Quizzes
More
Create
en
-1

Five Least Densely Populated Countries by Continent

Can you name the five least densely populated countries in each continent?
Density in people / square kilometer. Data from Wikipedia and Worldometers.
For this quiz, transcontinental countries are broken into multiple parts.
Not counting overseas territories such as Greenland
Opposite quiz
Quiz by Quizzer6794
Rate:
Featured Quiz
Last updated: February 3, 2021
More quiz info >>
First submittedJune 22, 2015
Times taken16,361
Rating4.52
Quiz and answer stats >>
Friends stats >>
4:00
Give Up?
Enter country here
0
 / 30 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Africa
3.08
Namibia
3.91
Libya
4.04
Botswana
4.51
Mauritania
8.32
Gabon
 
 
Asia
1.92
Mongolia
2.56
Russia (Asian part)
6.81
Kazakhstan
12.4
Turkmenistan
16.2
Saudi Arabia
Europe
3.31
Iceland
16.4
Finland
16.7
Norway
22.4
Sweden
28.1
Russia (European part)
 
 
North America
3.78
Canada
17.3
Belize
28.2
Bahamas
34.8
United States
50.8
Nicaragua
Oceania
3.32
Australia
17.8
New Zealand
19.3
Papua New Guinea
23.8
Solomon Islands
25.2
Vanuatu
 
 
South America
3.58
Suriname
3.66
Guyana
10.6
Bolivia
16.3
Argentina
17.5
Paraguay
cosmokim
+4
Level 58
Jul 23, 2016
Nice!
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 65
Jul 23, 2016
:)
drlancy
+5
Level 61
Jan 30, 2020
Shocked Madagascar didn't make the list. Where does it fall? And how does Denmark not make it with the large land mass of Greenland?
mf3
+3
Level 84
Jan 30, 2020
I think Madagascar has lots of people (despite the sneaky baobab picture at the top of the quiz). But I think the Denmark / Greenland comment is fair. Either Denmark should make the quiz for North America (split by continent), or the comments should explicitly exclude external territories.
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Jan 30, 2020
Those are quiver trees from Namibia, not baobabs.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 30, 2020
Added a caveat about Greenland.
Sifhraven
+8
Level 67
Jan 31, 2020
I always feel sad for greenland, always the outcast, not included with greenland and not considered on its own... like that piece of the world doesnt exist.
jayhiatt
+8
Level 69
Jan 31, 2020
I agree with Greenland not being counted, since it is a territory and not part of the country. That being said, France should be number one on the least densely populated list for South America, as French Guiana (as much a part of France as Alaska or Hawaii are of the US) has a population density of 3.55 per km^2.
mf3
+8
Level 84
Jan 30, 2020
I find it hard to believe that Chad is more densely populated than Gabon, e.g. It just seems geographically impossible. Chad is huge, and it's basically just Tuaregs on camels in the desert!
Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
Jan 30, 2020
And yet, when we divide people by area we see that Gabon is in fact less densely populated than Chad.
CaoMaru
+3
Level 50
Feb 16, 2020
N'Djamena has a metro area of about 1.5 million. It's not exactly tiny.
sumokitty
+3
Level 75
Feb 12, 2020
I never ever remember Gabon exists. :(
JackintheBox
+1
Level 73
Feb 16, 2020
I just missed Turkmenistan!
Ryan088
+1
Level 34
Jan 8, 2021
Wow i didn't even think 2 put USA
Fuse
+1
Level 71
Feb 3, 2021
Botswana and Mauritania need to be switched. Other than that, great quiz!
Billybaja
+2
Level 56
Apr 5, 2021
Honestly astounded that Chad and Niger aren't on the list.
DjsqueDur
+1
Level 48
Jun 14, 2021
Ok so I checked Wikipedia (I know some of you don't believe it's a reliable source) and I found that French Guiana, which is not an overseas TERRITORY, has a population density of 3.52 inhabitants/km². So France is the less densely populated country of South America if you break the transcontinental countries in parts.

And YES, French Guiana is a part of France equal to Corsica or Normandy, the same as Hawaii is part of the USA.

Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana

(If you are not sure that I chose the good language, on the French page it's 3.3)

More Quizzes in this Series
Top Five by Continent
Copyright H Brothers Inc, 2008–2021
View Mobile Site