South America Map Worksheet

Twelve countries and French Guiana, ready to label, from Colombia to Chile.

South America Map Worksheet

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Write the name of each numbered country or territory.Answer key

  1. Argentina
  2. Bolivia
  3. Brazil
  4. Chile
  5. Colombia
  6. Ecuador
  7. French Guiana
  8. Guyana
  9. Paraguay
  10. Peru
  11. Suriname
  12. Uruguay
  13. Venezuela

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each country or territory 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 or territory is answered.

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  1. Argentina Capital: Buenos Aires. Aconcagua is the Americas' highest mountain. It stands in Argentina's Mendoza Province. Joined the United Nations in 1945.
  2. Bolivia Capitals: Sucre, the constitutional capital, and La Paz, the seat of government. One of the two landlocked countries of South America. Joined the United Nations in 1945.
  3. Brazil Capital: Brasília. The one country of the Americas where Portuguese is official. It touches every country and territory on this map except Ecuador and Chile. Joined the United Nations in 1945.
  4. Chile Capital: Santiago. The legislature meets in Valparaíso. More than 4,300 km from north to south and about 175 km wide on average, with Peru, Bolivia and Argentina on its land side. Joined the United Nations in 1945.
  5. Colombia Capital: Bogotá. It touches five countries: Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador. The Caribbean Sea is to its north and the Pacific Ocean to its west. Joined the United Nations in 1945.
  6. Ecuador Capital: Quito, the capital nearest the equator. Colombia is to the north and Peru to the east and south. The Galápagos Islands, about 1,000 km out in the Pacific, belong to it. Joined the United Nations in 1945.
  7. Guyana Capital: Georgetown. The only mainland South American country where English is official. Joined the United Nations in 1966.
  8. Paraguay Capital: Asunción. Landlocked, between Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina. Guarani is an official language alongside Spanish. Joined the United Nations in 1945.
  9. Peru Capital: Lima. The third largest country in South America. It touches Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. Quechua and Aymara are official alongside Spanish where they are most spoken. Joined the United Nations in 1945.
  10. Suriname Capital: Paramaribo. The smallest country in South America, on the north coast. Smallest by both area and population. Independent from the Netherlands since 1975, with Dutch as the official language. Joined the United Nations in 1975.
  11. Uruguay Capital: Montevideo. The second smallest country in South America, after Suriname. Argentina is to the west and Brazil to the north. The Río de la Plata lies to its south. Joined the United Nations in 1945.
  12. Venezuela Capital: Caracas. The mainland is on the north coast of the continent. Colombia is to the west and Brazil to the south. The country has islands of its own in the Caribbean Sea. Joined the United Nations in 1945.

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  1. French Guiana Capital: Cayenne. Not a country. An overseas department and region of France. Also a European Union outermost region. French is the official language. It is not counted among the 12 countries.

How this list was compiled: The 12 countries are the sovereign states of South America, every one a member of the United Nations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_South_America and https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states (the years of joining are from the second), checked 2026-09-19. The capitals, the two capitals of Bolivia, the legislature of Chile in Valparaíso, and the status and capital of French Guiana are from the first of those pages, checked 2026-09-19. The list of the region was compared with the United Nations geoscheme at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/, checked 2026-09-19. Landlocked countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landlocked_country. Languages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_South_America. Single facts in the detail lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconcagua, all checked 2026-09-19. The drawing also shows the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), as the United Nations lists them; they are drawn and never asked. Positions and sizes in the hints were read off the drawing, which is equal-area. Hints and detail lines written for this site. Neighbors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_number_of_land_borders, checked 2026-09-19. Quito as the capital nearest the equator, which crosses the north of its metropolitan area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito, checked 2026-09-19. The length and width of Chile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile; English in Guyana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana; Suriname as the smallest country by area and population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname; Peru as the third largest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru; all checked 2026-09-19. No detail line lists the neighbors of Guyana, Suriname or Venezuela in full, because the points file flags lines between them. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 21°S 60°W. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This South America map worksheet is a blank map of South America: the 12 countries of the continent and French Guiana, from Colombia and Venezuela to Chile and Argentina. Print it blank to label, numbered, or named as the key.

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Blank, numbered or named

The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the 13 places of South America, or Named for their names, then press Print this map; the answer key prints on its own sheet.

Twelve countries and one territory

French Guiana, on the north-east coast, is part of France, not a country of its own, so it is numbered as a territory. Brazil borders every country but Chile and Ecuador.

  • Brazil covers almost half the continent, so give it number 1 on a first worksheet and let students work outward from it.

Questions and answers

How many countries are in South America?

Twelve: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. French Guiana, a part of France, makes 13 shapes on the map.

Which countries have no coast?

Two: Bolivia and Paraguay. Both are drawn in the middle of the continent, bordered by Brazil and Argentina among others.

Where is the highest mountain of the Americas?

Aconcagua stands in the Mendoza province of Argentina, near the border with Chile. The map prints countries, so write it in yourself.

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