Countries that have lost territory as a percentage of their greatest extent Quiz by Malo_Polska

Can you name the countries that have lost territory as a percentage of their greatest extent?

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Note: Territory temporarily annexed during war is not considered. If a state ceases to exist (excluding temporary occupation), a later state claiming the mantle of the former one is not considered.
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% of territory lost	country	context
99.999%		Papal States held much of central Italy
99%
99%		18th century: Held Brazil
99%
99%		19th century: Held Belgian Congo
97%		18th century: Held much of the Americas
95%
95%		1861: Lost inland towns to France
95%
89%
88%		Pre WWI: Austro-Hungarian Empire
87%
87%
85%		Ottoman Empire
77%
77%
75%		1967-1979: Held Sinai, etc.
75%
70%		Yugoslavia
66%		Union of Kalmar (14th century)
65%		1830s: Peru-Bolivia Confederation
64%
58%		Amazonian territory lost to Peru (1941)
55%		Northern territories lost to USA
55%		Mid 19th Century: Gran Colombia
54%
48%

% of territory lost	country	context
40%		Loss of Namibia
38%		Loss of Slovakia
38%
34%
27%
26%
25%
25%
25%		Recent loss of South Sudan
22%		De facto inpendence of Somaliland
20%
20%
18%		South Ossetia and Abkhazia
16%		Loss of Bangladesh
16%
12%		WWII: Losses to Soviet Union
11%		Loss of Transnistria
10%		Loss of Veltlin and Bormio (1815)
10%		Loss of Eritrea
9%		Loss of Nagorno-Karabakh
6%		Loss of West Bank to Israel
5%		1980s: Confederation with The Gambia
3%
3%		Loss of Hatay province to Turkey (1939)
0.77%		East Timor
0.21%		Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)
	Loss of Singapore (1965)

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	carbon_rod:	Apr 24th, 2012 at 19:51 GMT		2 points
	You may wish to add: Oman, which lost Zanzibar and other territories; Hungary, which like Austria lost territories in the break-up of Austria-Hungary; Belgium, which lost the Belgian Congo; and Taiwan, which lost all of the mainland.

	tamius:	Apr 24th, 2012 at 20:13 GMT		2 points
	In addition to carbon_rod's comment, I was surprised not to see Malaysia (which lost Singapore) and Brunei (which lost all of the territory on Borneo, now a part of Malaysia), along with Monaco, which lost 95% of its territory in 1861. Sakhalin is also misspelt.

	Malo_Polska:	Apr 24th, 2012 at 20:33 GMT		1 point
	Thanks for the catches guys. Can't believe I forgot Belgium! Not including Taiwan and Hungary, because neither are/were officially independent. But will add the others.

	Golbez:	Apr 24th, 2012 at 21:57 GMT		2 points
	Also needs Luxembourg. Neat idea for a quiz. :)

	profxyz:	Apr 24th, 2012 at 23:41 GMT		2 points
	1. If decolonization counts then what about the independence of PNG from Australia? Or the independence of Namibia from South Africa? 2. If you include federation collapses (El Salvador, Peru etc.) then should Senegambia count? 3. Pretty sure North Korea lost territory as a result of the Korean War - of course, they aren't technically borders per se. 4. If Abkhazia counts as a loss for Georgia, what about Transnistria for Moldova and Nagorno-Karabakh for Azerbaijan?

	Malo_Polska:	Apr 25th, 2012 at 01:11 GMT		1 point
	Technically Papua New Guinea was a British possession administered by Australia. Namibia was never annexed by South Africa, but was for all practical purposes ruled by her and therefore will be added. Senegal is a good add. I thought about North Korea, but I couldn't find good data on the pre-war land area. In any event, the change was very small.

	jonbar18:	Apr 25th, 2012 at 04:36 GMT		1 point
	Please accept Vatican as well as Vatican City. I tried Vatican, and when it didn't work, I was ready to suggest it's loss of the papal states. Then I had some time left over, and knew that the 99.99% couldn't be anything else. Great quiz btw :)

	FreakyFlyBry:	Apr 25th, 2012 at 07:26 GMT		1 point
	Ireland? Or was it already in its current form at independence?

	tm83:	Apr 25th, 2012 at 13:36 GMT		1 point
	India losing Pakistan ? Libya lost the Aouzou strip to Chad in the 1980s and Mauritania lost its portion of the Western Sahara to Morocco also in the 1980s. I'm sure some places e.g. Maldives have already lost some land to global warming as well..

	megascarp:	Apr 25th, 2012 at 15:00 GMT		1 point
	this is a great quiz but massively complicated and I wouldn't have dared attempt it. syria should mention the loss of the Golan Heights to Israel. Ireland which once had the whole island lost its sovereignty and when regained lost Northern Ireland to the UK. This subject is just so difficult to quantify and i'd love to see a source for this or yours workings. Unfortunately i'm sure there are loads more that have been missed cos the history is so vast and the definition quite ambiguous.great effort though

	Malo_Polska:	Apr 25th, 2012 at 15:26 GMT		1 point
	Both India and Ireland were partitioned at independence, thus are not counted. The boundary disputes in the Sahara are a little questionable, as both are arguably temporary territorial increase during time of war (which the quiz does not consider). Hatay is about 5 times bigger than the Golan, so I mentioned it as the most substantial territorial loss.

	Malo_Polska:	Apr 25th, 2012 at 15:30 GMT		1 point
	As for sources, mostly wikipedia plus googling for maps. Where reliable estimates of the former areas of the countries were available, they were used (generally by summing the area of the successor states or provinces). Otherwise, they were estimated from maps. The numerous missed countries originate from the fact that I was not working from a list, only relying on my own knowledge of history.

	chriskotx:	Apr 26th, 2012 at 03:39 GMT		1 point
	Guatemalans would contend that they lost Belize to a British logging company.

	Malo_Polska:	Apr 26th, 2012 at 17:04 GMT		1 point
	Though the battle over Belize was fought prior to Guatemalan independence.