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.

Note: The letter hint also appears ON THE MAP

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First submitted	June 1, 2016
Times taken	175,714
Average score	39.8%
Rating	4.95

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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	-

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102 Recent Comments

+48

Level ∞

Apr 8, 2021

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

Level 82

Apr 5, 2021

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

Level 80

Apr 6, 2021

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

Level 92

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 80

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 70

Apr 6, 2021

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

Level 47

Jun 24, 2023

No. Overseas regions are counted for France, but overseas territories aren't. Not counting French Guiana, Reunion, Mayotte, Guadeloupe and Martinique would be equivalent to not counting the area of Alaska and Hawaii for the USA (which would take down its area by about 1m km2)

Level 67

Apr 5, 2021

Love the new feature update QM! Very professional :)

Level 87

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 79

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

+14

Level 83

Apr 6, 2021

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

Level 61

Apr 28, 2021

FOR REAL

Level 42

Jun 13, 2021

I didn't get it so ...

Level 65

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 84

Jun 11, 2021

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

Level 85

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 85

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 47

Jun 24, 2023

I got to Taiwan.

Level 85

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 76

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 67

Apr 9, 2021

I like the letter on the map!

Level 71

Apr 9, 2021

5 seconds left!

Level 86

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 85

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 76

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 61

Apr 28, 2021

Yeah

Level 79

Apr 14, 2021

Norway is listed as a country starting with "V"

Level 79

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 71

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 37

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 37

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 37

May 20, 2021

reminder

Level 37

Jun 2, 2021

reminder #2

Level 77

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 86

Jun 10, 2021

Darned Mercator projection!

Level 69

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 64

Jun 10, 2021

Got stuck for 5 minutes on Republic of Congo ;(

Level 72

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 59

Nov 10, 2021

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

Level 77

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 43

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 64

Jun 18, 2021

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

Level 54

Feb 5, 2024

There were Gs for like five in a row, and Guyana was the last one, so you’re not going crazy

Level 72

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 37

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 55

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 65

Jul 10, 2021

One of the best quizzes I have ever played

Level 68

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 80

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 70

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 61

Sep 20, 2021

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

Level 60

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 24

Mar 19, 2022

You should add Palestine.

Level 54

Jul 14, 2022

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

Level 62

Nov 3, 2023

I know jetpunk doesn't count it but definitely agree.

Level 73

Oct 16, 2022

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

Level 83

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 54

Feb 5, 2024

Like the seven “G”s in a row got me. I think I tried Guyana like seventeen times because you would get it and G came up again.

Level 68

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 43

Dec 19, 2022

I think it was counting colonies too.

Level 27

Dec 14, 2022

USA is bigger than China

Level 43

Dec 19, 2022

Why didn't you count Greenland?

Level 36

Jan 10, 2023

because greenland is not a country

Level 65

Jan 13, 2023

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

Level 36

Jan 10, 2023

I only got 120, it's surprisingly hard!

Level 55

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 68

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 18, 2024

My best time is 7:27, so practising this many many times, it's possible to get it under 8 minutes.

Level 67

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.

Level 66

Aug 10, 2023

Did you intentionally choose this map projection or is it just the default map projection Jetpunk gives you?

Level 54

Feb 5, 2024

Default

Level 70

Oct 13, 2023

182

Level 70

Oct 14, 2023

Finally got 100%, with 16:42.

Level 62

Nov 3, 2023

amazing quiz, been a long time since a Name All the Countries style quiz felt challenging.

The same idea but with world capitals would also be a nice challenge.

Level 48

Mar 4, 2024

88/196. I hate this

Level 62

Mar 20, 2024

When the answer was Republic of the Congo i typed Congo and it did not count, gave up after 6 minutes of crying

Level 72

Mar 22, 2024

It seems to be broken (for me atleast). I typed russia like ten times, then I started doubting if I understood the concept of the quiz and then tried if it wasnt perhaps another country..I started doubting everything at that point!! tried some other countries and stared at the map a very long time and questioning my sanity..)

So I stopped the quiz, checked comments to see if others had the same issue or to see what I was doing wrong if I indeed had misunderstood the concept, didnt see anything helpful, unpaused and tried again, same out come so I quit. And well russia was indeed the first answer! Very confused..

Tl;dr It didn't respond after typing in the answer at all. now after restarting it does seem to work

Level 55

May 17, 2024

Time Used 5:36, Best Time 5:36 siuuuuuu

Level 55

May 29, 2024

Time Used 4:30, Best Time 4:30, STILL GRINDING !!!

Level 24

Sep 6, 2024

The area given for Serbia (88k) includes Kosovo, it shouldn't be included in Serbia's area if it's listed as a country later.

Level 22

Oct 24, 2024

USA is bigger then china due to alaska and Hawaii.

Level 27

Oct 27, 2024

After a lot of work out into it I must conclude that this quiz just doesn't make any sense.

You either learn by heart the right sequence or you're done. You got 6 seconds to guess a country, if you fail you are doomed. It ends up being a game of "name all the countries starting with that letter".

Level 37

Nov 7, 2024

10 seconds left

Level 54

Nov 21, 2024

I never realized my whole life was such a lie until I did this

Level 52

Nov 22, 2024

The quiz is entirely broken. When I type the country it doesn't even register or fill in the map and the give up button doesn't even work.

Level 55

Nov 23, 2024

Thought the problem was with my computer, but I guess not. Is the svg broken?

Level ∞

Nov 23, 2024

Fixed now.

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