🌍 Blank Map of Africa

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The blank map of Africa is a printable political map that draws the borders of all 54 countries of the continent, in black and white with no names on them, sized for A4 and printing on US Letter. Download it free as a PDF or a JPEG, either as the blank version with country borders or as a plain outline map of Africa with the coastline only.

Because the map is unlabeled, it works as a base for practice: students fill in the countries, their capitals, the Sahara and the Nile themselves, and teachers use the same sheet for map quizzes, homework and coloring at school. It pairs well with our Africa geography worksheets, and with the labeled map of Africa when you need the names for reference.

Both free files carry a north arrow and a scale bar in miles and kilometres, and both keep the island countries rather than cropping them off. For the other continents, browse the blank continent maps.

The image below shows the printable blank map of Africa with country borders and markers for the capital cities of the African countries.

Blank map of Africa without labels showing the borders of all 54 countries in black on a white background, with markers for all African capital cities

Africa Blank Maps Bundle and More

The blank map and the outline map are free. The bundle adds more versions of the same map:

Blank map of Africa
Outline map of Africa
Blank map of Africa with seas and oceans
Blank Africa map with capitals
Labeled Africa map for reference

The bundle includes PDF and JPEG versions of all maps.

The two free downloads are the blank map, which draws the borders between the countries, and the outline map, which has the coastline only. The capital markers are part of the bundle: dots placed on the map without any names, so the sheet still works as an exercise rather than an answer key.

The blank map with seas and oceans includes the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.

The 54 Countries of Africa and Their Capitals

Africa has more countries than any other continent. They are usually grouped into five regions, and knowing which region a country sits in is half the work of placing it on a blank map: 6 in Northern Africa, 16 in Western Africa, 9 in Central Africa, 18 in Eastern Africa and 5 in Southern Africa.

Show all 54 African countries with their capitals and regions (click to reveal)

Country	Capital	Region
Algeria	Algiers	Northern
Egypt	Cairo	Northern
Libya	Tripoli	Northern
Morocco	Rabat	Northern
Sudan	Khartoum	Northern
Tunisia	Tunis	Northern
Benin	Porto-Novo	Western
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Western
Cabo Verde	Praia	Western
Gambia	Banjul	Western
Ghana	Accra	Western
Guinea	Conakry	Western
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Western
Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)	Yamoussoukro	Western
Liberia	Monrovia	Western
Mali	Bamako	Western
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Western
Niger	Niamey	Western
Nigeria	Abuja	Western
Senegal	Dakar	Western
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Western
Togo	Lome	Western
Angola	Luanda	Central
Cameroon	Yaounde	Central
Central African Republic	Bangui	Central
Chad	N'Djamena	Central
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	Central
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Central
Gabon	Libreville	Central
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Central
Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome	Central
Burundi	Gitega	Eastern
Comoros	Moroni	Eastern
Djibouti	Djibouti	Eastern
Eritrea	Asmara	Eastern
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Eastern
Kenya	Nairobi	Eastern
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Eastern
Malawi	Lilongwe	Eastern
Mauritius	Port Louis	Eastern
Mozambique	Maputo	Eastern
Rwanda	Kigali	Eastern
Seychelles	Victoria	Eastern
Somalia	Mogadishu	Eastern
South Sudan	Juba	Eastern
Tanzania	Dodoma	Eastern
Uganda	Kampala	Eastern
Zambia	Lusaka	Eastern
Zimbabwe	Harare	Eastern
Botswana	Gaborone	Southern
Eswatini	Mbabane	Southern
Lesotho	Maseru	Southern
Namibia	Windhoek	Southern
South Africa	Pretoria	Southern

Western Sahara is drawn on the map as well, along its disputed boundary, but it is not counted among the 54 because its status is unresolved. Lesotho is the one country on the continent entirely surrounded by another, which is why it appears as a small closed shape inside South Africa.

About Africa's Countries and Geography

Africa covers about 30.4 million square kilometres, second only to Asia, and holds roughly 1.5 billion people. It is the only continent crossed by the Equator, both tropics and the Prime Meridian at once, which makes it the reference point for locating almost anything else on a world map. The Sahara spreads across some 9.2 million square kilometres of the north, larger than the whole of Australia, and gives way southward to the Sahel and then to savannah and rainforest. The Nile runs about 6,650 kilometres to the Mediterranean and the Congo carries more water than any river except the Amazon, with the Niger and the Zambezi behind them. The Great Rift Valley cuts some 6,000 kilometres from the Red Sea down to Mozambique, holding Lake Tanganyika, the second deepest lake on Earth, while Lake Victoria beside it is the continent's largest. Kilimanjaro rises to 5,895 metres in Tanzania, and the Atlas Mountains, the Ethiopian Highlands and the Drakensberg frame the north, east and south. Those are the features students are usually asked to place, which is why an unlabeled base map is more useful for practice than a finished one.

Blank Map of Africa Features

Free blank and outline versions in high-resolution PDF and JPEG
Sized for A4 and prints on US Letter without cropping
Black and white line work that prints cleanly on a home or school printer
Country borders on the blank political version, coastline only on the outline version
Madagascar, Cabo Verde, the Comoros, Mauritius and the Seychelles all included, not cropped off
North arrow and a scale bar in both miles and kilometres
Bundle versions with capital markers and with the surrounding seas and oceans
Suitable for geography lessons, map quizzes, homeschooling, revision and school projects

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the questions people ask most about the free blank map of Africa.

How many countries are there in Africa?

54, all of them members of the United Nations, which makes Africa the continent with the most countries. Six of them are island nations, and every one is drawn on this map. Western Sahara appears as well, along its disputed boundary, but is not counted among the 54.

What is the difference between the blank map and the outline map?

The blank map is a political map: it draws every border between the African countries but names none of them. The outline map has no internal borders at all, just the coastline and the islands, which is the version people use for tracing and for drawing in their own features.

Does the free map show the capital cities?

No, and that is deliberate: the free blank map shows borders only, so students can mark the capitals themselves. The bundle adds a version with capital markers, shown as dots without names, so even that one still works as an exercise.

Can I print the map of Africa in A4 size?

Yes, every file is sized for A4 and prints on US Letter without cropping. The PDF keeps its line quality when enlarged, so the same download also works for a poster-size print or a classroom wall chart.

Is the blank map of Africa free to download?

Yes, the blank map and the outline map are free in PDF and JPEG, with no sign-up. The bundle with the capital markers and the seas version is a small one-off price.

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Who It's For

Students revising for map tests, teachers building classroom materials and quizzes, homeschooling parents, and travellers marking the countries they have visited.

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What Can I Do with a Blank Map?

Blank maps are a great way to visualize geography, get a feel for regions and borders, and see how places relate to one another. They also bring presentations, travel journals, and creative projects to life by giving you a clear, flexible canvas to work with.

Maybe you’re a teacher planning your next lesson or preparing homework assignments. Maybe you’re a parent putting together practice materials at home. Or you’re a student preparing for an exam or working on a school project. Perhaps you’re a globetrotter writing down your travel memories or dreaming up your next adventure. In all these cases, a blank map is surprisingly versatile and can be used in many different ways.

In class, students can color blank maps and label countries, capitals, mountains, rivers, or oceans. They can illustrate shifting borders and historical events, making subjects like geography and history easier to grasp.

Blank maps are also excellent for creating tests and worksheets. From simple labeling exercises to detailed quizzes, they can be adapted to a wide variety of content. On a blank map of Europe, for example, students can mark mountain ranges like the Alps and the Pyrenees, as well as the continent’s major rivers. Or, in history class, they can mark the borders before and after World War I. In English class, an outline map can be used to show all the English-speaking countries of the world. Current events are also easy to track by shading in countries or specific regions.

Blank maps are helpful for presentations, homework, or exam prep. Combined with labeled maps, they make effective geography quizzes and reinforce knowledge through coloring and labeling.

With a little creativity, globetrotters can quickly transform blank maps into personalized travel journals. Mark the places you’ve been, trace your routes, and jot down a special memory for each destination. Print a second map and use it as a bucket list for everywhere you still want to see.

They’re also useful outside the classroom. In a business presentation, they can be used to show sales territories, office locations, or planned expansions. You can also print blank maps in a large format and hang them on the wall. With pins, stickers, labels, or photos, they can be personalized to display a wide range of content.

For any purpose, WMB Maps provides a wide selection of blank maps designed to help you achieve your learning or creative goals.