How to Play
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Type a name
Type a country name and hit Go or Enter.
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We validate
Real-time Wikidata check — countries, sovereign states, and some related state types count.
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Race the clock
Timer starts on your first submit and runs up. No hard cutoff.
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Hit 100 or 195
The round ends at 100 — or 195 in All 195 — or Finish early to share a score.
No map. No labels. Just the names.
Geography teachers have run this experiment for decades: erase the labels — or hide the map — and ask the room to name countries out loud. Someone starts with the big ones. Then the table goes quiet on island nations and microstates. This page is that classroom moment in a browser, with Wikidata as the person at the back who actually knows whether “Holland” counts.
Recognition is not recall. You can point at a coastline and still blank on the spelling. Dual names make the stall public. Format shared with every other category: What is the Name 100 challenge?. After the country list — or instead of it — play the city version: Name 100 Capitals.
100 Challenge or All 195 — same blank list
UN membership is commonly cited around 193, so 100 is a high but reachable target. If you want the complete atlas instead — name all countries, name every country in the world, all 195 — switch the tab to All 195. Same blank list, same Wikidata checks, no map; the only difference is where the round stops. The 100 Challenge stops at 100 so you can see your count without making every country the win condition. Viral threads ask the same question because a blank list is harder than a colored map. Continents, slang, and demonyms (“Spanish”) do not count. Short English country names do. Capitals are a different list — Try: Name 100 Capitals.
What counts
- Common English country names — “Spain”, not “Spanish”. Continents do not count.
- Wikidata types we accept: country, sovereign state, and a few related state types (including some historical countries). Some territories and disputed names fail — that is the graph, not a ranking by this site.
- Each country once. Another spelling of the same entry is rejected.
- No map and no hard cutoff. Timer starts on your first submit. Finish anytime, or the round ends at 100 (195 in All 195).
How to Play
- Type a country name in English and submit.
- We validate against Wikidata country / sovereign-state entities.
- Aim for 100 unique countries — or switch to All 195 and keep going until 195. Timer runs up so you can race yourself.
- Share your geography quiz score from the results screen.
Continent sweep, then the leftovers
Europe → Africa → Asia → the Americas → Oceania, then a second pass for the Caribbean and Pacific. Keep a mental pocket of microstates: Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein. If a familiar name fails, try the official short English form instead of the nickname you grew up saying.
Geography cheat sheets
Stuck on a continent? Under Lists, these cheat sheets give capitals, hooks, and the names players forget — then send you back to the game:
- South America countries list — all 13 countries and territories (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana included) with capitals and memory hooks.
- Browse all Lists — more geography cheat sheets as they ship.
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as a country here?
Wikidata country / sovereign-state types, plus a few related state types (including some historical countries). Use the common English country name. Some territories will fail.
Do territories and disputed states count?
Only if Wikidata classifies that entity in a way our checker accepts (country / sovereign state). Some territories and partially recognized states may fail — that’s a knowledge-graph limit, not a political ranking by this site.
Are there really 100+ countries?
Yes — UN membership is commonly cited around 193, and with two observer states the full list lands on 195. The 100 Challenge stops at 100 correct names; All 195 ends at 195 (or when you Finish), so that mode really is “name every country.”
Is this name 100 countries of the world?
Yes — this is the Name 100 Countries of the World challenge. Type country names from memory with no map; Wikidata checks each one. The 100 Challenge stops at 100; switch to All 195 to keep going until 195.
Can you name 100 countries?
That’s the 100 Challenge goal. UN membership is commonly cited around 193, so 100 is a high but reachable recall target. Prefer the full atlas? Switch to All 195. Either way the timer runs up until you Finish or hit the mode goal.
How many countries can you name from memory?
That's what this quiz measures. Type English country names with no map. The 100 Challenge ends at 100; All 195 ends when you hit 195 or Finish earlier. Either way you keep the count.
Is this the same as naming all 195 countries?
Not by default — switch the tab to All 195. Same blank list, same Wikidata checks, but the round runs until you hit 195 instead of stopping at 100.
What about name 100 capitals?
That’s a separate list on this site: the city that hosts the government, not the country name. Play Countries, then Capitals — or the other way around. Big cities that are not seats belong on Name 100 Cities.
Holland or Netherlands — which one works?
Try the short English name Wikidata uses. Informal labels (“Holland”, “Burma”) sometimes fail when the recorded label is different. If one spelling is rejected, try the other official short name.
Is this geography quiz free?
Yes. Free to play, no registration.
More Geography challenges
Same category as this list. Try another Geography Name 100 challenge:
- Name the 50 States — USA blank-map quiz, type mode, and capitals.
- Name 100 Capitals — The city — not the country on the map.
- Name 100 Cities — The big city — not every town on the map.
- Name 100 Languages — Spoken tongues — not code.