People really can buy their own island - including Australia!

Some interesting pieces of completely useless information:

Bill Gates’ estimated overall worth exceeds the GDP of the following nations:

(The number before the country name is its rank amongst all 180 members of the International Monetary Fund. The number following the name is its GDP, in millions. Data from 2005)

74 Uzbekistan 50,395 75 Lithuania 48,493 76 Kenya 48,334 77 Kuwait 46,733 78 Democratic Republic of the Congo 46,491 79 Costa Rica 45,137 80 Serbia and Montenegro 44,665 81 Slovenia 43,690 82 Angola 43,362 83 Uganda 43,260 84 Cameroon 43,196 85 Oman 40,923 86 Turkmenistan 40,685 87 Nepal 39,136 88 Azerbaijan 38,708 89 Cambodia 34,670 90 Uruguay 34,305 91 Afghanistan 31,868 92 Luxembourg 31,759 93 El Salvador 31,078 94 Zimbabwe 30,581 95 Latvia 29,214 96 Paraguay 28,342 97 Jordan 27,960 98 Côte d'Ivoire 27,478 99 Tanzania 27,123 100 Mozambique 27,013 101 Bolivia 25,684 102 Qatar 25,010 103 Lebanon 24,420 104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,654 105 Panama 23,495 106 Estonia 22,118 107 Honduras 21,740 108 Nicaragua 20,996 109 Senegal 20,504 110 Yemen 19,480 111 Guinea 18,879 112 Equatorial Guinea 18,785 113 Trinidad and Tobago 18,352 114 Botswana 18,068 115 Cyprus 17,490 116 Albania 16,944 117 Burkina Faso 16,845 118 Madagascar 16,228 119 Mauritius 15,978 120 Bahrain 15,838 121 Republic of Macedonia 15,780 122 Georgia 15,498 123 Namibia 15,144 124 Haiti 14,917 125 Mali 14,400 126 Papua New Guinea 14,363 127 Armenia 14,167 128 Chad 13,723 129 Laos 12,547 130 Rwanda 12,171 131 Jamaica 11,657 132 Niger 10,951 133 Zambia 10,792 134 Kyrgyzstan 10,764 135 Iceland 10,531 136 Gabon 9,621 137 Togo 9,369 138 Brunei 9,009 139 Tajikistan 8,802 140 Benin 8,747 141 Moldova 8,563 142 Malta 7,799 143 Malawi 7,667 144 Mauritania 7,159 145 The Bahamas 6,524 146 Swaziland 5,716 147 Mongolia 5,561 148 Burundi 5,538 149 Fiji 5,447 150 Lesotho 4,996 151 Sierra Leone 4,921 152 Barbados 4,857 153 Central African Republic 4,629 154 Republic of the Congo 4,585 155 Netherlands Antilles 4,220 156 Eritrea 3,977 157 Guyana 3,489 158 Cape Verde 3,055 159 The Gambia 3,022 160 Bhutan 3,007 161 Suriname 2,898 162 Maldives 2,569 163 Belize 2,098 164 Djibouti 1,641 165 Guinea-Bissau 1,167 166 Samoa 1,164 167 Comoros 1,133 168 Saint Lucia 1,062 169 Seychelles 979 170 Antigua and Barbuda 938 171 Solomon Islands 911 172 Grenada 861 173 Tonga 810 174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 799 175 Vanuatu 726 176 Saint Kitts and Nevis 609 177 Dominica 468 178 São Tomé and Príncipe 253 179 Kiribati 221

The combined wealth of the top 10 most wealthy men in the world would be enough to buy Austria (34^th in GDP at 275,020)

However, for some perspective, the combined wealth of the top 10 Jobobs today is actually vastly LESS than the combined wealth (adjusted) of Rockerfeller and Carnegie. Apparently the rich keep getting richer, but not as rich as before…

-W.