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U.S. States or European Countries by Population

Guess the U.S. states and European countries that had a population of at least 10 million people as of July 2022.
According to UN Population Division and U.S. Census Bureau estimates
For European countries, only includes the population within Europe
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First submittedDecember 27, 2016
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Population
State / Country
111 m
Russia
83.4 m
Germany
67.8 m
United Kingdom
64.7 m
France
59.0 m
Italy
47.6 m
Spain
39.9 m
Poland
39.7 m
Ukraine
39.0 m
California
Population
State / Country
30.0 m
Texas
22.2 m
Florida
19.7 m
New York
19.7 m
Romania
17.7 m
Netherlands
13.0 m
Pennsylvania
12.8 m
Turkey
12.6 m
Illinois
11.8 m
Ohio
Population
State / Country
11.7 m
Belgium
10.9 m
Georgia
10.6 m
North Carolina
10.5 m
Sweden
10.5 m
Czech Republic
10.4 m
Greece
10.3 m
Portugal
10.0 m
Michigan
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103 Recent Comments
scambigol
+7
Level 77
Mar 30, 2017
should Turkey be added?
catlover2496
+44
Level 44
May 25, 2017
Is Turkey a US state or a European country? No.
Tramp
+42
Level 76
May 25, 2017
Turkey's an Asian and European country, the same as Russia. Most of it is in Asia though.

Probably shouldn't be added though, since I'm almost certain the European population of Turkey is way less than 10.5 million.

Tristan458
+52
Level 59
May 25, 2017
According to Wikipedia 12 million people live in the European part of Turkey, as most of Istanbul is located in the European part.
Starling123
+10
Level 65
May 25, 2017
I think it is European. They compete in European sporting events, and more pertinently they want to join the European union.
KataJ
+19
Level 37
May 25, 2017
Istanbul alone would beat 5 countries here
lapio
+36
Level 45
May 25, 2017
Starling: They don't want to join the EU, Erdogan is actually pushing laws that will make membership simply impossible. PS. Australia and Israel compete in the Eurovision, are they European?
nickywicky
+10
Level 44
May 25, 2017
I agree with Lapio on this one, turkey isn't European by culture, ethnicity, nor heritage. Whilst I agree that Istanbul is a European city, its only around 3% of the country which is European.
Djilas
+3
Level 83
May 29, 2017
Morocco competed in Eurovision as well, they are still entitled to, like other Mediterranean countries.
scott4real
+19
Level 68
Feb 28, 2019
Can someone explain to me the significance of Eurovision? Why would a TV show, even if it's based on countries, dictate which continent you belong to? People always bring it up, so it must mean more to people than I can gather from the Wikipedia page. I'm also confused how a Canadian won it for Switzerland.
CaoMaru
+18
Level 49
Jan 20, 2020
^ Yep, please people let's use actual physical boundaries to determine the borders of continents. Admittedly these are difficult, since really Europe and Asia are the same continent, but let's at least not try to base it on political or social aspects of a country. After all, Saudi Arabia and Japan are completely different, yet are both always considered to be in Asia.
Neodymium
+2
Level 59
Jan 17, 2023
I consider the Asia-Europe Boundrary as the Ural and Caucasus Mts, and the Strait between the Anatolian and Balkan Penninsulas. I don't think it's that difficult.
aboajaka
+1
Level 44
Apr 28, 2023
Its difficult if countries are on both sides of those bounderies
PjotrL
+8
Level 75
May 25, 2017
Actually Turkey's European population is about 11 million, but somehow Quizmaster states that Turkey is an asian country with a European population of 11 million, so not a European Country with a European population of x. Whereas Russia is a European country with a Asian population of x. :)
Onura
+7
Level 34
May 25, 2017
European population of Turkey is 11.3 million. 14.8 million people live in province of Istanbul and 9.5 million of it lives in European part. Additional 1.8 million people lives in other European provinces (Edirne, Kirklareli, Tekirdag). So, Turkey should be included.
SpaghettiMonster
+4
Level 27
Jan 11, 2021
A country belongs to a continent as soon as more than half of its population lives there. This is a scientific approach to determine whether a country is part of a continent or not.

Really easily understandable, thus Jetpunk officially uses this method in all its quizzes.

Devadatta
+2
Level 71
Jan 19, 2023
Whilst I agree, this would have made the British Empire an Asian empire.
djgab
+4
Level 36
May 25, 2017
My God noooooooooooooo.

Turkey is not part of Europe despite 3% of its territory in Europe. Turkey is Asia.

Mertiy
+9
Level 38
Sep 8, 2019
Turkey has more similarities with Europe compared to Vietnam, Korea or Japan which are half a world away
Kenneth3748
+3
Level 53
Mar 22, 2022
its still asian
FireFoxFort
+1
Level 26
Jan 6, 2023
It's multi-continent
FireFoxFort
+1
Level 26
Jan 6, 2023
Europe and Asia
Nachtschicht
+2
Level 59
Jan 17, 2023
Turkey is very tasty. We had one for Christmas :)
Geographer2017
+1
Level 24
May 25, 2017
Sorta but it is considered part of Asia according to JetPunk. If Turkey was added, he should just fill it himself or herself.
AllHailKingHomer
+4
Level 77
May 25, 2017
Czechia FTW. Not hard, but perfect; love jetpunk
JudgeRudy
+1
Level 66
Jan 3, 2023
That was the only one that took me more than a few seconds of pause to come up with.
ander217
+40
Level 75
May 25, 2017
There's a mistake here. Texas should be number one. Texas has the biggest everything in the world, at least according to most Texans. :)
IneedasHower
+1
Level 32
May 25, 2017
yay 20/20 try 1 or 2
100Greats
+1
Level 57
May 25, 2017
Great quiz!
geographyisthebestsubject
+7
Level 62
May 25, 2017
Never thought I would see Russia and Illinois on the same quiz! Interesting idea, though!
ketchupkawawa
+10
Level 51
May 26, 2017
The states were easy considered that I memorized the amount of electoral votes for each state
JudgeRudy
+1
Level 66
Jan 3, 2023
Not going to say I have the numbers memorized, but I know the biggest prizes and that was the main thing on my mind as I selected states.
vindem
+3
Level 67
Aug 26, 2017
Russia is, so why Turkey is not here?
Malbaby
+5
Level 70
Feb 4, 2018
Go and live in Turkey for a year and then decide if it is Asia or Europe.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Jan 4, 2023
What is this supposed to mean?
TheSinnohman
+1
Level 50
Aug 31, 2024
I could do the same for Russia, but Jetpunk wouldn't agree with the outcome.
mf3
+1
Level 87
Dec 31, 2022
I have just one word to say about that last comment -- CYPRUS!
Dijko
+1
Level 45
Dec 23, 2017
18/20.....missed poland and ukraine
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Feb 4, 2018
Try my Double Trouble Countries quiz......here it is
Findlay
+4
Level 82
Mar 12, 2018
I feel either Turkey should be added or a caveat included. East Thrace, the European portion of Turkey, had a population of 10.6 million at the 2012 census, meaning it meets the cut-off. I'm assuming it's not included because of one of two reasons: a) The source uses older data from before East Thrace passed the 10.5 million cut-off; or b) European country is here defined as a country with a majority of its population in Europe - would explain Turkey's absence and Russia's presence. If it is the former (which seems less likely, it's a 2015 source), perhaps finding more recent stats is in order. If it is the latter, perhaps that should be made explicit in the instructions.
Raptorgeo
+1
Level 37
Oct 23, 2018
It's easy if you remember the population of states. I live in Ohio and love state geography so I knew only seven states are up there. I just took an European population quiz before this one as well :)
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Jan 8, 2019
It's estimated Michigan has 9.99 million people.
Jorissie
+8
Level 89
Feb 28, 2019
First I thought "Georgia is not in Europe!". Then I remembered it's also an US state, i feel dumb!
holypauly
+7
Level 92
Feb 28, 2019
Sweden passed 10 million back in 2017 so please add it to the quiz. It doesn't show directly when you google but if you check wikipedia and this link (which is in Swedish unfortunately) to the central bureau of statistics in Sweden. Here it shows the exact number of the Swedish population.

https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/sverige-i-siffror/manniskorna-i-sverige/sveriges-befolkning/

JuanLim
+1
Level 43
Feb 28, 2019
Hmm, Georgia...

Arguably Asian country but some people count as European...

Or is it the state...

Hmm...

kalbahamut
+10
Level 82
Feb 28, 2019
It's the state
callofduty45
+3
Level 55
Jan 15, 2021
i think he was being sarcastic or making a joke haha
EcceHomo
+8
Level 81
Mar 8, 2021
He isn't good with humour.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
May 9, 2022
^ yeah you're the expert obviously.
Yanni47
+4
Level 77
Feb 28, 2019
I managed to squeeze the Carolina one in in the last second - unfortunately I chose the wrong one! So, 19/20. :(
runaway4444
+3
Level 65
Feb 28, 2019
I was basing my knowledge of state populations off their number of electoral votes, and for a moment as I was trying to relate them to each other I went to myself, "How many electoral votes does Portugal have?"
slide12
+1
Level 43
Feb 28, 2019
good quiz! w/ only 6s to spare. that was a close one.
jaketk33
+3
Level 58
Feb 28, 2019
Sweden has more than 10 million people
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Feb 28, 2019
Cool, next time I edit the quiz Sweden will be on it. Michigan, too, probably.
Geoguessin
+2
Level 69
Nov 21, 2019
I missed Romania and Czechia I thought i would miss all the US states and then last sec i remembered there could be some missing european countries and managed to only get 2 left
seabird
+1
Level 67
Nov 21, 2019
Missing one from the first column couldn't figure it out. I guess I forgot to type Spain.
seabird
+1
Level 67
Jan 15, 2021
Got 100% this time but almost missed Spain again!
Jebbush67
+1
Level 45
Nov 21, 2019
Hard to believe Portugal is bigger than Albania, Washington

State, Michigan, Austria.

CLD99
+2
Level 57
Jun 25, 2020
I almost missed my home state. Can't believe there are more people here than Portugal.
Majax
+3
Level 51
Jul 11, 2020
When you don't know what Georgia this is lol

(I know that the country of Georgia is considered Asia in Jetpunk and has less than 10M people)

ThatOneMM2Player
+3
Level 43
Aug 17, 2020
For a second I was like "Georgia, WTF?" but then I realized there is a U.S. State called Georgia, lol.
nicolasquiz
+1
Level 68
Jan 10, 2021
Nice quiz! Also happy to see good old Potsdamer Platz as the thumbnail! :)
camus
+3
Level 78
Jan 10, 2021
Here is a quiz about U.S. or European states, provinces, etc. by population.
ing
+2
Level 71
Jan 12, 2021
Amazing that there are more North Carolinians than Greeks, and more Floridians than Greeks PLUS North Carolinians.
dunkinggandalf2
+6
Level 68
Jan 15, 2021
Sure, but am I the only one that finds it weird that European countries regularly get compared to US States on jetpunk, when many European regions, whether they be called régions in France, Bundesländer in Germany, or countries in the UK, can much more accurately be compared to US States, or even to many independent countries? For example: Northrhine-Westphalia has 18M inhabitants and a GDP of over 700 billion €, which makes it more populated than 46 US States, and richer than 43 or 44, depending on exchange rate. It would also be the fourth most populated and the fourth richest country in North America, or the second most populated and second richest in Oceania, beating New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. In fact, three Bundesländer (Northrhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, and Baden-Württemberg) would each be second only to Australia in population and wealth, in the whole of Oceania.
dunkinggandalf2
+4
Level 68
Jan 15, 2021
You could make similar arguments for Ile-de-France (the region containing Paris), England, Lombardy, Andalucia, Catalonia... Some of these also enjoy a comparable level of autonomy to an US State.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Jan 15, 2021
If there were quizzes comparing some European regions to US States, or to independent countries, I think many people would be surprised.
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 89
Jan 15, 2021
It looks like camus has already made such a quiz, as they noted just a couple comments before yours.
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 68
Jan 15, 2021
Yes, apparently camus has made such a quiz, five days ago. It's a start, and I'll go nominate it in the hope it gets featured, but I think my astonishment is still fair. Jetpunk gets criticised a lot for being too US-centric, criticism which I often find exaggerated and not particularly subtle, but you'll have to admit that some of the people who regularly freak out when you misplace Delaware or Wyoming on a map probably couldn't name a single region of France, Germany, India, China, Russia, or any other country.
camus
+3
Level 78
Jan 21, 2021
I think both ways are legit. It's interesting to see that the state of Arizona is more populated than the Baltic countries put together, for example. But of course you can do the same with other sub-national entities around the world. This front-page quiz has all of them with more than 10 million people, and I just realized that my quiz is a US-Euro version of that.
camus
+3
Level 78
Feb 9, 2021
I also just stumbled upon this fact: Los Angeles County has more people than 42 US states and 33 European countries.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Jan 17, 2021
You're not the only one but it's still weird that you find it weird.
ASmartPanda
+2
Level 49
Jan 15, 2021
How close is Michigan to being on this list?
seabird
+2
Level 67
Jan 15, 2021
Very close per my google search. Maybe it will be added in the next update once official 2020 population is calculated.
JWatson24
+5
Level 71
Jan 15, 2021
It would be funny to add Asian subdivisions to this. Uttar Pradesh for example (the most populous subdivision in the world) would dwarf even Russia. There are plenty of other places in India and China that would also pretty high up, not to mention regions in other populous countries (Punjab in Pakistan, Dhaka in Bangladesh, etc.).
Baxtergrad
+7
Level 51
Jan 15, 2021
While we're throwing in everything else, let's add some Oceanian islands, African intergovernmental organizations, South American cities, Antarctic research stations, and non-US North American counties.
dunkinggandalf2
+4
Level 68
Jan 15, 2021
I don't get your comment. Why shouldn't we add regions from other continents? Many European regions are comparable to US States in size, wealth, and autonomy. Many regions from other continents dwarf US States in those categories. Why shouldn't they be compared?
dunkinggandalf2
+4
Level 68
Jan 15, 2021
Also: there are more people in Sao Paulo alone than in Georgia or North Carolina.
EcceHomo
+2
Level 81
Mar 8, 2021
I agree gandalf. Similarly, there are people on this site who denigrate small independent states like San Marino because they have a lower population than a small city in the USA, as though that is the only indicator of its (in)significance. They disregard the fact that it has a 1700 year history.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Jan 10, 2022
This would then be a quiz of Asian subdivisions then...
mikel191996
+3
Level 40
Jan 15, 2021
ohio having more people than greece is so funny to me
gh
+1
Level 59
Jan 17, 2021
Wait why does Turkey only have 11m? Ah yes the european part
gh
+3
Level 59
Jan 17, 2021
Its funny that Belgium has 3 times more people than Mongolia, but mongolia has 50 times more land
bibohbi
+1
Level 58
May 19, 2021
It's funny that Mongolia is 782,058 times bigger than Monaco but has 83 times the population.
Trombone
+1
Level 59
Nov 27, 2021
but.. Mongolia has more people
CotCat
+1
Level 58
Jan 27, 2021
Poland actually have 38,3mln population.
Bribrithelegendi
+1
Level 55
Mar 24, 2021
Great quiz! only missed Ohio
gewehr6628
+2
Level 46
Apr 7, 2021
just took an quiz with the electoral college, so i knew the states and was able to guess the rest of most populated european countries
Gllombfek
+3
Level 53
May 29, 2021
Georgia has a population of 3.989 million... oh wait, it's the US state Georgia.
Admetus
+1
Level 41
Oct 4, 2021
If Russia is on here then Turkey should be too
Jayjaysciz
+2
Level 56
Jan 8, 2022
I'm losing it. For some reason I thought it said American cities not states. Made it quite difficult for me.
Zzineohp
+2
Level 56
Feb 14, 2022
Georgia the state or Georgia the country
quizzingboy
+2
Level 55
Dec 31, 2022
Georgia the country has over 3 million people and Georgia the state has 10.9 million people.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 25, 2022
Extremely apt comparison and puts things into perspective for those open to gaining any.
cuzpro123
+1
Level 28
Jan 1, 2023
Ohio
Mogysht
+2
Level 50
Jan 2, 2023
It's interesting that in this quiz - https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/biggest-world-cities-quiz

NYC is 21.8 million, but here the whole state is less than 20 million. Thoughts?

Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Jan 2, 2023
New York City's metro area extends across 3 different states.
EvanAviator
+2
Level 59
Jan 17, 2023
use your critical thinking skills buddy
Gllombfek
+3
Level 53
Jan 17, 2023
Georgia only has ~4m people, and it is mostly Asian. Just joking! Very good quiz.
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 56
Jan 17, 2023
Cyprus?

Just kidding

ritan
+1
Level 47
Jan 18, 2023
Got everything else, but missed Michigan! Tried many others though.
LuckyCat
+1
Level 59
Feb 12, 2023
Very fun and enjoyable quiz. Interesting answers, like Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, and Sweden. I also thought Ukraine would be lower on the list.
baconator3000
+2
Level 42
Sep 8, 2023
I can't believe my home state (NC) has more people than Greece or Portugal
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