Name All the World's Countries Out Loud

Almost 200 countries on a single 3D globe. The continent rotates, you speak the name, the browser scores you. Hands-free geography practice.

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Almost 200 sovereign states fit on a single rotating sphere, and most people can name maybe sixty of them under pressure. This is the full set in voice form. The globe pans across continents, lights up one country at a time, and the browser listens. You will get the obvious anchors (Brazil, Japan, Egypt, Germany, Australia) and then the ones that catch you off guard: Bhutan tucked between India and China, Comoros north of Madagascar, Tuvalu in the open Pacific, São Tomé and Príncipe off the Gabonese coast. The mode is harder than any single-region quiz because the continent jumps unpredictably. One round you are saying Argentina, the next round Kyrgyzstan.

The 204 countries — World

  • Flag of AfghanistanAfghanistan Kabul
  • Flag of AlbaniaAlbania Tirana
  • Flag of AlgeriaAlgeria Algiers
  • Flag of AndorraAndorra Andorra la Vella
  • Flag of AngolaAngola Luanda
  • Flag of Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Saint John's
  • Flag of ArgentinaArgentina Buenos Aires
  • Flag of ArmeniaArmenia Yerevan
  • Flag of AustraliaAustralia Canberra
  • Flag of AustriaAustria Vienna
  • Flag of AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Baku
  • Flag of BahrainBahrain Manama
  • Flag of BangladeshBangladesh Dhaka
  • Flag of BarbadosBarbados Bridgetown
  • Flag of BelarusBelarus Minsk
  • Flag of BelgiumBelgium Brussels
  • Flag of BelizeBelize Belmopan
  • Flag of BeninBenin Porto-Novo
  • Flag of BhutanBhutan Thimphu
  • Flag of BoliviaBolivia Sucre
  • Flag of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
  • Flag of BotswanaBotswana Gaborone
  • Flag of BrazilBrazil Brasília
  • Flag of BruneiBrunei Bandar Seri Begawan
  • Flag of BulgariaBulgaria Sofia
  • Flag of Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Ouagadougou
  • Flag of BurundiBurundi Gitega
  • Flag of CambodiaCambodia Phnom Penh
  • Flag of CameroonCameroon Yaoundé
  • Flag of CanadaCanada Ottawa
  • Flag of Cape VerdeCape Verde Praia
  • Flag of Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Bangui
  • Flag of ChadChad N'Djamena
  • Flag of ChileChile Santiago
  • Flag of ChinaChina Beijing
  • 🏴COI COI
  • Flag of ColombiaColombia Bogotá
  • Flag of ComorosComoros Moroni
  • Flag of Costa RicaCosta Rica San José
  • Flag of CroatiaCroatia Zagreb
  • Flag of CubaCuba Havana
  • Flag of CyprusCyprus Nicosia
  • Flag of Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague
  • Flag of Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa
  • Flag of DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen
  • Flag of DjiboutiDjibouti Djibouti
  • Flag of DominicaDominica Roseau
  • Flag of Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Santo Domingo
  • Flag of East TimorEast Timor Dili
  • Flag of EcuadorEcuador Quito
  • Flag of EgyptEgypt Cairo
  • Flag of El SalvadorEl Salvador San Salvador
  • Flag of Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Malabo
  • Flag of EritreaEritrea Asmara
  • Flag of EstoniaEstonia Tallinn
  • Flag of EswatiniEswatini Mbabane
  • Flag of EthiopiaEthiopia Addis Ababa
  • Flag of Falkland IslandsFalkland Islands Stanley
  • Flag of Federated States of MicronesiaFederated States of Micronesia Palikir
  • Flag of FijiFiji Suva
  • Flag of FinlandFinland Helsinki
  • Flag of FranceFrance Paris
  • Flag of GabonGabon Libreville
  • Flag of GeorgiaGeorgia Tbilisi
  • Flag of GermanyGermany Berlin
  • Flag of GhanaGhana Accra
  • Flag of GreeceGreece Athens
  • Flag of GrenadaGrenada St. George's
  • Flag of GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala City
  • Flag of GuineaGuinea Conakry
  • Flag of Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau Bissau
  • Flag of GuyanaGuyana Georgetown
  • Flag of HaitiHaiti Port-au-Prince
  • Flag of HondurasHonduras Tegucigalpa
  • Flag of Hong KongHong Kong City of Victoria
  • Flag of HungaryHungary Budapest
  • Flag of IcelandIceland Reykjavik
  • Flag of IndiaIndia New Delhi
  • Flag of IndonesiaIndonesia Jakarta
  • Flag of IranIran Tehran
  • Flag of IraqIraq Baghdad
  • Flag of IsraelIsrael Jerusalem
  • Flag of ItalyItaly Rome
  • Flag of Ivory CoastIvory Coast Yamoussoukro
  • Flag of JamaicaJamaica Kingston
  • Flag of JapanJapan Tokyo
  • Flag of JordanJordan Amman
  • Flag of KazakhstanKazakhstan Astana
  • Flag of KenyaKenya Nairobi
  • Flag of KiribatiKiribati South Tarawa
  • Flag of KuwaitKuwait Kuwait City
  • Flag of KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Bishkek
  • Flag of LaosLaos Vientiane
  • Flag of LatviaLatvia Riga
  • Flag of LebanonLebanon Beirut
  • Flag of LesothoLesotho Maseru
  • Flag of LiberiaLiberia Monrovia
  • Flag of LibyaLibya Tripoli
  • Flag of LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Vaduz
  • Flag of LithuaniaLithuania Vilnius
  • Flag of LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
  • Flag of MACMAC MAC
  • Flag of MadagascarMadagascar Antananarivo
  • Flag of MalawiMalawi Lilongwe
  • Flag of MalaysiaMalaysia Kuala Lumpur
  • Flag of MaldivesMaldives Malé
  • Flag of MaliMali Bamako
  • Flag of MaltaMalta Valletta
  • Flag of Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands Majuro
  • Flag of MauritaniaMauritania Nouakchott
  • Flag of MauritiusMauritius Port Louis
  • Flag of MexicoMexico Mexico City
  • Flag of MoldovaMoldova Chișinău
  • Flag of MonacoMonaco Monaco
  • Flag of MongoliaMongolia Ulan Bator
  • Flag of MontenegroMontenegro Podgorica
  • Flag of MoroccoMorocco Rabat
  • Flag of MozambiqueMozambique Maputo
  • Flag of MyanmarMyanmar Naypyidaw
  • Flag of NamibiaNamibia Windhoek
  • Flag of NauruNauru Yaren
  • Flag of NepalNepal Kathmandu
  • Flag of NetherlandsNetherlands Amsterdam
  • Flag of New ZealandNew Zealand Wellington
  • Flag of NicaraguaNicaragua Managua
  • Flag of NigerNiger Niamey
  • Flag of NigeriaNigeria Abuja
  • Flag of North KoreaNorth Korea Pyongyang
  • Flag of North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Skopje
  • 🏴Northern Cyprus North Nicosia
  • Flag of NorwayNorway Oslo
  • Flag of OmanOman Muscat
  • Flag of PakistanPakistan Islamabad
  • Flag of PalauPalau Ngerulmud
  • Flag of PalestinePalestine Ramallah
  • Flag of PanamaPanama Panama City
  • Flag of Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea Port Moresby
  • Flag of ParaguayParaguay Asunción
  • Flag of PeruPeru Lima
  • Flag of PhilippinesPhilippines Manila
  • Flag of PolandPoland Warsaw
  • Flag of PortugalPortugal Lisbon
  • Flag of QatarQatar Doha
  • Flag of Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland Dublin
  • Flag of Republic of KosovoRepublic of Kosovo Pristina
  • Flag of Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo Brazzaville
  • Flag of RomaniaRomania Bucharest
  • Flag of RussiaRussia Moscow
  • Flag of RwandaRwanda Kigali
  • Flag of Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
  • Flag of Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Castries
  • Flag of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
  • Flag of SamoaSamoa Apia
  • Flag of San MarinoSan Marino City of San Marino
  • Flag of São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé
  • Flag of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Riyadh
  • Flag of SenegalSenegal Dakar
  • Flag of SerbiaSerbia Belgrade
  • Flag of SeychellesSeychelles Victoria
  • Flag of Sierra LeoneSierra Leone Freetown
  • Flag of SingaporeSingapore Singapore
  • Flag of SlovakiaSlovakia Bratislava
  • Flag of SloveniaSlovenia Ljubljana
  • Flag of Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands Honiara
  • Flag of SomaliaSomalia Mogadishu
  • 🏴Somaliland Hargeisa
  • Flag of South AfricaSouth Africa Pretoria
  • Flag of South KoreaSouth Korea Seoul
  • Flag of South SudanSouth Sudan Juba
  • Flag of SpainSpain Madrid
  • Flag of Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
  • Flag of SudanSudan Khartoum
  • Flag of SurinameSuriname Paramaribo
  • Flag of SwedenSweden Stockholm
  • Flag of SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bern
  • Flag of SyriaSyria Damascus
  • Flag of TaiwanTaiwan Taipei
  • Flag of TajikistanTajikistan Dushanbe
  • Flag of TanzaniaTanzania Dodoma
  • Flag of ThailandThailand Bangkok
  • Flag of The BahamasThe Bahamas Nassau
  • Flag of The GambiaThe Gambia Banjul
  • Flag of TogoTogo Lomé
  • Flag of TongaTonga Nuku'alofa
  • Flag of Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Port of Spain
  • Flag of TunisiaTunisia Tunis
  • Flag of TurkeyTurkey Ankara
  • Flag of TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Ashgabat
  • Flag of TuvaluTuvalu Funafuti
  • Flag of UgandaUganda Kampala
  • Flag of UkraineUkraine Kyiv
  • Flag of United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
  • Flag of United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
  • Flag of United StatesUnited States Washington D.C.
  • Flag of UruguayUruguay Montevideo
  • Flag of UzbekistanUzbekistan Tashkent
  • Flag of VanuatuVanuatu Port Vila
  • Flag of Vatican CityVatican City Vatican City
  • Flag of VenezuelaVenezuela Caracas
  • Flag of VietnamVietnam Hanoi
  • Flag of Western SaharaWestern Sahara El Aaiún
  • Flag of YemenYemen Sana'a
  • Flag of ZambiaZambia Lusaka
  • Flag of ZimbabweZimbabwe Harare

Tips to play better

  • Treat each continent as a warm-up first

    Run the regional quizzes (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania) once each before attempting the world set. The hard part of the world mode is not the countries themselves, it is the constant continent switch that breaks rhythm and pulls names from cold storage.

  • Have your tricky pronunciations ready

    Kyrgyzstan, Djibouti, Côte d'Ivoire, Liechtenstein, Eswatini, São Tomé and Príncipe. These are the names that trip both the speaker and the recogniser. Practising them out of context, before they appear in rotation, saves a few seconds when the globe lands on them.

  • Anchor by neighbour

    If you see Bhutan highlighted between India and China, the surrounding shape is doing half the work. Same for Lesotho inside South Africa, or Vatican City inside Rome. The voice engine is faster when your brain has already picked the answer from the geographic context.

  • Don't fight a missed match

    If the engine misses you twice on the same name, skip and move on. Browser speech recognition has a known failure mode where it locks onto the wrong phoneme; insisting wastes the round. The next prompt resets the listener.

Frequently asked questions

How many countries are in the full rotation?

Around 195. The exact set follows UN membership plus widely recognised states like Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan. Disputed territories without broad recognition are excluded. The pool is the same across all language versions of the site.

Is the world mode realistic to clear in one run?

Most players miss between five and twenty on the first attempt and improve quickly. A clean run usually takes ten to fifteen sessions of practice. The voice format is faster than clicking once you know the names, so total time per attempt drops as recognition improves.

Can I use this hands-free while doing something else?

Yes, that is one of the points of voice mode. Cooking, walking around the room, or commuting with a phone propped up all work. Just keep the screen visible enough to see which country is highlighted; the prompt is visual, only the answer is spoken.

What happens if the speech API is not available?

The mode is disabled when the browser does not expose the Web Speech API. Recent Chrome, Edge and Safari work out of the box. Firefox needs manual activation in about:config (media.webspeech.recognition.enable). On unsupported browsers the menu redirects to click-based modes instead.

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