Hidden in π

Pi League

Countries

Every member state of the United Nations.

Every name is spelled on a phone keypad (ABC = 2, DEF = 3 … WXYZ = 9), with spaces, accents and punctuation left out, and ranked by where those digits first turn up in π. Two names on the same spot are listed A to Z.

Countries by first appearance in π
RankNameDecimal place
1Iran1,263
2Israel1,629
3Fiji1,700
4Mali5,523
5Cuba5,617
6Spain5,995
7China8,402
8Japan11,947
9Iraq13,029
10Yemen14,211
11Chad18,340
12India20,211
13Peru22,338
14Nauru24,878
15Oman25,004
16Congo29,449
17Palau33,897
18Laos34,977
19Togo37,272
20Tonga38,589
21Malta39,689
22Chile43,300
23Samoa60,789
24Italy69,052
25Vanuatu69,474
26Benin71,127
27Haiti74,735
28Kenya89,802
29Gabon100,146
30Niger103,298
31Syria111,373
32Qatar141,692
33Russia147,665
34Sudan151,799
35Tuvalu156,728
36Cyprus189,977
37Ghana219,410
38Poland226,673
39Nepal233,459
40Jordan250,522
41Rwanda290,533
42Libya293,042
43Sweden406,299
44Guyana409,386
45Egypt410,393
46France411,820
47Hungary447,287
48Ireland480,084
49Turkey528,424
50Uganda619,657
51Gambia656,014
52Albania721,470
53Serbia737,608
54Belize773,168
55Bhutan802,330
56Bahamas907,252
57Norway953,059
58Morocco1,020,159
59Zambia1,101,399
60Ecuador1,109,454
61Somalia1,123,805
62Nigeria1,164,362
63Malawi1,304,900
64Latvia1,357,626
65Panama1,364,979
66Brazil1,388,691
67Monaco1,500,067
68Kuwait1,620,962
69Mexico1,629,325
70Angola1,695,148
71Guinea1,831,624
72Czechia1,892,238
73Greece2,022,402
74Ethiopia2,379,023
75Croatia2,469,735
76Brunei2,484,661
77Canada2,617,706
78Georgia2,724,427
79Senegal2,854,158
80Belarus2,881,187
81Andorra3,020,696
82Finland3,420,852
83Cambodia4,324,284
84Grenada4,366,384
85Myanmar4,379,982
86Namibia4,643,263
87Tunisia4,769,574
88Eritrea4,955,223
89Mongolia5,547,265
90Algeria6,248,827
91Bahrain6,632,812
92Lesotho7,155,253
93Jamaica7,257,446
94Romania7,580,395
95Ukraine7,836,686
96Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*7,915,127
97Denmark8,751,397
98Pakistan9,178,562
99Austria9,301,815
100Estonia9,706,396
101Burundi10,664,744
102Lebanon10,766,565
103Uruguay10,786,676
104Bulgaria12,648,717
105Slovakia12,754,422
106Armenia13,053,570
107Bolivia15,152,899
108Liberia15,688,789
109Belgium16,365,248
110Comoros16,697,463
111Suriname18,099,942
112Germany23,880,196
113Moldova24,018,006
114Vietnam30,205,558
115Maldives33,225,989
116Botswana39,811,187
117Iceland41,063,187
118Paraguay57,004,575
119Colombia64,369,615
120Sri Lanka71,347,215
121Costa Rica81,712,531
122Malaysia109,816,793
123Thailand110,558,020
124Djibouti117,521,713
125Portugal121,780,451
126Guatemala125,021,242
127Eswatini133,925,283
128Cameroon182,487,805
129Tanzania182,804,232
130Honduras191,392,565
131Zimbabwe208,107,192
132Barbados222,536,255
133North Korea226,984,083
134Slovenia237,115,823
135Australia262,840,743
136Mauritius293,430,438
137Argentina304,469,232
138Dominica310,618,598
139Dominican Republic*446,042,885
140Kiribati463,747,162
141Indonesia503,121,509
142Lithuania796,500,386
143Kyrgyzstan799,909,069
144Singapore827,129,390
145Cabo Verde841,288,533
146Burkina Faso*854,243,045
147Nicaragua888,073,513
148Liechtenstein*952,498,135
149Guinea-Bissau*1,450,588,226
150Philippines*1,569,948,805
151South Africa*1,642,873,455
152Marshall Islands*1,762,450,208
153Micronesia1,847,135,228
154Turkmenistan*1,916,850,800
155Saint Lucia2,087,062,079
156Bangladesh2,390,900,999
157Madagascar2,750,480,659
158Saudi Arabia*2,751,253,445
159Solomon Islands*2,877,283,214
160San Marino2,965,560,883
161North Macedonia*3,360,710,970
162Equatorial Guinea*3,812,935,792
163Venezuela3,845,217,722
164El Salvador4,060,642,214
165Saint Kitts and Nevis*4,223,350,068
166Democratic Republic of the Congo*4,709,275,062
167Luxembourg5,000,899,927
168Central African Republic*6,284,945,163
169Afghanistan*6,905,281,115
170Mozambique7,346,333,336
171South Korea7,899,078,626
172Uzbekistan8,139,883,973
173New Zealand8,205,335,123
174United Arab Emirates*8,920,200,786
175United States*9,137,476,010
176Montenegro9,224,966,193
177Côte d'Ivoire*10,347,211,555
178Tajikistan10,797,520,644
179Azerbaijan11,129,719,613
180Sierra Leone*12,107,672,722
181South Sudan12,393,871,797
182Kazakhstan12,580,021,783
183Switzerland*13,690,751,313
184Seychelles14,440,510,197
185Timor-Leste14,486,883,973
186United Kingdom*14,781,560,992
187Mauritania16,073,002,122
188Bosnia and Herzegovina*18,994,010,872
189Antigua and Barbuda*28,820,161,277
190São Tomé and Príncipe*30,346,117,731
191Trinidad and Tobago*31,653,199,602
192Netherlands*38,417,600,322
193Papua New Guinea*41,080,341,362

* Longer than 10 digits on the keypad: too long to look up whole, so it is ranked by its longest piece (7 to 10 digits) that we found.

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