Commonwealth Country Shapes Quiz

Name all 56 Commonwealth countries from their outline alone — no colour, no borders, no labels.

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The same countries split three ways, by how often people actually get them wrong. Start easy and work up — each level keeps its own progress.

Level 1 Easy The flags most people already half-know. 8 countries Level 2 Medium Where scores usually start to slip. 19 countries Level 3 Hard The ones that decide whether you really know the world. 29 countries All levels Every country at once, difficulties mixed. 56 countries

About the shapes of the Commonwealth

Stripped of colour and context, 56 Commonwealth countries are surprisingly hard to name. Each outline below is drawn to the same frame, so relative size gives nothing away.

The extremes tell you why: Canada at 9,984,670 km² and Nauru at 21.0 km² are both scaled to fill the same box, so you are judging form alone.

Coastline does most of the work in the Commonwealth. Countries with a distinctive peninsula or island chain are recognised quickly; compact inland shapes are the ones that stall people.

The pairs that actually cost people points in the Commonwealth are Australia–Fiji, Australia–United Kingdom and Australia–New Zealand. There are 7 look-alike pairings inside this region, so it is worth learning the one detail that separates each pair rather than the general impression.

All 56 countries of the Commonwealth

Every country outline in the Commonwealth, with capital, population and land area.
Country	Capital	Population	Area
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	94,209	442 km²
Australia	Canberra	27,614,411	7,692,024 km²
Bahamas	Nassau	403,033	13,943 km²
Bangladesh	Dhaka	175,686,899	147,570 km²
Barbados	Bridgetown	282,623	430 km²
Belize	Belmopan	422,924	22,966 km²
Botswana	Gaborone	2,562,122	582,000 km²
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	466,330	5,765 km²
Cameroon	Yaoundé	29,879,337	475,442 km²
Canada	Ottawa	41,651,653	9,984,670 km²
Cyprus	Nicosia	1,370,754	9,251 km²
Dominica	Roseau	65,871	751 km²
Eswatini	Mbabane	1,256,174	17,364 km²
Fiji	Suva	933,154	18,272 km²
Gabon	Libreville	2,593,130	267,668 km²
Gambia	Banjul	2,822,093	10,689 km²
Ghana	Accra	35,064,272	238,533 km²
Grenada	St. George's	117,303	344 km²
Guyana	Georgetown	835,986	214,969 km²
India	New Delhi	1,463,865,525	3,287,590 km²
Jamaica	Kingston	2,837,077	10,991 km²
Kenya	Nairobi	57,532,493	580,367 km²
Kiribati	South Tarawa	136,488	811 km²
Lesotho	Maseru	2,363,325	30,355 km²
Malawi	Lilongwe	22,216,120	118,484 km²
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	35,977,838	330,803 km²
Maldives	Malé	529,676	300 km²
Malta	Valletta	579,704	316 km²
Mauritius	Port Louis	1,243,741	2,040 km²
Mozambique	Maputo	35,631,653	801,590 km²
Namibia	Windhoek	3,092,816	825,615 km²
Nauru	Yaren	12,025	21.0 km²
New Zealand	Wellington	5,324,700	270,467 km²
Nigeria	Abuja	237,527,782	923,768 km²
Pakistan	Islamabad	255,219,554	881,912 km²
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	10,762,817	462,840 km²
Rwanda	Kigali	14,569,341	26,338 km²
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	46,922	261 km²
Saint Lucia	Castries	180,149	616 km²
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	99,924	389 km²
Samoa	Apia	219,306	2,842 km²
Seychelles	Victoria	122,730	452 km²
Sierra Leone	Freetown	8,819,794	71,740 km²
Singapore	Singapore	6,111,175	710 km²
Solomon Islands	Honiara	838,645	28,896 km²
South Africa	Pretoria	64,747,319	1,221,037 km²
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	21,756,000	65,610 km²
Tanzania	Dodoma	70,545,865	945,087 km²
Togo	Lomé	8,591,626	56,785 km²
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	103,742	747 km²
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	1,367,764	5,130 km²
Tuvalu	Funafuti	9,492	26.0 km²
Uganda	Kampala	51,384,894	241,550 km²
United Kingdom	London	69,487,000	242,900 km²
Vanuatu	Port Vila	335,169	12,189 km²
Zambia	Lusaka	21,913,874	752,612 km²

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Frequently asked questions

How many countries are in this quiz?

This quiz covers all 56 entries in the Commonwealth. Questions are drawn from the full set, and the complete list appears in the table on this page.

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No. There is no sign-up and no login. Your score stays in your own browser and is never sent anywhere.

How are the wrong answers chosen?

Deliberately, not at random. Each question prefers flags that are genuinely confusable with the right answer, then countries from the same sub-region, so guessing by elimination does not work.

Is it free?

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Commonwealth Country Shapes Quiz

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