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Countries with a Population Under 1 Million by Clue

Try to name all the countries of the world that have a population of less than 1 million. To make it easier we give you a short clue.
Population estimates 18 December 2023. Source.
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First submittedMarch 26, 2020
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Population
Clue
Country
1,000
Home to St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican City
10,000
Formerly known as the Ellice islands
Tuvalu
12,000
Most of the country was strip-mined for phosphate
Nauru
18,000
Home to Jellyfish Lake, where the jellyfish have evolved to
lose their stingers
Palau
34,000
Claims to be the world's oldest republic, founded in 301 AD
San Marino
37,000
Country that Bikini Atoll is part of
Marshall Islands
38,000
Known as the "Billionaires' Playground"
Monaco
40,000
One of the only two double landlocked countries
Liechtenstein
47,000
The smallest country in the Caribbean
St. Kitts and Nevis
66,000
Home to the worlds second largest hot spring, called Boiling Lake
Dominica
82,000
Led by two co-princes, one of whom is the President of France
Andorra
94,000
Its two main islands are Spanish for "ancient" and "bearded"
Antigua and Barbuda
100,000
Its capital city is Kingstown
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
104,000
Has the nickname "The Friendly Islands," as dubbed by
Captain James Cook
Tonga
113,000
Consists of 607 islands with a total land area of only
702 square kilometers
F. S. Micronesia
117,000
Known as the "Spice Island of the Caribbean"
Grenada
132,000
The richest country in Africa
Seychelles
136,000
Has land in all four hemispheres
Kiribati
180,000
The only island in the world that contains a drive-in volcano
St. Lucia
219,000
Known as the "Cradle of Polynesia"
Samoa
238,000
Consists of two islands in the Gulf of Guinea
São Tomé and Príncipe
283,000
Known as the "Land of the Flying Fish"
Barbados
331,000
117 different languages are spoken on this Melanesian archipelago
Vanuatu
396,000
Known as the "Land of Fire and Ice"
Iceland
402,000
The closest country to Florida
Bahamas
420,000
The "Blue Hole" is a popular scuba spot off this country's coast
Belize
465,000
One of two countries ruled by a Sultan
Brunei
526,000
Uninhabited until settled by the Portuguese in the 1400s
Cape Verde
529,000
Has an average elevation of just 1.5 meters, the lowest of any country
Maldives
543,000
Nazis tried, but failed, to take these islands from the British in WWII
Malta
637,000
The smallest independent country in South America
Suriname
638,000
Name translates into "Black Mountain" in Spanish
Montenegro
677,000
Seat of the highest court in the European Union
Luxembourg
794,000
Home to the highest un-climbed mountain in the world
Bhutan
828,000
Where the Battle of Guadalcanal happened in 1942 and 1943
Solomon Islands
834,000
The only English-speaking South American country
Guyana
874,000
Many of its citizens flee to the nearby French island of Mayotte
Comoros
931,000
One of seven countries with a J in its name
Fiji
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84 Comments
sumguy
+203
Level 86
Mar 30, 2020
Given that this isn't a yellow box quiz, I didn't bother reading the clues; I just typed the name of all of the world's micronations and island countries.
TheLastFish
+67
Level 70
Mar 30, 2020
Me too, when I figured out that there is no enough time to read all the clues. I porpose to add yellow boxes but also massively increase the time. PS: The Fiji clue is lame in particular as the very next Country would fit as well (except for the population). Anyway a nice quiz!
azinyk
+8
Level 56
Jul 4, 2020
I like the quiz as it is. I started by entering Oceania and the Caribbean, but the clues reminded me that I'd forgotten the African islands and European microstates, and I needed the clues to get Brunei and Montenegro.
Kenneth3748
+2
Level 53
Feb 15, 2022
how about don't rely on the clues?
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 74
Jun 27, 2023
Yeah I did it without reading any clues, felt like a more interesting challenge.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
Mar 31, 2020
I didn't that wouldn't be fun at all. (but yea a yellow box is not a bad idea)
Quizmaster
+35
Level ∞
Mar 31, 2020
The clues are too obscure for a yellow box. Not everyone is a geography genius.
FinlandForever19
+34
Level 84
Mar 31, 2020
Well then why even bother with the clues?
JackintheBox
+32
Level 80
Apr 8, 2020
@Bernard To aid people to get those countries. For instance I managed to get 38/39 without looking at any clue, but then looked at the remaining clue and managed to get Montenegro because of that.
jmellor13
+21
Level 67
May 10, 2020
I agree there should be no yellow box, but I think the time should be increased. I could probably just type in most of these countries without the clues, but I was enjoying reading the clues because most of them contained information I didn't know, and it was a nice extra challenge to try to figure out which clue matched which country. But there isn't enough time to do that and enjoy it. At a certain point, you have to just start blowing through all the Caribbean and Oceanian island nations without reading the clues anyway.
TomatosRaafatos
+3
Level 75
May 10, 2020
I agree with jmellor 100%
Kenneth3748
+2
Level 53
Feb 15, 2022
then use your brain to think of what countries could have under 1 million then. Also these clues are easy and im not the biggest geography genius
RedStar12345
+2
Level 53
Apr 29, 2022
Same as me. I got around 30 countries just by typing every single small country I could think off. Then I got a few more by reading the clues. I still only got 36 out of 38.
Devvik2
+25
Level 74
Mar 30, 2020
I think you should add yellow box
AlexanderQ
+10
Level 91
Mar 31, 2020
+1, otherwise it would be a major waste of effort to come up with all these clues
Sifhraven
+1
Level 73
Mar 31, 2020
If I hadnt looked at the clues I would ve gotten all of them. But actually doing it by clue, and only typing if you are 100% sure about it, so you don't accidentally fill in another, is not too easy.
JackintheBox
+4
Level 80
Mar 31, 2020
I managed to get 38/39 without looking at any clues, then looked at the clue for the remaining country to get full marks (that was Montenegro).
JackintheBox
+11
Level 80
Mar 31, 2020
Great quizz, but I suggest changing the clue 'Country that Bikini Atoll is part of' to 'Country of which Bikini Atoll is part'. A preposition, you see, is not a good thing to end a sentence with.
Quizmaster
+58
Level ∞
Mar 31, 2020
This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.
JackintheBox
+6
Level 80
Apr 20, 2020
The correct sentence conjugation should be as follows: This is the type of arrant pedantry with which I will not put up.
JackintheBox
+9
Level 80
Apr 20, 2020
wait...
JoelD25
+2
Level 61
Jan 20, 2022
lmao
blizzrd33
+3
Level 80
Feb 6, 2022
Just the most perfect reply to a nitpick
pkerr116
+2
Level 72
Feb 11, 2022
No. It should be, "This is the type of ARROGANT pedantry FOR which I will not TOLERATE." In order to avoid ending the sentence in a preposition, it is necessary to avoid using the informal phrase "PUT UP WITH," which is a synonym of "TOLERATE." Also, the word "ARROGANT" was misspelled. True pedants should have caught that first.
EddieG
+6
Level 68
Feb 11, 2022
No. A true pedant would have looked up the work arrant, and seen that it is in fact a word, albeit dated.
RobNobody
+9
Level 79
Feb 2, 2021
That rule was made up in the 1600s by pretentious scholars who insisted that English grammar should go by Latin rules. In Latin, a preposition has to be in front of the word it's referring to, otherwise it literally makes no grammatical sense. In English, that isn't the case, and a sentence can end with a preposition and still be completely comprehensible.

This is also why there's that nonsense "rule" against splitting infinitives. In Latin, infinitives are one word and literally can't be split, but in English they are two words (to speak, to run, etc.), which allows us to easily split the words up without obscuring the meaning.

Froststar101
+3
Level 73
Apr 5, 2021
I think this is was ironic, considering the original comment contains a sentence ending in a preposition....
bostjan
+3
Level 71
Feb 11, 2022
"A preposition, you see, is not a good thing to end a sentence with." LOL I see what you did there.
ingriddurden
+3
Level 59
Mar 31, 2020
Black in Italian is nero, not negro. I think negro is Spanish.
turkeyboi
+2
Level 24
Mar 31, 2020
Thank you for seeing that! I’ll fix that.
CKG
+8
Level 66
Oct 7, 2021
It is not Spanish, it is Venetian!
iuvas
+6
Level 97
Feb 7, 2022
just nitpicking here: the clue for montenegro being a translation to spanish is correct but it's just a coincidence because of the similarity between old Italian and Spanish. Historically, it came from Venetian and at the time (around XIV century), it just meant "black" in Italian too.

Still, nowadays Italian language has got the "negro" word, but its meaning became exactly equal to the English "n" word.

ShievaAndGolly
+4
Level 58
Apr 13, 2022
Some people think that negro (in Spanish) is racist, and they're trying to cancel Crayola. It's sad what this world has come to.
Nullum
+2
Level 60
Jun 27, 2023
These "some people" are American?
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 76
Mar 31, 2020
You have July 2020 population estimates? Hm......
Quizmaster
+22
Level ∞
Mar 31, 2020
What if I told you that you could even make population estimates for future years? Would that blow your mind?
ooftownroad
+1
Level 64
Mar 31, 2020
i missed luxembourg even when its flag was the thumbnail.... *facepalm*
turkeyboi
+2
Level 24
Mar 31, 2020
Noice...
mf3
+7
Level 89
Apr 1, 2020
Forgive my perfectionism, but... (1) there was only one St. Peter, so it's St. Peter's Basilica (apostrophe); (2) Grenada is KNOWN as the Spice Island (two n's in known); (3) Monaco is known as the "Billionaires' Playground" (apostrophe).
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Apr 2, 2020
Okay. All fixed.
ander217
+11
Level 75
May 10, 2020
Thank goodness. Now maybe I can sleep tonight.
WhelchareHistroy
+1
Level 51
Oct 6, 2023
fr
jf15
+1
Level 63
May 10, 2020
I believe it's Serbo-Croat, not Spanish for Montenegro's clue.
Karamchand
+2
Level 49
May 10, 2020
The name is actually Venetian. The clue is not wrong, though: in Spanish the name does mean that.
bostjan
+3
Level 71
Feb 11, 2022
In Serbo-Croatian, the name of Montenegro is Crna Gora, which means the same thing in English. I believe Monte Negro is Venetian or Dalmatian or maybe even Istrian. Those are all closely related Romance languages fairly distinct from "regular" Florentine Italian. Before Italy was unified in the mid-19th century, it used to be a bunch of little nations each with their own language (there's still a lot of this surviving today - there are dialects of Sicilian that are much closer to Albanian than to Italian).
alexandertorres1978
+1
Level 70
May 10, 2020
Very well put together quiz. I, like many, started typing like mad all the micronations I could think of, but the clues helped me when I got stuck. Nice!
driehoek25
+4
Level 68
May 10, 2020
Could you add a yellow box so it would be more challenging otherwise it is just guessing random countries without looking at the clues.
YogBarOg
+3
Level 73
May 10, 2020
Interested to know which country is the "other one" in those two questions : One of the only two double landlocked countries and One of two countries ruled by a Sultan. Thanks. Great quiz BTW.
TerapiaDeShock
+8
Level 55
May 10, 2020
Uzbekistan is the other 'doubly-landlocked' country and Oman is the other country ruled by a sultan.
Findlay
+4
Level 81
May 10, 2020
Just adding my two cents: I think yellow box is the way to go, with perhaps a doubled time limit. Yes, it would make some of the answers pretty tough, but too many of the clues I didn't even end up getting to because wrong guesses on previous questions filled in those boxes. Personally I'd prefer a quiz where I get 50% and learn something to an easy quiz where I get 100% and learn nothing (and yes, I'm aware it's possible to go back and read the clues if I want to partake of their facts, but the fun is in puzzling over the correct answer after reading the fact).
Bdubz
+2
Level 42
May 10, 2020
1. This needs to be a yellow box quiz

2. Can you please explain what "double landlocked" means? I googled it after the quiz but it would've been nice to know during it.

BotswanaEmperor
+3
Level 70
May 10, 2020
Double landlocked countries are countries that are completely surrounded by landlocked countries. Liechtenstein by Switzerland and Austria, and Uzbekistan by all the "stans" except Pakistan.
Quizmaster
+10
Level ∞
May 10, 2020
If you don't even know what doubly-landlocked means, how could you ever hope to complete this quiz with a yellow box?

Kidding, kidding...

ander217
+1
Level 75
May 10, 2020
This was a fun quiz turkeyboi. Thanks for all the interesting info.
TheQuizzler
+2
Level 64
May 11, 2020
Great quiz! It's really interesting to learn more about these nations which are generally just known for being small.
Pharley
+2
Level 75
May 12, 2020
Try to name all the countries of the world that have a population of less THAN 1 million.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 12, 2020
Fixed
Rhysjones12
+1
Level 19
Jun 15, 2020
great quiz all correct
NV1
+1
Level 53
Jul 5, 2020
Please shuffle the answers.
kogatora
+2
Level 94
Nov 9, 2020
The j in the name clue is not unique as it equally fits the next country on the list. Maybe change it to: "Has its own version of Hindi as an official language"?
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Jun 4, 2021
Or closest sovereign country to New Zealand
CardinalSin
+3
Level 80
Dec 7, 2020
Sorry to nit-pick but I have driven into a volcano in Iceland.
stevediverse
+3
Level 88
Feb 5, 2022
Sorry to nitpick, but there's no hyphen in nitpick.
mf3
+9
Level 89
Feb 5, 2022
Does basic car insurance cover driving into a volcano?
RyanVon24
+2
Level 43
Jul 1, 2021
Great quiz. But can you please make a yellow box version. Thanks.
davrousseau
+3
Level 76
Feb 5, 2022
This should be a yellow box quiz, I only even had to use the clues once, a little too easy
WhelchareHistroy
+2
Level 51
Oct 6, 2023
what a shame
SpencerGT
+3
Level 68
Feb 6, 2022
I would argue that a yellow box is not a good idea, as knowing the precise populations of the countries is less interesting than simply knowing whether they have more or less than 1 million.
stephenellis13
+1
Level 22
Feb 11, 2022
It is a great quiz though, damn.
PippyLongsocks
+1
Level 39
Feb 11, 2022
cool quiz!! loved the facts; I learnt a lot, thanks.
Damangio
+2
Level 64
Feb 11, 2022
What are the Comorians fleeing??
JWatson24
+4
Level 71
Feb 11, 2022
This confused me too. I would have assumed that as a small island nation, Comoros would be peaceful. The Wikipedia page tells me otherwise:

"Since then [independence in 1975], it has experienced more than 20 coups or attempted coups, with various heads of state assassinated. Along with this constant political instability, it has the worst income inequality of any nation, with a Gini coefficient over 60%, and ranks in the worst quartile on the Human Development Index."

Yikes.

ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 58
Apr 13, 2022
Huh, I never knew that "Comorians" were the demonym for Comoros...
Koopa
+1
Level 83
Feb 11, 2022
As far as clues go, St. Vincent and the Grenadines really got the snub.
VespidLeopard
+1
Level 33
Jun 18, 2022
Djibouti also has a population of less than 1 million and is (confusingly enough) also one of the 7 countries with J in their name...
EvanAviator
+1
Level 60
Nov 4, 2022
Djibouti's population is 1,021,550
Myles980
+1
Level 22
Jun 21, 2023
He's rounding if you didn't realize -_-
TurkeyCookTime
+5
Level 83
Jun 27, 2023
How would rounding make a population of more than one million less than one million?
GoEgRaPhY
+2
Level 32
Dec 28, 2022
joel does anas
EvanAviator
+4
Level 60
Jan 6, 2023
if you are wondering what this comment means, the creator of this quiz, "joel" is a student in high school and one of his fellow classmates decided to leave this absolutely hilarious silly little comment. very funny i guess
JillyR
+1
Level 69
Jun 27, 2023
Isn't Christmas Island part of Australia?
Xtrordinary
+1
Level 72
Jul 2, 2023
The island of Kirimati is also known as Christmas Island, it should maybe changed but Australia doesn't have less than 1,000,000 people.
FrankDouble2021
+4
Level 50
Jun 27, 2023
Wallmart has more people as employees than these countries have as population lol
llllllll
+1
Level 64
Jan 17, 2025
This quiz should definitely be "Yellow Box". Started answering the questions but quickly noticed two things:

1. I answered wrong but got it right on some other question

2. The time was quite short.

So ended up just naming all the small countries, trying to remember who I already had gotten.

Make it Yellow Box and with longer time, and this will be a good quiz!

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