Five Biggest Countries by Continent

Can you figure out the five largest countries by land area per continent?

Countries can be included in multiple continents

Excludes overseas territories

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First submitted	April 28, 2015
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Africa

Algeria

D.R. Congo

Sudan

Libya

Chad

Asia

Russia

China

India

Kazakhstan

Saudi Arabia

Europe

Russia

Ukraine

France

Spain

Sweden

North America

Canada

United States

Mexico

Nicaragua

Honduras

Oceania

Australia

Papua New Guinea

New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Fiji

South America

Brazil

Argentina

Peru

Colombia

Bolivia

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Level ∞

Jun 16, 2015

In case anyone is wondering... The European part of Russia is enough to make Russia #1 for Europe. The Asian part of Russia is enough to make Russia #1 for Asia.

+55

Level 90

Jun 16, 2015

I was, in fact, wondering. Thanks and nice quiz idea to Quizzer.

Level 58

Oct 19, 2017

same!

Level 37

Nov 16, 2019

I was wondering why there was only 29 until I typed in Russia. Then I realised

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Level 75

Jun 19, 2015

I like that approach, though to be consistent, in Five Most Populated Cities by Continent the European part of Istanbul would not have the highest population in Europe.

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Level 64

Jan 10, 2016

That quiz has now been edited :)

Level 65

Jul 31, 2015

Cool fact.

Level 45

Jan 17, 2018

this says out of 29....

Level 20

Mar 4, 2018

True, but Russia counts as one...

Level 55

Feb 1, 2022

*two*

Level 59

Nov 16, 2019

this makes me wonder of something else, where does Jetpunk put the lines that separates European Russia and Asian Russia?

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Level 64

Nov 16, 2019

The Urals

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Level 69

May 6, 2020

And the Caucasus

Level 6

Aug 10, 2020

But Sudan have South Sudan and RDC It's bigger than Argelia.

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Level 63

Feb 11, 2021

Sudan separated from South Sudan over ten years ago. If you mean DRC for RDC, Algeria is just plain bigger than the DRC. It's a fact.

Level 46

Apr 22, 2021

The land area of the DRC is 905,365 sq mi (2,344,885 sq km) and Algeria's land area is 919,595 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km), therefore Algeria is larger than the DRC.

Level 48

Jan 17, 2022

But Sudan pre-2011 was 976,992 sq mi (2,530,397 sq km), bigger than Algeria.

+13

Level 53

Apr 17, 2022

But now its post 2011 and its two countries.

Level 26

Jan 27, 2023

oh, that's why european kazakhstan isn't there but asian kazakhstan is!

Level 81

Jun 17, 2015

Very cool!

Level 64

Sep 10, 2015

:) You may try this version, as well, which you must name the five bggest countries by continent, in order.

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Level 91

Jun 17, 2015

I was about to call shenanigans on Mongolia not being in the list, but it turns out it's only 3/4 the size of Saudi. I blame the Mercator projection.

Level 74

Jun 23, 2015

Yeah, I was surprised Mongolia didn't make the list too.

Level 31

Aug 2, 2015

me too

Level 62

Dec 29, 2016

me three

Level 17

Jul 1, 2017

me four

Level 89

Oct 18, 2017

me five

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Level 66

Oct 19, 2017

me like food.

Level 31

Jan 3, 2020

Me 6 i like food too :O

Level 75

Feb 22, 2020

Me 7 I like food 3

Level 69

May 6, 2020

Me 8 and Me like food 4.

Level 58

Sep 5, 2020

me 9 and me like food 5

Level 44

Sep 29, 2021

me 10 I like mango

Level 43

Dec 1, 2021

me 11 and i dont like mango

Level 52

Jan 13, 2022

Tamashii you have ruined my life

Level 58

Jan 13, 2022

me 12 and me life ruined too

Level 20

Dec 7, 2022

me 13

Level 45

Apr 18, 2023

Me 14 and I like Mango 2

Level 6

Aug 10, 2020

Have an site that our name is"The true size of. . ." this site makes you see the true size of the country's.

Level 44

Oct 16, 2021

Mongolia has got 1,5mln square meters

Level 43

Jul 15, 2015

I wish there was more time!

Level 64

Jul 31, 2015

Thanks for your comment, the time limit will be increased to 4:00 :)

Level 56

Jul 15, 2015

This is kind of nitpicking but in land area the USA is larger than Canada, while in total area (land + water) it's not. It only changes the order, the answers remain the same. The quiz is good either way!

Level 36

Aug 3, 2015

The size of the USA nearly always includes it's waters, even though it shouldn't. Therefore, unless the source for the size does not include this, the waters of Canada should be counted.

Level 64

Jul 30, 2015

Related quizzes:

Ten Biggest Countries by Continent

Five Smallest Countries by Continent

Five Biggest Island Countries by Continent

Level 75

Jul 31, 2015

Greenland ranks 2nd if you count it as European or 3rd if you count it as North American. If think "Greenland ain't a country, it's a part of Denmark", then the 2nd largest European country is Denmark!

Level 64

Jul 31, 2015

*not including overseas territories

Level 33

Jul 31, 2015

I have a hard time believing that Spain is bigger than Finland….

Level 76

Jan 20, 2019

Here, check it out. Spain is 195,365 square miles (505,992 square km), while Finland is 130,666 square miles (338,424 square km.) That works out to Finland having only about 2/3rds of the area of Spain. You can probably blame Gerardus Mercator for your confusion.

Level 26

Jan 27, 2023

but it is true

Level 57

Aug 4, 2015

You should note that the list does not include overseas territories.

Level 64

Aug 24, 2015

Russia no longer shows up under Europe so all the other answers after that position have moved up one place. This leaves many errors like Brazil being listed under Oceania.

Level 64

Aug 24, 2015

Strange glitch. On my user-preview, everything's fine. I'll fix it anyway, thanks for noticing. :)

Level ∞

Aug 24, 2015

Sorry this was a bug introduced by me this afternoon and now fixed.

Level 28

Feb 7, 2016

got 16/29.im not focused today

Level 64

Feb 7, 2016

Try again to earn full five points! :)

Level 57

Feb 23, 2016

I only missed 5, but only got 1 point. Harsh!!

Level 33

Mar 16, 2016

I MISSED LIBYA

Level 60

Oct 10, 2016

Spelling: multiple in the caveats

Level 22

Nov 25, 2016

cuba in north america

Level 63

Feb 11, 2021

and bhutan in asia

obviously

Level 44

Jan 15, 2017

In the "Countries of the World Quiz," Russia is in Europe. I think that all quizzes on countries should be based on the countries quiz.

Level 64

Jan 16, 2017

Most of Russia is in Europe.

Level 71

Mar 7, 2017

Russia is not proportionately populated between the smaller western portion (almost 25%) of the country that is considered part of Europe, and the larger eastern portion (more than 75%) that is part of Asia. European Russia contains about 77% of the country's population (110,000,000 people out of about 144,000,000)

Level 26

Jan 27, 2023

I think he means the population because people live in european russia more

Level 25

Jan 20, 2017

Stop nit-picking. I, for one, enjoyed this quiz.

Level 37

Apr 21, 2017

I like so so much your quizzes! Some of them are easy, but some of them can be challenging. Please, do not stop creating these :-)

Level 64

Apr 21, 2017

Wow, thanks!! And we have some good ones in stock :)

Level 43

May 5, 2017

Wouldn't Kiribati qualify if you counted both land + water?

Level 40

Jul 24, 2017

In last second got bolivia and 100%. I was all the time guessing venezuela and chile, but forgot about bolivia.

Level 37

Oct 17, 2017

isn't it strange that papua new guinea is counted as oceania when it's attached to indonesia which is in asia!

Level 83

Oct 17, 2017

Egypt is attached to Israel. Turkey is attached to Bulgaria. Panama is attached to Colombia. So, no, not really.

Level 39

Oct 17, 2017

yeah but all of papua new guinea is in oceania, and all of egypt except a tiny part is in africa, and literally the smallest little bit of turkey is in europe

Level 83

Oct 17, 2017

ben you are missing the point. One country can touch another country and be on the same land mass and each of those countries can still be considered to be in different continents. Continental boundaries are somewhat arbitrarily chosen and not always unanimously agreed upon. In the same way that the Sinai (Egypt) is often considered part of Asia, New Guinea (divided between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) is often considered part of Oceania. But Egypt is typically represented as being wholly African and Indonesia as being Asian. New Guinea isn't a special case.

Level 63

Feb 11, 2021

jeez... he's just commenting on how borders can sometimes be weird... calm down

Level 83

Mar 17, 2021

I'm calm, dork. Calm down.

Level 53

Nov 15, 2022

Well Egypt is split by the Suez Canal, Turkey is split by a river, and Panama is split by a canal. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia aren't split by any physical features tho. So yeah, it is pretty strange

Level 26

Jan 27, 2023

well, they are on the island of new guinea and some people say that that part of indonesia is part of oceania (but it is true) not pnp is part of asia.

Level 72

Oct 17, 2017

Perhaps Indonesia should be considered transcontinental. Some sources do.

Level 83

Oct 17, 2017

yes and it often is. As are (sometimes) Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Panama, and Egypt. And France. And probably some other countries with islands near the borders.

Level 83

Mar 17, 2021

The modern boundary between Africa and Asia is often placed at the Suez Canal.

Level 44

Sep 29, 2021

Borders of Europe and Asia in Turkey is just the city of istanbul.

Many people think that istanbul is Turkey's capital but actually ankara is Turkey's capital

Istanbul is the only city that is in 2 Continents

Level 43

Jan 13, 2022

Nope, there are a few cities that straddle 2 continents as well, like Atyrau in Kazakhstan, El Qantara in Egypt and sometimes Magnitogorsk in Russia. It's just that Istanbul is the most popular city that is associated with being on 2 continents.

Level 39

Oct 17, 2017

why'd I get 29/29 not 30/30? does russia only count as one?

Level 74

Jan 13, 2021

How many times did you have to type Russia?

Level 36

Oct 17, 2017

Where's Antarctica?

Level 83

Oct 18, 2017

There are no countries in Antarctica

Level 68

Oct 20, 2017

USA is larger than Canada by land area

Level 42

Sep 13, 2020

but why not count lakes? they have land underneath them.

Level 26

Jan 27, 2023

wdym? Canada > USA

Level 30

Oct 23, 2017

Forgot Chad. 28/29

Level 33

Feb 15, 2018

im 6 and i do these

Level 38

Aug 30, 2019

Did you cheat and look at the answers?

Level 65

Apr 20, 2018

Russia, the country so nice, it's on this quiz twice... probably because of all that ice.

Level 44

Sep 29, 2021

Nice rhyming

Level 26

Jan 27, 2023

also it is near the north pole, now i'm gonna drink water from my cold ice bowl.

Don't think it is exactly in the north pole, it is a country close to it though.

Level 80

Aug 14, 2018

Really enjoyed that. Could you please accept "Solomon," though? Most include it as a type-in now.

Level 20

Mar 20, 2019

INDONESIA???!!!

Level 83

Jul 13, 2019

Lots of big countries in Asia

Level 44

Sep 29, 2021

Indonesia is not in the top 5 in asia but its the top 15 in the world

Level 38

Aug 30, 2019

All right with 1:39 left. By the Angola and Namibia are quite big.

Level 37

Sep 28, 2019

Honduras is larger than Cuba?

Level 89

Nov 16, 2019

By about 3,000 sq km

Level 18

Nov 20, 2019

I cant believe Sweden is bigger than germany this has to be a mistake

Level 43

Jan 13, 2022

Yeah, and don't repeat that mistake of yours next time.

Level 61

Feb 22, 2020

the indonesia part of oceania is bigger than the solomon islands and fiji

Level 59

Mar 31, 2020

nearest miss: Niger

Level 59

Apr 2, 2020

100%!

Level 45

Jul 14, 2020

i'm suprised saudi arabia is bigger than mongolia and iran a map makes them look massive

Level 51

Oct 1, 2020

Full marks

Level 74

Jan 13, 2021

I thought the Scandinavian countries biggest-to-smallest went: Norway - Finland - Sweden :-S

Level 42

Mar 18, 2021

No one is talking about how Indonesia is larger than saudi arabia.

Level 51

Jul 8, 2021

surely indonesia is far larger than either the Solomon islands or fiji, unless you're counting water area too

Level 56

Aug 12, 2021

Indonesia is considered to be an Asian country.

Level 44

Sep 29, 2021

Yes

The border starts on the pacific and cuts new guinea (not to be confused with papua new guinea or guinea) or papua straight

Then border also borders the river and go straight down to the Indian ocean

Level 52

Nov 19, 2021

Somehow I forgot china

Level 67

Jan 17, 2022

Haha I feel that

Level 45

Jul 24, 2022

Really? That sounds impossible

Level 55

May 10, 2022

almost forgot sweden lol

Level 47

Oct 19, 2022

Same

Level 19

Oct 24, 2022

Why do I always forgot about Bolivia

Level 51

Nov 18, 2022

wouldnt indonesia be big too?

Level 21

Feb 3, 2023

You scored 29/29 = 100%

32.5% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 24

Your high score is 29

Level 57

Apr 29, 2023

20/20

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