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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 taken256,612
Rating4.79
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scambigol
+6
Level 71
Jul 28, 2019
Great! Thanks for the mention! Lesotho was thought to guess as it stays yellow
Quizzer6794
+6
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 51
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
+12
Level 62
Jul 28, 2019
You've unconvered the secret border!
diamadi
+3
Level 55
Jul 29, 2019
Great puzzles - world and by continent. Definitely takes attention to detail - love this!
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Jul 29, 2019
Glad you liked them :)
EpiCon
+1
Level 48
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
+1
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
+1
Level 41
Sep 12, 2019
Got all but missed El Salvador
TheCrusher
+12
Level 73
Jan 11, 2020
So... didn't get all?
WolfCam
+9
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 73
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 62
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 62
Nov 25, 2019
Cheers 🥂
vinsuse77
+2
Level 59
Nov 18, 2019
didn't think it would be so challenging. great quiz
FrostExplosion
+1
Level 20
Nov 19, 2019
Australia isn't real lol
Devvik2
+1
Level 62
Nov 23, 2019
Nomination! Love these quizzes!
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Nov 23, 2019
Thanks for the support!
Ponderosa
+1
Level 74
Nov 25, 2019
Ooooh leaving Crimea with Russia? Controversial!
cornflakesfu
+8
Level 80
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
+2
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
+2
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
+5
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
+3
Level 69
Nov 26, 2019
Just gets you an impression of what global warming could do to our planet...
WT2008
+1
Level 72
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 73
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
+1
Level 54
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 66
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 66
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 65
Dec 4, 2019
Crimea not part of Ukraine?
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 35
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 56
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
+3
Level 56
Dec 23, 2019
But I'm 3 days old and blind? And a cat....
diamadi
+2
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
+1
Level 62
Dec 19, 2019
Thanks for playing, really glad you liked it!
Jerry928
+1
Level 73
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
+1
Level 62
Dec 23, 2019
It took us both several tries too, great to hear it Jerry!
SkuxxKiwi
+1
Level 35
Jan 2, 2020
Same here. Finally got 20 after about 30 tries getting 18, 19! Very fun quiz!!
brianbohn
+1
Level 86
Dec 21, 2019
Best quiz ever for learning world geography, thank you. Maybe add Cyprus, but otherwise fantastic!
Quizzer6794
+2
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
Highlander29
+2
Level 69
Dec 23, 2019
Couldn't agree more about the Seychelles. How would you even know it's missing?
diamadi
+2
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 35
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 66
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 46
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 66
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 41
Dec 24, 2019
Kiribati makes this quiz unfair :(
redboter
+1
Level 36
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 49
Jan 3, 2020
Finally did it with a few seconds remaining. Great quiz as always!
Jor85
+1
Level 81
Jan 12, 2020
Done in 37 seconds.
wyat
+1
Level 39
Jan 15, 2020
When you forget about Portugal
Rozzi
+1
Level 52
Jan 21, 2020
This is my favourite quiz - thank you.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 62
Jan 21, 2020
:)
mschiesser
+1
Level 82
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 82
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 66
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 27
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
+1
Level 66
Mar 9, 2020
If you knew where they were, they wouldnt really be missing ;)
bigaquarium
+1
Level 28
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?!
connor3105
+1
Level 21
Feb 18, 2020
Philippines is irrelevent
Jlangstont
+1
Level 43
Feb 26, 2020
Poor Bhutan, Djibouti, Cyprus, and Montenegro. So visible, yet so neglected.
UnitJJ
+1
Level 35
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 66
Mar 9, 2020
Yea grats :) (on 206.642 ;) )
Gurgispeak
+2
Level 25
Mar 11, 2020
Fiji...wow...the rest were interesting and guessable...
tosti
+1
Level 25
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 38
Mar 24, 2020
All I missed was the maldives :(
maple
+1
Level 28
Mar 24, 2020
Finally, after 83 tries, I have finally finished this. damn you el salvador!!!!!!!!!
mohwy
+1
Level 27
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
+1
Level 52
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
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