Around the world

Australia and New Zealand

2 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Australia	Anthony Albanese	Anthony Albanese	Open
New Zealand	Jacinda Ardern	Jacinda Ardern	Open

Central Europe

3 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Austria	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Dominic Thiem	Open
Czechia	Ewa Farna	Ewa Farna	Open
Poland	Jesus Christ	Robert Lewandowski	Open

Eastern Africa

1 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Kenya	Vybz Kartel	Vybz Kartel	Open

Eastern Asia

5 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Chinaprovisional	Xi Jinpinglist top	Xi Jinpinglist top	Open
Japan	Shohei Ohtani	Shohei Ohtani	Open
Mongolia	Genghis Khan	—	Open
South Korea	Lee Jae Myung	Lee Jae Myung	Open
Taiwan	Lai Ching-te	Lai Ching-te	Open

Eastern Europe

2 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Russia	Michael Jackson	Justin Bieber	Open
Ukraine	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Open

Middle Africa

1 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Angolaprovisional	Jesus Christlist top	Cristiano Ronaldolist top	Open

North America

3 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Canada	Justin Bieber	Justin Bieber	Open
Mexico	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Open
United States	Donald Trump	Donald Trump	Open

Northern Africa

3 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Algeria	Muhammad	Abdelmadjid Tebboune	Open
Egypt	Muhammad	Amr Diab	Open
Morocco	Muhammad	Mohammed VI of Morocco	Open

Northern Europe

6 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Denmark	Hans Christian Andersen	Jonas Vingegaard	Open
Finland	Alexander Stubb	Alexander Stubb	Open
Ireland	Cillian Murphy	Cillian Murphy	Open
Norway	Erling Haaland	Erling Haaland	Open
Sweden	Zara Larsson	Zara Larsson	Open
United Kingdom	Charles III	Charles III	Open

South America

4 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Argentina	Lionel Messi	Lionel Messi	Open
Brazil	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	Open
Chile	José Antonio Kast	José Antonio Kast	Open
Colombia	Gabriel García Márquez	John Leguizamo	Open

South-Eastern Asia

6 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Indonesia	Muhammad	Prabowo Subianto	Open
Malaysia	Anwar Ibrahim	Anwar Ibrahim	Open
Philippines	José Rizal	Manny Pacquiao	Open
Singaporeprovisional	Lee Hsien Loonglist top	Lee Hsien Loonglist top	Open
Thailand	Sirikit	Lisa	Open
Vietnam	Sơn Tùng M-TP	Sơn Tùng M-TP	Open

Southeast Europe

3 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Croatia	Johnny Depp	Johnny Depp	Open
Romania	Ilie Bolojan	Ilie Bolojan	Open
Serbia	Aleksandar Vučić	Aleksandar Vučić	Open

Southern Africa

1 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
South Africa	Nelson Mandela	Jacob Zuma	Open

Southern Asia

6 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Bangladesh	Muhammad	Sheikh Hasina	Open
India	Aishwarya Rai	Aishwarya Rai	Open
Iranprovisional	Ali Khameneilist top	Amir Tataloolist top	Open
Nepalprovisional	Balen Shahlist top	Balen Shahlist top	Open
Pakistan	Shah Rukh Khan	Shah Rukh Khan	Open
Sri Lanka	Anura Kumara Dissanayake	Anura Kumara Dissanayake	Open

Southern Europe

4 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Greeceprovisional	Ariana Grandelist top	Ariana Grandelist top	Open
Italy	Jesus Christ	Jannik Sinner	Open
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Cristiano Ronaldo	Open
Spain	Pedro Sánchez	Pedro Sánchez	Open

Western Africa

2 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Ghana	John Mahama	John Mahama	Open
Nigeria	Davido	Davido	Open

Western Asia

6 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Iraq	Kadim Al Sahir	Kadim Al Sahir	Open
Israel	Benjamin Netanyahu	Benjamin Netanyahu	Open
Jordanprovisional	Amr Diablist top	Amr Diablist top	Open
Saudi Arabia	Muhammad	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	Open
Türkiye	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Open
United Arab Emirates	Muhammad	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Open

Western Europe

4 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Belgium	Romelu Lukaku	Romelu Lukaku	Open
France	Emmanuel Macron	Emmanuel Macron	Open
Germany	Adolf Hitler	Friedrich Merz	Open
Switzerland	Roger Federer	Roger Federer	Open

Where evidence coverage is low the list is published as provisional and its top row is not printed as a singular claim.