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Africa Map Quiz: click every African country on the map
A map zoomed to Africa, 50 countries, ten free rounds. No sign-up, works on any device.
Africa has more countries than any other continent in WorldQuizr's dataset, and this page scopes the Map Quiz down to all 50 of them, from Algeria, the largest country in the pool by area, to the Gambia, the smallest country on the African mainland, a narrow strip almost entirely surrounded by Senegal. The map view is cropped and zoomed to the continent rather than shown on a full 172-country world map, so a country as small as Eswatini stays a real, clickable shape instead of disappearing at world-map scale. A handful of the very smallest -- it varies by screen size -- sit outside the question pool itself even after the crop, since a shape too small to see fairly isn't a fair question; they remain fully visible and clickable on the map regardless. Ten rounds, one click per round: hover or focus any shape first to check its name. A results screen at the end shows your accuracy as a percentage plus a short review list of anything you missed, with the correct country named next to it. This is the same click-to-answer map engine as the Europe and Asia Map Quiz pages, just scoped to Africa.
Africa's borders, by the numbers
With 50 countries, Africa packs in more shared borders than either Europe or Asia in this quiz. The Democratic Republic of the Congo alone borders nine other countries in the pool -- the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola -- which makes it one of the most useful countries to place correctly first, since getting its shape right anchors most of Central Africa around it.
African countries that are easy to miss
A handful of countries reward an extra look before you click: the Gambia, Eswatini, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau are all small enough to sit tucked against a larger neighbour. Lesotho is a special case worth knowing in advance -- it's a landlocked country entirely surrounded by South Africa, so it never touches the edge of the continent the way most other small countries do. Hovering or focusing a shape shows its name first, the fastest way to build a mental map of where each of these sits before you have to commit under time pressure.
How a round works here
Each Africa Map Quiz session is ten rounds. Every round names one of the 50 African countries and asks you to click its shape on the cropped map; hovering or focusing any shape first shows its name, so you can double-check before committing. A correct click updates your streak and score immediately, a miss resets the streak but never ends the session, and after ten rounds you get a results screen with your score, your accuracy as a percentage, and a short review list of anything you missed with the correct country named next to it.
Your best Africa Map Quiz score is saved locally in your own browser, kept separate from your worldwide Map Quiz score. See the privacy policy for exactly what that local storage does, and does not, touch.
Testing a different continent
The Europe Map Quiz and Asia Map Quiz use the same cropped-map engine, scoped to their own continent's country pool. All three share the same underlying map geometry and country data as the unscoped Map Quiz -- sourced once, verified, and kept current rather than quietly left outdated.
Frequently asked questions
How many countries can I click on in the Africa Map Quiz?
50 -- the most of any continent-scoped Map Quiz page on WorldQuizr -- and every one of them is on the map and clickable. A small number of the tiniest ones (it varies by screen size) are left out of the question pool itself, since a shape only a few pixels wide isn't a fair question; they stay fully visible and clickable on the map either way.
How many countries does the Democratic Republic of the Congo actually border?
Nine: the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. All nine are part of this same 50-country Africa pool.
What's the smallest country on the African mainland in this quiz?
The Gambia, at roughly 11,000 square kilometres -- a narrow strip of land following the Gambia River, almost entirely surrounded by Senegal on three sides with a short Atlantic coastline on the fourth.
Which African country in this quiz gained independence most recently?
South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan on 9 July 2011, making it both the newest country in Africa and the newest country in the world.
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