Southeast Asia in 1989
1989 is the year the Berlin Wall fell. This map shows the 20 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1989
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Republic of Indonesia
- People's Republic of China
- Burma
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Papua New Guinea
- Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Malaysia
- Republic of the Philippines
- Communist Laos
- People's Republic of Kampuchea
- United States of America
- People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Republic of China
- Republic of India
- British Colonial Empire
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Republic of Singapore
- Japan
- Portugal
New on the map since 1964
Socialist Republic of Vietnam · Communist Laos · People's Republic of Kampuchea · People's Republic of Bangladesh · Sultanate of Brunei · Republic of Singapore · Portugal
Gone from the map by 2014
Burma · People's Republic of Kampuchea · British Colonial Empire
Animated maps of this time
Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1989
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.