The world in 1914
1914 is the eve of the First World War. This map shows the 74 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1914
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- French Africa
- Republic of China
- British Africa
- Brazilian Republic
- Commonwealth of Australia
- British Raj
- Argentine Confederation
- German Africa
- Belgian Congo
- Ottoman Empire
- Great Mongol State
- Portuguese Republic
- Qajar Dynasty
- Dutch East Indies
- Italian Africa
- Bolivia
- Republic of Peru
- Ethiopian Empire
- Republic of Colombia
- German Empire
- Tibet
- Kingdom of Spain
- Austria-Hungary
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- Empire of Japan
- French Third Republic
- French Indochina
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Kingdom of Norway
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Italy
- Greenland
- Denmark-Norway
- Republic of Ecuador
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Paraguay
- Nepal
- Principality of Bulgaria
- First Hellenic Republic
- Netherlands Antilles
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Serbs
- Honduras
- Republic of Cuba
- Guatemala
- Imamate of Oman
- Republic of Liberia
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Republic of Panama
- Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Albania
- Empire of Haiti
- Republic of El Salvador
- Montenegro
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Qatar
- New Hebrides
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1889
Republic of China · Brazilian Republic · Commonwealth of Australia · Belgian Congo · Great Mongol State · Portuguese Republic · Italian Africa · Tibet · Kingdom of Sweden · Kingdom of Norway · Republic of Cuba · Imamate of Oman · Republic of Panama · Albania · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Qatar · New Hebrides · Luxembourg · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1939
Russian Empire · Brazilian Republic · Argentine Confederation · German Africa · Ottoman Empire · Great Mongol State · Portuguese Republic · Qajar Dynasty · Ethiopian Empire · German Empire · Kingdom of Spain · Austria-Hungary · Emirate of Afghanistan · Rattanakosin Kingdom · Emirate of Nejd · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Serbs · Imamate of Oman · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Albania · Empire of Haiti · Montenegro · Qatar
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Other regions in 1914
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.