Around the world

Australia and New Zealand

2 country lists

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

Central Europe

3 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Austria	Jesus Christ	Dominic Thiem	Open
Czechia	Ewa Farna	Ewa Farna	Open
Poland	Jesus Christ	Lech Wałęsa	Open

Eastern Africa

1 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Kenya	Fally Ipupa	Fally Ipupa	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	Jesus Christ	Lee Jae Myung	Open
Taiwan	Tsai Ing-wen	Tsai Ing-wen	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	Jesus Christ	Justin Bieber	Open
Mexico	Jesus Christ	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Open
United States	Jesus Christ	Donald Trump	Open

Northern Africa

3 country lists

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

Northern Europe

6 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Denmark	Jesus Christ	Christian Eriksen	Open
Finland	Alexander Stubb	Alexander Stubb	Open
Ireland	Cillian Murphy	Cillian Murphy	Open
Norway	Jesus Christ	Erling Haaland	Open
Sweden	Zara Larsson	Zara Larsson	Open
United Kingdom	Jesus Christ	Donald Trump	Open

South America

4 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Argentina	Jesus Christ	Lionel Messi	Open
Brazil	Jesus Christ	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	Open
Chile	Jesus Christ	Michelle Bachelet	Open
Colombia	Gabriel García Márquez	Abelardo de la Espriella	Open

South-Eastern Asia

6 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Indonesia	Jesus Christ	Joko Widodo	Open
Malaysia	Anwar Ibrahim	Anwar Ibrahim	Open
Philippines	Jesus Christ	Manny Pacquiao	Open
Singapore	Lee Hsien Loong	Lee Hsien Loong	Open
Thailand	Lisa	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	Călin Georgescu	Călin Georgescu	Open
Serbia	Aleksandar Vučić	Aleksandar Vučić	Open

Southern Africa

1 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
South Africa	Jesus Christ	Cyril Ramaphosa	Open

Southern Asia

6 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Bangladesh	Muhammad	Lionel Messi	Open
India	Salman Khan	Salman Khan	Open
Iranprovisional	Ali Khameneilist top	Amir Tataloolist top	Open
Nepalprovisional	Balen Shahlist top	Balen Shahlist top	Open
Pakistan	Mahira Khan	Mahira Khan	Open
Sri Lanka	Anura Kumara Dissanayake	Anura Kumara Dissanayake	Open

Southern Europe

4 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Greeceprovisional	Kyriakos Mitsotakislist top	Kyriakos Mitsotakislist top	Open
Italy	Jesus Christ	Jannik Sinner	Open
Portugal	Jesus Christ	Cristiano Ronaldo	Open
Spain	Jesus Christ	Aitana	Open

Western Africa

2 country lists

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

Western Asia

5 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Israel	Benjamin Netanyahu	Benjamin Netanyahu	Open
Jordan	Amr Diab	Amr Diab	Open
Saudi Arabia	Mohammed Abdu	Mohammed Abdu	Open
Türkiye	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Open
United Arab Emirates	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Open

Western Europe

4 country lists

Country	No. 1	No. 1 alive	Lists
Belgium	Jesus Christ	Wout van Aert	Open
France	Jesus Christ	Emmanuel Macron	Open
Germany	Jesus Christ	Donald Trump	Open
Switzerland	Jesus Christ	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.