Anki Deck: Countries of the World
About this deck
- Updated: 2022-03-24
- Current version: v2
- Size: 135 MB
- Languages: ENG, GER (seperate or combined)
- SVG maps and flags
Important Recommendation
If you skip through the description, please at least read this:
There are two card types containing bordering countries (country → bordering countries, vice versa). These card types only make sense to learn, when you comfortable with knowing the countries in the first place.
Until then, I recommend to disable these two card types. In the card browser, sort by card type, mark them and pause them.
Overview
There are currently about 200 countries in the world. The number depends on the view. Generally, a country is a country when it gets recognized by other countries. So, for example, the west thinks of Taiwan as a country while China does not. Also, UN membership is a big part in being recognized as a country internationally.
All entities that were given a unique ISO code (e. g. CA for Canada) are included in this deck. This also covers dependencies (e. g. the Falkland Islands which belong to the UK). I do not want this deck to be political. Disputed areas and countries are marked according to Wikipedia and the Natural Earth geo dataset.
Nota bene:
- Island countries and outlying islands are highlighted by a light blue outline. These do not represent territorial waters! They only serve to make small islands more visible or clearly mark them as beloning to the country in question if other countries are nearby.
- «Bordering Countries» only regard land borders, not sea borders.
The deck is available in English and German or a combined version.
This deck took me about 150 hours to put together. If you like it, please support me by rating it on Ankiweb.
Fields and Card Types
The deck contains the following fields:
- Country name
- Long country name
- ISO-2 and ISO-3 codes
- Capital(s)
- Flag
- Location (2 maps, 1 globe)
- Bordering countries
- Tags by region and souvereignty
On each answer card, there is a dropdown menu allowing you to display the whole country info. Of course, you can delete card types you don’t like or you can build your own.
These fields are arranged to form the following card types:
Screenshots
Examples for some question cards and one «full info» card. They show the English-German mixed deck. When e. g. the country name matches in both langauges like for «Afghanistan» and «Kabul» only one is shown.
Country List
| Afghanistan |
| Albania |
| Algeria |
| Andorra |
| Angola |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
| Argentina |
| Armenia |
| Australia |
| Austria |
| Azerbaijan |
| Bahamas, The |
| Bahrain |
| Bangladesh |
| Barbados |
| Belarus |
| Belgium |
| Belize |
| Benin |
| Bhutan |
| Bolivia |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Botswana |
| Brazil |
| Brunei |
| Bulgaria |
| Burkina Faso |
| Burundi |
| Cabo Verde |
| Cambodia |
| Cameroon |
| Canada |
| Central African Republic, The |
| Chad |
| Chile |
| China |
| Colombia |
| Comoros, The |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
| Congo, The Republic of |
| Cook Islands |
| Costa Rica |
| Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast, The |
| Croatia |
| Cuba |
| Cyprus |
| Czech Republic |
| Denmark |
| Djibouti |
| Dominica |
| Dominican Republic, The |
| East Timor / Timor-Leste |
| Ecuador |
| Egypt |
| El Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea |
| Eritrea |
| Estonia |
| Eswatini |
| Ethiopia |
| Fiji |
| Finland |
| France |
| Gabon |
| Gambia, The |
| Georgia |
| Germany |
| Ghana |
| Greece |
| Grenada |
| Guatemala |
| Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau |
| Guyana |
| Haiti |
| Holy See, The / Vatican City |
| Honduras |
| Hungary |
| Iceland |
| India |
| Indonesia |
| Iran |
| Iraq |
| Ireland |
| Israel |
| Italy |
| Jamaica |
| Japan |
| Jordan |
| Kazakhstan |
| Kenya |
| Kiribati |
| Kosovo |
| Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| Laos |
| Latvia |
| Lebanon |
| Lesotho |
| Liberia |
| Libya |
| Liechtenstein |
| Lithuania |
| Luxembourg |
| Madagascar |
| Malawi |
| Malaysia |
| Maldives |
| Mali |
| Malta |
| Marshall Islands, The |
| Mauritania |
| Mauritius |
| Mexico |
| Micronesia |
| Moldova |
| Monaco |
| Mongolia |
| Montenegro |
| Morocco |
| Mozambique |
| Myanmar (Burma) |
| Namibia |
| Nauru |
| Nepal |
| Netherlands, The |
| New Zealand |
| Nicaragua |
| Niger, The |
| Nigeria |
| North Korea |
| North Macedonia |
| Norway |
| Oman |
| Pakistan |
| Palau |
| Palestine |
| Panama |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Paraguay |
| Peru |
| Philippines, The |
| Poland |
| Portugal |
| Qatar |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Romania |
| Russia |
| Rwanda |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Saint Lucia |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Samoa |
| San Marino |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
| Saudi Arabia |
| Senegal |
| Serbia |
| Seychelles |
| Sierra Leone |
| Singapore |
| Slovakia |
| Slovenia |
| Solomon Islands |
| Somalia |
| South Africa |
| South Korea |
| South Sudan |
| Spain |
| Sri Lanka |
| Sudan, The |
| Suriname |
| Sweden |
| Switzerland |
| Syria |
| Tajikistan |
| Tanzania |
| Thailand |
| Togo |
| Tonga |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Tunisia |
| Turkey |
| Turkmenistan |
| Tuvalu |
| Uganda |
| Ukraine |
| United Arab Emirates, The |
| United Kingdom, The |
| United States, The |
| Uruguay |
| Uzbekistan |
| Vanuatu |
| Venezuela |
| Vietnam |
| Yemen |
| Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
| Åland (FI) |
| American Samoa (US) |
| Anguilla (GB) |
| Aruba (NL) |
| Bermuda (GB) |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba / Caribbean Netherlands (NL) |
| Bouvet Island (NO) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory (GB) |
| Cayman Islands (GB) |
| Christmas Island (AU) |
| Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands (AU) |
| Curaçao (NL) |
| Falkland Islands (GB) |
| Faroe Islands (DK) |
| French Guiana (FR) |
| French Polynesia (FR) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands (FR) |
| Gibraltar (GB) |
| Greenland (DK) |
| Guadeloupe (FR) |
| Guam (US) |
| Guernsey (GB) |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands (AU) |
| Hong Kong (CN) |
| Isle of Man (GB) |
| Jersey (GB) |
| Macau (CN) |
| Martinique (FR) |
| Mayotte (FR) |
| Montserrat (GB) |
| New Caledonia (FR) |
| Niue (NZ) |
| Norfolk Island (AU) |
| Northern Mariana Islands (US) |
| Pitcairn Islands (GB) |
| Puerto Rico (US) |
| Réunion (FR) |
| Saint Barthélemy (FR) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (GB) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FR) |
| Saint-Martin (FR) |
| Sint Maarten (NL) |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GB) |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen (NO) |
| Tokelau (NZ) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (GB) |
| Virgin Islands (GB) |
| Virgin Islands of the United States (US) |
| Wallis and Futuna (FR) |
| Western Sahara / Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (disputed) |
Sources
- Dataset: Own creation, based mainly on Wikipedia entries.
- Maps: Own creation using GIS data by Natural Earth. Projection adjusted to Robinson using QGIS and converted to SVG using mapshaper. Maps produced using CorelDRAW.
- Flags: Accurate Country Flags on GitHub.
Thanks to all contributors of free resources!
Error Reporting
This deck must be spot on. If you find an error, please use the contact form to write me an email. Thank you!
Known Issues
Two entities are not inclueded (and likely won’t be):
- Spratly Islands in the south china sea which are disputed between Brunei, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
- United States Minor Outlying Islands in the pacific and one island in the caribbean.
Technical:
- The card design does not render correctly on AnkiWeb. It does however in both apps and on desktop.
Please Support My Work
You can do this in 3 ways:
- Contact me if you find an error.
- Rate the deck on AnkiWeb.
- Knowledge must be free. Howerver, if you’d like to support me directly, you can donate here. Much appreciated!
Changelog
| ISO | Field | Modification | Note |
| BJ | Capital EN | Seat of government → Seat of Government | |
| BO | Capital EN | Seat of government → Seat of Government | |
| BR | Borders | FR → GF | |
| CA | Map1 | fixed | |
| CA | Map2 | fixed | |
| CI | Capital EN | Seat of government → Seat of Government | |
| EG | Map1 | Colored missing bordering countries | |
| EG | Map2 | Colored missing bordering countries | |
| EH | Land DE | umkämpft → umstritten | DE deck: Delete old note by hand |
| ER | Map 1 | Colored missing bordering countries disputed area | |
| ES | Borders | UK → GI | |
| ET | Map1 | Colored missing bordering countries disputed area | |
| FR | Borders | Bordering countries of GF removed | |
| FR | Map1 | GF removed from map as it has its own card | |
| GB | Borders | ES removed as GI has its own card | |
| GB | Map2 | Capital marker size reduced | |
| GQ | Map1 | Colored missing bordering countries | |
| GQ | Map2 | Colored missing bordering countries | |
| IE | Borders | UK → GB | |
| IM | Land DE | (GB) added | DE deck: Delete old note by hand |
| IN | Borders | LK removed | |
| KZ | Borders | KY → KG | |
| LK | Capital EN | Seat of government → Seat of Government | |
| LT | Hauptstadt DE | (…) → / | |
| NZ | Map 2 | Capital marker size increased | |
| PF | Land DE | (FR) added | DE Deck: Delete old note by hand |
| SI | Hauptstadt DE | (…) → / | |
| SK | Hauptstadt DE | (…) → / | |
| SR | Borders | FR → GF | |
| SZ | Capital EN | Seat of government → Seat of Government | |
| TJ | Borders | KY → KG | |
| TW | Country EN | Taiwan → Republic of China (Taiwan) | EN, EN & DE decks: Delete old note by hand |
| TZ | Capital EN | Seat of government → Seat of Government | |
| UZ | Borders | KY → KG | |
| WF | Map1 | added | |
| WF | Map2 | added | |
| YE | Map2 | Seat of government marker added | |
| ZA | Capital EN | executive → Executive, legislative → Legislative, judicial → Judicial |
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