Countries Similar to U.S. States by Population

The map of the United States has been filled with country flags. Each state represents a flag of a country that has a similar population number to it. Can you name all of these countries?

Sources: WorldPopulationReview and Worldometer

To avoid repeating countries, for some states the second most similar country by population was included instead

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First submitted	April 20, 2021
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State	Country
Alabama	Ireland
Alaska	Solomon Islands
Arizona	Laos
Arkansas	Armenia
California	Iraq
Colorado	Singapore
Connecticut	Eritrea
Delaware	Djibouti
Florida	Sri Lanka
Georgia	Dominican Republic
Hawaii	Equatorial Guinea
Idaho	Latvia
Illinois	Rwanda
Indiana	Lebanon
Iowa	Mongolia
Kansas	Qatar
Kentucky	Panama
Louisiana	Mauritania
Maine	Estonia
Maryland	Turkmenistan
Massachusetts	Libya
Michigan	Honduras
Minnesota	Finland
Mississippi	Jamaica
Missouri	El Salvador

State	Country
Montana	Cyprus
Nebraska	Guinea-Bissau
Nevada	Bosnia and Herzegovina
New Hampshire	Trinidad and Tobago
New Jersey	Papua New Guinea
New Mexico	North Macedonia
New York	Romania
North Carolina	Czech Republic
North Dakota	Bhutan
Ohio	Bolivia
Oklahoma	Georgia
Oregon	Kuwait
Pennsylvania	Guinea
Rhode Island	Eswatini
South Carolina	Norway
South Dakota	Fiji
Tennessee	Bulgaria
Texas	Yemen
Utah	Uruguay
Vermont	Luxembourg
Virginia	Switzerland
Washington	Sierra Leone
West Virginia	Bahrain
Wisconsin	Denmark
Wyoming	Suriname

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Level 67

Apr 20, 2021

yay, great quiz! and great concept too!

Level 74

Apr 20, 2021

Thanks a bunch!

+15

Level 52

Apr 20, 2021

Never thought I'd see a Suriname-Wyoming flag map, but here we are.

+11

Level 74

Apr 20, 2021

I'd be great if they merged. The union could have an awesome flag (Suriname) and the best license plates (Wyoming). All hail the Federation of Wyiname.

Level 50

Aug 22, 2022

What’s Wyoming, never head of that, does it even exist(please note that this is a joke comment)

Level 22

Aug 22, 2022

HaHa.

Level 52

Feb 15, 2023

Surioming

+11

Level 73

Apr 20, 2021

I'm somewhat surprised by how underpopulated some states are or maybe they're not and that's just because I'm Chinese

Great quiz!

Level 74

Apr 20, 2021

Haha, thanks!

Level 58

Aug 22, 2022

Now that I’m thinking about it, that would be fun to do one with Chinese provinces!

Level 55

Apr 20, 2021

50/50, Nominated!

Level 74

Apr 20, 2021

Thanks!!

Level 62

Apr 20, 2021

Great quiz, nominated!

Level 74

Apr 20, 2021

Thank you!

Level 73

Apr 20, 2021

Great quiz idea! Solomon islands is a lot bigger than I remember.

Level 74

Apr 20, 2021

lol, thanks!

Level 76

Apr 20, 2021

Awesome quiz and great map! Nominated.

Level 74

Apr 20, 2021

Thanks a lot!

Level 82

Apr 20, 2021

What a brilliant idea and map! Nominated :)

Level 74

Apr 20, 2021

Thanks very much!

Level 55

Apr 20, 2021

Apparently Cyprus is in North America! Great Quiz nommed!

Level 74

Apr 21, 2021

Thank you!

Level 67

Apr 27, 2021

Might as well be, since apparently it's not where the whole world (including Cypriots) thinks it is!

Level 32

Apr 24, 2021

AMAZING

Level 74

Apr 24, 2021

Thanks!

Level 68

Apr 24, 2021

Such a brilliant idea! Congrats for this great quiz! Nomed ;)

Level 74

Apr 24, 2021

Thanks a lot!

+10

Level 67

Apr 27, 2021

The Hawaii one is really hard - if only because you can't really see the flag in those tiny islands!

Level 72

Dec 18, 2021

yeah i’m amazed anyone at all got hawaii, let alone 38% as of now

Level 63

Dec 21, 2021

I had the same issue, I got all other 49, just missed Hawaii. Maybe some of the 38% got it correct during their 2nd attempt.

Level 50

Aug 22, 2022

Only the first attempt counts, not the first, that’s all I gotta say, Hawaii is also the only one I missed :( no perfect score, but I did got it on second try

Level 54

Aug 22, 2022

I only got Hawaii because I could just barely see the tree!

Level 58

Apr 27, 2021

This was fun! Great idea!

Level 74

Apr 27, 2021

Thanks!

Level 87

Apr 27, 2021

My country is Nevada. Not bad.

Level 64

Apr 27, 2021

This quiz is AWESOME!

How did you make it, I have an idea similar to this quiz but very different ;)

also, there is 30 nominations but only 176 plays, which is pretty darn good!

Level 74

Apr 27, 2021

Thanks! I made it using the clip function in Inkscape.

Level 64

Apr 27, 2021

Cool! I have a pretty awesome idea for a world quiz, I hope you don't mind!

Level 74

Apr 27, 2021

Not at all, go for it :)

Level 64

Apr 27, 2021

Ah, I don't really like asking for help but I kind of need help... I really haven't learned much about inkscape yet. How would I import images into the map and clip them? If you want I can send you a collaboration thing so you can see what I'm trying to say.

The most advanced thing I've used is the dot placer XD

Level 74

Apr 27, 2021

Copy paste an image from Wiki Commons or any other source onto your SVG, put the image over a country / subdivision shape and select both shape and image at once while holding shift. Then go to Object -> Clip -> Set

Level 54

Apr 27, 2021

Amazing Quiz! Nominated!

Level 74

Apr 27, 2021

Thank you!

Level 64

Apr 28, 2021

I made a quiz using the clip function, but when you guess the countries they don't turn green like yours :/

Level 74

Apr 28, 2021

Make sure that the answers are connected to their paths. Remember that the paths have to be borders around the images, not the images themselves

Level 64

Apr 27, 2021

Really goes to show how large and small countries compare to state populations. I never thought yemen had such a similar population to a single US state.

Level 67

Apr 30, 2021

This is a really great quiz. I do think it would be good to keep it to the country with the closest population, even if there is overlap, as that would provide a truer comparison (by which we could learn with more accuracy). But I suppose there are enough countries, probably with similar populations, that it's not a big deal. Either way, very imaginative and well-executed quiz.

Level 74

May 1, 2021

Thanks a lot for your kind words! I was thoroughly thinking about which countries to include so that the map is accurate enough, despite there being no repetitions. Therefore I made sure that all countries are very close in population to the states they represent. I believe this map already shows a good comparison of state and country populations. I decided to not repeat any countries in order to make the quiz hopefully more fun and challenging, since there are more unique answers.

Level 63

May 1, 2021

Very good quiz, got all in 3:16. I think it would be interesting to see a comparison of GDP/HDI of US states with other countries as well.

Level 74

May 1, 2021

Thank you! I might consider making a quiz about that

Level 64

Aug 1, 2021

Sorry, but the flag that is equal to Ohio does not exist, that is not the flag of Bolivia. The flag of Bolivia has an icon in the middle. Fix that, please.

Level 74

Aug 1, 2021

Version without the coat of arms in the middle is acceptable. Wikipedia Commons was my source for all flags, this was used for Bolivia.

Level 55

Aug 1, 2021

Maybe fix the fact you never credited the original creators on the quizzes you copied, jackass.

Level 81

Aug 1, 2021

Love this quiz! Fascinating to see the population comparisons, plus it just looks cool. Great job Saturn!

Level 74

Aug 1, 2021

Thanks a lot, dug! Flattered to hear this from an artist quizmaker :)

Level 65

Aug 1, 2021

I say this without exaggeration. This is my favorite quiz!

Level 74

Aug 1, 2021

Thank you, I'm glad you like my quiz!!

Level 71

Aug 1, 2021

I think I already told you on the version you made for Chinese provinces, but I think this concept is really cool and very original! I really hope this can get featured!

Level 74

Aug 7, 2021

Thanks a lot, glad to hear it!

Level 39

Sep 14, 2021

Wow it was really hard to see Djibouti and equitorial guinea I thought equitorial guinea was iran

Level 57

Nov 11, 2021

How do people see Equatorial Guinea from that its just islands

Level 41

Dec 18, 2021

Equatorial Guinea's capital city is on an island...

Level 63

Dec 21, 2021

Sure, but how does this relate to how visible their flag is on this map.

Level 57

Feb 15, 2022

I recognized the tree

Level 56

Aug 22, 2022

I can see that. I saw there was something there, which was mildly familiar. But all I could think about was Lebanon. My guess was something in central america/caribbean

Level 51

Dec 12, 2021

Great quiz, could you do one for similar size as well?

Level 81

Feb 4, 2022

Fantastic quiz! Sad that DC is left out though

Level 86

Jul 11, 2022

Maybe because DC isn't a state?

Level 44

Apr 6, 2022

love it! :)

Level 53

Apr 14, 2022

It's ironic that you still have to type in the name of a US state despite the nature of the quiz! Great quiz and nominated.

Level 74

May 3, 2022

Haha, thanks!

Level 60

May 29, 2022

The flag covering New Mexico reminds me of the actual flag of New Mexico. They're kinda similar.

Level ∞

Jul 4, 2022

Great quiz! One suggestion to make it even better. After the quiz is over, display the flag map in the stats by adding a hint column.

Level 74

Jul 4, 2022

Thank you!! I'll see what I can do

Level 86

Jul 4, 2022

Also, @SaturnTheQuizzer, would it be possible to show the flags of the countries not guessed at the end of the quiz—perhaps greyed out but still visible?

I enjoyed this quiz a lot, thank you!

Level 69

Jul 4, 2022

Great job! If you choose to make another one of these, it would be interesting to see one for India or China :)

Level 74

Jul 4, 2022

There exists one for China already! Feel free to check out the rest of the series here.

Level 77

Jul 6, 2022

I was secretly wishing that Georgia would be the right answer for Georgia.

Level 50

Aug 6, 2022

Fantastic idea!

Level 74

Aug 23, 2022

Thanks!

Level 50

Aug 22, 2022

Lots of “guinea” countries

Level 54

Aug 22, 2022

All 4 of them are included...

Level 56

Aug 22, 2022

I liked it a lot and it made me realise how populous the usa actually are.

My only issue is that the flag on Hawaii is hard to see. I got it right by accident lol.

Level 54

Aug 22, 2022

The other 3 Guineas are on here; just guess the 4th and hope it works!

Level 63

Aug 22, 2022

Idaho 🤝 Latvia

Potatoes

Level 20

Aug 22, 2022

Great quiz!

I think that Hawai'i is very hard to see.

Level 22

Aug 22, 2022

This is a really great quiz! I have subscribed and will check out some of your other quizzes! Be proud of yourself.

Level 74

Aug 23, 2022

Thank you so much!

Level 74

Aug 23, 2022

Very cool idea.

Level 67

Aug 24, 2022

What a shame Georgia isn't able to be the flag for Georgia. Nowhere near actually - 10.5mil for the state; 3.7 mil for the country.

Level 20

Dec 16, 2022

Good game, however it would have been better if Ohio had the coat of arms for Bolivia as that's what it's recognized as best. Also perhaps an option to show a larger version of the flag especially for states like Hawaii. Nonetheless, I got 50/50.

Level 25

Jan 26, 2023

Well, if i was living in the country with a similar population to my state, id be in trouble. (mass)

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