The world in 1950
This map shows the 91 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1950
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Canada
- United States of America
- French Africa
- People's Republic of China
- British Africa
- Brazilian Republic
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Denmark
- Argentine Republic
- Republic of India
- Belgian Congo
- South Africa
- Mongolian People's Republic
- Estado Novo
- Mexico
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Republic of Indonesia
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of Peru
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Ethiopia
- Republic of Colombia
- Bolivia
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Tibet
- Francoist Spain
- Kingdom of Norway
- Republic of Turkey
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- French Fourth Republic
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- French Indochina
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Republic of Finland
- Burma
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Kingdom of Iraq
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Republic of Italy
- Federal Republic of Germany
- New Zealand
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- Qatar Protectorate
- Republic of the Philippines
- Republic of Ecuador
- Republic of Iceland
- Second Syrian Republic
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Czechoslovakia
- German Democratic Republic
- Nepal
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Kingdom of Greece
- North Yemen
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- Netherlands Antilles
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Second Republic of Austria
- Kingdom of Jordan
- Republic of Korea
- Republic of Cuba
- Honduras
- Éire
- Guatemala
- Republic of Liberia
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Republic of China
- Republic of Panama
- Sri Lanka
- Swiss Confederation
- Netherlands
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Kingdom of Belgium
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Republic of Haiti
- State of Israel
- Republic of El Salvador
- Lebanon
- New Hebrides
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Principality of Monaco
New on the map since 1925
Canada · People's Republic of China · Denmark · Argentine Republic · Republic of India · South Africa · Mongolian People's Republic · Estado Novo · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Republic of Indonesia · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Ethiopia · Francoist Spain · French Fourth Republic · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Burma · Kingdom of Thailand · Kingdom of Iraq · Papua New Guinea · Republic of Italy · Federal Republic of Germany · New Zealand · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Socialist Republic of Romania · Qatar Protectorate · Republic of the Philippines · Republic of Iceland · Second Syrian Republic · German Democratic Republic · Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Kingdom of Greece · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Hungarian People's Republic · Second Republic of Austria · Kingdom of Jordan · Republic of Korea · Éire · Republic of China · Sri Lanka · People's Socialist Republic of Albania · Republic of Haiti · State of Israel · Lebanon · Principality of Monaco
Gone from the map by 1975
French Africa · British Africa · Brazilian Republic · Belgian Congo · Kingdom of Egypt · Tibet · French Fourth Republic · French Indochina · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Kingdom of Iraq · Qatar Protectorate · Second Syrian Republic · Czechoslovakia · Kingdom of Greece · Republic of Cuba · Tangier International Zone
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The world in other years
Other regions in 1950
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.