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Can you name the Most Populous Nations? Enter a country in the box below Correctly named countries will show up on the map below Population count provided by CIA World Factbook You've got 5 minutes after you hit the start button.	Search: Popular trivia games today TV Shows (U.S.) 35335 You Do Know Jack 31665 Russia's Borders 29611 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 17318 Commonest English Words 13502 Same Last Name 11453 And more...
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	EasilyConfused:	Sep 28th, 2008 at 11:13 GMT	39 points
	I'm glad you did 25 countries, it's much more interesting than the standard top ten you see elsewhere.

	Andrew:	Sep 28th, 2008 at 16:21 GMT	6 points
	Great map. Missed one!

	ChanandlerBong:	Sep 28th, 2008 at 16:26 GMT	12 points
	Nice game - missed one out (#18). Had no idea so many people lived there!

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	chicken:	Sep 28th, 2008 at 17:39 GMT	35 points
	England does not equal Great Britain does not equal United Kingdom, hence why the first two don't work for this game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_(terminology) Congo doesn't work for Dem Rep of Congo because there is also a Rep of Congo. Learn things.

	AdmiralMaxtreme:	Sep 28th, 2008 at 18:43 GMT	21 points
	I also only missed #18. And there is a difference between Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

	weizenugb:	Sep 28th, 2008 at 19:09 GMT	38 points
	One of the best games yet! These geographic ones are really fun and interesting. Keep them coming!

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	A_is_for_Addict:	Sep 28th, 2008 at 22:20 GMT	17 points
	Northern Ireland doesn't get coloured in with the rest of the UK :(

	chicken:	Sep 29th, 2008 at 02:18 GMT	34 points
	Not exactly Mr Badman Browne. You're right about England. Great Britain is made up of England, Scotland and Wales (so the main island). United Kingdom is Great Britain plus North Ireland. "Britain" isn't officially anything, but it's widely used as a substitute for UK, politically. Again, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_(terminology)

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	slw@hwdyk.com:	Sep 29th, 2008 at 16:12 GMT	9 points
	For being somewhat geographically ignorant, I did better than I was expecting (20/25). Thought there would be more African countries, and that there would have been a few of the former SSRs. I'll quiz my wife about this over lunch.

	gopaladins:	Sep 29th, 2008 at 21:14 GMT	18 points
	haha, jerk chicken. @christina: as people have just pointed out, GB and UK are not the same thing. you should probably know that as a euro history major.

	magister:	Sep 29th, 2008 at 21:59 GMT	13 points
	mmm... jerk chicken

	j-dilla:	Sep 29th, 2008 at 22:37 GMT	2 points
	Wow, Christina, please quit while you're ahead (sort of). I wonder if "US" should work for United States similar to how "UK" does, just for continuity if nothing else. Otherwise a great game.

	AdmiralMaxtreme:	Sep 29th, 2008 at 23:31 GMT	15 points
	"USA" works for the United States. And Christina, you don't exactly have the high ground when it comes to geographic knowledge, so I'd avoid telling people that you're a European History major if I were you.

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	davidr:	Sep 30th, 2008 at 02:10 GMT	20 points
	It turns out that, if England were a country in its own right, it would only drop from 22nd to 23rd in the list, since about 51M of the UK's 61M people live there.

	SporcleAdmin:	Sep 30th, 2008 at 02:16 GMT	38 points
	This has been quite an interesting discussion, however, as the real intention of Sporcle is for learning and fun, we would like to make a friendly request for everyone to get along! Corrections and explanations are always welcome (and encouraged!), but insults are no fun for anyone.

	A_is_for_Addict:	Oct 1st, 2008 at 23:30 GMT	17 points
	Northern Ireland is in now! Thanks Sporcle!

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	A_is_for_Addict:	Oct 3rd, 2008 at 01:57 GMT	16 points
	I'm actually from England and think that sort of opinion is appalling. I think you'll find that we live in a United Kingdom of which none of the countries are currently better than an another despite obvious historical discrepancies. Get with the times, England is no longer great. If you think we're all boring then why did you bother yourself with reading/commenting, evidently you are either socially inept or are equally as boring. Sporcle is about educating oneself, if you refuse to do so then go elsewhere. In conclusion Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are all important parts of our nation even if people are to ignorant/arrogant to notice that.

	magister:	Oct 3rd, 2008 at 02:00 GMT	26 points
	@Sam, sadly you've fallen for one of the two classic blunders of Sporcle. The first is to start a land war in Asia, and the second is to actually pay attention to : .

	A_is_for_Addict:	Oct 3rd, 2008 at 17:34 GMT	9 points
	Hahahaha! Thanks for the heads up magister.

	HollywoodLeo:	Oct 4th, 2008 at 11:32 GMT	21 points
	The first is never get in a land war in Asia. But only slight less well known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

	HollywoodLeo:	Oct 4th, 2008 at 11:33 GMT	10 points
	I just got them in order. :)

	magister:	Oct 4th, 2008 at 22:18 GMT	16 points
	@Leo: I don't understand your reference. I was merely pointing out the two classic blunders of Sporcle. Can these be applied elsewhere? Hoc dicto, does anyone know how to develop an immunity to iocaine powder? It's extremely important...

	Sam:	Oct 7th, 2008 at 01:55 GMT	19 points
	DRC should be accepted for Democratic Republic of the Congo since it is a widely recognized abbreviation.

	Elmo:	Oct 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 GMT	3 points
	Great game. Thailand was the one country that I missed.

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	magister:	Oct 31st, 2008 at 04:30 GMT	9 points
	Granted, it's from wikipedia, but it seems Australia has a little over 40% of the people in #25. They are ranked 53rd worldwide.

	Zach Harris:	Oct 31st, 2008 at 06:53 GMT	5 points
	Thanks magister!

	Lulu:	Nov 5th, 2008 at 14:59 GMT	5 points
	It's quite shocking that China and India each have populatiaons larger than the population of the European Union!

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	davidr:	Nov 15th, 2008 at 01:53 GMT	9 points
	@Lulu: No, the quiz just uses absolute population. The reason Australia isn't on the list is that, although it's huge, there aren't actually all that many people living there.

	davidr:	Nov 15th, 2008 at 02:21 GMT	13 points
	@Eduardo: Check out the link to the CIA World Factbook given in the blurb above the quiz. The populations used are 2008 estimates, which put the Ukraine in 27th place (it looks like 29th in the table because that includes the whole world and the European Union). The Ukraine has around 2.4M fewer people than South Korea so it seems unlikely that the Ukraine was ahead of South Korea recently, even though the population of the Ukraine is falling (0.651% per year) and South Korea and South Africa are rising (0.269% and 0.828% per year). Burma (26th place) is also rising (0.8% per year) and about 1.8M ahead of the Ukraine.

	Bray:	Nov 17th, 2008 at 22:07 GMT	2 points
	23/25 first try. Missed Pakistan and Nigeria.

	Loud:	Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:59 GMT	5 points
	Are we going to get most populous nations for each continent? Maybe one quiz with the top 5 from each continent.