🧩 World Country Shapes Quiz
Name the country from its outline, with no labels and no borders to help you.
194 country outlines from the world, with no labels and no borders drawn in. 42 of them are islands with no land border at all, and 41 are landlocked.
World Country Shapes Quiz at a glance
- Outlines to identify
- 194
- Islands with no land border
- 42
- Landlocked
- 41
- Largest outline
- Russia
- Smallest outline
- Tokelau
Country Shapes against real people, on the same questions — no account needed. New country shapes rooms start every 5 minutes, rotating through regions.
Borders and coastlines of the world
| Country | Borders |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Landlocked — 6 land borders |
| Albania | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Algeria | Coastal — 7 land borders |
| Angola | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Island — no land borders |
| Argentina | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Armenia | Landlocked — 4 land borders |
| Australia | Island — no land borders |
| Austria | Landlocked — 8 land borders |
| Azerbaijan | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Bahamas | Island — no land borders |
| Bahrain | Island — no land borders |
| Bangladesh | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Barbados | Island — no land borders |
| Belarus | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Belgium | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Belize | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Benin | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Bhutan | Landlocked — 2 land borders |
| Bolivia | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Botswana | Landlocked — 4 land borders |
| Brazil | Coastal — 10 land borders |
| Brunei | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Bulgaria | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Burkina Faso | Landlocked — 6 land borders |
| Burundi | Landlocked — 3 land borders |
| Cabo Verde | Island — no land borders |
| Cambodia | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Cameroon | Coastal — 6 land borders |
| Canada | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Central African Republic | Landlocked — 6 land borders |
| Chad | Landlocked — 6 land borders |
| Chile | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| China | Coastal — 16 land borders |
| Colombia | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Comoros | Island — no land borders |
| Congo | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Costa Rica | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Croatia | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Cuba | Island — no land borders |
| Curaçao | Island — no land borders |
| Cyprus | Island — no land borders |
| Czechia | Landlocked — 4 land borders |
| Denmark | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Djibouti | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Dominica | Island — no land borders |
| Dominican Republic | Coastal — 1 land border |
| DRC | Coastal — 9 land borders |
| Ecuador | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Egypt | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| El Salvador | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Equatorial Guinea | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Eritrea | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Estonia | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Eswatini | Landlocked — 2 land borders |
| Ethiopia | Landlocked — 6 land borders |
| Fiji | Island — no land borders |
| Finland | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| France | Coastal — 8 land borders |
| Gabon | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Gambia | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Georgia | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Germany | Coastal — 9 land borders |
| Ghana | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Greece | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Grenada | Island — no land borders |
| Guatemala | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Guinea | Coastal — 6 land borders |
| Guinea-Bissau | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Guyana | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Haiti | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Honduras | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Hungary | Landlocked — 7 land borders |
| Iceland | Island — no land borders |
| India | Coastal — 6 land borders |
| Indonesia | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Iran | Coastal — 7 land borders |
| Iraq | Coastal — 6 land borders |
| Ireland | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Israel | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Italy | Coastal — 6 land borders |
| Ivory Coast | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Jamaica | Island — no land borders |
| Japan | Island — no land borders |
| Jordan | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Kazakhstan | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Kenya | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Kiribati | Island — no land borders |
| Kosovo | Landlocked — 4 land borders |
| Kuwait | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Kyrgyzstan | Landlocked — 4 land borders |
| Laos | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Latvia | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Lebanon | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Lesotho | Landlocked — 1 land borders |
| Liberia | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Libya | Coastal — 6 land borders |
| Lithuania | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Luxembourg | Landlocked — 3 land borders |
| Madagascar | Island — no land borders |
| Malawi | Landlocked — 3 land borders |
| Malaysia | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Maldives | Island — no land borders |
| Mali | Landlocked — 7 land borders |
| Malta | Island — no land borders |
| Marshall Islands | Island — no land borders |
| Mauritania | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Mauritius | Island — no land borders |
| Mexico | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Micronesia | Island — no land borders |
| Moldova | Landlocked — 2 land borders |
| Mongolia | Landlocked — 2 land borders |
| Montenegro | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Morocco | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Mozambique | Coastal — 6 land borders |
| Myanmar | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Namibia | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Nauru | Island — no land borders |
| Nepal | Landlocked — 2 land borders |
| Netherlands | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| New Zealand | Island — no land borders |
| Nicaragua | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Niger | Landlocked — 7 land borders |
| Nigeria | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| North Korea | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| North Macedonia | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Norway | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Oman | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Pakistan | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Palau | Island — no land borders |
| Palestine | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Panama | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Papua New Guinea | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Paraguay | Landlocked — 3 land borders |
| Peru | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Philippines | Island — no land borders |
| Poland | Coastal — 7 land borders |
| Portugal | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Qatar | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Romania | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Russia | Coastal — 14 land borders |
| Rwanda | Landlocked — 4 land borders |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Island — no land borders |
| Saint Lucia | Island — no land borders |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Island — no land borders |
| Samoa | Island — no land borders |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Island — no land borders |
| Saudi Arabia | Coastal — 7 land borders |
| Senegal | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Serbia | Landlocked — 8 land borders |
| Seychelles | Island — no land borders |
| Sierra Leone | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Singapore | Island — no land borders |
| Slovakia | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Slovenia | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Solomon Islands | Island — no land borders |
| Somalia | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| South Africa | Coastal — 6 land borders |
| South Korea | Coastal — 1 land border |
| South Sudan | Landlocked — 6 land borders |
| Spain | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Sri Lanka | Island — no land borders |
| Sudan | Coastal — 7 land borders |
| Suriname | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Sweden | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Switzerland | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Syria | Coastal — 5 land borders |
| Taiwan | Island — no land borders |
| Tajikistan | Landlocked — 4 land borders |
| Tanzania | Coastal — 8 land borders |
| Thailand | Coastal — 4 land borders |
| Timor-Leste | Coastal — 1 land border |
| Togo | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Tokelau | Island — no land borders |
| Tonga | Island — no land borders |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Island — no land borders |
| Tunisia | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Turkey | Coastal — 8 land borders |
| Turkmenistan | Landlocked — 4 land borders |
| Tuvalu | Island — no land borders |
| Uganda | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Ukraine | Coastal — 7 land borders |
| United Arab Emirates | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| United Kingdom | Coastal — 1 land border |
| United States | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Uruguay | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Uzbekistan | Landlocked — 5 land borders |
| Vanuatu | Island — no land borders |
| Venezuela | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Vietnam | Coastal — 3 land borders |
| Yemen | Coastal — 2 land borders |
| Zambia | Landlocked — 8 land borders |
| Zimbabwe | Landlocked — 4 land borders |
About the World Country Shapes quiz
- How many countries are in the world quiz?
- 194 — every country in the world with the data this quiz needs. Questions are drawn fresh from that pool each round, so no two rounds repeat.
- Which outlines in the world are the easiest?
- Islands, generally — their whole shape is coastline, with nothing borrowed from a neighbour. 42 of these 194 countries qualify.
- Does size help?
- A little. Russia is the largest here and hard to mistake; Tokelau is the smallest and usually guessed last.
- How many countries in the world are islands?
- 42 countries have no land border with any other. A further 41 are landlocked, with no coastline at all.
- What makes a country hard to recognise from its outline?
- Usually the number of neighbours — China borders 16 countries, so its outline is shaped as much by other borders as by coastline.