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The Americas in 1930

This map shows the 24 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.

Map of the Americas in 1930 with 24 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in the Americas in 1930

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • British Colonial Empire
  • United States of America
  • Brazilian Republic
  • Argentine Republic
  • Mexico
  • Bolivia
  • Republic of Peru
  • Republic of Colombia
  • Venezuela
  • Republic of Chile
  • Greenland
  • Republic of Ecuador
  • Oriental Republic of Uruguay
  • Paraguay
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Republic of Nicaragua
  • Republic of Cuba
  • Honduras
  • Guatemala
  • French Third Republic
  • Republic of Panama
  • Republic of Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Republic of El Salvador

New on the map since 1905

Argentine Republic

Gone from the map by 1955

Greenland · French Third Republic

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The Americas in other years

Other regions in 1930

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.