North America in 1940
This map shows the 18 states and peoples the data has for North America in that year.
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States and peoples in North America in 1940
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Canada
- United States of America
- Mexico
- British Colonial Empire
- Venezuela
- Greenland
- Republic of Colombia
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Republic of Cuba
- Honduras
- Guatemala
- Republic of Panama
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Republic of Haiti
- Republic of El Salvador
- Vichy France
- Netherlands Antilles
New on the map since 1915
Canada · Mexico · Republic of Haiti · Vichy France
Gone from the map by 1965
Greenland · Republic of Cuba · Vichy France
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North America in other years
Other regions in 1940
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.