West Africa Country Shapes Quiz
Name all 16 West African 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.
About the shapes of West Africa
Stripped of colour and context, 16 West African 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: Niger at 1,267,000 km² and Cape Verde at 4,033 km² are both scaled to fill the same box, so you are judging form alone.
Coastline does most of the work in West Africa. 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 West Africa are Benin–Ghana, Burkina Faso–Ghana and Guinea–Mali. There are 6 look-alike pairings inside this region, so it is worth learning the one detail that separates each pair rather than the general impression.
All 16 countries of West Africa
| Flag | Country | Capital | Population | Area |
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Benin | Porto-Novo | 14,814,460 | 112,622 km² |
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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 24,074,580 | 272,967 km² |
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Cape Verde | Praia | 527,326 | 4,033 km² |
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Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 32,711,547 | 322,463 km² |
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Gambia | Banjul | 2,822,093 | 10,689 km² |
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Ghana | Accra | 35,064,272 | 238,533 km² |
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Guinea | Conakry | 15,099,727 | 245,857 km² |
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Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 2,249,515 | 36,125 km² |
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Liberia | Monrovia | 5,731,206 | 111,369 km² |
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Mali | Bamako | 25,198,821 | 1,240,192 km² |
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Mauritania | Nouakchott | 5,315,065 | 1,030,700 km² |
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Niger | Niamey | 27,917,831 | 1,267,000 km² |
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Nigeria | Abuja | 237,527,782 | 923,768 km² |
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Senegal | Dakar | 18,931,966 | 196,722 km² |
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Sierra Leone | Freetown | 8,819,794 | 71,740 km² |
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Togo | Lomé | 8,591,626 | 56,785 km² |
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How many countries are in this quiz?
This quiz covers all 16 entries in West Africa. Questions are drawn from the full set, and the complete list appears in the table on this page.
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