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Least Populous Countries A-Z

Can you guess the least populated country whose name starts with each letter A-Z?
Not counting the ambigous cases of F. S. Micronesia and Repubulic of the Congo
Population as of 13 January 2024. More info here.
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Last updated: January 13, 2024
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First submittedApril 17, 2014
Times taken135,397
Average score70.8%
Rating4.99
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Population
Answer
A
80,000
Andorra
B
282,000
Barbados
C
602,000
Cape Verde
D
73,000
Dominica
E
1,220,000
Eswatini
F
940,000
Fiji
not counting F. S. Micronesia
G
127,000
Grenada
H
10,000,000
Hungary
 
Population
Answer
I
377,000
Iceland
J
2,820,000
Jamaica
K
135,000
Kiribati
L
40,000
Liechtenstein
M
36,000
Monaco
N
13,000
Nauru
O
4,680,000
Oman
P
18,000
Palau
 
Population
Answer
Q
2,730,000
Qatar
R
13,900,000
Rwanda
not counting Rep. of the Congo
S
34,000
San Marino
T
11,000
Tuvalu
U
3,420,000
Uruguay
V
1,000
Vatican City
Y
34,900,000
Yemen
Z
16,900,000
Zimbabwe
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Level 77
May 14, 2014
Forgot Iceland. Duh! Also missed Cape Verde, but that wasn't as bad.
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Level 56
Jun 2, 2022
I missed the same ones!
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Level 50
Aug 6, 2022
I didn’t, I missed a sh*t ton, also didn’t get Vatican City
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Level 82
May 14, 2014
gah! almost got 100% but was trying to think of "J" for a minute and a half and couldn't come up with anything.
+6
Level 82
Sep 26, 2017
Got it this time.
+7
Level 59
Jun 2, 2022
Redemption arc?
+1
Level 50
Aug 6, 2022
Just think of the three J countries, Jordan, Japan, and Jamaica
+1
Level 78
May 14, 2014
Amazing quizz, 5 stars !
+7
Level 76
Feb 18, 2020
Amazzzzzzzzzzzzing quizzzzzzzzzzzzzz 5 starzzzzzzzzzzz
+1
Level 42
Jun 2, 2022
Amazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing quizzzzzzzzzzzzz 5

starzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Level 50
Aug 6, 2022
Quizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz izzzzzzzzzzz amazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing
+1
Level 9
May 15, 2014
A novel approach. Very good.
+5
Level 22
May 15, 2014
Need way more time!!
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Level 47
Jul 18, 2016
1:01 left!
+1
Level 41
Dec 23, 2016
Aaaaah totally went brain dead missed 3
+1
Level 46
Dec 23, 2016
Got everything first time (with 1:21 left)!
+1
Level 67
Sep 26, 2017
How does Dominica become less guessed than Dominican Republic. I admit I would think of the former before the latter but you literally have to type Dominica to get DR.
+31
Level 82
Sep 26, 2017
How would you even know how often Dominican Republic is guessed? It's not on the quiz. What are you talking about?
+2
Level 57
Jun 6, 2022
No you don't because you can just type dr
+13
Level 65
Sep 26, 2017
Saw the picture. Foreground is Italy. Typed Italy. Later realized that the background is Vatican. And there is no way that Italy would be on this list. Need sleep, or something.
+5
Level 70
Sep 26, 2017
I was very surprised when Comoros was not the smallest for C.
+1
Level 46
Jan 23, 2018
Same. I was even more surprised when I found out that Cape Verde was less populous than it.
+3
Level 50
Jun 29, 2018
How did I miss so many obvious ones like... Yemen? ._. the failures of life...
+4
Level 88
Oct 24, 2018
Iceland, you're indoors all winter. Do some procreating.
+3
Level 77
Nov 9, 2018
I hope that's not a polite way of telling them to.........
+3
Level 65
Jan 31, 2020
Cant see what else it could be. Perhaps starting an antfarm?
+2
Level 55
Apr 2, 2020
I think your username may be relevant here.
+2
Level 74
Dec 15, 2020
Except they're not indoors all winter. They know how to have fun outdoors, cold be damned!
+1
Level 66
Dec 7, 2018
only missed Uruguay
+1
Level 37
Jun 21, 2019
Tuvalu.
+2
Level 60
Feb 11, 2020
The population for Fiji is nearly 10 years outdated.
+2
Level ∞
Feb 11, 2020
The quiz has been updated with 2020 data. (Originally 2017 data).
+2
Level 90
Feb 11, 2020
Eswatini almost got me.
+2
Level 50
Feb 12, 2020
Why is FSM not the answer? It has 100,000. I kept guessing that and ended up missing Fiji
+2
Level 79
Apr 2, 2020
Read the blinking description.
+7
Level 89
Apr 2, 2020
I've stared at that description for hours and not once have I seen it blink.
+3
Level 79
Apr 3, 2020
'Blinking' is a (British) adjective which is added before a noun to express annoyance (according to the Oxford Dictionary of English), but in this case was used to place emphasis (I wasn't annoyed). 😉
+1
Level 82
Sep 10, 2020
Good question.
+7
Level 82
Feb 12, 2020
Yemen is an absolute giant on this list.
+7
Level 63
Feb 19, 2020
More people than A-Q combined. Oh the perks of being the only Y country.
+7
Level 73
Aug 4, 2021
Probably the only time I've seen "perks" used in reference to Yemen
+1
Level 79
Apr 2, 2020
Why are population estimates for July 2020 used?
+1
Level 38
Apr 2, 2020
1:52 left!
+1
Level 65
Apr 2, 2020
Nooooooo I swear to god I typed in Eswatini, got one wrong :(
+5
Level 37
May 13, 2020
I got all except f, u, h, and c. I think that spells how I felt when I missed those four
+1
Level 47
Oct 26, 2022
got all except f, u, c, and # lol
+1
Level 61
May 21, 2020
is belize not the smallest???
+2
Level 82
Sep 10, 2020
Barbados is just one tiny island. It's like 20 mi x 15 mi.
+1
Level 36
Dec 2, 2020
Some answers are just obvious because the is only one country that begins O,Q,Y
+2
Level 75
Dec 13, 2020
I was trying for a while to think of each letter individually, then got much better results by just typing all the tiny countries I could think of and going back to finish off the ones I missed.
+2
Level 74
Dec 15, 2020
Cool to see all the populations in one place. Well, 24 places, but you know what I mean. Thanks for making this quiz!
+5
Level 67
Nov 7, 2021
Crazy to think that Hungary beats Honduras or Haiti.
+1
Level 67
Dec 29, 2021
Right
+3
Level 70
Jun 2, 2022
Eswatini is tough to remember as an "E" country!
+2
Level 35
Jun 2, 2022
I was taught Swaziland, now I have to adjust...
+1
Level 36
Jun 2, 2022
I started with my country(eSwatini) because it was the easiest because I knew its population
+3
Level 62
Jun 2, 2022
Cool to see someone from eSwatini on here.
+1
Level 37
Jun 2, 2022
Was stuck on S but got it with seven seconds to go.
+2
Level 57
Jun 6, 2022
My brain can't register that Swaziland changed its name
+1
Level 36
Dec 4, 2022
honduras has less population than hungary
+1
Level ∞
Sep 19, 2023
No. As of September 2023, Honduras has 10.6 million and Hungary has 10.1 million.

Hungary is shrinking while Honduras is growing.

+1
Level 62
Jan 26, 2023
ah didnt get Cape Verde. Was thinking of Comoros and Cyprus the whole time
+1
Level 60
May 19, 2023
24/24 YES. Got Cape Verde in the nick of time.
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Level 67
Aug 22, 2023
I always forget how low Iceland's population is