Printable blank world map

How it works

1. Choose the world or a continent.
2. Pick a style: blank with borders for a geography quiz, coastline only for drawing, or with country names in your language.
3. To colour countries, press Zoom & colour above the preview, pick a colour and tap the countries on the large map; they go into the colour lists of the form.
4. Choose the paper and press Make PDF — the lines are vector, so they print sharp at any size.

Frequently asked questions

What can I use a blank map for?

Geography lessons and quizzes (“name the countries”), colouring by language, climate or travel, planning a trip, or marking where family and friends live.

Why are some countries not named?

Names go only where they fit without overlapping, so very small countries — in Europe, the Caribbean or the Pacific — are left blank on A4. Print on A3 and more of them get a name. On a continent’s map every independent country is named, a small one beside it on a thin leader line.

Which languages are the names in?

In the language of this page. The names come from the standard country names of the Unicode locale data.

Where does the map come from?

From Natural Earth, a free public-domain map dataset, drawn with a world projection that keeps the continents’ shapes and sizes in balance. The maps are not to scale: don’t use them to measure distances.

Is there a blank map with numbers to fill in?

Yes: choose “Countries numbered, to fill in (worksheet + answers)”. Each country gets a number on the map, the sheet has a numbered line for each, and a second page lists the answers. North America has 23, from 1 Canada to 23 Barbados; South America 12, from 1 Ecuador to 12 Brazil.

Can I print a large world map for a wall?

Yes: under Print size choose 4, 6 or 9 pages. Each sheet is labelled (A1, A2, B1…), has corner marks to trim and a 10 mm strip to glue under the next one. With names on, more countries fit as the map grows: 35 on one US Letter sheet, 63 on four and 79 on nine.

Can I colour the map by clicking?

Yes. Press Zoom & colour above the preview: the map opens full screen, where you zoom with the wheel or two fingers and drag to move it. Pick one of six colours (each can be changed) and tap countries to paint them; tap a country again with the same colour to clear it. Tiny countries get a circle to tap. The countries you paint are written into the colour lists of the form, so the preview, the PDF, PNG and SVG and the legend all follow.

Is anything uploaded?

No. The PDF is made in your browser.