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Countries Whose Center is Closest to the Equator

Can you find the 20 countries whose geographical center is closest to the Equator?
Quiz by scambigol
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Last updated: December 26, 2018
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First submittedSeptember 6, 2015
Times taken40,627
Average score60.0%
Rating4.63
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Latitude
Country
0.02 S
Kenya
0.19 N
São Tomé and Príncipe
0.23 S
Republic of the Congo
0.52 S
Nauru
0.79 S
Indonesia
0.80 S
Gabon
1.35 N
Singapore
1.37 N
Uganda
1.65 N
Equatorial Guinea
1.83 S
Ecuador
Latitude
Country
1.94 S
Rwanda
3.20 N
Maldives
3.37 S
Kiribati
3.37 S
Burundi
3.92 N
Suriname
4.04 S
D.R. Congo
4.21 N
Malaysia
4.54 N
Brunei
4.57 N
Colombia
4.68 S
Seychelles
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Level 65
Sep 6, 2015
Nice idea!
+8
Level 86
Jan 3, 2019
A good challenge. Not surprised to see a bunch of island countries clustered together at the bottom of the stats.
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Level 68
Jan 3, 2019
Got the last one, Nauru, with 3 seconds to spare!
+5
Level 44
Jan 3, 2019
Great quiz! I honestly didn't do that well, but it was still very interesting.
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Level 37
Jan 3, 2019
is 14 good?
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Level 75
Jan 3, 2019
Have you actually been to North Korea??
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Level 42
Jan 4, 2019
Damn this guy has been to a lot of countries. I can't believe he's been to nearly every island nation on the planet but not Fiji and Iceland, two of the most touristy island nations. Plus every Canadian province but only 5 US states, and that many African countries but not Egypt. Incredible how many places he's been though.
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Level 84
Mar 13, 2019
If you believe it. Visited North Korea but not South Korea? A bit skeptical of that...
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Level 55
Aug 29, 2020
Doubt it. He says he lives in Pennsylvania but he hasn't been there.
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Level 75
Apr 29, 2021
Plus every country surrounding Metropolitan France, but not Metropolitan France itself. But French Guiana yes :)
+3
Level 79
Apr 30, 2021
My guess is he filled up the map as a joke.
+2
Level 67
Mar 29, 2023
Perhaps he filled in every country he's not been to, so the visited countries appear yellow.
+2
Level 35
Jan 3, 2019
I missed Nauru, Burundi and, oddly, Malaysia.
+1
Level 45
Jan 3, 2019
got the last one (republic of congo) with 16 seconds!
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Level 52
Jan 5, 2019
I really did not understand the question.
+1
Level 82
Apr 21, 2021
Got 'em all with a whopping 9 seconds to spare. Fun quiz.
+5
Level 68
Apr 29, 2021
Weird that Suriname makes the list, but not Guyana!
+2
Level 75
Apr 29, 2021
Yeah must be veeery close.
+1
Level 68
Apr 30, 2021
Guyana goes as far down South as Suriname, but it starts further North, so its center is further North. Still, weird!
+1
Level 75
Apr 29, 2021
Seychelles was the only one I missed that surprised me, I thought it was much further south...
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Level 53
May 6, 2021
nope its the most northern island on the eastern side of africa, the other ones are comoros, mauritius and madagascar
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Level 58
Apr 29, 2021
I love how Ecuador the nation named after its position relative to the equator was not on the list. However, I suppose Equatorial Guinea was some consolation though.
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Level 45
Apr 29, 2021
Ecuador is on the list. It's the most guessed answer.
+3
Level 78
Apr 29, 2021
almost as if it's on the equator
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Level 82
Apr 29, 2021
Dang it, I always forget Singapore :-(
+1
Level 53
May 6, 2021
oh my goodness i was about to type kiribati and nauru but i was too slow
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Level 32
Aug 24, 2021
Equator definitely doesn´t pass through Rwanda, thus not even Burundi, they are both entirely on the southern hemisphere.
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Level 70
Dec 14, 2022
thats not what the quiz asks for
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Level 69
Sep 22, 2021
Ecuador was my only miss. Yes, I'm an idiot.
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Level 55
Mar 31, 2023
I didn't think nauru was on the equator
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Level 62
Mar 31, 2023
It isn’t, but that isn’t what the quiz is asking.