South America in 1980
This map shows the 19 states and peoples the data has for South America in that year.
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States and peoples in South America in 1980
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Federated Republic of Brazil
- Argentine Republic
- Republic of Peru
- Republic of Colombia
- Bolivia
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- Paraguay
- Republic of Ecuador
- Guyana
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Netherlands Antilles
- Republic of Suriname
- French Fifth Republic
- Republic of Panama
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
- United States of America
- Grenada
New on the map since 1955
Federated Republic of Brazil · Guyana · Republic of Suriname · French Fifth Republic · Republic of Trinidad and Tobago · Grenada
Gone from the map by 2005
Federated Republic of Brazil · British Colonial Empire
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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.