Name the Country

Chris and Agnishom are participating in the Country Naming Olympiad. The problems are all in the same format - given the area size, name the country. So, both of them decides to compile a list that sorts countries into 10 columns (0~9), but each of them has different plans :

• Chris : If a country has an area size that starts with digit $x$ I will place it in the $x^\text{th}$ column.
• Agnishom : If a country has an area size that ends with digit $x$ I will place it in the $x^\text{th}$ column.

It is better to have a list such that each column have roughly the same length, whose proposals are more likely to achieve this?

Details and Assumptions

• List of Countries by Area from Wikipedia.
• Chris will not use the $0^\text{th}$ column. Do not compare that column with others.