Historical world map · 1918
World map in 1918
The year the First World War ended and Austria-Hungary collapsed, as Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia appeared on the map. On 1 July, CShapes counts 55 independent states and 99 colonies and dependent territories. This sourced reconstruction contains 154 mapped geometries with source labels representing 154 distinct names.
- Mapped geometries
- 154
- Labeled geometries
- 154
- Distinct labels
- 154
- Data source
- CShapes 2.1 borders
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Border changes
What changed on the world map in 1918
Independence, new states, transfers between rulers, and border changes recorded in CShapes during 1918. The map above shows borders as of 1 July.
- Lithuania becomes an independent state.
- Yemen becomes an independent state.
- Austria becomes an independent state.
- Hungary becomes an independent state.
- Czechoslovakia becomes an independent state.
- Estonia becomes an independent state.
- Poland becomes an independent state.
- Latvia becomes an independent state.
- Yugoslavia becomes an independent state.
- Austria-Hungary ceases to exist as a separate entity; its capital passes to Austria.
- Montenegro ceases to exist as a separate entity; its capital passes to Yugoslavia.
- Serbia ceases to exist as a separate entity; its capital passes to Yugoslavia.
- Russia loses about 355,347 km² of territory in 3 separate changes during the year.
- Turkey loses about 48,312 km² of territory in 2 separate changes during the year.
- Bulgaria gains about 7,687 km² of territory.
- Romania loses about 7,687 km² of territory.
- Hungary loses about 52,646 km² of territory.
Named in the source
Countries, territories, and regions mapped in 1918
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
- 154
- Unlabeled geometries
- 0
Independent states (55)
- Albania
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria-Hungary
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Iran (Persia)
- Italy
- Japan
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Tibet
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Colonies and dependent territories (99)
- United Kingdom (45)
- Afghanistan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, British Somaliland, Brunei, Cyprus, Egypt, Federated Malay States, Fiji, Gambia, German Togoland, Ghana, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kamerun, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Newfoundland, Nigeria, Territory of Papua, Qatar, North Borneo, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Straits Settlements, Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Unfederated Malay States, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe
- France (25)
- 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, Morocco, New Caledonia and Dependencies, Niger, Reunion, Senegal, Tunisia, Vietnam
- Portugal (5)
- Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique
- United States (5)
- Alaska, Haiti, Hawaii, Philippines, Puerto Rico
- Japan (3)
- Korea (until 1945), Southern Sakhalin Island, Taiwan
- Spain (3)
- Equatorial Guinea, Spanish Morocco, Spanish West Africa
- Russia (2)
- Bokhara, Khiva
- Belgium (1)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- South Africa (1)
- Namibia
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
- 154
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.