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Top Five Countries By Category #1

Can you name the top five countries in each of these categories?
Quiz by relessness
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Last updated: November 21, 2023
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First submittedOctober 3, 2014
Times taken338,260
Average score72.2%
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Highest population
India
China
United States
Indonesia
Pakistan
 
Lowest population
Vatican City
Tuvalu
Nauru
Palau
San Marino
 
Lowest population density
Mongolia
Namibia
Australia
Iceland
Guyana
 
Most rail miles traveled
per capita
Japan
Switzerland
South Korea
France
Austria
Largest land area
Russia
Canada
China
United States
Brazil
 
Most Muslims
Indonesia
Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
Nigeria
 
Highest population density
Monaco
Singapore
Vatican City
Bahrain
Maldives
 
Most wins in the men's
FIFA World Cup
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Argentina
France
Uruguay
Highest mountain
China
Nepal
Pakistan
India
Bhutan
 
Highest % Buddhist
Cambodia
Thailand
Myanmar
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
 
Most species
Brazil
Colombia
China
Indonesia
Mexico
 
Most cheese production
per capita
New Zealand
Denmark
Ireland
Netherlands
Iceland
Largest desert area
Australia
Algeria
Saudi Arabia
Canada
China
 
Skyscrapers per capita
United Arab Emirates
Monaco
Qatar
Singapore
Panama
 
Most volcanoes (active)
Indonesia
United States
Japan
Russia
Chile
 
Earliest to legalize
gay marriage
Netherlands
Belgium
Spain
Canada
South Africa
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Level 76
Oct 3, 2014
This is a very cool quiz
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Level 64
Nov 3, 2019
Was just about to post the same exact comment! Super cool quiz indeed. Thanks!
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Level 77
Oct 3, 2014
I forgot the Koreas existed at all. Duh.
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Level 51
Sep 28, 2017
lol
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Level 63
Oct 6, 2014
Great quiz!
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Level 62
Oct 9, 2014
Columbia is spelled incorrectly
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Level 30
Dec 11, 2014
How ironic
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Level 20
Apr 15, 2015
No, it's spelled the correct way.
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Level 82
Jun 1, 2015
Though one of the world's finest institutions for higher learning, last I checked Columbia had not yet achieved sovereignty.
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Level 31
Aug 2, 2015
No it isn't Columbia is District of Columbia in the USA
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Level 65
Dec 1, 2015
And British Columbia in Canada :)
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Level 28
Apr 9, 2020
Don't forget Columbia capital of South Carolina
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Level 75
Sep 27, 2020
And Columbia, MO home of Mizzou.
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Level 65
Jan 28, 2021
And the clothing brand, Columbia
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Level 77
Jul 9, 2021
And Columbia University in NYC :)
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Level 74
Aug 28, 2021
And Columbia from the Rocky Horror Show.
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Level 32
Mar 7, 2016
Colombians will punch you in the face if you spelled ColUmbia. (Learned this from geography now channel in youtube)
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Level 52
Jul 21, 2016
In Finnish Colombia is Kolumbia so they have to come to punch us all :)
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Level 71
Jan 6, 2017
Don't do a quiz in Colombia
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Level 63
Sep 12, 2017
Everyone should spell things the way they are spelled in the U.S.
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Level 59
Jan 13, 2018
It seems I will have a tough time punching the 97% of population who doesnt excel at spelling (just joking; I say Hungary instead of Magyarwhatever)
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Level 65
Mar 1, 2024
Magyarország, in case anyone was wondering
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Level 65
Jan 14, 2020
LOVE Geography Now
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Level 77
Jul 11, 2017
As a country the spelling is correct. It is Spanish.
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Level 88
Sep 12, 2017
Yes it is because it's spelled Colombia. Columbia is definately spelled wrong
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Level 66
Sep 12, 2017
Definately is definitely incorrect as well.
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Level 57
Oct 11, 2017
It is spelled incorrectly, trust me, the correct spelling is ColUmbia
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Level 28
Feb 10, 2018
No it isn't.

You've already been told. Move on.

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Level 37
Jan 20, 2019
The country is spelled ColOmbia! Punto final.
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Level 59
Jul 20, 2020
Why should we "trust" you?
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Level 65
Mar 1, 2024
You've been to Colombia, how did you survive the face slaps?
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Level 28
Apr 9, 2020
You have no idea how angry this comment made me.
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Level 61
Feb 12, 2021
In the world, Colombia is spelled with an O

In US states, colombia is spelled with a U

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Level 76
Jan 2, 2024
No, it isn't. It's also spelled with an O. Read the other comments.
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Level 74
Feb 14, 2015
Excellent idea for a quiz!
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Level 63
Jun 1, 2015
How do you format a quiz in this way?
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Level ∞
Jul 4, 2017
Manual mode in Step 4. Then click Advanced -> Format as Groups of Things.
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Level 19
Sep 14, 2017
Nice username!
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Level 64
Jun 1, 2015
I like how all the lowest population density countries are in separate continents.
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Level 25
Jun 1, 2015
What an awesome quiz.
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Level 40
Jun 1, 2015
I always forget about Canada!
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Level 68
Jan 9, 2017
Do you ever visualise a world map?
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Level 29
Nov 25, 2023
all tucked away down there
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Level 65
Mar 1, 2024
I do, but I always forget about Russia and Canada (although the latter mostly because the U.S. is too distracting)
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Level 41
Sep 5, 2016
My head is a sieve today I keep on forgetting answers or not reading the questions properly maybe I should while I am behind
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Level 71
Jan 6, 2017
You missed something between " I should ...... and "While I am behind"
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Level 62
Feb 21, 2024
well, his head is a sieve today- today being seven years ago that is
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Level 37
Jan 8, 2017
Extremely surprised to see that the UK is in non of these
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Level 64
Feb 5, 2017
Very cool quiz! For the first few minutes I was guessing countries without even looking at the categories and they were filling in fast as lightning lol Then I had to think more carefully and pick a few more countries!
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Level 84
Sep 12, 2017
Pakistan's population just passed Brazil's recently, making it fifth.
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Level 63
Sep 12, 2017
great quiz but needs an extra minute or two.
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Level 43
Sep 13, 2017
Totally forgot about Switzerland, France, and Singapore.
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Level 47
Sep 13, 2017
Italy! Of course!
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Level 52
Sep 14, 2017
I forgot Japan existed for some reason...
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Level 44
Jan 8, 2018
I forgot Malta as one of the most densely populated countries.... and I'm Maltese myself haha
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Level 66
Jan 18, 2019
Very nice quiz! Some slight surprises: with life expectancy I expected more nordic and less asian countries. And Namibia and Suriname I didnt immediately expect on lowest density. On highest density Netherlands wouldnt have seem out of place. You allways hear that.

And maybe most volcanoes in russia (but allready learned that from the site) and highest income per capita for Singapore.

the ones listed above arent the ones I got wrong, but the ones that you'd least expect in those list. (I at least)

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Level 34
Nov 3, 2019
Love this quiz.
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Level 16
Feb 25, 2020
I sucked at this
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Level 73
Sep 26, 2020
Please update so that Pakistan on on Top 5 most populous countries not Brazil
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Level 29
Sep 26, 2020
That’s exactly what I was gonna comment
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Level 62
Sep 26, 2020
Replace Vatican City with Malta in Population Density.
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Level 75
Sep 26, 2020
The Maldives has a similar population density to Bangladesh. And depending on definitions of "city" and where one chooses to draw borders around cities, Male' may be the world's most densely-populated city (not when the new seaburbs created from reclaimed land are counted). That said, nowhere else in the country will you get the impression of high-density settlement. It matters a lot that only land area is counted, but the sea is very much part of the national and functionally-lived-in territory and the visual expanses are not what you'd expect from inclusion on this list.
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Level 67
Sep 26, 2020
"Seaburbs" is an awesome word, and, coming from a beach culture outside New York City, I am bummed I did not know it until now.
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Level 55
Sep 26, 2020
I made a blog explaining why there's so much confusion about the coastline lengths
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Level 28
Sep 28, 2020
Great quiz! I was completely blown away when I entered Nigeria and got an entry, I did it for population but turns out it was 2nd biggest movie producer. Who knew.
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Level 65
Mar 1, 2024
Nollywood (sounds racist but it's the actual name)
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Level 59
Dec 15, 2020
Wondering, if you count Danish coastline because of Greenland, shouldn't Denmark be also counted in population density?
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Level 51
Jan 5, 2021
Finally Vatican City won something for once in these quizzes! xD
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Level 31
Feb 28, 2021
The last answer in the first block is wrong.

Brazil has a population of 211 Million.

Pakistan has a population of 216 Million.

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Level 40
Apr 27, 2021
i got suriname
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Level 44
Jul 6, 2021
Great quiz, but the USA is bigger than China.
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Level 40
Nov 24, 2023
no, china was bigger but USA add teritory water territories like big lakes
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Level 30
Sep 2, 2021
I got 25/39 and it gave me only 1 point :( not fair
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Level 27
Nov 6, 2021
I loved this quiz. There were some surprises. I was sure that the UK would come up someplace. I thought Greece would be one of the top tourism ones. Also, someone mentioned this before…why doesn’t Greenland count as part of Denmark? Do territories not count?
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Level 27
Nov 6, 2021
Ok, I just looked at the rules and territories count. So that means even including Greenland Denmark doesn’t have one of the longest coastlines.
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Level 68
Jun 10, 2022
Pakistan and Nigeria's population had excelled Brazil.
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Level 50
Nov 2, 2022
Hey, from what I understand quizzes are usually updated once a year, but this hasn't been updated since 2020. Pakistan has passed Brazil in population.
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Level 63
Nov 4, 2022
This quiz is now outdated. Brazil is 7th in population.
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Level 40
Jan 25, 2023
I was about to post the same comment. Pakistan is the 5th highest by population
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Level 63
Apr 27, 2023
Update this quiz!
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Level 50
Oct 24, 2023
Finally someone knows that China is bigger than USA.
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Level 48
Nov 22, 2023
The U.S. is greater in total, but China has the bigger land area.
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Level 60
Nov 21, 2023
Please add the categories in the table.
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Level 55
Nov 22, 2023
Why are there six countries in the FIFA category?
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Level 65
Nov 22, 2023
Well, there are only 6 countries that have won at least two FIFA World Cups. Including only those countries that won at least three cups, would result in only getting 4 countries... That is why there are 6.

Brazil: 5

Italy: 4

France: 3

Argentina: 3

Uruguay: 2

France: 2

Spain: 1

England: 1

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Level 76
Jan 2, 2024
France has 2. You probably meant to put Germany there (which is missing), but they have 4.
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Level 65
Nov 22, 2023
ColUmbia is STILL spelled wrong! Even after the latest update... Please change this!
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Level ∞
Nov 22, 2023
Please tell me you're joking.
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Level 28
Nov 25, 2023
Good job! I wasn't expecting to see Panama for skyscrapers per capita! I learned something new today!
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Level 45
Nov 27, 2023
missed Uruguay because I though I had already filled top 5 World Cup winners .
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Level 87
Nov 28, 2023
I can picture the caravans of camels crossing the great Canadian deserts...
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Level 79
Dec 9, 2023
Ok, today I learned they make a lot of cheese in Iceland. Never would have guessed lol
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Level 45
Jan 24, 2024
Good quiz... but "gay marriage" should really read as "same-sex marriage".
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Level 64
Feb 7, 2024
I'm from Aus, wife's from NZ and i missed both.

Doh!