10 Southernmost Countries in Africa

Can you name the ten southernmost African countries?

Excludes non-African countries with territory in Africa

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First submitted	November 5, 2016
Times taken	87,363
Average score	90.0%
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Latitude	Country
46°59'S	South Africa
30°40'S	Lesotho
28°58'S	Namibia
28°19'S	Eswatini
26°54'S	Botswana

Latitude	Country
26°52'S	Mozambique
25°37'S	Madagascar
22°25'S	Zimbabwe
20°32'S	Mauritius
18°05'S	Zambia

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90 Comments

+30

Level 76

Nov 6, 2016

Bloody Mauritius! Could've sworn it was further north.

Level 26

Mar 15, 2017

Same.

Level 45

May 29, 2018

thought it was above madagascar...

Level 45

Sep 30, 2020

North of?

Level 27

Dec 24, 2020

1:09 seconds left

Level 51

Mar 6, 2024

Same thing when your looking at a map!

Level 55

Sep 10, 2021

It is, but still in the top ten!

Level 68

Jan 12, 2023

Mauritius and Réunion are East of Madagascar.

Seychelles is North-East of Madagascar.

Comoros and Mayotte are North-West of Madagascar.

Level 66

Apr 15, 2024

Yeah, always mix up Mauritius and Seychelles

Level 48

Jan 14, 2023

Barely missed the list:

11. Angola

12. Malawi

13. DR Congo

14. Comoros

15. Tanzania

+10

Level 57

Nov 7, 2016

Wow South Africa goes alot further south than I thought

+18

Level 58

Mar 12, 2017

...

Level 66

Mar 12, 2017

Marion Island

Level 57

Mar 13, 2017

lol

Level 57

May 5, 2019

oh no no no no

Level 44

Jan 26, 2020

its south africa! the name tells us its the southern most country of Africa

+13

Level 59

Oct 4, 2020

I'm pretty sure he isn't surprised that SA is no.1, bit rather how far south it reaches.

Level 24

Jan 16, 2023

It has some Islands

Level 47

Jan 20, 2017

Good Quiz

Level 65

Jan 21, 2017

Thanks!

Level 76

Mar 12, 2017

St Denis in La Réunion is 20° 52' S, so South of Mauritius... So France should be number 9! ;-)

Level 65

Mar 12, 2017

Reunion is a territory!

Level 70

Mar 12, 2017

No, it's an overseas region and department, having the same status as metropolitan France's regions and departments. See the list of French territories here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent_territory#France

Level 44

Mar 12, 2017

Why do people still argue about what should and shouldn't be a country? We all know what the countries are and what Jetpunk defines them as, stop trying to prove the quizmakers wrong by linking wikipedia pages of what some people say is a country. If it really gets your knickers in a twist then go make your own quiz

Level 66

Apr 15, 2024

JetPunk defines French Guiana as France and Hawai'i as the US. They're just saying to be consistent. Anyway, the caveat fixes this.

Level 70

Mar 13, 2017

Hi CunnyBunny! You might prefer this link then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfzLyPqko8w

I’m not arguing about the quiz nor about how Jetpunk, Wikipedia or the UN may define a country. Just reacting to an incorrect statement by the quizmaker with an argument. What’s wrong, doc?

Now if you want a trustworthy source: Article 73 of the French constitution. But I admit it’s still about what “some people” say their own country is.

Level 55

Oct 20, 2020

France is an European country, because almost all it's land is in Europe

Level 75

Dec 23, 2020

Turkey is an Asian country, because almost all it's land is in Asia

Level 79

Dec 23, 2020

@EliotSkyrll its*

@AlexThirkell its*

Level 66

Apr 15, 2024

Yeah? Is that a confirmation or a refute?

Level 32

Jun 4, 2021

Nobody here is arguing that France shouldn’t be a country.

Level 68

Sep 1, 2021

Russia is an Asian country because most of its land is in Asia.

Level 46

Mar 30, 2022

yeah but most of the russian population is located in europe

Level 57

Mar 12, 2017

There are plenty more French possessions further south than Reunion in Africa, especially if you include Kerguelen Island. Normal practice is that colonies don't count unless specifically mentioned as INCLUDED, but might be worth adding a rider here to state EXCLUDED. And, as usual, UK would otherwise beat France - Tristan da Cunha is at 37* 04' S!

Level 83

Mar 18, 2017

Reunion is part of France, but it's excluded in the caveat.

Level 77

Mar 9, 2020

Kerguelen's in Antarctica

Level 66

Apr 15, 2024

Réunion is not a territory, it's an integral part of France

Level 58

Mar 12, 2017

9 of 10 but i guess only prodigies are here

Level 48

Mar 12, 2017

It's 'countries of the world' regulars who want to flex their muscles.

Level 62

Mar 12, 2017

Did someone say Countries of the World regular?

+22

Level 61

Apr 3, 2017

Gotta stay sharp. You never know when somebody might stop you on the street to ask you how many countries you can name.

Level 45

May 29, 2018

lol tinklepork yeah. especially when everyone else seems ridiculously stupid in the us here....sigh

Level 79

May 6, 2019

@TinklePork Especially if you happen to be walking along Hollywood Boulevard..

Level 48

Mar 12, 2017

Imagine that - 100% have guessed South Africa... so far.

Level 54

Mar 12, 2017

Just one slip up and it'll drop to 99% forever

Level 40

May 8, 2019

Ok well it's been two years and so far no mistakes. Keep us updated future Jetpunkers!

Level 79

Oct 6, 2019

Another 5 months and the 100% South Africa guess rate is looking fine and dandy

Level 68

Apr 29, 2020

7 months later, it's still at 100%.

Level 55

Oct 20, 2020

It's still 100%, although I doubt that no one has been interrupted during a quiz and didn't fill it in

Level 66

Jan 12, 2023

It still says 100%, but JetPunk rounds the percentages to the nearest percent, so it's actually between 99.5% and 100%. Someone could have missed South Africa, but we would never know until the actual percentage is below 99.5%.

Level 25

Mar 12, 2017

10/10. Knew one of the islands was quite far south, but it took guessing all of them to get Mauritius.

Level 47

Mar 12, 2017

I thought Mauritius was way norther

Level 63

Mar 12, 2017

10/10 with 1:07 remaining.

Level 51

Mar 12, 2017

So far, no one has missed South Africa... that's a good thing.

Level 46

Dec 21, 2017

Actually, I think "100%" means at least 99.5%, so 59 people could have missed it and it would still say "100%". But it is very possible.

Level 68

Apr 29, 2020

I think the stats round down, so 99.5% would be 99%.

Level 66

Apr 15, 2024

Do they? I've seen 100% answers I'd expect at least 1 person to miss

Level 42

Mar 13, 2017

1:23 LEFT, FIRST TRY

Level 59

Mar 13, 2017

Zambia, Malawi and Angola must all be very similar

Level 90

Mar 13, 2017

Because they're all in the southern part of Africa or because they all have six letters in their names?

Level 78

Aug 28, 2018

Two of which are "A"s

Level 48

Jan 14, 2023

Their southernmost points are all within one degree of each other.

Level 59

Mar 16, 2017

Got Mauritius, but missed on Botswana. Of course.

Level 67

Dec 23, 2020

SAME! So frustrated with myself 🤦‍♀️

Level 83

Mar 18, 2017

After this you can try Most Central Countries in Africa

Level 57

Jul 19, 2017

Mauritius ugh

Level 85

Oct 28, 2017

Possibly the only quiz where Lesotho is one of the top 2 or 3 most-guessed answers.

Level 87

Aug 29, 2018

More of a gap between Lesotho and Swaziland than I would have thought. I always think of them as a pair.

Level 66

Apr 15, 2024

Countries completely surrounded by another country? Most guessed there!

Level 23

Nov 26, 2017

Mauritius!!!damn !

Level 45

Jan 1, 2018

I got Mauritius and all the others but missed Zambia..

Level 63

Feb 16, 2018

Nice Quiz!! Got 10/10 with 23 sec left ...

Level 15

May 5, 2019

that's not that hard to do...

Level 31

Oct 26, 2018

Comoros?

Level 62

Apr 27, 2019

Thought I'd do bad due to my lack of knowledge in African geography... Turns out I know the southern part well with 1:39 remaining on the clock lol

Level 58

May 5, 2019

Hodor

Level 15

May 5, 2019

I got all of them, at age 12, first try with a minute left. You need to shorten this quiz. It's way too easy.

Maybe that's just because I'm home schooled, and blessed to be that way.

Level 81

Sep 7, 2020

Or make 11 the maximum age for quizzers.

Level 36

May 5, 2019

Great quiz.

Level 66

Jun 4, 2020

That was very easy. Got it with 1:12 minutes left

Level 47

Dec 23, 2020

Malawi?

Level 27

Jun 8, 2021

Well Malawi is bordering Mozambique but Mozambique is quite long north-wards so countries like Zambia will sneak in more south.

Level 35

Mar 10, 2021

I took the advantage because I'm from this region(SADC)

Level 35

Mar 10, 2021

1:09 minutes

Level 27

Jun 8, 2021

Like Mauritius can't be THAT south

Level 69

Dec 29, 2021

Kinda makes sense, I thought of it last and I was like "oh right Mauritius is pretty south"

Level 69

Dec 29, 2021

33 seconds

Level 18

Jun 7, 2022

forgot Mauritius even exists lol

Level 68

Jan 12, 2023

10/10. Got Mauritius in the very last second 👍😭

Level 51

Jan 12, 2023

Easy 5 points thx for the quiz

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