Most to Least Populous Countries

Can you name the countries of the world from most to least populous?

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Hint	Country	Population (in thousands)
if you can't get this...?		1,385,567
or this...?		1,252,140
you shouldn't be in...?		320,051
the geography category.?		249,866
Amazon?		200,362
Kashmir despute?		182,143
Most populous African country?		173,615
Ganges?		156,595
Straddles both Europe & Asia?		142,834
Once Empire of the Sun?		127,144
Aztecs?		122,332
Luzon?		98,394
Only African nation not colonized?		94,101
Tet Offensive?		91,680
Merkel?		82,727
Giza?		82,056
Persians?		77,447
Anatolia?		74,933
Ebola River?		67,514
'The King and I'?		67,011
Famous bicycle tour?		64,291
Drives on the left?		63,136
Fiat?		60,990
Rangoon?		53,259
Borders both Atlantic & Indian Oceans?		52,776
Borders Sea of Japan?		49,263
Zanzibar?		49,253
Cartagena?		48,321
Iberia?		46,927
Crimea?		45,239
Maasai shield?		44,354
Tierra del Fuego?		41,446
Atlas mountains?		39,208
Krakow?		38,217
Had a civil war recently?		37,964
'Book of Mormon'?		37,579
Great White North?		35,182
Tigris?		33,765
Fez?		33,008
		30,552
Angel Falls?		30,405
Incas?		30,376
Petronas Towers?		29,717
doubly landlocked?		28,934
Mecca?		28,829
Mt Everest?		27,797
black star?		25,905
machine gun on flag?		25,834
communist?		24,895
salmon fishing??		24,407
Coral Sea?		23,343
'Made in...?		23,300
Malagasy Republic?		22,925
yellow star?		22,254
		21,898
Transylvania?		21,699
Cabinda?		21,472
Ceylon?		21,273
official language is French?		20,316
land locked & Africa?		17,831
country with most Southern point?		17,620
Upper Volta?		16,935
Tulips?		16,759
Borat?		16,441
Nyasaland?		16,363
Andes?		15,738

Hint	Country	Population (in thousands)
Mayans?		15,468
French Sudan?		15,302
'The Killing Fields'?		15,135
Northern Rhodesia?		14,539
Zambezi river?		14,150
Green star?		14,133
Flag resembles Romania's?		12,825
'Hotel...?		11,777
West Africa?		11,745
newest country?		11,296
island?		11,266
Aegean Sea?		11,128
waffles?		11,104
Tatooine?		10,997
Bohemia?		10,702
Sucre?		10,671
Algarve Cup?		10,608
pirates?		10,496
Hispaniola?		10,404
Dahomey?		10,323
2010 earthquake?		10,317
Great Rift Valley?		10,163
Danube?		9,955
Scandinavia?		9,571
Balkans?		9,511
Caucasus?		9,413
former USSR state?		9,357
Persian Gulf?		9,346
Alps?		8,495
land locked - Asia?		8,208
Central America?		8,098
Alps?		8,078
Seven Days War?		7,733
Coral Sea?		7,321
Amman?		7,274
Sofia?		7,223
Gulf of Guinea?		6,817
land locked & South America?		6,802
land locked & SE Asia?		6,770
Central America?		6,340
Red Sea?		6,333
North Africa?		6,202
West Africa?		6,092
Contras?		6,080
Scandinavia?		5,619
A Sporcle favorite?		5,548
peaceful separation in 1993?		5,450
Scandinavia?		5,426
island?		5,412
Caspian Sea?		5,240
Scandinavia?		5,043
Central America?		4,872
Middle East?		4,822
Celtic Sea?		4,627
land locked & Africa?		4,616
Flight of the Conchords?		4,506
Brazzaville?		4,448
Caucasus?		4,341
Middle East?		4,326
West Africa?		4,294
Balkans?		4,290
West Africa?		3,890
'A man, a plan, a canal...'?		3,864
Balkans?		3,829
Middle East?		3,632
land locked & Europe?		3,487

Hint	Country	Population (in thousands)
South America?		3,407
Middle East?		3,369
Balkans?		3,173
Baltic?		3,017
Caucasus?		2,977
land locked & Asia?		2,839
Bolt?		2,784
Skeleton coast?		2,303
Persian Gulf?		2,169
Balkans?		2,107
completely inside another country?		2,074
Balkans?		2,072
Baltic?		2,050
Kalahari?		2,021
West Africa?		1,849
Balkans?		1,848
West Africa?		1,704
Gulf of Guinea?		1,672
Caribbean?		1,341
Persian Gulf?		1,332
Baltic Sea?		1,287
land locked & Africa?		1,250
Indian Ocean?		1,244
Mediterranean island?		1,141
Banda Sea?		1,133
Oceania?		881
Afars and Issas?		873
South America?		800
Gulf of Guinea?		757
land locked & Asia?		754
Indian Ocean?		735
Adriatic?		621
Guadalcanal?		561
South America?		539
land locked & Europe?		530
Atlantic Ocean?		499
Mediterranean?		429
Borneo?		418
Nassau?		377
Indian Ocean?		345
Central America?		332
Eyjafjallajökull?		330
Caribbean?		285
'Survivor' location?		253
Gulf of Guinea?		193
Oceania & only 2 islands?		190
Caribbean?		182
Caribbean?		109
Reagan invaded?		106
Nuku'alofa?		105
Caroline islands?		104
Gilbert islands?		102
least populous African country?		93
Mount Obama?		90
Pyrenees?		79
Latin for Sunday?		72
		54
Castle Bravo & Bikini?		53
Princess Grace?		38
doubly landlocked?		37
city state?		31
Koror?		21
formerly Ellice Islands?		11
Oceania & only 1 island?		9
Pope?		1

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