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40 Random Missing Countries on the World Map

Can you name the 40 random countries that are missing from the world map? Time is a factor!
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Extremely small countries in the Lesser Antilles have been omitted
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Quiz by ergillo
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Last updated: September 25, 2024
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First submittedMarch 24, 2022
Times taken522,157
Average score67.5%
Rating4.26
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Country
Kosovo
El Salvador
Cyprus
Argentina
Gambia
Belize
Guatemala
Cape Verde
Chile
Senegal
Country
Lesotho
Namibia
Mexico
Comoros
Djibouti
Malaysia
Canada
Cambodia
Ghana
Paraguay
Country
Japan
Austria
Eswatini
São Tomé and Príncipe
Spain
F. S. Micronesia
Qatar
Costa Rica
United States
Iran
Country
Benin
Fiji
Bhutan
Oman
Vietnam
Mauritania
Libya
Nepal
Liberia
Nicaragua
100 Recent Comments
+4
Level 56
Oct 18, 2022
LMK if you have any suggestions or anything on order to improve the quiz. Have fun playing!
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Level 64
Nov 28, 2022
Sao Tome is spelled Sao Tome E Principe. Is this intentinal?
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Level 56
Dec 2, 2022
Thanks for noticing that, I'm italian and i might have spelled it in italian by mistake. Considering that you need to write just "Sao Tome" to get it, I've never noticed it. Thank you!
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Level 37
Apr 21, 2025
In portuguese, which is actually São Tomé e Príncipe's language it is written with an "E" separating the islands São Tomé and Príncipe, given the name São Tomé "E" Princípe, which basically means São Tomé "and" Príncipe. So, the creator of the map is correct. I'm portuguese so, fact checked.
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Level 70
Nov 28, 2022
Took me forever to be able to do it in time, and I finally did. Now I just managed to do it with 42 seconds to spare. Perfect quiz!
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Level 56
Dec 2, 2022
Some time ago this quiz was 2 minutes instead of 2.30, I added more time cause there were many people asking for it, you might be one of the only ones who has gotten it in less than 2 mins. Good job! And thanks a lot!
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Level 70
May 30, 2023
Enjoyably difficult - in five goes I got 40 once, 38 twice and 39 twice. Partly a question of luck as to how many of the really small ones that require zooming in (hello Lebanon and Gambia) come up...
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Level 71
Oct 16, 2023
of course I missed New Zealand
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Level 56
Sep 8, 2024
literally me when I miss Japan
+2
Level 33
Feb 1, 2025
Bro sameeee literally me when I miss Sri Lanka
+3
Level 66
Nov 24, 2023
Nice quiz! i ran out of time but im not the fastest typer so
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Level 44
Dec 28, 2023
I would suggest leaving out Gambia. That's the only one where it's really close to impossible to tell if it's there or not already, especially if Senegal is there. Otherwise great quiz.
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Level 56
Sep 18, 2024
I usually assume that the small countries are missing, so i generally type them anyways, without even checking. I find this very helpful, it saves a lot of time and it's a guaranteed win every time. Of course you have to be VERY fasti. Good luck!
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Level 43
Feb 2, 2024
After an hour I finally got 40/40. I appreciate the challenge, nice job
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Level 36
Mar 29, 2024
Thank you for making this, it's kept me challenged. It's hard, but possible if you concentrate, which was welcoming after finding the 20 missing countries one a bit too easy. Would love for you to make more quizzes like these! What about one where you have countries missing but you have to name the capital instead of the country name?
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Level 56
Sep 6, 2024
I have one online right now! if you go on my profile you'll be able to take that one as well. good luck!
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Level 78
Apr 1, 2024
this is really hard. not sure if i'll beat 43 seconds. crusher
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Level 78
Apr 3, 2024
Love this quiz and love the extra challenge compared to the 20 missing countries quiz. I would really suggest leaving out Gambia though - it isn't simply hard to see like Montenegro, Lebanon, etc - it genuinely is not visible.
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Level 56
Sep 8, 2024
it wouldn't be hard anymore if I simplify it would it
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Level 29
Jun 25, 2024
Understand this. I suffered. I played The Boy's "I Can Do Anything / Finale" on repeat as I uttered senseless curses and pleas to my computer screen, begging for something different other than losing to a single country. And for what? Gambia. Missing. I can't see it. Cyprus. Gone. Malta. Really? You want to torture me with things my poor, weathered eyes can't perceive? I see these comments and I see these masochists praising you for what will become the worst moments of my life. They enjoy the suffer and some of them even SUCCEED. This is not for me. I'm suffering in a sea of my invisible tears as I cry out to a god that will not help me see Qatar in time. I have cradled my throbbing, suffering heart and I have told it, "failure is inevitable. The suffering that comes with your incompetence will train you into a better person." And yet I have not succeeded. I want to drag you to a bridge and make you watch me plummet. This pains my heart and soul and mind and essence. I am broken.
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Level 56
Sep 8, 2024
ok what
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Level 56
Jul 2, 2024
I had a pretty epic fight with this quiz, but I came out victorious after all!
+7
Level 69
Jul 9, 2024
Nice, but need more time.
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Level 56
Sep 8, 2024
if I give you more time, then it won't be as hard anymore
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Level 74
Sep 16, 2024
what's the point of trying if it is impossible to get full marks...stupid quiz.
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Level 56
Sep 17, 2024
if it's impossible for you it doesn't mean it's impossible for others to get it (9% of the takers)
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Level 56
Jul 15, 2024
Can't believe this quiz has 162k takes and doesn't have a feature
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Level 56
Sep 6, 2024
same
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Level 77
Sep 16, 2024
Now featured, congrats!
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Level 56
Sep 17, 2024
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT!!! SO COOL YAYYY
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Level 72
Sep 16, 2024
Lake Victoria doesn't work
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Level 56
Sep 17, 2024
Lake Victoria, unfortunately, isn't a country :)
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Level 61
Sep 16, 2024
Crazy unlucky run, getting Nauru, Cyprus, Kuwait, Burundi, and a few other small ones. Great quiz!
+1
Level 56
Sep 17, 2024
I'm sorry, sometimes it gets impossible! thanks for your review!!
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Level 35
Sep 16, 2024
nominated!
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Level 56
Sep 17, 2024
IT GOT FEATURED! I feel like your nomination was the last one I needed for a feature this quiz was waiting for 2 years. Thank you!
+8
Level 78
Sep 16, 2024
Still could use another minute of time
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Level 56
Sep 18, 2024
I'm sorry, I'm one of the slow ones and I usually make it in less than 2 mins, so no, I'm not gonna add time I'm afraid. Thanks for the suggestion though!
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Level 63
Sep 17, 2024
This is a good one. The challenge is 3 times in a row with no pre-scanning. Then you get a nap :)
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Level 56
Sep 18, 2024
Damn you're good haha! thanks for the support :)
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Level 62
Sep 17, 2024
This took an embarrassing amount of attempts
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Level 75
Sep 18, 2024
15 attempts !! great quiz
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Level 83
Sep 20, 2024
I FINALLY got it, in 2:10. Embarrassingly after 189 attempts, but yay me! haha
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Level 55
Sep 21, 2024
North Korea and Japan sank into the sea lmao

A classic dream XD

P.S. Uganda Rwanda Burundi Tanzania and Kenya all sank plus Qatar XD

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Level 85
Sep 21, 2024
Not enough time. Not fun.
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Level 56
Sep 23, 2024
No way! I will change absolutely nothing after this comment!
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Level 79
Sep 23, 2024
can't wait for 196 Random Missing Countries on the World Map next
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Level 56
Sep 23, 2024
Yeah but you'll have to answer in 30 seconds
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Level 44
Sep 25, 2024
Well, I agree with those who have said it is really a test of typing skill, not necessarily geographic knowledge.
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Level 56
Sep 25, 2024
I never said the opposite
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Level 57
Sep 25, 2024
But why is it advertised as a geography knowledge quiz when it is just a typing speed quiz? I'm not asking you to change it, just curious.
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Level 56
Sep 25, 2024
Because you still have to know all 196 countries name and where they are in the world 🤦‍♂️
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Level 73
Sep 25, 2024
Nine micro-nations in my first go. All but impossible in the time
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Level 73
Sep 25, 2024
Second time and just the eight micro-nations this time. Impossible to see. Great idea for a quiz but you need to limit the number of micro-nations as the time is very very tight as already pointed out numerous times. Zooming in and out takes up too much time.
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Level 56
Sep 25, 2024
You don't have to zoom in every time, you should just assume they're missing and type them in anyways, or at least that's what I do and I get it right every single time
+9
Level 58
Sep 26, 2024
"you should just assume they're missing"

Wow. What an incredibly intelligent quiz... not.

Dude, I've read the comments and I know you're on your "it's my quiz and I make the rules" train, but IMHO, you've made something completely irrelevant.

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Level 56
Sep 26, 2024
Bro just let me live my life damn, ur literally fighting a war over here
+4
Level 85
Sep 26, 2024
More time please!
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Level 68
Sep 26, 2024
Finished with 1 second left! Comoros and Mauritius were my last ones because some pesky French islands confused me!
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Level 79
Sep 26, 2024
The timer really needs to be longer, it's only doable with a lucky draw at the moment. If you get any of the countries that need zooming in or some of the islands it's basically not doable.
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Level 67
Sep 26, 2024
The islands are the easiest ones apart from the biggest ones
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Level 56
Sep 27, 2024
I j got it in 1.35, and i got Gambia, Jamaica, Malta, Cyprus, Kuwait, Equatorial Guinea, and Qatar. U got plenty of time
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Level 58
Sep 26, 2024
Ah, it's a fast typing quiz, and the maker even admits that. Guess I won't bother complaining about the low visibility of small missing countries and the low time.
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Level 56
Sep 26, 2024
Why do you guys have so many problems with fast typing quizzes
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Level 47
Sep 26, 2024
The problem isn’t a fast typing quiz, the problem is it’s advertised as sheerly a geography quiz. Or that’s my opinion at least.
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Level 56
Sep 26, 2024
WHERE
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Level 56
Sep 26, 2024
BY WHO
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Level 71
Sep 26, 2024
Very strict timing. You have to be nearly perfect to get all of them. It took me about 6 attempts!
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Level 59
Sep 26, 2024
Sorry, I most likely wouldn't be able to type in the 40 countries in time if I had a list of them, so it's just another fast-typing quiz...
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Level 69
Sep 26, 2024
Please please please add some more time! Doing quizzes in a foreign language is difficult enough.
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Level 56
Sep 26, 2024
U can take it untimed lol
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Level 44
Sep 26, 2024
100 % (i left france in the ocean where it belongs)
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Level 69
Sep 26, 2024
Like others I think this quiz is a speed typing test. It's really easy to spot the missing countries. IMO easier than the 20 country quiz
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Level 43
Sep 26, 2024
Gambia is brutal
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Level 57
Sep 27, 2024
quizmaster: "let me know if there is anything i can improve on this quiz"

Literally 90% of the comments: "add 1 minute to the time limit"

Quizmaster: "No, and if you cant do it your elderly and or retarded"

a quick synopsis of this quizzes comments.

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Level 56
Sep 27, 2024
Bro ur functionally illiterate, I never brought up the elder argument, somebody else did.

Also if you ask for advice and the advice you get is stupid are you gonna follow it anyways?

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Level 80
Sep 27, 2024
I only missed Lebanon 🤦‍♂️
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Level 82
Sep 27, 2024
Good quiz, took a couple tries to get 100%
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Level 61
Sep 29, 2024
I can't type that fast and this isn't the way to learn. I'll just forget this one.
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Level 56
Sep 30, 2024
im so sad
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Level 70
Sep 30, 2024
This is much better than the 20 missing countries one. Real challenge to spot the little ones and have come undone with Gambia, Djibouti and Lebanon already.
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Level 15
Sep 30, 2024
i finally got all 40 on my 43rd try with the time 2:19 haha
+2
Level 78
Oct 5, 2024
Love playing the quiz, but I just can't seem to pass the 50 second barrier. I finish in 50 seconds exactly again and again and again I've never had this level of consistency on any quiz before
+6
Level 54
Oct 9, 2024
Thank you for creating this quiz. It's very difficult to complete within the time limit unless you study the map BEFORE clicking 'Start'.
+1
Level 67
Oct 12, 2024
I'm wondering if Mauritius will be showing a much larger area when they gain the Chagos Islands next year.
+4
Level 41
Dec 9, 2024
Love the quiz but barely 2 minutes and a half are not enough :(
+1
Level 56
Jan 31, 2025
My record is 1.35, I feel like you can do 2.20
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Level 63
Jan 1, 2025
Like a lot of the comments I've seen, I too think that there is not enough time for the quiz. It's simply not enough time for me to look through the map and find the missing countries, especially when there are some small countries missing.

I would suggest adding more time, since it sounds like people are trying to find all the countries before clicking start to have a chance of actually getting them all. However, if you like it being a fast quiz where the time limit is the biggest challenge, could you at least but something in the title that suggests it's a speed test?

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Level 56
Jan 31, 2025
You're saying it like if I don't explicitly advertise it's a fast typing quiz I'm like scamming you or smth. It's just an harmless fast quiz, it's not like I'm getting money off of it
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Level 63
Jan 2, 2025
After 8 tries I manage to do this
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Level 48
Jan 3, 2025
There's too little time.

I managed to get 5/5 by checking all the missing countries before clicking 'Start', writing them in Notepad, and copy-pasting them after starting the game.

That's not how it should work: I should be able to guess all the countries with my knowledge, finding the missing small ones by zooming (and taking my time to do it). The suggestion to type small countries until you get the correct one simply proves that it is designed to have a low number of users getting 100% rather than any other reason.

That's why I rated it one star.

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Level 56
Jan 31, 2025
It's a fast typing quiz what did you expect
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Level 50
Jan 15, 2025
Please, just 30 seconds more!
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Level 67
Jan 26, 2025
Jeptunk has turned me into a Senegalese irridentist.
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Level 61
Mar 14, 2025
A map without italy, aaaaah beautiful
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Level 25
Mar 20, 2025
Very challenging! Different from the 20 one, including Gambia, Lebanon, etc. Love the extra challenge, good job!
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Level 20
Apr 7, 2025
Great quiz! My record is 1:51 for all of them. Maybe at a bit more of time for the ones who need it. Further it is a super quiz and i love you added some more smaller country's like lebanon and gambia. A good extra country would be brunei but thats up to you!
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Level 65
May 6, 2025
It took me six tries but I got it.
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Level 73
May 21, 2025
The quiz is fun ( and I don't think it needs a minute more like people suggested, but 30 sec or something could be helpful) but the attitude of the quizmaker is awful.

(you absolutely have the right to keep the quiz the way you like it, but you do not need to be rude to each and every one that gives a suggestion, especially since you asked for suggestions. Just don't respond to them then.)

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Level 58
May 27, 2025
Great challenge. Took me a lot of tries but finally did it in 1:54!