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Biggest Countries by Population

How many of the world's 24 most populous countries can you name?
As of 2 November 2022. More info here.
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Last updated: November 2, 2022
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First submittedJanuary 19, 2012
Times taken1,037,568
Average score75.0%
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Population
Country
1434 mil
China
1420 mil
India
342 mil
United States
276 mil
Indonesia
237 mil
Pakistan
220 mil
Nigeria
216 mil
Brazil
172 mil
Bangladesh
Population
Country
145 mil
Russia
128 mil
Mexico
124 mil
Ethiopia
124 mil
Japan
116 mil
Philippines
112 mil
Egypt
100 mil
D. R. Congo
98.4 mil
Vietnam
Population
Country
88.7 mil
Iran
85.5 mil
Turkey
83.3 mil
Germany
71.7 mil
Thailand
68.1 mil
United Kingdom
67.4 mil
France
66.1 mil
Tanzania
60.1 mil
South Africa
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Level 36
Feb 23, 2016
Easy, but nice quiz :p
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Level 48
Mar 24, 2016
Interesting that Brazil is in the same position (5th) for both size and population - is any other country in the same place for both?
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Level 68
Feb 8, 2018
Vatican City, Nauru, San Marino and Liechtenstein are smallest, 3rd smallest, 5th smallest and 6th smallest respectively in both area and population.
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Level 61
Feb 22, 2018
Not Nauru. Nauru is the second smallest for population but the third smallest for area.
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Level 52
Feb 8, 2018
If both are measured equally with or without the territorial water bias, China is larger.
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Level 15
May 9, 2023
You forgot about Russia.
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Level 17
May 16, 2023
boso
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Level 43
Mar 31, 2016
Got all of them, 0:32 left :)
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Level 47
Apr 11, 2016
i forgot germany and tanzania
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Level 48
Jun 28, 2016
Crazy that China and India together almost have the same number of people as the countries from #3 - #20...
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Level 33
Jan 2, 2022
Not surprising because my home is India...
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Level 41
Sep 5, 2016
Mind was a bit slow there I left Pakistan as my last guess but managed it in time
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Level 60
Oct 4, 2016
I asked my friend to name a random country and it was exactly the one I was missing on this quiz...
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Level 22
Oct 18, 2016
Good god Pakistan 192 million people O_O
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Level 16
Nov 2, 2016
Finished with 2:23 left
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Level 60
Nov 16, 2016
Finished with 3:12 left
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Level 53
Nov 17, 2016
Stop using wikipedia as a source for quizzes like this; use the CIA World Factbook instead. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/
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Level 60
Nov 17, 2016
May I ask why? Is it because "Wikipedia is untrustworthy"? Sorry to tell you, but every source is untrustworthy. Every source will differ from each other, and some are untrustworthy. Or is it because "anybody can edit on Wikipedia", rarely will there be incorrect information on Wikipedia, and people could notice the error and fix it. Also, you can check the references to see if the Wiki page and the sources are similar or not
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Level 45
Nov 23, 2017
According to the CIA World Factbook (updated July 2017), there are only a couple differences. Iran is ahead of Turkey, which is ahead of Germany and Tanzania fell to 26th (behind Myanmar/Burma and South Africa). So, the Wikipedia page is still accurate, for the time the data was received. As of July 2017, Iran has 1.3 million more people than Turkey, which has less than 300,000 more people than Germany.
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Level 52
Nov 18, 2016
Missed Bangladesh...dang it!
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Level 23
Dec 12, 2016
Missed France
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Level 23
Dec 12, 2016
thailand has passed france and uk and uk has passed france
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Level 20
Dec 9, 2017
???
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Level 21
Dec 13, 2016
I can't believe I forgot Italy.. wow.
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Level 55
Dec 17, 2016
I got everything except Ethiopia and... Japan. Yeah, Japan. Wow.
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Level 20
Dec 9, 2017
you didn't get japan!!

that's a shame

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Level 47
Dec 24, 2016
Got it with 2.26 to spare
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Level 38
Dec 29, 2016
Smart....missed Russia...
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Level 60
Jan 22, 2017
Missed Tanzania and Ethiopia.

How come this 2 countries makes the list despite of being only a little urbanised

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Level 58
Feb 2, 2018
Birth control. They can't stop their mother from producing babies
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Level 21
Feb 10, 2017
I did this quiz with 1;07 seconds left :)
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Level 64
Feb 23, 2017
Got it on my second try with 1:49 remaining.
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Level 35
Mar 5, 2017
Tried typing in Ukraine at the last minute and was missing U.K. It accepted the "U.K." in Ukraine. :)
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Level 57
Mar 22, 2017
Great quiz! Check out also my country list quizzes in "Finnhit".
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Level 52
Mar 24, 2017
4 months later, got em all this time with 1.12 to go
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Level 37
Apr 1, 2017
What a foolish, I missed Tanzania :(
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Level 57
Apr 13, 2017
Check out and comment similar new quiz by Finnhit. Half minute more time but together 44 countries..
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Level 35
Apr 17, 2017
Tanzania - nope, would never have guessed!
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Level 48
Apr 26, 2017
you spelt philippians wrong
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Level 59
Jul 12, 2017
Yes, you did! :-)
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Level 28
Feb 28, 2018
XD
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Level 46
May 3, 2017
I got every single goddamned one EXCEPT for Russia.

Typed in Ukraine too..it was one of those "I just assumed I already wrote it," moments

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Level 43
May 20, 2017
22/24, missed Italy (no idea how) and Tanzania
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Level 57
May 23, 2017
every time i take this quiz i forget exactly one and it's different every time!
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Level 67
Jun 28, 2017
0:10 remaining, with 2 entire minutes struggling to remember freakin' Pakistan.
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Level 33
Jan 2, 2022
I got Pakistan easily because I live in India and India is near to Pakistan
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Level 74
Jul 1, 2017
22/24 Pakistan and Turkey :(
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Level 16
Aug 8, 2017
Tanzania? That really caught me off guard!
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Level 43
Aug 14, 2017
missed tanzania :/
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Level 20
Aug 17, 2017
Forgot Nigeria but thought of Tanzania, how did I not think of Nigeria?
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Level 71
Aug 22, 2017
Missed Ethiopia/Tanzania. Upon googling: famine in Ethiopia, criminal poaching in Tanzania
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Level 38
Aug 22, 2017
100%
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Level 49
Aug 22, 2017
Missed Nigeria (seems obvious to me)

Missed Italy (Quite surprised Italy was on there)

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Level 28
Aug 22, 2017
i never knew that Vietnam has a large population
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Level 60
Aug 22, 2017
With all the space Canada has and it still doesn't make this list...
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Level 83
Aug 24, 2017
if climate change renders all the land between the tropics uninhabitable they might have a few billion refugees headed their way some day.
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Level 70
Feb 5, 2020
I forget the exact numbers, but I believe the majority of the population lives within about 100km (or maybe it was miles) of the border with the U.S. Everything north of that is rather empty
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Level 38
Aug 24, 2017
1:39 left
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Level 16
Aug 27, 2017
1:24
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Level 16
Aug 27, 2017
Got all of them with 1:24 remaining!
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Level 56
Sep 6, 2017
Turkey and Iran. Every f___ing time!
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Level 60
Sep 12, 2017
Recent estimates put Pakistan higher than Brazil on Wikipedia.
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Level 52
Sep 26, 2017
Want to be scared? India will surpass China in population by 2100. Want to be terrified? It'll surpass the U.S. for life expectancy in less than half that time if current rates hold.
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Level 83
Feb 28, 2018
That should dramatically cut down on hold times when I call my credit card company.
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Level 28
Feb 28, 2018
I'm a terrible person for laughing at that...lmao
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Level 9
Oct 16, 2017
25/25-2:13 left
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Level 40
Nov 5, 2017
Got all but Vietnam and Germany.
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Level 50
Nov 5, 2017
Darn! Forgot Bangladesh and Tanzania. I never would have guessed Tanzania either haha. Weird that it has more population than South Africa...
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Level 41
Nov 18, 2017
How the hell does tanzania have one of the worlds top population
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Level 70
Feb 5, 2020
because there's lots of people there
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Level 56
Jan 13, 2023
underrated comment
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Level 37
Nov 20, 2017
Missed UK, even though i was born there
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Level 14
Dec 8, 2017
LOL, Good quiz and Super easy. I lived in bangladesh
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Level 46
Dec 31, 2017
I just checked Wikipedia. Pakistan is ahead of Brazil in population.
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Level 66
Jan 31, 2018
Why do I always forget the Philippines? #facepalm....
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Level 28
Feb 21, 2018
Same. Your not alone. #facepalm
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Level 28
Feb 21, 2018
*You're
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Level 12
Mar 15, 2018
Ridiculously high birth rates are the only reason african countries other than Nigeria are on there.
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Level 56
May 28, 2018
I guess that might help, yes.
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Level 55
Jun 2, 2022
Every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes
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Level 15
Mar 22, 2018
tanzania!? What is happening!?
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Level 15
Mar 22, 2018
it would have been a good game, had i thought of tanzania
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Level 41
Apr 6, 2018
Owshet got UK 3 seconds remaining
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Level 55
May 10, 2018
24/24 with 3:28 left, and I’m only a fourth grader lol.
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Level 38
Sep 29, 2022
Damn. I missed Ethiopia and the phillipines
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Level 48
Jun 18, 2018
Check out my quizz about Persian Emperors! https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/249043/persian-emperors/stats
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Level 58
Jan 2, 2023
No
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Level 42
Jul 19, 2018
easy 11 years old
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Level 28
Jul 27, 2018
I'm surprised Nauru isn't on here!
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Level 17
Aug 2, 2018
same
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Level 73
Jun 19, 2019
Same. Tuvalu too.
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Level 41
Jun 16, 2021
where vatican. Bad source
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Level 44
Nov 29, 2021
ikr
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Level 51
Aug 21, 2018
24/24 remembered ethiopia in the last moment
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Level 19
Oct 20, 2018
21/24 I got The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Ethiopia but not DR Congo, Turkey and Tanzania.
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Level 38
Nov 21, 2018
missed Bangladesh
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Level 23
Jan 3, 2019
okay so i put philippines and it didnt let me
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Level 20
Jan 6, 2019
All but Italy. Didn't expect another European country up there
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Level ∞
Jan 7, 2019
Note: I'll be using the site worldometers.com for all our country population data from now on. They are more consistent than Wikipedia in this domain.
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Level 84
Feb 22, 2019
There is no worldometers.com. It's a domain name squatter.
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Level ∞
Feb 22, 2019
Sorry, worldometers.info.
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Level 39
Jan 23, 2019
Way too easy; got all of them with 1:25 minuets left, there should be a yellow box quiz just like this one.
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Level 44
Mar 22, 2019
Not everyone is a geography major like you
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Level 48
Jan 24, 2019
Couldn't get Bangladesh.
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Level 35
Feb 24, 2019
Didn't know Tanzania had surpassed Italy. Was a guess that got me 24/24
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Level 51
Apr 28, 2019
Britain has a bigger population than France. I've read it everywhere. This quiz need an Update!
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Level ∞
Apr 28, 2019
No, the quiz is correct. You are likely seeing population estimates that incorrectly include only metropolitan France.
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Level 73
Jun 19, 2019
arrggg... 23/24. For 90 seconds I was trying to think of the last country. Tanzania popped into my head multiple times, but i didn't think it had 60 million people.
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Level 83
Aug 21, 2019
Looks like Italy moved in to last place with the last update. Almost off the list...
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Level 33
Jan 2, 2022
Now in 2022 it is off the list...
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Level 21
Oct 14, 2019
@JetPunkerO
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Level 48
Nov 15, 2019
DRC with 2 mins remaining. Another great quiz!
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Level 28
Dec 5, 2019
South America has a population of 58,558,270 and Tanzania has a population of 58,005,463
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Level 70
Feb 5, 2020
given that brazil has 212 million, I'm no math genius but I'm fairly sure that means South America has more than 58 million. perhaps you meant South Africa?
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Level 20
Jan 14, 2020
ukraine showed up as united kingdom???
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Level 83
Mar 3, 2020
"Uk" showed up as United Kingdom
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Level 43
Nov 27, 2021
I have this problem every time I do the nations of the world quiz as I approach Europe from the east. I write "Uk" (UK comes up) then "rainebeleruspolandgermanydenmarknetherlands" before I realise what I've done
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Level 69
Mar 20, 2020
Funnily, all countries bordering The Vatican are in this quiz.
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Level 28
Mar 20, 2020
lololol
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Level 26
Aug 12, 2022
Not anymore
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Level 28
Mar 20, 2020
got

100%

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Level 30
Apr 22, 2020
Ummm worldometers says that the uk is more populous that france
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Level 64
May 6, 2020
France has also overseas territories.
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Level 22
Apr 26, 2020
Nice quiz
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Level 24
May 12, 2020
I somehow missed Russia - can my life get any worse?
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Level 46
May 20, 2020
23/24 missed Tanzania

(only 7 btw)

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Level 32
Jun 3, 2020
Yeah Sure Kid, Nice lies you got there
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Level 54
Jun 16, 2020
I forgot the USA. ._.
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Level 39
Jun 19, 2020
24/24 with 2:54 left. Im only 11
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Level 56
Aug 6, 2020
I won't be born until the year 92384! but I got 'em anyway
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Level 60
Jul 15, 2020
Wow I came back to this quiz after 4 years and the numbers have completely changed! Since I last took this quiz, looks like Pakistan and Nigeria have surpassed 200 million people and Indonesia is gaining fast on the USA. I still remember when Nigeria first entered the top 10 list!
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Level 29
Jul 19, 2020
Those African annoying countries.
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Level 29
Jul 19, 2020
I just hate 'em
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Level 29
Jul 19, 2020
Answers :

1. China

2. India

3. USA

4. Indonesia

5. Pakistan

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Level 55
Oct 5, 2020
No Vatican City? I thought it was the most popeulous country in the world!
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Level 45
Apr 16, 2022
Same... I kept thinking I was spelling it wrong
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Level 42
Oct 17, 2020
Surprisingly South Africa and Spain do not make the list. Tanzania makes it
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Level 37
Nov 7, 2020
Ethiopia and Tanzania
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Level 44
Nov 8, 2020
2:14
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Level 32
Nov 20, 2020
2020's going to need an update for Nigeria

By the time the secret serial killers are done their population will be cut by a fourth O_O

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Level 57
Dec 2, 2020
Somehow missed DRC, even though it will have the largest city in the world by 2100
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Level 15
Dec 31, 2020
Ez! 2:04 minutes for me!
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Level 36
Jan 12, 2021
I got 24/24 and I don’t care what age you are, or myself for that matter.
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Level 17
Jan 13, 2021
Wow I actually got all of them
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Level 40
Feb 10, 2021
I suck at countries in geography compared to you guys tbh, cause I only got 19 of these correct on my first attempt but I always get all of them right on flag quizzes idek why xD
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Level 56
Feb 11, 2021
I got 21 and I'm 13. missed russia ethiopia and bangladesh
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Level 44
Mar 2, 2021
we don't care
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Level 27
May 13, 2021
im 13 and I got all them except tanzania first try.

but fr nobody really cares I'm saying it to make myself feel accomplished. :D

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Level 41
Jun 15, 2021
Why do people act like having a higher age makes you more smart?
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Level 17
Feb 25, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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Level 37
Jan 10, 2023
I memorized that link. Not gonna get me this time, Rick!
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Level 55
Feb 28, 2021
Not gonna lie, was surprised to see Ethiopia so high up, I thought it's population was more like 80 million, guess I'm old.
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Level 83
Mar 7, 2021
Not that old. Growing fast.
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Level 31
Mar 12, 2021
I missed Thailand! How did I miss Thailand?
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Level 41
Jun 15, 2021
:(
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Level 56
Apr 22, 2021
I missed Japan.... *facepalm* :)
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Level 22
May 11, 2021
4got turkey egypt iran and vietnam :/
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Level 41
Aug 17, 2021
Those are all the countries by population, not asian or african countries.
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Level 35
May 12, 2021
missed russia and germany... i dont know how
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Level 65
Jun 13, 2021
Let's gooo I got Ethiopia with 7 seconds remaining
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Level 53
Sep 21, 2021
I got all countries and im only 3 years old
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Level 36
Oct 17, 2021
:|
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Level 36
Oct 17, 2021
I don't know those 3 but i am 12 years old
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Level 57
Oct 29, 2021
Damn it, I forgot Doctor Congo
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Level 45
Nov 26, 2021
I really wasn't expecting Tanzania to be on here. I had 8 seconds left, and I was missing one country, and I was about to admit defeat, then I tried Tanzania and it was actually right.
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Level 33
Jan 2, 2022
Again I'm telling, Tanzania is one of the easiest in this quiz for me
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Level 47
Dec 31, 2021
Yes, 1.48 got them all! Ethiopia was the last one.
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Level 32
Jan 24, 2022
Being such a desert, it's surprising Egypt has so many people.
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Level 63
Jan 31, 2022
The Nile River
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Level 31
Feb 1, 2022
im surprised about tanzania, i missed tanzania and italy
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Level 50
Mar 17, 2022
need to be updated: India is no.1 now (March 2022)
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Level 40
Apr 19, 2022
I'm a genius. I got Tanzania second but missed the UK.
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Level 15
Apr 21, 2022
cool
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Level 48
May 6, 2022
23/24, missed Vietnam somehow.
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Level 24
May 18, 2022
grr
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Level 70
Jun 10, 2022
Most recent change is Pakistan and Nigeria surpassing Brazil, and Turkey Germany?
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Level 52
Jun 10, 2022
just reset today, thats nice
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Level 69
Jun 10, 2022
Am I the only one who still thought that pakistan was 197million?
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Level 58
Jul 19, 2022
yes
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Level 25
Jul 9, 2022
22/24 misses bangladesh + vietnam
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Level 74
Jul 21, 2022
Down goes Italy.
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Level 37
Jul 30, 2022
i always forget philippines

plz see my quizzes if you want

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Level 37
Jul 30, 2022
I put VIETNAM!!

Maybe I just spelled it wrong...

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Level 72
Aug 5, 2022
"We need a new plague"

- Dwight K. Schrute

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Level 22
Aug 24, 2022
i forgor about france and germany💀
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Level 29
Sep 25, 2022
2:14 100%
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Level 25
Oct 6, 2022
Stumped on Tanzania, didn´t know it had that many people!

Hey, the more you know!

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Level 36
Oct 15, 2022
China in December 31, 2049 : 10 seconds and it'll be 2050. But still I have more population than them. Hahaha!

India in December 31, 2049, 2 second before 2050: No me

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Level 53
Nov 15, 2022
Surprised only 53% got Japan...
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Level 61
Dec 20, 2022
Yeah, you'd think Japan would be an easy guess
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Level 29
Jan 19, 2023
You should update it cause India surpassed China
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Level 40
Feb 7, 2023
true
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Level 68
Apr 26, 2023
Not quite yet. According to Quizmaster’s source, India is still behind by 7 million.
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Level 46
Mar 11, 2023
Got Tanzania before the time ended! Tanzania was unexpected
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Level 65
Apr 20, 2023
Just missed Japan and Turkey
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Level 74
Apr 24, 2023
Everyone ready for the #1 spot to change? Apparently it’s going to happen this week!
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Level 68
Apr 26, 2023
According to Quizmaster’s source, India is actually still 7 million behind China. So no need to party just yet. Unless if you’re using another source obviously.
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Level 29
Apr 26, 2023
But now it is official that India is the most populated country but quizmaster Source

Prob has not updated yet.

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Level 68
Apr 27, 2023
India now (maybe) the most populated country now, not sure though. But I think they are now since they grow faster than China and China lost a few million people last year. China's population will soon start to decline while India's population will continue to grow until it reaches 1.6-1.7 billion people by the end of the century. China on the other hand will drop down to around 1 billion.
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Level 49
May 6, 2023
India is now the most populated. This quiz needs to be updated