Test yourself on all 54 flags of Africa. Every question shows a flag and four Africa countries to choose from, so the answers are always close neighbors, just like a real test. This flags of Africa quiz also has the flags in a printable form, and tables that sort the 54 flags by level, first letter and name length.
Flags of Africa quiz to print (PDF)
The four printable pages below are a multiple-choice sheet, a write-in sheet, the answer key and a black-and-white version. Click a picture for the PDF.
How to play the flags of Africa quiz
Set the level, the number of questions and the timer above the quiz. This quiz has 54 questions in three levels: 4 easy, 20 medium and 30 hard. A wrong answer shows the right one, and the result ends with a list of answers to learn.
Flags that are easy to mix up
- Chad and Romania (in Europe): blue, yellow and red stripes; the shades are almost the same.
- Mali, Senegal and Guinea: green, yellow and red; Senegal adds a green star, Guinea runs red, yellow, green.
- Côte d’Ivoire and Ireland (in Europe): the same colors, with orange on the left for Côte d’Ivoire.
- Niger and India (in Asia): orange, white and green stripes; Niger has an orange disc, India a blue wheel.
- Egypt and Sudan: red, white and black; Egypt has a golden eagle, Sudan a green triangle.
- Ghana and Cameroon: red, yellow and green; Ghana’s stripes run across with a black star, Cameroon’s run down with a yellow star.
Countries in this quiz
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d’Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Flags of Africa quiz: 54 flags by level
The flags of Africa quiz puts 54 flags of Africa into three levels, so that every player can start at the right place. Easy has 4 flags, medium has 20 and hard has 30. The easy level has the flags that people see most often, and the hard level is mostly small countries:
| Level | Flags | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 4 | Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa |
| Medium | 20 | Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, … |
| Hard | 30 | Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, … |
Africa flags quiz: countries by first letter
For the Africa flags quiz, it helps to know the shape of the list. The letter S starts the most country names (8 of 54), then M (7). The counts for every letter are:
| First letter | Flags |
|---|---|
| A | 2 |
| B | 4 |
| C | 6 |
| D | 2 |
| E | 5 |
| G | 5 |
| K | 1 |
| L | 3 |
| M | 7 |
| N | 3 |
| R | 2 |
| S | 8 |
| T | 3 |
| U | 1 |
| Z | 2 |
Names with fewer letters are quicker to write on the printed sheet. Counting only letters, the shortest and longest names in the quiz are:
| Letters in the name | Countries | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortest | 4 | Chad, Mali, Togo |
| Longest | 22 | Central African Republic |
Africa flag quiz: design features to look for
Every question in an Africa flag quiz comes down to a few design clues: the colors, the number of stripes and the symbols. These are the clues that matter most in Africa:
- The Pan-African colors are green, yellow and red. They come from the flag of Ethiopia, and they are on the flags of Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau and the Republic of the Congo.
- Stars decide many of the answers: Ghana has a black star, Senegal a green star, Cameroon a yellow star and Burkina Faso a yellow star on red and green.
- Mozambique has an AK-47 rifle on its flag, and it is the only national flag with a modern rifle.
- Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria use Arab colors or a crescent, which links them to the flags of western Asia.
- Mauritius has four horizontal stripes of red, blue, yellow and green, and Seychelles has five bands that fan out from the corner.
- Eswatini and Lesotho both show a traditional shield or hat, which is a clue to the answer.
Guess the Africa flags: a five-day study plan
To guess the Africa flags with confidence, work through the levels in order. This plan uses the 4 easy, 20 medium and 30 hard flags in the quiz, plus a printed test to check what you remember:
| Day | What to do | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Play the easy level only (4 flags) until you score 100% | 4 |
| Day 2 | Play the medium level (20 flags) with the timer off | 20 |
| Day 3 | Play the hard level (30 flags) and say each country aloud | 30 |
| Day 4 | Print the write-in sheet and name every flag from memory | 14 |
| Day 5 | Play all 54 flags with the timer on and use “Practice the ones I missed” | 54 |
Playing all 54 flags takes 11 minutes at 12 seconds each. Wikipedia’s list of national flags of sovereign states shows every flag with a short description, and the study of flags has its own name, vexillology.
Flags of Africa quiz and the capitals quiz: study both
Link each flag with its capital: the capitals of Africa quiz asks for the capital of the same countries.
Print this flags of Africa quiz
Make a printable version with an answer key: 10 to 30 questions, as multiple choice or write-in answers.
Frequently asked questions
4 quick answers
How many countries are in Africa?
This quiz has 54: the United Nations member states in Africa.
Where do the flag pictures come from?
Twemoji flag images by Twitter, Inc. and contributors, used under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Which flags are the hardest in the flags of Africa quiz?
The hard level has 30 flags, for example Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde. They belong to small countries, or to flags that look like many others.
How long does the flags of Africa quiz take?
Ten questions take about 2 minutes, and all 54 flags take 11 minutes at 12 seconds each. The timer is optional.