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Countries that Start with N

There are 11 different countries whose names start with the letter N. See how many you can name.
One of these countries used to start with M until 2019
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: February 17, 2019
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First submittedJuly 17, 2012
Times taken783,976
Average score72.7%
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Country
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Country
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway
+25
Level 35
Sep 15, 2012
Netherlands FTW!!
+4
Level 1
Aug 31, 2013
What do u mean. its a country
+31
Level 32
Jan 3, 2014
FTW = For The Win
+12
Level 65
Mar 27, 2014
...FTW = For the Win
+9
Level 74
Oct 5, 2021
I forgot, what does FTW mean?
+2
Level 22
Jul 21, 2022
FTW = FOR THE WIN
+1
Level 21
Sep 28, 2023
F The World
+7
Level 50
Nov 12, 2012
"Papua New Guinea" is proper, so no it shouldn't count.
+6
Level 50
Nov 12, 2012
no because New Guinea is an island that contains the two countries Indonesia(West Papua and Papua) and Papua New Guinea.
+2
Level 31
Nov 12, 2012
swerve
+38
Level 46
Nov 12, 2012
I kept putting Narnia...
+22
Level 77
May 15, 2014
If Narnia is accepted then Neverneverland should be accepted as well!
+4
Level 25
May 8, 2019
excatly!
+4
Level 17
Jun 8, 2021
On my first game I tried to put Nominated lol
+1
Level 61
May 13, 2016
Same!
+1
Level 24
Jan 31, 2023
why
+1
Level 18
Jun 6, 2023
I would do the same thing!
+6
Level 70
Nov 12, 2012
Can't believe Holland is accepted (not in this particular quiz anyway). 10/10 with1.27 on the clock though.
+19
Level 65
Dec 10, 2018
it is? It shouldnt be
+1
Level 56
Nov 13, 2012
First time BAAAM!!
+3
Level 14
Nov 14, 2012
What about North Ireland?
+38
Level 71
Feb 27, 2017
I think the characters (for want of a better name) that ask these silly questions, do so to create the arguing that ensues. In future all intelligent Jetpunkers just ignore these half-brains and with luck they may go away.
+8
Level 36
Feb 18, 2019
Both UEFA and FIFA have Scotland Wales England and Northern Ireland as separate countries. They even have Gibraltar and Faroe Islands as ´countries´. So it is not stupid to think it could be an independent nation.
+16
Level 63
Feb 27, 2019
I believe the reason why anyone would ask about Northern Ireland is that the British call it a country even though it's not a sovereign nation. It's just their choice - Just like other countries choose to call their similar areas states.
+8
Level 76
May 8, 2019
No need to be so cynical. It's a perfectly reasonable question someone might ask who hasn't wasted hours upon hours of their life here like us veterans.
+2
Level 78
May 8, 2019
You must be joking :)
+10
Level 66
Jun 30, 2020
This is a perfectly reasonable question for people who aren't familiar with country classifications. Anyway, here's my answer:

Northern Ireland is one of the four entities that make up the sovereign nation of the United Kingdom. A common misconception is that it is a country; while England, Scotland and Wales are constituent countries (not sovereign nations) within the UK, Northern Ireland is actually only a province and has never been a country in its own right.

+5
Level 66
Jun 30, 2020
Additionally, JetPunk, the United Nations and pretty much all other international organisations recognise the UK as a country, not England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland individually.
+2
Level 36
Mar 9, 2021
N.Ireland is part of UK
+2
Level 35
Dec 29, 2012
misd north korea.
+11
Level 51
Mar 17, 2013
New Zealand *facepalm
+1
Level 39
Dec 23, 2017
:D i did get that one as i live there...but only forgot north korea!
+1
Level 55
Jan 8, 2018
same bro...
+1
Level 14
Mar 20, 2013
8/10. missed naura and nicaragua
+1
Level 58
Sep 25, 2022
NAURU*
+6
Level 74
Apr 14, 2013
Nauru?? I just looked it up. 21 square kms. Less than 10,000 inhabitants. Good grief.
+6
Level 26
Aug 17, 2013
its just in the pacific
+8
Level 65
Mar 27, 2014
I made myself memorize Oceania and the Caribbean because I knew i was going to miss them
+10
Level 82
Oct 16, 2015
Don't feel bad about not knowing Nauru. My geography teacher had never heard of it either.
+1
Level 23
Dec 21, 2015
mine did
+4
Level 52
May 11, 2017
Second-least guessed country on the Countries Quiz last I checked.
+13
Level 25
Nov 9, 2017
Nauru is 'laughter' in Finnish language so if you ask me, all Finns should be aware of this country. :) Well, I know the name but the location is still "somewherethereinoceania". WIP. ;)
+10
Level 43
Dec 16, 2019
Here on JetPunk, everyone loves Oceanian countries.
+2
Level 41
Mar 7, 2021
I like it because oceania (australia) is a ''mysterious'' continent, Wdim by ''mysteryous'' is that there is a lot of abandoned and forgotten countries there, like Nauru, Micronesia, Samoa, Marshall islands, Solomon islands, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Tuvalu...
+2
Level 19
Jul 20, 2022
was it necessary to name them all lol?
+2
Level 59
Oct 10, 2021
Nauru has a really interesting history! You should look it up!
+1
Level 21
Jul 17, 2013
100% yes
+3
Level 14
Aug 7, 2013
missed out Norway feel like a right idiot!!
+2
Level 25
May 8, 2019
almost did too if it wasn't for your comment XD
+1
Level 28
Dec 23, 2013
Finished..... With 1 second remaining. Whew!
+2
Level 57
Mar 9, 2014
I got Norway with 30 seconds left and thought for sure I'd gotten all the obvious ones. Then NOPE, Netherlands. *facepalm*
+1
Level 43
Mar 7, 2022
Literally exactly what happened to me...

And then I also forgot Nepal lmao

+1
Level 62
Apr 3, 2014
Got Namibia in the last seconds! Norway FTW
+2
Level 19
May 18, 2014
Can't believe I remembered "Nauru" and "Namibia" and not the Netherlands and North Korea.
+2
Level 20
Jul 23, 2014
2:43 left at the 2nd try ! First one I forgot New Zealand :$$$
+2
Level 42
Jan 5, 2015
Lost at North Korea :P
+4
Level 42
Jan 5, 2015
Who cares about territories when u have me?
+1
Level 48
Mar 12, 2023
I care about territories
+1
Level 42
Jan 5, 2015
yay
+2
Level 42
Jan 5, 2015
52787657 is the numeral of a circle #.#
+2
Level 21
Feb 14, 2015
almost forgot korea again. N and S. I suck.
+1
Level 41
Mar 7, 2021
I always do Yakko World for these. but they say ''Korea'' not ''South'' and ''North''
+1
Level 31
Jun 24, 2021
Thanks to Yakko I always think Guam is it's own separate country.
+5
Level 83
Mar 2, 2015
First one of these I got 100% on in a while. I can ace the countries of the world quiz easily but when I have to recall countries that start with a certain letter I usually blank.
+2
Level 57
Mar 28, 2015
That map makes all the difference.
+7
Level 83
Apr 6, 2017
nah I don't even look at the map doing the CotW quiz.. I just visualize it in my head. I try to do the same thing when doing these quizzes and quickly run through each country 1 by 1.. but for some reason it works sometimes and other times by brain skips.
+1
Level 21
Feb 10, 2021
I believe it's because a letter may have multiple phonemes, so it makes sense we get a bit lost. when we're visualizing a map, our brain has only one chore to focus on.
+1
Level 71
Jul 10, 2019
I find the same thing, for countries of the world I work my way around and can usually get them all, but for the countries that start with a particular letter I often miss one or two
+2
Level 65
Mar 28, 2015
9/10 missed netherlands
+12
Level 65
Dec 10, 2018
we miss you too
+2
Level 24
Mar 28, 2015
missed north korea
+1
Level 55
Apr 15, 2015
How is it possible that more people get Namibia than New Zealand and North Korea!?!?!
+1
Level 24
Apr 18, 2015
might be just a fluke
+4
Level 61
May 13, 2016
I was one of those people.
+4
Level 65
Dec 10, 2018
namiba was actually one of the first I thought of, Well and the netherlands because of the picture.

I think it might be because it isnt one word. You dont tend to think about words like new north and south.

+1
Level 60
Aug 30, 2015
BAM!
+1
Level 25
Sep 25, 2015
missed nepal.
+1
Level 15
Nov 2, 2015
I had 2:19 remaining
+4
Level 37
Nov 12, 2015
I had a gap between Netherlands and Nicaragua and narrowed it down to it must begin with New, but new what.... I am a New Zealander :/
+3
Level 67
Jan 7, 2016
You've missed off New York?!
+4
Level 22
Jun 19, 2016
I think you're looking for the states quiz.
+1
Level 41
Mar 7, 2021
New York is an USA state,
+4
Level 64
Apr 23, 2021
r/wooosh both of you
+1
Level 46
Jan 29, 2016
always miss netherlands because i learnt it as holland :/
+1
Level 65
Dec 10, 2018
just to get the discussion going... holland are provences of the country, north and south holland. It has wrongly been used as the name of the country, probably because centuries ago the most influential people came from those two provences ( and perhaps utrecht)
+1
Level 36
Feb 9, 2016
First time in a while I got all but New Zealand :/ I did it again and got all of them, but still.
+1
Level 28
Feb 21, 2016
i finished with 2 mins to spare. Play my quizzes today!!
+1
Level 38
May 31, 2016
crap i almost missed norway
+1
Level 41
Jul 15, 2016
nearly forgot north korea phew
+2
Level 21
Nov 27, 2016
2:35 left!!
+1
Level 60
Dec 5, 2016
2:51 left...
+1
Level 48
Jan 28, 2017
Nearly missed North Korea.
+1
Level 60
Apr 6, 2017
What about Glorious Nippon?
+3
Level 89
Apr 6, 2017
English names only on this quiz.
+2
Level 41
Apr 6, 2017
Been a few months since I've been on but thankfully just like riding a bike
+2
Level 23
Apr 6, 2017
Where is New Guinea
+6
Level 82
Apr 6, 2017
divided between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
+3
Level 45
Oct 27, 2021
asia/oceania. just on top of Australia
+1
Level 73
Mar 12, 2023
Gone swimming
+1
Level 33
Apr 13, 2017
9/10 with 0 seconds on the clock
+2
Level 24
Apr 22, 2017
first time 9/10 missed Nepal and I went there only this month! Even worse I live with Nepal as a bordering country
+6
Level 80
Apr 24, 2017
Narnia doesn't work for some reason...
+1
Level 41
Mar 7, 2021
Do I even need to say something?
+1
Level 22
Sep 23, 2022
Nope, he or she can figure it out on their own. At this point I'm scared for humanity.
+4
Level 43
May 3, 2017
It's Ni-ZHAIRE! Not Ni-ger, not Bob Saget, not that offensive word you're all thinking about. It's Ni-ZHAIRE
+2
Level 56
Mar 14, 2021
ayyyyyyyy Geography Now
+1
Level 63
Mar 30, 2021
Loved that video
+1
Level 14
Jun 22, 2017
2:06
+1
Level 35
Jul 23, 2017
10/10 with 1:48 left. I thought this quiz would cause no controversy, some people just love being pedantic !
+1
Level 16
Aug 11, 2017
100% with 2:18 remaining!! :)
+3
Level 60
Aug 17, 2017
how i typed nauru first and how i missed niger and nigeria
+2
Level 77
Nov 11, 2017
More people know Niger than Nigeria. How very very very strange ;-)
+6
Level 65
Dec 10, 2018
they probably typed nigeria and it allready got accepted at niger-
+1
Level 25
May 8, 2019
that was his point
+2
Level 41
Mar 7, 2021
Its because there is Niger and Nigeria. People will type ''Niger'' as an answer and it will automatically acept without the ''ia''
+1
Level 74
Nov 19, 2017
Forgot Nepal for some reason
+1
Level 8
Nov 22, 2017
i got 10/10:D
+3
Level 72
Nov 30, 2017
The moment when you get Nauru first but miss Norway...
+1
Level 42
Jun 27, 2018
Oh rly... missed netherlandsa because I'm used to spelling it Holland
+2
Level 55
Jun 27, 2018
I was missing one country and i was about to click give up and then i saw picture and i was like '' OH YES NETHERLANDS ''
+5
Level 49
Aug 29, 2018
*Remembers Nauru*

*Forgets Norway*

+1
Level 25
May 8, 2019
same
+1
Level 49
Sep 16, 2018
Got them all eventually. Couldn't spell Nauru for ages
+1
Level 33
Sep 18, 2018
Niue ?
+3
Level 35
Jan 2, 2019
Not a Sovereign Country
+1
Level 24
Feb 13, 2019
Is that a standard requirement on Jetpunk? - only see 'Country' in the description.
+1
Level 59
Feb 19, 2022
It's implied.
+1
Level 71
Sep 20, 2018
With other first letter country quizzes in which Jetpunk accepts a very common variant, I think the quiz should add a free answer for Papua New Guinea, just to save people typing in the answer. The C first letter quiz does that for both Congos and for Ivory Coast.

The B quiz does so for Myanmar.

The M one does so for Micronesia (although, interestingly, not Myanmar).

See also the P quiz and Palestine.

[Note: I don't think that it's necessary for the Netherlands even though the issue does arise there too.]

+4
Level 45
Oct 27, 2021
except new guinea is an island and Papua new guinea is a country. that's like accepting Dominican republic on a H quiz because of Hispaniola
+1
Level 65
Dec 10, 2018
proud to have gotten nauru, but missed new zealand.. ugh..northkorea took me a while too, and weirdly the one I got before ( so as one of the lasts) was norway...
+1
Level 43
Jan 4, 2019
1:11 left
+4
Level 29
Feb 13, 2019
north macedonia is missing ;)
+1
Level 20
Feb 14, 2019
Gottem me FTW also I thought Niger was a bad word
+1
Level 73
Mar 12, 2023
Pronunciation is important. A lot of Americans mispronounce this one, but not in the way you are suggesting.
+2
Level 71
Feb 18, 2019
North Macedonia ???
+1
Level 34
Feb 18, 2019
Isn't the official name Republic of North Macedonia?
+4
Level 79
Feb 19, 2019
Never in my life would I have gotten North Macedonia. Even if I put North in front of a ton of random countries I still wouldn't have typed Macedonia. North South Africa, North East Timor, North North Korea, North Jamaica, North Vatican City...never woulda guessed it.
+2
Level 75
Feb 21, 2019
Recently changed their name.
+4
Level 63
Feb 27, 2019
North South Africa sounds fun.
+3
Level 73
Feb 27, 2019
This is wild. I've learned about eSwatini and North Macedonia both recently just from getting things wrong on quizzes!
+4
Level 75
Feb 21, 2019
Quizmaster must cringe when they hear a new country has been created or an old one changed its name.
+2
Level 64
Feb 21, 2019
North Macedonia now. I think Swaziland changed their name recently, also, and Bujumbura is no longer the capital of Burundi. And it's only February. These guys must own stock in school globe companies...
+7
Level 48
Feb 23, 2019
Please accept "i forget" for New Zealand
+1
Level 35
Jun 3, 2019
I accept. There is talk that New Zealand may take on the Maori name Aotearoa as the official name - so keep your ears open in case that becomes so.
+1
Level 70
Mar 3, 2019
What's with North Macedonia?
+1
Level 29
Mar 26, 2019
I got North Macedonia, but forgot North Korea. I live in America, how did I forget that
+1
Level 32
May 8, 2019
What about North America?
+3
Level 54
May 9, 2019
for real?
+2
Level 73
Mar 12, 2023
It has sent its delegate, Nicaragua, which is representing us quite effectively. It's South America that seems to be absent.
+1
Level 72
May 8, 2019
What about North Cyprus?
+1
Level 89
May 8, 2019
What about North by Northwest?
+1
Level 49
May 8, 2019
omg i was lucky i remembered the name change to north macedonia but i forgot norwAY!!
+1
Level 54
May 9, 2019
i forgot netherlands and new zealand... lol
+1
Level 45
May 15, 2019
I forgot about the name change to north macedonia
+1
Level 45
May 15, 2019
lol they accept 'macedonia' still
+2
Level 43
May 15, 2019
Lol, forgot Norway. And I'm from Sweden xD Sorry neighbors! You're just too forgettable xD
+1
Level 28
May 30, 2019
Same lol. I got everything but completely forgot about Norway, and I'm Swedish too
+1
Level 32
Jun 21, 2019
North Macedonia's name was changed 3 days ago from playing this quiz, and I had to google the new name. There was no way I would have known that. Learning something new every day.
+1
Level 25
Jul 5, 2019
Forgot about North Macedonia 😭
+5
Level 83
Oct 20, 2019
Please accept "Nambia" and "Nipple" to make this easier on the president.
+1
Level 36
Apr 2, 2020
i wrote north macsedonia and ran out of time 10/11
+1
Level 43
Jul 30, 2020
What about Niue?
+1
Level 66
Oct 18, 2020
Is a country but not a sovereign nation.
+1
Level 32
Nov 17, 2020
I forgot Niger and Nigeria.

MY DAD IS FROM NIGERIA ARE YOU KIDDING ME

i actually started banging my head on the table and now i have a hickey Q_Q

+1
Level 33
Nov 21, 2020
I forgot New Zealand and I was thinking of places in Oceania. I live in Australia and started banging my head...
+1
Level 36
Nov 26, 2020
BAM! 10/11 Nauru just because of the spelling
+1
Level 36
Nov 26, 2020
Northern Ireland, why was it left out. It has its own players in sports amongst other things
+1
Level 72
Dec 10, 2020
Doesn't make it a correct answer. It's not a sovereign nation.
+1
Level 63
Nov 28, 2022
Part of United Kingdom.
+1
Level 16
Nov 26, 2020
Eek, forgot North Korea!!!!!! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
+1
Level 78
Dec 24, 2020
Why is there a North Macedonia is there is no country called South Macedonia
+1
Level 64
Dec 25, 2020
There is a city in Greece called Macedonia that Macedonia (the country) wanted to name themselves after. However, Greece wouldn't allow them so they just made their name North Macedonia.
+1
Level 78
Jan 3, 2021
Ok, but why would they seek permission from Greece for naming their own country?
+1
Level 59
Feb 19, 2022
Probably to avoid conflict.
+2
Level 67
Nov 16, 2021
Macedonia is a general area in that region, with lots of history. North Macedonia represents that they are in the north of that area. A bit like South Africa, when there's no country called Africa, but it's in respect to where they are in their region/ continent.
+1
Level 44
Jan 15, 2021
The picture, is the Netherlands because: Netherlabds has many flowers, and there is a windmill blowing next to the flowers.
+1
Level 44
Jan 15, 2021
I forgot North Macedonia. 🐆🦄🦊🐱🐈🐐🐮🐏🐑🐄🦍
+2
Level 23
Jan 16, 2021
If you wanna be the fastest, type:

"northkorea, nz, holland, macedonia".

nicaragua, niger, nigeria, nepal, namibia, norway and nauru stay the same

+1
Level 64
Mar 24, 2021
free answers?
+1
Level 66
Jul 15, 2021
FYROM is shorter than Macedonia and still accepted despite being an outdated name.
+1
Level 59
Feb 19, 2022
If you copy and paste Nigeria you'll get both Niger and Nigeria
+1
Level 43
Jun 8, 2022
I think DPRK works for North Korea
+1
Level 41
Mar 7, 2021
I forgot Nauru

North Macedonia

And North korea

:P

+1
Level 43
Mar 10, 2021
I can't believe i forgot North Korea (T_T)
+1
Level 28
Apr 22, 2021
I forgot north macedonia
+2
Level 44
May 1, 2021
Missed North Macedonia! NOOOOO!!!!
+1
Level 67
Jun 12, 2021
yeah ikr
+2
Level 67
Jun 12, 2021
Forgot about North so I missed North Korea and North Macedonia
+1
Level 27
Sep 7, 2021
Freakin North Macedonia...
+1
Level 24
Nov 16, 2021
Got it on my second attempt! I missed Nicaragua and Nepal the first time.
+1
Level 25
Feb 7, 2022
god i forgot netherlands and new zealand lol
+1
Level 43
Mar 25, 2022
Nauru but no Niue?
+1
Level 63
Nov 28, 2022
Niue is part of New Zealand.
+1
Level 23
Aug 10, 2022
Only missed Nepal somehow
+1
Level 28
Sep 6, 2022
100% with 2:36 left!
+1
Level 53
Oct 15, 2022
Why isn't New York City accepted!??
+1
Level 30
Mar 13, 2023
its in the name.

ITS A FREAKING CITY!!

+1
Level 63
Nov 28, 2022
Only took me 8 seconds to do.
+1
Level 28
Mar 5, 2023
100 with 1:31 left
+1
Level 30
Mar 13, 2023
i didnt get north macedonai
+1
Level 33
May 5, 2023
Same with me. :(
+1
Level 18
Jun 6, 2023
Yes. I never think of it. Nobody seems to talk about missing it though?
+1
Level 33
Sep 11, 2023
Bro this is missing Nevada, Netherlands, Narnia, Nazi Germany, and Nuntied States. Literally unplayable.