East Asia in 1940
This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1940
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Republic of China
- Empire of Japan
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Mongolian People's Republic
- British Raj
- French Indochina
- Kingdom of Thailand
- United States of America
- Communist Party of China
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Italy
- Estado Novo
New on the map since 1915
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Mongolian People's Republic · Kingdom of Thailand · Communist Party of China · Kingdom of Bhutan · Estado Novo
Gone from the map by 1965
Empire of Japan · British Raj · French Indochina · Communist Party of China · Kingdom of Bhutan · Kingdom of Italy
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East Asia in other years
Other regions in 1940
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.