Countries of the world quiz

The 194 countries in the quiz

They’re the 193 UN members plus Vatican City: 194 in all. Kosovo, Taiwan, Palestine, Western Sahara and territories such as Greenland or Puerto Rico are shown in gray, but they aren’t asked.

53 are so small that they have a circle you can tap; at sea, tapping close to it is enough.

How to play

In Point mode we name a country and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its region of the world and its capital.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest countries are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Monaco (about 7 sq mi), Tuvalu (about 9 sq mi), and Nauru (about 11 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

And watch out for look-alike names: Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Papua New Guinea; Gambia and Zambia; Iceland and Ireland; North Korea and South Korea; Slovakia and Slovenia.

Tips to learn them

• Don’t try all 194 at once: play each continent on its own map first and come back when you know them. Leave the Caribbean and Pacific islands for last.
• Start with the three largest: Russia, Canada, and United States cover 28% of the area of the world.

Playing in class

Put the map on the interactive whiteboard and play in teams: each right answer scores a point, and if one team misses, the other gets a turn.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 194 countries

1. Afghanistan South Asia
2. Albania Southern Europe
3. Algeria North Africa
4. Andorra Southern Europe
5. Angola Central Africa
6. Antigua and Barbuda The Caribbean
7. Argentina South America
8. Armenia Western Asia
9. Australia Oceania
10. Austria Western Europe
11. Azerbaijan Western Asia
12. Bahamas The Caribbean
13. Bahrain Western Asia
14. Bangladesh South Asia
15. Barbados The Caribbean
16. Belarus Eastern Europe
17. Belgium Western Europe
18. Belize Central America
19. Benin West Africa
20. Bhutan South Asia
21. Bolivia South America
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe
23. Botswana Southern Africa
24. Brazil South America
25. Brunei Southeast Asia
26. Bulgaria Eastern Europe
27. Burkina Faso West Africa
28. Burundi East Africa
29. Cambodia Southeast Asia
30. Cameroon Central Africa
31. Canada North America
32. Cape Verde West Africa
33. Central African Republic Central Africa
34. Chad Central Africa
35. Chile South America
36. China East Asia
37. Colombia South America
38. Comoros East Africa
39. Costa Rica Central America
40. Croatia Southern Europe
41. Cuba The Caribbean
42. Cyprus Western Asia
43. Czech Republic Eastern Europe
44. Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa
45. Denmark Northern Europe
46. Djibouti East Africa
47. Dominica The Caribbean
48. Dominican Republic The Caribbean
49. East Timor Southeast Asia
50. Ecuador South America
51. Egypt North Africa
52. El Salvador Central America
53. Equatorial Guinea Central Africa
54. Eritrea East Africa
55. Estonia Northern Europe
56. Eswatini Southern Africa
57. Ethiopia East Africa
58. Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia
59. Fiji Melanesia
60. Finland Northern Europe
61. France Western Europe
62. Gabon Central Africa
63. Gambia West Africa
64. Georgia Western Asia
65. Germany Western Europe
66. Ghana West Africa
67. Greece Southern Europe
68. Grenada The Caribbean
69. Guatemala Central America
70. Guinea West Africa
71. Guinea-Bissau West Africa
72. Guyana South America
73. Haiti The Caribbean
74. Honduras Central America
75. Hungary Eastern Europe
76. Iceland Northern Europe
77. India South Asia
78. Indonesia Southeast Asia
79. Iran South Asia
80. Iraq Western Asia
81. Ireland Northern Europe
82. Israel Western Asia
83. Italy Southern Europe
84. Ivory Coast West Africa
85. Jamaica The Caribbean
86. Japan East Asia
87. Jordan Western Asia
88. Kazakhstan Central Asia
89. Kenya East Africa
90. Kiribati Micronesia
91. Kuwait Western Asia
92. Kyrgyzstan Central Asia
93. Laos Southeast Asia
94. Latvia Northern Europe
95. Lebanon Western Asia
96. Lesotho Southern Africa
97. Liberia West Africa
98. Libya North Africa
99. Liechtenstein Western Europe
100. Lithuania Northern Europe
101. Luxembourg Western Europe
102. Madagascar East Africa
103. Malawi East Africa
104. Malaysia Southeast Asia
105. Maldives South Asia
106. Mali West Africa
107. Malta Southern Europe
108. Marshall Islands Micronesia
109. Mauritania West Africa
110. Mauritius East Africa
111. Mexico Central America
112. Moldova Eastern Europe
113. Monaco Western Europe
114. Mongolia East Asia
115. Montenegro Southern Europe
116. Morocco North Africa
117. Mozambique East Africa
118. Myanmar Southeast Asia
119. Namibia Southern Africa
120. Nauru Micronesia
121. Nepal South Asia
122. Netherlands Western Europe
123. New Zealand Oceania
124. Nicaragua Central America
125. Niger West Africa
126. Nigeria West Africa
127. North Korea East Asia
128. North Macedonia Southern Europe
129. Norway Northern Europe
130. Oman Western Asia
131. Pakistan South Asia
132. Palau Micronesia
133. Panama Central America
134. Papua New Guinea Melanesia
135. Paraguay South America
136. Peru South America
137. Philippines Southeast Asia
138. Poland Eastern Europe
139. Portugal Southern Europe
140. Qatar Western Asia
141. Republic of the Congo Central Africa
142. Romania Eastern Europe
143. Russia Eastern Europe
144. Rwanda East Africa
145. Saint Kitts and Nevis The Caribbean
146. Saint Lucia The Caribbean
147. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Caribbean
148. Samoa Polynesia
149. San Marino Southern Europe
150. São Tomé and Príncipe Central Africa
151. Saudi Arabia Western Asia
152. Senegal West Africa
153. Serbia Southern Europe
154. Seychelles East Africa
155. Sierra Leone West Africa
156. Singapore Southeast Asia
157. Slovakia Eastern Europe
158. Slovenia Southern Europe
159. Solomon Islands Melanesia
160. Somalia East Africa
161. South Africa Southern Africa
162. South Korea East Asia
163. South Sudan East Africa
164. Spain Southern Europe
165. Sri Lanka South Asia
166. Sudan North Africa
167. Suriname South America
168. Sweden Northern Europe
169. Switzerland Western Europe
170. Syria Western Asia
171. Tajikistan Central Asia
172. Tanzania East Africa
173. Thailand Southeast Asia
174. Togo West Africa
175. Tonga Polynesia
176. Trinidad and Tobago The Caribbean
177. Tunisia North Africa
178. Turkey Western Asia
179. Turkmenistan Central Asia
180. Tuvalu Polynesia
181. Uganda East Africa
182. Ukraine Eastern Europe
183. United Arab Emirates Western Asia
184. United Kingdom Northern Europe
185. United States North America
186. Uruguay South America
187. Uzbekistan Central Asia
188. Vanuatu Melanesia
189. Vatican City Southern Europe
190. Venezuela South America
191. Vietnam Southeast Asia
192. Yemen Western Asia
193. Zambia East Africa
194. Zimbabwe East Africa