Historical world map · 1966
World map in 1966
A CShapes frame of independent states, colonies, and dependent territories in a year when borders changed. On 1 July, CShapes counts 128 independent states and 35 colonies and dependent territories. This sourced reconstruction contains 163 mapped geometries with source labels representing 163 distinct names.
- Mapped geometries
- 163
- Labeled geometries
- 163
- Distinct labels
- 163
- Data source
- CShapes 2.1 borders
World map preview and interactive explorer for 1966
Static map preview for 1966
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Border changes
What changed on the world map in 1966
Independence, new states, transfers between rulers, and border changes recorded in CShapes during 1966. The map above shows borders as of 1 July.
Named in the source
Countries, territories, and regions mapped in 1966
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
- 163
- Unlabeled geometries
- 0
Independent states (128)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Republic of the Congo
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- East Germany
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran (Persia)
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Vietnam, Republic of
- Yemen
- Yugoslavia
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Colonies and dependent territories (35)
- United Kingdom (13)
- Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Federation of South Arabia, Fiji, Lesotho, Mauritius, Qatar, Solomon Islands, Eswatini, United Arab Emirates
- France (8)
- Comoros, Djibouti, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia and Dependencies, Reunion
- Portugal (5)
- Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique
- Spain (2)
- Equatorial Guinea, Spanish Sahara
- Egypt (1)
- Gaza
- Jordan (1)
- West Bank
- Netherlands (1)
- Suriname
- 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
- 163
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.