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Landlocked Countries in Africa

Can you guess the countries of Africa which do not border the sea?
As you guess each country it will be filled on an empty map
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Last updated: April 1, 2016
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First submittedMarch 30, 2016
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Countries
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African
Republic
Chad
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Lesotho
Countries
Malawi
Mali
Niger
Rwanda
South Sudan
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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28 Comments
+11
Level 78
Oct 4, 2024
Congrats on your first feature!
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Level 81
Oct 4, 2024
And this whole time I thought Eswatini had a coastline, good quiz.
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Level 63
Oct 4, 2024
aint that kinda famous for being partially encircled by South Africa?
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Level 86
Oct 5, 2024
It just borders two countries, there’s no particular reason for it to be famous for it.
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Level 47
Oct 29, 2024
it just looks neat
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Level 44
Jan 21, 2026
no that's lesotho
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Level 36
Feb 10, 2026
Lesotho is completely encircled by South Africa, you are mistaken.
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Level 61
Feb 10, 2026
Eswatini is not famous for that. It is more famous for being the subject of a name change people still don't know about (Swaziland --> Eswatini)
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Level 71
Feb 12, 2026
Probably a good idea on their behalf though, Eswatini is less likely to be confused with Switzerland when pronounced in particularly broad dialects or accented English.
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Level 29
Feb 17, 2026
And making their endonym their official name is an good step in decolonization
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Level 88
Oct 4, 2024
Wonderful quiz.
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Level 63
Oct 4, 2024
Landlocked countries in Africa, my first thought - of course Belarus!
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Level 47
Oct 29, 2024
ah yes!
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Level 72
Oct 4, 2024
I displayed amazing talent by forgetting the most obvious one - Central African Republic
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Level 63
Oct 29, 2024
At least you didn't try Ivory Coast.
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Level 86
Oct 4, 2024
I've been on JetPunk so long that I found that surprisingly easy.
+16
Level 83
Oct 4, 2024
Really liked the addition of the map filling out the countries. Congrats on the feature!
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Level 70
Oct 29, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster.
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Level 89
Nov 27, 2024
I thought for sure DRC was landlocked. I was wrong.
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Level 32
Jul 16, 2025
yeah it's too big to be landlocked lol
+3
Level 81
Feb 10, 2026
In fairness, Kazakhstan is larger and still landlocked.
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Level 61
Sep 25, 2025
I thought that
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Level 61
Sep 25, 2025
Great quiz! I was surprised at Ethiopia, maybe it used to have a coast
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Level 72
Feb 10, 2026
It did before 24/05/1993 but that was 33 years ago
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Level 61
Feb 10, 2026
It used to control Eritrea but Eritrea became independent in the early 1990s
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Level 46
Nov 16, 2025
I tried DRC about a million times
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Level 28
Jan 27, 2026
I got 100% in the end but I thought for sure DR Congo was landlocked.
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Level 61
Feb 10, 2026
It has a Bosnia and Herzegovina type situation