Learn World Countries
Learn to find any country on the world map. Each round highlights one country and you choose its name, so you remember shape and position, not just a word on a list.
Whole World
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Best scores are tracked separately for each region, mode, and length.
What this quiz builds
- Every continentThe world pool draws from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, so nothing is left out.
- Location firstYou see each country highlighted in place, which teaches its shape, size, and neighbours at the same time.
- No easy guessesEvery question includes at least one nearby country as an answer choice, so you cannot win on region alone.
- Layer on moreSwitch modes to add capital cities and flags to the same country pool once locations feel solid.
How to learn the countries of the world
Start with the Whole World region in Map only mode. Your single job each round is to match the highlighted shape to the right country name, which is the foundation every other geography skill builds on.
When the whole world feels overwhelming, drop down to one continent, learn it properly, then return. Coming back to the world pool after mastering a region is the fastest way to see real progress.
Tips for remembering country locations
Anchor unfamiliar countries to ones you already know. Placing a country relative to a large neighbour such as Brazil, India, or Germany is far easier than memorising it in isolation.
Pay attention to the answer choices you get wrong. Because each question includes a nearby country, a mistake usually reveals exactly which border or coastline you have not learned yet.
Countries in the world quiz
Every country featured in the Whole World pool, listed with its capital city for quick reference.
- AfghanistanKabul
- AlgeriaAlgiers
- AngolaLuanda
- ArgentinaBuenos Aires
- AustraliaCanberra
- AustriaVienna
- BangladeshDhaka
- BelgiumBrussels
- BoliviaSucre
- BotswanaGaborone
- BrazilBrasília
- CambodiaPhnom Penh
- CameroonYaoundé
- CanadaOttawa
- ChileSantiago
- ChinaBeijing
- ColombiaBogotá
- Costa RicaSan José
- CubaHavana
- DenmarkCopenhagen
- Dominican Rep.Santo Domingo
- EcuadorQuito
- EgyptCairo
- EthiopiaAddis Ababa
- FinlandHelsinki
- FranceParis
- GermanyBerlin
- GhanaAccra
- GreeceAthens
- GuatemalaGuatemala City
- HondurasTegucigalpa
- IcelandReykjavík
- IndiaNew Delhi
- IndonesiaJakarta
- IranTehran
- IraqBaghdad
- IrelandDublin
- IsraelJerusalem
- ItalyRome
- JapanTokyo
- JordanAmman
- KazakhstanAstana
- KenyaNairobi
- LaosVientiane
- LibyaTripoli
- MadagascarAntananarivo
- MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
- MaliBamako
- MexicoMexico City
- MongoliaUlaanbaatar
- MoroccoRabat
- MozambiqueMaputo
- MyanmarNaypyidaw
- NamibiaWindhoek
- NepalKathmandu
- NetherlandsAmsterdam
- New ZealandWellington
- NicaraguaManagua
- NigeriaAbuja
- NorwayOslo
- OmanMuscat
- PakistanIslamabad
- PanamaPanama City
- Papua New GuineaPort Moresby
- ParaguayAsunción
- PeruLima
- PhilippinesManila
- PolandWarsaw
- PortugalLisbon
- RomaniaBucharest
- RussiaMoscow
- Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
- SenegalDakar
- South AfricaPretoria
- South KoreaSeoul
- SpainMadrid
- Sri LankaColombo
- SudanKhartoum
- SwedenStockholm
- SwitzerlandBern
- SyriaDamascus
- TanzaniaDodoma
- ThailandBangkok
- TunisiaTunis
- TurkeyAnkara
- UgandaKampala
- UkraineKyiv
- United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
- United KingdomLondon
- United States of AmericaWashington, D.C.
- UruguayMontevideo
- UzbekistanTashkent
- VenezuelaCaracas
- VietnamHanoi
- YemenSana'a
- ZambiaLusaka
- ZimbabweHarare
Frequently asked questions
How many countries are there in the world?
There are 195 widely recognised countries: 193 United Nations member states plus Vatican City and Palestine as observer states. MapDuel features a broad selection of them across every continent.
What is the best way to learn all the countries of the world?
Learn one continent at a time, then mix them together. Locating each country on a map builds far stronger recall than reading a list, because you remember position and shape alongside the name.
Which countries are hardest to find on a map?
Small island nations and the closely packed countries of West Africa, the Balkans, Central America, and the Persian Gulf are the most commonly missed, since several similar borders sit side by side.
Do I need to know capitals to play?
No. Map only mode asks purely for country names. Capitals and flags are optional extra rounds you can turn on when you are ready.
More ways to learn geography
- Learn the 7 ContinentsPlace all seven continents to build a mental map of the world.
- Learn World CapitalsName the capital city of every country, one region at a time.
- Learn the 50 U.S. StatesPlace every state on the map, then name its capital and flag.
- Learn Flags of the WorldMatch national flags to their countries in quick bonus rounds.
Prefer to choose your own region and mode? Play all MapDuel geography games.