Modern-Day Countries By 1950 Population

Can you name all modern-day countries in order by their estimated population in 1950?

Starting letter and continent are given as hints.

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/

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Population	Starting Letter	Continent	Country
554,000,000	C	Asia	China
376,000,000	I	Asia	India
159,000,000	U	North America	United States
103,000,000	R	Europe/Asia	Russia
82,800,000	J	Asia	Japan
70,000,000	G	Europe	Germany
69,500,000	I	Asia	Indonesia
54,000,000	B	South America	Brazil
50,600,000	U	Europe	United Kingdom
46,600,000	I	Europe	Italy
41,800,000	F	Europe	France
37,900,000	N	Africa	Nigeria
37,900,000	B	Asia	Bangladesh
37,500,000	P	Asia	Pakistan
37,300,000	U	Europe	Ukraine
28,100,000	S	Europe	Spain
27,900,000	M	North America	Mexico
25,300,000	P	Europe	Poland
24,800,000	V	Asia	Vietnam
21,400,000	T	Asia/Europe	Turkey
20,700,000	T	Asia	Thailand
20,500,000	E	Africa/Asia	Egypt
19,200,000	S	Asia	South Korea
18,600,000	P	Asia	Philippines
18,100,000	E	Africa	Ethiopia
17,800,000	M	Asia	Myanmar
17,100,000	I	Asia	Iran
17,000,000	A	South America	Argentina
16,200,000	R	Europe	Romania
13,700,000	C	North America	Canada
13,600,000	S	Africa	South Africa
12,200,000	D/C	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
12,000,000	C	South America	Colombia
10,500,000	N	Asia	North Korea
10,000,000	N	Europe	Netherlands
9,340,000	H	Europe	Hungary
8,990,000	M	Africa	Morocco
8,900,000	C	Europe	Czechia
8,870,000	A	Africa	Algeria
8,640,000	B	Europe	Belgium
8,480,000	N	Asia	Nepal
8,420,000	P	Europe	Portugal
8,180,000	A	Oceania	Australia
7,970,000	S	Asia	Sri Lanka
7,780,000	P	South America	Peru
7,750,000	A	Asia	Afghanistan
7,750,000	B	Europe	Belarus
7,670,000	G	Europe	Greece
7,650,000	T	Africa	Tanzania
7,600,000	T	Asia	Taiwan
7,250,000	B	Europe	Bulgaria
7,010,000	S	Europe	Sweden
6,940,000	A	Europe	Austria
6,700,000	K	Asia	Kazakhstan
6,600,000	C	South America	Chile
6,260,000	U	Asia	Uzbekistan
6,110,000	M	Asia	Malaysia
6,080,000	K	Africa	Kenya
5,960,000	M	Africa	Mozambique
5,950,000	S	Europe	Serbia
5,920,000	C	North America	Cuba
5,730,000	S	Africa	Sudan
5,720,000	I	Asia	Iraq
5,480,000	V	South America	Venezuela
5,160,000	U	Africa	Uganda
5,040,000	G	Africa	Ghana
4,710,000	M	Africa	Mali
4,670,000	S	Europe	Switzerland
4,660,000	Y	Asia	Yemen
4,550,000	A	Africa	Angola
4,430,000	C	Asia	Cambodia
4,310,000	C	Africa	Cameroon
4,280,000	B	Africa	Burkina Faso
4,270,000	D	Europe	Denmark
4,080,000	M	Africa	Madagascar
4,010,000	F	Europe	Finland
3,850,000	C	Europe	Croatia
3,610,000	T	Africa	Tunisia
3,530,000	G	Asia	Georgia
3,470,000	E	South America	Ecuador
3,440,000	S	Europe	Slovakia
3,410,000	S	Asia	Syria
3,270,000	N	Europe	Norway
3,220,000	H	North America	Haiti
3,120,000	S	Asia	Saudi Arabia
3,110,000	G	North America	Guatemala
3,080,000	B	South America	Bolivia
3,010,000	G	Africa	Guinea
2,950,000	M	Africa	Malawi
2,930,000	A	Asia	Azerbaijan
2,910,000	I	Europe	Ireland
2,750,000	Z	Africa	Zimbabwe
2,660,000	B	Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2,630,000	I/C	Africa	Ivory Coast
2,570,000	L	Europe	Lithuania
2,560,000	N	Africa	Niger
2,500,000	C	Africa	Chad
2,490,000	S	Africa	Senegal

Population	Starting Letter	Continent	Country
2,480,000	S	Africa	South Sudan
2,360,000	D	North America	Dominican Republic
2,340,000	M	Europe	Moldova
2,310,000	Z	Africa	Zambia
2,310,000	B	Africa	Burundi
2,260,000	S	Africa	Somalia
2,260,000	B	Africa	Benin
2,240,000	U	South America	Uruguay
2,200,000	E	North America	El Salvador
2,190,000	R	Africa	Rwanda
2,040,000	S	Africa	Sierra Leone
2,000,000	P	Oceania	Papua New Guinea
1,930,000	L	Europe	Latvia
1,910,000	N	Oceania	New Zealand
1,740,000	K	Asia	Kyrgyzstan
1,680,000	L	Asia	Laos
1,550,000	H	North America	Honduras
1,530,000	T	Asia	Tajikistan
1,470,000	P	South America	Paraguay
1,470,000	S	Europe	Slovenia
1,400,000	T	Africa	Togo
1,400,000	J	North America	Jamaica
1,350,000	A	Asia	Armenia
1,330,000	L	Asia	Lebanon
1,330,000	C	Africa	Central African Republic
1,290,000	N	North America	Nicaragua
1,260,000	I	Asia	Israel
1,260,000	A	Europe	Albania
1,250,000	N/M	Europe	North Macedonia
1,210,000	T	Asia	Turkmenistan
1,120,000	L	Africa	Libya
1,100,000	E	Europe	Estonia
1,020,000	S	Asia	Singapore
946,000	C	North America	Costa Rica
930,000	L	Africa	Liberia
860,000	P	North America	Panama
827,000	R/C	Africa	Republic of the Congo
822,000	E	Africa	Eritrea
780,000	M	Asia	Mongolia
764,000	K	Europe	Kosovo
705,000	L	Africa	Lesotho
651,000	M	Africa	Mauritania
646,000	T	North America	Trinidad and Tobago
535,000	G	Africa	Guinea-Bissau
514,000	N	Africa	Namibia
494,000	C	Asia	Cyprus
493,000	M	Africa	Mauritius
481,000	J	Asia	Jordan
473,000	G	Africa	Gabon
456,000	O	Asia	Oman
415,000	E/T	Asia	East Timor
413,000	B	Africa	Botswana
407,000	G	South America	Guyana
395,000	M	Europe	Montenegro
312,000	M	Europe	Malta
305,000	G	Africa	Gambia
296,000	L	Europe	Luxembourg
289,000	F	Oceania	Fiji
273,000	E/S	Africa	Eswatini
226,000	E	Africa	Equatorial Guinea
215,000	S	South America	Suriname
211,000	B	North America	Barbados
178,000	C	Africa	Cape Verde
177,000	B	Asia	Bhutan
159,000	C	Africa	Comoros
153,000	K	Asia	Kuwait
143,000	I	Europe	Iceland
116,000	B	Asia	Bahrain
90,000	S	Oceania	Solomon Islands
83,000	S	North America	St. Lucia
82,000	S	Oceania	Samoa
79,000	B	North America	Bahamas
77,000	G	North America	Grenada
74,000	M	Asia	Maldives
70,000	U	Asia	United Arab Emirates
69,000	B	North America	Belize
67,000	S	North America	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
62,000	D	Africa	Djibouti
60,000	S	Africa	Sao Tome and Principe
51,000	D	North America	Dominica
48,000	B	Asia	Brunei
48,000	V	Oceania	Vanuatu
47,000	T	Oceania	Tonga
46,000	A	North America	Antigua and Barbuda
46,000	S	North America	St. Kitts and Nevis
43,000	F/M	Oceania	Federated States of Micronesia
36,000	S	Africa	Seychelles
33,000	K	Oceania	Kiribati
25,000	Q	Asia	Qatar
20,000	M	Europe	Monaco
14,000	L	Europe	Liechtenstein
13,000	M	Oceania	Marshall Islands
13,000	S	Europe	San Marino
7,000	P	Oceania	Palau
6,000	A	Europe	Andorra
5,000	T	Oceania	Tuvalu
3,000	N	Oceania	Nauru
900	V	Europe	Vatican City

Level 61

Feb 20, 2023

A couple of things I didn't want to put in the caveats but will mention here.

First, take Micronesia's population with a big grain of salt. For some reason, Worldometers thinks its population is over 500,000, which is completely wrong, so I had to make my own estimation based on figures from the 70s.

Second, Serbia and Kosovo's population were also estimated by me. Worldometers recognized Kosovo as a part of Serbia, so Serbia's population included Kosovo. I took an estimation from Wikipedia and subtracted it from Serbia's population.

Finally, I kept going back and forth on whether I should include the continent column. I could see it as giving away too much information and making the quiz too easy, but then again difficulty has never been my goal when making quizzes. My main goal is to use the quiz format to share whatever cool/interesting information I've been looking into. Ultimately I decided to keep it but I'd love to hear your opinions on this.

Level 77

Feb 26, 2023

This is a really cool quiz to compare to the modern day. To see populations like Uganda increasing ninefold is really cool. The most amazing thing here is how the UAE has only 75000 people and Qatar only 25000 people. These countries have made some seriously impressive leaps! I suppose that's what finding oil will do!

I like the continent clue since it can be really hard to get your head around how much this order has changed.

Level 45

Feb 26, 2023

Not only oil but making your country "tax-free" and luring in a ton of slaves, I mean South Asian expats to work

Level 45

Feb 26, 2023

It's honestly crazy to think African countries had such small populations less than a century ago, what industrializing & agricultural economies will do

Level 70

Feb 26, 2023

20 minutes is enough

Level 45

Feb 26, 2023

Anyone know why the Marshall Island's population slumped so hard in the last 10 years? It used to be much higher in the 2000s according to Google

Level 45

Feb 26, 2023

How insane is it to think at one point Japanese families were having several children. Nowadays, they've got a massive aging population on top of a declining population

Level 84

Feb 27, 2023

This is excellent. Some of the leaps in the past 70 years are mind blowing.