Middle East & North Africa in 1945
1945 is the end of the Second World War. This map shows the 25 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1945
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Republic of Turkey
- Francoist Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- British Colonial Empire
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Kingdom of Italy
- Ethiopia
- Kingdom of Greece
- North Yemen
- British Raj
- Estado Novo
- Yugoslavia
- Albania
- French Fourth Republic
- Lebanon
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1920
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Pahlavi Dynasty · Kingdom of Egypt · Republic of Turkey · Francoist Spain · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Ethiopia · Kingdom of Greece · Estado Novo · French Fourth Republic · Lebanon
Gone from the map by 1970
French Africa · British Africa · Kingdom of Egypt · British Colonial Empire · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Kingdom of Italy · Kingdom of Greece · British Raj · Yugoslavia · Albania · French Fourth Republic · Tangier International Zone
Animated maps of this time
Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1945
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.