Thought you had even the slightest idea of where the heaviest people in the world reside? You're in for more than few surprises. For one: it’s not America. (Though we did still make the list...) That's according to health and news information site HealthGrove. 

Their experts recently pulled together data on countries with a population reaching over 150k to uncover the world's "fattest" ones. Read on to see where the USA ranks on the list and who else ranks up top (in this case, not such a good thing.)

You can read more details about each country here. One piece of good news for guys: in all 25 countries, men proved to be less obese than women.

#1. Samoa

#2. Qatar

#3. Kuwait

#4. United Arab Emirates

#5. Fiji

#6. Bahamas

#7. Bahrain

#8. Saudi Arabia

#9. United States

#10. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

#11. Lebanon

#12. Barbados

#13. Trinidad and Tobago

#14. Oman

#15. Jordan

#16. Turkey

#17. New Zealand

#18. Egypt

#19. Australia

#20. United Kingdom

#21. Mexico

#22. Canada

#23. Papua New Guinea

#24. Chile

#25. Solomon Islands

Source: Men's Fitness.com