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World Map without 20 Random Countries

20 random countries have been removed from the map of the world! Can you identify them all?
Undetectable countries have not been considered, but islands with light water are allowed! Click the map to zoom
Also try the original version by scambigol and more in the series!
Quiz by Quizzer6794
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Last updated: December 10, 2019
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First submittedJuly 27, 2019
Times taken400,849
Rating4.79
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scambigol
+7
Level 72
Jul 28, 2019
Great! Thanks for the mention! Lesotho was thought to guess as it stays yellow
Quizzer6794
+8
Level 62
Nov 19, 2019
Appreciated :) And a huge shout-out to user IAB for resolving the Lesotho issue and many others!
DNS
+1
Level 52
Jul 28, 2019
Great idea! But an extra minute would be appreciated.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Jul 28, 2019
Thanks - the average is still 80%, so I'll add 30 seconds.
StealthyNinja
+2
Level 35
Jul 28, 2019
When I did it, Azerbaijan and Georgia were missing and Armenia looked all jacked up. Is this the borders their government claims to have or an error in the map?
Quizzer6794
+15
Level 62
Jul 28, 2019
You've unconvered the secret border!
diamadi
+4
Level 55
Jul 29, 2019
Great puzzles - world and by continent. Definitely takes attention to detail - love this!
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 62
Jul 29, 2019
Glad you liked them :)
EpiCon
+2
Level 51
Jul 30, 2019
I love it! Would love a harder version with also smaller counries than 30.000 km² (About the size of albania) and more time
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 62
Nov 19, 2019
Thanks! I've increased the difficulty by allowing all countries that can be seen without the use of zoom, although zooming would make some countries much easier to spot.
payel123
+2
Level 40
Sep 12, 2019
Got all but missed El Salvador
TheCrusher
+18
Level 73
Jan 11, 2020
So... didn't get all?
Davda75
+1
Level 25
May 29, 2020
uuugh
WolfCam
+13
Level 61
Oct 6, 2019
Don't you just love it when Canada and the U.S disappear and you have lakes in the middle of the ocean and you think "What's to say there aren't just lakes in the middle of the ocean?"
chrisfootball20
+1
Level 39
Oct 17, 2019
Can you extend the time just a bit more? I could've gotten it was just looking to carefully lol. Maybe one minute or 30 seconds more.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Oct 20, 2019
Okay, 30 seconds added :)
Gassu
+1
Level 72
Nov 7, 2019
Psht - I think you should make Nepal, Bhutan, Macedonia and Armenia country borders and not just squares, otherwise it looks a bit messy ;)
JackintheBox
+1
Level 63
Nov 12, 2019
The border between Uganda (on land) and Lake Victoria can be seen. Would you like to remove it?
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Nov 19, 2019
All path issues have been fixed!
JackintheBox
+1
Level 63
Nov 25, 2019
Cheers 🥂
vinsuse77
+4
Level 61
Nov 18, 2019
didn't think it would be so challenging. great quiz
FrostExplosion
+2
Level 22
Nov 19, 2019
Australia isn't real lol
Devvik2
+2
Level 62
Nov 23, 2019
Nomination! Love these quizzes!
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 62
Nov 23, 2019
Thanks for the support!
Ponderosa
+1
Level 76
Nov 25, 2019
Ooooh leaving Crimea with Russia? Controversial!
ChickOn
+2
Level 43
Jun 16, 2020
Leaving Crimea with anything is controversial. JetPunk recognises it as part of Russia.
cornflakesfu
+12
Level 81
Nov 26, 2019
Missing North Korea? Easy to spot. Missing South Korea? Easy to spot.

Missing North Korea AND South Korea? Damn near impossible to spot.
RKS
+3
Level 66
Nov 26, 2019
Good quiz, although in my opinion small island nations should be excluded. tried twice, only ones I missed were Palau, Nauru & Maldives in 2 attempts.
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 62
Nov 26, 2019
Small island nations are still very visible from the light water, so they shouldn't be excluded for their difficulty alone
Algernon
+1
Level 68
Nov 26, 2019
Gotta agree with @RKS, I had Maldives, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Micronesia. It's blinking hard to work out which south Pacific Island nations are missing. Maldives is slightly easier but those countries that barely show up are by definition very difficult to spot.
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 62
Nov 26, 2019
I could remove Nauru, Tonga, and Samoa at most, but ones like Maldives are so far away from other islands that's they're unmistakably there. All countries in the pool can be detected without difficulty, it's just a matter of whether or not you know their locations well enough to be able to spot it.
Gustavhansa
+7
Level 66
Nov 26, 2019
It would be a much boringer quiz if thode countries were not included. I don't need a quiz to be 'fixed' just so I can solve it easier. Some quizzes just are challenging, this is one of them and I love it!
Gustavhansa
+1
Level 66
Nov 26, 2019
I even think the lesser antilles should be included too. Would be a great way to better learn their locations. This quiz made me much stronger on my southern pacific :D
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Nov 26, 2019
I think the Lesser Antilles is out of the question because you'd need to zoom and look extremely close to see those countries. However, you can learn the Lesser Antilles on the Americas Map version :)
Algernon
+2
Level 68
Nov 28, 2019
@QM, yes, I got the Maldives, as you say it is easy to spot its absence. I do think the South Pacific Island groups are worth looking at again. As for @Gustavhansa's suggestion, I'm not sure where to start with that. I don't think Jetpunk lets me use the phrase I want to.
Yanni47
+4
Level 70
Nov 26, 2019
Just gets you an impression of what global warming could do to our planet...
WT2008
+1
Level 73
Nov 26, 2019
Typed "Dominican Republic" exactly the same as in the answer, but it would not accept it.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Nov 26, 2019
The type-in is auto for that, so it should work fine.
Jorissie
+1
Level 76
Nov 26, 2019
Surprisingly difficult. I can easily name all countries and tell you where they are but this appears to be harder than i expected.
julai
+2
Level 60
Nov 29, 2019
it took me a good minute to get comoros
adingman
+1
Level 24
Dec 1, 2019
So if countries that are "undetectable" have not been considered...Why do I get Mauritius and Nauru and minuscule islands that you could never see on this map? Even when you zoom in, how do you know to look for countries like that?
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Dec 1, 2019
Mauritius is detectable if you're looking out for 5 small island countries in Africa ;)
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Dec 5, 2019
To be fair, it was becáuse of the caveat/description that I missed some of the smaller ones. Didnt look for/at them because I assumed they would be excluded.

The quiz is fine (before I get hatemail just because of sharing my experience, which seems to be the trend lately, so you need to apologize in advance that you didnt mean it like that.. people jump at any chance they get to leave snide remarks it seems..) it just ironically had the opposite effect for me of what was intended, because usually I actually wóuld be sure to not overlook the smaller countries

Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Dec 10, 2019
That's a fair point - I've edited the caveat to give detail about which countries are included.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 9, 2020
Cool, didnt expect that. Didnt read the caveat this time, I think I remembered (2nd round) I need to check for lighter spots around Africa. And actually had to count how many "sports" there were in Oceania, because I couldnt tell you of the top of my head beforehand (without listing them in my head).

Finally got em all 6th run... kept getting stuck around 17/18 because of those darn Oceania islands ;) (Oceaniac? ah Oceanian I think :))

Anderis
+1
Level 59
Dec 2, 2019
I've got Malta missing and it's really hard to spot such a small country missing from the map.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Dec 10, 2019
The light water is the only thing keeping it detectable :)
benjaminmarker
+2
Level 66
Dec 4, 2019
Crimea not part of Ukraine?
ChickOn
+1
Level 43
Jun 16, 2020
JetPunk recognises it as part of Russia.
regalragabash
+1
Level 31
Dec 8, 2019
The island ones are definitely the toughest. Got Kuwait and Nicaragua before I noticed the Uk and Ireland and I'm British!
Hz12
+1
Level 43
Dec 10, 2019
Malawi is tough as it simply blends with lake Malawi.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Dec 10, 2019
Indeed it is!
clivey
+2
Level 58
Dec 19, 2019
How was I meant to notice that Fiji was missing?!
Quizzer6794
+4
Level 62
Dec 19, 2019
The best method would've been to know where Fiji is on the map ;)
clivey
+4
Level 58
Dec 23, 2019
But I'm 3 days old and blind? And a cat....
diamadi
+3
Level 55
Dec 19, 2019
Awesome quiz!!! I think I have played it 50 times this week and kept getting 18, 19, 18, 19.... Beat it today! All 20 and 1:11 to spare. Thank you - love this!
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 62
Dec 19, 2019
Thanks for playing, really glad you liked it!
Jerry928
+2
Level 74
Dec 23, 2019
Yeah, I know the feeling. I just got it on the 9th try after a string of 17s 18s and 19s...a brilliantly maddening quiz. Thanks Aman and Arun!
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 62
Dec 23, 2019
It took us both several tries too, great to hear it Jerry!
SkuxxKiwi
+2
Level 36
Jan 2, 2020
Same here. Finally got 20 after about 30 tries getting 18, 19! Very fun quiz!!
brianbohn
+1
Level 88
Dec 21, 2019
Best quiz ever for learning world geography, thank you. Maybe add Cyprus, but otherwise fantastic!
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 62
Dec 23, 2019
Appreciated :)
BiggieSmalls
+3
Level 67
Dec 23, 2019
Really? We're supposed to be able to spot a super tiny island, Seychelles, in this way to small map in the middle of the ocean and is next to anything for reference? Sure, you can one click it larger, but you would never be able to find it in the time allowed
ChickOn
+1
Level 43
Jun 16, 2020
You’re not looking hard enough.
Highlander29
+2
Level 70
Dec 23, 2019
Couldn't agree more about the Seychelles. How would you even know it's missing?
diamadi
+3
Level 55
Dec 31, 2019
There should be 3 islands in the Madagascar area. If there's not a north one, you're missing Seychelles!
SkuxxKiwi
+1
Level 36
Jan 2, 2020
Yep that's how I do it too👍. You soon learn where all the islands are supposed to be!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 9, 2020
Yea pretty easy to see if one of the islands is missing if you know how many there are. With the light blue around them they are not that small at all, bigger than switzerland or belgium for instance (and many others in europe). Interesting the ones people decide to complain about.
amm14
+1
Level 69
Dec 23, 2019
Ten tries later, finally got it! Sure, I should use this as an opportunity to learn to tell apart the South Pacific nations, but it's much easier to just type all of them every time, and some random Caribbean ones, too. Then I start looking for the countries that are distinguishable.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Dec 23, 2019
Yep, that's how I got 20/20 too :D
grimpy
+1
Level 47
Jan 24, 2020
lol same. I actually have to turn off the timer to play this since I'm dumb that way. But love this quiz so much - could play for an hour that way. Learning!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 9, 2020
Doesnt it make more sense to do it the other way around? what if there are non in oceania and the caribbean, then you wasted all you time typing all those countries.
payel123
+1
Level 40
Dec 24, 2019
Kiribati makes this quiz unfair :(
ThePurpleKing
+2
Level 25
Apr 10, 2020
That is not true.
ChickOn
+1
Level 43
Jun 16, 2020
How? It’s really easy to spot.
redboter
+1
Level 37
Dec 29, 2019
Tough, missed swaziland
diamadi
+1
Level 55
Dec 31, 2019
I am loving this puzzle. It's made me focus on Oceania and exactly where everything else, which I wasn't all that sure of before. I'm used to just running down the list of islands and letting them populate. Practice makes perfect - 1:11 left this time! Hurray!
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Dec 31, 2019
Awesome job!
rcshelton23
+1
Level 53
Jan 3, 2020
Finally did it with a few seconds remaining. Great quiz as always!
Jor85
+1
Level 84
Jan 12, 2020
Done in 37 seconds.
Davda75
+1
Level 25
May 29, 2020
I just did it in 29 seconds!
wyat
+1
Level 44
Jan 15, 2020
When you forget about Portugal
Rozzi
+1
Level 53
Jan 21, 2020
This is my favourite quiz - thank you.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Jan 21, 2020
:)
mschiesser
+1
Level 84
Jan 24, 2020
I've taken this quiz very many times, really helps you learn geography. A few countries never seem to be missing - Cyprus, Lebanon and Djibouti. Wondering why as other very small countries are regularly missing?
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Jan 24, 2020
Yes, those countries are undetectable, at least without zooming in specifically. Several other smaller nations have been omitted, such as the Lesser Antilles and Europe microstates. Would you be interested in a version that includes all countries (except micronations)?
mschiesser
+1
Level 84
Jan 30, 2020
I don't need a new version. On my monitor, however, these countries are just as detectable without zooming as say Malta, Israel or Equatorial Guinea.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 9, 2020
Yea I think cyprus is just as visible ( if not more) and noticeable if it is missing as haiti. (which is even trickier, because it still has half of its island there).

I wasnt aware that they were excluded, every round I started by checking if malta and cyprus were still there haha. (Then african islands and maldives, then iceland and new zealand, they are easy to overlook when missing. Then I check for other obvious missing countries, then I count oceania, but remain clueless in that region haha)

Mohwy
+1
Level 47
Feb 13, 2020
this quiz can be really chalenging, please show where the missing counries are
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Feb 13, 2020
Quizmaster made a similar version in 2009 that shows the missing countries :)
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Mar 9, 2020
If you knew where they were, they wouldnt really be missing ;)
bigaquarium
+1
Level 32
Feb 15, 2020
This is consistently the most difficult quiz, thanks for making it!
bostjan
+2
Level 46
Feb 18, 2020
Am I the only one who got like half micronations?!
ThePurpleKing
+1
Level 25
Apr 10, 2020
no you'r not
connor3105
+1
Level 21
Feb 18, 2020
Philippines is irrelevent
ChickOn
+1
Level 43
Jun 16, 2020
I forget the Philippines a lot but that doesn’t mean it’s irrelevant.
Jlangstont
+1
Level 44
Feb 26, 2020
Poor Bhutan, Djibouti, Cyprus, and Montenegro. So visible, yet so neglected.
UnitJJ
+1
Level 36
Mar 3, 2020
This was a tough quiz. I kept missing countries bordering oceans.
Devvik2
+1
Level 62
Mar 5, 2020
Congrats on 200K takes!
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Mar 5, 2020
Wow that was fast! Thanks Devikk!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 9, 2020
Yea grats :) (on 206.642 ;) )
Devvik2
+2
Level 62
Apr 6, 2020
200K takes a month ago, and now it's your highest quiz! That was REALLY fast!
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Apr 9, 2020
Wow, it was! And only on the rise from here
Gurgispeak
+2
Level 26
Mar 11, 2020
Fiji...wow...the rest were interesting and guessable...
tosti
+1
Level 26
Mar 15, 2020
I got 18/20. Didn't see Eswatini and Tonga was just impossible to me. Also, Chile was very hard haha
ethangetgo
+1
Level 43
Mar 24, 2020
All I missed was the maldives :(
maple
+1
Level 32
Mar 24, 2020
Finally, after 83 tries, I have finally finished this. damn you el salvador!!!!!!!!!
Mohwy
+1
Level 47
Mar 30, 2020
If you are missing Solomon Islands or Vanuatu, it is easy to spot. If you are missing both, it is very hard to spot.
Athena33
+1
Level 18
Mar 31, 2020
I love this quiz so much - the best one I've done on the site I think. I've done it so many times and it's still fairly tricky, and helps me consolidate my knowledge of the countries' names
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Mar 31, 2020
That's great to hear!
dmc26
+2
Level 53
Apr 4, 2020
I became strangely obsessed with this quiz, practising it every day, first to solve it and then to improve my time. Today I hit 25 seconds - possible only because the randomiser threw up a string of 4 & 5-letter countries, no 'stans, no islands, and both Congos, which gives you two answers for the price of one! Thanks for the entertainment
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 62
May 22, 2020
That's an impressive time, glad you enjoyed the quiz :)
ThePurpleKing
+1
Level 25
Apr 10, 2020
Great quiz. My highscore is 19, but next time i'll get 20. Some countries you can hardly see but i learned to zoom. The only one i missed was Samoa. Sigh.
100Greats
+1
Level 57
Apr 13, 2020
Finally got them all! Tried several times... Great Quizz!
AyBrains
+1
Level 37
Apr 23, 2020
Most interesting I got was Ethiopia gone. Now there was this cool lake in the middle of Africa only separated by three thin countries
ZIZI
+1
Level 51
Apr 24, 2020
How do I notice Cape Verde, Nauru and Mauritius?
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
May 22, 2020
I usually look for 5 island micronations in Africa, 2 on the west coast (Sao Tome and Cape Verde) and 3 on the east (Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles).

Oceania can definitely be tricky, but you can see the small islands in rows of 3-2-3-3. Nauru would be the first country in the 2nd row, or specifically for Nauru you can look for a tiny dot next to the "large area" of Kiribati.
FrostExplosion
+1
Level 22
Apr 27, 2020
When you realize New Zealand isn't on the map...
MightyMapper
+1
Level 18
Apr 29, 2020
I missed The Marshall islands and Kiribati...... The USA, China, and Australia were all missing, so it looked so weird
Geographystar
+1
Level 52
May 10, 2020
Madagascar, the Seychelles, Comoros, and Mauritius were all missing on mine, and it took me a embarrassing amount of time to figure it out. *facepalm*
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 68
May 11, 2020
Do I have permission to translate this into Finnish?
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 62
May 22, 2020
If you can accurately translate it then by all means :)
lilyberlin
+1
Level 20
May 22, 2020
Nice Quiz! :)
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
May 22, 2020
Thanks!
UltraEl1te
+1
Level 24
May 23, 2020
The first time i started geography, Someone in our school mentioned JetPunk. I was blank by even hearing that name. He said try it out. I started first with my Countries of the world quiz. But i couldn't even name a single country in Africa... I got interested and tried other quizzes. To be exact this was my first 6th quiz to try out. Thanks to these type of quizzes, everyone can learn something everyday. Thanks, Quizzer6794
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
May 23, 2020
Great to see that people can learn a lot from this :) Good luck learning the whole map!
European1234
+1
Level 26
May 24, 2020
maybe do no islands
UltraEl1te
+2
Level 24
Jun 3, 2020
Some of the best quizzes, Sometimes in these types my eyes are very sharp, well I some of the 6% who have completed this. Thanks for the quiz Quizzer6794.
CLD99
+1
Level 46
Jun 5, 2020
Guinea-Bissau was quite the challenge... great quiz! Fun to try and do it as fast as possible.
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 20
Jun 8, 2020
I lost every country between Kenya and South Africa! Lost a 1/4 of the African continent there.
puzzlenerd
+1
Level 37
Jun 18, 2020
both kosovo and united kingdom show up, even when supposedly missing
Rozzi
+1
Level 53
Jun 19, 2020
Yes - I couldn't see what was missing - apparently UK, but it wasn't. And I had the Kosovo problem before. Shame, this was my favourite quiz - please fix it.
Stewart
+1
Level 67
Jun 19, 2020
Sorry this was my fault - we're currently updating quizzes to use the new world map, and I forgot to update the associated path ids for UK, Kosovo and Dominican Republic.
Parinter
+1
Level 44
Jun 19, 2020
Oh god, got all 20 but almost missed Mauritius and Sao Tome and Principe, hard randomized one
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 46
Jul 3, 2020
I wouldn't recommend a randomized version like this. For most of the time, really noticeable countries are removed. Therefore, the quiz can be REALLY EASY.
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 46
Jul 3, 2020
Still good quiz however!
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