Natural Earth
Country shapes, borders and label points for the globe and the maps.
- Publisher
- Natural Earth
- Release
- v5.1.2
- Licence
- Public domain
- Origin
- www.naturalearthdata.com
- Retrieved
- 25 October 2026
- How to cite
- Made with Natural Earth.
- Coverage
- 259 map units, linked to 237 countries and areas.
How we process it
- Drawn into a country map for the 3D globe at two resolutions, and turned into border lines.
- Linked each map unit to the UN location that counts its population, following the UN’s own location notes.
Known limitations
- The map shows de facto boundaries. It takes no position on disputed territories.
- Country shapes are not a map of where people live.
- The smallest territories cover only a few pixels of the globe. They can always be chosen from the list.
Downloaded files
| File | SHA-256 |
|---|---|
| ne_50m_admin_0_map_units.geojson | b8d421aca6e9e08e8cdf09cc26af111cc3e0deba4fe915611d58ade71e8a4db0 |
| ne_10m_admin_0_map_units.geojson | 57da82be755f4afccd8f3b14251bb2752f5df1395f47d2d86f817470c4a48862 |
| ne_50m_admin_0_countries.geojson | 3e458fc036ad0a66411f2c1e6cac49c5d7bfb81cb1123bc513b22511a2b7fdeb |
| ne_110m_admin_0_countries.geojson | 6866c877d39cba9c357620878839b336d569f8c662d3cfab4cb1dbe2d39c977f |