Blank Map of Afghanistan and Surrounding Countries

Afghanistan in the middle and the countries around it, blank, numbered or named.

Blank Map of Afghanistan and Surrounding Countries

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Write the name of each numbered country.Answer key

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Pakistan
  3. Iran
  4. Turkmenistan
  5. Uzbekistan
  6. Tajikistan
  7. China

Drawn for this site on 2026-10-05 from Natural Earth public domain map data, by a script that projects the data and draws nothing by hand: Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each country is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a country is answered.

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All 7 countries on the diagram

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  1. Afghanistan
  2. Pakistan
  3. Iran
  4. Turkmenistan
  5. Uzbekistan
  6. Tajikistan
  7. China

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01 from the points file that this site's map generator wrote with the drawing; ids and labels are the points file's; the points were set again on 2026-10-05, when the drawing was redrawn with a wider frame (the six neighbors are still cut by the edge of the drawing: Iran by the left edge, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan by the top, China by the top and the right, Pakistan by the bottom; each point sits well inside its country, Pakistan's and China's in undisputed territory). The 7 items are Afghanistan and the six states it borders as the map source draws them. The seven names were compared on 2026-10-01 with the United Nations list of member states (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China) and the list of neighbors with the lead of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan (Pakistan (east and south), Iran (west), Turkmenistan (northwest), Uzbekistan (north), Tajikistan (northeast), China to the northeast and east; its note says India regards Afghanistan as a bordering country because it claims all of Kashmir). Disputed areas in the frame: Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan are drawn with Pakistan, the Shaksgam Valley and, since the frame was widened on 2026-10-05, Aksai Chin with China, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with India, which is land without a number here, as is the Siachen Glacier, a separate piece in the source (the map follows the source and does not take a side). Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centered on 34.1°N 67.3°E. Outlines simplified; small islands and small exclaves are left out. Read again on 2026-10-03: the list of neighbors in the lead of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan and in Encyclopaedia Britannica's article on Afghanistan, in its copy on web.archive.org dated 24 September 2026 (https://web.archive.org/web/20260924043957/https://www.britannica.com/place/Afghanistan), and the Durand Line at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_Line. The outline of the drawing was laid over that Natural Earth file on 2026-10-03 and, after the drawing was redrawn with a wider frame, again on 2026-10-05: the two cover the same area. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-10-05 from Natural Earth public domain map data, by a script that projects the data and draws nothing by hand: Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centered on 34.1°N 67.3°E; the frame runs from about 52 to 82 degrees east and 24 to 40 degrees north. Outlines simplified; small islands and small exclaves are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This blank map of Afghanistan and surrounding countries shows Afghanistan whole, with the parts of Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China that lie around it. Print it blank, numbered or named.

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Where each neighbor lies

Pakistan runs along the east and south, and Iran along the west. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan line the north, from west to east. China touches Afghanistan only at the tip of the thin strip in the northeast. Each neighbor is cut off by the edge of the map.

The thin strip in the northeast

The strip is the Wakhan Corridor. On this map Tajikistan lies north of it, and the land to its south is drawn as part of Pakistan. It took shape after the Durand Line agreement of 1893, which also drew today's border with Pakistan.

  • Afghanistan is landlocked: no sea touches it. Have students mark Kabul, the capital, before they name the neighbors.

Questions and answers

Which countries surround Afghanistan?

Six are numbered on this map: Pakistan (east and south), Iran (west), Turkmenistan (northwest), Uzbekistan (north), Tajikistan (northeast) and China at the far northeastern tip. India, at the right edge, has no number.

Does the map show disputed borders?

Some borders on this map are disputed. The map follows Natural Earth, a public-domain map source, and does not take a side. Kashmir is drawn along the line of control, and the Durand Line, the border with Pakistan, is largely unrecognized in Afghanistan.

Is there an Afghanistan map quiz?

Yes. Press Quiz yourself on this map and the page names one country at a time for you to tap.

Does the map show the provinces of Afghanistan?

No. This sheet is about countries: Afghanistan is one shape, and the lines between its provinces are not drawn.

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