Southeast Asia in 1949
1949 is the year NATO and the two German states were founded. This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1949
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Dutch East Indies
- French Indochina
- Republic of China
- Burma
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Papua New Guinea
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of the Philippines
- Republic of Indonesia
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Republic of India
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Estado Novo
- Commonwealth of Australia
- United States of America
New on the map since 1924
Republic of China · Burma · Kingdom of Thailand · Papua New Guinea · Republic of the Philippines · Republic of Indonesia · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Republic of India · Sultanate of Aceh · Estado Novo
Gone from the map by 1974
Dutch East Indies · French Indochina · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Sultanate of Aceh
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1949
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.