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World maps by year · AD 1960

World map in AD 1960

177 polities have borders on the map in AD 1960. Open AD 1960 on the interactive map →

Changes since AD 1950

New on the map (42): Akrotiri and Dhekelia, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colony of Dominica, Congo-Léopoldville, Cyprus, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Egyptian administration of Gaza, Ethiopian–Eritrean Federation (1952-1962), Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, Federation of Nigeria, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Gabon, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Japan (1953-1968), Libya, Malagasy Republic, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, North Korea, Pakistan, Province of Mozambique, Republic of Dahomey, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Somali Republic, South Vietnam, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Republic, Upper Volta, Venezuela, West Indies Federation

No longer on the map (51): Kingdom of Sine, Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, Colony of Barbados, Colony of Jamaica, Gold Coast Colony, British Windward Islands, United States of Venezuela, French protectorate of Tunisia, British Somaliland, French Gabon, Trinidad and Tobago Colony, French West Africa, Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Ashanti Colony, Northern Territories, Colony of Middle Congo, Ubangi-Shari-Chad, French protectorate in Morocco, Nyasaland Protectorate, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Spanish protectorate in Morocco, Tibet, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, British Togoland, French Cameroon, Finland, French Chad, Kingdom of Egypt, Southern Rhodesia, British Cyprus, Tangier International Zone, Syrian Republic, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq, British Eritrea, Ethiopia (1942-1952), British Military Administration of Libya, Fezzan-Ghadames Military Territory, Crown Colony of Malacca, Crown Colony of Penang, Saar Protectorate, Spanish West Africa, Dominion of Pakistan, Free Territory of Trieste, Japan (1947-1952), All-Palestine Government, Czechoslovakia, North Korea (1948-1953), Emirate of Cyrenaica

States and empires in AD 1960

Battles, AD 1960 – AD 1969

Volcanic eruptions (VEI ≥ 4), AD 1960 – AD 1969

Significant earthquakes, AD 1960 – AD 1969

The 20 strongest of 299.

59 witnessed meteorite falls were recorded in AD 1960 – AD 1969.

Sources

Borders: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0 1.0). Battles: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Eruptions: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program. Earthquakes: NOAA NCEI. Conflict events: UCDP GED (CC BY 4.0). Meteorites: NASA/Meteoritical Society. Full citations.