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⚖️ GeoCompare
Which country is bigger in area or more populous?
▶Play GeoCompareSize is relative. Russia covers 17 million square kilometers, while Monaco fits into 2 square kilometers. India has over 1.4 billion people, yet Mongolia has fewer than 4 million. GeoCompare forces you to think about scale — to understand which countries are truly large and which are densely packed.
Each round presents two countries with a question: which has a larger area or higher population? The numbers are hidden until you answer, forcing you to rely on your sense of relative size. It's surprising how often intuition differs from reality.
How to Play
- • Two countries are shown
- • Pick the one with larger area OR higher population
- • Numbers are hidden until you answer
- • 10 questions per round
Learning Tips
- 💡 Russia is by far the largest country — almost always the answer
- 💡 China and India are the top 2 by population — close call
- 💡 Tiny countries (Monaco, Nauru) are almost always the smaller one
- 💡 Don't confuse area with population — Canada is huge but sparse
Countries by Area & Population
| Country | Flag | Area (km²) | Population | Density (/km²) | Latitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 🇷🇺 | 17,098,242 | 144,000,000 | 8 | 60.0°N |
| Canada | 🇨🇦 | 9,984,670 | 39,000,000 | 4 | 60.0°N |
| China | 🇨🇳 | 9,706,961 | 1,426,000,000 | 147 | 35.0°N |
| United States | 🇺🇸 | 9,372,610 | 339,000,000 | 36 | 38.0°N |
| Brazil | 🇧🇷 | 8,515,767 | 216,000,000 | 25 | -10.0°S |
| Australia | 🇦🇺 | 7,692,024 | 26,500,000 | 3 | -27.0°S |
| India | 🇮🇳 | 3,287,590 | 1,429,000,000 | 435 | 20.0°N |
| Argentina | 🇦🇷 | 2,780,400 | 45,700,000 | 16 | -34.0°S |
| Kazakhstan | 🇰🇿 | 2,724,900 | 19,600,000 | 7 | 48.0°N |
| Algeria | 🇩🇿 | 2,381,741 | 45,000,000 | 19 | 28.0°N |
| DR Congo | 🇨🇩 | 2,344,858 | 99,000,000 | 42 | 0.0°N |
| Greenland | 🇬🇱 | 2,166,086 | 57,000 | 0 | 72.0°N |
| Saudi Arabia | 🇸🇦 | 2,149,690 | 33,000,000 | 15 | 25.0°N |
| Mexico | 🇲🇽 | 1,964,375 | 128,000,000 | 65 | 23.0°N |
| Indonesia | 🇮🇩 | 1,904,569 | 277,000,000 | 145 | -5.0°S |
| Sudan | 🇸🇩 | 1,886,068 | 48,400,000 | 26 | 15.0°N |
| Libya | 🇱🇾 | 1,759,540 | 6,900,000 | 4 | 25.0°N |
| Iran | 🇮🇷 | 1,648,195 | 88,000,000 | 53 | 32.0°N |
| Mongolia | 🇲🇳 | 1,564,110 | 3,400,000 | 2 | 46.0°N |
| Peru | 🇵🇪 | 1,285,216 | 34,200,000 | 27 | -10.0°S |
| Chad | 🇹🇩 | 1,284,000 | 18,200,000 | 14 | 15.0°N |
| Niger | 🇳🇪 | 1,267,000 | 26,900,000 | 21 | 16.0°N |
| Angola | 🇦🇴 | 1,246,700 | 35,600,000 | 29 | -12.5°S |
| Mali | 🇲🇱 | 1,240,192 | 23,000,000 | 19 | 17.0°N |
| South Africa | 🇿🇦 | 1,221,037 | 60,000,000 | 49 | -29.0°S |
| Colombia | 🇨🇴 | 1,141,748 | 52,000,000 | 46 | 4.0°N |
| Ethiopia | 🇪🇹 | 1,104,300 | 126,000,000 | 114 | 8.0°N |
| Bolivia | 🇧🇴 | 1,098,581 | 12,200,000 | 11 | -17.0°S |
| Mauritania | 🇲🇷 | 1,030,700 | 4,800,000 | 5 | 20.0°N |
| Egypt | 🇪🇬 | 1,002,450 | 111,000,000 | 111 | 27.0°N |
| Tanzania | 🇹🇿 | 945,087 | 67,000,000 | 71 | -6.0°S |
| Nigeria | 🇳🇬 | 923,768 | 223,000,000 | 241 | 10.0°N |
| Venezuela | 🇻🇪 | 916,445 | 28,800,000 | 31 | 8.0°N |
| Pakistan | 🇵🇰 | 881,912 | 240,000,000 | 272 | 30.0°N |
| Namibia | 🇳🇦 | 825,615 | 2,600,000 | 3 | -22.0°S |
| Mozambique | 🇲🇿 | 801,590 | 33,700,000 | 42 | -18.3°S |
| Türkiye | 🇹🇷 | 783,562 | 86,000,000 | 110 | 39.0°N |
| Chile | 🇨🇱 | 756,102 | 19,600,000 | 26 | -30.0°S |
| Zambia | 🇿🇲 | 752,612 | 20,600,000 | 27 | -15.0°S |
| Myanmar | 🇲🇲 | 676,578 | 54,200,000 | 80 | 22.0°N |
| Afghanistan | 🇦🇫 | 652,230 | 41,100,000 | 63 | 33.0°N |
| Somalia | 🇸🇴 | 637,657 | 17,500,000 | 27 | 10.0°N |
| Central African Republic | 🇨🇫 | 622,984 | 5,600,000 | 9 | 7.0°N |
| South Sudan | 🇸🇸 | 619,745 | 11,200,000 | 18 | 7.0°N |
| Ukraine | 🇺🇦 | 603,500 | 37,000,000 | 61 | 49.0°N |
| Madagascar | 🇲🇬 | 587,041 | 29,600,000 | 50 | -20.0°S |
| Botswana | 🇧🇼 | 582,000 | 2,600,000 | 4 | -22.0°S |
| Kenya | 🇰🇪 | 580,367 | 54,000,000 | 93 | 1.0°N |
| France | 🇫🇷 | 551,695 | 68,000,000 | 123 | 46.0°N |
| Yemen | 🇾🇪 | 527,968 | 34,000,000 | 64 | 15.0°N |
| Thailand | 🇹🇭 | 513,120 | 71,800,000 | 140 | 15.0°N |
| Spain | 🇪🇸 | 505,992 | 47,500,000 | 94 | 40.0°N |
| Turkmenistan | 🇹🇲 | 488,100 | 6,500,000 | 13 | 40.0°N |
| Cameroon | 🇨🇲 | 475,442 | 28,000,000 | 59 | 6.0°N |
| Papua New Guinea | 🇵🇬 | 462,840 | 10,100,000 | 22 | -6.0°S |
| Sweden | 🇸🇪 | 450,295 | 10,600,000 | 24 | 62.0°N |
| Uzbekistan | 🇺🇿 | 447,400 | 35,600,000 | 80 | 41.0°N |
| Morocco | 🇲🇦 | 446,550 | 37,800,000 | 85 | 32.0°N |
| Iraq | 🇮🇶 | 438,317 | 44,000,000 | 100 | 33.0°N |
| Paraguay | 🇵🇾 | 406,752 | 6,800,000 | 17 | -23.0°S |
| Zimbabwe | 🇿🇼 | 390,757 | 16,400,000 | 42 | -20.0°S |
| Japan | 🇯🇵 | 377,930 | 124,000,000 | 328 | 36.0°N |
| Germany | 🇩🇪 | 357,114 | 83,300,000 | 233 | 51.0°N |
| Philippines | 🇵🇭 | 342,353 | 117,000,000 | 342 | 13.0°N |
| Republic of the Congo | 🇨🇬 | 342,000 | 6,100,000 | 18 | -1.0°S |
| Finland | 🇫🇮 | 338,424 | 5,550,000 | 16 | 64.0°N |
| Vietnam | 🇻🇳 | 331,212 | 99,000,000 | 299 | 16.2°N |
| Malaysia | 🇲🇾 | 330,803 | 33,700,000 | 102 | 2.5°N |
| Norway | 🇳🇴 | 323,802 | 5,500,000 | 17 | 62.0°N |
| Ivory Coast | 🇨🇮 | 322,463 | 28,800,000 | 89 | 8.0°N |
| Poland | 🇵🇱 | 312,679 | 37,000,000 | 118 | 52.0°N |
| Oman | 🇴🇲 | 309,500 | 4,600,000 | 15 | 21.0°N |
| Italy | 🇮🇹 | 301,336 | 58,800,000 | 195 | 42.8°N |
| Ecuador | 🇪🇨 | 276,841 | 18,000,000 | 65 | -2.0°S |
| Burkina Faso | 🇧🇫 | 272,967 | 22,600,000 | 83 | 13.0°N |
| New Zealand | 🇳🇿 | 270,467 | 5,200,000 | 19 | -41.0°S |
| Gabon | 🇬🇦 | 267,668 | 2,400,000 | 9 | -1.0°S |
| Western Sahara | 🇪🇭 | 266,000 | 580,000 | 2 | 24.5°N |
| Guinea | 🇬🇳 | 245,857 | 14,000,000 | 57 | 11.0°N |
| United Kingdom | 🇬🇧 | 242,900 | 67,500,000 | 278 | 54.0°N |