The Rupee

Here is an interesting statistic of Rupee, the common name of the currencies used in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Seychelles, Indonesia and Maldives (I’m ignoring the slight variations in names such as Indonesian Rupiah and Maldivian Rufiyaa as they are cognate words of Hindi Rupiya).

1584 million people (the total population of the above countries) use the currency Rupee for their daily transactions; buying day today stuff and all. This is 24% of the world’s population. That means every fourth person living in this world uses a rupee every day.

Country	Population
India	1140
Pakistan	165
Nepal	28
Sri Lanka	19
Mauritius	1
Seychelles	1
Indonesia	229
Maldives	1
Total	1584

*Data extracted from wikipedia

See how famous the Rupee is! And we thought the Rupee was one of those not so famous currencies in the world?

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