Archaeological sites in numbers

A snapshot of the archaeological sites Archaeology World Map has mapped worldwide, drawn from OpenStreetMap.

227,900Archaeological sites mapped
202Countries covered
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October 13, 2026Last updated

Top 10 countries

  • Algeria44,877
  • Denmark26,463
  • Ireland25,198
  • United Kingdom15,507
  • Germany12,624
  • Spain11,711
  • France9,689
  • Italy8,494
  • Chad6,284
  • Russia3,901

By continent

  • Europe139,852 (61.4%)
  • Africa57,143 (25.1%)
  • Asia17,819 (7.8%)
  • South America4,563 (2.0%)
  • North America4,438 (1.9%)
  • Oceania2,934 (1.3%)
  • Other1,151 (0.5%)