Map Pop
Africa Map Quiz
Find all 54 countries of Africa. Tap a country and watch it pop.
A free Africa map quiz
Africa has 54 countries, more than any other continent, and many of them are hard to tell apart on a blank map. This quiz names them one at a time. Tap the right country and it fills with color; tap the wrong one and the map tells you which country you hit, so you learn as you go.
Play Countries mode to learn the map, then switch to Capitals or Flags, or type the names yourself. Island nations like Seychelles and Comoros get a marker so you can tap them on a phone.
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 54 countries of Africa and their capitals
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Algeria | Algiers |
 Egypt | Cairo |
 Libya | Tripoli |
 Morocco | Rabat |
 Sudan | Khartoum |
 Tunisia | Tunis |
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Benin | Porto-Novo (Cotonou is the seat of government) |
 Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
 Cabo Verde | Praia |
 Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro (Abidjan is the largest city) |
 Gambia | Banjul |
 Ghana | Accra |
 Guinea | Conakry |
 Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
 Liberia | Monrovia |
 Mali | Bamako |
 Mauritania | Nouakchott |
 Niger | Niamey |
 Nigeria | Abuja |
 Senegal | Dakar |
 Sierra Leone | Freetown |
 Togo | Lomé |
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Angola | Luanda |
 Cameroon | Yaoundé |
 Central African Republic | Bangui |
 Chad | N'Djamena |
 DR Congo | Kinshasa |
 Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
 Gabon | Libreville |
 Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé |
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Burundi | Gitega (capital since 2019, before that Bujumbura) |
 Comoros | Moroni |
 Djibouti | Djibouti |
 Eritrea | Asmara |
 Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
 Kenya | Nairobi |
 Madagascar | Antananarivo |
 Malawi | Lilongwe |
 Mauritius | Port Louis |
 Mozambique | Maputo |
 Rwanda | Kigali |
 Seychelles | Victoria |
 Somalia | Mogadishu |
 South Sudan | Juba |
 Tanzania | Dodoma (Dar es Salaam is the largest city) |
 Uganda | Kampala |
 Zambia | Lusaka |
 Zimbabwe | Harare |
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
 Botswana | Gaborone |
 Eswatini | Mbabane (Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital) |
 Lesotho | Maseru |
 Namibia | Windhoek |
 South Africa | Pretoria (Cape Town and Bloemfontein are the other two capitals) |
Tips to learn the map faster
- Start with the anchors: Egypt in the northeast, South Africa at the southern tip, Nigeria on the bend of the west coast, DR Congo in the middle and Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa.
- Togo and Benin are the two thin strips between Ghana and Nigeria. Togo is the western one.
- The two Congos sit on either side of the Congo River. DR Congo is the giant; the Republic of the Congo is the smaller country to its west.
- Rwanda is the small country north of Burundi, both squeezed between DR Congo and Tanzania.
- Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa. Eswatini sits on South Africa's border with Mozambique.
- Gambia is the thin country along the Gambia River, almost entirely inside Senegal.
Questions people ask
How many countries are in Africa?
54 countries, all members of the United Nations. Western Sahara is a disputed territory claimed by Morocco, so it is shown on the map but not asked.
What is the largest country in Africa?
Algeria, at about 2.38 million square kilometers. DR Congo and Sudan are next.
What is the smallest country in Africa?
Seychelles, an island nation of about 460 square kilometers. The smallest on the mainland is Gambia.
Which is the newest country in Africa?
South Sudan, which became independent from Sudan in 2011. It is also the newest member of the United Nations.
How many African countries are landlocked?
Sixteen, from Mali and Niger in the Sahara to Lesotho, which is surrounded by South Africa.
What is the most populous country in Africa?
Nigeria, with more than 220 million people. Ethiopia and Egypt come next.
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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.