Download Burundi map in SVG format
A map built from OpenStreetMap data, ready to download
Customize the map
Open this place's area in the constructor and adjust everything to your needs
Open in constructor →Map passport
What this map contains by default
This is how the map is built as-is — every setting can be changed in the constructor.
Burundi map in SVG
The SVG map of Burundi is built from OpenStreetMap data and keeps every theme on its own layer: administrative boundaries, the road network from motorways to local streets, rivers and lakes, and the cities, towns and villages of the country. Each layer is a named group, so you can hide, recolour or delete a theme without touching the rest of the drawing.
Open the file in Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma and edit it like any other vector artwork: change stroke widths and colours, restyle labels, or combine the map with your own graphics. Because SVG is a vector format, the outline of Burundi stays sharp at any size, from a slide thumbnail to a wall poster.
Scale and level of detail are chosen when you export, so the same country can come out as a clean overview or as a dense street-level drawing. If you only need part of Burundi, narrow the area down to a single region or city before export and the file will contain just that territory.
About SVG
Map of Burundi in SVG: 37 454 km of roads, 9% green areas — in the WGS 84 coordinate system, units are meters.
Which layers are in the file
This file for the selected area contains:
- Roads
- Water
- Greenery
What the file carries
The SVG file for Burundi: the whole map comes as a single file, the file is plain text and opens in any editor, features are split into named layers, OpenStreetMap tags are not kept — geometry and styling remain.
File size
The expected size of the SVG file for Burundi is about 2.6 MB; the exact size depends on the chosen layers and area.
SVG file passport
Estimated from the place's OSM data; exact figures are in the file after the build.
- Sheet 841 × 1 189 mm, scale 1:244 334
- Layers: 4
- Curves: 196 296 — Roads 187 268, Water 374, Greenery 8 654
- Closed filled: 9 028, open: 187 268
- Nodes: ≈ 596 883
- Text objects (labels): 37 248
Losses: not in the file: Buildings 25 343, Points of interest 3 719; OSM tags — objects: 196 296 (curves and labels remain).
Build recipe: A0 sheet, portrait orientation, for a 205 × 239 km frame, simplification tolerance 334 m, projection Web Mercator (EPSG:3857).
Coordinate systems
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326), selectable in the wizard
| Category | Vector |
| File extension | .svg |
| Tier | Open Beta |
How to use SVG for Burundi
- A browser — just open the file: Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge show SVG without plugins, and this is the fastest way to check the result.
- Inkscape (free) — its native format: editing outlines and colors, removing what you don't need, exporting to PNG or PDF at the size you want.
- Adobe Illustrator — File > Open, then the usual design work: the map layers arrive as separate groups, convenient to work with one at a time.
Programs that open SVG
FAQ: SVG for Burundi
Can I open SVG in a browser?
Yes, SVG is natively supported by all modern browsers.
Is SVG suitable for printing?
Yes, SVG is a vector format, so it can be printed at any resolution.
Can I edit SVG files?
Yes, in Inkscape, Illustrator, Figma, Affinity Designer, and any text editor.
Are the labels text or curves?
Text. We deliberately do not convert them into outlines: this way they stay crisp and carry over correctly into PDF, AI and DWG. The flip side is that a label is drawn as separate characters, so editing the whole string in an editor is inconvenient.
Are the map layers preserved?
Yes. Roads, buildings, water, greenery and the rest arrive as separate named groups instead of one heap of objects — so a whole layer can be switched off or recolored in one action. How exactly the groups are shown depends on the editor: somewhere it is a layers panel, somewhere an object tree. If the layers get in the way, ungroup them with one command.
