Africa in 1800
This map shows the 31 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1800
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Funj Sultanate
- Morocco
- Bornu Empire
- British Cape Colony
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Ethiopian Empire
- Qasimids
- Ashanti Empire
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Kingdom of Spain
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Merina Kingdom
- Oyo Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- French Consulate
- Bamana Empire
- Sultanate of Oman
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Spanish Empire
- Kuwait
- French India
- Septinsular Republic
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Danish India
New on the map since 1775
Qajar Dynasty · British Cape Colony · Merina Kingdom · French Consulate · Septinsular Republic · Kingdom of Great Britain
Gone from the map by 1825
Emirate of Diriyah · Funj Sultanate · Qasimids · Portuguese Empire · French Consulate · Bamana Empire · Sultanate of Oman · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Septinsular Republic
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 1800
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.