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Largest Countries by Area Quiz

How well do you know the largest countries by area? Floored turns the ranking into a building: floor 1 is the top of the list. We name a floor, you guess what's on it, and the lift rides to whatever you picked so you know to go higher or lower.

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You get a few guesses per floor. Land it on your first guess for 10 points; a near miss still scores. After the country size round, four more lists from the same topic keep the ride going.

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  1. Russia 17,098,246 km²
    Stretches across 11 time zones, from Kaliningrad on the Baltic to Kamchatka on the Pacific.
  2. Canada 9,984,670 km²
    Has the longest coastline of any country.
  3. China 9,596,960 km²
    Spans five geographic time zones but runs on just one clock.
  4. United States 9,525,067 km²
    Alaska alone is bigger than Texas, California and Montana combined.
  5. Brazil 8,510,346 km²
    Borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
  6. Australia 7,741,220 km²
    Is the only country that covers an entire continent.
  7. India 3,287,263 km²
    Is home to Mawsynram, often called the wettest inhabited place on Earth.
  8. Argentina 2,780,400 km²
    Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside of Asia.
  9. Kazakhstan 2,724,910 km²
    Is the largest landlocked country in the world.
  10. Algeria 2,381,741 km²
    The Sahara covers more than four-fifths of its territory.
  11. DR Congo 2,344,858 km²
    The Congo River is the deepest river in the world.
  12. Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 km²
    Has no permanent rivers.
  13. Mexico 1,964,375 km²
    Is home to the Chicxulub crater, left by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
  14. Indonesia 1,904,569 km²
    Is made up of more than 17,000 islands.
  15. Sudan 1,878,000 km²
    Has more ancient pyramids than Egypt.
  16. Libya 1,759,540 km²
    Is roughly 90% desert.
  17. Iran 1,648,195 km²
    Mount Damavand, a dormant volcano near Tehran, is the highest volcano in Asia.
  18. Mongolia 1,564,116 km²
    Is the least densely populated sovereign country in the world.
  19. Peru 1,285,216 km²
    Lake Titicaca, on its border, is called the highest navigable lake in the world.
  20. Chad 1,284,000 km²
    Lake Chad, its namesake, has shrunk by about 90% since the 1960s.
  21. Niger 1,267,000 km²
    Has the youngest population in the world by median age.
  22. Angola 1,246,700 km²
    Its province of Cabinda is cut off from the rest of the country by DR Congo.
  23. Mali 1,240,192 km²
    Timbuktu was a great center of learning in the Middle Ages.
  24. South Africa 1,219,090 km²
    Has three capital cities and completely surrounds the country of Lesotho.
  25. Colombia 1,138,910 km²
    Is the only South American country with both Pacific and Caribbean coasts.
  26. Ethiopia 1,104,300 km²
    Runs on its own calendar, about seven years behind the one you use.
  27. Bolivia 1,098,581 km²
    Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world.
  28. Mauritania 1,030,700 km²
    The Eye of the Sahara, a giant ring of rock, is visible from space.
  29. Egypt 1,001,450 km²
    The Sinai Peninsula puts part of its territory in Asia, so it spans two continents.
  30. Tanzania 947,303 km²
    Holds nearly half of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, which it shares with Uganda and Kenya.

Source: Wikipedia: List of countries and dependencies by area (UN Statistics Division / CIA World Factbook) · as of 2026-10

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