Country · since 1946
Republic of Indonesia
Republic of Indonesia appears on the map from 1946 to today. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1976, it covered about 2.04 million km².
Indonesian nationalists Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declared independence on 17 August 1945, two days after Japan surrendered and ended its wartime occupation of the Dutch East Indies. The Netherlands fought to return, but after four years of war and diplomacy, and American pressure, it transferred sovereignty in 1949; western New Guinea followed in 1963. Sukarno led a turbulent young nation of thousands of islands and hundreds of ethnic groups, united by the Indonesian language and the state philosophy of Pancasila. More about Republic of Indonesia.
See Republic of Indonesia on the map in 1976
- On the map
- 1946 – today
- Greatest extent
- 1976, about 2.04 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Indonesia · Wikidata Q252
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1946 | 569,148 km² |
| 1946 | 42,209 km² |
| 1947–1948 | 408,209 km² |
| 1947–1948 | 42,266 km² |
| 1949 | 122,120 km² |
| 1949 | 42,209 km² |
| 1950–1952 | 2.02 million km² |
| 1953–1959 | 1.98 million km² |
| 1953–1957 | 42,209 km² |
| 1958–1959 | 42,209 km² |
| 1960–1975 | 2.02 million km² |
| 1976–1991 | 2.04 million km² |
| 1992–1999 | 1.90 million km² |
| since 2000 | 1.89 million km² |
Related
- Republic of Indonesia empire