All countries by Area - as you proceed you are given starting letter as hint

List all world countries in order of size: for each country you are shown distance/bearing to reach the capital city from the previous country's capital. At the end of each answer you are shown the initial of the following one
D: Distance in km; B: Bearing (rhombus line) - how to get to the country's capital city from the previous country's capital city
When you guess a country, at the end of its name you will be shown the inital letter of the following one; dots after the initial mean the country's name is made up of more than 1 word
Area data from wikipedia, country names from 'Countries of the World Quiz', capital cities from geonames.org
First country begins with R
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Rank
Area (km2)
Distance (km)
Bearing
Country
1
17.09 m
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Russia . C
2
9.98 m
7,180
261˚ ←
Canada . C
3
9.64 m
10,477
267˚ ←
China . U..
4
9.52 m
11,171
90˚ →
United States . B
5
8.51 m
6,768
153˚ ↓
Brazil . A
6
7.69 m
14,075
262˚ ←
Australia . I
7
3.16 m
10,339
313˚ ←↑
India . A
8
2.78 m
15,796
243˚ ←
Argentina . K
9
2.72 m
15,629
53˚ →↑
Kazakhstan . A
10
2.38 m
5,503
253˚ ←
Algeria . D..
11
2.34 m
4,723
164˚ ↓
Democratic Republic of the Congo . S..
12
2.14 m
4,675
46˚ →↑
Saudi Arabia . M
13
1.96 m
13,890
267˚ ←
Mexico . I
14
1.9 m
16,860
260˚ ←
Indonesia . S
15
1.88 m
8,534
286˚ ←
Sudan . L
16
1.75 m
2,736
314˚ ←↑
Libya . I
17
1.64 m
3,512
84˚ →
Iran . M
18
1.56 m
4,695
73˚ →
Mongolia . P
19
1.28 m
16,011
110˚ →
Peru . C
20
1.28 m
10,514
75˚ →
Chad . N
21
1.26 m
1,412
276˚ ←
Niger . A
22
1.24 m
2,760
153˚ ↓
Angola . M
23
1.24 m
3,340
315˚ ↑←
Mali . S..
24
1.22 m
5,781
137˚ ↓→
South Africa . C
25
1.14 m
11,466
287˚ ←
Colombia . E
26
1.1 m
12,431
87˚ →
Ethiopia . B
27
1.09 m
11,805
254˚ ←
Bolivia . M
28
1.03 m
6,774
52˚ →↑
Mauritania . E
29
1 m
4,945
74˚ →
Egypt . T
30
945 k
4,038
173˚ ↓
Tanzania . N
31
923 k
3,557
298˚ ←
Nigeria . V
32
916 k
8,141
271˚ ←
Venezuela . P
33
881 k
13,542
79˚ →
Pakistan . N
34
825 k
8,598
223˚ ↓←
Namibia . M
35
801 k
1,617
103˚ →
Mozambique . T
36
783 k
7,293
0˚ ↑
Turkey . C
37
756 k
13,358
232˚ ←↓
Chile . Z
38
752 k
9,884
78˚ →
Zambia . B
39
676 k
8,379
62˚ →
Burma . A
40
652 k
3,118
301˚ ←↑
Afghanistan . F
41
640 k
5,594
286˚ ←
France . S
42
637 k
6,605
141˚ ↓→
Somalia . C..
43
622 k
2,988
274˚ ←
Central African Republic . S..
44
619 k
1,446
87˚ →
South Sudan . U
45
603 k
5,055
358˚ ↑
Ukraine . M
46
587 k
7,863
167˚ ↓
Madagascar . B
47
582 k
2,322
254˚ ←
Botswana . K
48
580 k
2,839
24˚ ↑
Kenya . Y
49
527 k
2,011
23˚ ↑
Yemen . T
50
513 k
6,052
91˚ →
Thailand . S
51
505 k
10,195
286˚ ←
Spain . T
52
488 k
5,258
92˚ →
Turkmenistan . C
53
475 k
6,066
231˚ ←↓
Cameroon . P..
54
462 k
15,099
95˚ →
Papua New Guinea . S
55
450 k
13,041
302˚ ←↑
Sweden . U
56
447 k
4,025
119˚ →
Uzbekistan . M
57
446 k
6,544
263˚ ←
Morocco . I
58
438 k
4,700
90˚ →
Iraq . P
59
406 k
12,573
238˚ ←↓
Paraguay . Z
60
390 k
9,058
84˚ →
Zimbabwe . J
61
377 k
12,810
62˚ →
Japan . G
62
357 k
8,937
280˚ ←
Germany . P
63
342 k
9,877
113˚ →
Philippines . R..
64
342 k
11,826
259˚ ←
Republic of the Congo . F
65
338 k
7,194
6˚ ↑
Finland . V
66
331 k
7,501
123˚ →↓
Vietnam . M
67
330 k
2,029
192˚ ↓
Malaysia . N
68
323 k
9,758
308˚ ←↑
Norway . C..
69
322 k
6,043
193˚ ↓
Côte d'Ivoire . P
70
312 k
5,578
25˚ ↑
Poland . O
71
309 k
4,494
134˚ →↓
Oman . I
72
301 k
4,700
295˚ ←
Italy . E
73
276 k
10,114
242˚ ←
Ecuador . B..
74
272 k
8,609
80˚ →
Burkina Faso . N..
75
270 k
16,779
108˚ →
New Zealand . G
76
267 k
15,242
285˚ ←
Gabon . G
77
245 k
2,754
291˚ ←
Guinea . U..
78
242 k
4,815
14˚ ↑
United Kingdom . U
79
241 k
6,449
151˚ ↓
Uganda . G
80
238 k
3,688
279˚ ←
Ghana . R
81
238 k
5,012
30˚ ↑
Romania . L
82
236 k
7,570
112˚ →
Laos . G
83
214 k
16,554
265˚ ←
Guyana . B
84
207 k
9,120
56˚ →↑
Belarus . K
85
199 k
3,615
109˚ →
Kyrgyzstan . S
86
196 k
9,076
250˚ ←
Senegal . S
87
185 k
5,775
68˚ →
Syria . C
88
181 k
7,334
109˚ →
Cambodia . U
89
181 k
16,798
253˚ ←
Uruguay . S
90
163 k
4,513
1˚ ↑
Suriname . T
91
163 k
7,432
62˚ →
Tunisia . B
92
147 k
7,639
100˚ →
Bangladesh . N
93
147 k
675
311˚ ←↑
Nepal . T
94
143 k
1,950
308˚ ←↑
Tajikistan . G
95
131 k
3,904
269˚ ←
Greece . N
96
130 k
10,876
255˚ ←
Nicaragua . N..
97
120 k
13,445
281˚ ←
North Korea . M
98
118 k
11,144
238˚ ←↓
Malawi . E
99
117 k
3,290
9˚ ↑
Eritrea . B
100
112 k
4,083
256˚ ←
Benin . H
101
112 k
9,823
274˚ ←
Honduras . L
102
111 k
8,386
95˚ →
Liberia . B
103
110 k
5,243
39˚ ↑→
Bulgaria . C
104
109 k
9,492
257˚ ←
Cuba . G
105
108 k
1,271
222˚ ↓←
Guatemala . I
106
103 k
7,517
44˚ ↑→
Iceland . S..
107
100 k
8,402
106˚ →
South Korea . H
108
93 k
8,189
277˚ ←
Hungary . P
109
92 k
2,474
246˚ ←
Portugal . J
110
89 k
4,124
100˚ →
Jordan . S
111
88 k
1,958
316˚ ↑←
Serbia . A
112
86 k
2,450
101˚ →
Azerbaijan . A
113
83 k
2,787
288˚ ←
Austria . U..
114
83 k
4,240
128˚ →↓
United Arab Emirates . C..
115
78 k
4,456
309˚ ←↑
Czech Republic . P
116
75 k
9,527
242˚ ←
Panama . S..
117
71 k
7,283
90˚ →
Sierra Leone . I
118
70 k
5,013
7˚ ↑
Ireland . G
119
69 k
3,962
108˚ →
Georgia . S..
120
65 k
5,172
138˚ ↓→
Sri Lanka . L
121
65 k
7,163
317˚ ↑←
Lithuania . L
122
64 k
261
343˚ ↑
Latvia . T
123
56 k
5,981
199˚ ↓
Togo . C
124
56 k
4,621
17˚ ↑
Croatia . B..
125
51 k
288
139˚ ↓→
Bosnia and Herzegovina . C..
126
51 k
10,231
249˚ ←
Costa Rica . S
127
49 k
10,011
65˚ →
Slovakia . D..
128
48 k
8,287
247˚ ←
Dominican Republic . E
129
45 k
8,517
59˚ →↑
Estonia . D
130
43 k
839
240˚ ←
Denmark . N
131
41 k
622
233˚ ←↓
Netherlands . S
132
41 k
631
163˚ ↓
Switzerland . B
133
38 k
7,265
106˚ →
Bhutan . T
134
36 k
3,188
94˚ →
Taiwan . G
135
36 k
13,831
264˚ ←
Guinea-Bissau . M
136
33 k
5,689
47˚ →↑
Moldova . B
137
30 k
1,836
283˚ ←
Belgium . L
138
30 k
9,167
165˚ ↓
Lesotho . A
139
29 k
7,893
12˚ ↑
Armenia . S..
140
28 k
12,839
114˚ →
Solomon Islands . A
141
28 k
14,750
291˚ ←
Albania . E..
142
28 k
4,305
194˚ ↓
Equatorial Guinea . B
143
27 k
2,421
109˚ →
Burundi . H
144
27 k
11,370
282˚ ←
Haiti . R
145
26 k
11,393
101˚ →
Rwanda . M
146
25 k
4,944
349˚ ↑
Macedonia . D
147
23 k
3,976
147˚ ↓→
Djibouti . B
148
22 k
13,851
272˚ ←
Belize . E..
149
21 k
396
186˚ ↓
El Salvador . I
150
20 k
12,248
80˚ →
Israel . S
151
20 k
2,382
311˚ ←↑
Slovenia . F
152
18 k
16,576
113˚ →
Fiji . K
153
17 k
14,867
290˚ ←
Kuwait . S
154
17 k
6,419
196˚ ↓
Swaziland . E..
155
14 k
10,036
78˚ →
East Timor . B
156
13 k
16,983
77˚ →
Bahamas . M
157
13 k
8,683
77˚ →
Montenegro . V
158
12 k
16,008
113˚ →
Vanuatu . Q
159
11 k
13,485
290˚ ←
Qatar . G
160
11 k
7,203
259˚ ←
Gambia . J
161
10 k
6,447
274˚ ←
Jamaica . K
162
10 k
9,302
73˚ →
Kosovo . L
163
10 k
1,584
128˚ →↓
Lebanon . C
164
9,251
241
306˚ ←↑
Cyprus . B
165
5,765
8,933
111˚ →
Brunei . T..
166
5,130
18,235
271˚ ←
Trinidad and Tobago . C..
167
4,033
4,148
83˚ →
Cape Verde . S
168
2,842
16,612
258˚ ←
Samoa . L
169
2,586
16,031
68˚ →
Luxembourg . M
170
2,040
9,237
146˚ ↓→
Mauritius . C
171
1,862
1,787
301˚ ←↑
Comoros . S..
172
964
4,251
288˚ ←
São Tomé and Príncipe . K
173
811
18,495
89˚ →
Kiribati . B
174
765
13,139
281˚ ←
Bahrain . D
175
751
11,353
264˚ ←
Dominica . T
176
747
13,049
251˚ ←
Tonga . S
177
710
9,128
285˚ ←
Singapore . F..
178
702
6,058
84˚ →
Federated States of Micronesia . S..
179
616
15,122
87˚ →
Saint Lucia . A
180
468
6,725
62˚ →
Andorra . P
181
459
12,720
106˚ →
Palau . S
182
452
8,894
261˚ ←
Seychelles . A..
183
442
13,069
280˚ ←
Antigua and Barbuda . B
184
430
504
151˚ ↓
Barbados . S..
185
389
174
272˚ ←
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . G
186
344
134
204˚ ↓
Grenada . M
187
316
8,004
70˚ →
Malta . M
188
300
6,970
120˚ →
Maldives . S..
189
261
14,666
275˚ ←
Saint Kitts and Nevis . M..
190
181
13,498
265˚ ←
Marshall Islands . L
191
160
13,737
286˚ ←
Liechtenstein . S..
192
61
423
147˚ ↓→
San Marino . T
193
26
15,876
109˚ →
Tuvalu . N
194
21
1,621
303˚ ←↑
Nauru . M
195
2.02
14,810
287˚ ←
Monaco . V..
196
0.44
459
116˚ →
Vatican City . ..
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Level 70
Nov 3, 2015
I'm going to take a minute and chuckle at the fact that Chile and Turkey are next to each other. :-)
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Level 51
Sep 21, 2018
Maybe in the kitchen 😉
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Level 64
Sep 27, 2019
côte d'ivoire??!! seriously...
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Level 62
May 8, 2020
Please make myanmar an option instead of burma and allow png instead of papua new guinea
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Level 58
Jun 13, 2021
and change eswatini for swaziland, north macedonia for macedonia
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Level 69
Jul 23, 2021
Even reminding myself that this quiz hasn't been updated for years, I still forgot and got stuck on "B" for Myanmar and "C" for Ivory Coast. Fun one, though.
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Level 67
Feb 25, 2022
Can you update some of the outdated country names (e.g.-Burma to Myanmar)? I got stuck on some of them until I realized you were using former names for some countries.
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Level 91
May 31, 2023
You say use names of the COTW quiz but still have Burma and Cote D'Ivoire. Not sure if there are others because I didn't get that far...
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Level 81
May 31, 2023
This does not seem to list the countries in the same size order as they are on Wikipedia. Also co-sign about the names (Eswatini, Myanmar, North Macedonia) and what should/could be accepted.
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Level 47
May 31, 2023
bro I got stuck in b for Burma. its MYANMAR