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Middle East & North Africa in 2020

This map shows the 68 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in 2020 with 68 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 2020

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • French Fifth Republic
  • People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Islamic Republic of Iran
  • State of Libya
  • Republic of Sudan
  • Mali Federation
  • Republic of the Niger
  • Mauritania
  • Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Republic of Chad
  • Republic of Turkey
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Turkmenistan
  • United States of America
  • Republic of Iraq
  • Morocco
  • Republic of Yemen
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Sultanate of Oman
  • Afghanistan
  • Republic of Uzbekistan
  • Republic of Senegal
  • Republic of Italy
  • Republic of Tunisia
  • Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Ethiopia
  • Third Hellenic Republic
  • Burkina Faso
  • Syria
  • Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • State of Eritrea
  • Portugal
  • Kingdom of Jordan
  • Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Republic of Bulgaria
  • Mujahideen
  • Georgia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Republic of Armenia
  • Russian Federation
  • Kazakhstan
  • Republic of Albania
  • State of Israel
  • Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  • Republic of Guinea-Bissau
  • Kuwait
  • Guinea
  • Kosovo
  • Montenegro
  • Lebanon
  • State of Qatar
  • Republic of The Gambia
  • Serbia-Montenegro
  • Republic of Cyprus
  • Republic of Djibouti
  • Republic of Cameroon
  • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Republic of Benin
  • Russian-occupied territories
  • Republic of Croatia
  • Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Principality of Andorra
  • British Overseas Territories
  • Gaza/Hamas
  • Malta
  • South Sudan

New on the map since 1995

State of Libya · United States of America · Republic of Iraq · Afghanistan · Kosovo · Montenegro · Bosnia and Herzegovina · British Overseas Territories · Gaza/Hamas · South Sudan

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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.