Middle East & North Africa in 1980
This map shows the 51 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 1980
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Fifth Republic
- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Libyan Arab Republic
- Republic of Sudan
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Mali Federation
- Republic of the Niger
- Mauritania
- Arab Republic of Egypt
- Republic of Chad
- Republic of Turkey
- Kingdom of Spain
- Iraqi Republic
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Sultanate of Oman
- People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
- Ethiopia
- Afghanistan
- Syria
- Republic of Senegal
- Republic of Italy
- Republic of Tunisia
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Third Hellenic Republic
- Burkina Faso
- North Yemen
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Portugal
- Kingdom of Jordan
- State of Israel
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- United Arab Emirates
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Republic of Guinea-Bissau
- State of Kuwait
- Guinea
- Lebanon
- State of Qatar
- Republic of The Gambia
- Republic of Cyprus
- Republic of Djibouti
- Republic of Cameroon
- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Republic of Benin
- Kingdom of Bahrain
- Principality of Andorra
- Malta
New on the map since 1955
French Fifth Republic · People's Democratic Republic of Algeria · Islamic Republic of Iran · Libyan Arab Republic · Republic of Sudan · Mali Federation · Republic of the Niger · Mauritania · Arab Republic of Egypt · Republic of Chad · Kingdom of Spain · Iraqi Republic · Morocco · Sultanate of Oman · People's Democratic Republic of Yemen · Afghanistan · Syria · Republic of Senegal · Republic of Tunisia · Federal Republic of Nigeria · Third Hellenic Republic · Burkina Faso · Portugal · United Arab Emirates · Republic of Guinea-Bissau · State of Kuwait · Guinea · State of Qatar · Republic of The Gambia · Republic of Cyprus · Republic of Djibouti · Republic of Cameroon · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus · Republic of Benin · Kingdom of Bahrain · Malta
Gone from the map by 2005
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · People's Democratic Republic of Yemen · Afghanistan · North Yemen · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · People's Socialist Republic of Albania · State of Kuwait
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1980
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.