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FACTOID # 48: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.

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The top five countries of origin for refugees are all in Africa.
Canada is immigrant-friendly. It confers the most new citizenships per capita and per $ GDP, and the second-most new citizenships overall.
Apparently, the Federated States of Micronesia is the place to leave - and Afghanistan is the place to go.
Want to go to the United States? Try going to Albania first. Albania has more U.S visa lottery winners per capita than anywhere else in the world.

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