The world in 1919
1919 is the year of the Treaty of Versailles. This map shows the 86 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1919
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Republic
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- British Africa
- French Africa
- Brazilian Republic
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Kuomintang
- British Raj
- Argentine Confederation
- Belgian Congo
- Great Mongol State
- Portuguese Republic
- Dutch East Indies
- Qajar Dynasty
- Tibet
- Italian Africa
- Bolivia
- Republic of Peru
- Ethiopian Empire
- Republic of Colombia
- Kingdom of Spain
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Venezuela
- French Third Republic
- Republic of Chile
- Empire of Japan
- Republic of Finland
- German Empire
- Ukrainian People's Republic
- French Indochina
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Kingdom of Norway
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Emirate of Nejd
- Khanate of Khiva
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- Kingdom of Italy
- Kingdom of Romania
- Greenland
- Second Polish Republic
- Yugoslavia
- Denmark-Norway
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Republic of Ecuador
- Kingdom of Iceland
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- North Yemen
- Czechoslovakia
- Hungarian Republic
- Paraguay
- Nepal
- First Hellenic Republic
- Netherlands Antilles
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Republic of Austria
- Honduras
- Republic of Cuba
- Guatemala
- Imamate of Oman
- Kingdom of Lithuania
- Asir
- Georgia
- Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
- Republic of Liberia
- Estonia
- Republic of Panama
- Swiss Confederation
- Netherlands
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Armenia
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Republic of El Salvador
- New Hebrides
- Albania
- Free City of Danzig
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1894
Russian Republic · Commonwealth of Australia · Kuomintang · Great Mongol State · Portuguese Republic · Tibet · Kingdom of Sweden · Republic of Finland · Ukrainian People's Republic · Kingdom of Norway · Khanate of Khiva · Kingdom of Hejaz · Kingdom of Romania · Second Polish Republic · Yugoslavia · Emirate of Bukhara · Kingdom of Iceland · North Yemen · Czechoslovakia · Hungarian Republic · Republic of Austria · Republic of Cuba · Imamate of Oman · Kingdom of Lithuania · Asir · Georgia · Azerbaijan Democratic Republic · Estonia · Republic of Panama · Armenia · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Albania · Free City of Danzig · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1944
Russian Republic · Brazilian Republic · Kuomintang · Argentine Confederation · Great Mongol State · Portuguese Republic · Dutch East Indies · Qajar Dynasty · Italian Africa · Ethiopian Empire · Kingdom of Spain · Ottoman Empire · French Third Republic · German Empire · Ukrainian People's Republic · Emirate of Afghanistan · Rattanakosin Kingdom · Emirate of Nejd · Khanate of Khiva · Kingdom of Hejaz · Greenland · Second Polish Republic · Yugoslavia · Denmark-Norway · Emirate of Bukhara · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Kingdom of Iceland · Czechoslovakia · Hungarian Republic · First Hellenic Republic · Republic of Austria · Imamate of Oman · Kingdom of Lithuania · Asir · Georgia · Azerbaijan Democratic Republic · Estonia · Netherlands · Kingdom of Belgium · Armenia · Free City of Danzig · Luxembourg · Kingdom of Monaco
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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.