Asia · Southern Asia
How to draw Pakistan from memory
Pakistan is a single continuous landmass, roughly as wide as it is tall. Lock that proportion in before you worry about any individual stretch of border. It ranks among the hardest countries to draw: the border carries far more detail than a freehand stroke can capture, so anything above 50 is a strong result.
- Difficulty
- hard
- Population
- 216.6 m
- Code
- PAK
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Pakistan
A four-step strategy for Pakistan
- 01
Start by fixing the overall footprint. Pakistan is close to square overall, so a lopsided sketch loses points fast.
- 02
Anchor one unmistakable feature — the straightest border section or the sharpest cape — and draw outward from it in a single continuous stroke.
- 03
Close the loop back to where you started. An open shape gets filled unpredictably and drags your score down.
- 04
Submit, read the nine-sector grid, and redraw immediately. The sector readout names the region you under-drew, and a second attempt typically gains 10–20 points.
Top scores for Pakistan
Nobody has submitted a score for Pakistan yet. Draw it above and you are first on this board.
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- Continent
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Outline pieces
- 1
- Detail score
- 3.82
Three things that go wrong when people sketch Pakistan
Each one is measured off the outline the game scores, not copied from a reference atlas: the proportions, the straight sections and the way the shape breaks into pieces are all properties of the coordinates your stroke gets compared against.
Not one straight edge to anchor the shape
The longest unbroken run in the whole outline is under 8% of the perimeter, and the coast folds back 1.55× on the smooth ring that would wrap it. Choose two deep inlets and one sharp promontory as anchors, and let everything between them stay approximate.
Pakistan is close to square
Width against height comes out at 1.05 to 1, so the shape neither runs away sideways nor stretches vertically. Set that box first: with a near-square country almost every lost point comes from the coast detail inside it, not the footprint.
Close the loop before adding detail
Pakistan occupies a 440×420 unit box on the game canvas. Fill that box with one continuous closed stroke first: the scorer compares filled area, so an open outline loses the interior it never enclosed.
Answer key: the real shape of Pakistan
- Box on the canvas
- 440 × 420 units
- Width to height
- 1.05 : 1
- Separate landmasses
- 1
- Longest straight run
- Nothing over 8% of the perimeter
- Coast against silhouette
- 1.55× the wrapping outline
Open it after you have drawn Pakistan at least once. Seeing the shape first replaces the recall the score is meant to measure with tracing, and tracing always scores higher than remembering.
Why Pakistan is scored this way
Country Drawing does not compare your sketch to a picture of Pakistan. It scales and centres both your stroke and the real border into the same box, fills them, and measures how much of the two shapes overlap relative to their combined area. That means you are never punished for drawing Pakistan small, off to one side, or rotated slightly — only for getting the shape itself wrong. The nine-sector grid then splits the real border into a 3×3 mesh and reports coverage per cell, which is how it can tell you that you lost the whole coastline rather than just handing you a number.
Pakistan by the numbers
Pakistan covers 881,912 km², which makes it the 32nd largest of 190 countries in the game and the 7th largest in Asia. The capital is Islamabad at about 30°N, 70°E, and it sits in Southern Asia. It touches Afghanistan, China, India and Iran, and 100% of its area sits in one main landmass. The rest of the perimeter is water.
Next to Pakistan: its land neighbours
Size is what the outline has to fill, so comparing the countries that share this border side by side is the fastest way to get the proportions into your head before you draw.
| Country | Area | Population | Capital | Pieces | vs Pakistan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistanthis page | 881,912 km² | 216.6 m | Islamabad | 1 | — |
 Afghanistan | 652,230 km² | 38.0 m | Kabul | 1 | 0.74× |
 China | 9,706,961 km² | 1.40 bn | Beijing | 1 | 11× |
 India | 3,287,590 km² | 1.37 bn | New Delhi | 1 | 3.73× |
 Iran | 1,648,195 km² | 82.9 m | Tehran | 1 | 1.87× |
Draw these next
Countries near Pakistan share border conventions and coastline styles, which makes them the most useful follow-up practice.
Working through one country at a time is slow. Take the blank map of asia and label the whole region from memory — it shows you which neighbours you have never actually seen.
Pakistan drawing questions
How big is Pakistan?
Pakistan covers 881,912 km², ranking 32nd of 190 countries here by land area and 7th in Asia. About 9% of the area of China.
What is the capital of Pakistan?
The capital is Islamabad at about 30°N, 70°E. The game scores the shape of the border rather than the position of any city, so the capital and its coordinates are here to help you place Pakistan on a blank map.
Is Pakistan hard to draw?
It is rated hard, and carries more outline detail than 72% of the 190 borders in this game. The shape has to be placed as 1 landmass, with no straight edge longer than 8% of the perimeter to anchor it.
Which countries border Pakistan?
Pakistan shares a land border with Afghanistan, China, India and Iran. The remaining perimeter is coast, which is the part that usually costs points.