Ian Sutton
1000+ Posts
A slightly different quiz this week, and I'm glad I'm setting the question, as this is definitely a tricky one.
Here is the estimated size of the top 20 biggest European countries by population. Caan you guess which countries are which (the estimated population is in brackets)
1 <country 1>80,636,124
2 <country 2>65,511,098
3 <country 3> 64,938,716
4 <country 4> 59,797,978
5 <country 5> 46,070,146
6 <country 6 38,563,573
7 <country 7> 19,237,513
8 <country 8> 17,032,845
9 <country 9> 11,443,830
10 <country 10> 10,892,931
11 <country 11> 10,555,130
12 <country 12>10,264,797
13 <country 13>9,920,624
14 <country 14>9,787,905
15 <country 15>8,592,400
16 <country 16>7,045,259
17 <country 17>5,711,837
18 <country 18>5,541,274
19 <country 19>5,432,157
20 <country 20>4,749,153
To make life easier. here are the countries in alphabetical order:
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
UK
It might be worth grabbing one of these
If you want to score yourself (no obligation to do so), count the differences between where you placed each country, and where it actually is in the list.
- Score less than 20 and you're either working in the statistical department of the EU, or had a sneaky peak at the answer!
- Score less than 40 and you've done very well indeed - a very sound knowledge of relative sizes.
- Score less than 60 and you've done alright, but you might need to take a few more holidays to improve.
- Score between 60 and 80 and you might need to double check your boarding pass next time you travel.
- Score over 80: This is Europe... you know, on planet Earth... yes that blue looking planet with a single moon. That's the one.
Here is the estimated size of the top 20 biggest European countries by population. Caan you guess which countries are which (the estimated population is in brackets)
1 <country 1>80,636,124
2 <country 2>65,511,098
3 <country 3> 64,938,716
4 <country 4> 59,797,978
5 <country 5> 46,070,146
6 <country 6 38,563,573
7 <country 7> 19,237,513
8 <country 8> 17,032,845
9 <country 9> 11,443,830
10 <country 10> 10,892,931
11 <country 11> 10,555,130
12 <country 12>10,264,797
13 <country 13>9,920,624
14 <country 14>9,787,905
15 <country 15>8,592,400
16 <country 16>7,045,259
17 <country 17>5,711,837
18 <country 18>5,541,274
19 <country 19>5,432,157
20 <country 20>4,749,153
To make life easier. here are the countries in alphabetical order:
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
UK
It might be worth grabbing one of these
If you want to score yourself (no obligation to do so), count the differences between where you placed each country, and where it actually is in the list.
- Score less than 20 and you're either working in the statistical department of the EU, or had a sneaky peak at the answer!
- Score less than 40 and you've done very well indeed - a very sound knowledge of relative sizes.
- Score less than 60 and you've done alright, but you might need to take a few more holidays to improve.
- Score between 60 and 80 and you might need to double check your boarding pass next time you travel.
- Score over 80: This is Europe... you know, on planet Earth... yes that blue looking planet with a single moon. That's the one.
1 Germany 80,636,124
2 U.K. 65,511,098
3 France 64,938,716
4 Italy 59,797,978
5 Spain 46,070,146
6 Poland 38,563,573
7 Romania 19,237,513
8 Netherlands 17,032,845
9 Belgium 11,443,830
10 Greece 10,892,931
11 Czech Republic 10,555,130
12 Portugal 10,264,797
13 Sweden 9,920,624
14 Hungary 9,787,905
15 Austria 8,592,400
16 Bulgaria 7,045,259
17 Denmark 5,711,837
18 Finland 5,541,274
19 Slovakia 5,432,157
20 Ireland 4,749,153
2 U.K. 65,511,098
3 France 64,938,716
4 Italy 59,797,978
5 Spain 46,070,146
6 Poland 38,563,573
7 Romania 19,237,513
8 Netherlands 17,032,845
9 Belgium 11,443,830
10 Greece 10,892,931
11 Czech Republic 10,555,130
12 Portugal 10,264,797
13 Sweden 9,920,624
14 Hungary 9,787,905
15 Austria 8,592,400
16 Bulgaria 7,045,259
17 Denmark 5,711,837
18 Finland 5,541,274
19 Slovakia 5,432,157
20 Ireland 4,749,153