Africa in 1914
1914 is the eve of the First World War. This map shows the 20 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1914
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- British Africa
- German Africa
- Belgian Congo
- Portuguese Republic
- Ottoman Empire
- Italian Africa
- Ethiopian Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Republic of Liberia
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- First Hellenic Republic
- Kingdom of Italy
- Qatar
- Russian Empire
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Tangier International Zone
New on the map since 1889
Belgian Congo · Portuguese Republic · Italian Africa · Qatar · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1939
German Africa · Portuguese Republic · Ottoman Empire · Ethiopian Empire · Qajar Dynasty · Emirate of Nejd · Kingdom of Spain · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Qatar · Russian Empire
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 1914
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.