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Countries of the world in 1938

91 countries, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The countries

1. 1Soviet Union22,129,470 km²
2. 2Australia13,397,524 km²
3. 3United States9,872,690 km²
4. 4Canada9,868,014 km²
5. 5China9,147,539 km²
6. 6Brazil8,531,202 km²
7. 7French West Africa4,827,511 km²
8. 8France2,858,289 km²
9. 9Argentina2,781,932 km²
10. 10French Equatorial Africa2,503,099 km²
11. 11Belgian Congo2,387,531 km²
12. 12Denmark2,297,637 km²
13. 13Union of South Africa2,047,171 km²
14. 14Bolivia1,964,579 km²
15. 15Mexico1,961,404 km²
16. 16Saudi Arabia1,956,248 km²
17. 17Tibet1,786,155 km²
18. 18Italian East Africa1,719,201 km²
19. 19Iran1,623,918 km²
20. 20Mongolian People's Republic1,554,750 km²
21. 21Portugal1,396,277 km²
22. 22Peru1,300,262 km²
23. 23Colombia1,271,252 km²
24. 24United States of Venezuela1,059,919 km²
25. 25Kingdom of Egypt1,001,673 km²
26. 26German Reich934,157 km²
27. 27Siam908,691 km²
28. 28Spain852,198 km²
29. 29Turkey780,291 km²
30. 30Indochinese Union739,381 km²
31. 31Chile737,531 km²
32. 32Paraguay690,399 km²
33. 33Empire of Japan674,315 km²
34. 34British Burma663,065 km²
35. 35Ecuador658,348 km²
36. 36Kingdom of Afghanistan641,909 km²
37. 37Kingdom of the Netherlands592,709 km²
38. 38Sweden443,785 km²
39. 39Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq440,504 km²
40. 40Finland391,016 km²
41. 41Poland389,097 km²
42. 42Norway378,246 km²
43. 43Italy328,968 km²
44. 44Italy308,675 km²
45. 45Kingdom of Romania295,681 km²
46. 46Uruguay286,290 km²
47. 47Dominion of New Zealand269,795 km²
48. 48Kingdom of Yugoslavia245,874 km²
49. 49United Kingdom239,317 km²
50. 50Kingdom of Romania237,211 km²
51. 51Kingdom of Hungary170,863 km²
52. 52Tuvan People's Republic167,966 km²
53. 53Greece167,589 km²
54. 54Tsardom of Bulgaria160,833 km²
55. 55Armenia148,595 km²
56. 56Nepal147,806 km²
57. 57Sind Sultanate141,131 km²
58. 58Czechoslovakia140,153 km²
59. 59Kingdom of Yemen134,574 km²
60. 60Nicaragua129,097 km²

and 31 more, all in the quiz.

The map as it stood on 1 July 1938 (a year means its 1 July), with the names of the time. Sovereign states as they were then; British dominions count from the Statute of Westminster (1931), Egypt from 1922. Colonies, protectorates and mandates are not countries here: they have quizzes of their own. Area in km², measured on the largest of its outlines (simplified, clipped to land). Sources: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0), Wikidata (CC0).

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