pregnancy.

]]> http://senselist.com/2006/09/13/20-most-popular-us-baby-names-in-2005-and-1885/feed/ 3 Four countries with the most executions in 2005 http://senselist.com/2006/08/02/four-countries-with-the-most-executions-in-2005/ http://senselist.com/2006/08/02/four-countries-with-the-most-executions-in-2005/#comments Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:00:12 +0000 Morgen Jahnke http://senselist.com/2006/08/02/four-countries-with-the-most-executions-in-2005/ In 2005, four countries carried out 94% of the world’s executions:

  1. China: 1,770 (minimum estimate)
  2. Iran: 94
  3. Saudi Arabia: 86
  4. USA: 60

Total Executions in 2005: 2,148

Source: Amnesty International

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