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Play the World Bordering Countries Population Challenge - 50 Countries Quiz and test your geography knowledge! Accumulate the highest total population by clicking on successive bordering countries.

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World Bordering Countries Population Challenge – 50 Countries

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The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to ‘travel’ through up to 50 countries with the objective of accumulating the highest total population among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only, including causeways but not including only man-made structures. Borders include dependent territory borders, populations also include territories. Population in millions is shown.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia – your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can’t click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

The 25-country version of this quiz:
World Bordering Countries Population Challenge – 25 Countries

Click a country to begin.

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When you begin you'll be given a 1000-km radius circle centered on the map. Move it using the mouse and click SUBMIT. You will be given a score for that circle corresponding to the total population contained within it based on world population density at https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/index.php. Try to complete all 20 circles with the highest total score.

Any INTERSECTING areas are only counted one time, so no population will be counted more than once.

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MJ2712

1 year ago

Any hints to the solution? I’ve tried a lot of combinations and it seems I am short about 12 mil. people 🙁

zigjig22

2 years ago

Yeah idk how to get the highscore. I’ve spent hours on this, if anyone has a clue let me know.

zigjig22

2 years ago

Reply to zigjig22

After a long time I finally got it

nothankyoupls

2 years ago

I think 6.219 billion is the highest you can go, if anyone gets a better score let me know

revelnyet

2 years ago

Reply to nothankyoupls

Above 6.4b is possible. There’s quite a few ways to get above 6.3b as well

zigjig22

2 years ago

Reply to revelnyet

Are there other obscure connections between countries other than denmark – canada, spain – morocco, spain – uk, uk – cyprus, france – netherlands and france – french guiana? I’ve tried this for a long time and I’m not realizing how you exactly get the highscore.

zigjig22

2 years ago

Reply to zigjig22

Actually nvm I dont think there is but I’ve gotten really close now

marconomarcoss

2 years ago

Reply to zigjig22

How did you used UK-Cyprus conection? U don’t get why that can help to get the highscore.

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