GeotchaA geography quiz on a real globe

Countries by the states that formerly held them

168 countries, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, tell its flag from three others, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

Free to play, with no account needed. What you miss comes back for review until it sticks.

The countries

  1. 1Canada9,984,670 km²
  2. 2United States9,826,675 km²
  3. 3Brazil8,515,767 km²
  4. 4Australia7,692,024 km²
  5. 5India3,287,263 km²
  6. 6Argentina2,780,400 km²
  7. 7Kazakhstan2,724,900 km²
  8. 8Algeria2,381,741 km²
  9. 9Democratic Republic of the Congo2,344,858 km²
  10. 10Mexico1,972,550 km²
  11. 11Indonesia1,904,570 km²
  12. 12Sudan1,886,068 km²
  13. 13Libya1,759,541 km²
  14. 14Mongolia1,564,116 km²
  15. 15Peru1,285,216 km²
  16. 16Chad1,284,000 km²
  17. 17Niger1,267,000 km²
  18. 18Angola1,246,700 km²
  19. 19Mali1,240,192 km²
  20. 20South Africa1,221,037 km²
  21. 21Colombia1,141,748 km²
  22. 22Bolivia1,098,581 km²
  23. 23Mauritania1,030,700 km²
  24. 24Egypt1,010,408 km²
  25. 25Tanzania947,303 km²
  26. 26Nigeria923,768 km²
  27. 27Venezuela912,050 km²
  28. 28Pakistan881,913 km²
  29. 29Namibia825,615 km²
  30. 30Mozambique801,590 km²
  31. 31Chile756,102 km²
  32. 32Zambia752,618 km²
  33. 33Myanmar676,577 km²
  34. 34Afghanistan652,230 km²
  35. 35South Sudan644,329 km²
  36. 36Somalia637,657 km²
  37. 37Central African Republic622,984 km²
  38. 38Ukraine603,550 km²
  39. 39Madagascar587,295 km²
  40. 40Botswana581,737 km²
  41. 41Kenya581,309 km²
  42. 42Turkmenistan491,210 km²
  43. 43Cameroon475,442 km²
  44. 44Papua New Guinea462,840 km²
  45. 45Uzbekistan448,978 km²
  46. 46Morocco446,550 km²
  47. 47Iraq437,072 km²
  48. 48Paraguay406,756 km²
  49. 49Zimbabwe390,757 km²
  50. 50Norway385,207 km²
  51. 51Republic of the Congo342,000 km²
  52. 52Finland338,478 km²
  53. 53Vietnam331,690 km²
  54. 54Malaysia330,803 km²
  55. 55Côte d'Ivoire322,463 km²
  56. 56Poland312,683 km²
  57. 57Philippines300,000 km²
  58. 58Burkina Faso274,200 km²
  59. 59New Zealand268,021 km²
  60. 60Gabon267,667 km²

and 108 more, all in the quiz.

Area in km²: standard reference totals including inland water, as in the Countries set. Formerly held by: every state that once ruled it, from the history table; predecessors count as their state (England as the United Kingdom, the Spanish Empire as Spain). Sources: Wikidata (CC0), Natural Earth 1:50m admin-0.

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