How well do you know the map of Africa? The Africa Map Quiz gives you a country name and asks you to do one thing: click it on an interactive map of Africa. It is the classic geography challenge — all 54 African countries, on a fast, clean map that actually works on your phone.

Start with the easy anchors — Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco — then work into the tricky clusters: the small West African coastal states, the Horn of Africa, and the little countries tucked between their bigger neighbours. Pinch to zoom and drag to pan so even Seychelles and São Tomé are within reach. Prefer it the other way round? Switch to Name It and identify the highlighted country instead.

New every day: a Daily Challenge of ten African countries that is identical for everyone, with a shareable results grid so you can compare scores with friends. Or push your limits with a 90-second Speed Run or a sudden-death Minefield where a single wrong tap ends the game.

How to play

Daily Challenge — ten African countries to locate, the same for every player today. Finish to reveal your green-and-red result grid and share it.
Locate — you are given a country name and click it on the map of Africa. Twenty countries per round.
Name It — the reverse: a country is highlighted and you name it, by multiple choice (Easy), first-letter hint (Medium) or typing (Hard).
Speed Run — locate as many countries as you can in 90 seconds, building a streak multiplier.
Minefield — place every African country in one continuous run; one wrong tap ends it. How far can you get?

Every mode tracks your streak, score and accuracy, and a local leaderboard keeps your best runs. There is also a Learn mode — tap any country to see its capital, region, area, language and currency.

How many countries are in Africa?

Africa has 54 sovereign countries, making it the continent with the most nations after Asia. Every one is a full member of the United Nations. That total includes the five island states — Cape Verde, Comoros, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe and Seychelles — but not disputed, non-member territories such as Western Sahara. This quiz covers all 54, so you can practise everything from the Maghreb to the Cape.

Tips for learning the map of Africa

Learn it region by region — start with North Africa (the Maghreb plus Egypt and Sudan), then West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa and the Horn, and finally Southern Africa.
Anchor each region on its biggest or best-known country (Egypt in the north, Nigeria in the west, DR Congo in the centre, Ethiopia in the east, South Africa in the south) and place its neighbours relative to it.
Drill the hard clusters on their own: the small West African coast, the Horn of Africa and the little Southern African states are where most points are lost.
Use the daily challenge to learn ten fresh countries a day — spaced repetition beats cramming, and the streak keeps you coming back.

How the daily challenge works

The daily set is generated from the calendar date with a seeded shuffle, so every player in the world gets the same ten countries on the same day — no account, no server tracking you. When you finish, your result is encoded as a grid of green (correct) and red (wrong) squares, ready to copy or share. Come back tomorrow for a fresh set and keep your streak alive.

Data & method

Country outlines are drawn from Natural Earth (public domain) via the world-atlas 1:50m dataset, and country facts from the open mledoze/countries dataset (ODbL). Countries are joined on their ISO-3166 numeric code, filtered to the African set with a capital, and the whole dataset is bundled into the app — so it loads instantly and works offline, with no tracking.

Frequently asked questions

How many countries are in Africa?

Africa has 54 sovereign countries, all of them full members of the United Nations — from Algeria and Egypt in the north to South Africa in the south. This quiz uses that full set of 54, including the five island nations (Cape Verde, Comoros, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe and Seychelles). Western Sahara, a disputed territory that is not a UN member, is not counted.

Which African countries are hardest to place?

The usual trip-ups are the densely-packed clusters: the small West African coastal states (The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Togo, Benin, Sierra Leone, Liberia), the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia), and the little Southern African states (Eswatini and Lesotho, the latter completely surrounded by South Africa). The five offshore island nations are the toughest of all, which is why this quiz marks each with a clickable dot.

Does the quiz include the island nations?

Yes. All five African island states are included: Madagascar (large enough to draw normally) plus Cape Verde, Comoros, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe and Seychelles. Because those five are far too small to see at continent scale, the map draws a dot with a generous tap area at each one so you can still find them.

How do I click the tiny island countries?

The small island nations are marked with a dot and a generous tap area around it, so you do not need pinpoint accuracy — just tap the dot. You can also pinch or scroll to zoom in and drag to pan the map for a closer look at crowded areas like West Africa or the Horn.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes. The quiz is mobile-first and runs in any modern browser on phone, tablet or desktop — no app, no sign-up. Pinch to zoom and drag to pan the map, then tap a country to answer.

Where does the map data come from?

Country outlines come from Natural Earth (public domain) via the world-atlas dataset, and country facts from the open mledoze/countries dataset (ODbL). All data is bundled into the app, so it loads instantly and works offline.