Historic borders · by country

Country border changes since 1886

157 countries and former territories whose borders changed between 1886 and 2023, from colonial partition and two world wars to decolonization and the end of the Soviet Union. Each page lists every change with its date and area, and shows the borders of each period.

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Border history by country

Afghanistan3 changes · since 1886
Albania2 changes · since 1913
Algeria4 changes · since 1886
Angola4 changes · since 1886
Argentina2 changes · since 1886
Australia1 change · since 1901
Austria1 change · since 1918
Austria-Hungary1 change · 1886–1918
Bahamas1 change · since 1886
Barbados1 change · since 1886
Belize2 changes · since 1886
Benin3 changes · since 1895
Bhutan2 changes · since 1886
Bolivia3 changes · since 1886
Botswana3 changes · since 1886
Brazil3 changes · since 1886
British Bechuanaland1 change · 1886–1895
British Cameroons1 change · 1919–1961
British Somaliland1 change · 1886–1960 · also Somaliland Republic
Brunei1 change · since 1888
Bulgaria4 changes · since 1886
Burkina Faso2 changes · since 1919 · also Upper Volta
Cambodia4 changes · since 1886 · also Kampuchea
Cameroon3 changes · since 1919
Canada1 change · since 1886
Cape Colony1 change · 1886–1910
Cape Verde1 change · since 1886
Central African Republic3 changes · since 1906
Chad4 changes · since 1900
Chile2 changes · since 1886
China9 changes · since 1886
Colombia2 changes · since 1886
Comoros1 change · since 1946
Côte d'Ivoire8 changes · since 1889 · also Ivory Coast
Cuba2 changes · since 1886
Cyprus1 change · since 1914
Czechoslovakia4 changes · 1918–1992
Democratic Republic of the Congo6 changes · since 1886 · also Zaire, Belgian Congo
Denmark1 change · since 1886
Djibouti2 changes · since 1886
Dutch New Guinea2 changes · 1949–1969 · also West Irian
East Germany1 change · 1945–1990 · also German Democratic Republic
East Timor1 change · since 1886
Ecuador1 change · since 1886
Egypt6 changes · since 1886
Equatorial Guinea2 changes · since 1886
Eritrea4 changes · since 1886
Estonia1 change · since 1918
Eswatini2 changes · since 1895 · also Swaziland
Ethiopia6 changes · since 1886
Federated Malay States1 change · 1896–1946
Fiji1 change · since 1886
Finland1 change · since 1917
France1 change · since 1886
French Guiana2 changes · since 1886
French West Africa2 changes · 1895–1904
Gabon5 changes · since 1886
Gambia1 change · since 1889
German New Guinea5 changes · 1886–1949 · also Kaiser-Wilhelmsland
German Togoland7 changes · 1886–1922
Germany6 changes · since 1886 · also German Empire, Prussia, West Germany
Ghana4 changes · since 1886
Greece2 changes · since 1886
Guinea1 change · since 1894
Guinea-Bissau3 changes · since 1886
Guyana1 change · since 1886
Haiti2 changes · since 1886
Hungary5 changes · since 1918
Iceland3 changes · since 1886
India7 changes · since 1886
Indonesia6 changes · since 1886
Iraq4 changes · since 1920
Israel2 changes · since 1948
Italian Somaliland5 changes · 1889–1960
Italy1 change · since 1886 · also Kingdom of Sardinia
Jamaica1 change · since 1886
Jordan4 changes · since 1920
Kamerun4 changes · 1886–1919
Kazakhstan1 change · since 1991
Kenya10 changes · since 1888
Korea (until 1945)1 change · 1886–1945
Laos2 changes · since 1893
Latvia1 change · since 1918
Lebanon2 changes · since 1920
Lesotho1 change · since 1886
Libya6 changes · since 1912
Lithuania4 changes · since 1918
Madagascar4 changes · since 1886 · also Malagasy
Malawi2 changes · since 1891
Malaysia3 changes · since 1946
Maldives1 change · since 1887
Mali8 changes · since 1905
Malta1 change · since 1886
Mandatory Palestine2 changes · 1920–1948
Mauritania8 changes · since 1904
Mauritius1 change · since 1886
Montenegro3 changes · since 1886
Morocco9 changes · since 1886
Mozambique2 changes · since 1886
Myanmar2 changes · since 1937 · also Burma
Namibia5 changes · since 1886
Natal1 change · 1886–1910
New Zealand1 change · since 1886
Niger4 changes · since 1905
Nigeria2 changes · since 1914
North Borneo2 changes · 1888–1963 · also Sabah
North Korea1 change · since 1945
North-Western Rhodesia1 change · 1900–1911
Northern Nigeria2 changes · 1899–1913
Pakistan4 changes · since 1947
Papua New Guinea1 change · since 1949
Paraguay1 change · since 1886
Peru3 changes · since 1886
Philippines4 changes · since 1886
Poland5 changes · since 1918
Puerto Rico1 change · since 1886
Qatar1 change · since 1916
Republic of the Congo6 changes · since 1886
Romania10 changes · since 1886
Russia23 changes · since 1886 · also Soviet Union
Rwanda-Urundi1 change · 1920–1962
Sarawak2 changes · 1888–1963
Saudi Arabia2 changes · since 1932
Senegal1 change · since 1886
Serbia4 changes · since 1886
Sierra Leone3 changes · since 1886
Singapore1 change · since 1946
Solomon Islands3 changes · since 1893
South Korea1 change · since 1945
Southern Nigeria1 change · 1899–1913
Spanish West Africa2 changes · 1886–1958
Sri Lanka1 change · since 1886 · also Ceylon
Sudan6 changes · since 1899
Suriname2 changes · since 1886
Sweden1 change · since 1886
Syria4 changes · since 1920
Taiwan1 change · since 1895
Tanzania6 changes · since 1891 · also Tanganyika
Territory of Papua3 changes · 1886–1949
Thailand4 changes · since 1886
Tibet1 change · 1913–1950
Togo1 change · since 1922
Trinidad and Tobago1 change · since 1886
Tunisia1 change · since 1886
Turkey8 changes · since 1886 · also Ottoman Empire
Uganda5 changes · since 1894
Ukraine1 change · since 1991
Unfederated Malay States1 change · 1886–1946
United Arab Emirates2 changes · since 1892
United Kingdom1 change · since 1886
United States2 changes · since 1886
Vietnam5 changes · since 1886 · also French Indochina, North Vietnam
Yemen3 changes · since 1918 · also North Yemen
Yugoslavia4 changes · 1918–2006 · also Serbia and Montenegro
Zambia1 change · since 1911
Zanzibar2 changes · 1890–1964
Zimbabwe4 changes · since 1889 · also Rhodesia