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Countries by Smallest % (Percentage) of Population in their Capital City
Can you guess the top 20 countries that have the smallest proportion of their population living in their capital city?
All values are from wikipedia, and then sorted into an Excel document by Me.
You are guessing the COUNTRY not the CAPITAL
As of February 2016
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Last updated: February 17, 2019
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| First submitted | February 4, 2016 |
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scambigol
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Level 76
Feb 4, 2016
I guess it depends on where you get the data but how can Manila make the list?
Stewart
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Level 68
Feb 4, 2016
Remember that these are the city figures only, not including the surrounding metro and urban areas. This is why cities like Manila and Paris are much less than expected as they are using the strict city limits. (Just search Manila population on google, it's that number being used!)
scambigol
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Level 76
Feb 4, 2016
Ok. I think it'd be better to go for the 'larger' population
Stewart
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Level 68
Feb 4, 2016
The problem I was having was that not every capital had figures for urban areas, which meant that it was difficult to decide which figure to use. That's why I ended up using the figures supplied by wikipedia's List of National Capitals by Population. Because that way it's whatever wikipedia has decided to sort them by. Thank you for the concern though, I'm sure others were probably thinking a similar thing!
scambigol
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Level 76
Feb 4, 2016
Yes I know it's not easy for things like population so often it's best to just use a list that has already been made - but sometimes they do have mistakes/incoherences. What about London, I don't actually know but perhaps "technically" wikipedia has considered the urban area population for it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London
Stewart
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Level 68
Feb 4, 2016
Yes, I see what you mean about London. However London City's borders are defined to be large, which means some of the Urban area may already be included in comparison to other cities. I think, for now, I will continue providing the list provided by the wiki, albeit the inconsistencies, it seems to be a relatively fair list to use.
Bryson
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Level 31
Feb 5, 2019
What about Vatican City?
Stewart
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Level 68
Feb 5, 2019
Well, given the city itself is the capital, that would be 100%. Therefore would not appear on a smallest % list.
comjag
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Level 90
Feb 17, 2019
For countries with multiple capitals do you sum the population of each city to determine the percentage?
Kenneth3748
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Level 53
Sep 30, 2022
If manila makes it, since that city has like 30 million people, then how is Jakarta not on here? It has around the same population as manila but indonesia has double the people. From other countries on here it would assume that your using urban.
laskadelrey
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Level 67
Feb 3, 2024
I'd love to see the reverse of this quiz, countries with the highest percentage of their populatión in their capital.
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