Most Populous Countries as a Percent of Their Continent

Name the countries whose populations make up at least 7% of their respective continents.
As of 1 May 2023
Quiz by Quizzer6794
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First submittedAugust 17, 2016
Times taken74,779
Average score90.0%
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Country
58.5
Australia
56.9
United States
49.2
Brazil
30.1
China
29.9
India
22.8
Papua New Guinea
21.3
Mexico
15.4
Russia
15.3
Nigeria
11.8
Colombia
11.6
New Zealand
11.5
Germany
10.4
Argentina
9.4
United Kingdom
9.0
France
8.7
Ethiopia
8.2
Italy
7.8
Peru
7.7
Egypt
7.0
D. R. Congo
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Level 21
Aug 16, 2016
Fun quiz. Surprised Congo didn't make it
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Level 50
Apr 30, 2022
I was really surprised that Canada didn’t make it on the list
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Level 55
May 31, 2022
Not many people live in Canada compared to its size.
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Level 56
Feb 15, 2023
There are only, like, 3 people and some moose in Canada
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Level 75
Mar 6, 2023
fun fact: 50% of Canadians live below the 49th parallel
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Level 68
May 1, 2023
How do you split the third person? Or are you counting the moose?
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Level 84
May 2, 2023
Lives with one foot each side
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Level 87
Aug 17, 2016
i surprise...not congo, algeria, kazakhstan, mongolia,ukraine, poland...
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Level 86
Aug 17, 2016
I'm surprised you're surprised about Mongolia which is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, despite its size.
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Level 73
Aug 17, 2016
Yeah Mongolia is like, one of the most complete opposites of this quiz.
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Level 76
Dec 9, 2016
I'm shocked. SHOCKED I tell you, that the Vatican wasn't on here!
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Level 84
May 10, 2017
I was looking for Svalbard, myself.
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Level 35
Jun 2, 2017
Kazakhstan too!
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Level 55
Apr 24, 2020
@Qikiq; I'm not surprised that you are surprised that marquez100 is surprised that those countries are not here.
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Level 37
Jun 2, 2020
No way! No WAY! Sealand didn't MAKE IT? Come ON!
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Level 28
May 5, 2023
I have NEVER heard of Sealand until now, I also first read it as Seal and.
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Level 67
Sep 11, 2020
@Pandora49 I'm surprised that you're not surprised that Qikiq is surprised that marquez100 is surprised that those countries are not here.
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Level 65
Jun 2, 2017
You must be thinking of area, in which most of those countries make it :)
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Level 55
Apr 24, 2020
@Quizzer6794 I always get mixed up between you and KoljiVriVoda for some reason!!
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Level 79
Sep 22, 2019
@marquez100 Please see the quiz title - they are asking for most POPULOUS countries, not BIGGEST countries by AREA
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Level 19
Feb 24, 2021
Kazakhstan isn't that very populated BTW
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Level 55
May 31, 2022
Yeah only 18 million people live in Kazakhstan.
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Level 77
Aug 17, 2016
DRC only makes up ~6.1% of Africa's population, for those wondering . This is for 2013 figures
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Level 55
May 4, 2023
they must have grown pretty fast then
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Level 47
Sep 5, 2016
Surprised Vatican City didn't make the cut. Could of sworn it was the world's most popeulous countries.
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Level 55
Sep 22, 2019
:) I see what you did there...
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Level 66
Sep 23, 2019
Lmao, yea it has a rather significant pope-ulation
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Level 44
Nov 30, 2019
The Vatican City technically has a pope-ulation density of more than 2 popes per square kilometre
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Level 31
Jun 11, 2022
:)
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Level 55
Sep 17, 2016
Are you considering the percentage as the European part of Russia or the Asian part of Russia? I imagine it is probably the European part but I just wanted to make sure. :)
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Level 65
Sep 17, 2016
I was using the European part of Russia for Europe and the Asian for Asia :)
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Level 55
Oct 17, 2016
OK, thanks!
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Level 56
Oct 19, 2016
The Asian part is not populous enough. Even Indonesia doesn't make the cut and it's the 4th most populous country in the world!
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Level 51
Dec 9, 2016
How could I miss Germany? O.o
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Level 65
Dec 9, 2016
To put into perspective how massive Asia's population is, Indonesia, which has over a quarter of a BILLION people, doesn't even crack seven percent.
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Level 65
Dec 9, 2016
Yes, therefore this quiz is non-Asia-centric
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Level 65
Sep 22, 2019
And looking at the Cities version, Asia's largest city just barely cracks 1%!
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Level 59
Dec 9, 2016
Cool quiz! Very interesting.
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Level 66
Dec 9, 2016
I actually got them all. I'm pretty happy with myself.
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Level 48
Dec 9, 2016
I was surprised that neither Myanmar nor Burma was on the list. I would have thought at least one of them would be on there.
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Level 74
Dec 9, 2016
I would've been really amazed if both of them were on the list.
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Level 34
Dec 9, 2016
Myanmar and Burma are the same country.
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Level 74
Dec 10, 2016
You realize I was being sarcastic, right?
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Level 60
May 1, 2023
They're probably talking to Greenland, who might not have known.
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Level 23
Dec 9, 2016
ohhh, Greenland.
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Level 66
Sep 23, 2019
It is not greenlands fault, he never get to join in on all these quizzes. Is always left out, so it is understanding it doesnt get all the names straight of all the countries that do get to play while greenland sits alone in its corner. (Though, wales and scotland sometimes check on him, and though they arent really friends, cyprus sometimes join him)
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Level 77
Dec 10, 2016
It's too bad cyprus wasn't on here for europe and / or asia. not sure which it is . ..
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Level 62
Dec 9, 2016
yes. considering they are the same country.
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Level 41
Dec 10, 2016
Me too DRC was 1 of my first quesses, but nearly forgot Venezuela which was my last before the time ran out phew
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Level 69
Dec 11, 2016
PNG FTW with 8 secs left
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Level 33
Dec 12, 2016
Only missed Papua. Nice quiz
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Level 67
Dec 18, 2016
Can we get an opposite for this quiz?
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Level 65
Dec 18, 2016
As in, least populous? Sure :)
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Level 65
Dec 19, 2016
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Level 95
Mar 9, 2017
Surprised Canada didn't make the cut, however, after rethinking the population of the central American/Caribbean countries I can see why it's less than 7%...Awesome quiz btw :)
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Level 72
Sep 10, 2018
Why isn't Vatican City here??????

:P

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Level 56
Feb 15, 2023
hmm, I wonder
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Level 88
Nov 25, 2018
How many went straight to New Zealand instead of Papua New Guinea?
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Level 68
Sep 22, 2019
Me! Papua New Guinea was the last one I figured out.
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Level 41
Sep 22, 2019
Being Australian helped me with PNG with them being our closest neighbour only 3.6km away at our closest point.

My one that took me time was Ethiopia

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Level 37
Sep 22, 2019
I only forgot Venezuela.
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Level 44
Sep 22, 2019
australia and NZ arent on the same continent. Im not sure what the criteria was. NZ is actually on a separate continent called Zealandia
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Level 30
Sep 22, 2019
For these purposes and in general we only use the 7 main continents so New Zealand is in Oceania
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Level 66
Sep 22, 2019
I don't think NZ and PNG are on a continent. It should be made clear at the top that you are counting Oceania as a continent. And is PNG in Oceania or Asia (assuming Indonesia is in Asia, although it is not part of continental Asia).
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Level 60
Jul 15, 2023
Indonesia is like Russia in the sense that it spans 2 continents. The island of New Guinea is part of Oceania. I don't think that's typically under debate.

New Zealand is typically part of Oceania (or Australia, or Australasia, whatever you call it), and that's the way JetPunk usually does it.

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Level 30
Sep 22, 2019
Dang missed Nigeria but somewhat proud I remembered to enter Papau New Guinea
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Level 64
Sep 23, 2019
I only got 13 of them, but still I got Papua so I'm proud :)
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Level 36
Nov 25, 2020
I think you missed Congo, Australia is just obvious because it's a continent on its own
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Level 36
Mar 22, 2021
drc is only 6.1% of africa source: trust me bro
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Level 58
Mar 22, 2021
DANGIT I missed Ethiopia... facepalm*
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Level 55
May 16, 2021
I've been forgetting Mexico a lot recently, and I almost did this time too.
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Level 48
Jun 24, 2021
I would never imagine Papua New Guinea's population is bigger than New Zealand's
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Level 38
Jul 3, 2021
I'm confused as to how the population of Australia only makes up 60% of the continent of Australia. Where's the other 40%?
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Level 56
Feb 15, 2023
Islands
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Level 72
May 1, 2023
Are you forgetting about the entirety of Oceania?
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Level 76
May 1, 2023
It's presumably counting Oceania as the "continent." That's how New Zealand and Papua New Guinea end up on the list as well.
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Level 70
May 1, 2023
The other 40% is ruled by spiders and drop bears.
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Level 43
Oct 12, 2021
I missed peru im sad
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Level 24
Apr 12, 2022
Interesting concept
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Level 78
May 1, 2023
I kept on typing Canada until I read the instructions and realised it wasn't by area
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Level 71
Jul 15, 2023
You didn't realized it just from the quiz title?
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Level 72
May 1, 2023
Wow. I didn't have a single wrong guess.
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Level 90
May 1, 2023
Wasn't there recent big news that India has surpassed China in population? Therefore there percentage should be higher than China's.
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Level 60
May 1, 2023
It's controversial (some sources say that happened in January, some say March, some say it hasn't happened). It hasn't been accepted in JetPunk quizzes yet.
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Level ∞
May 2, 2023
We have India passing China in October. Most likely the difference is news outlets failing to account for Hong Kong.
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Level 60
May 1, 2023
It took me a minute and Algeria missing from the quiz for me to realize it said populous, not largest.
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Level 47
Jul 15, 2023
Got 100% with only a second left. Guessed Peru at the last second out of desperation not expecting it to be an answer.
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Level 59
Jul 15, 2023
Great quiz, but needs an update. P.e. India should be above china right now.
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Level 21
Jul 15, 2023
Sealand missed
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Level 48
Jul 15, 2023
Asia is so massive, that even Indonesia and Pakistan did not make it. Impressive.
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Level 67
Jul 17, 2023
1:27 used
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Level 57
Jul 17, 2023
Surprised that Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh didn't make the list, considering they are both in the top 10 most populated countries. I guess that just goes to show how massively populated India/China are compared to every other country in the world.
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Level 43
Dec 22, 2023
Both of them have over 3x the USA's population. They're both bigger than most people realize.