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Maple Map Quiz

The 30 largest countries on the map

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The map shows the 30 countries among the giants by area. A round asks for ten of them; a wrong tap is answered with the right country and the distance between the two.

From the data

Countries
30
Largest by area
Russia · 17,125,190 km²
Smallest by area
Tanzania · 945,500 km²
Most people
India · 1.46 billion
Fewest people
Mongolia · 3.6 million
People in total
5.08 billion
Area in total
108,784,835 km²

World Bank figures: population of 2025, area of 2023.

Most land neighbours on the map
Russia (14)

Levels in this selection

  • Easy: 12 countries
  • Medium: 23 countries
  • Hard: 23 countries

Easy keeps to the bigger and better-known countries, Hard drops the easiest quarter.

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The answers of this quiz, sorted by area. Open it after a round, not during one.

CountryCapitalArea
RussiaMoscow17,125,190 km²
CanadaOttawa15,634,410 km²
United StatesWashington, D.C.9,831,510 km²
ChinaBeijing9,562,910 km²
BrazilBrasília8,510,420 km²
AustraliaCanberra7,741,220 km²
IndiaNew Delhi3,287,263 km²
ArgentinaBuenos Aires2,780,400 km²
KazakhstanAstana2,724,902 km²
AlgeriaAlgiers2,381,740 km²
DR CongoKinshasa2,345,410 km²
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh2,149,690 km²
MexicoMexico City1,957,194 km²
IndonesiaJakarta1,916,907 km²
SudanKhartoum1,878,000 km²
LibyaTripoli1,759,540 km²
IranTehran1,745,150 km²
MongoliaUlaanbaatar1,564,116 km²
PeruLima1,285,216 km²
ChadN’Djamena1,284,000 km²
NigerNiamey1,267,000 km²
AngolaLuanda1,246,700 km²
MaliBamako1,240,190 km²
South AfricaPretoria1,219,090 km²
ColombiaBogotá1,140,619 km²
EthiopiaAddis Ababa1,129,819 km²
BoliviaSucre1,098,580 km²
MauritaniaNouakchott1,030,700 km²
EgyptCairo1,001,450 km²
TanzaniaDodoma945,500 km²

Questions about this quiz

How many countries does this quiz cover?

30 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?

Russia, with 17,125,190 km² according to the World Bank (2023).

Which country of this selection has the most people?

India, with 1.46 billion people according to the World Bank (2025).