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St. Helena
(U.K.)
Ascencion
(U.K.)
São Tomé and PrÃncipe
(Port.)
RIO MUNI
(Sp.)
Cape Verde
Islands
(Port.)
Gibraltar
(
U.K.)
Bermuda
(U.K.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
(U.K.)
BRITISH HONDURAS
Jamaica
(U.K.)
Bahamas
(U.K.)
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (U.K.)*
South Georgia
(U.K.)
Gough
(U.K.)
Mauritius
(U.K.)
Socotra
(U.K.)
CEYLON
(U.K.)
NETHERLANDS INDIES
PAPUA
(Austr.)
New Hebrides
(Fr./U.K.)
Port. Timor
Cocos
(Keeling)
Is.
(U.K.)
New Caledonia
(Fr.)
FIJI
Islands
(U.K.)
Gilbert
and Elice
Is.
(U.K.)
Tokelau Islands
(N.Z.)
Niue
(N.Z.)
Wallis and
Futuna Islands
(Fr.)
American
Samoa
Phoenix Islands
(U.K.)
Christmas
(U.K.)
FRENCH ESTABL.
IN INDIA
Damão
(Port.)
Diu
(Port.)
Goa
(Port.)
Réunion
(Fr.)
Zanzibar
(U.K.)
Comoro Arch.
(Fr.)
Cyprus
(U.K.)
Seychelles
(U.K.)
Puerto Rico
(U.S)
FRENCH GUIANA
SURINAM
(Neth.)
Trinidad and Tobago
(U.K.)
Barbados
(U.K.)
Grenada
St. Vincent
Martinique
(Fr.)
St. Lucia
Saba
(Neth.)
St. Martin
(Neth.)
Curaçao
(Neth.)
Aruba
(Neth.)
Bonaire
(Neth.)
Dominica
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
U.S. Virgin Is.
St. Eustatius
(Neth.)
British Virgin Is.
Montserrat
Antigua
Guadeloupe
(Fr.)
Fernando Póo
Tristan da Cunha
(U.K.)
Christmas
(U.K.)
Marquesas
Society Arch.
Gambier Islands
Tuamotu Arch.
Pitcairn
(U.K.)
Austral
Islands
Cook
Islands
(N.Z.)
FRENCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN OCEANA
Leeward Islands
(U.K.)
Windward Islands
(U.K.)
Guam
(U.S.A.)
NEWFOUNDLAND
(U.K.)
Saint Pierre
and Miquelon
(Fr.)
SPANISH
SAHARA
GAMBIA
(U.K.)
PORT. GUINEA
SIERRA LEONE
(U.K.)
Malta
(U.K.)
SOUTH MOROCCO
(Sp.)
Ifni (
Sp.)
SPANISH MOROCCO
Cabinda
(Port.)
SWAZILAND
(
U.K.
)
BASUTOLAND
(U.K.)
Macau
(Port.)
Hong Kong
(U.K.)
N. BORNEO
(U.K.)
Brunei
(U.K.)
MALAY
STATES
(U.K.)
SARAWAK
(U.K.)
Cayman
Islands
Singapore
(U.K.)
ITALIAN
SOMALILAND
TOGOLAND
(U.K.)
TRUST TERRITORY OF
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
(U.S.A.)
Nauru
(Austr.)
TRUST TERRITORY
OF NEW GUINEA
(Austr.)
Western
Samoa
(N.Z.)
Marshall
Islands
Mariana
Islands
Caroline
Islands
MUSCAT
AND OMAN
(U.K.)
TRUCIAL
STATES
(U.K.)
Maldive
Islands
(U.K.)
Tonga
(U.K.)
PHILIPPINES
(U.S.A.)
EGYPT
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN
SUDAN
ETHIOPIA
KENYA
(U.K.)
LIBERIA
BELGIAN
CONGO
RUANDA-
URUNDI
(Belg.)
UGANDA
(U.K.)
NORTH.
RHODESIA
(U.K.)
ANGOLA
(Port.)
SOUTH
WEST
AFRICA
(S.A.)
SOUTH.
RHODESIA
(U.K.)
UNION OF
SOUTH
AFRICA
NIGERIA
(U.K.)
ALGERIA
(Fr.)
LIBYA
(Fr./U.K.)
TUNISIA
(Fr.)
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
Greenland
(Denmark)
ICELAND
POLAND
GERMANY
NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM
FRANCE
BRAZIL
URUGUAY
COLOMBIA
VENEZUELA
BOLIVIA
CANADA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
MEXICO
HONDURAS
GUATEMALA
EL SALVADOR
NICARAGUA
COSTA RICA
PANAMA
CUBA
HAITI
Alaska
(U.S.A.)
Hawaii
(U.S.A.)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
MONGOLIA
CHINA
SAUDI
ARABIA
INDIA
(U.K.)
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
CHILE
ARGENTINA
ECUADOR
PARAGUAY
IRELAND
SWITZERLAND
ITALY
GREECE
TURKEY
IRAN
IRAQ
TRANS-
JORDAN
(U.K.)
Kuwait
(U.K.)
Bahrain
(U.K.)
LEBANON
TANGANYIKA
(U.K.)
SYRIA
KOREA
Solomon
Islands
(U.K.)
FRENCH WEST AFRICA
NORWAY
SWEDEN
FINLAND
DENMARK
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
UNITED
KINGDOM
LUXEMBOURG
AUSTRIA
ROMANIA
HUNGARY
ALBANIA
YUGOSLAVIA
BULGARIA
UKRAINIAN SSR
BYELORUSSIAN SSR
NEPAL
BHUTAN
(U.K.)
SIKKIM
(U.K.)
BURMA
(U.K.)
LAOS
(Fr.)
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
(Fr.)
VIET-NAM
JAPAN
FRENCH
SOMALILAND
BRITISH
SOMALILAND
MOZAMBIQUE
(Port.)
BECHUANALAND
(U.K.)
FRENCH
EQUATORIAL
AFRICA
ERITREA
(U.K.)
CAMEROONS
(Fr.)
CAMEROONS
(U.K.)
ADEN
(U.K.)
YEMEN
MOROCCO
(Fr.)
TOGOLAND
(Fr.)
GOLD
COAST
(U.K.)
PALESTINE
(U.K.)
NYASALAND
(U.K.)
MADAGASCAR
(Fr.)
AFGHANISTAN
Qatar
(U.K.)
PERU
BRITISH GUIANA
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
THE WORLD IN 1945
The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do
not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the
Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country,
territory, city or any area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation
of its frontiers or boundaries.
*A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over
the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
** Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and
Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and
Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
Territories which by 1949 were under the United Nations Trusteeship System
States with a special treaty relationship with a United Nations Member State
Other dependent territories
Territories administered under a League of Nations Mandate
The founding Member States of the United Nations
The initials in parentheses refer to the administering Power or the Power involved in a special treaty relationship
United Nations founding Members which celebrated their independence after the creation of the United Nations
Non-Member States of the United Nations