World map in AD 1956 — territory by country

Frame AD 1956 — world borders from AD 1956 to AD 1957. 103 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Soviet Union (≈ 21.98 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (103, largest first)

RankCountryArea
1Soviet Union≈ 21.98 million km²
2French Africa≈ 10.58 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≈ 4.28 million km²
9India≈ 3.16 million km²
10Argentina≈ 2.79 million km²
11Sudan≈ 2.48 million km²
12Belgian Congo≈ 2.36 million km²
13Denmark≈ 2.27 million km²
14Estado Novo (Portugal)≈ 2.20 million km²
15South Africa≈ 2.06 million km²
16Mexico≈ 2.00 million km²
17Indonesia≈ 1.98 million km²
18Saudi Arabia≈ 1.92 million km²
19Pahlavi dynasty≈ 1.62 million km²
20Kingdom of Libya≈ 1.61 million km²
21Mongolian People's Republic≈ 1.57 million km²
22British Empire≈ 1.41 million km²
23Peru≈ 1.30 million km²
24Ethiopia≈ 1.25 million km²
25Gold Coast (British colony)≈ 1.19 million km²
26Colombia≈ 1.15 million km²
27Bolivia≈ 1.09 million km²
28Pakistan≈ 1.02 million km²
29Great Britain≈ 1.01 million km²
30Egypt≈ 949 thousand km²
31Venezuela≈ 937 thousand km²
32Francoist Spain≈ 854 thousand km²
33Chile≈ 803 thousand km²
34Turkey≈ 768 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
45Morocco≈ 380 thousand km²
46Philippines≈ 344 thousand km²
47Finland≈ 337 thousand km²
48Poland≈ 315 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
56Kingdom of Laos≈ 229 thousand km²
57Second Syrian Republic≈ 188 thousand km²
58Cambodia≈ 184 thousand km²
59Uruguay≈ 181 thousand km²
60South Vietnam≈ 180 thousand km²
61North Vietnam≈ 158 thousand km²
62Tunisia≈ 151 thousand km²
63North Yemen≈ 151 thousand km²
64Netherlands Antilles≈ 149 thousand km²
65Nepal≈ 149 thousand km²
66Nicaragua≈ 133 thousand km²
67Czechoslovakia≈ 129 thousand km²
68North Korea≈ 127 thousand km²
69Cuba≈ 124 thousand km²
70Kingdom of Greece≈ 122 thousand km²
71Honduras≈ 115 thousand km²
72East Germany≈ 112 thousand km²
73Iceland≈ 112 thousand km²
74People's Republic of Bulgaria≈ 110 thousand km²
75Guatemala≈ 109 thousand km²
76South Korea≈ 105 thousand km²
77Jordan≈ 103 thousand km²
78Liberia≈ 100 thousand km²
79Austria-Hungary≈ 92 thousand km²
80Second Republic of Austria≈ 85 thousand km²
81Israel≈ 83 thousand km²
82Panama≈ 82 thousand km²
83Republic of China (1912–1949)≈ 81 thousand km²
84Republic of Ireland≈ 75 thousand km²
85Sri Lanka≈ 74 thousand km²
86Costa Rica≈ 56 thousand km²
87Dominican Republic≈ 53 thousand km²
88Aceh Sultanate≈ 42 thousand km²
89Bhutan≈ 41 thousand km²
90Switzerland≈ 41 thousand km²
91Netherlands≈ 38 thousand km²
92French Indochina≈ 35 thousand km²
93Haiti≈ 31 thousand km²
94Belgium≈ 31 thousand km²
95People's Socialist Republic of Albania≈ 28 thousand km²
96El Salvador≈ 22 thousand km²
97New Hebrides≈ 17 thousand km²
98Lebanon≈ 9,835 km²
99Kingdom of Sikkim (Indian protectorate)≈ 6,572 km²
100Luxembourg≈ 2,294 km²
101Andorra≈ 380 km²
102Tangier International Zone≈ 275 km²
103Monaco≈ 94 km²

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

Soviet UnionFrench AfricaUnited StatesCanadaChinaBrazilAustraliaScramble for AfricaIndiaArgentinaSudanBelgian CongoDenmarkEstado Novo (Portugal)South AfricaMexicoIndonesiaSaudi ArabiaPahlavi dynastyKingdom of LibyaMongolian People's RepublicBritish EmpirePeruEthiopiaGold Coast (British colony)ColombiaBoliviaPakistanGreat BritainEgyptVenezuelaFrancoist SpainChileTurkeyMyanmarFrench Fourth RepublicKingdom of AfghanistanThailandPapua New GuineaSwedenKingdom of IraqNorwayJapanParaguay

New countries in this frame (8)

Sudan · Morocco · Austria-Hungary · Kingdom of Laos · North Vietnam · Cambodia · South Vietnam · Tunisia

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Qatar Protectorate · Hungarian People's Republic

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