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Countries that Beat South Africa

For each selected category, name any of the countries that ranks higher than South Africa.
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First submittedMay 2, 2020
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Rank
Category
Countries
6
Most populous African country
Nigeria | Ethiopia | Egypt | D. R. Congo | Tanzania
9
Largest country in Africa by area
Algeria | D. R. Congo | Sudan | Libya |
Chad | Niger | Angola | Mali
8
Great number of wild elephants
Botswana | Zimbabwe | Tanzania | India |
Kenya | Namibia | Zambia
5
Southernmost country
* Excluding European possessions
Chile | Argentina | Australia | New Zealand
2
Most people of Dutch ancestry outside
of the Netherlands
United States
4
Greatest number of official languages
Bolivia | Zimbabwe | Mali
4
African country with the longest coastline
Madagascar | Mozambique | Egypt
2
Country containing the largest urban
area whose name starts with J
Indonesia
4 (t)
Greatest number of oceans bordered
* excluding overseas territories
Canada | Russia | United States
2 (t)
Most top 3 finishes in the Rugby World Cup
New Zealand
2
Greatest number of other countries whose
territory it completely surrounds
Italy
5
Earliest legalization of same sex marriage
Netherlands | Belgium | Spain | Canada
5
Most murders (2022)
Brazil | Nigeria | India | Mexico
8 (t)
Most gold produced (2022)
China | Australia | Russia | Canada | United States |
Mexico | Kazakhstan
9
Highest GDP per capita in Africa (PPP, 2024)
Seychelles | Mauritius | Libya | Botswana |
Gabon | Equatorial Guinea | Egypt | Algeria
3
Most area within the Kalahari Desert
Botswana | Namibia
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42 Comments
HinesBrothers
+5
Level 78
May 3, 2020
Don't forget to try the rest of our Countries that Beat quizzes and all the ones in the Countries that Beat tag!
Nicco55
+12
Level 68
May 3, 2020
Easier than expected
Sifhraven
+19
Level 76
May 4, 2020
Man at one point for some of these questions I had started to think the answer needed to be an African country.. I need sleep
vermiciousknid
+3
Level 91
May 4, 2020
Same here. Probably on both counts.
Dimby
+2
Level 83
Oct 16, 2024
4 years after them: it took me a good while to conclude that there’s no way there are multiple countries further south than South Africa in Africa.
malamuer
+1
Level 44
Jul 28, 2025
yeah same
joeythelemur
+7
Level 80
May 6, 2020
Curious about your source for the language question. I had thought India had 20+ official languages.
Samuel105
+12
Level 72
May 7, 2020
I think there are only two official languages at national level in India but in total 22 scheduled languages (some of which are officially recognised in individual states but not the nation as a whole)
Lossie2
+3
Level 78
Sep 3, 2020
And what about Switzerland?
Froststar101
+4
Level 73
Sep 3, 2020
What about it?
HinesBrothers
+9
Level 78
Sep 3, 2020
Switzerland only has four official languages (French, German, Italian, Romansch). South Africa has eleven.
fluffcats
+1
Level 65
Jun 29, 2023
Doesn't Singapore have 4 official languages? English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil.
malamuer
+1
Level 44
Jul 28, 2025
I was thinking the exact same thing.... at one point I even thought I misspelled Singapore
ignorred
+1
Level 67
Oct 20, 2025
That's a tough question, there's definitely plenty of countries with more widely-spoken languages but they may or may not count as official (for instance, I tried PNG like five times before trying to actually think of somewhere else)
ADX31
+1
Level 55
Jun 1, 2020
South Africa isn't #2 but tied #1 with Italy for countries inside its territory. 2 in South Africa (Eswatini and Lesotho) and 2 in Italy (Vatican and San Marino - Monaco is inside France though it's only a few kilometers from Italian border).
HinesBrothers
+18
Level 78
Jun 1, 2020
Here are the problems with that:

Eswatini also borders Mozambique

Though Monaco only borders France, Monaco is on the Mediterranean Sea, making it not count

cacatula
+3
Level 57
Jun 6, 2020
somalia has the longest coastline in africa
JonOfKent
+4
Level 61
Jun 30, 2020
After Madagascar, obvs. Yes, I'm surprised it's not on the list. I suppose it depends what authority you're using. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of_coastline it has either the longest or second-longest coastline on the continent itself.
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 78
Sep 3, 2020
We use this quiz as the source
Algarve
+4
Level 70
Sep 3, 2020
I've got conditioned by previous answers and the questions regarding murder rate and same sex marriage made me though about these items in Africa only
daQuokka
+2
Level 67
Sep 4, 2020
I'm a little confused about the oceans bordering question. I'm assuming that, as far as this quiz is concerned, South Africa borders the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. What about the Southern Ocean though? I'm not sure whether South Africa technically borders it, but if it does, none of the answers given have more, and if it doesn't, Australia should be accepted.
HinesBrothers
+4
Level 78
Sep 4, 2020
Neither South Africa nor Australia border the Southern Ocean. It is generally considered to be bounded by the Antarctic Circle, the 60th parallel south, the southern circulation, or the Antarctic Convergence, but some definitions are a bit looser. None of the mainstream definitions, and very few other definitions consider the Southern Ocean to border the mainland of any continent besides Antarctica, and those only border Chile and Argentina. So you could make a case that Chile borders three oceans, but I am pretty sure that those definitions also mean that Chile does not border the Atlantic Ocean. And besides, these very loose definitions are rare and not commonly accepted.
Geo1296
+1
Level 46
Sep 13, 2020
Good quiz but what do you mean by most official languages?
Dollyfroggy
+4
Level 63
Sep 26, 2023
The largest amount of official languages? There's not really any other way to word it.
acka
+1
Level 65
Jun 6, 2021
I'm confused as to how Australia doesn't border the same number of oceans as South Africa? Either it's 3 and South Africa does qualify for bordering the Southern Ocean in which case so does Australia or it's 2 and they're still both there.
Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 63
Sep 26, 2023
I don't see the issue. The quiz is countries that beat South Africa, not those that tie with them. (And HinesBrothers has said above that neither are counted for the Southern Ocean.)
Denouement
+1
Level 71
May 1, 2022
Doesn't Papua New Guinea also have 3 official languages?
KevinTheCat
+6
Level 68
Aug 25, 2022
south africa has 11
Chaddius
+2
Level 66
Dec 14, 2022
Qatar needs to be added for the World Cup question
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Dec 14, 2022
Updated
Wistful
+2
Level 72
Jun 2, 2023
You should probably add a caveat excluding territories. Otherwise, the UK and France are also valid answers for the oceans bordered question.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Sep 26, 2023
Alternatively, just accept UK and France for the oceans question.
Zixmatix
+2
Level 50
Feb 13, 2024
Mali now has 13 official languages
cyceryx
+1
Level 61
May 1, 2024
17/17 :3
Laars
+7
Level 35
May 25, 2024
I surely can’t be the only one that thought png would beat South Africa on the language question but i guess alive languages aren’t the same as official languages
Hawke
+1
Level 85
Sep 23, 2024
Shouldn't "Great number of elephants" be "Greatest"?
Dimby
+2
Level 83
Oct 16, 2024
Are you saying that having numerous elephants isn’t great? Do you hate elephants?
theenforcer22
+1
Level 70
Sep 25, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster.
Instrumental
+1
Level 70
Oct 16, 2024
"Country containing the largest urban area whose name starts with J"

I definitely read this as it looking for a country that starts with a J and not an urban area that starts with a J. Was very confused when Japan didn't populate.

RoboquizM86
+1
Level 61
Jun 29, 2025
Thanks I enjoyed the quiz
bananawana
+1
Level 32
Nov 2, 2025
I thought it was just Africa until about 2 minutes left
Nateww2nerd
+1
Level 48
Apr 16, 2026
Indonesia doesn't start with a J, otherwise it's a great quiz
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