World map in AD 1953 — territory by country

Frame AD 1953 — world borders from AD 1953 to AD 1955. 97 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Soviet Union (≈ 21.98 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (97, largest first)

RankCountryArea
1Soviet Union≈ 21.98 million km²
2French Africa≈ 11.10 million km²
3United States≈ 10.15 million km²
4Canada≈ 10.03 million km²
5China≈ 9.36 million km²
6Brazil≈ 8.53 million km²
7Australia≈ 7.79 million km²
8Scramble for Africa≈ 6.76 million km²
9India≈ 3.16 million km²
10Argentina≈ 2.79 million km²
11Belgian Congo≈ 2.36 million km²
12Denmark≈ 2.27 million km²
13Estado Novo (Portugal)≈ 2.20 million km²
14South Africa≈ 2.06 million km²
15Mexico≈ 2.00 million km²
16Indonesia≈ 1.98 million km²
17Saudi Arabia≈ 1.92 million km²
18Pahlavi dynasty≈ 1.62 million km²
19Kingdom of Libya≈ 1.61 million km²
20Mongolian People's Republic≈ 1.57 million km²
21British Empire≈ 1.41 million km²
22Peru≈ 1.30 million km²
23Ethiopia≈ 1.25 million km²
24Gold Coast (British colony)≈ 1.19 million km²
25Colombia≈ 1.15 million km²
26Bolivia≈ 1.09 million km²
27Pakistan≈ 1.02 million km²
28Egypt≈ 1.01 million km²
29Venezuela≈ 937 thousand km²
30Francoist Spain≈ 854 thousand km²
31Chile≈ 803 thousand km²
32French Indochina≈ 787 thousand km²
33Turkey≈ 768 thousand km²
34Great Britain≈ 698 thousand km²
35Myanmar≈ 676 thousand km²
36French Fourth Republic≈ 648 thousand km²
37Kingdom of Afghanistan≈ 644 thousand km²
38Thailand≈ 522 thousand km²
39Papua New Guinea≈ 477 thousand km²
40Sweden≈ 458 thousand km²
41Kingdom of Iraq≈ 434 thousand km²
42Norway≈ 421 thousand km²
43Japan≈ 411 thousand km²
44Paraguay≈ 402 thousand km²
45Philippines≈ 344 thousand km²
46Finland≈ 337 thousand km²
47Poland≈ 315 thousand km²
48Qatar Protectorate≈ 308 thousand km²
49New Zealand≈ 297 thousand km²
50Italy≈ 289 thousand km²
51Spanish Sahara≈ 269 thousand km²
52Ecuador≈ 263 thousand km²
53Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia≈ 250 thousand km²
54West Germany≈ 244 thousand km²
55Socialist Republic of Romania≈ 238 thousand km²
56Second Syrian Republic≈ 188 thousand km²
57Uruguay≈ 181 thousand km²
58North Yemen≈ 151 thousand km²
59Netherlands Antilles≈ 149 thousand km²
60Nepal≈ 149 thousand km²
61Nicaragua≈ 133 thousand km²
62Czechoslovakia≈ 129 thousand km²
63North Korea≈ 127 thousand km²
64Cuba≈ 124 thousand km²
65Kingdom of Greece≈ 122 thousand km²
66Honduras≈ 115 thousand km²
67East Germany≈ 112 thousand km²
68Iceland≈ 112 thousand km²
69People's Republic of Bulgaria≈ 110 thousand km²
70Guatemala≈ 109 thousand km²
71South Korea≈ 105 thousand km²
72Jordan≈ 104 thousand km²
73Liberia≈ 100 thousand km²
74Hungarian People's Republic≈ 92 thousand km²
75Second Republic of Austria≈ 85 thousand km²
76Panama≈ 82 thousand km²
77Republic of China (1912–1949)≈ 81 thousand km²
78Republic of Ireland≈ 75 thousand km²
79Sri Lanka≈ 74 thousand km²
80Costa Rica≈ 56 thousand km²
81Dominican Republic≈ 53 thousand km²
82Aceh Sultanate≈ 42 thousand km²
83Bhutan≈ 41 thousand km²
84Switzerland≈ 41 thousand km²
85Netherlands≈ 38 thousand km²
86Haiti≈ 31 thousand km²
87Belgium≈ 31 thousand km²
88People's Socialist Republic of Albania≈ 28 thousand km²
89El Salvador≈ 22 thousand km²
90Israel≈ 21 thousand km²
91New Hebrides≈ 17 thousand km²
92Lebanon≈ 9,835 km²
93Kingdom of Sikkim (Indian protectorate)≈ 6,572 km²
94Luxembourg≈ 2,294 km²
95Andorra≈ 380 km²
96Tangier International Zone≈ 275 km²
97Monaco≈ 94 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

Soviet UnionFrench AfricaUnited StatesCanadaChinaBrazilAustraliaScramble for AfricaIndiaArgentinaBelgian CongoDenmarkEstado Novo (Portugal)South AfricaMexicoIndonesiaSaudi ArabiaPahlavi dynastyKingdom of LibyaMongolian People's RepublicBritish EmpirePeruEthiopiaGold Coast (British colony)ColombiaBoliviaPakistanEgyptVenezuelaFrancoist SpainChileFrench IndochinaTurkeyGreat BritainMyanmarFrench Fourth RepublicKingdom of AfghanistanThailandPapua New GuineaSwedenKingdom of IraqNorwayJapanParaguay

New countries in this frame (5)

Kingdom of Libya · Egypt · Japan · Poland · Aceh Sultanate

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Tibet · Kingdom of Egypt

Directions of expansion (2)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

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