Africa in 1945
1945 is the end of the Second World War. This map shows the 22 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1945
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Belgian Congo
- South Africa
- Estado Novo
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Ethiopia
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Francoist Spain
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of Turkey
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- North Yemen
- Republic of Liberia
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Kingdom of Greece
- Kingdom of Italy
- Lebanon
- Tangier International Zone
New on the map since 1920
South Africa · Estado Novo · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Ethiopia · Kingdom of Egypt · Francoist Spain · Pahlavi Dynasty · Republic of Turkey · Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Kingdom of Greece · Lebanon
Gone from the map by 1970
French Africa · British Africa · Belgian Congo · Kingdom of Egypt · British Colonial Empire · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Kingdom of Greece · Kingdom of Italy · Tangier International Zone
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 1945
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.