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Countries of Europe in 1989

32 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. 1France2,997,502 km²
  2. 2Denmark2,297,637 km²
  3. 3Portugal1,396,277 km²
  4. 4Spain852,198 km²
  5. 5Kingdom of the Netherlands592,709 km²
  6. 6Sweden443,785 km²
  7. 7Finland391,016 km²
  8. 8Norway378,246 km²
  9. 9Poland311,399 km²
  10. 10Italy300,020 km²
  11. 11SFR of Yugoslavia253,886 km²
  12. 12West Germany247,599 km²
  13. 13United Kingdom239,317 km²
  14. 14Kingdom of Romania237,211 km²
  15. 15Greece129,888 km²
  16. 16People's Republic of Bulgaria110,718 km²
  17. 17Iceland101,117 km²
  18. 18Austria84,045 km²
  19. 19Ireland68,720 km²
  20. 20Latvia65,102 km²
  21. 21Estonia47,327 km²
  22. 22Switzerland41,200 km²
  23. 23Belgium30,603 km²
  24. 24People's Socialist Republic of Albania28,810 km²
  25. 25Luxembourg7,024 km²
  26. 26Andorra459 km²
  27. 27Malta264 km²
  28. 28Liechtenstein153 km²
  29. 29San Marino66 km²
  30. 30Monaco17 km²
  31. 31Gibraltar6 km²
  32. 32Vatican City0 km²

The map as it stood on 1 July 1989 (a year means its 1 July), with the names of the time. Sovereign states as they were then; British dominions count from the Statute of Westminster (1931), Egypt from 1922. Colonies, protectorates and mandates are not countries here: they have quizzes of their own. Area in km², measured on the largest of its outlines (simplified, clipped to land). Sources: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0), Wikidata (CC0).

On the map

Map of Countries of Europe in 1989, 32 countries: each one marked on the globe

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