Geography quiz
Most populous country for every letter
A run through every letter with at least three countries. For each letter, name the most populous country that starts with it. Your answer unlocks itself and every less populous one.
- Format
- Biggest answer
- Items
- 190 to unlock
- Limit
- 0:20
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Rounds
- 20
- Entries
- 190
- Time limit
- 0:20 a round
- Scoring
- Your best guess and everything below it
- Name the biggest country and the whole table unlocks at once.
- A smaller answer unlocks itself and everything ranked below it. Guess again to climb.
- Press Enter to lock in a guess. A name that is not on the list costs nothing but time.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
For each letter, name the most populous country that starts with it. The ranking appears when you start, with its figures showing and its names hidden.
About this quiz
Ribbia counts 197 countries: the 193 members of the United Nations plus Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan. The run covers 20 letters and 190 countries: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V.
- Each letter has its own 20 second clock, and the table for that letter is shown when the round ends.
- Naming the top entry wins the round at once; anything lower still scores for itself and everything below it.
- Letters with fewer than three countries are left out.
- Left out for want of an official figure: Taiwan, Vatican City.
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, for the countries on Ribbia's list of 197. Taiwan and Vatican City have no figure in that table and are left out rather than estimated.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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