Map Maker

    Make your own Africa map

    Color all 54 African countries, plus the territories most maps leave out, and download a clean PNG or SVG with your own legend. This Africa map maker works for classroom maps, travel logs, regional blocs, and data-driven choropleths pasted straight from a spreadsheet.

    What's on this map

    57 regions: every African country, with Western Sahara and Somaliland drawn as separate regions (they're disputed, so most datasets treat them separately too). The island nations are all colorable: Cabo Verde, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Saint Helena. From Morocco and Egypt down to South Africa and Lesotho, every border follows the public-domain Natural Earth dataset.

    How it works

    1. Pick a paint from the palette, or choose a custom color.
    2. Click or tap countries to color them, or drag across several to color them in one sweep. Click again with the same paint to clear it.
    3. Label your legend and give the map a title.
    4. Download the map as PNG or SVG, or save the project file to keep editing later.

    Shade the map from data (choropleth)

    Have numbers instead of colors in mind? Open Data and paste two spreadsheet columns: country names or ISO codes with a value, like Nigeria, 224. The map shades every matched region from low to high with a numeric legend. Pick the number of classes, equal-count or equal-range breaks, and a color ramp, then download the choropleth map as PNG or SVG.

    Map ideas

    African Union and regional blocs like ECOWAS, EAC, or SADC; population, GDP, or connectivity choropleths; safari and overland travel routes with arrows; colonial-history and independence-year maps for teaching; Africa Cup of Nations brackets.

    Frequently asked questions

    How many countries are on the Africa map?

    All 54 African countries, plus Western Sahara and Somaliland drawn separately and the surrounding island nations: 57 colorable regions in total.

    Why are Western Sahara and Somaliland shown separately?

    Their status is disputed, and the Natural Earth dataset the map is built on draws them as distinct regions. That also makes them easy to highlight or leave neutral, whichever your map needs.

    Is Map Maker free?

    Yes. Everything is free: coloring, legends, the Data dialog, and PNG and SVG downloads. No account, no watermark.

    Where are my maps saved?

    In your own browser. Nothing is uploaded; each map autosaves on your device, and Save project gives you a file you can back up or open on another computer.

    More maps

    The same editor works on the world map, the Europe map, the Asia map, the North America map, the South America map, the Oceania map, and the US states map. Every map keeps its own colors, legend, and title, so you can work on several at once.

    Map data: Natural Earth and the US Census Bureau (public domain). Borders follow the source data's sovereign boundaries.