Blank map of Iraq

The outline of Iraq is wanted as a file to build on: the shape for a briefing slide, an exercise in a teaching pack, a base for a poster. This page offers two versions of it. Outline only is the country with nothing inside, and With borders adds the 18 administrative areas. Each comes as a PNG, an SVG or a PDF.

Design and slide uses

Put the PNG on a slide with a dark or coloured background and the shape of Iraq sits on it with no white box. Place a few figures beside it, or a short heading across the top.

In a design tool, open the SVG and style it: give the areas a thin white line, colour them to match a brand or trace the outline for a report cover.

Quizzes and labelling

For a numbered quiz, import the With borders PNG into your worksheet and put numbers on eight areas, such as Al Anbar, Najaf, Karbala and Diyala. Pupils name each one, and the list of administrative areas further down this page is the answer sheet.

Which version and file

The political blank map of Iraq is the With borders version: inner lines and no names. Choose Outline only when the shape matters more than the areas, for instance a silhouette behind a title. PNG suits worksheets and slides, SVG suits design tools, and PDF gives an A4 or Letter page that prints at 100%.

When you want areas coloured, names or a title, use Customise this map, or the editable map of Iraq. For printing choices such as black and white, go to the printable map of Iraq.