Name all 54 countries of Africa
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Type all 54 countries in Africa before the clock runs out. Each name you get right fills in on the map.
From the data
- Countries
- 54
- Largest by area
- Algeria · 2,381,740 km²
- Smallest by area
- Seychelles · 457 km²
- Most people
- Nigeria · 238 million
- Fewest people
- Seychelles · 122,730
- People in total
- 1.55 billion
- Area in total
- 30,108,277 km²
- Drawn as a dot
- Cape Verde, Mauritius, Comoros, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles
World Bank figures: population of 2025, area of 2023.
- Most common first letter
- S (8 names)
- Longest name
- Central African Republic (22 letters)
- Shortest name
- Mali (4 letters)
Levels in this selection
- Easy: 756 seconds
- Medium: 486 seconds
- Hard: 324 seconds
Every level asks for all countries; only the time changes.
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The answers of this quiz, sorted by area. Open it after a round, not during one.
| Country | Capital | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Algiers | 2,381,740 km² |
| DR Congo | Kinshasa | 2,345,410 km² |
| Sudan | Khartoum | 1,878,000 km² |
| Libya | Tripoli | 1,759,540 km² |
| Chad | N’Djamena | 1,284,000 km² |
| Niger | Niamey | 1,267,000 km² |
| Angola | Luanda | 1,246,700 km² |
| Mali | Bamako | 1,240,190 km² |
| South Africa | Pretoria | 1,219,090 km² |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 1,129,819 km² |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | 1,030,700 km² |
| Egypt | Cairo | 1,001,450 km² |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | 945,500 km² |
| Nigeria | Abuja | 923,770 km² |
| Namibia | Windhoek | 824,292 km² |
| Mozambique | Maputo | 799,380 km² |
| Zambia | Lusaka | 752,612 km² |
| South Sudan | Juba | 646,883 km² |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | 637,657 km² |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | 622,980 km² |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 591,969 km² |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | 587,295 km² |
| Botswana | Gaborone | 581,730 km² |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | 475,442 km² |
| Morocco | Rabat | 446,550 km² |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | 390,760 km² |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 342,000 km² |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 322,460 km² |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 274,200 km² |
| Gabon | Libreville | 267,670 km² |
| Guinea | Conakry | 245,857 km² |
| Uganda | Kampala | 241,551 km² |
| Ghana | Accra | 238,539 km² |
| Senegal | Dakar | 196,710 km² |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 163,610 km² |
| Eritrea | Asmara | 121,630 km² |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | 118,484 km² |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | 114,760 km² |
| Liberia | Monrovia | 111,370 km² |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | 72,300 km² |
| Togo | Lomé | 56,785 km² |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 36,125 km² |
| Lesotho | Maseru | 30,360 km² |
| Equatorial Guinea | Ciudad de la Paz | 28,052 km² |
| Burundi | Gitega | 27,834 km² |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 26,340 km² |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | 23,200 km² |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | 17,364 km² |
| Gambia | Banjul | 11,300 km² |
| Cape Verde | Praia | 4,030 km² |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 2,010 km² |
| Comoros | Moroni | 1,861 km² |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 960 km² |
| Seychelles | Victoria | 457 km² |
Questions about this quiz
How many countries does this quiz cover?
54 countries. A round asks ten of them; choose a longer round in the setup under New.
Which country of this selection has the largest area?
Algeria, with 2,381,740 km² according to the World Bank (2023).
Which country of this selection has the most people?
Nigeria, with 238 million people according to the World Bank (2025).