Europe in 1990
This map shows the 40 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1990
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
- Kingdom of Spain
- Republic of Poland
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Republic of Italy
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Romania
- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
- Republic of Iceland
- Syria
- German Democratic Republic
- Third Hellenic Republic
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Iraqi Republic
- Denmark
- Hungary
- Second Republic of Austria
- Portugal
- Éire
- Republic of Lithuania
- Republic of Tunisia
- Morocco
- Swiss Confederation
- Netherlands
- Kingdom of Belgium
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Republic of Cyprus
- Lebanon
- Luxembourg
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Principality of Andorra
- Malta
- Principality of Monaco
New on the map since 1965
Kingdom of Spain · Romania · Syria · Third Hellenic Republic · Hungary · Portugal · Republic of Lithuania · Islamic Republic of Iran · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus · Malta
Gone from the map by 2015
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Federal Republic of Germany · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · German Democratic Republic · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Iraqi Republic · People's Socialist Republic of Albania
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Other regions in 1990
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.