All Countries of the World by Area with Hints

Guess each country of the world in order of its surface area. As you guess each country you will be given the first letter of the next country.

Note: The letter hint also appears ON THE MAP

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Last updated: April 8, 2021

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First submitted	June 1, 2016
Times taken	240,325
Average score	34.2%
Rating	4.97

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Hint	Country	Next
17.09 m	Russia	C
9.98 m	Canada	C
9.64 m	China	U
9.52 m	United States	B
8.51 m	Brazil	A
7.69 m	Australia	I
3.16 m	India	A
2.78 m	Argentina	K
2.72 m	Kazakhstan	A
2.38 m	Algeria	D
2.34 m	D. R. Congo	S
2.14 m	Saudi Arabia	M
1.96 m	Mexico	I
1.90 m	Indonesia	S
1.88 m	Sudan	L
1.75 m	Libya	I
1.64 m	Iran	M
1.56 m	Mongolia	P
1.28 m	Peru	C
1.28 m	Chad	N
1.26 m	Niger	A
1.24 m	Angola	M
1.24 m	Mali	S
1.22 m	South Africa	C
1.14 m	Colombia	E
1.10 m	Ethiopia	B
1.09 m	Bolivia	M
1.03 m	Mauritania	E
1.00 m	Egypt	T
945 k	Tanzania	N
923 k	Nigeria	V
916 k	Venezuela	P
881 k	Pakistan	N
825 k	Namibia	M
801 k	Mozambique	T
783 k	Turkey	C
756 k	Chile	Z
752 k	Zambia	M
676 k	Myanmar	A
652 k	Afghanistan	F
640 k	France	S
637 k	Somalia	C
622 k	Central African Republic	S
619 k	South Sudan	U
603 k	Ukraine	M
587 k	Madagascar	B
582 k	Botswana	K
580 k	Kenya	Y
527 k	Yemen	T
513 k	Thailand	S
505 k	Spain	T
488 k	Turkmenistan	C
475 k	Cameroon	P
462 k	Papua New Guinea	S
450 k	Sweden	U
447 k	Uzbekistan	M
446 k	Morocco	I
438 k	Iraq	P
406 k	Paraguay	Z
390 k	Zimbabwe	J
377 k	Japan	G
357 k	Germany	P
342 k	Philippines	R
342 k	Republic of the Congo	F
338 k	Finland	V
331 k	Vietnam	M

Hint	Country	Next
330 k	Malaysia	N
323 k	Norway	I
322 k	Ivory Coast	P
312 k	Poland	O
309 k	Oman	I
301 k	Italy	E
276 k	Ecuador	B
272 k	Burkina Faso	N
270 k	New Zealand	G
267 k	Gabon	G
245 k	Guinea	U
242 k	United Kingdom	U
241 k	Uganda	G
238 k	Ghana	R
238 k	Romania	L
236 k	Laos	G
214 k	Guyana	B
207 k	Belarus	K
199 k	Kyrgyzstan	S
196 k	Senegal	S
185 k	Syria	C
181 k	Cambodia	U
181 k	Uruguay	S
163 k	Suriname	T
163 k	Tunisia	B
147 k	Bangladesh	N
147 k	Nepal	T
143 k	Tajikistan	G
131 k	Greece	N
130 k	Nicaragua	N
120 k	North Korea	M
118 k	Malawi	E
117 k	Eritrea	B
112 k	Benin	H
112 k	Honduras	L
111 k	Liberia	B
110 k	Bulgaria	C
109 k	Cuba	G
108 k	Guatemala	I
103 k	Iceland	S
100 k	South Korea	H
93 k	Hungary	P
92 k	Portugal	J
89 k	Jordan	S
88 k	Serbia	A
86 k	Azerbaijan	A
83 k	Austria	U
83 k	United Arab Emirates	C
78 k	Czech Republic	P
75 k	Panama	S
71 k	Sierra Leone	I
70 k	Ireland	G
69 k	Georgia	S
65 k	Sri Lanka	L
65 k	Lithuania	L
64 k	Latvia	T
56 k	Togo	C
56 k	Croatia	B
51 k	Bosnia and Herzegovina	C
51 k	Costa Rica	S
49 k	Slovakia	D
48 k	Dominican Republic	E
45 k	Estonia	D
43 k	Denmark	N
41 k	Netherlands	S

Hint	Country	Next
41 k	Switzerland	B
38 k	Bhutan	T
36 k	Taiwan	G
36 k	Guinea-Bissau	M
33 k	Moldova	B
30 k	Belgium	L
30 k	Lesotho	A
29 k	Armenia	S
28 k	Solomon Islands	A
28 k	Albania	E
28 k	Equatorial Guinea	B
27 k	Burundi	H
27 k	Haiti	R
26 k	Rwanda	N
25 k	North Macedonia	D
23 k	Djibouti	B
22 k	Belize	E
21 k	El Salvador	I
20 k	Israel	S
20 k	Slovenia	F
18 k	Fiji	K
17 k	Kuwait	E
17 k	Eswatini	E
14 k	East Timor	B
13 k	Bahamas	M
13 k	Montenegro	V
12 k	Vanuatu	Q
11 k	Qatar	G
11 k	Gambia	J
10 k	Jamaica	K
10 k	Kosovo	L
10 k	Lebanon	C
9251	Cyprus	B
5765	Brunei	T
5130	Trinidad and Tobago	C
4033	Cape Verde	S
2842	Samoa	L
2586	Luxembourg	M
2040	Mauritius	C
1862	Comoros	S
964	São Tomé and Príncipe	K
811	Kiribati	B
765	Bahrain	D
751	Dominica	T
747	Tonga	S
710	Singapore	F
702	F. S. Micronesia	S
616	Saint Lucia	A
468	Andorra	P
459	Palau	S
452	Seychelles	A
442	Antigua and Barbuda	B
430	Barbados	S
389	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	G
344	Grenada	M
316	Malta	M
300	Maldives	S
261	Saint Kitts and Nevis	M
181	Marshall Islands	L
160	Liechtenstein	S
61	San Marino	T
26	Tuvalu	N
21	Nauru	M
2.02	Monaco	V
0.44	Vatican City	-

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100 Recent Comments

+57

Level ∞

Apr 8, 2021

Big thanks to Overtired, who added the hint letter onto the map itself to reduce scrolling.

Level 40

Apr 6, 2021

I got all the way down to Armenia :'D

Level 46

Jun 24, 2023

I got to Taiwan.

Level 87

Apr 7, 2021

I think I could have finished without the 5 minutes that I spent scrolling up to look at the map and back down to see the next letter. It would be nice if the map's CSS position property could be set to fixed so that it would stay on the screen while I scroll.

Level 76

Apr 7, 2021

The map shows Greenland as part of Denmark, but Denmark is way down this list. The same applies I think, to a lesser degree, for Morocco.

Level 73

Apr 9, 2021

I like the letter on the map!

Level 71

Apr 9, 2021

5 seconds left!

Level 91

Apr 9, 2021

Perfect quiz now that the letter is on the map! Finished with 4:44 left compared to less than 2 minutes when I had to scroll up and down.

Level 88

Apr 9, 2021

As others have said, putting the letter on the map is a great solution! Now, hopefully, some Jetpunk quiz-making elites will use this idea for a multitude of new quizzes!

Level 78

Apr 21, 2021

very well done.

Level 61

Apr 12, 2021

I made it to the Republic of the Congo which threw me off but I'm proud I got that far!

Level 65

Apr 28, 2021

Yeah

Level 88

Apr 14, 2021

Norway is listed as a country starting with "V"

Level 88

Apr 14, 2021

Actually "v" stayed for the rest of the time for me-also at least Vietnam, Malaysia, Syria, and Tunisia did not work either

Level 73

Apr 22, 2021

I love the addition of the letter on the map! I wish we could have the same for a quizz by population, or by area starting with the smallest!

Level 36

May 1, 2021

10 more minutes pls!

Level 48

May 11, 2021

this was very fun! got it first try! thanks for the quiz :)

Level 36

May 14, 2021

when you're supposed to guess Andorra it shows "P" on the map. pls fix it. and pls add 10 more minutes.

Level 36

May 20, 2021

reminder

Level 36

Jun 2, 2021

reminder #2

Level 80

Jun 2, 2021

I just took the quiz again and A appeared when I had to guess Andorra. Maybe you had skipped some answers when you got to Andorra?

Level 75

May 15, 2021

The scale of the map is so misleading. It would be nice to have an appropriately scaled version of this, if possible.

Level 88

Jun 10, 2021

Darned Mercator projection!

Level 71

Jun 10, 2021

It would be great if the letter on the map would match the highlighted country - so if you get stuck, you can tab to the next answer and dont have to scroll down.

Level 64

Jun 10, 2021

Got stuck for 5 minutes on Republic of Congo ;(

Level 74

Jun 10, 2021

The letter stopped working for me - got stuck on "S" for a long time.

Level 66

Jun 10, 2021

I was going at a strong pace, and then "R"epublic of the Congo just completely knocked me out. I used the rest of my time thinking of "R" countries.

Level 43

Jun 10, 2021

with all due respect, I'm pretty sure the USA is bigger than China.

Level 61

Nov 10, 2021

It isn't according to most sources. Certain American sources use extra water area to inflate the size

Level 79

Jun 10, 2021

i think it may be helpful to have a caveat reminding everyone that larger countries may not look larger due to the map projection - saves quizzers guessing ones in europe that simply aren’t as big as they look, and you get less complaining comments.

Level 43

Dec 19, 2022

Try using this: https://www.thetruesize.com/

It's a real size map it helps a lot.

Level 20

Jun 14, 2021

This was hard

Level 63

Jun 18, 2021

I typed Guyana sooooo many times, it didn’t work and the answer was Guyana. I must be going crazy.

Level 54

Feb 5, 2024

There were Gs for like five in a row, and Guyana was the last one, so you’re not going crazy

Level 72

Jul 1, 2021

Aright, I am confused. I got as far as Armenia, which 8% of quiz takers also guess, BUT the 16% have guessed Vatican city. How is that possible? Is it possible to go out of order or skip ahead?

Level 36

Jul 2, 2021

yes you can highlight the last field in the country list and guess Vatican (but you won't get a hint for M - Monaco)

Level 57

Jan 16, 2023

even though I only got 153/196 I knew Vatican and Monaco were the smallest ones so I put them there

Level 43

Jul 8, 2021

USA had a greater surface area than China

Level 73

Jul 10, 2021

One of the best quizzes I have ever played

Level 72

Jul 27, 2021

This is my favorite quiz on this site. Been practicing it for a few months and finally got it under 10 minutes! Had a lot of fun throughout.

Level 85

Aug 21, 2021

I got so stuck waiting for Morocco - does the indicated area include Western Sahara? It looks much bigger on the map and according to Wikipedia, with Western Sahara included it is 710k which would be above Myanmar & Madagascar. Or should uncounted territories be greyed out or something?

Level 71

Aug 23, 2021

There is no way the 5 point average for this quiz is that high legitimately. This is my third take of this quiz and my best is 178, still not enough to beat 95%. Or maybe I'm just too sour right now lol

Level 62

Sep 20, 2021

couldn't even cross 100 on first try T-T

Level 61

Nov 14, 2021

I got 131 up to the netherlands

Level 43

Dec 17, 2021

For Cote D'Ivore would it be possible to have I/C

Level 29

Mar 19, 2022

You should add Palestine.

Level 56

Jul 14, 2022

On Jetpunk, there are 196 countries- 193 UN recognised, Taiwan, Kosovo and the Vatican City (Holy See)

Level 74

Oct 16, 2022

There needs to be more time. I've done this so many times and always run out at around 150.

Level 83

Oct 28, 2022

every time I do this I forget how many countries start with the same letter and I'll get about halfway through and start saying things like "HOW ON EARTH ARE THERE MORE G COUNTRIES"

Level 54

Feb 5, 2024

Like the seven “G”s in a row got me. I think I tried Guyana like seventeen times because you would get it and G came up again.

Level 71

Nov 10, 2022

This is a fun quiz, but I wish I did not have to keep scrolling up and down. I can't see the map and the hint at the same time.

Level 36

Nov 28, 2022

Isn't Ukraine bigger than France?

Level 43

Dec 19, 2022

I think it was counting colonies too.

Level 75

Feb 6, 2025

French Guiana is an integral part of France like how Hawaii is to the United States. NOT a colony.

Level 30

Dec 14, 2022

USA is bigger than China

Level 43

Dec 19, 2022

Why didn't you count Greenland?

Level 37

Jan 10, 2023

because greenland is not a country

Level 72

Jan 13, 2023

Greenland is a territory of Denmark, but Greenland is excluded from Denmark's size in this quiz.

Level 37

Jan 10, 2023

I only got 120, it's surprisingly hard!

Level 57

Jan 16, 2023

I feel that after Switzerland things get... unbearable. I can only see small black dots on the map and from there it's just guessing

Level 67

Jan 24, 2023

Wow, spent two days trying this one. Great quizz.

Level 60

Jan 29, 2023

I see from previous comments that the time for this has been extended, but I still could do with more time, please!

Level 63

Apr 18, 2024

My best time is 7:27, so practising this many many times, it's possible to get it under 8 minutes.

Level 69

Apr 20, 2023

I've memorized the countries in alphabetical order, and just cycled through them until I said one that made sense.

I've read over the list of countries by area before so I know the first 30 off the top of my head. I also know that certain countries are right before and after each other, like Spain and Turkmenistan, Sweden and Uzbekistan, or Solomon Islands and Armenia.

Level 66

Aug 10, 2023

Did you intentionally choose this map projection or is it just the default map projection Jetpunk gives you?

Level 54

Feb 5, 2024

Default

Level 79

Oct 13, 2023

182

Level 79

Oct 14, 2023

Finally got 100%, with 16:42.

Level 49

Mar 4, 2024

88/196. I hate this

Level 67

Mar 20, 2024

When the answer was Republic of the Congo i typed Congo and it did not count, gave up after 6 minutes of crying

Level 76

Mar 22, 2024

It seems to be broken (for me atleast). I typed russia like ten times, then I started doubting if I understood the concept of the quiz and then tried if it wasnt perhaps another country..I started doubting everything at that point!! tried some other countries and stared at the map a very long time and questioning my sanity..)

So I stopped the quiz, checked comments to see if others had the same issue or to see what I was doing wrong if I indeed had misunderstood the concept, didnt see anything helpful, unpaused and tried again, same out come so I quit. And well russia was indeed the first answer! Very confused..

Tl;dr It didn't respond after typing in the answer at all. now after restarting it does seem to work

Level 63

May 17, 2024

Time Used 5:36, Best Time 5:36 siuuuuuu

Level 63

May 29, 2024

Time Used 4:30, Best Time 4:30, STILL GRINDING !!!

Level 65

Jul 25, 2025

Hell yeah, just got 4:25

Level 29

Sep 6, 2024

The area given for Serbia (88k) includes Kosovo, it shouldn't be included in Serbia's area if it's listed as a country later.

Level 46

Oct 24, 2024

USA is bigger then china due to alaska and Hawaii.

Level 28

Oct 27, 2024

After a lot of work out into it I must conclude that this quiz just doesn't make any sense.

You either learn by heart the right sequence or you're done. You got 6 seconds to guess a country, if you fail you are doomed. It ends up being a game of "name all the countries starting with that letter".

Level 58

Nov 7, 2024

10 seconds left

Level 68

Nov 21, 2024

I never realized my whole life was such a lie until I did this

Level 61

Nov 22, 2024

The quiz is entirely broken. When I type the country it doesn't even register or fill in the map and the give up button doesn't even work.

Level 57

Nov 23, 2024

Thought the problem was with my computer, but I guess not. Is the svg broken?

Level ∞

Nov 23, 2024

Fixed now.

Level 48

Dec 29, 2024

I feel like this quiz needs more time. Even if you know all countries, unless you practice this quiz multiple times it feels impossible to get them all within the current time. I only got to 117/196 on my second attempt.

Level 48

Jan 22, 2025

Well instead of studying for my exams... Best time 6:34

Level 46

Apr 3, 2025

same lol, my exams are after 3 days, my best time is 14:50

Level 52

Jan 23, 2025

Ay dios mio the Mercator Projection really messes with your head.

Level 55

Feb 14, 2025

expected Morocco to be a lot sooner, do you count Western Sahara?

Level 62

Mar 20, 2025

only took 19 tries...but this was a dang good quiz. One of my favorites

Level 74

May 22, 2025

There's a bug where if you advance the yellow box to skip a slot, the hint letter doesn't update (because it's "revealed" by the most recent answer I guess). This tripped me up for a long time.

Level 66

Sep 20, 2025

it would not accept Fiji until I typed it with a space before the F :( was driving myself crazy since the only other F option by that point was FS of Micronesia

Level 56

Oct 7, 2025

People complaining about scrolling should do Jetpunk quizzes on a smartphone screen more often, especially World Map ones. In portrait mode you're scrolling left-right like crazy, and in landscape mode you can't see the map at all (bottom half of the screen is occupied by the keyboard, upper quarter has the url, and the timer + answer box occupy the rest). There are so many quizzes you barely have a chance if you don't own a computer.

Level 58

Oct 15, 2025

100% first try with 21 seconds left whew

Level 57

Oct 29, 2025

Could you add in a caveat for countries like Denmark and Morocco which don't have their entire de jure territory counted?

Level 69

Nov 26, 2025

Love this, one of my favourite quizzes. Would also enjoy the opposite - smallest to largest

Level 49

Dec 12, 2025

more time maybe, otherwise, very fun quiz

Level 66

Jan 21, 2026

when you get to st lucia the map shows P as the next hint, though the hint should actually be A as shown in the table. but i've been defeated by this glitch twice now so the problem at this point is me.

Level 42

Feb 7, 2026

finished with literally one second to spare

Level 59

Mar 1, 2026

144 - new best

Level 42

Mar 20, 2026

ok ivory coast does not look bigger than poland...

Level 36

Apr 2, 2026

yay I finally finished! This took me so many tries and I definitely have the first 25 or so countries memorized haha.

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