East Asia in 1960
This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1960
Largest first, by area on this map.
- People's Republic of China
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Mongolian People's Republic
- United States of America
- Burma
- Japan
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Kingdom of Laos
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Republic of Korea
- Republic of the Philippines
- Republic of China
- Republic of India
- Republic of Vietnam
- British Colonial Empire
- Estado Novo
New on the map since 1935
People's Republic of China · Burma · Japan · Kingdom of Laos · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Republic of Korea · Republic of the Philippines · Republic of India · Republic of Vietnam
Gone from the map by 1985
Kingdom of Laos · Democratic Republic of Vietnam · Republic of Vietnam · Estado Novo
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East Asia in other years
Other regions in 1960
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.