North America in 1991
1991 is the year the Soviet Union ended. This map shows the 29 states and peoples the data has for North America in that year.
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States and peoples in North America in 1991
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Canada
- United States of America
- Mexico
- Venezuela
- Denmark
- Republic of Colombia
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Communist Cuba
- Honduras
- Guatemala
- Republic of Panama
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of Haiti
- Guyana
- Belize
- Jamaica
- Commonwealth of The Bahamas
- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
- French Fifth Republic
- Netherlands Antilles
- Commonwealth of Dominica
- Saint Lucia
- Barbados
- Saint Vincent
- Grenada
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Saint Kitts
New on the map since 1966
Guyana · Belize · Commonwealth of The Bahamas · Commonwealth of Dominica · Saint Lucia · Barbados · Saint Vincent · Grenada · Antigua and Barbuda · Saint Kitts
Gone from the map by 2016
British Colonial Empire
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North America in other years
Other regions in 1991
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.