Countries that start with every letter, A to Z
Stuck on W under Country? There isn’t one. Polarzinho went around the whole map and wrote the A to Z list, with the tricky letters explained.
By Polarzinho ·
Country is the category that separates the people who paid attention in geography class from the people who doodled pandas in their notebooks. I doodled pandas. So I wrote this list of countries that start with every letter, A to Z, covering the world’s independent countries.
Some letters have dozens of countries; others have one, or none at all. I list them all, and for the letters with no country I explain what to do.
How to use this list in Stop
Country is part of the Classic theme in Polar Games’ online Stop. You can also build your own category list.
Stop! only draws letters that have known answers in the round’s categories, and a letter never repeats in the same match. Learn at least one “forgotten” country per letter: a unique answer scores more than a repeated one.
Countries that start with A
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
Countries that start with B
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
Countries that start with C
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
Countries that start with D
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
Countries that start with E
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
Countries that start with F
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
Countries that start with G
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
Countries that start with H
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
Countries that start with I
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)
Countries that start with J
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
Countries that start with K
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
Countries that start with L
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
Countries that start with M
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
Countries that start with N
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
Countries that start with O
- Oman
Oman is the only country that starts with O. It sits on the Arabian Peninsula, next to the United Arab Emirates.
Countries that start with P
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
Countries that start with Q
- Qatar
Countries that start with R
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
Countries that start with S
- 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
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
Countries that start with T
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
Countries that start with U
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
Countries that start with V
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
Countries that start with W and X
No independent country starts with W or X in English. Western Sahara is sometimes mentioned for W, but it is a disputed territory, not a country recognized by the United Nations. Agree on it with your group before playing.
Countries that start with Y and Z
- Y: Yemen
- Z: Zambia, Zimbabwe
A real round
PolarzinhoGreece is what everyone writes for G. Next time I’m going with Guinea-Bissau, just to see their faces.
Does any place count? The classic scoring arguments
Do England, Scotland and Wales count?
They are part of the United Kingdom. Many groups accept them, since they are called countries in sports and in everyday speech, but they are not independent states. Agree on it first.
Does a city or a state count?
Not under Country. Only independent countries count unless your group plays a broader “place” category.
Frequently asked questions
What country starts with E?
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini and Ethiopia.
What country starts with W?
None. No independent country starts with W in English.
What country starts with O?
Only Oman.
What country starts with Y?
Only Yemen.
What country starts with X?
None.
Try it
Open Stop!, invite your friends (or the bots, who never argue about Scotland) and put the list to work. The fruits, animals, colors and things A to Z lists are on the blog too.