Map of Africa in 1961
On 1 July 1961, IntMap’s historical map draws 71 names within Africa. The borders for this date come from CShapes 2.0 (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year) — each drawn only where the records before it are silent.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Sudan (incl. South Sudan) | 2,500,000 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,340,000 |
| Algeria (France) | 2,320,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,830,000 |
| Libya | 1,620,000 |
| Chad | 1,280,000 |
| Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 1,260,000 |
| Mali | 1,260,000 |
| Ethiopia (incl. Eritrea) | 1,250,000 |
| Angola (Portugal) | 1,250,000 |
| South Africa | 1,220,000 |
| Niger | 1,190,000 |
| Mauritania | 1,040,000 |
| Egypt | 1,000,000 |
| Tanganyika (UK) | 943,000 |
| Nigeria | 867,000 |
| South West Africa (South Africa) | 827,000 |
| Mozambique (Portugal) | 790,000 |
| Somalia | 640,000 |
| Central African Republic | 621,000 |
| Madagascar | 596,000 |
| Kenya (UK) | 585,000 |
| Bechuanaland (UK) | 580,000 |
| Imperial State of Iran | 463,000 |
| Iraq | 436,000 |
| Cameroon | 425,000 |
| Morocco | 404,000 |
| Congo | 346,000 |
| Cote D'Ivoire | 323,000 |
| Upper Volta | 273,000 |
| Spanish Sahara | 270,000 |
| Gabon | 263,000 |
| Guinea | 246,000 |
| Uganda (UK) | 243,000 |
| Ghana | 240,000 |
| East Aden Protectorate | 218,000 |
| Turkey | 217,000 |
| Senegal | 197,000 |
| Syria | 188,000 |
| Tunisia | 156,000 |
| Yemen | 137,000 |
| Dahomey | 117,000 |
| Liberia | 96,500 |
| Jordan | 89,300 |
| British Cameroons | 87,900 |
| Francoist Spain | 86,100 |
| Sierra Leone | 72,900 |
| Togo | 57,300 |
| Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium) | 52,600 |
| Aden (UK) | 46,700 |
| Greece | 34,500 |
| Portuguese Guinea (Portugal) | 33,600 |
| Basutoland (UK) | 30,600 |
| Spanish Guinea (Spain) | 27,200 |
| Italy | 22,900 |
| French Somaliland (France) | 21,600 |
| Israel | 20,800 |
| Swaziland (UK) | 17,100 |
| Kuwait | 17,000 |
| Portugal | 13,700 |
| Qatar (UK) | 11,200 |
| Gambia (UK) | 10,900 |
| Lebanon | 10,300 |
| Cyprus | 9,300 |
| West Bank (Jordan) | 5,880 |
| Sultanate of Zanzibar | 2,690 |
| Comoros (France) | 1,770 |
| Trucial Oman (UK) | 1,190 |
| Gaza (Egypt) | 382 |
| Malta | 292 |
| Muscat and Oman | <1 |
What changed since 1960
Now drawn
Chad, South Africa, Niger, Mauritania, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Upper Volta, Gabon, Dahomey, Sierra Leone, Kuwait
No longer drawn
Chad (France), Union of South Africa, Niger (France), Mauritania (France), Nigeria (UK), Ubangi-Shari (France), French Congo (France), Cote d'Ivoire (France), Upper Volta (France), Gabon (France), Dahomey (France), Sierra Leone (UK), British Empire
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1961 Map of Europe · 1956–1962 Map of the Middle East · 1961 Map of South Asia · 1951–1964 Map of East Asia · 1954–1971 Map of Southeast Asia · 1958–1962 Map of Central Asia · 1951–1971 Map of North America · 1959–1973 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1924–1962 Map of South America · 1946–1962 Map of Oceania · 1960–1962
Source and method
Borders and names: CShapes 2.0 (Schvitz et al. 2022, icr.ethz.ch/data/cshapes) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 + Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 20°W–52°E, 36°S–38°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.