The world in 1945
1945 is the end of the Second World War. This map shows the 73 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1945
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- United States of America
- Canada
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Unitary State of Brazil
- Empire of Japan
- Republic of China
- British Raj
- Argentine Republic
- Belgian Congo
- South Africa
- Mongolian People's Republic
- Estado Novo
- Communist Party of China
- Mexico
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Republic of Peru
- Ethiopia
- Republic of Colombia
- Bolivia
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Tibet
- Francoist Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Norway
- Republic of Turkey
- French Fourth Republic
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- French Indochina
- Republic of Finland
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Paraguay
- Kingdom of Italy
- East Turkestan Republic
- Yugoslavia
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Republic of Ecuador
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Nepal
- Kingdom of Greece
- North Yemen
- Netherlands Antilles
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Republic of Cuba
- Honduras
- Éire
- Guatemala
- Republic of Liberia
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Denmark
- Republic of Panama
- Swiss Confederation
- Netherlands
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Albania
- Republic of Haiti
- Republic of El Salvador
- Lebanon
- New Hebrides
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Principality of Monaco
New on the map since 1920
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Canada · Unitary State of Brazil · Republic of China · Argentine Republic · South Africa · Mongolian People's Republic · Estado Novo · Communist Party of China · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Pahlavi Dynasty · Ethiopia · Kingdom of Egypt · Francoist Spain · Republic of Turkey · French Fourth Republic · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Kingdom of Thailand · East Turkestan Republic · Kingdom of Greece · Éire · Denmark · Dominican Republic · Republic of Haiti · Lebanon · Principality of Monaco
Gone from the map by 1970
French Africa · British Africa · Unitary State of Brazil · Empire of Japan · British Raj · Belgian Congo · Communist Party of China · Kingdom of Egypt · Tibet · French Fourth Republic · French Indochina · Kingdom of Italy · East Turkestan Republic · Yugoslavia · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Kingdom of Greece · Republic of Cuba · Albania · Tangier International Zone
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The world in other years
Other regions in 1945
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.