Europe in 1961
1961 is the year the Berlin Wall was built. This map shows the 39 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1961
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- French Fifth Republic
- Republic of Turkey
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Republic of Finland
- Kingdom of Norway
- Francoist Spain
- Republic of Poland
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Republic of Italy
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- United States of America
- Republic of Iceland
- Czechoslovakia
- United Arab Republic
- Republic of Syria
- German Democratic Republic
- Kingdom of Greece
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Iraqi Republic
- Denmark
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Second Republic of Austria
- Estado Novo
- Éire
- Republic of Tunisia
- Morocco
- Swiss Confederation
- Netherlands
- Kingdom of Belgium
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Republic of Cyprus
- Lebanon
- Luxembourg
- Principality of Andorra
- Principality of Monaco
New on the map since 1936
French Fifth Republic · Francoist Spain · Republic of Poland · Republic of Italy · Federal Republic of Germany · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Socialist Republic of Romania · United States of America · Republic of Iceland · United Arab Republic · Republic of Syria · German Democratic Republic · Kingdom of Greece · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Iraqi Republic · Denmark · Hungarian People's Republic · Second Republic of Austria · Éire · Republic of Tunisia · Morocco · People's Socialist Republic of Albania · Republic of Cyprus · Lebanon · Principality of Monaco
Gone from the map by 1986
Francoist Spain · United States of America · Czechoslovakia · United Arab Republic · Republic of Syria · Kingdom of Greece · Estado Novo · Pahlavi Dynasty
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Europe in other years
Other regions in 1961
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.