How it works
This country population quiz is a game of higher or lower. Each question gives the population of one country and names a second: press More or Fewer. It asks the 50 most populous countries, with United Nations figures.
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More or Fewer
Read the figure and press More or Fewer. The answer is marked at once, and the note under it gives both populations in full. A round is ten questions.
Three sets
Far apart pairs a country with one at least twice its size. Closer narrows the gap. Neighbors in rank asks countries no more than four places apart in the list of 50, the hardest set. The Start from menu under the question holds the sets.
On paper
After a round, print a 10-question sheet with its answer key, or the whole set. See all with answers opens every question and answer.
- No pair is asked when the two figures are within about a tenth of each other, because estimates cannot rank them.
Questions and answers
Which country has the most people?
India, with 1,438,069,596 people on 1 July 2023 in the United Nations estimates. China is second with 1,422,584,933 and the United States third with 343,477,335.
Which countries have more than a billion people?
Two: India and China. The third largest, the United States, has about 343 million.
Where do the population figures come from?
From the United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024: its estimate of each country's population on 1 July 2023. Each pair asked is in the same order in the two countries' own latest official figures.
Which countries are in the quiz?
The 50 most populous in the United Nations figures, from India down to Ivory Coast, which had 31,165,654 people.