Who ruled the world in 1945?
The cold war: 71 states on the map for 1945, 71 with a known leader. Open the interactive map and move the slider to 1945 to see their borders.
| State | Led by in 1945 |
|---|---|
| Andorra | Ramon Iglesias i Navarri (Episcopal Co-Prince); Charles de Gaulle (French Co-Prince) |
| Argentina | Edelmiro Julián Farrell (de facto President) |
| Australia | George VI (King); John Curtin (Prime minister); Frank Forde (Prime minister); Ben Chifley (Prime minister) |
| Austria | Karl Renner (President); Karl Renner (Chancellor); Leopold Figl (Chancellor) |
| Basutoland | 'Mantšebo (Regent) |
| Belgium | Leopold III (King); Hubert Pierlot (Prime minister); Achille Van Acker (Prime minister) |
| Bolivia | Gualberto Villarroel (President) |
| Brunei | Ahmad Tajuddin (Sultan) |
| Canada | George VI (King); William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime minister) |
| Colombia | Alfonso López Pumarejo (President) |
| Czechoslovakia | Edvard Beneš (President); Zdeněk Fierlinger (Prime Minister) |
| Denmark | Christian X (King); Vilhelm Buhl (Prime minister); Knud Kristensen (Prime minister) |
| Ecuador | José María Velasco Ibarra (Constitutional President) |
| El Salvador | Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (Provisional President); Salvador Castaneda Castro (President) |
| Emirate of Transjordan | Abdullah I (Emir); Samir al-Rifai (Prime minister); Ibrahim Hashem (Prime minister) |
| Empire of Japan | Hirohito (Emperor); Kuniaki Koiso (Prime minister); Kantarō Suzuki (Prime minister); Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (Prime minister); Kijūrō Shidehara (Prime minister) |
| Ethiopian Empire | Haile Selassie I (Emperor) |
| Finland | Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (President); Juho Kusti Paasikivi (Prime minister) |
| First Costa Rican Republic | Teodoro Picado Michalski (President) |
| First Syrian Republic | Shukri al-Quwatli (President); Saadallah al-Jabiri (Prime minister) |
| Francoist Spain | Francisco Franco (Caudillo); Francisco Franco (Prime minister) |
| French Protectorate of Cambodia | Norodom Sihanouk (King); Norodom Sihanouk (Prime minister); Son Ngoc Thanh (Prime minister); Sisowath Monireth (Prime minister) |
| Guatemala | Revolutionary Government Junta (President); Juan José Arévalo (President) |
| Honduras | Tiburcio Carías Andino (President) |
| Iceland | Sveinn Björnsson (President); Ólafur Thors (Prime minister) |
| Imperial State of Iran | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Shah) |
| Ireland | Douglas Hyde (President); Seán T. O'Kelly (President); Éamon de Valera (Taoiseach) |
| Kingdom of Afghanistan | Mohammed Zahir Shah (King); Mohammad Hashim Khan (Prime minister); Mohammad Zahir Shah (King) |
| Kingdom of Bulgaria | Simeon II (Tsar); Kimon Georgiev (Prime minister) |
| Kingdom of Egypt | Farouk I (King); Ahmad Mahir Pasha (Prime minister); Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha (Prime minister) |
| Kingdom of Greece | George II (King); Damaskinos (Regent); Georgios Papandreou (Prime minister); Nikolaos Plastiras (Prime minister); Petros Voulgaris (Prime minister); Damaskinos of Athens (Prime minister); Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (Prime minister); Themistoklis Sofoulis (Prime minister) |
| Kingdom of Iraq | 'Abd al-Ilah (Regent); Faisal II (King); Hamdi al-Pachachi (Prime minister) |
| Kingdom of Italy | Victor Emmanuel III (king); Ivanoe Bonomi (Prime minister); Ferruccio Parri (Prime minister); Alcide De Gasperi (Prime minister) |
| Kingdom of Romania | Michael I (King); Nicolae Rădescu (Prime minister); Petru Groza (Prime minister) |
| Kingdom of Tonga (1900–70) | Sālote Tupou III (King); Solomone Ula Ata (Prime minister) |
| Lebanon | Bechara El Khoury (President); Riad Al Solh (Prime minister); Abdul Hamid Karami (Prime minister); Sami as-Solh (Prime minister) |
| Liberia | William Tubman (President) |
| Luxembourg | Charlotte (Grand Duchess); Pierre Dupong (Prime minister) |
| Manchukuo | Puyi (Emperor); Zhang Jinghui (Prime minister) |
| Mexico | Manuel Ávila Camacho (President) |
| Mongolian People's Republic | Gonchigiin Bumtsend (Chairman); Khorloogiin Choibalsan (Prime minister) |
| Morocco | Mohammed V (Sultan) |
| Muscat and Oman | Said III (Sultan) |
| Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen | Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (King) |
| New Zealand | George VI (King); Peter Fraser (Prime minister) |
| Nicaragua | Anastasio Somoza García (President) |
| Norway | Haakon VII (King); Josef Terboven (German Commissioner for Norway); Vidkun Quisling (Minister President); Einar Gerhardsen (Prime minister) |
| Panama | Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango (President); Enrique Adolfo Jiménez (Provisional President) |
| Peru | Manuel Prado y Ugarteche (Constitutional President); José Bustamante y Rivero (Constitutional President) |
| Philippines | Sergio Osmeña (President); José P. Laurel (President) |
| Polish People's Republic | Edward Osóbka-Morawski (Prime minister) |
| Presidential Republic (1925–1973) | Juan Antonio Ríos (President) |
| Provisional Government of the French Republic | Charles de Gaulle (Chairmen); Charles de Gaulle (Prime minister) |
| Qatar | Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani (Emir) |
| Republic of China (1916–1949) | Chiang Kai-shek (Chairmen); Chiang Kai-shek (Premier); T. V. Soong (Premier) |
| Republic of Cuba | Ramón Grau (President); Félix Lancís Sánchez (Prime minister); Carlos Prío Socarrás (Prime minister) |
| Republic of Haiti (1859–1957) | Élie Lescot (President) |
| Saudi Arabia | Ibn Saud (King) |
| Second Portuguese Republic | Óscar Carmona (President); António de Oliveira Salazar (President of the Council of Minister); António de Oliveira Salazar (President of the Council of Ministers) |
| Sheikhdom of Kuwait | Ahmad I (Sheikh) |
| Soviet Union | Joseph Stalin (General Secretary); Mikhail Kalinin (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet) |
| Sweden | Gustaf V (King); Per Albin Hansson (Prime minister) |
| Switzerland | Eduard von Steiger (President of the Confederation) |
| Thailand | Ananda Mahidol (King); Khuang Aphaiwong (Prime minister); Tawee Boonyaket (Prime minister); Seni Pramoj (Prime minister) |
| The Netherlands | Wilhelmina (Queen); Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Prime minister); Willem Schermerhorn (Prime minister) |
| Turkey | Şükrü Saracoğlu (Prime minister); İsmet İnönü (President) |
| Union of South Africa | George VI (King); Jan Smuts (Prime minister) |
| United Kingdom | George VI (King); Winston Churchill (Prime minister); Clement Attlee (Prime minister) |
| United States | Franklin D. Roosevelt (President); Harry S. Truman (President) |
| United States of Venezuela | Isaías Medina Angarita (President); Rómulo Betancourt (President) |
| Uruguay | Juan José de Amézaga (President) |