How to Make an Animated Map of Every Country You Have Visited

A map of every country you have visited is a simple idea that people love to watch: countries light up one by one, often with their flags, until the map is full of your travels. You can make one in a browser with the map animation maker and export it as a video.

TL;DR

Short version: List your countries in the order you visited them. In Animaps, type the list as one sentence ("fill each country with its flag, one after another") or add one Land step per country, with the flag as the fill. Start on the globe or a world view, give each country 1 to 2 seconds, show the year or a counter if you like, and end on the full map. Export an MP4 in 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, or 16:9 for YouTube.

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What the Video Looks Like

The classic version opens on the whole world, empty. Then your first country fills with its flag, then the second, then the third, in the order you went. A small text in the corner counts up: "1 country", "2 countries", "23 countries". At the end the camera holds on the full map, with every visited country in its flag.

Other versions:

Step 1: Write Your List

Write your countries in the order you visited them. Add the year next to each one if you want to show it.

Example:

Step 2: Make the Map in One Prompt

Type the list as a sentence. The AI builds one step per country.

A globe version:

Globe view. Fly to each country in turn and fill it with its flag: France, Spain, Morocco, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Peru, Mexico. End on a wide view of the globe.

A one color version, year by year:

Dark world map. Fill in teal the countries I visited in 2018: Thailand, Vietnam. Then 2019: Japan. Then 2022: Peru. Then 2023: Mexico. Show the year on screen for each group.

Step 3: Or Build It by Hand

The Land tutorial covers fills, flags and colors in detail.

Groups of Countries

If you want to show a whole group at once, such as every member of the European Union, Animaps has 107 ready-made country groups. Fill the group in one step instead of typing every country.

Pacing for Short Videos

Make It Personal

Formats

Export as MP4, or as a GIF for a blog post or a message.

Tips

A short one to try, on a light map:

FAQ

How do I make an animated map of the countries I have visited? List the countries in order, then fill each one with its flag or a color, one after another. In Animaps you can type the list as a single sentence.

Can each country show its flag? Yes. The Land step fills a country with its flag instead of a color.

Can I make it on a 3D globe? Yes. Pick the globe view, and the camera flies around the Earth from one country to the next.

Can I export it for TikTok or Reels? Yes. Export in 9:16 as an MP4.

Can I import my visited countries from a travel app? No. Type or paste the list of countries.

If you also want the routes between countries, read 10 ways travel bloggers use animated maps.