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The Greatest A-M

Choose the country, region, island, or city with the greatest area or population. There will be a question for every letter of the alphabet, and each question will have either "Area" or "Pop" that determines what the question will compare.
Answers will be rounded and area will be in square kilometers.
City populations will be based on Google's result for its metro area.
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Last updated: May 22, 2021
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1. Area: Arabian Peninsula or Alaska or Algeria
Arabian Peninsula
Alaska
Algeria
Arabian Peninsula: 3.2m km² Alaska:1.7m km² Algeria: 2.4m km²
2. Pop: Baja California or Bosnia or Bali
Baja California
Bosnia
Bali
Baja California: 3.8m Bosnia: 3.3m Bali: 4.4m
3. Area: Cyprus or Cantabria or Connecticut
Cyprus
Cantabria
Connecticut
Cyprus: 9k km² Cantabria: 5k km² Connecticut: 14k km²
4. Pop: Dublin or Durango or Djibouti (country)
Dublin
Durango
Djibouti
Dublin: 1.4m Durango: 1.8m Djibouti: 974k
5. Area: Egypt or Ethiopia
Egypt
Ethiopia
Egypt: 1m km² Ethiopia: 1.1m km² Fun fact: the ratio of areas is very similar to the ratio of Egypt's and Ethiopia's populations
6. Area: Finland or France
Finland
France
Finland: 338k km² France: 644k km² Don't be fooled by the distortion of the Mercator projection
7. Pop: Guangdong or Gujarat or Germany
Guangdong
Gujarat
Germany
Guangdong: 113m Gujarat: 63m Germany: 83m Guangdong has the largest urban agglomeration, centered on Guangzhou
8. Pop: Hong Kong or Hokkaido or Hungary
Hong Kong
Hokkaido
Hungary
HK: 7.5m Hokkaido: 5.3m Hungary: 9.8m
9. Area: Ivory Coast or Idaho or Italy
Ivory Coast
Idaho
Italy
Ivory Coast: 322k km² Idaho: 216k km² Italy: 301k km²
10. Pop: Java or Japan
Java
Japan
Java: 145m Japan: 126m Java is much smaller but has a much higher pop. density; Java is 1000 people per km², Japan is 347 per km²
11. Area: Kyrgyzstan or Korean Peninsula or Kansas
Kyrgyzstan
Korean Peninsula
Kansas
Kyrgyzstan: 200k km² Korea: 219k km² Kansas: 213k km²
12. Pop: Lebanon or Libya or Liberia
Lebanon
Libya
Liberia
Lebanon: 6.86m Libya: 6.78m Liberia: 4.9m Close, but the little guy pulls it off
13. Area: Morocco (inc. W Sahara) or Mauritania or Mozambique or Mali or Madagascar
Morocco
Mauritania
Mozambique
Mali
Madagascar
Mor: 711k km² Maur: 1m km² Moz: 802k km² Mali: 1.2m km² Madagascar: 587k km²
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