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Maple Map Quiz

Name the 30 most populous countries

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Type all 30 countries among the giants by population before the clock runs out. Each name you get right fills in on the map.

From the data

Countries
30
Largest by area
Russia · 17,125,190 km²
Smallest by area
South Korea · 100,450 km²
Most people
India · 1.46 billion
Fewest people
Sudan · 51.7 million
People in total
6.30 billion
Area in total
70,650,411 km²

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

Most common first letter
I (4 names)
Longest name
United Kingdom (13 letters)
Shortest name
Iran (4 letters)

Levels in this selection

  • Easy: 420 seconds
  • Medium: 270 seconds
  • Hard: 180 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.

CountryCapitalArea
RussiaMoscow17,125,190 km²
United StatesWashington, D.C.9,831,510 km²
ChinaBeijing9,562,910 km²
BrazilBrasília8,510,420 km²
IndiaNew Delhi3,287,263 km²
DR CongoKinshasa2,345,410 km²
MexicoMexico City1,957,194 km²
IndonesiaJakarta1,916,907 km²
SudanKhartoum1,878,000 km²
IranTehran1,745,150 km²
South AfricaPretoria1,219,090 km²
ColombiaBogotá1,140,619 km²
EthiopiaAddis Ababa1,129,819 km²
EgyptCairo1,001,450 km²
TanzaniaDodoma945,500 km²
NigeriaAbuja923,770 km²
PakistanIslamabad796,100 km²
TürkiyeAnkara785,350 km²
MyanmarNaypyidaw676,578 km²
FranceParis606,410 km²
KenyaNairobi591,969 km²
ThailandBangkok513,115 km²
JapanTokyo377,969 km²
GermanyBerlin357,680 km²
VietnamHanoi331,338 km²
ItalyRome302,070 km²
PhilippinesManila300,000 km²
United KingdomLondon243,610 km²
BangladeshDhaka147,570 km²
South KoreaSeoul100,450 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).