Historical world map · 1912
World map in 1912
A CShapes frame of independent states, colonies, and dependent territories in a year when borders changed. On 1 July, CShapes counts 55 independent states and 92 colonies and dependent territories. This sourced reconstruction contains 147 mapped geometries with source labels representing 147 distinct names.
- Mapped geometries
- 147
- Labeled geometries
- 147
- Distinct labels
- 147
- Data source
- CShapes 2.1 borders
World map preview and interactive explorer for 1912
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Border changes
What changed on the world map in 1912
Independence, new states, transfers between rulers, and border changes recorded in CShapes during 1912. The map above shows borders as of 1 July.
- Morocco loses its independence to France.
- Libya appears as a territory of Italy.
- Spanish Morocco appears as a territory of Spain.
- Central African Republic loses about 123,015 km² of territory.
- Chad loses about 50,915 km² of territory.
- Republic of the Congo loses about 81,462 km² of territory.
- Gabon loses about 34,048 km² of territory.
- Kamerun gains about 289,440 km² of territory.
- Madagascar gains about 1,701 km² of territory.
- Turkey loses about 881,852 km² of territory.
- Mauritania loses about 92,655 km² of territory.
- Spanish West Africa gains about 92,655 km² of territory.
Named in the source
Countries, territories, and regions mapped in 1912
Usable source labels can mix states, empires, dependencies, cultural regions, and other mapped entities. Wording follows the dataset rather than forcing every shape into a modern-country category.
- Distinct named labels
- 147
- Unlabeled geometries
- 0
Independent states (55)
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria-Hungary
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iran (Persia)
- Italy
- Japan
- Liberia
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Colonies and dependent territories (92)
- United Kingdom (41)
- Afghanistan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, British Somaliland, Brunei, Egypt, Federated Malay States, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Newfoundland, Northern Nigeria, Territory of Papua, North Borneo, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Southern Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Straits Settlements, Sudan, Eswatini, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Unfederated Malay States, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe
- France (24)
- Algeria, Benin, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, New Caledonia and Dependencies, Niger, Reunion, Senegal, Tunisia, Vietnam
- Portugal (5)
- Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique
- United States (4)
- Alaska, Hawaii, Philippines, Puerto Rico
- Japan (3)
- Korea (until 1945), Southern Sakhalin Island, Taiwan
- Russia (2)
- Bokhara, Khiva
- Spain (2)
- Equatorial Guinea, Spanish West Africa
- Belgium (1)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
Precision in the source
Not every border deserves the same confidence
Precision is inherited from the dataset when available. It describes how the line was encoded, not the overall certainty of every historical claim inside the polygon.
- Determined by international law
- 147
These precision categories cover all mapped geometries. Label coverage is reported separately above, so the two sets of counts should not be added together.
Source, license, and download
Sovereign-border dataset of independent states and colonies, dated to the day. It fills every year since 1886 in which state borders changed and covers 2011 through 2023 annually. It does not code wartime occupation. Coverage: Independent states and dependent territories, 1886–2023; each frame shows borders on 1 July
Reuse terms: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Check the original project for full attribution and reuse requirements.