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Countries More Populous Than Their Neighbors

Updated! Can you name the 18 countries of the world that have a larger population than any country they share a land border with?

Not including neighboring overseas territories or dependencies
This quiz excludes countries with no border
Quiz by Quizzer6794 - May 28, 2017

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sillie

level 76

Oct 2, 2015

Damn difficult to keep track of island countries with no land border at all vs. island coutries who happen to have a land border. Nice quiz although I feel countries with no land borders by default have a greater population than those neighbours of theirs that don't exist even. Add"countries that have at least one land border" to instructions?

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Oct 2, 2015

Ok, ok. But just to prevent other quiztakers from complaining about it. :)

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Malbaby

level 63

Mar 29, 2017

You receive my "Golden Nitpick" award for 2015..... congratulations!

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fitheach

level 50

Apr 26, 2017

There must have been some stiff competition for that award!

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sillie

level 76

May 29, 2017

Thank you very much. - And the award will have pride of place on my mantelpiece!

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Quizzer6794

level 58

May 29, 2017

will there be enough room? you must have the other years' Nitpicks too

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Oct 9, 2015

Countries Less Populous Than Their Neighbors can be found here. Enjoy :)

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bilhat

level 44

Oct 20, 2015

another great quiz - thanks :)

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Oct 20, 2015

taken!

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Gyrenaica

level 34

Dec 7, 2015

15/18 first try

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Roger77024

level 59

Dec 20, 2015

Great quiz.

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Jerry928

level 68

Dec 20, 2015

Agreed - very clever!

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zjwlxyrpzxx

level 55

Dec 20, 2015

16/18. Completely forgot Turkey and Thailand somehow.. Good quiz idea!

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oxfordian

level 59

Jul 30, 2016

Turkey?

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Jul 30, 2016

Iran overtook Turkey in the time of that comment

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2233thth

level 35

Dec 20, 2015

awesome 18/18 3:28 :{>

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Jerry928

level 68

Dec 20, 2015

Where's that photo of? Interesting looking road and landscape, all three lanes of a dirt road seem to be reserved for one direction and treated to a freeway-style gantry.

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ponnuki

level 54

Dec 21, 2015

The Karakoram Highway at the border between China and Pakistan. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2007_08_21_China_Pakistan_Karakoram_Highway_Khunjerab_Pass_IMG_7354.jpg for a larger version & short description

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Dec 21, 2015

I copied-and-pasted the link you gave, and it doesn't seem to work. Try a hyperlink :)

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plattitude

level 76

Sep 20, 2016

Try this one.

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Yossarian

level 66

Dec 20, 2015

Nowhere in Central America qualifies?

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jamesd

level 62

Dec 20, 2015

Just based on geography, I would have thought so as well, but it turns out that the countries decreases population as north to south, so no country in Central America is more populous than all of its neighbors.

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Dec 23, 2015

By population:

Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Mexico
(Belize and El Salvador are overtaken by their respective neighbors, Guatemala and Honduars / Guatemala and Mexico)

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shonalichat

level 38

Dec 20, 2015

Why doesn't India figure here?

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Sjgirl

level 55

Dec 20, 2015

It borders china

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GelEGuy

level 51

Dec 20, 2015

Great quiz!

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Dec 20, 2015

@Roger77024; @Jerry928; @zjwlxyrpzxx; @2233thth; @GelEGuy:
Thanks, everyone!

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rawe

level 51

Dec 20, 2015

Missed Ghana.

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quizwhizz

level 63

Dec 20, 2015

I actually thought Thailand bordered China. Whoops...

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CHEESELWEESEL

level 43

Apr 27, 2017

I thought it bordered Vietnam

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Santos1888

level 14

Dec 20, 2015

I forgot UK borders Ireland because of Northern Ireland :(((((((

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Elan

level 55

Dec 20, 2015

Missed Ethiopia and Algeria...

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dunkinggandalf

level 66

Dec 21, 2015

Great quiz! Very challenging!

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Morontague

level 16

Dec 21, 2015

Got 2 wrong South Korea and DR Congo

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TheBigCheesy

level 66

Dec 21, 2015

I must've misspelled Dominican Republic. Was sure I typed it after Haiti didn't pop up. Must have typed it wrong. Oh well. Still fun. :D

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TheQuizzler

level 55

Dec 21, 2015

Really cool quiz!

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forgin

level 38

Dec 21, 2015

Fun quiz and suprisingly doable.

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ponnuki

level 54

Dec 21, 2015

I expected to find Saudi Arabia here, but Iraq has indeed almost 25% more inhabitants.

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Dec 21, 2015

I'm glad everybody enjoyed it!

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Greenland

level 46

Jan 26, 2016

Great quiz - you really have to think and can't just guess big countries

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Jan 26, 2016

Thanks, Greenland! I guess your country is less populous than any of your neighbours?

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yoyo541

level 24

Feb 7, 2016

What about India? Or is that a country on China's coastline?

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Feb 7, 2016

It's a country bordering China.

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fitheach

level 50

Mar 23, 2017

It borders China over the Himalayas (either side of Nepal). Nothing to do with the coast.

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Gamer1162

level 62

Jul 27, 2016

Doesn't Iran have a bigger population than Turkey?

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Jul 27, 2016

You are correct, thanks!

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Triviamaster2

level 24

Aug 25, 2016

You and your Iran. Now I have to retake the quiz.

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seokeunshichae

level 68

Aug 3, 2016

missed ghana and egypt

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PjotrL

level 55

Oct 18, 2016

Looks like a lake counts as a "land" border? Otherwise Tanzania would have a larger population than any of it's neighbours. :-)

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idontkn1

level 67

Mar 29, 2017

I think Uzbekistan is now larger than Afghanistan and should be on the list now. According to Wikipedia 32 million in Uzbekistan and 28 million in Afghanistan. Other bordering countries Turkmenistan: 5M Tajikistan: 9M Kyrgyzstan: 6M Kazakhstan: 18M

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rssiddharth1

level 46

Apr 17, 2017

Such an interesting concept for a quiz! Good job!

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MustardCustard

level 37

May 27, 2017

Haiti is more populated than Dominican Republic according to Wikipedia.

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Quizmaster

level ∞

May 28, 2017

Added Uzbekistan and swapped Haiti in for the Dominican Republic.

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KaSPaH

level 55

May 28, 2017

Haiti is now in both this one and the less populated one http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/139806/countries-that-are-less-populated-than-their-neighbors

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Quizzer6794

level 58

May 28, 2017

it's edited, after 2 complaints in an hour.

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martinz

level 45

Jul 2, 2017

Has Uzbekistan a bigger population than Afghanistan?

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Quizley

level 57

Jul 2, 2017

The answer is, "Maybe." Different sources claim different populations for the two nations. Ostensibly, the source of this is Wikipedia in which case Uzbekistan is listed as having the slightly higher population.

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Borgir

level 56

Jul 3, 2017

Thought it said "popular". Immediately thought of Canada.

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geographyisthebestsubject

level 38

Jul 4, 2017

Soon, India will overthrow China by population.