Europe in 1949
1949 is the year NATO and the two German states were founded. This map shows the 35 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1949
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Republic of Turkey
- Kingdom of Sweden
- French Fourth Republic
- Republic of Finland
- Kingdom of Norway
- Francoist Spain
- French Africa
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Republic of Italy
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- United States of America
- Republic of Iceland
- Czechoslovakia
- Second Syrian Republic
- German Democratic Republic
- Kingdom of Greece
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Kingdom of Iraq
- Denmark
- Hungary
- Second Republic of Austria
- Estado Novo
- Éire
- Swiss Confederation
- Netherlands
- Kingdom of Belgium
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Lebanon
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Principality of Monaco
New on the map since 1924
French Fourth Republic · Francoist Spain · Republic of Italy · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Socialist Republic of Romania · United States of America · Republic of Iceland · Second Syrian Republic · German Democratic Republic · Kingdom of Greece · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Kingdom of Iraq · Denmark · Hungary · Second Republic of Austria · Estado Novo · Éire · People's Socialist Republic of Albania · Lebanon · Principality of Monaco
Gone from the map by 1974
French Fourth Republic · French Africa · United States of America · Czechoslovakia · Second Syrian Republic · Kingdom of Greece · Kingdom of Iraq · Hungary · Tangier International Zone
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Europe in other years
Other regions in 1949
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.