East Asia in 1914
1914 is the eve of the First World War. This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1914
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Republic of China
- Russian Empire
- Great Mongol State
- Empire of Japan
- British Raj
- French Indochina
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- United States of America
- British Colonial Empire
- German Empire
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Austria-Hungary
- Kingdom of Italy
- Portuguese Republic
New on the map since 1889
Republic of China · Great Mongol State · United States of America · German Empire · Kingdom of Belgium · Austria-Hungary · Kingdom of Italy · Portuguese Republic
Gone from the map by 1939
Russian Empire · Great Mongol State · Rattanakosin Kingdom · German Empire · Kingdom of Belgium · Austria-Hungary · Portuguese Republic
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East Asia 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.