Map coverage¶
What the bundled maps contain. The data is Natural Earth v5.1.2 (public domain), simplified for the web. This page is generated from the data by tools/make_map_coverage.py, and a test fails if it is out of date.
The 30 most-used countries, checked¶
Each was compared with its official list of first-level regions. Layer is the one whose count is compared; see maps for what layers are.
| Country | Layer | Official | Bundled | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
United States (USA) |
admin1 |
51 | 51 | 50 states + DC |
India (IND) |
admin1 |
36 | 36 | 28 states + 8 union territories |
Ireland (IRL) |
iso |
26 | 26 | 26 counties |
United Kingdom (GBR) |
nation |
4 | 4 | 4 nations |
Germany (DEU) |
admin1 |
16 | 16 | 16 states |
France (FRA) |
region |
18 | 18 | 13 metropolitan + 5 overseas regions |
Brazil (BRA) |
admin1 |
27 | 27 | 26 states + federal district |
Canada (CAN) |
admin1 |
13 | 13 | 10 provinces + 3 territories |
Spain (ESP) |
region |
19 | 19 | 17 communities + 2 cities |
Italy (ITA) |
region |
20 | 20 | 20 regions |
Japan (JPN) |
admin1 |
47 | 47 | 47 prefectures |
South Africa (ZAF) |
admin1 |
9 | 9 | 9 provinces |
Nigeria (NGA) |
admin1 |
37 | 37 | 36 states + FCT |
Switzerland (CHE) |
admin1 |
26 | 26 | 26 cantons |
Sweden (SWE) |
admin1 |
21 | 21 | 21 counties |
Poland (POL) |
admin1 |
16 | 16 | 16 voivodeships |
Argentina (ARG) |
admin1 |
24 | 24 | 23 provinces + Buenos Aires city |
South Korea (KOR) |
admin1 |
17 | 17 | 17 first-level divisions |
Turkey (TUR) |
admin1 |
81 | 81 | 81 provinces |
Egypt (EGY) |
admin1 |
27 | 27 | 27 governorates |
China (CHN) |
admin1 |
34 | 32 | Hong Kong and Macau are separate countries in Natural Earth |
Australia (AUS) |
iso |
8 | 10 | plus Jervis Bay Territory and Macquarie Island |
Mexico (MEX) |
admin1 |
32 | 33 | plus one small island group without a code |
Netherlands (NLD) |
admin1 |
12 | 15 | plus the 3 Caribbean special municipalities |
Indonesia (IDN) |
admin1 |
38 | 33 | Natural Earth predates the 2022 Papua splits |
Russia (RUS) |
admin1 |
83 | 86 | includes Crimea and Sevastopol (Natural Earth's de facto view) and one small unnamed area |
Pakistan (PAK) |
admin1 |
7 | 8 | still has the Tribal Areas, merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018 |
Philippines (PHL) |
iso |
82 | 83 | 82 provinces + Metro Manila |
New Zealand (NZL) |
admin1 |
16 | 24 | plus outlying islands |
Belgium (BEL) |
admin1 |
11 | 11 | 10 provinces + Brussels |
Every country¶
Regions counts Natural Earth's level 1 (admin1); other layers are listed after it.
| Country | Code | Regions | Region type | Layers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | AFG |
34 | province | admin1, iso |
| Albania | ALB |
12 | county | admin1 |
| Algeria | DZA |
48 | province | admin1 |
| American Samoa | ASM |
5 | region | admin1 |
| Andorra | AND |
7 | region | admin1 |
| Angola | AGO |
18 | province | admin1 |
| Anguilla | AIA |
15 | district | admin1 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG |
8 | parish | admin1 |
| Argentina | ARG |
24 | province | admin1 |
| Armenia | ARM |
11 | province | admin1 |
| Aruba | ABW |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands | ATC |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Australia | AUS |
11 | state | admin1, iso |
| Australian Indian Ocean Territories | IOA |
2 | province | admin1 |
| Austria | AUT |
9 | state | admin1 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE |
78 | district | admin1, iso |
| Bahrain | BHR |
5 | governorate | admin1 |
| Bangladesh | BGD |
7 | division | admin1 |
| Barbados | BRB |
11 | parish | admin1 |
| Belarus | BLR |
7 | region | admin1 |
| Belgium | BEL |
11 | province | admin1 |
| Belize | BLZ |
6 | district | admin1 |
| Benin | BEN |
12 | department | admin1 |
| Bermuda | BMU |
11 | region | admin1 |
| Bhutan | BTN |
20 | district | admin1 |
| Bolivia | BOL |
9 | department | admin1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH |
18 | canton | admin1, iso |
| Botswana | BWA |
15 | district | admin1 |
| Brazil | BRA |
27 | state | admin1 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | IOT |
1 | region | admin1 |
| British Virgin Islands | VGB |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Brunei | BRN |
4 | district | admin1 |
| Bulgaria | BGR |
28 | province | admin1 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA |
45 | province | admin1 |
| Burundi | BDI |
17 | province | admin1 |
| Cambodia | KHM |
24 | province | admin1 |
| Cameroon | CMR |
10 | province | admin1 |
| Canada | CAN |
13 | province | admin1 |
| Cape Verde | CPV |
22 | region | admin1 |
| Cayman Islands | CYM |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Central African Republic | CAF |
17 | prefecture | admin1 |
| Chad | TCD |
22 | prefecture | admin1 |
| Chile | CHL |
16 | region | admin1 |
| China | CHN |
32 | province | admin1 |
| Colombia | COL |
34 | department | admin1, iso |
| Comoros | COM |
3 | region | admin1 |
| Cook Islands | COK |
11 | region | admin1 |
| Costa Rica | CRI |
7 | province | admin1 |
| Croatia | HRV |
21 | county | admin1, iso |
| Cuba | CUB |
16 | province | admin1 |
| Curaçao | CUW |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Cyprus | CYP |
5 | district | admin1 |
| Czech Republic | CZE |
14 | region | admin1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | COD |
11 | province | admin1 |
| Denmark | DNK |
5 | region | admin1 |
| Djibouti | DJI |
6 | region | admin1 |
| Dominica | DMA |
10 | parish | admin1 |
| Dominican Republic | DOM |
32 | province | admin1 |
| East Timor | TLS |
13 | district | regencies |
| Ecuador | ECU |
24 | province | admin1 |
| Egypt | EGY |
27 | governorate | admin1 |
| El Salvador | SLV |
14 | department | admin1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ |
7 | province | admin1 |
| Eritrea | ERI |
6 | region | admin1 |
| Estonia | EST |
15 | county | admin1 |
| Eswatini | SWZ |
4 | district | admin1 |
| Ethiopia | ETH |
11 | administrative state | admin1 |
| Falkland Islands | FLK |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Faroe Islands | FRO |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | FSM |
4 | region | admin1 |
| Fiji | FJI |
5 | division | admin1 |
| Finland | FIN |
18 | province | admin1 |
| France | FRA |
101 | metropolitan department | admin1, region |
| French Polynesia | PYF |
5 | region | admin1 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ATF |
4 | region | admin1 |
| Gabon | GAB |
9 | province | admin1 |
| Georgia | GEO |
12 | region | admin1 |
| Germany | DEU |
16 | state | admin1 |
| Ghana | GHA |
10 | region | admin1 |
| Greece | GRC |
14 | region | admin1 |
| Greenland | GRL |
6 | region | admin1, iso |
| Grenada | GRD |
7 | parish | admin1 |
| Guam | GUM |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Guatemala | GTM |
22 | department | admin1 |
| Guernsey | GGY |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Guinea | GIN |
34 | prefecture | admin1 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB |
9 | region | admin1 |
| Guyana | GUY |
10 | region | admin1 |
| Haiti | HTI |
10 | department | admin1 |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | HMD |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Honduras | HND |
18 | department | admin1 |
| Hong Kong | HKG |
18 | region | admin1 |
| Hungary | HUN |
43 | urban county | admin1 |
| Iceland | ISL |
9 | region | admin1 |
| India | IND |
36 | state | admin1 |
| Indonesia | IDN |
33 | province | admin1 |
| Iran | IRN |
31 | province | admin1, iso |
| Iraq | IRQ |
18 | province | admin1 |
| Ireland | IRL |
34 | county | admin1, iso |
| Isle of Man | IMN |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Israel | ISR |
6 | district | admin1 |
| Italy | ITA |
110 | province | admin1, region |
| Ivory Coast | CIV |
19 | department | admin1 |
| Jamaica | JAM |
14 | parish | admin1 |
| Japan | JPN |
47 | prefecture | admin1 |
| Jersey | JEY |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Jordan | JOR |
12 | province | admin1 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
16 | region | admin1, iso |
| Kenya | KEN |
8 | province | admin1 |
| Kiribati | KIR |
2 | region | admin1 |
| Kosovo | KOS |
30 | district | admin1 |
| Kuwait | KWT |
6 | province | admin1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ |
8 | region | admin1 |
| Laos | LAO |
17 | province | admin1, iso |
| Latvia | LVA |
119 | municipality | admin1, iso |
| Lebanon | LBN |
6 | province | admin1 |
| Lesotho | LSO |
10 | district | admin1 |
| Liberia | LBR |
15 | county | admin1 |
| Libya | LBY |
22 | municipality | governarate |
| Liechtenstein | LIE |
11 | region | admin1 |
| Lithuania | LTU |
10 | county | admin1 |
| Luxembourg | LUX |
3 | district | admin1 |
| Macau | MAC |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Madagascar | MDG |
22 | autonomous province | admin1, iso |
| Malawi | MWI |
28 | district | admin1, iso |
| Malaysia | MYS |
16 | state | admin1 |
| Maldives | MDV |
21 | atoll | admin1, iso |
| Mali | MLI |
9 | region | admin1 |
| Malta | MLT |
68 | region | admin1 |
| Marshall Islands | MHL |
2 | region | admin1 |
| Mauritania | MRT |
13 | region | admin1 |
| Mauritius | MUS |
16 | district | admin1, iso |
| Mexico | MEX |
33 | state | admin1 |
| Moldova | MDA |
40 | district | admin1, iso |
| Monaco | MCO |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Mongolia | MNG |
22 | province | admin1 |
| Montenegro | MNE |
21 | municipality | admin1 |
| Montserrat | MSR |
3 | parish | admin1 |
| Morocco | MAR |
16 | region | admin1 |
| Mozambique | MOZ |
11 | province | admin1, iso |
| Myanmar | MMR |
14 | division | admin1 |
| Namibia | NAM |
13 | region | admin1 |
| Nauru | NRU |
14 | region | admin1 |
| Nepal | NPL |
14 | administrative zone | admin1 |
| Netherlands | NLD |
15 | province | admin1 |
| New Caledonia | NCL |
3 | province | admin1 |
| New Zealand | NZL |
24 | regional council | admin1 |
| Nicaragua | NIC |
17 | department | admin1 |
| Niger | NER |
8 | department | admin1 |
| Nigeria | NGA |
37 | state | admin1 |
| Niue | NIU |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Norfolk Island | NFK |
1 | region | admin1 |
| North Korea | PRK |
11 | province | admin1 |
| North Macedonia | MKD |
84 | statistical region | admin1 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | MNP |
4 | region | admin1 |
| Norway | NOR |
21 | county | admin1 |
| Oman | OMN |
11 | region | admin1 |
| Pakistan | PAK |
8 | province | admin1 |
| Palau | PLW |
16 | region | admin1 |
| Palestine | PSE |
0 | ||
| Panama | PAN |
12 | province | admin1 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG |
20 | province | admin1 |
| Paraguay | PRY |
18 | department | admin1 |
| Peru | PER |
26 | department | admin1, iso |
| Philippines | PHL |
118 | province | admin1, iso, region |
| Pitcairn Islands | PCN |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Poland | POL |
16 | voivodeship | province |
| Portugal | PRT |
20 | district | admin1 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Qatar | QAT |
7 | municipality | admin1 |
| Republic of the Congo | COG |
12 | region | admin1 |
| Romania | ROU |
42 | county | admin1 |
| Russia | RUS |
86 | region | admin1 |
| Rwanda | RWA |
5 | province | admin1 |
| Saint Barthélemy | BLM |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Saint Helena | SHN |
3 | region | admin1 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | KNA |
14 | parish | admin1 |
| Saint Lucia | LCA |
11 | quarter | admin1 |
| Saint Martin | MAF |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SPM |
2 | commune | admin1 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT |
6 | parish | admin1 |
| Samoa | WSM |
11 | region | admin1 |
| San Marino | SMR |
9 | region | admin1 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU |
13 | region | admin1 |
| Senegal | SEN |
14 | region | admin1 |
| Serbia | SRB |
25 | district | admin1 |
| Seychelles | SYC |
26 | region | admin1 |
| Siachen Glacier | KAS |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE |
4 | province | admin1 |
| Singapore | SGP |
5 | region | admin1 |
| Sint Maarten | SXM |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Slovakia | SVK |
8 | region | admin1 |
| Slovenia | SVN |
193 | commune | municipality |
| Solomon Islands | SLB |
10 | province | admin1, iso |
| Somalia | SOM |
13 | region | admin1 |
| Somaliland | SOL |
1 | region | admin1 |
| South Africa | ZAF |
9 | province | admin1 |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | SGS |
1 | region | admin1 |
| South Korea | KOR |
17 | metropolitan city | admin1 |
| South Sudan | SSD |
0 | ||
| Spain | ESP |
52 | autonomous community | admin1, region |
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
25 | district | admin1 |
| Sudan | SDN |
17 | state | admin1, iso |
| Suriname | SUR |
10 | district | admin1 |
| Sweden | SWE |
21 | county | admin1 |
| Switzerland | CHE |
26 | canton | admin1 |
| Syria | SYR |
15 | province | admin1 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | STP |
2 | region | admin1 |
| Taiwan | TWN |
21 | county | admin1 |
| Tajikistan | TJK |
5 | region | admin1 |
| Tanzania | TZA |
30 | region | admin1 |
| Thailand | THA |
77 | province | admin1 |
| The Bahamas | BHS |
30 | district | admin1 |
| The Gambia | GMB |
6 | division | admin1 |
| Togo | TGO |
5 | region | admin1 |
| Tonga | TON |
5 | region | admin1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO |
16 | region | admin1 |
| Tunisia | TUN |
23 | governorate | admin1 |
| Turkey | TUR |
81 | province | admin1 |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | CYN |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM |
5 | province | admin1 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA |
6 | region | admin1 |
| Tuvalu | TUV |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Uganda | UGA |
112 | district | admin1, iso |
| Ukraine | UKR |
25 | region | admin1 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE |
9 | emirate | admin1 |
| United Kingdom | GBR |
232 | unitary authority | admin1, nation, region |
| United States | USA |
51 | state | admin1 |
| United States Virgin Islands | VIR |
3 | region | admin1 |
| Uruguay | URY |
19 | department | admin1 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
14 | region | admin1 |
| Vanuatu | VUT |
6 | province | admin1 |
| Vatican City | VAT |
1 | region | admin1 |
| Venezuela | VEN |
26 | state | admin1 |
| Vietnam | VNM |
63 | province | admin1 |
| Wallis and Futuna | WLF |
3 | region | admin1 |
| Western Sahara | ESH |
0 | ||
| Yemen | YEM |
21 | governorate | admin1 |
| Zambia | ZMB |
10 | province | admin1 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE |
10 | province | admin1 |
| Åland | ALA |
0 |