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World maps by year · AD 1980

World map in AD 1980

185 polities have borders on the map in AD 1980. Open AD 1980 on the interactive map →

Changes since AD 1970

New on the map (40): Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, British Belize, Cape Verde, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Greenland, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Japan (1977-), Kiribati, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Niue, Papua New Guinea, People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Qatar, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Second Nigerian Republic, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, The Bahamas, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zaire, Zimbabwe

No longer on the map (35): Colony of Grenada, Colony of Saint Lucia, Portuguese Timor, Colony of the Bahamas, Colony of Dominica, Colony of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Portuguese Guinea, Trucial States, Province of Mozambique, Protectorate of Bahrain, British Western Pacific Territories, Protectorate of Cabinda, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, Colony of Seychelles, New Hebrides / Nouvelles-Hébrides, Portuguese Angola, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, Protectorate of Qatar, Kingdom of Afghanistan, North Vietnam, People's Republic of Albania, U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, Dominion of Ceylon, Greenland, South Vietnam, Guinea, United Arab Republic, Malagasy Republic, Republic of Dahomey, St Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, First Nigerian Republic, British Honduras, Rhodesia, Congo-Kinshasa, Japan (1968-1972)

States and empires in AD 1980

Battles, AD 1980 – AD 1989

Armed conflict, AD 1980 – AD 1989

610 recorded conflict events with 62,809 deaths (best estimate), from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

Volcanic eruptions (VEI ≥ 4), AD 1980 – AD 1989

Significant earthquakes, AD 1980 – AD 1989

The 20 strongest of 324.

56 witnessed meteorite falls were recorded in AD 1980 – AD 1989.

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.