If Michael Phelps was a country....
He would be ranked #52 in the medal count, tied with the country of Georgia for 19 total medals, better than 148 other countries in the Summer Olympics.
– He'd have more twitter followers (674,730) than Luxembourg has in total population (509,074).
– He'd be making more money than certain entire countries. He is estimated to make $100 million over the course of his lifetime. This is more than twice the estimated GDP of the Tuvalu Islands ($37,470,000).
– He'd be liked on Facebook (5.5 million times) more times than the total number of internet users in Greece (4,971,000).
– Phelps, born in 1985, would be older than several countries including Namibia, Slovakia, Serbia, Kosovo, and South Sudan.
– Phelps, standing 6-foot-4, would be taller than the average Dutch man (6 feet), considered to be the world’s tallest people.