Blank map of the Commonwealth

Choose the version first. With borders draws the lines between the 56 members and is the political blank map of the Commonwealth; Outline only keeps the land as one shape. Each comes as a PNG on a transparent background, an SVG or a PDF on A4 or Letter, and the choice depends on whether the members need telling apart.

For slides, posters and newsletters

An alumni network or a partnership programme can put the transparent PNG on a title slide and add its own markers over the members it works with. A newsletter can use the same file as a header on a coloured band. The SVG goes into Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma at any size, where a designer can fill a few members in a brand colour and leave the rest pale. Because the members are separate shapes, nothing needs tracing.

For a handout or a display

A teacher can paste the PNG into a handout on the Commonwealth and set a text box over each member the unit covers. For a wall display, scale the SVG up in a design tool and fill the members a class has studied as the term goes on. The list further down this page gives the spelling of all 56 members. For class sets on paper, with black and white and colour choices, see the printable map of the Commonwealth.

Choosing the file

PNG for worksheets, documents and slides. SVG when the outline will be restyled or scaled up. PDF to print as it is. Names, colours or a title are for Customise this map, which opens the same outline in the editor.