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Biggest Countries Bordering the Pacific Ocean

Can you name the fifteen largest countries by area that border the Pacific Ocean?
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Last updated: December 7, 2019
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First submittedOctober 9, 2016
Times taken75,983
Average score86.7%
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km²
Country
17,098,246
Russia
9,984,670
Canada
9,572,900
China
9,525,067
United States
7,692,024
Australia
1,964,375
Mexico
1,910,931
Indonesia
1,285,216
Peru
km²
Country
1,141,748
Colombia
756,102
Chile
513,120
Thailand
462,840
Papua New Guinea
377,930
Japan
331,212
Vietnam
330,803
Malaysia
53 Comments
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Level 77
Oct 9, 2016
I wonder what the actual area of the Philippines is: on wikipedia total area is less than land + water and exactly 300,000 km2 is clearly an approximation. what about adding map?
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Level 59
Oct 9, 2016
Adding a map would make this quiz too easy.
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Level 85
Oct 10, 2016
Agree that adding a map would make the quiz too easy. However, since some of the answers are island nations, It would be helpful to know if the areas given are total area, or are limited to land area.
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Level 74
Jan 22, 2017
Land area, I believe. Otherwise, Kiribati would have been to be added between Australia and Mexico (3.5 mio. Sq.km). Oh Glorious Nation of Kiribati!
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Level 37
Sep 27, 2022
Vietnam lies at the chines sea also Thailand, australia is dispute. It lays in the Indian ocean.
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Level 67
Oct 13, 2022
1. The China Seas are in the Pacific, like how the Bay of Bengal is in the Indian Ocean

2. Even if Australia lies in the Indian Ocean, it still borders the Pacific.

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Level 81
Oct 10, 2016
Wonderful quiz! Thank you!
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Level 80
Oct 23, 2016
An interesting variant might be: longest coastline on said ocean. Of course then you get into what seas are considered part of the ocean, but it looks like you are being generous if Thailand is included.
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Level 71
Jan 22, 2017
Very interesting quiz. Took me a while to get Thailand though.
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Level 58
Jan 22, 2017
Almost missed Mexico, but got 100
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Level 25
Jan 22, 2017
It's quizzes like this that make me feel good about my meagre knowledge :)
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Level 57
Jan 22, 2017
Thailand ?
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Level 37
Oct 9, 2020
My reaction indeed. I don't consider that to be the Pacific Ocean but okay...
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Level 38
Mar 6, 2024
Thailand border with two ocean, Western border is Andaman sea ( part of Indian ocean ), Eastern Border is Gulf of Thailand ( part of Pacific ).

Gulf of Thailand is close to South China sea (also part of Pacific ) so Thailand really bordering the Pacific.

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Level 46
Jan 22, 2017
I was sitting there thinking about the last one, and with two seconds left I realized what it was but only got it half typed in. Good quiz though, is there a similar one for the atlantic?
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Level 67
Jan 22, 2017
http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/biggest-countries-bordering-the-atlantic-ocean
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Level 67
Jan 22, 2017
Also http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/biggest-countries-bordering-the-indian-ocean
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Level 32
Jan 22, 2017
twelfth :D
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Level 66
Jan 22, 2017
Took me WAY too long to get Canada even though it's not only where I live, it's also the picture. Sigh.
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Level 53
Jan 23, 2017
i think thats shanghai..
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Level 36
Feb 15, 2022
Nope, it's Toronto, I've been there
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Level 53
Oct 6, 2022
Canadian here. That's not Toronto, it's Shanghai.
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Level 63
Jan 23, 2017
I missed... Japan...
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Level 60
Jan 23, 2017
darn you papua new guinea.
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Level 56
Jan 24, 2017
New Zealand must be much smaller than I thought
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Level 68
Oct 9, 2020
We are just little
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Level 56
Feb 5, 2017
these new Amazon ads are so annoying. does anyone know how to disable them? The site is terrible now, with those intrisuve and stupid ads
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Level 68
May 21, 2017
I know I've almost bought caviar by accident several times.
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Level 36
Feb 24, 2017
How could Colombia straddle both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea?
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Level 67
Feb 26, 2017
Because the only thing separating the two oceans is the inky dinky isthmus of Panama.
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Level 74
Apr 24, 2017
It doesn't; but it does join both oceans
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Level 49
Mar 13, 2019
I forgot mexico, Thailand, Peru, Colombia and Chile!
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Level 31
Oct 9, 2020
All done, amazing quiz!
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Level 67
Oct 9, 2020
Argentina? Doesn't part of tierra del fuego touch the pacific
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Level 93
Oct 9, 2020
Just the Chilean parts.
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Level 68
Oct 9, 2020
I never knew Papua New Guinea was bigger than Japan! Now that I think about it, it makes a lot of sense, but it surprised me at first!
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Level 65
Oct 9, 2020
2:22

Thanks !

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Level 57
Oct 11, 2020
Isn't US bigger than China in size?
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Level 49
Apr 1, 2021
Only on a Mercator projection, not in more accurate maps or indeed in reality!
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Level 29
Oct 12, 2020
Almost forgot Papua New Guinea
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Level 28
May 25, 2022
same
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Level 34
Sep 15, 2021
France should be there. Or a mention saying that overseas territories are not to be counted
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Level 64
Aug 28, 2023
None of France’s overseas departments border the pacific.
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Level 28
May 25, 2022
missed colombia and vietnam

almost missed malaysia papua new guinea and peru

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Level 43
Sep 27, 2022
Strange that Thailand is on this but New Zealand isn't?
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Level 67
Sep 27, 2022
Too small. (267,710 km squared)
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Level 37
Sep 27, 2022
Thank jetpunk gods accepting png for papua. Had no time left
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Level 55
Oct 4, 2022
What about Ecuador?
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Level 31
Oct 12, 2022
nice quiz
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Level 34
Jan 6, 2023
14/15 - i forgot peru for some reason :(
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Level 34
Nov 9, 2023
14/15 forget malaysia !!!
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Level 69
Jan 25, 2024
Malaysia is bigger than New Zealand? Surprising
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Level 43
Mar 7, 2024
OMG I did the entire quiz misunderstanding that it was "size of country" not "coastline on the pacific". No wonder the Phillipines didn't work!