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Africa map quiz

54 countries, the most of any continent. West Africa's coast is where careful players separate from fast ones.

By Eren ŞimşirUpdated Data checked How we make our maps

54 countries. Press start, then click each one on the map.

ZimbabweZambiaYemenSaint HelenaUnited Arab EmiratesUgandaTurkmenistanTurkeyTunisiaTogoTanzaniaSyriaEswatiniSouth SudanSudanSpainSouth AfricaSomaliaSomalilandSierra LeoneSeychellesSenegalSaudi ArabiaSão Tomé and PríncipeRwandaQatarPortugalPakistanOmanNigeriaNigerNamibiaMozambiqueMoroccoW. SaharaMauritiusMauritaniaMaltaMaliMalawiMadagascarLibyaLiberiaLesothoLebanonKuwaitKenyaJordanItalyIsraelPalestineIraqIranGuinea-BissauGuineaGreeceGhanaGambiaGabonFranceFr. S. Antarctic LandsEthiopiaEritreaEquatorial GuineaEgyptDjiboutiN. CyprusCyprusCôte d'IvoireDR CongoRepublic of the CongoComorosChadCentral African RepublicCabo VerdeCameroonBurundiBurkina FasoBotswanaBeninBahrainAzerbaijanAngolaAlgeriaAfghanistanSeychellesMauritiusComoros

Key numbers

On the map
54 countries
Format
Click the map
Rounds
Timed, scored on first clicks
Cost
Free, no account

Africa has more countries than any other continent: 54 UN member states. The quiz includes the island nations of Cabo Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles and Madagascar; the smaller ones are shown as dots.

Two pairs cause most mistakes. There are two Congos: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the large country in the center, and the Republic of the Congo, the smaller one to its west. And there are two Guineas in West Africa, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, plus Equatorial Guinea farther south.

Finding your way around Africa

  • Algeria is Africa's largest country; start there and work outward.
  • The Gambia is a thin strip along the Gambia River, almost surrounded by Senegal.
  • Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa; Eswatini is nearly surrounded, bordering Mozambique as well.
  • Along the Gulf of Guinea, west to east: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria.

The 54 countries in this quiz

CountryCapital
AlgeriaAlgiers
AngolaLuanda
BeninPorto-Novo
BotswanaGaborone
Burkina FasoOuagadougou
BurundiGitega
Cabo VerdePraia
CameroonYaoundé
Central African RepublicBangui
ChadN'Djamena
ComorosMoroni
Côte d'IvoireYamoussoukro
DjiboutiDjibouti
DR CongoKinshasa
EgyptCairo
Equatorial GuineaMalabo
EritreaAsmara
EswatiniMbabane
EthiopiaAddis Ababa
GabonLibreville
GambiaBanjul
GhanaAccra
GuineaConakry
Guinea-BissauBissau
KenyaNairobi
LesothoMaseru
LiberiaMonrovia
LibyaTripoli
MadagascarAntananarivo
MalawiLilongwe
MaliBamako
MauritaniaNouakchott
MauritiusPort Louis
MoroccoRabat
MozambiqueMaputo
NamibiaWindhoek
NigerNiamey
NigeriaAbuja
Republic of the CongoBrazzaville
RwandaKigali
São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé
SenegalDakar
SeychellesVictoria
Sierra LeoneFreetown
SomaliaMogadishu
South AfricaPretoria
South SudanJuba
SudanKhartoum
TanzaniaDodoma
TogoLomé
TunisiaTunis
UgandaKampala
ZambiaLusaka
ZimbabweHarare

Questions people ask

What is the largest country in Africa?

Algeria, by area. Nigeria has the largest population.

Which is the newest country in Africa?

South Sudan, which became independent from Sudan in 2011.