The Mediterranean in 1949
1949 is the year NATO and the two German states were founded. This map shows the 32 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1949
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Republic of Turkey
- French Fourth Republic
- Francoist Spain
- British Africa
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Republic of Italy
- Kingdom of Iraq
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- Second Syrian Republic
- Kingdom of Greece
- Czechoslovakia
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Second Republic of Austria
- Kingdom of Jordan
- Estado Novo
- United States of America
- Swiss Confederation
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- State of Israel
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Lebanon
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Principality of Monaco
New on the map since 1924
French Fourth Republic · Francoist Spain · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Republic of Italy · Kingdom of Iraq · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Socialist Republic of Romania · Second Syrian Republic · Kingdom of Greece · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Hungary · Second Republic of Austria · Kingdom of Jordan · Estado Novo · United States of America · People's Socialist Republic of Albania · State of Israel · Lebanon · Principality of Monaco
Gone from the map by 1974
French Africa · French Fourth Republic · British Africa · Kingdom of Egypt · Kingdom of Iraq · Second Syrian Republic · Kingdom of Greece · Czechoslovakia · Hungary · United States of America · Tangier International Zone
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The Mediterranean 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.