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Countries of the world ranked by topographic prominence

List, in order, countries of the world by topographic prominence.
Note: Topographic province != elevation. It is a measurement of the elevation above the highest shared elevation between a smaller and a larger mountain For more reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence
Does not count unincorporated overseas territories. Ergo, the topographic prominence of Greenland does not apply to Denmark.
#1-50 are sourced from here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountain_peaks_by_prominence. Further peaks down to 1,500 meters are sourced from wikipedia lists of ultraprominent summits by continent. Values below that are a mixture of island highest points, peakvisor country prominence points, and peakbagger local prominence points
To make this quiz easier, the continent of the most prominent point is given. This is the continent of the most prominent point, not of the country as a whole
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Rank
Continent
Prominence (m)
Answer
1
Asia
8,849
Nepal
1
Asia
8,849
China
3
South America
6,962
Argentina
4
North America
6,144
United States
5
Africa
5,885
Tanzania
6
South America
5,509
Colombia
7
North America
5,250
Canada
8
North America
4,922
Mexico
9
Asia
4,884
Indonesia
10
Europe
4,741
Russia
11
Europe
4,695
Italy
11
Europe
4,695
France
13
Asia
4,667
Iran
14
Asia
4,608
Pakistan
15
Asia
4,148
Kyrgyzstan
16
South America
4,118
Ecuador
17
Asia
4,095
Malaysia
18
Africa
3,997
Ethiopia
19
North America
3,980
Guatemala
20
South America
3,957
Venezuela
21
Asia
3,952
Taiwan
22
Africa
3,951
Democratic Republic of the Congo
22
Africa
3,951
Uganda
24
Asia
3,922
India
25
Africa
3,901
Cameroon
26
Africa
3,825
Kenya
27
Asia
3,776
Japan
28
Africa
3,757
Morocco
29
North America
3,727
Costa Rica
30
Oceania
3,724
New Zealand
31
Europe
3,715
Spain
32
Oceania
3,709
Papua New Guinea
33
South America
3,696
Chile
34
Asia
3,611
Turkey
35
Asia
3,402
Tajikistan
36
Africa
3,312
Rwanda
37
Asia
3,311
Yemen
38
Asia
3,252
Kazakhstan
39
North America
3,098
Dominican Republic
40
Africa
3,011
Equatorial Guinea
41
Asia
2,995
Bhutan
42
Asia
2,963
East Timor
43
Asia
2,954
Philippines
44
Africa
2,934
Chad
45
Asia
2,899
Oman
46
South America
2,886
Brazil
47
Asia
2,885
Myanmar
48
Africa
2,876
Madagascar
49
Asia
2,834
Afghanistan
50
Africa
2,829
Cape Verde
51
South America
2,776
Peru
52
North America
2,644
Haiti
53
Asia
2,593
North Korea
54
Asia
2,524
Sri Lanka
55
Africa
2,512
Sudan
56
Europe
2,473
Bulgaria
57
Europe
2,456
Greece
58
Europe/Asia
2,454
Azerbaijan
59
South America
2,451
Bolivia
60
Europe
2,423
Austria
61
Africa
2,404
Egypt
62
Asia
2,392
Lebanon
63
Africa
2,390
Lesotho
64
Europe
2,372
Norway
65
Europe
2,356
Slovakia
66
Africa
2,361
Comoros
67
Asia
2,353
Mongolia
68
Europe/Asia
2,353
Georgia
69
Europe
2,351
Portugal
70
Oceania
2,335
Solomon Islands
71
Africa
2,328
Algeria
72
Africa
2,319
Malawi
73
Europe
2,280
Switzerland
74
North America
2,256
Jamaica
75
Oceania
2,228
Australia
76
Asia
2,208
Vietnam
77
Europe
2,169
Albania
78
Europe
2,169
North Macedonia
79
Asia
2,143
Armenia
80
Africa
2,120
South Sudan
81
Europe
2,110
Iceland
82
Europe
2,103
Romania
83
North America
2,084
Honduras
84
Asia
2,079
Laos
85
Europe
2,052
Slovenia
86
Africa
2,024
Sao Tome and Principe
87
North America
1,974
Cuba
88
Asia
1,952
Cyprus
89
Asia
1,950
South Korea
90
Africa
1,920
Eritrea
91
Oceania
1,879
Vanuatu
92
Oceania
1,858
Samoa
93
Asia
1,850
Thailand
94
North America
1,831
El Salvador
95
Asia
1,804
Syria
96
Africa
1,802
Namibia
97
North America
1,770
Panama
98
Africa
1,757
Mozambique
Rank
Continent
Prominence (m)
Answer
99
Asia
1,748
Turkmenistan
100
Asia
1,747
Iraq
101
Europe
1,746
Germany
102
Asia
1,741
Cambodia
103
Europe
1,740
Sweden
104
Africa
1,730
South Africa
105
Asia
1,709
Saudi Arabia
106
North America
1,665
Nicaragua
106
Africa
1,665
Sierra Leone
108
Asia
1,639
Uzbekistan
109
Africa
1,610
Angola
110
Africa
1,607
Djibouti
111
Africa
1,598
Somalia
112
Africa
1,515
Zimbabwe
113
Europe
1,479
Serbia
114
Europe
1,477
Montenegro
115
North America
1,447
Dominica
116
Europe
1,430
Kosovo
117
Africa
1,402
Nigeria
118
Europe
1,348
Bosnia and Herzegovina
119
Europe
1,344
United Kingdom
120
Oceania
1,324
Fiji
121
Africa
1,323
Niger
122
Africa
1,297
Cote d'Ivoire
122
Africa
1,297
Guinea
124
North America
1,234
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
125
Europe
1,202
Poland
126
Europe
1,193
Czechia
127
Europe
1,164
Croatia
128
South America
1,161
Suriname
129
North America
1,156
Saint Kitts and Nevis
130
South America
1,093
Guyana
131
Europe
1,038
Ireland
132
Oceania
1,030
Tonga
133
Africa
1,015
Libya
134
Europe
1,002
Ukraine
135
North America
950
Saint Lucia
136
North America
940
Trinidad and Tobago
137
Asia
938
Brunei
138
North America
937
Belize
139
Africa
934
Tunisia
140
Africa
907
Zambia
141
Africa
905
Seychelles
142
Africa
895
Liberia
143
Africa
856
Mali
144
North America
840
Grenada
145
Africa
828
Mauritius
146
Asia
813
Jordan
147
Oceania
782
Federated States of Micronesia
148
Europe
774
Hungary
149
Asia
762
United Arab Emirates
150
Africa
757
Togo
151
Asia
699
Bangladesh
152
Europe
681
Liechtenstein
153
Africa
664
Gabon
154
Asia
659
Israel
155
Africa
654
Andorra
156
Africa
619
Ghana
157
Africa
609
Central African Republic
158
Africa
603
Mauritania
159
South America
575
Paraguay
160
Europe
516
Finland
161
Africa
514
Burundi
162
Africa
509
Republic of the Congo
162
Africa
509
Eswatini
164
North America
402
Antigua and Barbuda
165
Africa
402
Burkina Faso
166
South America
381
Uruguay
167
Africa
359
Botswana
168
North America
340
Barbados
169
Africa
302
Benin
170
Europe
253
Malta
171
Europe
285
Moldova
172
Europe
251
San Marino
173
Africa
247
Senegal
174
Oceania
242
Palau
175
Europe
218
Estonia
176
Europe
187
Latvia
177
Europe
185
Lithuania
177
Europe
185
Belarus
179
Asia
166
Singapore
180
Europe
160
Denmark
181
Africa
156
Guinea-Bissau
182
Europe
153
Belgium
182
Europe
153
Luxembourg
184
Asia
134
Bahrain
185
Europe
106
Netherlands
186
Asia
89
Qatar
187
Oceania
81
Kiribati
188
Oceania
71
Nauru
189
North America
63
Bahamas
190
Asia
39
Kuwait
191
Europe
33
Monaco
192
Europe
13
Vatican City
193
Oceania
10
Marshall Islands
194
Africa
8
Gambia
195
Oceania
5
Tuvalu
196
Asia
2
Maldives
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Level 68
Jun 14, 2021
This was a whole lot harder than the US states by Topo Prominence quiz to pull together. Getting info for island countries and mountains above 1,500 meters in prominence was quite easy. Someone on Peakbagger did pull together a list of european countries by prominence which I was able to use as well. That left around a couple of dozen countries, mostly in West Africa, where prominence records were very thin. I am not at all certain that values in that region are entirely accurate. They are mostly based on Peakerly, Peakvisor, and whatever I could scrounge off of wikipedia and peakbagger. I believe that those sites may be biased towards named locations, for obvious reasons, so there may be unnamed remote "mountains" in flatter countries in that region which technically have more prominence than the values I gave.
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Level 62
Jun 20, 2021
Good work. I got Bangladesh and Gabon (through some pretty random guessing) which were listed as "0%" of people had got them - that's my world record broken :-)
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Level 68
Jun 28, 2021
Made a small change to the ordering of Somalia and Zimbabwe. As a part of making the Ultraprominent Mountains quiz, I noticed that the values for Somalia were wrong. This has been corrected.