Africa in 1815
1815 is the year of the Congress of Vienna. This map shows the 35 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1815
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Qajar Dynasty
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Funj Sultanate
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Morocco
- British Cape Colony
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Ethiopian Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Ashanti Empire
- Merina Kingdom
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Bamana Empire
- Imamate of Yemen
- Kingdom of Spain
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Oyo Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Omani Slave Coast
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Spanish Empire
- Kuwait
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- French India
- Septinsular Republic
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Danish India
- House of Khalifa
New on the map since 1790
Muhammad Ali dynasty · Sokoto Caliphate · British Cape Colony · Napoleonic Batavia Republic · Merina Kingdom · Imamate of Yemen · Omani Slave Coast · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Bourbon Kingdom of France · Septinsular Republic · Kingdom of Great Britain
Gone from the map by 1840
Emirate of Diriyah · Funj Sultanate · Bamana Empire · Karamanli Dynasty · Oyo Empire · Portuguese Empire · Septinsular Republic
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 1815
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.