Higher or Lower

Two countries are shown side by side. The left country reveals a stat — like its population. Your job is to guess whether the right country's stat is higher or lower. Every correct answer extends your streak. One wrong answer ends the run.

Population and GDP per capita come from the World Bank API and refresh automatically. McDonald's restaurant counts come from publicly available data (ScrapeHero / Wikipedia). The source and year shown in the corner of each round tells you exactly where that round's data came from.

Ireland's GDP per capita is famously inflated by multinational corporations headquartering there for tax reasons. The value is real — but it doesn't reflect typical Irish income. It's one of the more surprising stats in the game.

Russia's McDonald's restaurants were sold and rebranded as 'Vkusno i tochka' in 2022, so officially there are no McDonald's there anymore. Countries with zero McDonald's are excluded from the McDonald's pool to keep rounds meaningful.

About 150 well-known countries from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. We exclude micro-states (Vatican, Monaco), tiny islands (Niue, Tuvalu), and a handful of less commonly recognized countries to keep the game accessible.

Yes — head-to-head 1v1 Higher or Lower is in development. You'll race a friend through the same pairs and the first to a target score wins. Coming soon.

Yes. Planned modes include land area, life expectancy, alcohol consumption per capita, coffee consumption per capita, and average male height.

Yes — the game is built for both desktop and mobile. On mobile, the two countries stack top and bottom instead of left and right.