Africa in 1840
This map shows the 42 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1840
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Qajar Dynasty
- Sokoto Caliphate
- British Cape Colony
- Ottoman Empire
- Emirate of Nejd
- Morocco
- Merina Kingdom
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Ethiopian Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Omani Slave Coast
- Ashanti Empire
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Massina Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- United States of America
- Imamate of Yemen
- Kingdom of Spain
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Bahrain
- Trucial States
- Natalia Republic
- French Algiers
- Zululand
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- First Hellenic Republic
- Qatar Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Sultanate of Oman
- Khanate of Khiva
- Kuwait
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- French India
- Danish India
- House of Khalifa
New on the map since 1815
Ottoman Tripolitania · Emirate of Nejd · Massina Empire · United States of America · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Bahrain · Trucial States · Natalia Republic · French Algiers · Zululand · First Hellenic Republic · Qatar Dynasty · Sultanate of Oman · Khanate of Khiva
Gone from the map by 1865
Regency of Algiers · Omani Slave Coast · Massina Empire · United States of America · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Bahrain · French Algiers · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Sultanate of Oman · Khanate of Khiva · Bourbon Kingdom of France · French India · Danish India
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 1840
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.