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Middle East & North Africa in 1990

This map shows the 49 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in 1990 with 49 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1990

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
  • Mali Federation
  • Republic of the Niger
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Mauritania
  • Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Republic of Chad
  • Republic of Turkey
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Iraqi Republic
  • Morocco
  • Republic of Yemen
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Sultanate of Oman
  • Mujahideen
  • Ethiopia
  • Syria
  • Republic of Senegal
  • Republic of Italy
  • Republic of Tunisia
  • Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Third Hellenic Republic
  • Burkina Faso
  • Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • Portugal
  • Kingdom of Jordan
  • People's Republic of Bulgaria
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • People's Socialist Republic of Albania
  • State of Israel
  • Republic of Guinea-Bissau
  • 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 1965

Islamic Republic of Iran · Libyan Arab Republic · Arab Republic of Egypt · Kingdom of Spain · Republic of Yemen · Sultanate of Oman · Mujahideen · Syria · Third Hellenic Republic · Portugal · United Arab Emirates · Republic of Guinea-Bissau · State of Qatar · Republic of The Gambia · Republic of Djibouti · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus · Kingdom of Bahrain · Malta

Gone from the map by 2015

Libyan Arab Republic · Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Iraqi Republic · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · People's Socialist Republic of Albania

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Middle East & North Africa 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.