The world in 1923
1923 is the year of the Treaty of Lausanne. This map shows the 85 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1923
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Brazilian Republic
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Kuomintang
- British Raj
- Argentine Confederation
- Belgian Congo
- Great Mongol State
- Portuguese Republic
- Mexico
- Qajar Dynasty
- Dutch East Indies
- Italian Africa
- Tibet
- Bolivia
- Republic of Peru
- Ethiopian Empire
- Republic of Colombia
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Empire of Japan
- Kingdom of Spain
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Ottoman Empire
- Venezuela
- French Third Republic
- Republic of Chile
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Republic of Finland
- French Indochina
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Kingdom of Norway
- Weimar Republic
- Second Polish Republic
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Provisional Priamurye Government
- Kingdom of Romania
- Kingdom of Italy
- Greenland
- Yugoslavia
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- Republic of Ecuador
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Kingdom of Iceland
- Czechoslovakia
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- First Hellenic Republic
- North Yemen
- Paraguay
- Nepal
- Netherlands Antilles
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Hungarian Republic
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Republic of Austria
- Republic of Latvia
- Honduras
- Republic of Cuba
- Irish Free State
- Guatemala
- Kingdom of Lithuania
- Asir
- Republic of Liberia
- Estonia
- Denmark-Norway
- Republic of Panama
- Swiss Confederation
- Netherlands
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Albania
- Republic of El Salvador
- New Hebrides
- Free City of Danzig
- Republic of the Rif
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1898
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Commonwealth of Australia · Kuomintang · Great Mongol State · Portuguese Republic · Tibet · Kingdom of Egypt · Kingdom of Sweden · Republic of Finland · Kingdom of Norway · Weimar Republic · Second Polish Republic · Provisional Priamurye Government · Kingdom of Romania · Yugoslavia · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Kingdom of Hejaz · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Kingdom of Iceland · Czechoslovakia · North Yemen · Hungarian Republic · Republic of Austria · Republic of Latvia · Republic of Cuba · Irish Free State · Kingdom of Lithuania · Asir · Estonia · Republic of Panama · Albania · Free City of Danzig · Republic of the Rif · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1948
Kuomintang · British Raj · Argentine Confederation · Great Mongol State · Portuguese Republic · Qajar Dynasty · Italian Africa · Ethiopian Empire · Empire of Japan · Kingdom of Spain · Emirate of Nejd · Ottoman Empire · French Third Republic · Emirate of Afghanistan · Weimar Republic · Second Polish Republic · Rattanakosin Kingdom · Provisional Priamurye Government · Kingdom of Romania · Kingdom of Italy · Greenland · Yugoslavia · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Kingdom of Hejaz · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Kingdom of Iceland · First Hellenic Republic · Principality of Bulgaria · Hungarian Republic · Republic of Austria · Republic of Latvia · Irish Free State · Kingdom of Lithuania · Asir · Estonia · Denmark-Norway · Albania · Free City of Danzig · Republic of the Rif · 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.