Geography quiz
10 most populous countries in order
Ten buttons in A to Z order. Click the most populous country first, then the next, down to number ten. Every button is in the top ten in the world.
- Format
- Click the grid
- Items
- 10 to click
- Limit
- 2:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Targets
- 10
- Time limit
- 2:00
- Minefield
- One wrong click ends it
- Work out what comes next and click it.
- The full order is shown when the game ends.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the countries from most to least populous. The grid appears when you start.
About this quiz
Ribbia counts 197 countries: the 193 members of the United Nations plus Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan. The order uses United Nations estimates for mid 2025.
- The country in first place has 1.46 billion; the one in tenth has 135.47 million.
- Just outside the ten: Mexico, 131.95 million.
- The buttons stay in A to Z order, so a button's position is no clue to its rank.
- After the game every button shows its place in the order.
Sources
- [1]United Nations Statistics Division. Statistical Yearbook: population, density and surface area.
Note on the data. Figures are the United Nations mid 2025 population estimates (World Population Prospects 2024, as carried in the Statistical Yearbook table released in November 2025), read on 3 October 2026. The order was computed from Ribbia's 197 countries; Taiwan and Vatican City have no figure in that table and neither would reach a top ten.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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