Blank Map of Africa: Free Resources for Education and More

Searching for a blank map of Africa? Look no further! Download and use these outline maps of African countries for any purpose. You’ll find all the 48 countries that belong to the mainland continent of Africa. This is especially great for printing in classrooms.

You are free to use our African map outlines for educational and commercial uses. Attribution is required. Did you know that GISGeography has one of the largest world atlases online today? With the maps below, you can explore the vast continent of Africa with our extensive online world atlas. Select from any of the outline maps provided below.

Political map of Africa

This simple map has African country outlines all in a continent map. Maybe, you have a color printer? Download our blank map of Africa in living color.

Why Use a Blank Map?

I’ve had people ask me before… What good is a map without labels on it? One of the best ways to use an empty map is to teach geography. I’ve also seen people use empty maps like this one to plan routes, brainstorm, and mark up.

This political map is ready for students to color or use for reference. Each independent state is left blank for students to label with the help of a Word Bank.

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These are particularly great for AP US History, AP Human Geography, or any other geography, Spanish, history course, or social science course. The format is .PNG to allow for you to paste and stretch in Word.

I've found that .3'' margins (all sides) is the farthest most standard printers will allow. Set these in your Word page setup before printing your doc. You can print this on a poster printer for a small group activity, use in lecture, or have these available on a rack for cathartic purposes once students are waiting for the bell to ring.

Let's explore some of the resources available:

  • Africa Political Map QUIZ
  • Africa & SW Asia Pol. & Hydrography Blank Map Barebones Map Series
  • Africa Political Map (Labeled) Coloring Book Series
Blank map of Africa

This item was created using open-source maps, Adobe Illustrator, and Autodesk Sketchbook by the Human Imprint. This took 2 hours to complete. This coloring book series is inspired by the Wynn Kapit Geography Coloring Book, that hasn't been updated since 2003. It's provided many hours of geography inspiration for myself and I hope to spread the same.

Any earnings from the sale of my maps helps to pay for professional illustrations that I have made for my online illustrated comic text about Human Geography.

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Let me know if I can make this better!

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All works are meant for the purpose of the classroom and personal use. Downloaded materials are not meant to be redistributed via social media or in shared file folders (i.e. Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.), aside from those that are shared with students (i.e. Schoology, Google Classroom, or other closed LMS).

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