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The world on the scales

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Two countries around the world side by side: choose the one with more people or more land. 193 countries take part.

From the data

Countries
194
Largest by area
Russia · 17,125,190 km²
Smallest by area
Nauru · 21 km²
Most people
India · 1.46 billion
Fewest people
Tuvalu · 9,492
People in total
8.17 billion
Area in total
140,064,773 km²
Drawn as a dot
Cape Verde, Samoa, Mauritius, Comoros, São Tomé and Príncipe, Kiribati, Bahrain, Dominica, Tonga, Singapore, Micronesia, Saint Lucia, Andorra, Palau, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Malta, Maldives, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Marshall Islands, Liechten­stein, Monaco, San Marino, Tuvalu, Nauru, Vatican City

World Bank figures: population of 2025, area of 2023.

Largest population gap
India and Tuvalu (×154,221)
Closest pair by population
Jordan and Dominican Republic (×1)
Closest pair by area
New Zealand and Gabon (×1)

Levels in this selection

  • Easy: 116 countries
  • Medium: 165 countries
  • Hard: 193 countries

Easy pairs differ at least four times, Medium 1.6 to 4 times, Hard only 1.08 to 1.6 times.

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The answers of this quiz, sorted by area. Open it after a round, not during one.

#CountryAreaPopulation
1Russia17,125,190 km²144 million
2Canada15,634,410 km²41.7 million
3United States9,831,510 km²342 million
4China9,562,910 km²1.41 billion
5Brazil8,510,420 km²213 million
6Australia7,741,220 km²27.6 million
7India3,287,263 km²1.46 billion
8Argentina2,780,400 km²45.9 million
9Kazakhstan2,724,902 km²20.8 million
10Algeria2,381,740 km²47.4 million
11DR Congo2,345,410 km²113 million
12Saudi Arabia2,149,690 km²37 million
13Mexico1,957,194 km²132 million
14Indonesia1,916,907 km²286 million
15Sudan1,878,000 km²51.7 million
16Libya1,759,540 km²7.5 million
17Iran1,745,150 km²92.4 million
18Mongolia1,564,116 km²3.6 million
19Peru1,285,216 km²34.6 million
20Chad1,284,000 km²21 million
21Niger1,267,000 km²27.9 million
22Angola1,246,700 km²39 million
23Mali1,240,190 km²25.2 million
24South Africa1,219,090 km²64.7 million
25Colombia1,140,619 km²53.4 million
26Ethiopia1,129,819 km²135 million
27Bolivia1,098,580 km²12.6 million
28Mauritania1,030,700 km²5.3 million
29Egypt1,001,450 km²118 million
30Tanzania945,500 km²70.5 million
31Nigeria923,770 km²238 million
32Venezuela912,050 km²28.5 million
33Namibia824,292 km²3.1 million
34Mozambique799,380 km²35.6 million
35Pakistan796,100 km²255 million
36Türkiye785,350 km²85.9 million
37Chile757,245 km²19.9 million
38Zambia752,612 km²21.9 million
39Myanmar676,578 km²54.9 million
40Afghan­istan652,870 km²43.8 million
41South Sudan646,883 km²12.2 million
42Somalia637,657 km²19.7 million
43Norway624,500 km²5.6 million
44Central African Republic622,980 km²5.5 million
45France606,410 km²68.7 million
46Ukraine603,550 km²39 million
47Kenya591,969 km²57.5 million
48Madagascar587,295 km²32.7 million
49Botswana581,730 km²2.6 million
50Sweden528,660 km²10.6 million
51Yemen527,968 km²41.8 million
52Thailand513,115 km²71.6 million
53Spain505,976 km²49.4 million
54Turkmen­istan491,209 km²7.6 million
55Cameroon475,442 km²29.9 million
56Papua New Guinea462,840 km²10.8 million
57Uzbekistan448,920 km²37.1 million
58Morocco446,550 km²38.4 million
59Iraq435,050 km²47 million
60Paraguay406,752 km²7 million
61Zimbabwe390,760 km²17 million
62Japan377,969 km²123 million
63Germany357,680 km²83.5 million
64Republic of the Congo342,000 km²6.5 million
65Finland338,480 km²5.6 million
66Vietnam331,338 km²102 million
67Malaysia330,241 km²36 million
68Côte d’Ivoire322,460 km²32.7 million
69Poland313,930 km²36.4 million
70Oman309,500 km²5.5 million
71Italy302,070 km²58.9 million
72Philippines300,000 km²117 million
73Burkina Faso274,200 km²24.1 million
74New Zealand267,710 km²5.3 million
75Gabon267,670 km²2.6 million
76Ecuador256,370 km²18.3 million
77Guinea245,857 km²15.1 million
78United Kingdom243,610 km²69.5 million
79Uganda241,551 km²51.4 million
80Ghana238,539 km²35.1 million
81Romania238,400 km²19 million
82Laos236,800 km²7.9 million
83Guyana214,970 km²835,986
84Belarus207,629 km²9.1 million
85Kyrgyzstan199,950 km²7.3 million
86Senegal196,710 km²18.9 million
87Syria185,180 km²25.6 million
88Cambodia181,035 km²17.8 million
89Uruguay176,220 km²3.4 million
90Suriname163,820 km²639,850
91Tunisia163,610 km²12.3 million
92Bangladesh147,570 km²176 million
93Nepal147,181 km²29.6 million
94Dominican Republic146,839 km²11.5 million
95Tajikistan141,379 km²10.8 million
96Greece131,960 km²10.4 million
97Nicaragua130,370 km²7 million
98Eritrea121,630 km²3.6 million
99North Korea120,540 km²26.6 million
100Malawi118,484 km²22.2 million
101Benin114,760 km²14.8 million
102Honduras112,492 km²11 million
103Liberia111,370 km²5.7 million
104Bulgaria110,997 km²6.4 million
105Cuba109,880 km²10.9 million
106Guatemala108,889 km²18.7 million
107Iceland103,000 km²392,404
108South Korea100,450 km²51.7 million
109United Arab Emirates98,648 km²11.5 million
110Hungary93,030 km²9.5 million
111Portugal92,230 km²10.8 million
112Jordan89,318 km²11.5 million
113Serbia88,490 km²6.5 million
114Croatia88,070 km²3.9 million
115Azerbaijan86,600 km²10.2 million
116Austria83,879 km²9.2 million
117Czechia78,871 km²10.9 million
118Panama75,320 km²4.6 million
119Sierra Leone72,300 km²8.8 million
120Ireland70,280 km²5.5 million
121Georgia69,700 km²3.9 million
122Sri Lanka65,610 km²21.8 million
123Lithuania65,290 km²2.9 million
124Latvia64,590 km²1.8 million
125Togo56,785 km²8.6 million
126Bosnia and Herze­govina51,210 km²3.1 million
127Costa Rica51,100 km²5.2 million
128Slovakia49,030 km²5.4 million
129Estonia45,340 km²1.4 million
130Denmark42,920 km²6 million
131Neth­erlands41,540 km²18.1 million
132Switz­erland41,291 km²9.1 million
133Bhutan38,390 km²796,682
134Guinea-Bissau36,125 km²2.2 million
135Moldova33,850 km²2.4 million
136Belgium30,689 km²11.9 million
137Lesotho30,360 km²2.4 million
138Armenia29,740 km²3.1 million
139Solomon Islands28,896 km²838,645
140Albania28,750 km²2.3 million
141Equatorial Guinea28,052 km²1.9 million
142Burundi27,834 km²14.4 million
143Haiti27,750 km²11.9 million
144Rwanda26,340 km²14.6 million
145North Macedonia25,710 km²1.8 million
146Djibouti23,200 km²1.2 million
147Belize22,966 km²422,924
148Israel22,070 km²10.1 million
149El Salvador21,040 km²6.4 million
150Slovenia20,480 km²2.1 million
151Fiji18,270 km²933,154
152Kuwait17,820 km²4.9 million
153Eswatini17,364 km²1.3 million
154Timor-Leste14,870 km²1.4 million
155Montenegro13,888 km²623,129
156Bahamas13,878 km²403,033
157Vanuatu12,189 km²335,169
158Qatar11,490 km²3 million
159Gambia11,300 km²2.8 million
160Jamaica10,991 km²2.8 million
161Lebanon10,452 km²5.8 million
162Cyprus9,250 km²1.4 million
163Brunei5,770 km²466,330
164Trinidad and Tobago5,128 km²1.4 million
165Cape Verde4,030 km²527,326
166Samoa2,840 km²219,306
167Luxembourg2,590 km²686,970
168Mauritius2,010 km²1.2 million
169Comoros1,861 km²882,847
170São Tomé and Príncipe960 km²240,254
171Kiribati811 km²136,488
172Bahrain800 km²1.6 million
173Dominica751 km²65,871
174Tonga749 km²103,742
175Singapore734 km²6.1 million
176Micronesia701 km²113,683
177Saint Lucia616 km²180,149
178Andorra468 km²82,904
179Palau459 km²17,663
180Seychelles457 km²122,730
181Antigua and Barbuda440 km²94,209
182Barbados430 km²282,623
183Saint Vincent and the Grenadines389 km²99,924
184Grenada344 km²117,303
185Malta315 km²579,704
186Maldives300 km²529,676
187Saint Kitts and Nevis261 km²46,922
188Marshall Islands181 km²36,282
189Liechten­stein160 km²41,024
190Monaco75 km²38,341
191San Marino61 km²34,109
192Tuvalu26 km²9,492
193Nauru21 km²12,025

Questions about this quiz

How many countries does this quiz cover?

193 countries. A round asks ten of them; choose a longer round in the setup under New.

Which country of this selection has the largest area?

Russia, with 17,125,190 km² according to the World Bank (2023).

Which country of this selection has the most people?

India, with 1.46 billion people according to the World Bank (2025).

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