Countries that have more people than all of their neighbours combined
What the neighbors are like · deep trivia · 8 of 195 countries
In whatthecountry, every puzzle shows three clues that exactly one country satisfies. When “Has more people than all of its neighbours combined” is on the board, its circle holds 8 of the 195 dots — a rare clue that does a lot of narrowing on its own.
The 8 countries
Europe1
United KingdomAsia2
Indonesia
South KoreaAfrica3
Egypt
Nigeria
South AfricaNorth America2
Haiti
United StatesMore what the neighbors are like clues
- Borders a country in a different region21
- Every country it borders is larger than it51
- Every country it borders is smaller than it14
- Shares no official language with any of its neighbours54
- Borders a country whose name begins with the same letter30
- Borders a monarchy42
- Borders a country that drives on the other side of the road29
- Borders a country that has no other neighbour15
- Borders a country of more than 100 million people66
- Borders an island nation8
- Borders a landlocked country88
- Every country it borders has a coastline67
- Borders a country more than ten times its size59
- Borders a member of the European Union44
- Borders a member of NATO53
- Borders a country spanning more time zones than it does48
- Every country it borders has a higher peak than it does46
- Borders a country in a different hemisphere34
- Borders a country whose flag shares no colour with its own16
- Is larger than all of its neighbours combined6
Facts reviewed June 2025.