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Question	Answer	% Correct
What country passed China in 2023 to have the world's largest population?	India	99%
What is the northernmost city with a metro population over 10 million?	Moscow	82%
What was the world's most populous city in the year 1 AD?	Rome	82%
What country had over 20 sheep for every person in the 1970s but now only has about 5 sheep per person?	New Zealand	79%
What country has the world's largest Muslim population?	Indonesia	71%
What is the least densely populated U.S. state?	Alaska	70%
What is the world's least densely populated country?	Mongolia	70%
What is the world's most densely populated country?	Monaco	64%
What is the most densely populated island in the U.S.?	Manhattan	60%
What U.S. city has lost over 1.2 million residents since 1950?	Detroit	58%
What river has over 500 million people living in its watershed?	Ganges / Brahmaputra	58%
What island has a population of around 6.6 million - lower than it was in the 1840s?	Ireland	53%
What is the world's most populous island? (hint: coffee)	Java	53%
What city in South America had a population of 0 in 1950, but has over 3 million today?	Brasília	51%
What is the most populous city in Indochina?	Bangkok	48%
What was the third most populous country in the 1980s?	Soviet Union	43%
What country has about 9.5 million residents, but only 1.1 million citizens?	United Arab Emirates	43%
What is the easternmost city with a metro population over 1 million?	Auckland	32%
What suburb of Tokyo has over 3.7 million people?	Yokohama	26%
What country's population has decreased by over 15 million people since 1993?	Ukraine	20%