The Mediterranean in 1961
1961 is the year the Berlin Wall was built. This map shows the 36 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1961
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Fifth Republic
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Republic of Turkey
- Kingdom of Libya
- United Arab Republic
- Francoist Spain
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Republic of Italy
- Iraqi Republic
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- Republic of Syria
- Republic of Tunisia
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Kingdom of Greece
- Czechoslovakia
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Second Republic of Austria
- Kingdom of Jordan
- Estado Novo
- United States of America
- Swiss Confederation
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Republic of Poland
- State of Israel
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Lebanon
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Republic of Cyprus
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Mauritania
- Principality of Andorra
- Principality of Monaco
New on the map since 1936
French Fifth Republic · Kingdom of Libya · United Arab Republic · Francoist Spain · Morocco · Republic of Italy · Iraqi Republic · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Socialist Republic of Romania · Republic of Syria · Republic of Tunisia · Federal Republic of Germany · Kingdom of Greece · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Hungarian People's Republic · Second Republic of Austria · Kingdom of Jordan · United States of America · People's Socialist Republic of Albania · Republic of Poland · State of Israel · Lebanon · Republic of Cyprus · Mauritania · Principality of Monaco
Gone from the map by 1986
Kingdom of Libya · United Arab Republic · Francoist Spain · Republic of Syria · Kingdom of Greece · Czechoslovakia · Estado Novo · United States of America · Pahlavi Dynasty
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The Mediterranean 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.