Shortest Country Name A-Z

Name the country with the shortest name that starts with each letter of the alphabet.

Using the same names as the Countries of the World quiz

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First submitted	October 26, 2016
Times taken	234,547
Average score	79.2%
Rating	5.00

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Letter	Length	Country
A	6	Angola
B	5	Benin
C	4	Chad/Cuba
D	7	Denmark
E	5	Egypt
F	4	Fiji
G	5	Ghana/Gabon
H	5	Haiti
I	4	Iran/Iraq
J	5	Japan
K	5	Kenya
L	4	Laos

Letter	Length	Country
M	4	Mali
N	5	Nauru/Nepal/Niger
O	4	Oman
P	4	Peru
Q	5	Qatar
R	6	Russia/Rwanda
S	5	Samoa/Spain/Sudan/Syria
T	4	Togo
U	6	Uganda
V	7	Vanuatu/Vietnam
Y	5	Yemen
Z	6	Zambia

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103 Recent Comments

Level 57

May 13, 2020

Feel free to check out Longest Country Name A-Z which is here

Level 77

Nov 19, 2016

Well done me I'm Egyptian/Finn and forgot Egypt

Level 76

Jul 1, 2019

Interesting combo :)

+16

Level 68

Apr 25, 2020

You could go with Egypfinn. Think of the time you would save.

Level 51

Sep 27, 2021

HAHAHA!!!

Level 72

May 19, 2024

That gives me a Finnyptian

Level 42

Jun 11, 2022

I am Palestinian/Finn :)

Level 68

Jul 25, 2023

So, Palestfinnian?

Level 78

Nov 4, 2024

Suomisri!

Level 56

Dec 13, 2016

Vatican?

Level 56

Dec 13, 2016

Its full name is Vatican City

Level 66

May 21, 2020

we're talking about the country, not as city

+19

Level 48

Jun 5, 2020

@yoshimano the full name of the country is also vatican city

Level 43

Mar 13, 2017

Kind of a strange looking picture at the top of the quiz

Level 57

Mar 14, 2017

Agreed. But it fits in quite well with the subject!

Level 66

Mar 21, 2017

I'm guessing it comments on the Russo-Japanese war. Am I right?

Level 57

Mar 21, 2017

Only one I missed was Mali. It took me a while to come up with Kenya, because I kept coming back to Kazakhstan, and other things that were obviously wrong.

Level 47

Mar 21, 2017

There sure are a lot of 7-letter countries starting with A.

Level 68

Mar 21, 2017

Yep, that was the one that took the longest for me - A.

Level 52

Mar 21, 2017

Great quiz, however I think it would be even better without the amount of letters shown in the answer. So, if I type in Libya and it isn't accepted, then I know there must be a 4 letter answer.

Level 74

Mar 21, 2017

Nice one, Jerry. Why is it I have started forgetting Japan on all these quizzes??? Drives me nuts that I keep doing it.

Level 76

Apr 25, 2020

you mean nichster

Level 80

May 26, 2021

Happens to me, too. I guess it's because Japan is a country in a far away corner of Asia and not even on the main continent.

Level 46

Mar 21, 2017

Wow, an A to Z quiz where A is the least guessed.

Level 74

Mar 21, 2017

Way too much time.

Level 59

Mar 21, 2017

Yuppppppppp, but cool quiz.

Level 81

Mar 21, 2017

Great quiz, got me thinking

Level 62

Mar 21, 2017

I'm from Iran... I was stumped on "I" because all I could think of was India... where do I revoke my citizenship?

Level 67

Mar 21, 2017

Got there with 1:21 left on the clock

Level 33

Mar 21, 2017

No 'W'?

Level 32

Jun 2, 2017

There are no countries thet start with W.

Level 78

Jul 24, 2023

What about Wyoming?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4uD20A7n68

Level 41

Nov 5, 2024

Wales

Level 32

Jan 1, 2026

Wales is a country inside of the United Kingdom, not a separate sovereign country like France or Japan

Level 51

Mar 22, 2017

3.16 left, alphabetical order, first time - agree a bit too much time on this one, but cool quiz. More please!

Level 69

Mar 23, 2017

Got them all with 1:27 left. Took me awhile to come up with A and R. The last one I came up with was Rwanda. I didn't even think of Russia.

Level 80

Jul 19, 2017

I got them all.........Ha Ha

Level 16

Aug 11, 2017

100% with 2:16 remaining on my first try! :D

Level 66

Oct 10, 2017

Got every one with 3 seconds left

Level 20

Mar 11, 2018

don't ask me how I missed the letter s, just don't

Level 67

Jun 8, 2018

Aruba is an A country that has 5 letters

+13

Level 46

Apr 30, 2019

It's not a country, it's party of the Netherlands.

Level 76

Apr 25, 2020

Geodude, I advise you change your name.. ;) It actually is a country, one of the 4 countries that makes up the Kingdom of the Netherlands (one of the others is the country the Netherlands.

It has its own constitution, government, prime minister and ministers and elections. It is not part of the Netherlands and therefore not a member of the EU. Defense ís handled by the Kingdom (as is the case for all the constituent countries, including the Netherlands), but they are internally autonomous.

+13

Level 72

Jan 12, 2021

"Internally autonomous" is another way of saying "not independent".

Level 41

Aug 25, 2018

vatican not one of the accepted answers for V?

Level 57

Aug 26, 2018

Vatican City is the full name used here.

Level 76

Jul 1, 2019

Because it is its name. Vatican city and The Vatican are not the same thing.

Level 43

Jan 7, 2019

Missed Egypt ;( great quiz

Level 48

Feb 21, 2019

Easy 5 points. Time is too long.

Level 70

Jul 14, 2019

Funny that the least answered country is Angola, whose name starts with A, the first letter of the alphabet!

Level 67

Aug 23, 2019

Great Quiz, I'd consider adding a minute or so though, got it with 2 seconds left.

Level 48

Sep 7, 2019

forgot Japan existed for a while there. Great quiz!

Level 63

Nov 25, 2019

Isn't Vatican also a country starting with V and is also made of 7 letters?

Level 62

Jan 7, 2020

the technical name is Vatican City

Level 76

Apr 25, 2020

like mentioned before The Vatican = the holy see, not a country but like the governing body of the catholic church

( hard to explain in a different language while not being catholic, but I think I phrased that correctly. In layman's terms, "something churchy" ;) )

Level 62

Jan 7, 2020

awesome quiz! I really enjoyed taking it!

Level 79

Jan 30, 2020

got Benin with 2 seconds to spare, almost immediately after getting Togo.

Level 39

Apr 25, 2020

Great quiz

Level 67

Apr 25, 2020

Well done. Great quiz. Surprising to see Kenya and Egypt so low down

Level 76

Apr 25, 2020

Kenya somehow was slightly tougher, because everything that is a K in my language becomes a C in english, so it is harder to spring to mind. Got it fast this time though, but I remember another time I had a hard time coming up with it (might be this quiz or another that gave the first letter). Egypt is indeed very surprising, one of the easier ones for me.

Level 62

Apr 25, 2020

Nice one! Thanks!

Level 65

Apr 26, 2020

Fun fact : you can make a group with Ghana, Benin, Togo, Niger, Mali, Chad, Sudan and Egypt.

Level 71

Apr 28, 2020

Surprisingly easy

Level 61

May 31, 2020

So many 7-letter countries beginning with A...

Level 74

Aug 20, 2020

Nice quiz!

Level 34

Dec 2, 2020

A very great quiz .it was easy like taking candy from a baby

Level 28

Feb 17, 2021

2:11

Scoring

You scored 1/24 = 4%

This beats or equals 0.7% of test takers

The average score is 19

Your high score is 1

Level 34

Feb 26, 2021

missed Haiti

Level 79

Aug 15, 2021

Missed Egypt, Kenya, Togo

Level 48

Nov 3, 2021

why is vatican not on the list

v 1

a 2

t 3

i 4

c 5

a 6

n 7

Level 59

Nov 8, 2021

For the same reason as for the multiple comments before you. The official name of the country is Vatican City.

Level 37

Dec 1, 2021

My brain (looking for Cuba and Iraq): Tijuana, Jacksonville, Kiribati, Roscommon, Uzbekistan, Federated States of Micronesia, Alberquerque, Benjamin Disraeli...

I blame jetpunk for this...

Level 48

Jan 6, 2022

Interesting quiz. Missed Kenya.

Level 55

Jan 7, 2022

For me PNG is the shortest country name starting from P

Level 28

Jan 7, 2022

Brazil?

Level 68

Jan 7, 2022

That's six letters. "Benin" is only five.

Level 88

Jan 7, 2022

No bonus for Burma? It will always be Burma to me.

Level 39

Jan 13, 2022

Great quiz. Got them with 20 seconds to spare. I found it helps to picture the first letter with the amount of letters after it and the country name comes quickly to mind!

Level 20

Jan 16, 2023

NOOOOO I FORGOT ANGOLA AND EGYPT

Level 63

Feb 18, 2023

24/24 second time around, three days later. Show the different if you're not tired, I only got 20/24 in first attempt.

Level 79

May 12, 2023

3:33, pretty hard

Level 35

Jul 24, 2023

Vatican is also 7 letters just like Vietnam

Level 32

Jan 1, 2026

Can you please read the comments above before commenting? Vatican City is the official name and The Vatican is the central authority in the Catholic Church.

Level 35

Jul 24, 2023

Wales is missing

Level 74

Jul 24, 2023

Wales is a country of the United Kingdom, but not a country of the world, which includes only sovereign nations. The caveat specifies that the country names come from the countries of the world quiz.

Level 28

Oct 31, 2024

Level 41

Nov 4, 2024

united kingdom

Level 24

Sep 15, 2023

OH ITS YOU WHO STOLE MY IDEA A FEW DAYS LATER TO GET IT ONTO FEATURED (sorry for being mean I just never got a quiz on featured -EDIT-)

Level 21

Nov 21, 2023

Is Aruba no longer a country...5 letters.

Level 58

Feb 9, 2024

Vatican surely should be included for V no?

Level 57

Feb 9, 2024

Vatican City is the more commonly used name on the site.

Level 35

Feb 9, 2024

bali...?

Level 59

Feb 26, 2024

I think that's an island of Indonesia, please correct me if I'm wrong

Level 32

Jan 1, 2026

Pretty sure you’re correct

Level 39

Feb 28, 2024

17/24 i cant believe i missed iran and iraq!!!!!

Level 40

May 16, 2024

It was pretty easier than i expected, enjoyed

Level 20

May 19, 2024

Burma is 5 letters

Level 56

May 26, 2024

It's now called Myanmar

Level 28

Jun 18, 2024

Egypt feels like it's more than 5 letters lmao

Level 43

Nov 25, 2024

Vatican is 7 letters

Level 35

Jun 17, 2025

damn i got stuck at B

Level 44

Jul 12, 2025

Had to pause and think on E. Just got it in time..

Level 43

Dec 8, 2025

woah most are Africans interesting