Southeast Asia in 1920
This map shows the 10 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1920
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Dutch East Indies
- British Colonial Empire
- French Indochina
- British Raj
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- United States of America
- Kuomintang
- Empire of Japan
- Portuguese Republic
- Commonwealth of Australia
New on the map since 1895
Dutch East Indies · United States of America · Kuomintang · Portuguese Republic · Commonwealth of Australia
Gone from the map by 1945
Dutch East Indies · Rattanakosin Kingdom · Kuomintang · Portuguese Republic
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1920
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.