Can you name the most unequal country neighbors by population?

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Enter a country pair in the box below
Correctly named countries will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: CIA Factbook
Both pairs of countries are needed. Enter pairs of neighboring countries in either order.
Also try: Populated Neighboring Countries

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Rank	Countries	Factor
1		70,371
2		1,943
3		1,937
4		1,927
5		1,674
6		764
7		483
8		440
9		413
10		361
11		264
12		246
13		236
14		219
15		212

Rank	Countries	Factor
16		196
17		182
18		167
19		133
20		130
21		118
22		108
23		87
24		66
25		63
26		59
27		57
28		47
29		47
30		46
31	46
32	46
33	46
34	46
35	46

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	Chromatos:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 11:01 GMT		11 points
	The France/Suriname answer seems like a bit of a cheat. No, I am not trying to argue that they don't border, since it has been established that they do, but rather that most of the population in France doesn't border Suriname's population, and the border population ratio is only 2.37.

	WyattsTorch:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 11:18 GMT		26 points
	Oh Liechtenstein. You know you're a small country when you're dwarfed by Switzerland.

	MrCaliChicago:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 11:38 GMT		28 points
	Remember kids, no Sporcle geography quiz is complete without Kyrgyzstan. It's in the Sporcle Constitution.

	electricchairboy:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 12:43 GMT		20 points
	@Chromatos - I'm not sure that argument really stands up. By the same logic, you'd have to discount Indonesia/Timor-Leste (population ratio by your method around 1.6), and you'd even have to argue that Ireland would have more than twice the population of the UK. Either French Guiana is a full part of France, or it's not. And I think we both agree that it is.

	Piou:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 12:57 GMT		6 points
	I had never noticed that Afghanistan and China shared a border. Thanks to this quizz I know it now.

	Davidos:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 14:32 GMT		16 points
	I got all of China's bordering countries except Kyrgyzstan. I'm gonna get off the internet now.

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	ClintT13:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 16:44 GMT		0 points
	I thought Monaco and San Marino were islands until now. Don't I feel dumb.

	Fergenaprido:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 16:46 GMT		5 points
	@catcherj: They don't share a border.

	Badgerhawk:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 16:58 GMT		10 points
	Any quiz that makes you type Kyrgyzstan AND Djibouti is A+ in my book!

	Bobman1:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 18:55 GMT		1 point
	Excellent quiz and thanks for the bonii. I did surprisingly well from 30-35. Glad it was not a minefield.

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	Azazello:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 19:24 GMT		-3 points
	I never realized the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus wasn't officially recognized by the international community. In fact, it's only recognized by Turkey. If it were, Turkey/Cyprus would make the list. The more you knooooooow!

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	Azazello:	Nov 14th, 2012 at 02:17 GMT		2 points
	@marpocky: Ok, I made a mistake. Way to be a jerk about it.

	dcmldcml:	Nov 14th, 2012 at 02:36 GMT		1 point
	Obviously it's not on the list, but where do Canada and the US rank?

	Chromatos:	Nov 14th, 2012 at 03:28 GMT		2 points
	@electricchairboy: I understand your argument, but I feel that Indonesia and UK are still mostly contiguous, even if the parts that border Timor-leste and Ireland respectively are seperated by bodies of water from most of the population of those countries. There are also no other countries in between the islands of these countries. Whereas with France, there is a very large ocean, as well as the Iberian peninsula directly between the seperate parts. Suriname also borders other countries directly, which Ireland and Timor-leste do not. I guess it'll come down to one's own opinion, but I just see it as being slightly misleading.

	jimbo33:	Nov 14th, 2012 at 10:44 GMT		4 points
	Very interesting quiz. It certainly highlights who has to be ever so careful to get on with the neighbours (even if they play music till the early hours of the morning). @chromatos: Suriname patently borders Brazil, Guyana and a part of France (and no I didn't get that either when I tried the quiz). Your argument is with the government of France and how they categorise their overseas departments/territories and not with the quiz-setter.

	marpocky:	Nov 15th, 2012 at 01:04 GMT		0 points
	@Azazello: I wasn't trying to be a jerk about it. I was just saying, adding "the more you knoooooooow" when you're wrong kind of makes you look extra silly.

	Geomonster:	Nov 15th, 2012 at 21:42 GMT		0 points
	it was awesome just name most of china neighbors :D

	randomquizzes:	Nov 30th, 2012 at 22:47 GMT		2 points
	@Chromatos: Sorry, but that's a flimsy argument. France has six different places that are considered integral parts of France: European France, French Guiana, Mayotte, Réunion, Martinique, and Guadeloupe. France borders Brazil and Suriname through French Guiana. It's like how the U.S. has two borders with Canada: One with the continental U.S., and one with Alaska. They are THE SAME EXACT COUNTRY. It is a border with the country's sovereign territory, not one of its dependencies. Just because there is something splitting the country into pieces doesn't make it a different country. Alaska's population (although small) is included in the overall population of the U.S., just as French Guiana's population is included in the overall population of France.

	randomquizzes:	Nov 30th, 2012 at 22:49 GMT		1 point
	Oh, and thanks to @electricchairboy for pointing out how arbitrary his theory is. And @Chromatos: Sorry if I sound combative or argumentative. It's not intentional if I do.

	randomquizzes:	Nov 30th, 2012 at 22:50 GMT		2 points
	@electricchairboy: And thank you for pointing out how arbitray his reasoning is. @Chromatos: Sorry if I sound combative or argumentative. If I do, it's not intentional.

	randomquizzes:	Nov 30th, 2012 at 22:51 GMT		2 points
	The double comment was definitely not intentional either. My computer isn't being very kind to me right now. Nor is it functioning at a normal speed.

	razoukt:	Feb 27th, 2013 at 07:55 GMT		1 point
	The more quizzes I take the more I realize that Nepal isn't as small a country as you'd first think! It's just bad luck that it borders China and India which makes it look ridiculously small..

	innoX:	Mar 9th, 2013 at 12:31 GMT		1 point
	@razoukt: anyways, I am pretty sure there still is a mistake...is it possible that mongolia and nepal are switched? those ratios dont add up!