Southeast Asia in 1950
This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1950
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Republic of Indonesia
- French Indochina
- People's Republic of China
- Burma
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Papua New Guinea
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of the Philippines
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Republic of China
- Republic of India
- Estado Novo
- Commonwealth of Australia
- United States of America
New on the map since 1925
Republic of Indonesia · People's Republic of China · Burma · Kingdom of Thailand · Papua New Guinea · Republic of the Philippines · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Republic of China · Republic of India · Estado Novo
Gone from the map by 1975
French Indochina · Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1950
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.