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Africa Map Quiz
Africa has 54 countries — more than any other continent. This interactive quiz names a country and asks you to click it on the map of Africa, then walks through how to learn the whole continent region by region.
Last updated July 2026
Learn the Africa Map by Region
The fastest way to master the map of Africa is to split it into five regions:
North Africa — Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt along the Mediterranean, plus Sudan.
West Africa — the coastal cluster from Senegal, Mali, and Guinea across to Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria. This is the hardest region to learn.
Central Africa — Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, and the two Congos around the continent's core.
East Africa — Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and the Horn (Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti).
Southern Africa — South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, and their neighbours.
Anchors and Common Mistakes
Use the big, recognisable countries as anchors and work outward. Egypt (top-right), Nigeria (the West African giant), Ethiopia (the Horn), and South Africa (the tip) are easy to place and help you locate their smaller neighbours.
The most common mistakes are swapping the small West African coastal states, confusing the two Congos (Republic of the Congo vs the larger Democratic Republic of the Congo), and mixing up the landlocked Sahel countries — Mali, Niger, and Chad — which sit in a row across the desert.
Africa has 54 countries, the most of any continent. The easiest to place are the large ones — Algeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and South Africa — while the hardest are the tightly packed states of West Africa. Learning the continent in five regions (North, West, Central, East, and Southern Africa) makes the map far easier to master.
Quiz tip: West Africa is the trickiest part: a dozen countries from Senegal to Nigeria pack tightly along the coast and are easy to mix up.
Countries
54 sovereign nations
Largest
Algeria
Trickiest region
West Africa
Regions
N · W · Central · E · Southern
Easy anchors
Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa
Countries on the Africa Map
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), DR Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries are in Africa?
There are 54 sovereign countries in Africa recognised by the United Nations, more than any other continent. This map quiz covers the mainland and island nations that render clearly at continental scale.
What is the largest country in Africa?
Algeria is the largest country in Africa by land area, followed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Libya, and Chad. Nigeria is the most populous.
Which African countries are hardest to locate?
The small West African coastal states — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, and Benin — are the hardest, along with the two Congos and the landlocked Sahel trio of Mali, Niger, and Chad.
What is the easiest way to learn the map of Africa?
Split the continent into five regions — North, West, Central, East, and Southern Africa — and anchor on the big countries (Egypt, Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa), then fill in their neighbours.
Is the Africa map quiz free?
Yes — it runs free in your browser with no download or signup. Sign in with Google to save your score.