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Most "Overpopulated" Countries

What countries are the most "overpopulated" based on how many people they would have to lose before their population density was the same as the global average?
Population as of 18 September 2024. Source.
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First submittedAugust 20, 2022
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People
Country
1280 m
India
898 m
China
204 m
Pakistan
183 m
Nigeria
179 m
Indonesia
166 m
Bangladesh
103 m
Japan
People
Country
100 m
Philippines
82.9 m
Vietnam
72.2 m
Ethiopia
64.9 m
Germany
61.9 m
Egypt
56.5 m
United Kingdom
46.2 m
South Korea
People
Country
44.5 m
Turkey
43.5 m
Thailand
42.8 m
Italy
37.0 m
Uganda
34.0 m
France
24.8 m
Kenya
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41 Comments
YouLoveEagle
+4
Level 49
Aug 21, 2022
Yellow boxes on a lot of these kind of quizzes are gonna be ridiculously hard but since there is none, it’s like easier
Sly67
+2
Level 74
Aug 23, 2022
no Mexico ?? surprising
joeythelemur
+7
Level 83
Aug 23, 2022
Mexico is a huge country. Some big cities, but it is below the median for density.
MCdoesgeography
+2
Level 69
May 11, 2023
It's actually slightly above.

So not enough to make the list.

Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Sep 18, 2024
Mexico is #21 with 23.3 million "extra" people.
marije333
+5
Level 55
Aug 23, 2022
Honestly wouldn't have expected some of these countries to be on here since some of the bigger countries also have a LOT of empty land
WanderingWalrus
+3
Level 79
Aug 23, 2022
No Luxembourg, Netherlands, Monaco. Kuwait, San Marino or Vatican?
rg1227
+31
Level 69
Aug 23, 2022
Not sure if Luxembourg, Netherlands, Monaco, Kuwait, San Marino, or the Vatican have at least 21 million extra people. Combined. And doubled.
kitsims
+1
Level 83
Sep 19, 2024
You get to 21 million just by combining the total populations of the Netherlands (17 million) and Kuwait (4 million).
MarcellDAvis
+15
Level 76
Aug 30, 2022
I was confused too at first. The quiz not only considers population density but also the absolute number of people needed to lose. So, it counts countries with a large population and a relatively high population density.
Moeilijk
+4
Level 62
Nov 19, 2022
Found the American.
Jacktheguy
+16
Level 90
Nov 19, 2022
Found the troll.
Geopro
+2
Level 60
Aug 23, 2022
Phew... almost missed France somehow. Did this quiz change creators?
hwes
+2
Level 86
Aug 26, 2022
Strange -- you would think this quiz was more or less about population density so the lack of microstates and the Netherlands is weird
gnorrn
+8
Level 22
Nov 20, 2022
It's a combination of density and size.
kitsims
+1
Level 83
Sep 19, 2024
Not really that surprising when you look at the numbers of people each country would have to lose to hit the global average. The lowest answer is 24.8 million which is already more than the population of the Netherlands, so clearly it's not going to be on the list.
Thisisreal
+1
Level 88
Sep 19, 2024
Since it about countries who would lose the most people, it’s about countries with already huge populations and comparatively small territories.
Yoshimano
+2
Level 65
Sep 1, 2022
Sorting based on absolute population makes it look like the bigger the country, the more overpopulated it is.

All the while making it a point about density.. which should be the actual measurement for such a quiz

TheForsakenFurby
+10
Level 74
Sep 4, 2022
Not really. I wouldn't call Monaco "overpopulated", even though its population density is high. I feel like the metric used here is a decent one.
ariane5
+1
Level 71
Sep 3, 2022
Don't understand why Germany (357 000 km2) should have 63 million inhabitants and France (550 000 km2) only 29 000 000...
AntiMatter8192
+12
Level 68
Sep 4, 2022
That's how many people they will have to lose to reach average density.
cocachiantos
+1
Level 70
Nov 19, 2022
as you said, Germany is smaller in land and higher in population, thus it only can have more people in this quiz.
Janbiya
+11
Level 61
Nov 19, 2022
I thought it was a pretty interesting quiz that forces people to think about population density in a new way. The way population density is often quizzed makes us think about the smaller countries perhaps a bit more often than we should, while this one makes us take proper note of the "mass" that goes together with that density, which tends to be a pretty important factor when you're actually experiencing it first hand.

Seems a lot of people in the comments didn't quite grasp it.

Of course, there is no such thing as "overpopulation" in my personal opinion. The more people there are, the better our lives all become!

JeromesNiece
+3
Level 73
Nov 19, 2022
Speaking of alternative measures of population density, check out my quizzes on population-weighted density, which is a measure of the average number of people living within 1km of the average person in a given country. This is a way to take out the effects of large swathes of unpopulated land in a country's density.

Most densely populated countries by population-weighted density

Least densely populated countries by population-weighted density

faber0802
+2
Level 59
Nov 19, 2022
Nice quiz!
rabble
+1
Level 68
Nov 19, 2022
Those are some scary numbers.

And I guess only @ 6-7 million people died from covid.

tshalla
+10
Level 76
Nov 19, 2022
That's a scary comment.
rabble
+1
Level 68
Nov 20, 2022
Carrying capacity is what it is. Looking at a map of HDI next to this list isn't promising. China pollutes more than the entirety of the developed world. Who's going to be the next to jump on that dogpile. Not to mention the map of population growth. Facts can't hurt. It is what it is.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Sep 18, 2024
If it's any comfort, China's population is collapsing. Europe and the United States aren't far behind.

Even countries like Iran and Brazil are no having far too few children to sustain their population.

So join the cool kids. Stop worrying about overpopulation, and start worrying about underpopulation.

CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Sep 24, 2024
I'm so confused, someone further up said to them there isn't such a thing as overpopulation and now we should be worried about underpopulation? Since when? Why? Please help
nudlaug
+1
Level 63
Nov 19, 2022
took me some seconds until i found out how this quiz works and why monaco, malta etc aren't in.

nice quiz by the way.

Savio
+1
Level 66
Nov 19, 2022
Did you include territories when making these calculations or are you just looking at the independent country's population? (e.g.-when looking at France, do you just count France or do you include overseas territories like French Guiana, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, etc.?)
Wistful
+6
Level 72
Jan 24, 2023
French Guiana isn't a territory by the way, it's an integral part of France.
sergeantmalice
+1
Level 56
Nov 19, 2022
yeah im not getting uganda, maybe next time
alexandertorres1978
+2
Level 70
Nov 19, 2022
Explanation needs to be clearer, IMHO.
gnorrn
+2
Level 22
Nov 20, 2022
Really interesting concept for a quiz -- makes you think a lot!
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 69
May 11, 2023
I absolutely adore this kind of quiz (and of course the opposite one as well).

Population density is my favourite geographic subject and this approaches it in the most interesting way... Thanks for that!

bocoker
+1
Level 79
Sep 18, 2024
Seems that there is a size threshold not noted in the instructions, e.g. why not Singapore or Monaco?
TheForsakenFurby
+4
Level 74
Sep 19, 2024
It is noted in the instructions.

"What countries are the most 'overpopulated' based on how many people they would have to lose before their population density was the same as the global average?"

The quiz is asking for the *sheer number of people* that would need to be lost for the country to have average population density. Countries like Singapore and Monaco would need to lose a much higher percentage of their population than the countries on this list, but not a higher number of individual people, because there's not many people living in those tiny countries on the global scale.

Freestatebear
+3
Level 85
Sep 19, 2024
This comment should be pinned.
Wistful
+1
Level 72
Sep 26, 2024
I'm surprised nobody is talking about how insane Egypt is. Keep in mind that pretty much the entire population is concentrated around the Nile, but the empty Sahara surrounding it is actually diluting the figures by a HUGE margin. For the whole country, the density is about 117 per km². The global average is about 60 per km². If you only include the population density around the Nile, it's closer to 2000 per km². Insane.
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