Landlocked Countries Trivia Quiz

Answer: Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only two doubly landlocked countries. Of the two, Uzbekistan is larger. Uzbekistan is located in Asia and is bordered by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. Liechtenstein is located in Europe and borders Switzerland and Austria.

Answer: Two

They are Bolivia and Paraguay, both of which are located in South America.

Answer: False

France borders Andorra, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Spain, and has about 2,129 miles (3,427 miles) of coastline.

Answer: Chad

These countries are all around the same size, but not all are landlocked. Chad has an area of 1,259,200 square kilometers (486,179 square miles). Nigeria, a non-landlocked country, is 910,768 square kilometers in area. Ethiopia is 1,119,683 square kilometers (432,312 square miles) in area, and Mali is 1,220,000 square kilometers (471,044 square miles) in area.

Answer: Sudan

Sudan, the tenth-largest country in the world, is an African country. It has an area of 2,376,000 square kilometers (917,378 square miles). However, it does border the Red Sea, making it a non-landlocked country.

Answer: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is not only the largest landlocked country, it is also the ninth largest country in the world. It is an Asian country, and has an area of 2,669,800 square kilometers (1,030,815 square miles). The next largest landlocked country, Mongolia, is over 1,000,000 square kilometers (approx. 400,000 square miles) in area. In other words, Kazakhstan is almost twice as big!

Answer: Vatican City

Vatican City is the only landlocked country to have less than one square kilometer (less than one quarter of a square mile) of area. San Marino has 61 square kilometers (24 square miles) of area, Liechtenstein has 160 square kilometers (62 square miles) of area, and Andorra has 468 square kilometers (180 square miles) of area.

Answer: 44

The landlocked countries are: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Bhutan, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Moldova, Mongolia, Macedonia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, Serbia, San Marino, Switzerland, Slovakia, Swaziland, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Answer: True

Vatican City, San Marino, and Lesotho are the three landlocked countries that only border one other country. The smallest are Vatican City and San Marino, both of which border only Italy. Lesotho, however, is bordered only by South Africa.

Answer: Chad

Chad is the largest landlocked country in Africa, the third-largest landlocked country in the world by area, the fifth-largest African country, and the twenty-first largest country in the world by area. In other words, it's very big. Ukraine is the largest all-European country, but it borders the Black Sea. Bolivia is the largest landlocked country entirely in the Western Hemisphere, and Afghanistan is bigger than Ukraine. I hope you have enjoyed this quiz!