Natural Earth (NACIS volunteers; Tom Patterson and Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso, primary authors)
Natural Earth admin-0 countries and tiny countries (1:50m)
Country outlines at 1:50 million scale with Natural Earth's identifiers (ADM0_A3, ISO_A3, ISO_A3_EH), plus point locations for countries too small to draw at that scale. Boundaries follow Natural Earth's default "de facto" point of view; disputed areas are drawn as Natural Earth draws them, and the map says so. Last released in May 2022 (version 5.1.2).
Numbers published from it
None yet: this source is registered and its licence checked, and its numbers are being prepared.
Licence and credit
- What the terms say
“All versions of Natural Earth raster + vector map data found on this website are in the public domain. You may use the maps in any manner, including modifying the content and design, electronic dissemination, and offset printing.”
From the producer's terms, checked 2026-10-04; re-checked automatically every week.
- Credit we give
- Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com.
- Copy of the raw file
- Allowed: we keep a public copy of every version we use.
- Cite as
- Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com.
Files
ne_50m_admin_0_countries.zip: shapefile (.shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj, .cpg) of 242 countries and areas, with README and VERSION files. 799,734 bytes.
https://naciscdn.org/naturalearth/50m/cultural/ne_50m_admin_0_countries.zipne_50m_admin_0_tiny_countries.zip: shapefile of 76 points for countries and areas too small to show as polygons at 1:50m. 48,343 bytes.
https://naciscdn.org/naturalearth/50m/cultural/ne_50m_admin_0_tiny_countries.zip
Status
- Programme
- Volunteer-maintained; no release since version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022). The next version (5.2.0) is in preparation on GitHub with no announced date. Not a US federal programme.
- Updates
- Irregular (last release May 2022)
- Last check
- Unchanged since the last fetch (2026-10-05T11:04:20Z)