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WORLD EXPLORER_

An atlas you can quiz yourself with. Colour-coded by world region — groupings that share climate, history and economics rather than strict continents. Hover for the capital, click for the full plate, or let the map test you.

— sovereign states
— territories mapped
6 world regions
$ projecting 194 countries_
Notes on this mapaccuracy · numbers · regions · borders

On accuracy. Capitals and region assignments are checked. Food, fun facts and season counts are best-effort summaries, and for very small nations they are kept general rather than invented — treat the trivia as a starting point, not a citation.

On the numbers. Population and nominal GDP are the latest available estimates — roughly 2024–25 — and deliberately rounded. GDP per capita is derived from those two rather than stored separately, so the three figures always agree. Standing follows World Bank income groups: high income reads as developed, middle as developing, and low income or UN least-developed as least developed. Vatican City, North Korea and Western Sahara publish no reliable figure and show a dash rather than an invented number. Treat all of it as an order of magnitude, not an accounting statement.

On regions. Six groupings are used, so transcontinental states are placed by their dominant ties: Russia sits with Europe, the Caucasus and Türkiye with Asia, Egypt with Africa, Mexico with North & Central America. Greenland is coloured with North America but is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

On borders. Unassigned shapes (Siachen Glacier, the Spratlys, Scarborough Reef and a few Caribbean banks) are drawn in grey because their sovereignty is disputed. Territories and partially recognised states are labelled as such and sit outside the quiz pool. Antarctica is not drawn, as it has no sovereign states. Palestine is absent because this map geometry has no shape for it.

Press Q for a new question · R to reveal

// FIELD NOTES

How the world map quiz works

An Equal Earth map of 194 sovereign states in six colour-coded regions, with a quiz that writes its questions from each country's own record.

  1. Click or search a country to open its plate of facts.
  2. Press Quiz me, or Q, for a question built from the data.
  3. Save the ones you miss and export a revision sheet.

Questions people ask

How many countries are there in the world?

There is no single agreed figure. This atlas counts 194 sovereign states. Partially recognised states such as Kosovo, Western Sahara, Somaliland and Northern Cyprus are drawn and labelled, but left out of the quiz.

How many countries are in Africa?

The atlas places 54 sovereign states in Africa, the most of its six regions. Transcontinental countries are grouped by their dominant ties, so Egypt counts with Africa, Russia with Europe, and Türkiye with Asia.

Is there a world map quiz with flags?

Yes. One of the thirteen question types shows a national flag and asks whose it is, as a four-option multiple choice drawn from that country's own region. Other questions cover capitals, locations, food, seasons and history.

How can I learn the countries of the world?

Isolate one region at a time, press Q for a question and R to reveal the answer. Recall questions are self-graded, because a dish or a fact can be right in more than one wording. Save what you miss and export it as a printable sheet.

Is my progress saved?

Your saved questions stay in this browser's local storage and nowhere else. There is no account and nothing is uploaded. The running score resets when you leave the page.

Is there a historical world map by year?

Yes — The World, Dated is a map you can scrub from 1886 to today, with every border change dated. To map where you have been instead, use Travel Dispatch.

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