Southeast Asia in 1938
1938 is the eve of the Second World War. 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 1938
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Dutch East Indies
- British Colonial Empire
- French Indochina
- British Raj
- Republic of China
- Kingdom of Thailand
- United States of America
- Empire of Japan
- Estado Novo
- Commonwealth of Australia
New on the map since 1913
Kingdom of Thailand · Estado Novo
Gone from the map by 1963
Dutch East Indies · French Indochina · British Raj · Empire of Japan
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1938
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.