Generate a random country from anywhere in the world, with its flag and capital, for a geography lesson, travel inspiration, or trivia night.
This generator draws from all 195 countries in the world, filterable by continent, with each result showing its flag, capital city, population, primary language, and what it's known for.
Every result here is drawn using crypto.getRandomValues() -- the Web Crypto API's cryptographically secure randomness -- instead of Math.random(), so it's genuinely unpredictable, not just statistically random. Learn more.
Students and teachers use it for a geography quiz or worksheet. Travelers use it to pick a destination when they're open to anywhere, and writers use it for a real-world setting detail. It's also a solid trivia-night stumper, since it covers plenty of countries most people couldn't name unprompted.
Generate draws one country at random from the full 195-entry pool using the site's cryptographically secure randomness, guaranteed not to repeat whatever result is currently showing in single-result mode. Filtering by continent narrows the pool before drawing.
A sample of what this generator can draw, spread evenly across the full list:
Yes -- all 195 UN-recognized countries are included.
Yes -- use the filter button to pick one or more of the six continents. Generate will then only draw from countries in the continents you've selected.
Not in single-result mode -- each new roll is guaranteed to differ from the one currently on screen.
Its flag, capital city, approximate population, primary language, and a short note on what it's known for.
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