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Summary

 * Rise and Fall of the British Empire

(Note: In Square Miles)


 * Afghanistan                      250,001
 * Grand Total:   250001 sqmi of land lost in  1919


 * Ireland                           27,132
 * Nepal                             56,827
 * Weihaiwei                          2,099
 * Grand Total:   86058 sqmi of land lost between 1920 and 1930


 * Iraq                             168,754
 * Grand Total:   168,754  square miles of land lost between 1930 and 1940


 * Australia                      2,967,910
 * New Zealand                     103, 738
 * South Africa                     471,011
 * Namibia                          318,696
 * Canada                         3,855,103
 * India                          1,269,346
 * Pakistan                         310,403
 * Ceylon                            25,332
 * Bangladesh                        56,000
 * Burma                            261,970
 * Grand Total: 9639509 sqmi of land lost between 1940 and 1949.


 * The Sudan                       967,500
 * Ghana                            92,100
 * Malay Federation                 50,320
 * Grand Total:    1,109,920  square miles of land lost between 1950 and 1959


 * Nigeria                         356,669
 * British Somaliland               53,128
 * Cyprus                            3,571
 * Tanganyika and Zanzibar         364,901
 * Sierra Leone                     27,699
 * Kuwait                            6,880
 * British Cameroon                 61,000 (est.)
 * Uganda                           91,135
 * Jamaica                           4,000
 * Trinidad and Tobago               1,980
 * Kenya                           224,962
 * Singapore                           270
 * Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)      290,586
 * British North Borneo             29,388
 * Sarawak                          48,000
 * Malawi                           45,745
 * Malta                               122
 * Gambia                            3,978
 * Maldives                            115
 * Barbados                            166
 * Guyana                           83,000
 * Botswana                        231,804
 * Lesotho                          11,720
 * Yemen                           203,000
 * Mauritius                           788
 * Swaziland                         6,704
 * Grand Total: 2151311 sqmi of land lost between 1960 and 1970


 * Fiji                              7,054
 * Tonga                               289
 * Bahrain                             253
 * Qatar                             4,000
 * Oman                            119,499
 * Arab Emirates                    29,016
 * Bahamas                           5,382
 * Grenada                             133
 * Seychelles                          176
 * Dominica                            291
 * Solomon Islands                  10,985
 * Tuvalu                               10
 * Kiribati                            313
 * Saint Lucia                         239
 * Saint Vincent                       150
 * Grand Total: 177790 sqmi of land lost between 1970 and 1979


 * Rhodesia                        150,804
 * Vanuatu                           4,710
 * Belize                            8,867
 * Antigua & Barbuda                   171
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis               101
 * Brunei                            2,226
 * Grand Total: 166879 sqmi of land lost between 1980 and 1990


 * Hong Kong                           426
 * Grand Total: 426 sqmi of land lost between 1990 and 2005