Countries with the Most Area in the Southern Hemisphere

Can you name the 20 countries that have the most area south of the equator?

Area in square kilometers. Includes land and inland water area.

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First submitted	August 4, 2016
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Area	Country
7,887,350	Brazil
7,692,024	Australia
2,780,400	Argentina
1,620,885	D. R. Congo
1,408,742	Indonesia
1,270,000	Peru
1,246,700	Angola

Area	Country
1,221,037	South Africa
1,098,581	Bolivia
945,087	Tanzania
825,615	Namibia
801,590	Mozambique
756,102	Chile
752,612	Zambia

Area	Country
587,041	Madagascar
581,730	Botswana
462,840	Papua New Guinea
406,752	Paraguay
390,757	Zimbabwe
270,467	New Zealand

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76 Comments

+12

Level 77

Aug 4, 2016

what about adding an 'empty map' that gets filled in?

+55

Level 74

Aug 4, 2016

That would be too easy.

+36

Level 29

Oct 31, 2016

How would it? The map's empty so you cant even see what countries are on there.

Level 8

Nov 1, 2016

chapperz is right.

+13

Level 81

Mar 22, 2019

it's already easy

+23

Level 51

Mar 22, 2019

Having a map (even an empty one) makes it easier to identify what countries are missing...so yeah too easy for us geography nerds who don't even need a map

Level 72

Jul 1, 2019

So if it is allready too easy for you, the map wont make any difference...

Level 39

Feb 11, 2021

Well it would make it easier and it would make it less of a challenge

Level 61

Aug 11, 2016

What about Lesotho and Swaziland ?

They are surrounded by South Africa. So they must be in the southern part?

+37

Level 59

Aug 13, 2016

They are on the Southern Hemisphere, but they're not big enough to be on this quiz.

Level 43

Oct 28, 2016

30 000 km² and 17 000 km² respectively, they are really too small :)

Level 51

Mar 22, 2019

If there was a quiz for the countries in the southern hemisphere taking up the least area then Swaziland and Lesotho would be there lol

Level 43

Jul 30, 2019

Read the title of the quiz

Level 65

Oct 28, 2016

It seems that the geography quizzes generate such a high % of correct responses that they might be solved "in advance" (with maps or whatever) by a significant number of respondents. The results just aren't consistent with quizzes on other topics where this is not possible. Perhaps the geography quiz titles and headings could be less specific until the "Start Quiz" is activated.

+36

Level 63

Oct 28, 2016

There are a lot of geography nerds on here and once you mastered the Countries of the World quiz and are actually able to place a fair amount of them on that map quizzes like this one are rather easy. Even without trying to solve it in advance.

Level 48

Oct 28, 2016

Agreed - I've done the country of the world quiz so I found this reasonably easy.

+20

Level 81

Mar 22, 2019

the Countries of the World quiz is the most popular quiz on the site and the way that many people found their way here, myself included.

Level 72

Jul 1, 2019

yea, for things like size, name and location, it would matter much to most if they knew what quiz it was in advance or not. Other things like nr of inhabitants are less predictable or life expectancy etc. You dont learn those by knowing all the countries.

My point is, if you have studied the map ( not meaning in advance of a quiz, just, that you know the countries of the globe you live on) There are quite a few geography quizzes that become rather easy. And the of these you take the easier it gets.

Like some people might still be unsure about the _stans locations, but noone on here would mix up brazil with chile for instance.

Level 70

Apr 22, 2020

But then some people might not really understand the instructions and can't finish the quiz when they actually can.

Level 62

Nov 23, 2020

I know map by heart, it's not hard to type everything in southern hemisphere if you do. Especially that this quiz ask for biggest countries it's just a point grabber for me.

Level 68

Jan 29, 2022

Honestly, I think we've just all had a lot of practice with all of the geography quizzes on this website.

Level 72

Oct 28, 2016

Can you please make "Botswanna" work? Every time I guess that in any quiz it's always wrong lol

+32

Level 72

Oct 28, 2016

What do the bots want?

Level 59

Oct 28, 2016

hehe :)

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Level 94

Apr 25, 2018

bots wanna have fun!

Level 66

Mar 22, 2019

+kogatora Well done!

Level 42

Jan 29, 2022

Then, maybe learn the correct spelling?

Level 47

Oct 29, 2016

It seems that Paraguay and Papua New Guinea are out of order.

Level 65

Mar 3, 2017

Along with Chile and Zambia

Level 40

Nov 1, 2016

Another good one just worked my way up seemed the easiest way to do it and in plenty of time too

Level 80

Dec 12, 2016

What about Uruguay? If Brazil and Paraguay are included, so should be Uruguay.

And idrill is right: in the instructions it doesn't say anything about "biggest coutries". So, Swaziland and Lesotho should also be in the quizz.

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Level 69

Apr 8, 2017

it says 20 countries with most area

Level 72

Jul 2, 2019

Really I dont see how you think lesotho and swaziland (eswatini) should be on this quiz. And if they should, why arent you making a case for samoa, vanuatu, tuvalu, nauru etc... they are all in the southern hemisphere aswell.

(It allmost seems you took an atlas an looked at the countries in the southern hemisphere and thought all should be on this quiz, but overlooked the islands or something..)

Really, how does eswatini has more land in the southern hemisphere than new zealand... it is like 1/20th of its size..

Level 65

Feb 26, 2017

Hey, Quizmaster. This quiz could be completely updated for accuracy with this area tool. For example, I used this to calculate Brazil's Southern Hemisphere area as 7,887,350. This is almost 300,000km off of your estimate! It's a simple tool and correcting it wouldn't be too much of a pain :)

Level 65

Feb 26, 2017

Here's the actual data (you can check it also):

Brazil: 7,887,350 km²

DRC: 1,620,885 km²

Indonesia: 1,408,742 km²

Level ∞

Jan 1, 2019

Thank you. I wasn't able to get that site to work, but I believe your numbers. The quiz has been corrected.

Level 68

Jun 17, 2020

isn't brazil like 8,5 mil square km? or r u talking about square miles?

Level 73

Aug 19, 2021

@garcogait not all of Brazil is in the Southern Hemisphere.

Level 22

Apr 24, 2017

Very nice, but too easy.

Level 47

Dec 19, 2017

Aww... why isn't Russia on this quiz? Surely it is the biggest country? ;)

+27

Level 79

Nov 7, 2018

Are you standing on your head?

+14

Level 60

Mar 22, 2019

I bet he's Australian.

Level 72

Mar 23, 2020

Are winkey smileys different when you stand on your head? ;) (;

Level 59

Mar 22, 2019

Better name for the quiz - Name all the countries which are not an island except Australia, New Zealand and Madagascar on the South of the Equator except Uruguay

+17

Level 74

Mar 22, 2019

That would be a terrible name for a quiz.

Level 72

Jul 1, 2019

And people would start arguing again that australia is (not) an island, (not) a continent.

Level 47

Nov 23, 2020

You also have Swaziland, Lesotho, Rwanda and Burundi. And yes the vast majority of Polynesia as you mentioned. Also Indonesia and Papau New Guinea are island nations. If not than you could also add East Timor.

Level 29

Nov 23, 2020

Those countries are too small to make this quiz, and if the quiz maker did add those, that would be like saying every country in the southern hemisphere.

Level 54

Nov 19, 2023

But Indonesia and Papua New Guinea are part of the quiz? What are you on about?

Level 49

Mar 22, 2019

13/20 :|

Level 90

Mar 22, 2019

Otherwise known as Name All Countries With Land Below the Equator Except the Little Ones.

Level 62

Mar 22, 2019

I know this is a joke because the quiz is easy but it literally applies to every area quiz on this site which takes away from the joke.

Level 32

Mar 22, 2019

20/20

Level 62

Mar 22, 2019

Excellent quiz! Another 5 points without breaking a sweat.

Level 59

Mar 24, 2019

You should check out my quiz similar to this regarding population!

Level 68

Mar 24, 2019

Easy until I had one to go, and for the life of me I couldn't figure it out until I realised I had forgotten to type in New Zealand!

Level 72

Jul 2, 2019

Shame on the kiwi! Just kidding ;)

Level 68

Jan 29, 2022

I can't believe this, but I did it again, 3 years later!

Level 51

Mar 23, 2020

How about the Antartica lands of UK, France and Norway?

Level 42

Jan 29, 2022

Not recognized.

Level 80

Nov 24, 2022

They are territories, not part of those countries.

Level 26

Mar 30, 2020

Nice quiz, but too easy ;)

Level 66

Jun 11, 2020

Too easy quiz. Got everything with 2:32 left.

Level 45

Jul 14, 2020

done with 2;17 remaning

Level 53

Nov 23, 2020

Colombia has more territory than Paraguay and New Zealand and Chile. Why not consider it as one of the biggest countries in the southern hemisphere?

Level 75

Nov 23, 2020

Colombia is almost entirely in the northern hemisphere.

Level 59

Jan 29, 2022

land INSIDE the southern hemisphere

Level 47

Sep 6, 2021

I had two seconds left when I realized I was missing South Africa.

Level 70

Dec 19, 2021

2:09 remaining, I often forget about Papua New Guinea on these types of quizzes

Level 36

Jan 28, 2022

Almost forgot Tanzania

Level 45

May 14, 2023

I literally typed “South Africa” and “Mozambique” and they didn’t work?!???

Level ∞

Aug 14, 2023

Very unlikely but possibly a stray cosmic ray hit your computer's processor right when you were typing and caused something weird to happen.

Level 61

Aug 17, 2023

I think that happened to me. I demand my 5 points!

Level 61

Aug 17, 2023

It might be fun to see what percentage of the land of each country is in the Southern Hemisphere. I added them in this parody with yellow box if you want to copy them here too.

Also, Madagascar seems to be using Exact type-ins instead of the Auto, which is excluding Madegascar, Madigascar, and Madogascar.

Level 71

Nov 15, 2023

I kept guessing the Republic of the Congo. I thought it must be larger than New Zealand before finding out a third of the country is in the Northern Hemisphere.

Level 57

Feb 25, 2024

it would be fun to see percentage of the country that is in the southern hemisphere... though maybe this makes it even easier than it already is?

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