Can you name the World's 25 Largest Non-Sovereign States?

Possessor	State	Population
China		7,008,900
United States		3,982,000
China		546,200
Morocco/Algeria		513,000
France		259,596
France		244,410
Netherlands		198,000
France		186,452
United States		178,000
United States		110,000
Netherlands		107,000
United Kingdom		89,300
United States		87,000

Possessor	State	Population
United Kingdom		80,000
United States		67,000
United Kingdom		65,000
United Kingdom		61,811
Denmark		57,000
United Kingdom		56,000
Denmark		49,006
France		35,263
United Kingdom		33,000
United Kingdom		31,000
United Kingdom		23,000
New Zealand		20,000
Israel	20,000
Georgia	20,000
Georgia	20,000
Various	20,000
Moldova	20,000
Cyprus	20,000

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World's Largest Non-Sovereign States Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: bsd987 -
Contributed: October 22nd, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 424

Tags: State Quizzes, World Quizzes, Population Quizzes, largest, possessor, non-sovereign

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	bsd987:	Oct 22nd, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	1 point
	Not sure what to do with the French possessions, so I included them. Tell me if you think I should do otherwise.

	tscheno2:	Oct 22nd, 2009 at 19:31 GMT	-2 points
	no french guiana?

	TimeAndTide:	Oct 22nd, 2009 at 19:42 GMT	0 points
	You should accept Macao as well as Macau, and St. Martin as well as Saint Martin. And I agree with tscheno2: what about french guiana?

	Sesel:	Oct 22nd, 2009 at 20:11 GMT	5 points
	French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Réunion are (in theory) as to France as Hawaii is to the United States; they are not legally considered separate entities from the metropole.

	SecretAZNMan:	Oct 22nd, 2009 at 21:05 GMT	1 point
	How in the world did you define a "state"?

	Brobert2:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 12:16 GMT	1 point
	As SecretAZNMan said, I'm also confused by your definition of "state." I assumed you meant disputed territories or states with unrecognized sovereignty, which is why I was confused when Taiwan and Tibet didn't come up.

	nickisposh:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	1 point
	Loved it, although bit confused over what was what. Guadelope, Reunion, Falklands, St Helena etc

	bsd987:	Oct 31st, 2009 at 21:45 GMT	1 point
	I'm still working on this. Tibet is technically part of the Chinese state, so I did not include it. I might add it as a bonus answer. Generally, these are territories/possessions. @ nickisposh - Guadelope and Reunion, as mentioned above, are actually parts of the French state, like Hawaii is to the U.S. Falkland Islands and St. Helena both were too small to make the list.

	yellowcarpet:	Nov 4th, 2009 at 19:05 GMT	1 point
	Somaliland??

	gta3ganghater:	Jan 8th, 2010 at 02:22 GMT	1 point
	take United States Virgin Islands, not just US Virgin Islands

	FreakyFlyBry:	Oct 1st, 2010 at 17:26 GMT	1 point
	Got all but 4 of them - missed Mayotte (but thought of the other French dependencies, though they are becoming an overseas department as well) and the UK crown dependencies (somehow those slipped my mind as I was too busy thinking in the Caribbean).

	kennyb:	Oct 27th, 2010 at 17:19 GMT	2 points
	What do you do with the West Bank and Gaza?

	balatjr:	Jan 23rd, 2011 at 07:07 GMT	1 point
	Interesting concept; but I am still unclear. Why is Hong Kong a non-sovereign state, and not just part of China? If you mean "territories," a la Puerto Rico, than why not the northwest territories, Yukon and Nunavut of Canada, and similar of Australia? And, once you define why Puerto Rico is not part of US, how about Washington, DC? Are you talking "special status" of some kind? There may be more free trade zones and other similar areas with looser rules than apply to the rest of the country, etc.

	Chase:	Apr 10th, 2011 at 07:45 GMT	1 point
	Netherlands Antilles don't exist anymore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles