Save Humanity by Guessing Countries

Evil aliens have decided to kill everyone on Earth! Fortunately, they've given you two minutes to save as many as you can. All you have to do is name a country to save everyone in it.

Each "answer" correct corresponds to 1 million people saved

Countries with fewer than 1 million people are rounded up

2020 population estimates according to Worldometers

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Last updated: May 25, 2020

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First submitted	May 5, 2020
Times taken	334,978
Average score	67.0%
Rating	4.98

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101 Recent Comments

+29

Level 56

May 8, 2020

Thanks to ethanc who gave me the quiz idea!

+19

Level 56

Jun 7, 2020

Also try US State and Europe version!

Do not forget to tell how many people you saved!

Level 28

Sep 6, 2020

68%... ugh... sorry everyone! I missed USA... doh!

Level 28

Sep 6, 2020

ok 83% is my best for now... I'm starting to forget which ones I've said after take 5!

Level 28

Sep 6, 2020

Make one of these quizzes for USA states?

Level 28

Sep 6, 2020

oh... you already did!

Level 76

Sep 14, 2020

You should make one for land area where you have to save the land from rising sea waters

Level 44

Sep 21, 2020

79 percent :( I missed germany and canada somehow, among others

Level 51

Oct 8, 2020

The fastest growing economies in my "New World" are all together as PICKS. Pakistan, Indonesia, Central African Republic, Kosovo, and Serbia.

Level 39

Oct 10, 2020

73%. Thankfully I remembered the people of Fiji

Level 70

Nov 5, 2020

I got East Timor but not Germany... ...what was I thinking

Level 46

Dec 6, 2020

Managed to get 87%, ended up saving Mauritania but not Thailand somehow.

Level 54

Dec 14, 2020

Saved 82%

Level 38

Jan 21, 2021

dont save china

Level 58

Feb 4, 2021

Lol I love how china and India almost take up half of the board entirely by themselves

Level 60

Feb 5, 2021

Saved 85% of the population yayyy

Level 25

Feb 11, 2021

nnooo 74%

Level 43

Feb 19, 2021

So we can't save people from Palestine?

Level 62

Mar 16, 2021

Level 50

Mar 3, 2021

75% had no time for more, maybe it will be quicker typing on keyboard instead of on the phone, I'll have to try!

Level 28

Mar 4, 2021

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Scoring

You scored 4534/7811 = 58%

This beats or equals 16.2% of test takers

The average score is 5341

Your high score is 4534

Level 37

Mar 6, 2021

Awesome quiz!

I'm happy to have saved 82%, though I feel bad for leaving the people of Bangladesh, Turkey, South Korea behind.

(saved Gabon and Eritrea somehow though)

Level 64

Mar 12, 2021

Managed to save Sierra Leone and Bahrain but forgot South Korea and Chile... Great quiz though, saved 6856/7811 or 88% of the world and I beat 97.7% of test takers! I can't say I'm too unhappy with that

Level 47

Apr 6, 2021

Saved 85%!

Level 44

Apr 13, 2021

I saved 69%

Level 66

Apr 23, 2021

Hey Geo, I was wondering how you made this map?

And is it okay if I make a similar quiz? If not, it's fine. It doesn't relate to population :D

Level 56

Apr 23, 2021

Originally it had an empty world map, but quizmaster changed it to this by coding in a map. Even I don't know how to make such SVG.

And if you want to, yes you can make the quiz :)

Level 66

Apr 25, 2021

Didn't see your reply until right now but thanks!

If you want to work with me let me know :P

I'll make sure to credit you aswell!

Level 69

May 26, 2021

It's somehow satisfying that when I did this quiz tonight, there were 196 comments.

Level 82

Jun 9, 2021

Typed Mauritius and missed Philippines 🤦

Level 27

Jun 19, 2021

I saved 69% nice hehe

Level 68

Jun 21, 2021

Saved 84%

Level 60

Jul 6, 2021

I am so sad

72% This beats or equals 49.9% of test takers

Level 72

Aug 5, 2021

Managed a high score of 7603 after hundreds of attempts. Any home remedies for sore wrists?

Level 65

Aug 21, 2021

Ten percent bothered to guess the Vatican

Level 25

Aug 24, 2021

Btw someone did 7560 oO my best is 7346 (on french version) I would like to see that in video :o because that's amazing

Level 34

Aug 31, 2021

Saved 88%, really good quiz! Thanks :)

Level 55

Nov 1, 2021

i will never save french people, yes im italian

Level 66

Nov 5, 2021

I decided to save no one

Level 47

Nov 10, 2021

self note

Start: Uganda, Guinea, Rwanda.

Current best (new laptop): 7570.

Level 55

Nov 18, 2021

93%, oh well, could have done better.

Level 47

Dec 2, 2021

Saved 87%

Level 51

Feb 9, 2022

73%

Level 39

Mar 1, 2022

68% 5283/7811

Level 29

Mar 30, 2022

83%

Level 48

Apr 26, 2022

The moment when you really do NOT want to save England, but you also cannot type Ukraine without it…

Level 57

Jun 3, 2022

Enough with saving humanity....aliens are now focused on killing this world's kittens! Take this quiz to Save the Kittens!

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1484216/save-the-kittens

Level 28

Jun 10, 2022

saved 68%

btw if your from Cambodia then you were 1 second away from r.i.p so thank me

Level 29

Aug 25, 2022

I saved Vatican City!!! I saved 1 million people from there.

Level 15

Aug 30, 2022

Didn't intend on deciding how many I saved, but who I saved. I'm proud I'm able to save the population from the three saints.

Level 85

Oct 23, 2022

...so I missed China...

Level 40

Oct 25, 2022

81%

Level 47

Nov 20, 2022

there is no record on worldometers of them believing micronesia is a independent country for there is no micronesia on the list

Level 56

Nov 22, 2022

To this day has anyone got 100%?

Level 67

Dec 9, 2022

I got 6984

Level 62

Dec 14, 2022

7488. wow. I missed ethiopia and egypt as well.

Level 97

Jan 16, 2023

Finally got this one...whew!

Level 67

Jan 22, 2023

7409... I got Andorra of all places but missed Malaysia (ᵕ⌓ᵕ̤)

Level 30

Feb 18, 2023

79% and thankfully I didn't save the French

Level 37

Mar 27, 2023

I saved like 5billion and 1million

Level 16

Mar 30, 2023

GeoPhilia in your quiz "Ocal ludzkość, zgadując kraje" in polish JetPunk, there was a request from one of the users and could you solve this problem? This user named is 19rico20 and wrote so:

Super quiz, mam pytanie czy można jakoś zrobić żeby przeglądając statystki, móc posortować to pod względem populacji, ale od największej do najmniejszej lub na odwrót bo mimo że naciskam żeby posortować to i tak jest rozsypane to byle jak?

Level 22

Apr 19, 2023

We like saving Iceland. We don't like saving Sierra Leone. XD

Just kidding ;)

Level 55

Jul 21, 2023

6.221 billion

Level 41

Aug 4, 2023

Saved 6.027 billion people, Sorry Argentina, But you have to go.

Level 82

Aug 9, 2023

I figured I saved enough, and then went for some Pacific island nations.

Level 73

Oct 2, 2023

You have to triage in a mass casualty situation. 👍🏻

Level 36

Sep 27, 2023

Unfortunately there were a lot of large countries that intentially did not make the cut. What a shame

Level 73

Oct 2, 2023

5906/7811 Sorry, Italy! 🙈

Level 52

Nov 19, 2023

Only saved my home country.

Simple as

Level 47

Mar 15, 2024

Oh no...I forgot France...anyways!

Level 72

Apr 2, 2024

After spending like an hour, I finally got 7613/7811 and that beats 100% of test takers. Since I neither am a native english speaker nor live in english-speaking country, I think I did very well :)

Level 43

Apr 8, 2024

5744/7811

Level 32

May 14, 2024

Me not typing Israel🤪

Level 23

Sep 10, 2024

So you wanna kill all israelis?

Level 46

Jun 7, 2024

Don't worry everyone. I saved Japan.

Level 59

Aug 22, 2024

Is it even possible to 100% the quiz?

Level 49

Aug 27, 2024

Srry australians and pakistanis forgot to save you guys

Level 59

Aug 28, 2024

Looking at two that were listed one after the other in the results... 2.5 million Namibians were saved by 10% of people. 100 old priests in the Vatican? Saved by 11% of people, including me. I'm glad to see others found the idea as funny as I did.

Level 62

Sep 25, 2024

I saved Solomon Islands 😃

Level 55

Nov 5, 2024

I saved saint vincent and grenadines

Level 55

Nov 5, 2024

Whoops sorry Japan lol

Level 52

Dec 17, 2024

6938, no France :)

Level 26

Dec 25, 2024

Amazing quiz!The one thing I would like to know is how did you make this map?I am wondering can I make similar quiz (yes i will credit you :) )?

Level 84

Jan 6, 2025

Nice, got 6,883, only missed 3 countries with a population greater than 11 million (South Africa, South Korea, and Iraq)

Level 24

Jan 9, 2025

I got Sao Tome and Princepe but not Indonesia

Level 40

Jan 10, 2025

5099 on my first try!

65% of the earth saved!

Level 28

Jan 31, 2025

winning the quiz by only writing poland and czechia

Level 19

Mar 5, 2025

My first try I saved 4604 million people

Level 32

Mar 6, 2025

I made the deliberate choice to save Vatican only. It'd be nice for humanity to start fresh with only 800 people.

Level 67

Apr 1, 2025

95 % of whom are males. Male catholic clergymen. Well, that sure makes it bit of an uphill struggle to save humanity...

Level 53

Mar 10, 2025

Don't blame me, I saved India and Bangladesh only for points

Level 31

Mar 22, 2025

You scored 6379/7811 = 82%

This beats or equals 86.6% of test takers

The average score is 5254

Your high score is 6379

Level 30

Apr 8, 2025

why did i go for San marino aah

Level 17

Apr 10, 2025

5576 for me

Level 53

Apr 15, 2025

I scored 6708 out of 7811, 95th percentile. Sorry Germany and Poland, didn't mean to forget you.

Level 31

Apr 15, 2025

4827/7811 for me, sorry France and Italy lol

Level 46

Apr 16, 2025

5209/7811

Level 24

Apr 17, 2025

Me evil, me saved 0 people

Level 45

Apr 18, 2025

R.I.P.

Level 45

Apr 18, 2025

I only saved 685. That's a TKO in my book.

Level 32

Apr 19, 2025

I saved sao tome and Principe but didn't save ARGENTINA bruh bruhbruhbruh

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