Use
import cartopy.crs as ccrs import cartopy.feature as cf from matplotlib import pyplot as plt ax = plt.axes(projection = ccrs.Mercator()) # This will add borders ax.add_feature(cf.BORDERS)
The following code shows you a minimal example of how to plot country borders (and coastlines) using cartopy:
import cartopy.crs as ccrs import cartopy.feature as cf ax = plt.axes(projection = ccrs.Mercator()) ax.add_feature(cf.COASTLINE) ax.add_feature(cf.BORDERS) # Make figure larger plt.gcf().set_size_inches(20, 10) # Save figure as SVG plt.savefig("Cartopy-Borders.svg")