Countries of Asia Quiz

How to play

1. Type the name of any country in the box at the bottom of the map. Capital letters, accents and punctuation do not matter, and common alternative names are accepted.
2. A correct name is accepted by itself after a short pause. It turns green on the map and is ticked off in its group below the map. A wrong name costs nothing; just keep typing.
3. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in on small countries, then drag to move around. With the map selected, the + and − keys zoom and the arrow keys move it. Select a country you have named to highlight it.
4. There is no timer. The game ends when you have named all 49, or press Finish at any time to end it and reveal the countries you missed.
5. Your result is saved in this browser. Once enough people have played a game, the results also show how your score ranks, and you can copy or share an image of your result, or replay.

Tips for playing

Break the map into smaller areas: the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Look beyond the mainland for countries such as Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste. “Turkey” is accepted for Türkiye and “Burma” for Myanmar.

Use smaller regions as memory prompts

Asia is easier to scan in sections than as one long list. Move from the Arabian Peninsula through Central and South Asia, then toward East and Southeast Asia. Finish with an offshore pass so island countries do not disappear from your mental map.

Use the grouping rules below when checking your score. A country’s treatment in this quiz can differ from a list based on politics, sport or another geographical convention; the answer groups make our convention explicit.

Which countries count?

For consistent scoring, this game groups Türkiye, Cyprus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan with Asia, and Russia with Europe. Taiwan and Palestine are separate answers. These are the game’s grouping choices; other references may use different conventions.

Sources

Source: Natural Earth / world-atlas · Natural Earth 4.1.0 via world-atlas 2.0.2

Public domain map geometry, simplified for display. Country outlines also use higher-precision Natural Earth overrides for small islands and microstates. The 197-answer list and continent groups are editorial choices, not a live geopolitical feed. No original collection date is recorded for these bundled map files.

• Natural Earth / world-atlas
• Natural Earth data and terms