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Countries More Populous Than Their Neighbors

Can you name the 18 countries of the world that have a larger population than any country they share a land border with?
Not including neighboring overseas territories/dependencies nor countries with no border
Also try the area version of this quiz by Gamer1162!
Population as of 5 October 2025. More info here.
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First submittedMay 28, 2015
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# Borders
Country
6
Algeria
10
Brazil
9
D. R. Congo
3
Egypt
6
Ethiopia
9
Germany
# Borders
Country
3
Ghana
1
Haiti
6
India
3
Indonesia
4
Nigeria
6
South Africa
# Borders
Country
1
South Korea
2
Sweden
4
Thailand
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
2
Yemen
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102 Recent Comments
idontkn1
+3
Level 94
Mar 29, 2017
I think Uzbekistan is now larger than Afghanistan and should be on the list now. According to Wikipedia 32 million in Uzbekistan and 28 million in Afghanistan. Other bordering countries

Turkmenistan: 5M

Tajikistan: 9M

Kyrgyzstan: 6M

Kazakhstan: 18M

JWatson24
+9
Level 71
Nov 14, 2021
Nope, Afghanistan has 39 million. Not sure where you got the 28 million statistic from.
skalpo
+11
Level 28
Nov 14, 2021
your 4 years after him
JWatson24
+8
Level 71
Nov 14, 2021
Doesn't make a difference. In 2017, Afghanistan has 36 million, which was still more than Uzbekistan.
rssiddharth1
+3
Level 52
Apr 17, 2017
Such an interesting concept for a quiz! Good job!
MustardCustard
+2
Level 66
May 27, 2017
Haiti is more populated than Dominican Republic according to Wikipedia.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
May 28, 2017
Added Uzbekistan and swapped Haiti in for the Dominican Republic.
KaSPaH
+5
Level 70
May 28, 2017
Haiti is now in both this one and the less populated one http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/139806/countries-that-are-less-populated-than-their-neighbors
Quizzer6794
+6
Level 66
May 28, 2017
it's edited, after 2 complaints in an hour.
martinz
+1
Level 51
Jul 2, 2017
Has Uzbekistan a bigger population than Afghanistan?
Quizley
+1
Level 66
Jul 2, 2017
The answer is, "Maybe." Different sources claim different populations for the two nations. Ostensibly, the source of this is Wikipedia in which case Uzbekistan is listed as having the slightly higher population.
Borgir
+19
Level 62
Jul 3, 2017
Thought it said "popular". Immediately thought of Canada.
geographyisthebestsubject
+2
Level 66
Jul 4, 2017
Soon, India will overthrow China by population.
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 66
Jul 4, 2017
Won't be long before soon
daboishangoutusa
+1
Level 45
Oct 23, 2025
oh my gah yeah
mdjones
+1
Level 43
Jul 6, 2017
Darn, only missed Uzbekistan.
donkeyman314
+2
Level 94
Dec 10, 2017
Wikipedia says that Uzbekistan's population is less than Afghanistan's, confused as to why Uzbekistan's here?
LouRo05
+1
Level 59
Jul 9, 2018
darn, only missed Sweden and South Korea
Aaron197
+3
Level 76
Mar 2, 2019
Afghanistan has for a long time ago passed Uzbekistan's population.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jul 24, 2019
You're right. This has been updated. Probably had some bad data for Afghanistan previously because of all the wars.
idontkn1
+1
Level 94
Jul 25, 2019
What are we using as the source? Wikipedia on the individual countries page and List of countries and dependencies by population still shows Uzbekistan as having 500K more people.
martay
+3
Level 70
Jul 25, 2019
This would have been much harder were the answers not alphabetical. That really helped zero in on the last couple I was missing.
ed1969
+1
Level 74
Sep 3, 2019
Freaking Ghana...got the rest.
MojoSlow
+4
Level 49
Oct 9, 2019
Yemen should be here since they have a higher population than that of Saudi Arabia and Oman (in which they border).
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 66
Oct 9, 2019
Saudi Arabia has 34 million people.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Dec 9, 2019
You are wrong, and there's no need for 'in' before' which'
Xandog
+1
Level 43
Jul 7, 2020
yemen does not has more than SA
Xandog
+1
Level 43
Jul 7, 2020
also JackintheBox ha you just don't know how to speak british :)
ruudsje
+2
Level 68
Dec 8, 2019
this was fun!
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 66
Dec 8, 2019
Thanks!
bestanford
+1
Level 73
Dec 8, 2019
Great quiz - maybe just a little too much time.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 66
Dec 8, 2019
The average score is roughly 80% so the time is good for now :)
ZR93
+2
Level 43
Mar 11, 2020
Nigeria,Uzbékistan?
Xandog
+1
Level 43
Jul 7, 2020
good point
CLD99
+1
Level 65
May 6, 2020
Turkey has re-overtaken Iran according to https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/, meaning it should be on here.
Xandog
+1
Level 43
Jul 7, 2020
Tanzania should be on here. Don't go saying "Oh but it borders DR Congo", because maritime borders don't even count.
Wistful
+3
Level 72
Feb 13, 2023
Lake and river borders still count.
PhantomMaster
+1
Level 33
Jul 7, 2020
Lakes and rivers do
GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 83
Aug 16, 2020
China. I can't believe I missed China.
Shamooski19
+1
Level 70
Aug 16, 2020
Well I missed Nigeria🤪
johnnyrdnck
+1
Level 48
Aug 20, 2020
which bordering country has more than saudi arabia?
BrennoAU
+2
Level 42
Aug 31, 2020
Iraq I think
Ainmclarach
+1
Level 71
Oct 5, 2025
+ Yemen
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 71
Feb 2, 2021
After years on Jetpunk, I somehow still didn't know that Iran borders Turkey. I blame someone else.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 29, 2021
With the latest update Turkey has passed Iran.
Nachtschicht
+2
Level 59
Aug 3, 2021
Nice quiz :)

Some countries are a bit tricky, its easy to forget about Haiti or South Korea

SpartanLlama
+1
Level 78
Aug 3, 2021
Missed Ghana and South Korea
JudgeRudy
+3
Level 68
Sep 29, 2021
Only got Ghana due to plenty of time to alphabetically guess.
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 74
Sep 30, 2021
Yeah I'll admit that wouldn't have guessed Ghana if it wasn't for the alphabetical organisation either.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Oct 6, 2025
I almost never think of that or even realise the answers are in order..
vittoriaa
+1
Level 37
Oct 6, 2021
same lmao
Getreelgirl
+1
Level 85
Oct 5, 2021
I forgot China! (I thought I had already typed it, because of a previous quiz I had just done.)
vittoriaa
+1
Level 37
Oct 6, 2021
18/18 at my first try! great quiz!
loganite
+1
Level 93
Oct 14, 2021
D'oh! I thought about UK and several others immediately, even before hitting "start quiz." Typed the others, then never got UK thinking I had already typed it. Maddening...
boltos
+1
Level 77
Nov 11, 2021
what a brilliant quiz, really enjoyed this as had to think not of the most populous countries but those that only border one other, excellent, thank you.
Imjustguessing
+1
Level 56
Nov 14, 2021
Great idea for a quiz, really made me think
Chris842
+4
Level 72
Nov 14, 2021
Only got the last one, Ghana, because they were in alphabetical order and I knew it had to start with G. You could mix up the order of the answers, if you wanted to make it more challenging.
Nullum
+5
Level 61
Nov 15, 2021
Am Swedish, missed Sweden. Lovely.
UAE
+2
Level 22
Nov 19, 2021
boom i got all correct i kinda almost forget DRC lol
Hextor26
+1
Level 37
Feb 3, 2022
TIL that Afghanistan is more populous than Uzbekistan.
Pjoco
+1
Level 63
May 31, 2023
..very nice quiz..but too easy...
OvenBobat
+5
Level 65
May 31, 2023
India? It just became the most populated.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 78
May 31, 2023
Wow, didn't realize it was gonna happen now, I was thinking maybe a couple more years
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 78
May 31, 2023
Missed Nigeria and Ghana
TurkeyCookTime
+12
Level 85
Jun 29, 2023
I think it's funny how Panama doesn't count because of Costa Rica, which doesn't count because of Nicaragua, which doesn't count because of Honduras, which doesn't count because of Guatemala, which doesn't count because of Mexico, which doesn't count because of the United States, meaning no Central American countries make the list.
rleitne
+3
Level 88
Jun 29, 2023
This appeared as updated, and yet it has China, not India. India has overtaken China.
JackBeNimble
+1
Level 82
Jun 29, 2023
That's exactly why I just scrolled down. This is not news...
AlmostAGenius
+2
Level 88
Jun 29, 2023
I believe Quizmaster is going off of the JetPunk population chart which shows that India is short by a few million, but it will surpass China in the next year.
nglvinod
+3
Level 60
Jun 29, 2023
India has surpassed China's population! This quiz needs an update.
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Jun 30, 2023
Not yet. Hong Kong exists.

Wait until October.

Tadeu
+1
Level 69
Jun 30, 2023
Ohhh that's why you didnt consider india above china! I was very confused, I thought india surpassed china including hongkong
Tadeu
+2
Level 69
Jun 30, 2023
The fact its in alphabetical order makes the quiz easier. I would've ordered it by # of Borders
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jul 7, 2023
What is this publication and why should we listen to them over official stats published by the UN?
JackBeNimble
+1
Level 82
Jul 7, 2023
https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2023_policy-brief-153.pdf
Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Jul 9, 2023
Thanks CalmDown - you've found the link I meant to post, which is from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
JackBeNimble
+1
Level 82
Jul 11, 2023
It is indeed an official brief from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs regarding this development some time ago. Given that he's stopped responding to these comments, presumably Quizmaster is currently in the process of updating the quiz.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 19, 2023
You forgot to add Hong Kong to China's population.

But the quiz has now been updated as India has now passed China even accounting for Hong Kong.

robinhl
+3
Level 71
Jul 7, 2023
India. Read the news.
gavinbmx
+1
Level 74
Jul 31, 2023
I'm sure you've gotten this already but India has overtaken China in population
Nickelz
+1
Level 69
Aug 20, 2023
Replace China with India.
QuizzerBros
+6
Level 69
Dec 3, 2023
please*
guiztar73
+1
Level 71
Oct 13, 2023
Never would've gotten Ghana if it wasn't in alphabetical order. Nice quiz!
Megrez
+1
Level 52
Dec 3, 2023
Wow, got 100% on my first try.
hunjtg
+5
Level 74
Dec 3, 2023
China was replaced by India, that is OK, the problem that it appears at China's place in the alphabetic order, it should be just before Indonesia.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 3, 2023
Fixed
Lynnz
+1
Level 43
Dec 4, 2023
18/19 what the fxxk I can't believe i missed uk......
BobFitz
+1
Level 73
Dec 5, 2023
China?
Pontiac
+1
Level 60
Oct 22, 2025
borders India
VincentCanQuiz
+1
Level 56
Mar 11, 2024
Missed Ghana :(
EnlightWolif
+1
Level 51
Apr 20, 2024
really hard one
amazingkeller
+1
Level 49
Oct 7, 2024
i got every country

EXCEPT FOR THE USA SOMEHOW

FelixHugy
+2
Level 62
Aug 27, 2025
no yemen? over saudi arabia and oman
aistiai
+1
Level 39
Sep 30, 2025
Yemen?
FreeStater
+2
Level 80
Oct 5, 2025
Wow!
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Oct 5, 2025
Dat fertility rate.
theenforcer22
+1
Level 70
Oct 6, 2025
Full marks for The Robbster
Hamite
+1
Level 32
Oct 15, 2025
I missed Indonesia...
Ptcairn
+1
Level 68
Oct 20, 2025
I managed to think this quiz was for countries that would've had more population than the countries they border were combined, and missed the USA. That was all, I realized my mistake five seconds before the quiz ended.
pieman
+1
Level 58
Oct 23, 2025
wouldve never gotten Yemen if it weren't for the quiz being in alphabetical order, already knew it was more populous than Saudi but I just brushed over it
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
Oct 23, 2025
Yemen having more people than Saudi Arabia blows my mind. And why is it so much more populous than its neighbor Oman?
OpenNaNoorGeoBro
+1
Level 42
Feb 15, 2026
the UK borders Spain with the Gibraltar strait, so the UK is bordering 2 countries that have a lower population.
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