World Map with Continents
World Map with Continents
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The world map with continents is a printable map of the Earth's continents in four free versions, from a colour-coded map with no names at all to a fully named map with the continents and all five oceans. Every version downloads free as a PDF and a JPEG, sized for A4 and printing on US Letter.
The four versions cover the two ways this map gets used: naming the continents for reference, and filling them in from memory. Teachers hand out the version without names for quizzes and homework, then use a named version to mark the answers. It pairs well with our geography worksheets, and with the printable blank world map when the exercise moves on from continents to countries.
For a single continent in more detail, browse the blank continent maps, or take the labeled world map when you need every country named rather than every continent.
The image below shows one of the printable world maps with the continents named.
Which Version Should You Download?
All four versions are free, and they differ in how much is named on them. This is the quickest way to pick.
| Version | What is on it | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Version 1 | Six continents in solid pastel colours, nothing named anywhere, no oceans and no Antarctica, on a plain white background | Quizzes and colouring, where the student writes every name in |
| Version 2 | All seven continents named, including Antarctica, plus the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, on a pale blue sea | A classroom reference sheet or a wall print |
| Version 3 | All seven continents named plus all five oceans named, the Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Southern | Lessons that cover continents and oceans together |
| Version 4 | An oval projection on a deep blue ocean, six continents named, Antarctica drawn but not named, with faint country borders inside each continent | Projects that need a rounder, more globe-like world |
So Version 1 is the one to print if the point of the exercise is to write the names in, and Version 3 is the most complete if you want everything named for reference.
The 7 Continents and Their Size
Seven continents cover about 149 million square kilometres between them, a little under a third of the Earth's surface, and they are wildly uneven: Asia alone is bigger than Europe, Australia and Antarctica put together.
| Continent | Area | Countries | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 44.6 million km2 | 48 | about 4.8 billion |
| Africa | 30.4 million km2 | 54 | about 1.5 billion |
| North America | 24.7 million km2 | 23 | about 600 million |
| South America | 17.8 million km2 | 12 | about 440 million |
| Antarctica | 14.2 million km2 | 0 | no permanent residents |
| Europe | 10.2 million km2 | 51 | about 745 million |
| Australia and Oceania | 8.6 million km2 | 14 | about 46 million |
The country column does not add up to 195, and it is not meant to. Countries that sit in two continents get counted twice, Russia and Turkey being the usual examples, and different sources draw the line between Europe and Asia in different places.
How Many Continents Are There?
Seven is the answer taught in English-speaking schools, and it is the one these maps use. It is not the only one in circulation, which is worth knowing before an exercise gets marked wrong.
The four continent models and who uses them (click to reveal)
| Model | How it counts | Where it is taught |
|---|---|---|
| Seven continents | Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia | The UK, the US, Australia, India, China |
| Six continents (combined America) | The two Americas count as one continent | Latin America, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece |
| Six continents (Eurasia) | Europe and Asia count as one landmass | Russia and much of Eastern Europe, Japan |
| Five continents | Only the inhabited ones, so Antarctica is left out | The Olympic rings, which represent five |
The disagreement is real geography, not a mistake: Europe and Asia share one continuous landmass, and North and South America are joined by the Isthmus of Panama, so where you cut is a convention rather than a fact.
About the Continents
Asia is the largest continent and the most populous, holding roughly six in every ten people alive, and it has both the highest point on land, Everest at 8,849 metres, and the lowest, the shore of the Dead Sea at about 430 metres below sea level. Africa is the only continent crossed by the equator, both tropics and the prime meridian, and the Sahara covers more of it than the United States covers North America. Antarctica has no countries and no permanent population, only research stations, yet it holds around 70 percent of the world's fresh water as ice. Europe is the second smallest continent but has more countries per square kilometre than any other, while Australia is the smallest, the flattest and the driest of the inhabited ones. The seven continents are separated by five oceans, the Pacific alone covering about a third of the planet's surface, which is why every version of this map that names the water names the Pacific twice, once on each side.
World Map with Continents Features
- Four free versions in high-resolution PDF and JPEG
- One version with no names at all, for quizzes and colouring
- Two versions naming all seven continents, one of them naming all five oceans as well
- One version in an oval projection with country borders drawn inside the continents
- Sized for A4 and prints on US Letter without cropping
- Colour-coded continents that stay readable in a black and white print
- Suitable for geography lessons, map quizzes, homeschooling, revision and classroom displays
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the questions people ask most about the free world map with continents.
How many continents are on the map?
Versions 2 and 3 name all seven continents, Antarctica included. Version 4 shows seven but names six, leaving Antarctica drawn and unnamed at the bottom. Version 1 shows the six inhabited continents in colour with nothing named at all.
Which version has no names on it?
Version 1. Each continent is a solid block of colour with nothing written anywhere, so students can name the continents themselves. It is the version teachers use for quizzes and colouring.
Do the maps show the oceans?
Version 3 names all five: the Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans. Version 2 names the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific. Versions 1 and 4 draw the water but do not name it.
Can I print the world map with continents in A4 size?
Yes, every file is sized for A4 and prints on US Letter without cropping. The PDF keeps its quality when enlarged, so the same download also works for a poster-size print or a classroom wall chart.
Is the world map with continents free to download?
Yes. All four versions are free in PDF and JPEG, with no sign-up and no watermark.
How to Get Your Printable Map
- Choose the version you want above.
- Click "Download now".
- Get your files instantly, then print or annotate them.
Who It's For
Primary and secondary students learning the continents, teachers building quizzes and classroom displays, homeschooling parents, and anyone who needs a clean continent map for a project.
Download your world map with continents now and use it for learning, geography practice, or your own map projects.
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