The World at the Olympics

The Summer Olympics in London, England has brought together 204 countries/territories from around the world.

Of the over 10,000 athletes, here's the top five countries based on number of participants.
Great Britain - 541
United States - 530
Russia - 436
Australia - 410
Germany - 392

The bottom five countries based on number of participants:
Bhutan - 2
British Virgin Islands - 2
Gambia - 2
Equatorial Guinea - 2
Dominica - 2

And finally, countries/territories participating that I've never heard of:
Belarus
Tunisia
Azerbaijan
Senegal
Gabon
Moldova
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Eritrea
Mauritius
Myanmar
Mozambique
Seychelles
Djibouti
Burundi
Vanuatu
Burkina Faso
Lesotho
Tuvalu
Kiribati
Brunei
Timor-Leste

Other random facts:
London is the only city to ever host the Olympics 3 times - 1908, 1948, and 2012
It is estimated there will be 350,000 foreign visitors per day in London during the Olympics
Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics
The Olympic rings represent the five regions of the world - Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceana and at least one of the five colors are represented in every flag in the world.


For a full list of participating countries click here.

Numbers in the above lists were gathered through Wikipedia.