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One Superlative for Every Country

Name the countries that fulfill these superlatives!
Excluding overseas territories
Sources: JetPunk quizzes, Wikipedia, Geography Now! and many more!
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Last updated: December 17, 2018
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Superlative
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Answer
Biggest in area
17,098,246 km2
Russia
Largest in population
1,403,500,365 people
China
Biggest folk festival
Oktoberfest, 5.6 million visitors
Germany
Largest stadium
114,000 spectators
North Korea
Northernmost point
83°06'N
Canada
Biggest north-south span
4,270 km
Chile
Most successful in alpine skiing
28 years in a row
Austria
Smallest by area
0,44 km2
Vatican City
Oldest independent nation
since 1066
United Kingdom
Youngest
2011
South Sudan
Highest building
Burj Khalifa, 828 m
United Arab Emirates
Most FIFA World Cup titles
5
Brazil
Only English Royal Wedding outside the UK
Richard I; May 12, 1191
Cyprus
Oldest evidence for modern humans
c. 300,000 years ago
Ethiopia
Receiving the most tourists
82.6 million visitors
France
Receiving the least tourists
2,400 visitors
Tuvalu
First to have full-time electric trams
1885
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Suffering the most deaths due to ISIS
at least 2,199 casualties
Iraq
Largest Muslim population
227 million people
Indonesia
Lowest life expectancy
50.6 years (CIA)
Chad
Only place to have freshwater sharks
--
Nicaragua
Most guns per capita
120.5 guns per 100 people
United States
Most recent to change name
April 2018
Eswatini
Closest to 0°N 0°E
570 km
Ghana
Most Nobel laureates per capita
10.8 per million
Saint Lucia
Highest rate of obesity
61 %
Nauru
Largest landlocked country
2,724,900 km2
Kazakhstan
First to lose its seat in the United Nations
1971
Taiwan
Most gorillas
80% of the Gorilla population
Gabon
Smallest megadiverse country
51,100 km2
Costa Rica
Most Winter Olympic medals
368
Norway
First to adopt Christianity as a state religion
301 A.D.
Armenia
Most World Heritage Sites
54
Italy
Most lemurs
c. 2.400
Madagascar
Most punctual airline
airBaltic, 90.01%
Latvia
Driest island nation
83 mm / year
Bahrain
Driest nation worldwide
51 mm / year
Egypt
Most languages
840
Papua New Guinea
Most Spanish speakers
113 million speakers
Mexico
Fastest 100m sprinter
Usain Bolt, 9,58 sec
Jamaica
Last to abolish slavery
1981
Mauritania
Most Marathoners under 2:10 hours
436
Kenya
First to allow women to vote
1893
New Zealand
First to accept Voodoo as an official religion
1996
Benin
Most castles and châteaux per capita
11.1 per 100,000 people
Slovakia
Most active piracy
4,185 seafarers kidnapped in 2010
Somalia
Largest castle
Malbork, 143,591 sq m
Poland
Most Jewish people
6,336,400 Jews
Israel
Most females in parliament
c. 64%
Rwanda
Oldest larger human settlement
Çatalhöyük, 7,500 BC
Turkey
Largest delta on Earth
Ganges Delta
Bangladesh
Strongest passport
190 countries without visa
Japan
Least corrupt nation in Africa
61 points out of 100
Botswana
Biggest indoor Ferris wheel
Arem, 57 m in diameter
Turkmenistan
First all-broadband wireless country
2006
Macedonia
Most recent to join the European Union
2013
Croatia
Longest JetPunk name
29 letters
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
Westernmost country on the African mainland
Cap Vert, 17°31 W
Senegal
Biggest absolute monarchy
33 million people
Saudi Arabia
First to hold the FIFA World Cup
1930
Uruguay
Highest emigration percentage
49.11%
Dominica
Most free-living cheetahs
~ 3000 animals
Namibia
Oldest city in the New World
Santo Domingo, 1496 A.D.
Dominican Republic
Deadliest European tornado
Grand Harbour tornado, 1556
Malta
Most UEFA Champions League wins
18 titles
Spain
Most successful YouTuber
PewDiePie, 75.6 million subscribers
Sweden
Fastest Wi-Fi
33.5 megabits per second
South Korea
Most billionaires per capita
106.5 per mil
Monaco
Greatest pollution per capita
44 metric tons per capita
Qatar
Largest amount of stone money
at least 6,000 stones
F.S. of Micronesia
Most mud volcanoes
nearly 400
Azerbaijan
First major WWII battle against Japan
Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942 - 1943
Solomon Islands
Most external debt per capita
$6,968,000
Luxembourg
Most official languages
37 languages
Bolivia
Closest capital to the Date Line
c. 75 km
Samoa
Youngest Nobel Prize winner in history
Malala Yousafzai (17 years)
Pakistan
Most Portuguese speakers in Africa
29,310,273
Angola
Highest natural increase rate (2015-2020)
+32.9% of the population
Uganda
Lowest natural increase rate (2015-2020)
-6.0% of the population
Bulgaria
Most recent to lose territory to another country
March 2014
Ukraine
Largest exporter of asparagus
117,000 metric tons
Peru
Oldest same defined state border
Same since 1139
Portugal
Largest roundabout
3.5 km in diameter
Malaysia
Biggest walnut forest
Arslanbob, 150,000 acres
Kyrgyzstan
Highest amount of cultivated land
76.3%
Comoros
Most sparsely populated nation
1.9 people per km2
Mongolia
Highest average temperature
28.25°C (two answers possible)
Burkina Faso
Mali
Largest waterfall
Victoria Falls (two answers possible)
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Largest cave
Sơn Đoòng, 150,000,000m3
Vietnam
First to officially recognize the United States
December 20, 1777
Morocco
Highest average yearly precipitation
3240 mm
Colombia
Highest inflation rate
1,087.51%
Venezuela
Most vehicles per capita
1,263 per 1,000 people
San Marino
Least guessed on JetPunk's
"Countries of the World " quiz
20%
São Tomé and Príncipe
Biggest banana exporter
US$3 billion
Ecuador
Oldest democracy
508 BC
Greece
Only country to lie in all four hemispheres
--
Kiribati
Highest pure alcohol consumption
16.8 liters per capita/year
Moldova
Highest beer consumption
143.3 litres per capita/year
Czech Republic
Tallest people (male)
1.83 m (6 ft 1/2 in)
Netherlands
First to produce wine
c. 6000 BC
Georgia
Most heavily bombed
2 million of tons
Laos
First country alphabetically
--
Afghanistan
Site of the shortest war in history
38 minutes
Tanzania
Longest non-polar glacier
Fedchenko Glacier (77 km)
Tajikistan
Most movies
1907
India
Most mormons (in %)
60.88%
Tonga
First foreign trip by George Washington
1751
Barbados
Lowest fertility rate
0.84 children per woman
Singapore
Highest VAT rates (standard rate)
27%
Hungary
Last to gain independence from the US
1994, Trust Territory
Palau
Least soldiers per capita
0.4 per 1,000 people
Gambia
First ever heart transplant
1967
South Africa
First underwater sculpture park
Molinere sculpture park
Grenada
Most expensive ruby
Sunrise Ruby, 30.42 mil $
Myanmar
First human born in Antarctica
Emilio Palma, 1978
Argentina
Highest low point
1400 m
Lesotho
Only country to have a different back side on its flag
--
Paraguay
First female head of state (non-royal)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka
Highest maternal mortality rate
1,360 per 100,000 births
Sierra Leone
One-word country with the highest score in Scrabble
34 points
Mozambique
One-word capital with the highest score in Scrabble
34 points
Republic of the Congo
Longest place name
176 letters
Thailand
Northernmost African country
37° 21′ N
Tunisia
Most Christian UN member
99.1%
East Timor
Most pyramids
220
Sudan
Biggest in the Caribbean
109,886 km2
Cuba
Highest percentage of internet users
98.24%
Iceland
Lowest percentage of internet users
1.18%
Eritrea
Biggest percentage of Druze people
8%
Lebanon
Biggest cashew nut production per capita
97 tons
Guinea-Bissau
First to be known as a "banana republic"
O. Henry, 1901
Honduras
First to have its own aroma
wild flowers, ginger,
raspberry, sandalwood and musk
Lithuania
Smallest cigarette consumption per capita
9.7 cigarettes
Brunei
Highest cigarette consumption per capita
6398.3 cigarettes
Andorra
First to adopt online voting
2005
Estonia
Biggest cocoa consumption
33% of the world's supply
Côte d'Ivoire
Highest victory in an international football match
31-0
Australia
Most Christians in Asia
86,500,000
Philippines
Lowest inequality-adjusted HDI
0.212
Central African Republic
Biggest African producer of aluminium oxide
555,000 tons
Guinea
Highest percentage of forests
90.20%
Suriname
Biggest population living below national poverty line
82.5% of all citizens (CIA)
Syria
Happiest country on Earth
7.632 out of 10
Finland
Unhappiest country on Earth
2.905 out of 10
Burundi
Biggest doubly landlocked country
448,978 km2
Uzbekistan
Most Ibadis
2.47 mil
Oman
City with the most foreign embassies
Brussels, 183 embassies
Belgium
Most paid vacation days
53
Iran
Latest to name its highest peak after a U.S. president
Mount Obama, 2009
Antigua and Barbuda
Highest average elevation
3,280 m
Bhutan
Lowest average elevation
1.8 m
Maldives
Produces the biggest dump truck
BelAZ-75710, 360,000 kg
Belarus
Least reliant on tourism
0.66% of GDP
D.R. Congo
Highest natural disaster risk
36.28%
Vanuatu
Smallest to have a New7Wonder
Petra
Jordan
Most train rides per capita
2,431 km on train every year
Switzerland
Most Eurovision Song Contest wins
7
Ireland
Most women in relation to each man
1.16 women per man
Djibouti
Biggest oil production per capita
261.7 barrels / person
Kuwait
Best-paid tennis player
Novak Djokovic, $125,772,589
Serbia
Heaviest building
Palace of the Parliament, 4,517,822 tons
Romania
Youngest median age (Europe)
29.1 years
Kosovo
Youngest median age (Americas)
22.1 years
Guatemala
Youngest median age (overall)
15.4 years
Niger
Least carbon dioxide emissions per capita
0.5 t
Nigeria
Last dodo
1662
Mauritius
Lowest gender equality
0.516 out of 1
Yemen
Most murders
83 per 100,000 people
El Salvador
Freest press in Africa
Rank 48 (Freedom of the Press Report)
Cape Verde
Only country to contain - LOVE
P.S. even their capital means "the loved one"
Slovenia
First Carlsberg brewery outside Denmark
1968
Malawi
Richest African country per capita
$34,865 (IMF)
Equatorial Guinea
Most Kabiyé speakers
c. 700,000
Togo
Largest single drop waterfall
Kaieteur, 660m3/s
Guyana
Largest natural deposit of asphalt
Pitch Lake, 10 million t
Trinidad and Tobago
Least prisoners
10
Liechtenstein
Oldest continuously used flag
since 1625
Denmark
Most dangerous to drive
73.4 accidents per 100,000 people
Libya
Most dense bunkers
5.7 bunkers / sq km
Albania
Deepest European canyon
Tara River Canyon, 1300 m
Montenegro
Least renewable water resources
0.02 km3
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Smallest to have land on the antimeridian
18,274 km2
Fiji
Highest percentage of Buddhists
96.9%
Cambodia
Most tourists per capita in Africa
1,933 per 1,000 people
Seychelles
Longest-ruling president
Paul Biya, since 1975
Cameroon
First New World country reached by Columbus
21 October 1492
Bahamas
Biggest to have a state religion
2,381,741km2
Algeria
Largest ship registry
222 GRT
Panama
Highest spending on education
14.6% of GDP
Marshall Islands
Most famous blue hole
Great Blue Hole
Belize
Africa's first and oldest republic
1847
Liberia
First successful slave uprising
1791 - 1804
Haiti
Only country to have a non-rectangular flag
--
Nepal
15 Comments
+4
Level 70
Dec 17, 2018
This was some huge work to do.

However, for a few countries (mainly in Africa) I couldn't find 'worldwide' superlatives, but only 'continental' superlatives. Furthermore, I had to use the world"only" for a few countries but I was hoping I would not have to.

If you know any other superlative that would replace one of the above-mentioned countries, let me know :)

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Level 36
Dec 17, 2018
The first country to salute the USA was actually the Netherlands. Johannes DeGraaff, the governor of the island of Sint Eustatius (Statia), which at the time was a colony of the Netherlands and is now a region (not a Territory) of the Netherlands, ordered an 11 gun return salute to the US Ship "Andrew Doria" on 16 November 1776.
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Level 70
Dec 18, 2018
One single guy isn't enough to recognize (not salute) a country! The official Netherlands recognized the US in 1782 as the third country to do so.
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Level 69
Oct 9, 2021
Please add more time.
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Level 66
Jan 9, 2022
CAN YOU PLZ ADD MORE TIME

I did the whole time out, but only got at the 83th country superlative (i got 65/196).

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Level 82
Dec 17, 2023
Biggest cocoa consumption should be production, no?

Also, needs more time!

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Level 58
May 27, 2024
India has surpassed China on the population front
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Level 72
Nov 29, 2024
needs update

needs more time

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Level 59
Nov 29, 2024
The United Kingdom has only existed since 1707, so the fact given for it is incorrect. I think the setter is confusing the UK with England. These are absolutely not the same thing!
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Level 57
Nov 30, 2024
Hmm - yes, it's all a bit confusing. Perhaps the point is that none of the modern UK has been conquered since 1066, except by another part of the UK (mainly England):

England - last conquered as a whole in 1066, although much of the north was effectively annexed by Scotland in the mid-12th century

Wales - last conquered in 1283, by England

Scotland - arguably never decisively conquered by anyone, but under the control of the English king around 1300

Ireland - last conquered around 1600ish, again by England

None of the UK nations has been conquered by anyone other than each other since 1066, so I'd say the question and answer are just about valid. You could specify 'conquered by a foreign power' if you wanted to be absolutely correct about it.

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Level 77
Nov 29, 2024
It needs an update on some facts (e.g. India surpassing China in terms of population) but most importantly it needs WAAAAY more time. Great quiz though, really enjoy the idea!
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Level 71
Nov 29, 2024
fantastic quiz!
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Level 66
Nov 29, 2024
Biggest cocoa consumption – 33% of the world's supply? Did you mean production? Or are the Ivoriens eating one third of the world's chocolate?
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Level 57
Nov 30, 2024
Goodness - what a tour de force. Unfortunately most of it is wasted (or at least was for me) because I ran out of time less than halfway through.
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Level 74
Dec 1, 2024
Updating also needed for Eurovision song contest question. Sweden has now also won seven times.