South America in 2020
This map shows the 18 states and peoples the data has for South America in that year.
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States and peoples in South America in 2020
Largest first, by area on this map.
- 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 Overseas Territories
- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
- Grenada
New on the map since 1995
British Overseas Territories
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South America in other years
Other regions in 2020
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.