East Asia in 1920
This map shows the 12 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1920
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kuomintang
- Republics of the Soviet Union
- Empire of Japan
- British Raj
- French Indochina
- Tibet
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- United States of America
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Italy
- Portuguese Republic
New on the map since 1895
Kuomintang · Republics of the Soviet Union · Tibet · United States of America · Kingdom of Belgium · Kingdom of Italy · Portuguese Republic
Gone from the map by 1945
Kuomintang · Republics of the Soviet Union · Tibet · Rattanakosin Kingdom · Kingdom of Belgium · Portuguese Republic
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East Asia in other years
Other regions in 1920
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.