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Geography top 10 quizzes

Countries, cities, rivers and everything in between. 32 geography puzzles so far — every ranking comes with the metric and source it was built from.

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A guide to geography rankings

Geography rankings begin with a boundary and a measurement. A country, reporting region, city proper and metropolitan area are different units. Our geography questions cover physical size, population and economic measures, with the chosen scope stated before play and explained alongside the archived answers.

Area, population and density tell different stories

A large place need not have many residents, and a populous place need not have high density. Density divides a population count by a specified area, usually land area. US-state puzzles also distinguish land from total area including water. Read those definitions before choosing answers: substituting one column for another can change the order even when the source is the same.

Physical features need their own conventions

An island list needs a continent rule; a lake list needs to say whether connected named lakes are combined. Coastline length depends on mapping scale, while mountain rankings distinguish elevation from other measures of height. These choices are part of the question, rather than exceptions added after an answer is rejected. The archive explanations show which convention each saved list follows.

Historical data are snapshots

A 1960 population series uses a historical observation with the source’s reporting boundaries. A GDP question must identify nominal dollars, purchasing-power adjustment or a per-person measure. The year described by the data can differ from both the source-review date and the puzzle date. Compare all three before treating a later table as a correction to an earlier game.

Explore the data behind the answers

These explanations include the answers. Choose Play in the puzzle list below for a spoiler-free start.

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