Biggest Countries by Area A-Z

Guess the largest country by area whose name starts with each letter A-Z.

Area in square kilometers. Excluding overseas territories like Greenland.

Using default JetPunk country names. Some might say that the answer for D starts with C.

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First submitted	June 11, 2014
Times taken	142,168
Average score	75.0%
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	Area	Country
A	7,692,024	Australia
B	8,515,767	Brazil
C	9,984,670	Canada
D	2,344,858	D. R. Congo
E	1,104,300	Ethiopia
F	640,679	France
G	357,114	Germany
H	112,492	Honduras
I	3,166,414	India
J	377,930	Japan
K	2,724,900	Kazakhstan
L	1,759,540	Libya

	Area	Country
M	1,964,375	Mexico
N	1,267,000	Niger
O	309,500	Oman
P	1,285,216	Peru
Q	11,586	Qatar
R	17,098,242	Russia
S	2,149,690	Saudi Arabia
T	945,087	Tanzania
U	9,526,468	United States
V	916,445	Venezuela
Y	527,968	Yemen
Z	752,612	Zambia

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Level 25

Oct 21, 2014

i was checking this afterwards, but some world map include dem rep of congo in the C section spelling it - Congo, Democratic Republic of.

Which one is it?

Level 69

Oct 21, 2014

There are two separate Congo countries. Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo. Surely we must differentiate in someway.

+10

Level 75

Jun 27, 2018

I think the quiz guy is asking whether the DRC/Congo-Kinshasa is better listed under C or D. I'd vote C.

+13

Level 59

May 17, 2019

@tshalla D has constantly been used for this site to categorize,

Drc, We accept Congo but as an ALTERNATE spelling. This stumped me when I first joined the site, but changing it now would stump the tons of veterans of this site

Level 77

Nov 2, 2021

Yes. In the same way that KSA is allowed as a type-in for Saudi Arabia, which is the largest country (in this quiz) beginning with S. Not K.

I would say we should try and keep it consistent.

Level 61

Sep 5, 2023

Would you put the USA under A?

Level 58

Sep 5, 2023

There are for sure a lot of other examples, like FRG for "Federal Republic of Germany"...

Level 83

Oct 28, 2014

Once again, people who have mastered the country quiz are just typing them all so they get a good score on this one.

+27

Level 77

Nov 5, 2014

It's virtually impossible to do all the world's countries in 4 minutes. And it makes it more difficult to suddenly think of them alphabetically unless that's the way you learned them in the first place. I learned them by continent and smaller geographical groups.

Level 70

Jan 24, 2018

It is possible to do all Countries in 4 Minutes (I did it in 4:39), and you just need to write the big ones ! I mean who would've typed Nauru, Vatican or Monaco?

+18

Level 47

Jun 27, 2018

@RPHXX, Except that you have to delete (backspace) every incorrect answer. So even people who could type all countries in 4 minutes would find it extremely difficult if not impossible to type all countries and finish this quiz.

+10

Level 84

May 2, 2019

You don't have to delete wrong answers with backspace. Just hit CTRL-A or COMMAND-A to select all. Your wrong answer will be highlighted and the next letter you type will replace it.

Level 78

May 15, 2019

@overtired good idea

Level 53

Jun 3, 2020

or you can hold shift and press the up arrow

Level 79

Sep 16, 2022

You can also click ctrl backspace or option delete for Macs, which is easier than any of the above solutions. It is probably the control shortcut I use the most.

Level 59

Aug 28, 2023

overtired's approach is about the same difficulty as yours.

Level 62

Dec 6, 2014

Not that hard on this one, my geography is poor (I usually only beat about 30% of people on Jetpunk in the geography quizzes) but I managed 18, most of the countries are well known.

Level 84

Dec 7, 2014

Once again, people assume that JetPunk visitors are not really smart enough to actually figure these things out in the time allotted. Got them all with 2:12 left.

Level 33

Jun 27, 2018

If I remember correctly, the record for the "Countries of the World" quiz is 2:58

Level 49

Feb 3, 2023

thats false because i got 2:47 on it

Level 62

Nov 28, 2018

@coycynic

ctrl + a + backspace deletes the whole thing immediately on certain computers

Level 84

May 2, 2019

ctrl + a is enough. The next thing you type will be in place of the highlighted word.

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Level 51

Nov 1, 2014

I must have typed "China" fifteen times before remembering Canada. *facepalm*

Level 59

Dec 6, 2014

I typed China first and I live in Canada *facepalm*

Level 56

Mar 25, 2017

I accidentally deleted this comment which is required for Erikthev's comment to make sense: "I typed China first because China has more land area than Canada. *no facepalm*" (Dec 6, 2014)

Level 56

Mar 25, 2017

Erikthev, you can look it up, for example on Wikipedia. The reason behind this is that Canada has lots of (huge) lakes.

Level 70

Jan 24, 2018

Lakes count as Area

Level 25

Dec 9, 2014

What about People's Republic of China, if Congo is Democratic Rep...

Level 63

Dec 10, 2014

There are two "Congo" countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo), so we had to distinct them by using their official names. Here, we only refer to the People's Republic of China as "China" since it is the only country using "China" as part of its common name (the Republic of China is referred to as "Taiwan").

Level 46

Nov 9, 2014

Dem. Rep. of Congo gets me every time.

Level 66

Dec 6, 2014

Would have thought Hungary was bigger than Honduras

Level 58

Jul 8, 2015

Right? That blew my mind! I blame Mercator again :)

Level 69

Oct 25, 2017

I'm right there with ya. Damned Mercator.

Level 76

Jun 27, 2018

Aye, same thing that caused me to think Mongolia was bigger than Mexico.

Level 59

May 17, 2019

I think it is just because we think of Latin America as a smaller place since so much happens in Europe and Europe is so densely populated. Another thing is the Central American countries are small relative to the monsters of Canada, USA, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, And Brazil, also Colombia and Venezuela. Also our one story view of poverty in these countries makes us look at them as smaller in size too.

Level 44

Dec 6, 2014

I somehow missed USA first time I took this... not sure what went wrong there.

Level 63

Mar 25, 2017

I triad "Uzbekistan" first and Uganda and then "Ukraine." Took me awhile to remember the U in USA,

Level 39

May 14, 2019

9.5 million km2 Uganda?

Level 60

Aug 22, 2021

I couldn't remember the N answer. I even tried Norway and New Zealand, both of which are obviously not big enough. You get pretty desperate when you can't get the correct answer.

Level 75

Dec 8, 2014

A wee detail: When you click "image credit" it comes up with something else instead :)

Level 64

Aug 21, 2015

You're right. :(

Level 69

Oct 25, 2017

I like what you did there :-)

Level 57

Apr 13, 2016

1 point for 75%? Harsh.

Level 43

Apr 14, 2016

Pour la France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_France

La Guyane, la Martinique, la Guadeloupe, Mayotte et La réunion font partie intégrale de la France et ont le statut de département français même s'il ne sont pas en Europe.

Level 58

Apr 18, 2016

honduras is larger than hungary?

Level 7

Jun 12, 2016

it is, but probably not by much

Level 31

Feb 23, 2019

Hungary: 35,919 sq.km

Honduras: 43,433 sq km

Level 7

Jun 12, 2016

Everybody his quiz does not have Denmark as the largest country starting with a D, so my quiz is better.

Level 69

Mar 25, 2017

Haha even while counting Greenland, DRC is bigger than Denmark. You tried to be smart, but the joke's on you.

Level 27

Jun 14, 2018

Which makes it all the more puzzling why the quizmaster had to specifically designate Greenland as an "overseas territory" which is just plain wrong. Denmark is constitutionally defined as a unitary state that just has devolved powers to two parts of it (Greenland and the Faroe Islands). Not counting Greenland as part of Denmark is similar to not counting Scotland as pat of the UK because it has autonomy. Granted, Greenland has slightly more autonomy than Scotland, but not much, and the constitutional situation is similar. Just let people type in Denmark if they don't know the DRC is bigger, no need for including it in "overseas territories".

Level 48

Aug 18, 2023

What quiz?

Level 68

Mar 25, 2017

I thought Turkey was bigger than Tanzania, but no...

Level 68

Mar 25, 2017

China (PRC) should be in "P" since Congo (DRC) is in "D"

Level 31

Feb 23, 2019

So, the situation is not the same, because there is Democratic Republic of the Congo and there is Republic of Congo, but China, is like South Korea because even though the full name is Republic of South Korea we count it as "S".

Level 65

Jan 28, 2020

Perhaps this site should stick to Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa. Those names are correct, (in use and not simply made up by me) and would make an end to all the ambiguity and bickering.

I know it would be a huge overhaul. And then people will complain it changed, people will always complain.. But atleast in theory I think it is the best solution.

Level 57

Jun 20, 2022

South Korea's full name doesn't even have an S. And there are two Chinas. And your comment as a whole is very incoherent

Level 83

Mar 25, 2017

My high score is 24 but I've only earned 4/5 points. Tough competition on this quiz!

Level 56

Mar 26, 2017

Dem. Rep. of the Congo is unfair. I was bashing my head thinking of a country that actually starts with D. Why is Kazakhstan under K? It's official name is "Republic of Kazakhstan" let's be fair.

Level 89

Mar 28, 2017

So by that logic, Australia starts with C, Brazil, Ethiopia, and Germany start with F, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Niger, Peru, Yemen, and Zambia start with R, Libya, Oman, and Qatar start with S, Mexico and Tanzania start with U, Saudi Arabia starts with K, and Venezuela starts with B. Yeah, makes sense to do it that way.

Level 65

Jan 28, 2020

@jacktheguy that is exactly the point he is trying to proof, you know.

Level 89

Aug 18, 2021

There are two Congos and one Kazakhstan, you know.

Level 63

Apr 6, 2017

JetPunk logic: There are two "Congo" countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo), so we had to distinct them by using their official names. Here, we only refer to the People's Republic of China as "China" since it is the only country using "China" as part of its common name (the Republic of China is already referred to as "Taiwan").

Level 77

Nov 2, 2020

It isn't democratic, and it isn't a republic. Why should we believe that is is Congo?

Level 83

Aug 1, 2017

Agree with Draki. The JetPunk logic never made sense, though it is consistent with other quizzes, even if it's not internally consistent within any given quiz.

Level 71

Apr 13, 2018

I agree with those that agree with Draki, using Democratic as the first word of the nation is ridiculous. USA should be under 'The'.

Level 83

May 15, 2019

"The" is not part of the official name of the United States. A closer parallel would be filing South Korea under "R," Mexico under "U," China under "P," or North Korea under "D." But as there are two Congos they do it to differentiate the two.

Level 59

Aug 28, 2023

It could also be said to be like filing South Korea under "K".

Level 35

Mar 26, 2017

I Put Saudi Arabia... And It Didn't Work D:

Level 71

Apr 13, 2018

Nobody works in Saudi Arabia, that's what foreigners are for.

Level 83

May 15, 2019

All of that chai isn't going to drink itself!!

Level 60

Mar 27, 2017

I blame Mercator.

Level 36

Mar 28, 2017

Can't believe out of the two I missed, one of them was K... I'm getting worse at these A-Zs

Level 43

Mar 29, 2017

forgot the us....

Level 42

Apr 1, 2017

"what the fudge is bigger than Mexico and the DRC and starts with I?"

that's me forgetting about India, of all countries XD

Level 55

Aug 1, 2017

Did it with2 2:44 seconds left

Level 28

Mar 26, 2018

Missed Niger and Saudi Arabia. Now that I think about it, those two should have been more obvious, because Norway, Nigeria, and Nicaragua are all smaller than Niger by a long way (but what about Namibia?) and Sweden and South Africa are likewise smaller than Saudi Arabia. I was surprised that Hungary is smaller than Honduras!

Level 71

Apr 13, 2018

The daftest thing about this quiz is that if you type 'Congo' you get D for Democratic, so if you think Canada is the largest C country why would you try C for the Congo........... c for crazy.

Level 75

Apr 13, 2018

DR Congo is not a 'D' that's just trickery of the worst kind. I would guess Denmark is actually the real answer, given the Danish crown includes the country of Greenland too.

Level 64

Aug 18, 2021

Considering that Greenland is explicitly excluded in the instructions, it appears that the next answer would be Dominican Republic.

Level 34

Apr 22, 2018

I only missed Peru and Tanzania :P i thought of Peru at the last second but i ran out of time

Level 45

May 14, 2019

Ah, I only missed Niger because all I could think of was Namibia and Norway. Also, I found it very surprising that Mexico was bigger than Mongolia, so I checked for myself and this is right lol

Level 43

Nov 30, 2019

Took me forever to think of Tanzania but I finished with 0:16 left!

Level 45

May 31, 2020

Would have thought Turkey was bigger. Funny how maps can make some countries disproportionately large compared to others...

Level 72

Aug 31, 2023

Thanks a lot, Mercator projection

Level 18

Dec 19, 2019

Got 23/24, missed Saudi Arabia 🤦‍♀️

Level 59

Mar 31, 2020

I'm surprised that Honduras was over Hungary in the list. So i checked it and... it's true! **These maps have lied to me for all this time i can't believe it**

Level 61

Jun 8, 2020

guessed rwanda for r..... oops

Level 59

Sep 5, 2023

Been there I was thinking Fiji would be for f ....not quite

Level 51

Aug 19, 2020

with 1 second left i finally thought of tanzania!

Level 36

Nov 30, 2020

your quiz had a glitch; i paused but it kept going.

Level 58

Jan 7, 2021

Me:

Thinking about big countries with L

My head:

Liechtenstien, Luxemburg, Lesotho

Level 64

Feb 1, 2021

Same happened with K

Kenya, Kosovo, Kirabati, Kyrgyzstan

Level 49

Sep 5, 2023

yah lol i was like "lebanon maybe" and then i thought of libya like 30 seconds later XD

Level 63

Feb 5, 2021

France is bigger than Finland???

Level 63

Feb 9, 2021

Yup! Finland = 338,455 sq. km. Don't be fooled by the map! Haha

Level 49

Mar 28, 2021

Yes, almost double the size. Though not if you're looking at a Mercator projection, which is a pretty useless projection unless you're a 16th century sailor.

Level 36

Feb 9, 2021

Isn't China larger than Canada?

Level 63

Mar 30, 2021

Nope. Canada = 9,984,670 sq km; China = 9,596,961.

Level 49

Sep 5, 2023

boi you cant be on jetpunk without knowing at least that Canada is the second largest country by land area

Level 64

Mar 28, 2021

Out of curiosity, what's the second biggest country that starts with D?

Level 63

Mar 28, 2021

In JetPunk standards, that would be the Dominican Republic at 48,671 sq km.

Level 65

Aug 18, 2021

You wanna talk facepalm? I missed Russia. I could only think of Rwanda. Yeah, it's bedtime.

Level 36

Aug 18, 2021

Russia is the Largest country in the world how can you miss it?

Level 64

Aug 18, 2021

Everybody asks "Why Mercator?" but no one asks "How is Mercator?" :(

Level 77

Nov 2, 2021

I believe he is somewhat out of shape.

Level 36

Aug 18, 2021

Missed Kazakhstan

Level 36

Aug 18, 2021

I would never forget Oman, Qatar and Yemen

Level 49

Sep 5, 2023

and Zambia, because duh

Level 65

Aug 18, 2021

I ran out of time just as I was typing "Russia."

Level 57

Feb 11, 2023

24/24 with only seconds remaining. Phew!

Level 63

Jun 19, 2023

Ethiopia went in to complete the quiz on the very last second

Level 24

Jun 19, 2023

How on earth did I think to try 'Estonia' for E and somehow forget both France and Germany 💀

Level 59

Sep 5, 2023

I would have got them all, but I always missed the 'U' in Venezuela.

Level 40

Sep 5, 2023

It never dawned upon me until the last 5 seconds that M was Mexico, not Mali, Morocco or Mauritania.

Level 49

Sep 5, 2023

Afghanistan... no. Argentina! Ah, no... OH WAIT! Algeria, of course! What?? NO?! What does it mean??

...

74 seconds later

oh right Australia

Level 73

Sep 5, 2023

Wild that the one I missed was Mexico. Even wilder: that Honduras is bigger than Hungary.

Level 75

Sep 5, 2023

Good Quiz! It was actually not as hard as I thought. I just paid no attention to the letters and started listing countries that were really big. Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, etc. There were a couple left as the clock was winding down and I never thought of Honduras. I would've never thought that Honduras is bigger than Hungary, but it is by 20,000 sq kilometers. Fun quiz!

Level 43

Sep 5, 2023

poor greenland, always being excluded. They should just become there own country.

Level 39

Oct 3, 2023

I am surprised that I was able to get it with more than a minute left on clock.

The area that was given helped a lot.