Map Pop
World Map Quiz
Find all 197 countries of the world, or play today's Daily 10.
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A free map quiz for every country
Map Pop is a free geography game. A country is named at the top of the screen, you tap it on the map, and it pops into color. Get it right first time and your combo grows; miss three times and the map shows you where it was. By the end you have painted the whole world.
The full world map is the big challenge: 197 countries, from Russia down to Vatican City. If that is too much for one sitting, start with one continent below, or play the Daily 10, ten countries that are the same for everyone today.
Map quizzes by continent
How to play
- Read the nameA country, capital or flag appears at the top of the screen.
- Tap the countryFind it on the map and tap it. Zoom with two fingers, the mouse wheel or the + button.
- Watch it popRight first time fills it with color and grows your combo. Three wrong taps and the map shows you the answer.
- Beat your timeYour score is the share of points you got. Share it and a friend gets the same countries in the same order.
Four ways to play every map: Countries (tap the country that is named), Capitals (tap the country of the capital), Flags (tap the country of the flag) and Type it (type the name of the country that lights up). Explore the map lets you tap around and read every name first.
All 197 countries and capitals, by continent
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Algeria | Algiers |
 Angola | Luanda |
 Benin | Porto-Novo (Cotonou is the seat of government) |
 Botswana | Gaborone |
 Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
 Burundi | Gitega (capital since 2019, before that Bujumbura) |
 Cabo Verde | Praia |
 Cameroon | Yaoundé |
 Central African Republic | Bangui |
 Chad | N'Djamena |
 Comoros | Moroni |
 Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro (Abidjan is the largest city) |
 Djibouti | Djibouti |
 DR Congo | Kinshasa |
 Egypt | Cairo |
 Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
 Eritrea | Asmara |
 Eswatini | Mbabane (Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital) |
 Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
 Gabon | Libreville |
 Gambia | Banjul |
 Ghana | Accra |
 Guinea | Conakry |
 Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
 Kenya | Nairobi |
 Lesotho | Maseru |
 Liberia | Monrovia |
 Libya | Tripoli |
 Madagascar | Antananarivo |
 Malawi | Lilongwe |
 Mali | Bamako |
 Mauritania | Nouakchott |
 Mauritius | Port Louis |
 Morocco | Rabat |
 Mozambique | Maputo |
 Namibia | Windhoek |
 Niger | Niamey |
 Nigeria | Abuja |
 Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville |
 Rwanda | Kigali |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé |
 Senegal | Dakar |
 Seychelles | Victoria |
 Sierra Leone | Freetown |
 Somalia | Mogadishu |
 South Africa | Pretoria (Cape Town and Bloemfontein are the other two capitals) |
 South Sudan | Juba |
 Sudan | Khartoum |
 Tanzania | Dodoma (Dar es Salaam is the largest city) |
 Togo | Lomé |
 Tunisia | Tunis |
 Uganda | Kampala |
 Zambia | Lusaka |
 Zimbabwe | Harare |
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Afghanistan | Kabul |
 Armenia | Yerevan |
 Azerbaijan | Baku |
 Bahrain | Manama |
 Bangladesh | Dhaka |
 Bhutan | Thimphu |
 Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
 Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
 China | Beijing |
 Georgia | Tbilisi |
 India | New Delhi |
 Indonesia | Jakarta |
 Iran | Tehran |
 Iraq | Baghdad |
 Israel | Jerusalem (disputed; most embassies are in Tel Aviv) |
 Japan | Tokyo |
 Jordan | Amman |
 Kazakhstan | Astana |
 Kuwait | Kuwait City |
 Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
 Laos | Vientiane |
 Lebanon | Beirut |
 Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur (Putrajaya is the seat of government) |
 Maldives | Malé |
 Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
 Myanmar | Naypyidaw |
 Nepal | Kathmandu |
 North Korea | Pyongyang |
 Oman | Muscat |
 Pakistan | Islamabad |
 Palestine | Ramallah (administrative centre; East Jerusalem is the claimed capital) |
 Philippines | Manila |
 Qatar | Doha |
 Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
 Singapore | Singapore |
 South Korea | Seoul |
 Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Colombo is the largest city) |
 Syria | Damascus |
 Taiwan | Taipei |
 Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
 Thailand | Bangkok |
 Timor-Leste | Dili |
 Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
 United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
 Uzbekistan | Tashkent |
 Vietnam | Hanoi |
 Yemen | Sanaa |
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Albania | Tirana |
 Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
 Austria | Vienna |
 Belarus | Minsk |
 Belgium | Brussels |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
 Bulgaria | Sofia |
 Croatia | Zagreb |
 Cyprus | Nicosia |
 Czechia | Prague |
 Denmark | Copenhagen |
 Estonia | Tallinn |
 Finland | Helsinki |
 France | Paris |
 Germany | Berlin |
 Greece | Athens |
 Hungary | Budapest |
 Iceland | Reykjavík |
 Ireland | Dublin |
 Italy | Rome |
 Kosovo | Pristina |
 Latvia | Riga |
 Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
 Lithuania | Vilnius |
 Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
 Malta | Valletta |
 Moldova | Chișinău |
 Monaco | Monaco |
 Montenegro | Podgorica |
 Netherlands | Amsterdam (The Hague is the seat of government) |
 North Macedonia | Skopje |
 Norway | Oslo |
 Poland | Warsaw |
 Portugal | Lisbon |
 Romania | Bucharest |
 Russia | Moscow |
 San Marino | San Marino |
 Serbia | Belgrade |
 Slovakia | Bratislava |
 Slovenia | Ljubljana |
 Spain | Madrid |
 Sweden | Stockholm |
 Switzerland | Bern |
 Turkey | Ankara |
 Ukraine | Kyiv |
 United Kingdom | London |
 Vatican City | Vatican City |
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's |
 Argentina | Buenos Aires |
 Bahamas | Nassau |
 Barbados | Bridgetown |
 Belize | Belmopan |
 Bolivia | Sucre (La Paz is the seat of government) |
 Brazil | Brasília |
 Canada | Ottawa |
 Chile | Santiago |
 Colombia | Bogotá |
 Costa Rica | San José |
 Cuba | Havana |
 Dominica | Roseau |
 Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
 Ecuador | Quito |
 El Salvador | San Salvador |
 Grenada | St. George's |
 Guatemala | Guatemala City |
 Guyana | Georgetown |
 Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
 Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
 Jamaica | Kingston |
 Mexico | Mexico City |
 Nicaragua | Managua |
 Panama | Panama City |
 Paraguay | Asunción |
 Peru | Lima |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
 Saint Lucia | Castries |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
 Suriname | Paramaribo |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain |
 United States | Washington, D.C. |
 Uruguay | Montevideo |
 Venezuela | Caracas |
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Australia | Canberra |
 Fiji | Suva |
 Kiribati | South Tarawa |
 Marshall Islands | Majuro |
 Micronesia | Palikir |
 Nauru | Yaren (Nauru has no official capital; Yaren is the seat of government) |
 New Zealand | Wellington |
 Palau | Ngerulmud |
 Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
 Samoa | Apia |
 Solomon Islands | Honiara |
 Tonga | Nukuʻalofa |
 Tuvalu | Funafuti |
 Vanuatu | Port Vila |
Tips to learn the map faster
- Zoom in with two fingers, the mouse wheel or the + button. Small islands get a ring marker you can tap, and it disappears once you are close enough to tap the land itself.
- Learn the anchors first: the largest country on each continent makes it easy to find its neighbors.
- Skip a country you can't find. It comes back at the end, and skipping costs nothing.
- Try Capitals and Flags mode on a map you already know. It is the fastest way to learn them.
- Share your result. Your friend gets the same countries in the same order, so it is a fair race.
Questions people ask
How many countries are there in the world?
The usual answer is 195: the 193 members of the United Nations plus its two observer states, Vatican City and Palestine. This quiz has 197, because it also includes Kosovo and Taiwan, which many lists treat as countries.
What is the largest country in the world?
Russia, at about 17.1 million square kilometers. Canada is second, then the United States and China.
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City, at less than half a square kilometer, entirely surrounded by the city of Rome. Monaco is second smallest.
What is the Daily 10?
Ten countries from all over the world, the same for every player on a given day. Only your first try of the day counts, and playing on consecutive days builds a streak.
How is the score worked out?
Each country is worth one point if you find it first time, half a point on the second try and a quarter on the third. Your score is the percentage of points you got. Time breaks ties.
Is Map Pop free?
Yes. Every map, mode and the Daily 10 are free, with no sign-up and nothing to download. Your best scores are saved in your browser.
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Map Pop is part of Pixel & Oak Games. Try Glow Hop, the neon color jump game, or Imposter, the word party game for one phone or online rooms.
Maps: Natural Earth (public domain), via the world-atlas package. Borders follow Natural Earth's lines and are not a statement on any dispute. Flags: flag-icons by Panayiotis Lipiridis, MIT licence. Fonts: Lilita One by Juan Montoreano and Nunito by Vernon Adams, Cyreal and Jacques Le Bailly, both under the SIL Open Font License. The game, sounds and artwork are made by Pixel & Oak.