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Most Populated Countries - Whammies

Can you name the top 20, and ONLY the top 20 most populous countries in the world? Every time you guess a country in the top 50 but outside of this list, you lose a life. You get 3 chances, good luck!
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Last updated: December 22, 2024
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First submittedDecember 22, 2024
Times taken60,833
Average score70.0%
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Population
Country
1.46 bil
India
1.43 bil
China
350 mil
United States
285 mil
Indonesia
253 mil
Pakistan
235 mil
Nigeria
212 mil
Brazil
Population
Country
175 mil
Bangladesh
144 mil
Russia
134 mil
Ethiopia
131 mil
Mexico
123 mil
Japan
117 mil
Egypt
116 mil
Philippines
Population
Country
111 mil
D. R. Congo
101 mil
Vietnam
92.0 mil
Iran
87.6 mil
Turkey
84.4 mil
Germany
71.6 mil
Thailand
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41 Comments
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Level 74
Dec 24, 2024
Is this the first featured quiz with whammies? It seems to have took a while
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Level 78
Dec 24, 2024
Got em all with only one life lost, from South Africa. Had to think for a while
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Level 87
Dec 24, 2024
Great quiz .
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Level 94
Dec 24, 2024
Merry Christmas everybody!
+18
Level 78
Dec 25, 2024
Neat idea - like sudden death but not so sudden 😊
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Level 75
Dec 25, 2024
You mean top20, not top50.
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Level 48
Dec 25, 2024
No he didnt.
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Level 88
Dec 31, 2024
*she
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Level 48
Apr 27, 2025
I forgot ahhh sorry
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Level 65
Dec 26, 2024
No lives lost, I'm really happy with that.
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Level 66
Jan 10, 2025
Same. Happy too
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Level 48
Jan 7, 2025
I was scared when I had to write Nigeria, because I thought it would count Niger first, which would have caused an infinite loop that would eventually kill me.
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Level 63
Jan 8, 2025
I had the same concern with Congo. Thankfully, Republic of the Congo isn't in the top 100, let alone the top 50.
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Level 56
Jan 9, 2025
seems to wait until you get the wrong letter, as I tried to guess Ukraine (I don't know why) and it thought I had typed "UK"
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Level 30
Jan 9, 2025
sidestepped this issue by writing drc
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Level 55
Jan 9, 2025
But what about DR(Dominican Republic) for DRC(Democratic Republic of the Congo)?
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Level 91
Jan 12, 2025
DR is not in the top 50 so no life lost.
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Level 55
Jan 9, 2025
Great quiz! but don't know why my chrome kept popping the error 'page irresponsive'
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Level 55
Jan 9, 2025
Great quiz! but don't know why my chrome kept popping the error 'page irresponsive'
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Level 52
Jan 9, 2025
Got 19 right without losing a life then lost them all on the last one. Couldn't get Germany, I thought I was missing an African country.
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Level 77
Jan 9, 2025
Phew, no lives lost. There should be a hard version with only one try!
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Level 43
Jan 9, 2025
I was meaning to type 'Ukraine' but only got to 'uk' and it counted me as a whammy. I then typed 'uk' again thinking United Kingdom would no longer apply and it counted as a whammy again after two letters. I realize both aren't in the Top 20 but it was a bit annoying.
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Level 67
Jan 9, 2025
Really enjoyed this one. I’m loving all the new formats. Glad we’re getting some of the Sporcle ones (as this is obviously the far superior quiz site).
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Level 71
Jan 9, 2025
This is a great format.
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Level 46
Jan 9, 2025
No life lost 😎
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Level 67
Jan 9, 2025
What is your source for Thailand? According to the national estimate for November 2024, they only have 65,960,724 people, below France and the UK. I highly doubt they gained 5 million people in 2 months.
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Level 77
Jan 9, 2025
One wrong guess - Tanzania
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Level 66
Jan 9, 2025
they both ended up being wrong, but i tried typing in "Ukraine" three times and it marked me wrong after typing "Uk" each time. kind of a massive flaw in the system.
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Level 55
Jan 9, 2025
Agreed, but if it counts it as wrong, then you know that the country you tried to type wasn't safeproofed, and that it probably isn't it.
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Level 70
Jan 9, 2025
that was really fun
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Level 44
Jan 9, 2025
I got all 20 without losing any lives and I thought I would lose a life or two
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Level 57
Jan 9, 2025
Got em all with no whammies. Spent at least a minute debating whether to guess Iran, but it worked out
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Level 45
Jun 18, 2025
Same!
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Level 44
Jan 9, 2025
Phew, was down to one country and one life left at the end - Iran ftw!
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Level 94
Mar 2, 2025
Surely this quiz require 30 Whammies to work? I’ve made a Whammies quiz asking for the first letter of European countries, so I need 26 Whammies, but I only seem to get 10?
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Level 62
Mar 26, 2025
Had all 3 whammies at the end :D
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Level 51
Apr 9, 2025
trying to guess ukraine made me lose all 3 lives to the uk :(
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Level 45
Apr 11, 2025
is no one talking about how most countries that aren't on the list aren't getting whammies
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Level 45
Jun 18, 2025
Read the description, if you type a country below the top 50, it doesnt count it
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Level 30
Jul 31, 2025
I was on my last life and was soo scared typing thailand lol.
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Level 39
Sep 23, 2025
20/20, no mistakes but was really thinking on number 20 (narrowed it down to Thailand or maybe Tanzania)