Atlas

Each point is a locator for a published case’s geographical context — not a border, capital or claim. Everything on the map is also in the list below, which works without the map.

Historical period

Use negative years for BCE.

Legend

  • Independence movements
  • Political status and decolonisation
  • Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
  • Historical independence
  • Unification and territorial transfer
  • Group of nearby locators — select to zoom

Shapes and colours never indicate legitimacy; collections are also named in the list.

Map data and boundary policy

Basemap: Natural Earth 4.1.0 land polygons (world-atlas@2.0.2), Public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). Land polygons only. No political boundaries are drawn by the basemap. Case boundaries appear only from approved, sourced geometry records, each labelled with its layer type, dates and provenance. Map policy.

Loading the interactive map… The full list of cases is below and does not need the map.

Cases on the map

224 cases. The map shows the same set.

Cases shown on the atlas, with collection, region and locator description
CaseCollectionRegionMap
Abkhazia Independence movements Caucasus, Russia and neighbouring areas
Aboriginal Australian sovereignties Autonomy and Indigenous self-government Oceania and the Pacific
Acadian political-status movements Autonomy and Indigenous self-government North America
Aceh Historical independence East Asia
Afar self-determination Autonomy and Indigenous self-government East Africa and the Horn
Afrikaner / Volkstaat proposals Autonomy and Indigenous self-government Southern Africa
Ahwazi political-status movements Independence movements West Asia
Åland Islands Independence movements Europe
Alaskan independence advocacy Historical independence North America
Alberta independence Independence movements North America
Algeria Historical independence North Africa
American Samoa political status Political status and decolonisation Oceania and the Pacific
Anglophone Cameroon / Ambazonia Independence movements Central Africa
Angola Historical independence Central Africa
Anguilla political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Anjouan separatist episodes Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Annobón political-status movements Independence movements Central Africa
Aruba political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Assamese independence Independence movements South Asia
Assyrian self-government Independence movements West Asia
Azawad Independence movements West Africa
Bakassi political-status claims Independence movements West Africa
Baloch self-determination movements Independence movements South Asia
Bangladesh Historical independence South Asia
Barotseland Political status and decolonisation Southern Africa
Bashkortostan Independence movements Caucasus, Russia and neighbouring areas
Basque Country Independence movements Europe
Bavaria Independence movements Europe
Bermuda political status Political status and decolonisation North America
Biafra Historical independence West Africa