Cold War World Map

Color Cold War era countries and blocs for alliance maps, history explainers, and classroom visuals.

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People S Republic of South Yemen 1967 1969People S Democratic Republic of Yemen 1970 1989Yemen 1990 1999Zanzibar 1963 1963Serbia 2006 2008Serbia 2008 2025Serbia and Montenegro 2003 2005Yugoslavia 1946 1990Yugoslavia 1991 1991Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992 2002Germany French Occupied 1947 1948Germany French Occupied 1946 1946Germany 1990 2025Germany Federal Republic 1957 1989Saar Protectorate 1947 1956Tanzania 1964 2025French Equatorial Africa 1946 1959Congo 1960 2025Republic of the Congo Leopoldville 1960 1963Democratic Republic of the Congo 1964 1970Zaire 1971 1996Belgian Congo 1946 1959Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997 2025China 1951 2025China 1949 1950Pakistan 1949 1970India 1949 2025Nigeria 1960 2025Northern Cameroons 1946 1959Seychelles 1976 2025Seychelles British Colony 1946 1975Russia 1991 2025Mozambique 1975 2025Newfoundland 1946 1948Nyasaland 1946 1963Malawi 1964 2025Northern Rhodesia 1946 1963Uganda Protectorate 1946 1961Uganda 1962 2025Republic of Tanganyika 1961 1963Tanganyika 1946 1960Zambia 1964 2025Israel 1979 2004Israel 2005 2025Israel 1967 1978Israel 1948 1966Palestine 1946 1947British Solomon Islands Protectorate 1946 1977Solomon Islands 1978 2025West Bank 1948 1966China 1946 1948Nigeria British Colony 1946 1959Croatia 1991 2025Gold Coast British Colony 1946 1956Ghana 1957 2025Togo 1960 2025British Bahrain 1946 1970Southern Rhodesia 1946 1964Rhodesia 1965 1979North Korea 1954 2025Chad 1994 2025Chad 1973 1993Chad 1960 1972Germany Usa Occupied 1946 1948Germany British Occupied 1946 1948Germany Democratic Republic 1949 1989Germany Soviet Occupied 1946 1948Spanish Sahara 1946 1975Morocco 1976 1978Morocco 1979 2025Morocco 1956 1957Spanish Morroco 1946 1955French Morroco 1946 1955Morocco 1958 1975Mauritania 1976 1978Western Sahara 1979 2025Mauritania 1979 2025Trinidad and Tobago British Colony 1946 1961Fiji British Colony 1946 1969New Hebrides 1946 1980Lithuania 1991 2025Pakistan 1971 2025India 1946 1948Kashmir Region 1946 1948Pakistan 1946 1948Tibet 1946 1950Bangladesh 1971 2025South Korea 1954 2025Taiwan 1949 2025Brunei British Protectorate 1946 1983Malaysia 1963 1964Malaysia 1965 2025Federation of Malaya 1946 1962Singapore 1965 2025Indonesia 1976 2001Timor Leste 2002 2025Indonesia 1963 1975Indonesia 2002 2025Indonesia 1949 1962Dutch East Indies 1946 1948Netherlands New Guinea 1949 1962Territory of Papua New Guinea 1946 1974Papua New Guinea 1975 2025French Indochina 1946 1952Laos 1953 2025Vietnam 1954 1974Republic of Vietnam 1954 1974Vietnam 1975 2025Republic of Vietnam 1946 1953British Burma 1946 1947Japan 1946 2025Egypt 1961 1966Egypt 1979 2025Egypt United Arab Republic 1958 1960Egypt 1946 1957Syria 1961 1966Syria 1967 2025Syria 1946 1957Egypt 1967 1978Central African Republic 1960 2025Ethiopia 1952 1992Ethiopia 1993 2025Eritrea 1993 2025Eritrea British Admin 1946 1951Swaziland British 1946 1967Basutoland 1946 1965South Africa 1946 1989South Africa 1990 2025Bechuanaland Protectorate 1946 1965Portuguese Mozambique 1946 1974Rwanda 1962 2025Belgian Ruanda Urundi 1946 1961Kenya 1963 2025British Somaliland 1946 1959Italian Somaliland 1946 1959British Togoland 1946 1956Sierra Leone British Colony 1946 1960Gambia British Colony 1946 1964Mali 1960 2025French West Africa 1946 1957French West Africa 1958 1959Mauritania 1960 1975Cote D Ivoire 1960 2025Senegal 1960 2025British Trucial States 1946 1970British Qatar 1946 1970Sheikhdom of Kuwait 1946 1960Saudi Arabia 2000 2025Saudi Arabia 1946 1999Libya Italian Colony 1946 1950Libya 1973 1993Madagascar French Colony 1946 1959Anglo Egyptian Sudan 1946 1955South Sudan 2011 2025Sudan 2011 2025Sudan 1956 2010Algeria French Colony 1946 1961Tunisia French Colony 1946 1955Albania 1946 2025Fyrom 1991 2025Slovenia 1991 2025Montenegro 2006 2025Austria 1955 2025Austria Ussr Occupied 1946 1954Austria French Occupied 1946 1954Austria Usa Occupied 1946 1954Austria British Occupied 1946 1954Brazil 1946 2025Bahamas British Colony 1946 1972Bahamas 1973 2025Jamaica British Colony 1946 1961British Honduras 1946 1980Suriname 1975 2025Dutch Suriname 1946 1974British Guyana 1946 1965Namibia 1990 2025Slovakia 1993 2025Czech Republic 1993 2025Czechoslovakia 1946 1992Mexico 1946 2025United States 1946 2025Guyana 1966 2025Trinidad and Tobago 1962 2025Venezuela 1946 2025Argentina 1946 2025Bolivia 1946 2025Chile 1946 2025Ecuador 1946 2025Paraguay 1946 2025Peru 1946 2025Uruguay 1946 2025Guatemala 1946 2025Dominican Republic 1946 2025Haiti 1946 2025Jamaica 1962 2025Belize 1981 2025Colombia 1946 2025Costa Rica 1946 2025Cuba 1946 2025El Salvador 1946 2025Honduras 1946 2025Nicaragua 1946 2025Panama 1946 2025Iceland 1946 2025Ireland 1946 2025United Kingdom 1946 2025Cape Verde 1975 2025Liberia 1946 2025Portugal 1946 2025Spain 1946 2025Burkina Faso 1960 2025Guinea 1958 2025Guinea Bissau 1974 2025Sierra Leone 1961 2025The Gambia 1965 2025Djibouti 1977 2025Mongolia 1946 2025Iraq 1946 2025Jordan 1946 2025Norway 1946 2025Sweden 1946 2025Algeria 1962 2025Libya 1951 1972Monaco 1993 2025Tunisia 1956 2025Benin 1960 2025Equatorial Guinea 1968 2025Niger 1960 2025Sao Tome and Principe 1975 2025Italy 1946 2025Bulgaria 1946 2025Cyprus 1960 2025Georgia 1991 2025Greece 1946 2025Lebanon 1946 2025Turkey 1946 2025Denmark 1946 2025Hungary 1946 2025Poland 1946 2025Belgium 1946 2025France 1946 2025Luxembourg 1946 2025Netherlands 1946 2025Switzerland 1946 2025Belarus 1991 2025Estonia 1991 2025Finland 1946 2025Latvia 1991 2025Moldova 1991 2025Romania 1946 2025Ukraine 1991 2025Oman 1971 2025Somalia 1960 2025Sri Lanka 1948 2025Turkmenistan 1991 2025Uzbekistan 1991 2025Azerbaijan 1991 2025Iran 1946 2025Kuwait 1961 2025Qatar 1971 2025United Arab Emirates 1971 2025Afghanistan 1946 2025Kyrgyzstan 1991 2025Nepal 1946 2025Tajikistan 1991 2025Bhutan 1946 2025Brunei 1984 2025Philippines 1946 2025Cambodia 1953 2025Myanmar 1948 2025Thailand 1946 2025Botswana 1966 2025Burundi 1962 2025Comoros 1975 2025Lesotho 1966 2025Swaziland 1968 2025Angola 1975 2025Fiji 1970 2025Gabon 1960 2025New Zealand 1946 2025Madagascar 1960 2025Mauritius 1968 2025Australia 1946 2025Vanuatu 1981 2025Kosovo 2008 2025French Guiana 1946 2025Liechtenstein 1946 2025Andorra 1946 2025Cyprus British Colony 1946 1959Malta British Colony 1946 1963Malta 1964 2025Bahrain 1971 2025Sultanate of Muscat and Oman British 1946 1970Portuguese Guinea 1946 1973Spanish Guinea 1946 1967French Somaliland 1946 1966French Territory of the Afars and the Issas 1967 1976Portuguese Angola 1946 1974Ethiopia 1946 1951Portuguese Timor 1946 1975San Marino 1946 2025Sarawak British Colony 1946 1962North Borneo British Colony 1946 1962Armenia 1991 2025British Ceylon 1946 1947Mauritius British Colony 1946 1967Sao Tome and Principe Portuguese 1946 1974Cape Verde Portuguese Colony 1946 1974Libya 1994 2025Soviet Civil Administration In Korea 1946 1948Us Army Military Government In Korea 1946 1948North Korea 1949 1953South Korea 1949 1953Zimbabwe 1980 2025Cameroon 1960 2025Southern Cameroons 1946 1959French Cameroon 1946 1959Gaza Strip 1948 1966Palestinian Territories 2005 2025Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 2025Kazakhstan 1991 2025Canada 1946 1948Canada 1949 2025Ussr 1946 1990Greenland 1946 2025Comoros French Overseas Territory 1945 1974Sultanate of Zanzibar 1946 1962British Kenya 1946 1962Germany Federal Republic 1949 1956Aden Protectorate 1946 1966Yemen Arab Republic 1962 1989Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen 1946 1961Yemen 2000 2025

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Palette

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Selection

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Legend

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About this Cold War World Map coloring map

The Cold War world map is intended for bloc, alliance, and neutral-country visuals. It gives Cold War search intent a focused page instead of mixing it with modern country maps.

Best uses

  • Cold War blocs, alliances, neutral states, and history lessons.
  • Global classroom visuals for the post-1945 period.
  • Scenario maps where modern boundaries or categories are not enough.

Use natural language to color the map

This editor can turn plain-English instructions into color changes, hidden regions, and legend labels before you apply them. It is useful when you know the story you want to show but do not want to click every region by hand.

  • "Color the northern Cold War World Map regions blue and the southern regions amber."
  • "Make a three-color legend for high, medium, and low coverage on this Cold War World Map map."
  • "Hide tiny islands or outliers so the exported Cold War World Map graphic is easier to read."

Map details

Map coverage
Cold War World Map
Region count
333 colorable regions
Export formats
SVG, PNG, and JSON
AI workflow
Natural-language coloring prompts
Era
Cold War
Common use
Bloc and alliance maps

Questions about this map

What is the Cold War World Map coloring map for?

Use it to build a focused historical maps graphic with editable colors, custom legend labels, and export files that can be reused in documents, slides, or videos.

Can I save a Cold War World Map draft?

Drafts are stored in this browser. You can also export JSON when you need a portable backup or want to continue from the same color assignments later.

Which export should I choose?

Use SVG for scalable editing, PNG for quick sharing, and JSON when you want to preserve the editable map state.

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