Topological Map of the World Quiz

A topological map is a type of diagram that has been simplified so that only vital information, such as borders, remains and unnecessary detail, such as size and shape, has been removed. Fill in this map of the world by correctly guessing each highlighted country.

Does not include island nations except those touching other mainland countries (i.e. Papua New Guinea)

The black areas represent large bodies of water

If two countries have the same borders (i.e. Norway and Finland) use geographical clues to help determine your answer (e.g. follow their borders along the Baltic Sea)

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Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Czechia

D. R. Congo

Denmark

Djibouti

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Mauritania

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

North Macedonia

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Republic of the Congo

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

San Marino

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

South Sudan

Spain

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Level 71

Jun 11, 2020

Really cool concept, well done. Though I believe you may have a couple of errors (two that I can make out).

Level 68

Jun 11, 2020

Thanks! What errors did you notice? I'd love to fix them if you let me know :)

Level 71

Jun 11, 2020

Perhaps I'm wrong but Zimbabwe/Botswana, and Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan seemed back to front to me.

Level 68

Jun 11, 2020

Yes, you're definitely correct. I'll fix that right away.

Level 76

Jun 11, 2020

I agree, amazing quiz. I'll nominate this for a feature, though maybe the odds there will be improved if you produce separate quizzes for each continent? I think that will attract more quizzers, just for the shorter length. The clue glitch I saw are that you include the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, but not the Angolan exclave of Cabinda. Also Singapore is considered to be an island country, though I guessed it here because it's the only one it could have been. Also you might want to tweak your "doesn't include island countries" in the instructions to allow for island countries connected to countries connected to mainland continents (eg Brunei, PNG and Timor-Leste). But the concept of this quiz is just amazing, and a real brain-stretcher - nice job.

Level 68

Jun 11, 2020

Yeah, there are a number of things that I need to tweak (like Angola bc technically it borders the Republic of the Congo). And I plan on making separate continent quizzes as well because I know how difficult the entire world can be :) Thanks so much for the input!

Level 58

Feb 4, 2023

it'd be better with yellow box

Level 67

Jun 11, 2020

Croatia borders Montenegro

Level 68

Jun 11, 2020

True, I'll fix that. Thanks!

Level 67

Jun 11, 2020

I think you know the rest too, like Azerbaijan borders Turkey. And if Singapore is included then let's include Bahrain, UK, Ireland and link up Denmark and Sweden. Anyway excellent work!

Level 66

Jun 28, 2021

And Cyprus (Dhekelia and Akrotiri)

Level 75

Jun 12, 2020

Loved this quiz. Pretty difficult but still got 151/153. Just got confused about Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and how many countries Laos borders

Level 70

Jun 12, 2020

The position of some countries (Vatican/San Marino, Norway/Finland, Singapore(!)/Brunei, East Timor/PNG) is ambigous, but Finland/Norway is the only one whose placement goes against the general geographical layout and I got it wrong because of that: one more reason I see to flip them is that the sequence of continental borders should be preserved when possible (ie NK->Russia->Norway->Sweden->Finland->Russia, whereas here it's NK->Russia->Finland->Sweden->Norway->Russia)

Level 68

Jun 12, 2020

Yes, that’s very true. I’ll try to figure out a way to differentiate between countries that have the exact same borders (i.e. Nepal and Bhutan, Vatican and San Marino). And the idea about the order of the continents makes a lot of sense too. I’ll take that into consideration. Thanks!

Level 59

Sep 22, 2020

I thought of them with cardinal directions in mind. San Marino is farther north than the Vatican, flipping Scandinavia upside down puts Finland on the left, and Nepal is west of Bhutan.

Level 84

Oct 18, 2020

Yes. I totally disagree with Finland/Norway. I chose Norway on the left because it's primarily east of Finland. That logic worked for figuring out San Marino and the Vatican (San Marino is north of the Vatican) and Nepal and Bhutan (Nepal is east of Bhutan, with downwards representing west). Finland/Norway was the only place it failed me.

Level 68

Jun 12, 2020

Fantastic quiz! Can you fill the paths in white by default so that they're clickable? (Also check this doesn't accidentally hide any countries like vatican / San Marino)

Level 68

Jun 12, 2020

Yup, I can try to do that. And thanks, I was wondering exactly how they could be clickable, but now I have my answer :)

Level 68

Jun 18, 2020

Looks great now! And with the new Map Quiz format it looks so much cleaner :)

Level 54

Jun 12, 2020

Just excellent! Congratulations! Nominated!

Level 60

Jun 12, 2020

Cool concept. Thé map looks weird how China is bigger than Russia and South Korea is actually above North korea.

But cool quiz anyway

Level 56

Jun 13, 2020

You got a subscriber and a Nomination! Congratulations and thanks for such a great quiz!

Level 68

Jun 13, 2020

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it :)

Level 59

Jun 19, 2020

You deserve a nomination !

I would have reversed finland and norway, because if we follow the coast line, the order isn't correct ...

And where is Gibraltar ???

Level 68

Jun 19, 2020

I guess you do make a point... If you go from Estonia to Russia, the next country you would hit on the coastline IS Finland, so I'll make sure to change that. I chose not to include Gibraltar mainly because the UK wasn't included in the quiz either. I thought it might be too confusing to have exclusively Gibraltar and not the rest of the UK. Thanks for the input and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Level 70

Oct 18, 2020

But if gibralter was included, then UK and Ireland could follow. In the same way malaysia joins onto indonesia and the PNG and east timor which would otherwise be omitted

Level 68

Jul 8, 2020

This is awesome! What a great concept! Nominated for sure.

Level 68

Jul 8, 2020

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it

Level 65

Jul 24, 2020

Alaska and Ceuta and Melilla are missing

Level 68

Jul 25, 2020

You are right, but I generally did not include overseas territories of countries, especially when they are so small. It would get very confusing for most people who don't know all of the minuscule territories. Additionally, including Alaska would not actually change the map since it only borders Canada and the U.S. already borders that. Thanks for the input!

Level 72

Oct 24, 2023

Jetpunk usually doesn't seem to treat them as territories. They're almost always considered an integral part of Spain, you don't see them excluded often. If they aren't going to be added, maybe you could mention them being gone in the description?

Level 61

Aug 12, 2020

This is amazing, I think that Ceuta and Melilla would be a nice feature. Nominated!

Level 66

Aug 22, 2020

I don't get it.

Level 73

Aug 27, 2020

As mentioned earlier the Norway-Finland problem could be more clear. I see your point with Finland and Estonia being close together. However, Norway is the westernmost of the two and Finland is closer to the Asian countries. I think you should try to focus on either cardinal directions or nearby countries (or maybe mention it in the description). It is an amazing idea though, you got a nomination from here.

Level 68

Aug 27, 2020

I agree that the Norway/Finland problem can be very confusing. I think I will switch Norway back on the left side (west) and Finland on the right (east) in order to stay consistent with the cardinal directions. And thanks for the nomination!

Level 58

Sep 2, 2020

In my opinion it makes no sense to have Norway to the left. When folowing their borders finland comes first(coming from the baltic sea).

Level 68

Sep 2, 2020

I originally had Finland on the left, but it caused some confusion. However, I agree that it is more consistent with the border with the Baltic Sea. I will consider changing it back. Thanks!

Level 75

Sep 2, 2020

I absolutely agree. When compared to the location of Sweden, Norway and Finland are currently swapped. That's one of only two I got wrong.

Level 84

Sep 3, 2020

This quiz is amazing and strangely beautiful in its own way. Sort of reminds me of a Frank Lloyd Wright window. Great job!

Level 68

Sep 3, 2020

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it

Level 66

Sep 8, 2020

Very nice quiz! Maybe it would be a little bit easier if you can see every right answered ones. Like when you hold on one guessed country you can see which it was exactly.

Level 68

Sep 8, 2020

Thanks! I agree, being able to see the answers you've already guessed would be very useful, but I'm not exactly sure how to do that. I'll look into it and add it as soon as possible.

Level 48

Sep 10, 2020

Really great quiz!

Level 57

Sep 17, 2020

Wow, how long did this take to make!?!?!

Level 68

Sep 17, 2020

It probably took me a week or so, but I had a somewhat similar map that I found online for reference so that helped.

Level 67

Sep 18, 2020

Nice quiz, but Spain is also bordering Morocco.

Level 68

Sep 18, 2020

I actually chose not to include most small exclaves, like Ceuta and Melilla, because it would make this quiz a lot more confusing. You are correct, but there are so many tiny exclaves and enclaves that I chose to disregard most of them.

Level 67

Sep 18, 2020

Yes, there are many, but I think this is the only place where it's bordering an extra country.

Level 65

Sep 20, 2020

I agree, the Spain-Morocco border should be included. Still my favorite quiz atm :)

Level 68

Sep 20, 2020

There does seem to be a lot of agreement on this, so I'll go ahead and add the border between Spain and Morocco. I agree, it is one of the few cases where an exclave borders a totally new country, so I'll oblige haha. I'll try and add it as soon as possible. Thanks for the suggestion!

Level 67

Apr 27, 2021

Quiz updated, but still no Spain-Morocco border.

Level 64

Sep 21, 2020

At least, make Spain border the Mediterranean sea?

Loved the quiz btw

Level 84

Sep 20, 2020

Amazing! Really creative and fun. Added my nomination!

Level 68

Sep 20, 2020

Thanks!

Level 56

Sep 21, 2020

Looks like a parking lot, but cool quiz.

Level 70

Oct 18, 2020

too many 50/50s san marino/vatican, finland/norway and east timor/papua new guinea

Level 50

Oct 18, 2020

I don't really see how to guess Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea apart, and I think you could add Haiti and Dominican republic ;)

Level 44

Oct 20, 2020

😡😤😖

Level 57

Oct 20, 2020

Would be really helpful if you could see the names of countries you have already guessed by hovering over them!

Level 39

Nov 3, 2020

Would this be considered a cartogram?

Level 68

Nov 3, 2020

Based on the definition I looked up, this map would not be a cartogram because the size/shape of each country on this map does not have any actual meaning. There are some good examples on this Wikipedia page such as cartograms that substitute population for area, making more populous countries like China and India the largest.

Level 63

Dec 4, 2020

Wow ,this is tremendous! I love it! Nominated!

Level 52

Dec 5, 2020

The Netherlands and France share a border on the island of Saint Martin. I don't know if it counts though because it's on an island.

Level 46

Jan 8, 2021

there's a mistake, indonesia borders only 1 country, not 2, you got malaysia and indonesia mixed up.

Level 68

Jan 8, 2021

Nope, Indonesia actually borders 3 countries: Malaysia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea.

Level 65

Jan 20, 2021

CHAD KILLED ME

Level 57

Apr 27, 2021

Can't nominate?

Level 67

Jun 20, 2021

This quiz won the nomination, but didn't get featured, and now it can't be nominated again. This quiz should been featured.

Level 45

Jun 10, 2021

Got each one except Finland. They seem flip flopped.

Level 63

Jun 17, 2021

dammit 6 wrong

Level 37

Nov 16, 2021

this is my all time fave quiz <3

Level 69

Apr 7, 2022

how about gribaltar????

Level 59

Mar 9, 2023

I love the overseas territory of Gribaltar!

Level 20

May 9, 2022

Only messed up CAR and South Sudan. Hurt me because it was near the very end too

Level 48

Jan 1, 2023

Got them all except I switched up Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Level 67

Jan 20, 2023

Marvelous quiz !!! why isn't it eligible for points ? it should be... Congrats to you zwerth66 :)

Level 55

May 22, 2023

took me 7:06 because I went alphabetically so I didn't have to scroll back and forth forever

Level 49

Nov 1, 2023

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