The Americas in 1961
1961 is the year the Berlin Wall was built. This map shows the 26 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.
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States and peoples in the Americas in 1961
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Canada
- United States of America
- Brazilian Republic
- Argentine Republic
- Mexico
- Denmark
- Republic of Peru
- Republic of Colombia
- Bolivia
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- Paraguay
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of Ecuador
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Netherlands Antilles
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Communist Cuba
- Honduras
- Guatemala
- French Fifth Republic
- Republic of Panama
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Republic of Haiti
- Republic of El Salvador
New on the map since 1936
Brazilian Republic · Denmark · Communist Cuba · French Fifth Republic
Gone from the map by 1986
Brazilian Republic · Republic of El Salvador
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The Americas in other years
Other regions in 1961
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.