Geography guides and rankings

Methods to learn faster and rankings computed from open, verified data (see our sources).

• The 20 most populated countries in the world
  Ranking of the 20 most populated countries, with flag, capital and population (source: World Bank).
• The 20 largest countries in the world by area
  Ranking of the 20 largest countries by area in km², with flag and capital.
• The 20 smallest countries in the world
  Ranking of the 20 smallest countries by area: flag, capital and surface in km².
• The 44 landlocked countries (no coastline)
  Complete list of landlocked countries, from most to least populated, with flag and capital.
• The 38 countries with no land border
  List of countries with no land border: most of them are islands.
• The countries with the most neighbours
  Ranking of the 10 countries that share a land border with the most countries.
• How to learn all the flags of the world
  A simple method to remember all 195 flags: colour families, distinctive details and spaced repetition.
• Look-alike flags: how to tell them apart
  Indonesia and Monaco, Romania and Chad, Ireland and Côte d'Ivoire… the flag pairs people mix up and the detail that sets them apart.
• The capitals people get wrong most often
  Canberra, Ankara, Brasília, Bern… the capitals that people mix up with the country's largest city.

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