The world in 1930
This map shows the 84 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1930
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Republic of China
- Brazilian Republic
- Commonwealth of Australia
- British Raj
- Argentine Republic
- Belgian Congo
- Italian Africa
- Mongolian People's Republic
- Estado Novo
- Mexico
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Dutch East Indies
- Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
- Tibet
- Bolivia
- Republic of Peru
- Ethiopian Empire
- Republic of Colombia
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Norway
- Republic of Turkey
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- French Third Republic
- Empire of Japan
- Republic of Finland
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- French Indochina
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Weimar Republic
- Anti-Kuomintang Coalition
- Second Polish Republic
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Kingdom of Romania
- Kingdom of Italy
- Greenland
- Yugoslavia
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Republic of Ecuador
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Kingdom of Iceland
- Czechoslovakia
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- North Yemen
- Paraguay
- Nepal
- First Hellenic Republic
- Netherlands Antilles
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Hungarian Republic
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Republic of Austria
- Republic of Latvia
- Republic of Cuba
- Honduras
- Irish Free State
- Guatemala
- Kingdom of Lithuania
- Republic of Liberia
- Estonia
- Denmark-Norway
- Republic of Panama
- Swiss Confederation
- Netherlands
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Chinese Communists
- Albania
- Republic of El Salvador
- New Hebrides
- Free City of Danzig
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1905
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Republic of China · Argentine Republic · Mongolian People's Republic · Estado Novo · Pahlavi Dynasty · Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd · Tibet · Kingdom of Egypt · Republic of Turkey · Republic of Finland · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Weimar Republic · Anti-Kuomintang Coalition · Second Polish Republic · Kingdom of Romania · Yugoslavia · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Kingdom of Iceland · Czechoslovakia · North Yemen · Hungarian Republic · Republic of Austria · Republic of Latvia · Irish Free State · Kingdom of Lithuania · Estonia · Chinese Communists · Albania · Free City of Danzig · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1955
British Raj · Italian Africa · Dutch East Indies · Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd · Tibet · Ethiopian Empire · Kingdom of Egypt · Kingdom of Spain · French Third Republic · Empire of Japan · Weimar Republic · Anti-Kuomintang Coalition · Second Polish Republic · Rattanakosin Kingdom · Kingdom of Romania · Kingdom of Italy · Greenland · Yugoslavia · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · 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 · Estonia · Denmark-Norway · Chinese Communists · Albania · Free City of Danzig · 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.