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Rules & what counts
Spanish-Speaking Countries — Rules & What Counts
Name every country where Spanish is an official language — from Spain across nearly all of Latin America, with one famous outlier on the African mainland.
Twenty countries, one language. The Americas will carry you a long way; the last few answers are where the trivia lives.
How to play
Just start typing — no need to click the input first. Every correct country lights up on the map the moment you finish typing it.
Spelling is forgiving, and common alternate names are accepted — Burma works for Myanmar, and Holland works for the Netherlands.
Tiny states like Monaco or Tuvalu appear as small circles on the map so they stay findable at world scale.
The clock counts up; finish faster to climb the leaderboard. Give up at any time to reveal what you missed.
Want a different challenge on the same map? Extra modes cover clicking countries we name, flags, capitals, landlocked countries, and more.
What counts in this quiz
20 countries where Spanish is an official (or de facto national) language — including Equatorial Guinea, the only African country on the list.
Sovereign countries only: Puerto Rico speaks Spanish but is a US territory, so it isn't an answer.
What's not included — and why
Territories and dependencies — Greenland belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark, Puerto Rico is a US territory, and Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, so none of them are answers.
Constituent countries — Curaçao is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and England, Scotland, and Wales are parts of the United Kingdom, not sovereign states. Typing England or Scotland is credited to the United Kingdom.
Unrecognized claimants beyond Taiwan and Kosovo — places like Somaliland or Transnistria lack broad international recognition, so they are not counted.
Good to know
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world at about 0.44 square kilometers — the entire nation is smaller than many golf courses.
South Sudan is the newest widely recognized country, gaining independence from Sudan in 2011.
Kiribati is the only country that sits in all four hemispheres — it straddles both the equator and the 180th meridian.