The Geopolitix Atlas
Country rankings.
The world, ranked.
A field guide to the numbers that shape countries, plus the daily geography games worth keeping in your pocket.
Country rankings
The world, ordered. Source-led stories that turn country data into patterns you can see and remember.
- Which country drinks the most beer? The top 10, per person
Czechia drinks more beer per adult than any other country. The full top 10 by litres of pure alcohol from beer, with the World Bank and Our World in Data figures behind it.
- The countries that drink the most alcohol, ranked
Romania tops the world alcohol table at 16.8 L of pure alcohol per adult per year. The full top 10, what the unit means, and why the map runs east.
- The tallest countries in the world (men and women)
Netherlands has the tallest men at 182.5 cm; Latvia has the tallest women at 169.8 cm. Both full top 10s, and why the two lists differ.
- Countries with the longest working hours (and the shortest)
Sudan works the longest hours in the world at 2,658 h per worker per year, while Germany works the fewest. The full table and what it really measures.
- The countries with the highest life expectancy
Monaco leads the world on life expectancy at 86.5 yrs. The full top 10, the microstate problem, and why the United States is only 45th.
- The richest countries in the world by GDP per capita
Monaco tops the GDP per capita table at $288,002. The full top 10, why Ireland and Luxembourg are there, and how the list changes if you measure differently.
- The most populous countries in the world
India is the most populous country on earth with 1.5B people, ahead of China. The top 10, and the countries climbing towards it.
- The largest countries in the world by area
Russia is the largest country on earth at 17,075,400 km², nearly twice the size of Canada. The top 10 by land area, and the ranking's three genuine controversies.
- Which country has won the most Olympic medals of all time?
United States leads the all-time Olympic medal table with 3,128 medals, summer and winter combined. The top 10, and the four countries that no longer exist.
- Which country has won the most World Cup matches? (Not the same as trophies)
Brazil has won 79 World Cup matches, more than any other country. The full table, and why match wins and trophy counts give different answers.
- Where is the Big Mac most expensive? The Big Mac index, ranked
A Big Mac costs $9.04 in Switzerland and $2.38 in Indonesia. The full price ranking, and what The Economist's index is actually for.
- Divorces per marriage by country: the ranking almost everyone misreads
In Chile there are 101% as many divorces as marriages in a year. The full table, and why 'divorces per 1,000 people' tells you something completely different.
- Which countries spend more on the military than on education?
Ukraine puts 54% of government spending into defence. The two budget tables side by side, and the countries where the military share is several times the education share.
Daily games
Sharp field notes on geography games, classroom rituals and better ways to train your map brain.
- The best daily geography games in 2026
Nine daily geography games worth a bookmark, what each one actually trains, and how long each takes. Honest round-up from the team behind Geopolitix.
- Free daily games like Wordle, sorted by what they actually ask of you
A sorted list of daily games in the Wordle mould: words, geography, music, film, maths and data. What each one asks, and how to build a five-minute routine you keep.
- Worldle alternatives: what to play once you've done today's silhouette
You have played Worldle and want the next one. Seven alternatives grouped by what they change about the formula, and which to pick depending on why you liked Worldle.
- Geozee alternatives: what to play once you've placed today's countries
Geozee gives you daily categories and asks where each country belongs. Six alternatives that keep the once-a-day ritual and change the question, and which to pick.
- How to play Geopolitix: rules, scoring and the strategy that actually scores
The full rules of Geopolitix: five rounds a day, 40 points a perfect placement, up to 900, plus the strategy that separates a 10-point guess from a clean sweep.
- How to get better at geography quizzes: the numbers worth memorising
Most geography practice fails because it drills names. These are the twenty-odd numbers that actually decide quiz questions, and the habits that make them stick.
- Daily geography games for the classroom: a five-minute warm-up that works
How to use free daily geography games as a lesson starter: which games suit which age group, what each one teaches, and a ready-made five-minute routine with no logins.
- 40 country trivia questions and answers, all from real data
Forty country trivia questions with sourced answers, generated from the Geopolitix dataset: population, wealth, food, drink, sport, climate and the ones everybody gets wrong.
Five countries, one statistic, one shot at the right order.
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