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Most "Underpopulated" Countries

What countries are the most "underpopulated" based on how many people they would have to add before their population density was the same as the global average?
Population as of 18 September 2024. Source.
Not including external territories such as Greenland
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First submittedAugust 20, 2022
Times taken24,125
Average score85.0%
Rating4.68
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People
Country
794 m
Russia
508 m
Canada
396 m
Australia
255 m
Brazil
174 m
United States
129 m
Kazakhstan
107 m
Argentina
People
Country
89.2 m
Libya
83.9 m
Saudi Arabia
83.8 m
Algeria
82.4 m
Mongolia
52.9 m
Sudan
51.4 m
Mauritania
50.0 m
Chad
People
Country
47.9 m
Bolivia
43.5 m
Mali
42.3 m
Niger
42.3 m
Namibia
36.3 m
Peru
30.3 m
Angola
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30 Comments
ruftytufty
+11
Level 79
Aug 20, 2022
I assume overseas territories are excluded? Otherwise Denmark would be a shoe in.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Aug 20, 2022
Yes, added a caveat.
bocoker
+1
Level 79
Aug 20, 2022
Ridiculous quiz, as it makes no attempt to consider sustainable carrying capacity. Please just dump this one, and its complement, for good.
Haroen
+107
Level 72
Aug 20, 2022
It's a quiz about population density. It's purpose is to test the knowledge of the quiztakers. (Just like every quiz on this website) Nobody makes the argument that this should happen in real life.
bocoker
+1
Level 79
Aug 21, 2022
Of course, and a better approach, as has been done.
Dimby
+45
Level 78
Aug 21, 2022
You’re just getting caught up by the name by taking it too literally. If the quiz were named “Countries that are Farthest Below the World Average for Population Density by Headcount”, then I’m sure you’d be fine with the quiz. Kinda wordy though; this title is better. Also, getting a featured quiz is really cool so don’t get all pedantic on a user quiz! :)
KittMonroe
+10
Level 80
Nov 25, 2022
Who is even asking you, is what I want to know. This quiz is a very cool thought exercise, and it's pretty pointless to try to apply it to real life as though the quiz writer were threatening us with this being our reality.
Ferbin
+5
Level 76
Jan 5, 2023
Why should it make such attempt? Ridiculous statement.
Smokebasics
+10
Level 73
Jun 3, 2023
Lol that ratio
Hapsburg
+1
Level 76
Jul 20, 2023
Learn to separate observations/hypotheticals from prescriptive and normative statements.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
Aug 20, 2022
Forgot Australia! #facepalm
dunkinggandalf2
+4
Level 69
Aug 31, 2022
Let's all hope that never happens!
Jacktheguy
+4
Level 90
Sep 12, 2022
Much of Earth's land mass is inhospitable to humans anyway, so I'm pretty sure we have nothing to worry about.
Jared0309
+14
Level 76
Sep 12, 2022
I still don't understand this website's constant exclusion of Greenland as part of Denmark, but also not considering it for its own country either. It means a quite large landmass goes completely disregarded. And its small population would make it all the more important for a quiz like this one
TheOrca
+16
Level 50
Sep 12, 2022
I think Greenlandic people get used to being excluded from data like Kiwis get used to being excluded from maps.
KevinTheCat
+8
Level 67
Sep 12, 2022
imagine Canada having 600 million people...
JWatson24
+5
Level 71
Sep 12, 2022
Just wondering, based on these metrics, what would be the "perfect" country for population? Like, what country's population density is closest to the world average?
LoPieFive
+12
Level 59
Sep 12, 2022
The average population density is 61/km², so Afghanistan, which has the same population density, would have the most average density.
flipiwin
+3
Level 35
Sep 14, 2022
I guessed afghanistan in the quiz unknowingly.

Obviously it wasnt there.

awsomecv
+1
Level 37
Sep 14, 2022
same :(
OfTheMountain
+2
Level 62
Sep 12, 2022
Cool quiz. I expect we will get the opposite version soon?
YouLoveEagle
+1
Level 49
Sep 13, 2022
Countries with a land that it’s climate is not suitable for humans is definitely under populated if it had the same population density as the world average
Ludovico
+1
Level 70
Sep 13, 2022
Weird that India isn't here.
meraworld
+8
Level 28
Sep 15, 2022
india is one of the densest countries in the world, what?
WillWake
+1
Level 56
Oct 29, 2022
USA, Canada, and Australia as well as all the sub-Saharan African ones could support more due to their carrying capacity.
DarthDecidui
+1
Level 54
Mar 28, 2024
How...how the hell did I miss Russia????? Am I stupid?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 69
Sep 18, 2024
Easier than I anticipated
bocoker
+1
Level 79
Sep 18, 2024
Difficult to believe that this does not include any Nordic countries, especially Finland with a population of just over 5.5 million.
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 66
Sep 19, 2024
Europe is pretty small in the grand scheme of things
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 61
Sep 19, 2024
Mercator projection at it again.
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