Blank map of the world

The outline, free as a PNG, SVG or PDF. Label it, colour it in or drop it into a slide.

Using a blank map of the world

A blank world map is the starting point for a lot of other work: the backdrop of a global slide, a worksheet a teacher builds in their own template, an infographic, a stencil for a mural. There are two versions, Outline only for the land without inner lines and With borders for all 243 countries and territories, each as a PNG with a transparent background, an SVG or a PDF.

Behind slides and figures

A world outline in pale grey on a title slide makes a quiet frame for a few headline numbers: customers in so many countries, offices on three continents. The PNG's background is transparent, so the slide's own colour shows through. In a report, the same file works as a cover image or a section divider.

Worksheets you build yourself

A teacher can drop the PNG into a class survey sheet: each pupil colours the countries their family has links to, and the sheets go up side by side on the wall. For a starter, shade one country by hand in your design tool and ask the class which it is. Outline only suits younger pupils, who can draw where they live and where their family comes from without a web of borders in the way.

Styling the SVG

Designers take the SVG into Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma. In With borders every country is a separate shape, so you can fill the ones a campaign is about and leave the rest as outlines, or thicken the lines for a poster. Outline only gives a single silhouette of the land, a good base for a dotted texture, a logo sketch or a laser-cut wall piece.

Which version, which file

The political blank map of the world is the With borders version; choose it whenever countries need telling apart. Take the PNG for slides and documents, the SVG for anything you will restyle or enlarge, and the PDF to print as it stands on A4 or Letter. For black and white or a class set, the printable map of the world has more choices; for names or colours, Customise this map opens the same outline in the editor.

How to do it in MapMaker

Choose With borders for the countries, or Outline only for the land as one shape.
Download the PNG for a slide or worksheet, the SVG for a design tool or PDF, A4 or PDF, Letter to print.
Place the PNG on your slide; the transparent background lets the slide's colour show through.
Open Customise this map for names, colours or a title, and download the result from the editor.

The 243 countries and territories on the map

A key for labelling the map by hand.

Afghanistan
Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area
Åland
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Australian Indian Ocean Territories
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czechia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Dhekelia Cantonment
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
North Macedonia
Northern Cyprus
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Sint Maarten
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States Minor Outlying Islands
United States of America
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Facts about the world

The world map shows 243 countries and territories. The most populous are China, India, United States of America, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia and Mexico.

Questions people ask

Is there a political blank map of the world?

Yes, the With borders version. It draws the borders of all 243 countries and territories with no names, so each country is a separate shape you can fill, number or label yourself.

Does the PNG have a transparent background?

Yes. Only the land and its lines are drawn, so the world outline sits on the colour of your slide, poster or worksheet without a white box around it.

Can I make the outline bigger without it going blurry?

Use the SVG or the PDF. Both are vector files, so the world map stays sharp whether it fills a phone screen or a large print for a corridor wall. The PNG is best used at the size it downloads.

Does the blank map show the names of the countries?

No, a blank map has no names on it. The list of countries further down this page names all 243, and Customise this map opens the same outline in the editor if you want the names shown.