All Countries of the World by Area with Hints

Guess each country of the world in order of its surface area. As you guess each country you will be given the first letter of the next country.

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Last updated: April 8, 2021

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First submitted	June 1, 2016
Times taken	120,242
Average score	38.3%
Rating	4.93

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Hint	Country	Next
17.09 m	Russia	C
9.98 m	Canada	C
9.64 m	China	U
9.52 m	United States	B
8.51 m	Brazil	A
7.69 m	Australia	I
3.16 m	India	A
2.78 m	Argentina	K
2.72 m	Kazakhstan	A
2.38 m	Algeria	D
2.34 m	D. R. Congo	S
2.14 m	Saudi Arabia	M
1.96 m	Mexico	I
1.90 m	Indonesia	S
1.88 m	Sudan	L
1.75 m	Libya	I
1.64 m	Iran	M
1.56 m	Mongolia	P
1.28 m	Peru	C
1.28 m	Chad	N
1.26 m	Niger	A
1.24 m	Angola	M
1.24 m	Mali	S
1.22 m	South Africa	C
1.14 m	Colombia	E
1.10 m	Ethiopia	B
1.09 m	Bolivia	M
1.03 m	Mauritania	E
1.00 m	Egypt	T
945 k	Tanzania	N
923 k	Nigeria	V
916 k	Venezuela	P
881 k	Pakistan	N
825 k	Namibia	M
801 k	Mozambique	T
783 k	Turkey	C
756 k	Chile	Z
752 k	Zambia	M
676 k	Myanmar	A
652 k	Afghanistan	F
640 k	France	S
637 k	Somalia	C
622 k	Central African Republic	S
619 k	South Sudan	U
603 k	Ukraine	M
587 k	Madagascar	B
582 k	Botswana	K
580 k	Kenya	Y
527 k	Yemen	T
513 k	Thailand	S
505 k	Spain	T
488 k	Turkmenistan	C
475 k	Cameroon	P
462 k	Papua New Guinea	S
450 k	Sweden	U
447 k	Uzbekistan	M
446 k	Morocco	I
438 k	Iraq	P
406 k	Paraguay	Z
390 k	Zimbabwe	J
377 k	Japan	G
357 k	Germany	P
342 k	Philippines	R
342 k	Republic of the Congo	F
338 k	Finland	V
331 k	Vietnam	M

Hint	Country	Next
330 k	Malaysia	N
323 k	Norway	I
322 k	Ivory Coast	P
312 k	Poland	O
309 k	Oman	I
301 k	Italy	E
276 k	Ecuador	B
272 k	Burkina Faso	N
270 k	New Zealand	G
267 k	Gabon	G
245 k	Guinea	U
242 k	United Kingdom	U
241 k	Uganda	G
238 k	Ghana	R
238 k	Romania	L
236 k	Laos	G
214 k	Guyana	B
207 k	Belarus	K
199 k	Kyrgyzstan	S
196 k	Senegal	S
185 k	Syria	C
181 k	Cambodia	U
181 k	Uruguay	S
163 k	Suriname	T
163 k	Tunisia	B
147 k	Bangladesh	N
147 k	Nepal	T
143 k	Tajikistan	G
131 k	Greece	N
130 k	Nicaragua	N
120 k	North Korea	M
118 k	Malawi	E
117 k	Eritrea	B
112 k	Benin	H
112 k	Honduras	L
111 k	Liberia	B
110 k	Bulgaria	C
109 k	Cuba	G
108 k	Guatemala	I
103 k	Iceland	S
100 k	South Korea	H
93 k	Hungary	P
92 k	Portugal	J
89 k	Jordan	S
88 k	Serbia	A
86 k	Azerbaijan	A
83 k	Austria	U
83 k	United Arab Emirates	C
78 k	Czech Republic	P
75 k	Panama	S
71 k	Sierra Leone	I
70 k	Ireland	G
69 k	Georgia	S
65 k	Sri Lanka	L
65 k	Lithuania	L
64 k	Latvia	T
56 k	Togo	C
56 k	Croatia	B
51 k	Bosnia and Herzegovina	C
51 k	Costa Rica	S
49 k	Slovakia	D
48 k	Dominican Republic	E
45 k	Estonia	D
43 k	Denmark	N
41 k	Netherlands	S

Hint	Country	Next
41 k	Switzerland	B
38 k	Bhutan	T
36 k	Taiwan	G
36 k	Guinea-Bissau	M
33 k	Moldova	B
30 k	Belgium	L
30 k	Lesotho	A
29 k	Armenia	S
28 k	Solomon Islands	A
28 k	Albania	E
28 k	Equatorial Guinea	B
27 k	Burundi	H
27 k	Haiti	R
26 k	Rwanda	N
25 k	North Macedonia	D
23 k	Djibouti	B
22 k	Belize	E
21 k	El Salvador	I
20 k	Israel	S
20 k	Slovenia	F
18 k	Fiji	K
17 k	Kuwait	E
17 k	Eswatini	E
14 k	East Timor	B
13 k	Bahamas	M
13 k	Montenegro	V
12 k	Vanuatu	Q
11 k	Qatar	G
11 k	Gambia	J
10 k	Jamaica	K
10 k	Kosovo	L
10 k	Lebanon	C
9251	Cyprus	B
5765	Brunei	T
5130	Trinidad and Tobago	C
4033	Cape Verde	S
2842	Samoa	L
2586	Luxembourg	M
2040	Mauritius	C
1862	Comoros	S
964	São Tomé and Príncipe	K
811	Kiribati	B
765	Bahrain	D
751	Dominica	T
747	Tonga	S
710	Singapore	F
702	F. S. Micronesia	S
616	Saint Lucia	A
468	Andorra	P
459	Palau	S
452	Seychelles	A
442	Antigua and Barbuda	B
430	Barbados	S
389	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	G
344	Grenada	M
316	Malta	M
300	Maldives	S
261	Saint Kitts and Nevis	M
181	Marshall Islands	L
160	Liechtenstein	S
61	San Marino	T
26	Tuvalu	N
21	Nauru	M
2.02	Monaco	V
0.44	Vatican City	-

+32

Level ∞

Apr 8, 2021

Big thanks to Overtired, who added the hint letter onto the map itself to reduce scrolling.

Level 27

Jun 1, 2016

I'm sure China is bigger than Canada

+52

Level 60

Jun 1, 2016

Canada is bigger than China. Now the real dispute is either China is in 3rd or the US is 3rd, due to multiple sources(mainly the CIA World Factbook) taking in the US water area(not inland water), but not for any other country. And for China, well the only thing that migjt change China's size are the disputed territories(mainly the Spratly islands and Taiwan). There is no dispute if Canada or China are bigger

+26

Level 74

Oct 13, 2021

But she said she was sure.

Level 69

Jan 16, 2022

As a sidenote, without counting inland water Canada would lose almost 1 million sq km and would fall below both the US and China

Level 57

Dec 8, 2022

Actually, if we aren't counting inland water, Canada is smaller than China and the US.

Level 23

Apr 8, 2023

Well clearly you didn’t do basic 5th grade history when you were younger.

Level 62

May 6, 2023

that ratio tho

Level 68

Jun 1, 2016

Excellent quiz once again, although could I suggest a time bump? As (at the moment) No one has actually completed this quiz and I only got 1/3 of them going at a pretty reasonable pace.

Level 75

Jun 1, 2016

thanks! increased to 20 minutes like the mapless one

Level 69

Aug 16, 2021

Love this quiz, and the mapless one. Any chance you'll be updating that mapless one with Eswatini, North Macedonia, etc.?

Level 37

Jan 8, 2019

I got it with 5:50 left...

Level 46

Jun 21, 2021

yes 3 years after the time was increased, im sure many others did the same

Level 65

Jun 2, 2016

Had to hit take unlimited. Only just entered Malaysia :(

Level 40

Jul 12, 2016

5 more minutes are absolutely necessary

Level 73

Jun 10, 2021

I agree. I was typing pretty much all the time with not many difficult pauses and I only got half way!

+14

Level 68

Aug 23, 2016

Surprisingly hard even with the map. I like it. We need the same thing with populations.

Level 71

Jan 28, 2017

Great quiz, for those like myself that can point out all the worlds countries but have not memorised them alphabetically it is quite a test. I was bogged down with Myanmar for a long time, then Afghanistan ...... watching that clock tick down is not the best of occupations........... good quiz.

Level 37

Feb 11, 2017

I got up to Nicaragua at a pretty good pace. :P

Level 88

May 3, 2017

After about fifteen tries I finally got them all!! With 0:42 left ... At first I didn't think it would be possible but when you start to memorize series of countries, it gets a lot easier.

Level 50

Jun 3, 2020

Yeah I practically have from Oman to Uganda memorized

Level 50

Jan 17, 2018

great quiz! I think when you use the map, it makes sense to include greenland's area in denmark and put way up in the list.

Level 69

Apr 3, 2018

88/196 without looking at the hints

Level 55

Oct 13, 2018

I finnaly done it with 1:41 after like 10 tries

Level 37

Jan 8, 2019

Definitely should be featured.

Level 62

Jul 29, 2019

why Cote d'ivoire??

Level 45

Nov 23, 2020

That is how the country of Cote d'ivoire wishes for the country to be spelled and pronounced, though this is also true for Timor Leste, even though no one takes that one into account

Level 85

Apr 5, 2021

Actually it's Timor-Leste, with the hyphen :)

Level 28

Sep 11, 2019

completed it backwards. gotta let it go now i guess..

Level 68

Nov 20, 2019

Update north Macedonia and eswatini and plz accept fsm for federated states of Micronesia

Level 68

Nov 20, 2019

Also Cyprus is in Africa

Level 50

Jun 3, 2020

What? Either Cyprus is in Asia or it is in Europe. There is no dispute for Africa.

Level 52

Jun 10, 2021

???? its oceania

Level 41

Jun 13, 2021

Cyprus is a continent itself.

Level 35

Jan 11, 2020

f!£"%$£%$ I spent 5 minutes trying to get a C (Ivory coast) went insane and gave up

Level 62

Jun 10, 2021

Because the country’s official name is Côte d’Ivoire, so its first letter is C!

Level 52

Jun 10, 2021

timor leste

Level 68

Mar 15, 2020

I think it should be updated for a few names (North Macedonia, Eswatini, Ivory Coast...) and maybe add 5 minutes because tiny countries are a pain in the ass.

Level 45

Nov 23, 2020

Cote d'Ivoire is the proper name for the country, and this should also be updated to fix Timor Leste

Level 58

Jan 27, 2021

It should match the Countries of the World Quiz

Level 75

Mar 30, 2021

they did when the caveat was written, a few years ago!

Level 66

Mar 19, 2020

Norway's area is 385000 km2; bigger than Malaysia, Vietnam, Finland, Rep Congo, Philippines, Germany and Japan.

Level 50

Jun 3, 2020

That may be including inland waters, as that would change this ranking a lot

Level 66

Mar 18, 2021

Inland waters are included for all countries.

Level 64

Apr 6, 2021

The map doesn't include Svalbard and other territories like Greenland.

Level 61

Jun 11, 2021

Yeah, if you don't count Greenland for Denmark, you don't count Svalbard etc. for Norway. Thus, Norway's area is 323 802 m2, which is less than Finland's. Don't always believe what Google tells you.

Level 47

Aug 2, 2020

could Swaziland be updated to Eswatini?

Level 78

Sep 4, 2020

Reckon I spent far too much of my time scrolling between the map and the text boxes with the hints. 109/196 on first attempt.

Level 75

Apr 6, 2021

Yeah, I feel like the map and the answer boxes being side by side would be much better for this quiz. Not sure how doable it is though.

Level 57

Jan 30, 2021

I just saw this but I have a population version from a couple months ago.

Level 52

Mar 10, 2021

god i got stuck on north macedonia, it starts with n so please make it that

Level 88

Mar 26, 2021

Worthy of a nomination only if and when Ivory Coast, North Macedonia etc are updated.

Level 82

Apr 5, 2021

This quiz needs better formatting to be tolerable, having to scroll up and down constantly is not fun

Level 77

Apr 6, 2021

Yep, I didn't have time to fill in 64 countries

Level 89

Apr 7, 2021

If only the hint for the next one could be shown next to the type-in box, I might have had a chance of finishing. Otherwise, I'm constantly scrolling up and down.

Level 77

Apr 5, 2021

Fun quiz! However, a more accurate map projection might help. Also good to know if overseas territories are counted (especially Denmark and Greenland), but it soon becomes apparent that not.

Level 69

Apr 6, 2021

Well actually overseas territories are counted, e.g. for France. Greenland is apparently the only --- inconstent --- exception...

Level 57

Apr 5, 2021

Love the new feature update QM! Very professional :)

Level 85

Apr 6, 2021

It's nice, but having to scroll back and forth to see the clue then come back to the map is a problem.

Level 76

Apr 6, 2021

I think it needs a bit more time. It is very hard to get it within the time (I got 123 on first go), and especially with the scrolling

Level 75

Apr 6, 2021

Yeah agreed

Level 85

Apr 6, 2021

Having "Republic of Congo" as an R wasted so much time for me. :-)

Level 60

Apr 28, 2021

FOR REAL

Level 41

Jun 13, 2021

I didn't get it so ...

Level 55

Apr 6, 2021

Great idea for a quiz, but ruined slightly by the constant scrolling up and down required. If the hint just appeared at the top near the map that would make this quiz a lot better, and maybe make it more feasible to complete in the time limit.

Level 68

Apr 6, 2021

Got down to Panama, fun quiz!

Level 40

Apr 6, 2021

the projection makes this quite difficult, of cour its possible to pick the perfect projection

Level 83

Jun 11, 2021

Nothing make me want to flip off the mercantor more than this quiz

Level 84

Apr 6, 2021

The scrolling required to progress through this is maddening. Is there any way to show the initial of the next country in view of the filled-in map? I enjoyed this (got 85), but the incessant scrolling that is required has discouraged me from re-taking it.

Level 84

Apr 10, 2021

Super job, Overtired, adding the initial on the map. I'm glad I checked back on this one. Made a really good quiz into a fantastic one. Thanks. I went from 85 to 132 without having to scroll. Just missed typing in Bhutan as time expired.

Level 40

Apr 6, 2021

I got all the way down to Armenia :'D

Level 83

Apr 7, 2021

I think I could have finished without the 5 minutes that I spent scrolling up to look at the map and back down to see the next letter. It would be nice if the map's CSS position property could be set to fixed so that it would stay on the screen while I scroll.

Level 75

Apr 7, 2021

The map shows Greenland as part of Denmark, but Denmark is way down this list. The same applies I think, to a lesser degree, for Morocco.

Level 57

Apr 9, 2021

I like the letter on the map!

Level 69

Apr 9, 2021

5 seconds left!

Level 87

Apr 9, 2021

Perfect quiz now that the letter is on the map! Finished with 4:44 left compared to less than 2 minutes when I had to scroll up and down.

Level 83

Apr 9, 2021

As others have said, putting the letter on the map is a great solution! Now, hopefully, some Jetpunk quiz-making elites will use this idea for a multitude of new quizzes!

Level 74

Apr 21, 2021

very well done.

Level 58

Apr 12, 2021

I made it to the Republic of the Congo which threw me off but I'm proud I got that far!

Level 60

Apr 28, 2021

Yeah

Level 77

Apr 14, 2021

Norway is listed as a country starting with "V"

Level 77

Apr 14, 2021

Actually "v" stayed for the rest of the time for me-also at least Vietnam, Malaysia, Syria, and Tunisia did not work either

Level 68

Apr 22, 2021

I love the addition of the letter on the map! I wish we could have the same for a quizz by population, or by area starting with the smallest!

Level 38

May 1, 2021

10 more minutes pls!

Level 49

May 11, 2021

this was very fun! got it first try! thanks for the quiz :)

Level 38

May 14, 2021

when you're supposed to guess Andorra it shows "P" on the map. pls fix it. and pls add 10 more minutes.

Level 38

May 20, 2021

reminder

Level 38

Jun 2, 2021

reminder #2

Level 75

Jun 2, 2021

I just took the quiz again and A appeared when I had to guess Andorra. Maybe you had skipped some answers when you got to Andorra?

Level 61

May 15, 2021

The scale of the map is so misleading. It would be nice to have an appropriately scaled version of this, if possible.

Level 84

Jun 10, 2021

Darned Mercator projection!

Level 67

Jun 10, 2021

It would be great if the letter on the map would match the highlighted country - so if you get stuck, you can tab to the next answer and dont have to scroll down.

Level 62

Jun 10, 2021

Got stuck for 5 minutes on Republic of Congo ;(

Level 71

Jun 10, 2021

The letter stopped working for me - got stuck on "S" for a long time.

Level 65

Jun 10, 2021

I was going at a strong pace, and then "R"epublic of the Congo just completely knocked me out. I used the rest of my time thinking of "R" countries.

Level 43

Jun 10, 2021

with all due respect, I'm pretty sure the USA is bigger than China.

Level 58

Nov 10, 2021

It isn't according to most sources. Certain American sources use extra water area to inflate the size

Level 73

Jun 10, 2021

i think it may be helpful to have a caveat reminding everyone that larger countries may not look larger due to the map projection - saves quizzers guessing ones in europe that simply aren’t as big as they look, and you get less complaining comments.

Level 39

Dec 19, 2022

Try using this: https://www.thetruesize.com/

It's a real size map it helps a lot.

Level 20

Jun 14, 2021

This was hard

Level 62

Jun 18, 2021

I typed Guyana sooooo many times, it didn’t work and the answer was Guyana. I must be going crazy.

Level 71

Jul 1, 2021

Aright, I am confused. I got as far as Armenia, which 8% of quiz takers also guess, BUT the 16% have guessed Vatican city. How is that possible? Is it possible to go out of order or skip ahead?

Level 38

Jul 2, 2021

yes you can highlight the last field in the country list and guess Vatican (but you won't get a hint for M - Monaco)

Level 51

Jan 16, 2023

even though I only got 153/196 I knew Vatican and Monaco were the smallest ones so I put them there

Level 43

Jul 8, 2021

USA had a greater surface area than China

Level 54

Jul 10, 2021

One of the best quizzes I have ever played

Level 67

Jul 27, 2021

This is my favorite quiz on this site. Been practicing it for a few months and finally got it under 10 minutes! Had a lot of fun throughout.

Level 79

Aug 21, 2021

I got so stuck waiting for Morocco - does the indicated area include Western Sahara? It looks much bigger on the map and according to Wikipedia, with Western Sahara included it is 710k which would be above Myanmar & Madagascar. Or should uncounted territories be greyed out or something?

Level 67

Aug 23, 2021

There is no way the 5 point average for this quiz is that high legitimately. This is my third take of this quiz and my best is 178, still not enough to beat 95%. Or maybe I'm just too sour right now lol

Level 38

Sep 14, 2021

192, i know its doable grrr

Level 59

Sep 20, 2021

couldn't even cross 100 on first try T-T

Level 57

Nov 14, 2021

I got 131 up to the netherlands

Level 43

Dec 17, 2021

For Cote D'Ivore would it be possible to have I/C

Level 22

Mar 19, 2022

You should add Palestine.

Level 45

Jul 14, 2022

On Jetpunk, there are 196 countries- 193 UN recognised, Taiwan, Kosovo and the Vatican City (Holy See)

Level 69

Oct 16, 2022

There needs to be more time. I've done this so many times and always run out at around 150.

Level 78

Oct 28, 2022

every time I do this I forget how many countries start with the same letter and I'll get about halfway through and start saying things like "HOW ON EARTH ARE THERE MORE G COUNTRIES"

Level 63

Nov 10, 2022

This is a fun quiz, but I wish I did not have to keep scrolling up and down. I can't see the map and the hint at the same time.

Level 37

Nov 28, 2022

Isn't Ukraine bigger than France?

Level 39

Dec 19, 2022

I think it was counting colonies too.

Level 27

Dec 14, 2022

USA is bigger than China

Level 43

Dec 18, 2022

This was really annoying, I didn't even get to 50.

Level 39

Dec 19, 2022

Why didn't you count Greenland?

Level 35

Jan 10, 2023

because greenland is not a country

Level 55

Jan 13, 2023

Greenland is a territory of Denmark, but Greenland is excluded from Denmark's size in this quiz.

Level 35

Jan 10, 2023

I only got 120, it's surprisingly hard!

Level 51

Jan 16, 2023

I feel that after Switzerland things get... unbearable. I can only see small black dots on the map and from there it's just guessing

Level 69

Jan 24, 2023

Wow, spent two days trying this one. Great quizz.

Level 61

Jan 29, 2023

I see from previous comments that the time for this has been extended, but I still could do with more time, please!

Level 57

Apr 20, 2023

I've memorized the countries in alphabetical order, and just cycled through them until I said one that made sense.

I've read over the list of countries by area before so I know the first 30 off the top of my head. I also know that certain countries are right before and after each other, like Spain and Turkmenistan, Sweden and Uzbekistan, or Solomon Islands and Armenia.

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