The Mediterranean in 1990
This map shows the 37 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1990
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Fifth Republic
- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Republic of Turkey
- Libyan Arab Republic
- Kingdom of Spain
- Arab Republic of Egypt
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Republic of Italy
- Iraqi Republic
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Romania
- Syria
- Republic of Tunisia
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Third Hellenic Republic
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Second Republic of Austria
- Portugal
- Kingdom of Jordan
- Swiss Confederation
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- State of Israel
- Republic of Poland
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Lebanon
- Republic of Cyprus
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Luxembourg
- Mauritania
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Malta
- Principality of Monaco
New on the map since 1965
Libyan Arab Republic · Kingdom of Spain · Arab Republic of Egypt · Romania · Syria · Third Hellenic Republic · Hungary · Portugal · Islamic Republic of Iran · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus · Malta
Gone from the map by 2015
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Libyan Arab Republic · Iraqi Republic · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Federal Republic of Germany · People's Republic of Bulgaria · People's Socialist Republic of Albania
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The Mediterranean in other years
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.