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Countries of the World in 1945 with a Map

Try to name the 74 sovereign countries of the world that existed in the aftermath of World War II.
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Sovereign states as of 2 September, 1945
Thanks to user Dekkie for fact-checking
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Vicky
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First submittedMay 7, 2019
Times taken150,721
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100 Recent Comments
Devvik2
+2
Level 74
Mar 2, 2020
I'm giving a five star rating!
Geopro
+2
Level 59
Mar 2, 2020
Lit quiz. 100% first try.<3
carlonian
+2
Level 72
Mar 3, 2020
Please accept CSSR for Czechoslovakia
carlonian
+23
Level 72
Mar 3, 2020
I should have googled first. CSSR was formed later in 1948.
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 68
Mar 4, 2020
I was typing in countries and then suddenly I had finished!
armood008
+5
Level 31
Mar 4, 2020
Thank you HOI4!
Iluvbread123
+5
Level 79
Apr 15, 2020
Tibet was an independent country at the time, it was only annexed in 1951
Randompersom2
+7
Level 18
Apr 20, 2020
This might sound dumb, but I thought Bhutan was independent but only as a protected state. Correct me if I’m wrong
Devadatta
+5
Level 73
Jun 23, 2022
Also Sikkim too?
Randompersom2
+2
Level 18
Apr 20, 2020
Wait never mind what I said to my other comment
ducklingpanda1245
+2
Level 55
Jun 10, 2020
Fun! :)
NV1
+2
Level 55
Jun 24, 2020
May I use this map for a quiz?
markasol
+2
Level 79
Aug 9, 2020
Tibet still existed in 1945. Communist China invaded in the early 1950s after winning the Civil War in 1949.
ImDumb
+2
Level 33
Aug 14, 2020
have a good day the 3% that missed USSR!
JohnnyYeet
+2
Level 66
Sep 10, 2020
Persia for Iran? That is what it was called back then.
BobIsACoprophage
+5
Level 60
Feb 21, 2021
Persia became Iran in 1935.
thydog
+2
Level 41
Oct 23, 2020
Can't believe I forgot Monaco
Universelover300
+2
Level 36
Mar 18, 2026
Nothing to be ashamed of
harryp99
+2
Level 35
Jan 5, 2021
I type last one 2 secounds before ending!
EcceHomo
+3
Level 86
Jan 6, 2021
Pretty straightforward mix of history and geography - especially if you know all 196 sovereign countries in the world recognised by Jetpunk.
Universelover300
+2
Level 36
Mar 18, 2026
yea same
LuigiDood227
+2
Level 72
Jan 21, 2021
I thought Japan owned South Korea...
LuigiDood227
+2
Level 72
Feb 22, 2021
Eh im stupid occupied from WWII
Mees11
+2
Level 37
Aug 17, 2022
That was BEFORE ww2 (not offensive meent)
hwes
+7
Level 89
Feb 20, 2021
For that silver of territory between China and USSR, a few more type ins might help -- I tried various combinations of direction + ethnicity + stan but couldn't get it right.
Mees11
+2
Level 37
Aug 17, 2022
Its east turkestan, its not weird that you didnt Guess It. I did not too
Universelover300
+1
Level 36
Mar 18, 2026
same
hwes
+7
Level 89
Feb 20, 2021
Indonesia declared independence in 1945 but the Dutch and other western nations, including the US, didn't recognize it until 1949. The British took over from surrendered Japanese troops in 1945 and didn't leave until 1946 when the Dutch arrived to take over. Not sure if Indonesia should be seen as indepedent as the end of 1945 as it was occupied by Japanese, British and Australians and the Dutch took over in urban areas until 1949.
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 88
Feb 21, 2021
Interesting that Japan is considered sovereign. I would have thought that Douglas MacArthur, as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, controlled things.
GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 41
Jan 19, 2026
Naw, they let Hirohito stay as emperor and merely rewrote the constitution
blizzrd33
+10
Level 81
Feb 21, 2021
Glad to see I wasn't the only person to have never heard of East Turkestan before this quiz update.
SWATkun
+1
Level 59
Feb 21, 2021
Somehow Tripura, Hyderabad and Junagadh still doesn't exist according to this quiz

Kingdom of Tripura

State of Hyderabad

State of Junagadh

Mees11
+2
Level 37
Aug 17, 2022
Werent the british?
LuigiDood227
+5
Level 72
Feb 22, 2021
Im desperately typing "Tuva" for east turkestan.
Angbo
+1
Level 67
Mar 20, 2021
Me too!
GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 41
Jan 19, 2026
I just did Xinjiang
ariane5
+2
Level 73
Feb 22, 2021
Vietnam was a French colony until 1954
Minkeslandian
+3
Level 65
May 13, 2021
Well, that is when French Indochina was officially dissolved, Vietnam had already asserted independence towards the very end of WW2
mightythor
+2
Level 68
Feb 26, 2021
Everything is green, but it says I have 5 left ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Zaquking
+3
Level 70
Mar 1, 2021
microstates like the Vatican
plattitude
+5
Level 94
Mar 3, 2021
Click "Show Missing Countries" at the bottom of the map, it'll put a black dot where you're missing things.
plattitude
+3
Level 94
Mar 3, 2021
Consider accepting ETR for Turkestan?
mammix
+3
Level 59
Mar 5, 2021
Please accept Sinkiang and Sinciang for Xinjiang, I had to cheat off wikipedia cause I knew the answer, but didn't know this type of spelling.
Abby
+3
Level 47
Mar 5, 2021
I mean it's East Turkestan, Xinjiang is just a type-in. Also, found the HOI4 player.
Mees11
+1
Level 37
Aug 17, 2022
You van do tuva too
NEGeo
+1
Level 65
Oct 19, 2025
no you can't?
JetPunker180
+1
Level 54
Mar 20, 2021
Jordan got indpendence on 11 april 1921 but in this map it is part of UK
Dekkie
+1
Level 56
Apr 18, 2021
It became independent in May 1946, a whole eight months after the given date for this map.
JetPunker180
+1
Level 54
May 31, 2021
oh
Mees11
+1
Level 37
Aug 17, 2022
Iraq did gaine Independence at that time, Jordan did in 1946
Findlay
+1
Level 80
Mar 28, 2021
This is great quiz. Decolonisation certainly upped the number of countries pretty drastically.
goatlord203
+6
Level 50
Apr 30, 2021
East Turkestan, as far as my knowledge, never functioned as a country and was more of a rebellion that was said to be independent though never truly was. It had a few attempts including during 1945. But I don't think it was enough to qualify a place on this quiz. It, in my mind, would be like putting Abkhazia as a country on the world map quiz. Sure they claim independence, but not many nations would actually recognize them.
SirPhilippines
+2
Level 73
May 19, 2021
East Turkestan... almost forgot, actually tried Tannu Tuva...
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
May 29, 2021
Forgot Albania and East Turkestan
NokiaQFikec
+1
Level 62
Jun 7, 2021
accept sinkiang?
Giorgos
+1
Level 31
Jun 16, 2021
19.8% also scored 100%. Disappointing!
Wolfboy12
+1
Level 48
Jul 9, 2021
Only missed East Turkestan on my first run.
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 72
Aug 17, 2021
Why does Britain have Eritrea? Didn't Ethiopia take control of it after WWII?
Mees11
+1
Level 37
Aug 17, 2022
It did Some time later, it was former Italian but the british occupied it Some time
Saftra
+1
Level 51
Sep 5, 2021
I almost forgot Liechenstein...
Codyhawk
+1
Level 62
Sep 10, 2021
argh I said east turkistan instead of east turkestan
AverageLondoner
+1
Level 57
Oct 25, 2021
when I was going through the answers that were correct I was super confused when I saw I got east turkestan. i have no clue what that is but I got it because I wrote the Chinese province of Xinjiang
AxolotlSucksGeo
+1
Level 44
Dec 9, 2021
Finish with 1 second remaining
Hadi123
+1
Level 20
Dec 10, 2021
Note that Syria got Independence in 1946.
Mees11
+1
Level 37
Aug 17, 2022
I thought they were already kind of independent
KURWA
+2
Level 63
Feb 1, 2022
Indonesia's day of independence is the 27th of april 1949, not 1945
AaronAlder
+1
Level 53
Feb 7, 2022
What happened to Bhutan or am I just dumb?
SamIsCool
+1
Level 57
Feb 17, 2022
Gotta love how there's just a big dip in answers for Xinjiang.
kawcio
+1
Level 23
Jul 17, 2022
that was fun
Smallboi
+1
Level 33
Sep 19, 2022
Great quiz, forgot East Turkestan :(
LiterallyHim
+1
Level 56
Oct 14, 2022
73/74 could not figure out how to spell Czechiaslovakia
Atzuul
+1
Level 46
Dec 6, 2022
got all except east turkestan
rastasquizes
+1
Level 28
Jan 4, 2023
interesting drop at East Turkestan
1luvMusic
+1
Level 33
Feb 20, 2023
Pov: You forgot to write a country cuz u thought u wrote it. 🗺🗿
1luvMusic
+1
Level 33
Feb 20, 2023
72/74 forgot to write vatican cuz i thought i wrote it and also didnt know east turkestan.
Pipquiz
+1
Level 43
Feb 25, 2023
I spelt East Turkestan as East Turkistan :( Otherwise I would've gotten everything
Nickelz
+1
Level 69
Apr 6, 2023
Got 100% first try, although East Turkestan stumped me for a while.
EmreBozkurt
+1
Level 67
Apr 11, 2023
73/74 forgot monaco
dogmeat
+1
Level 69
Apr 12, 2023
The Kingdom of Tonga was a hell of a lot more independent than the puppet communist states of Eastern Europe.

From 1900 to 1970, Tonga had British protected-state status. The United Kingdom looked after Tonga's foreign affairs under a Treaty of Friendship, but Tonga never relinquished its sovereignty to any foreign power.

the UK never granted Tonga independence because it was never considered to be part of the British Empire by either party.

22dragonraeg21
+1
Level 45
Jun 1, 2023
Didnt get vatican and san marino since I didnt see them on the map. Maybe highlight them a little more
EvanAviator
+2
Level 61
Feb 8, 2024
you can press "see missing countries"
notmees
+1
Level 44
Jun 2, 2023
indonesia is incorrect. on 31 december 1945 the indonesians only controlled eastern/central java, most of sulawesi, and sumatra excluding palembang and medan.
SouthwestChief
+3
Level 73
Aug 12, 2023
Did the Netherlands not maintain control over the Western part of New Guinea well after this date, even if the rest of Indonesia was independent?
hitrea
+1
Level 27
Mar 27, 2024
I didn't
cahcd
+1
Level 20
Dec 24, 2025
it literally did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_New_Guinea_dispute

Senyokbalgul
+1
Level 67
Sep 20, 2023
The southern part of Korea was never a part of the USA, should be fixed. Very inaccurate.
EvanAviator
+1
Level 61
Feb 8, 2024
yeah but it also wasn't a part of any other nation so its the closest thing
CharlieBlue
+2
Level 22
Mar 22, 2024
Can't believe l missed out on Uruguay and San Marino... But there are discrepancies here. In the aftermath of World War 2, the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina still existed in place of their respective present independent states of Indonesia and Vietnam.
hitrea
+1
Level 27
Mar 27, 2024
I didn't know how to spell Czechoslovakia for a time:b
ZachBeth
+1
Level 73
Feb 24, 2025
Why is PRC accepted for China? It shouldn't be. PRC was founded in 1949. Only ROC can represent China in 1945.
hypnoshroom
+1
Level 48
Apr 6, 2025
this is the only country quiz i can get 100% on
RollingStones1
+1
Level 50
Apr 17, 2025
The quiz was very good. It would love to see a 1939, 1940, 1941,1942,1943,and 1944 quizzes.
jhithepanda
+1
Level 50
May 20, 2025
Only Missed East Turkestan!

...And so did 80% of the people who took this lol

GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 41
Jan 19, 2026
I got it. it was Liechtenstein that gave me a little problems (but I got it too eventually)
Basaball
+1
Level 52
Sep 26, 2025
Couldn’t get Turkestan but got everything else
alexander1234
+1
Level 42
Sep 28, 2025
1% of people who missed the United States, feel ashamed
GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 41
Jan 19, 2026
Most of them are probably non-Americans lol
Rahul2004
+1
Level 41
Oct 28, 2025
Free Tibet!!
PaxSu
+2
Level 55
Dec 16, 2025
Can you include the spelling of East Turkistan (with an i) pls
GoPennState
+1
Level 43
Apr 20, 2026
how are there only 4 independent countries in africa??
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