// Modern era
French Fourth Republic
- Period
- AD 1945 – AD 1957
- Duration
- approx. 12 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1946
- Area (max.)
- approx. 13.2 million km²
Period and duration
French Fourth Republic — according to the map data from AD 1945 to AD 1957, roughly 12 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
French Fourth Republic — greatest extent around AD 1946: the mapped borders then cover about 13.2 million km², roughly 8.9% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1944)
After
- French Fifth Republic
Neighbours around AD 1946
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- British Empire
- French Africa
- United States of America
- Canada
- Brazilian Republic
- British Africa
- Commonwealth of Australia
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1946 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- French Fourth Republic on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.