Middle East & North Africa in 1961
1961 is the year the Berlin Wall was built. This map shows the 41 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 1961
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Fifth Republic
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Kingdom of Libya
- Republic of Sudan
- United Arab Republic
- Mali Federation
- Republic of the Niger
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Mauritania
- Republic of Chad
- Republic of Turkey
- Francoist Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Iraqi Republic
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Ethiopia
- Republic of Syria
- Republic of Senegal
- Republic of Italy
- Republic of Tunisia
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Kingdom of Greece
- Burkina Faso
- North Yemen
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Estado Novo
- Kingdom of Jordan
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- State of Israel
- Guinea
- State of Kuwait
- British East Africa
- Lebanon
- Republic of Cyprus
- Republic of Cameroon
- Republic of Benin
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1936
French Fifth Republic · Kingdom of Libya · Republic of Sudan · United Arab Republic · Mali Federation · Republic of the Niger · Mauritania · Republic of Chad · Francoist Spain · Iraqi Republic · Morocco · Ethiopia · Republic of Syria · Republic of Senegal · Republic of Italy · Republic of Tunisia · Federal Republic of Nigeria · Kingdom of Greece · Burkina Faso · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Kingdom of Jordan · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · People's Socialist Republic of Albania · State of Israel · Guinea · State of Kuwait · British East Africa · Lebanon · Republic of Cyprus · Republic of Cameroon · Republic of Benin
Gone from the map by 1986
Pahlavi Dynasty · Kingdom of Libya · United Arab Republic · Francoist Spain · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Republic of Syria · Kingdom of Greece · Estado Novo · British East Africa
Animated maps of this time
Middle East & North Africa 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.