Africa in 1900
This map shows the 26 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1900
Largest first, by area on this map.
- British Africa
- French Africa
- Belgian Congo
- German Africa
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Ethiopian Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Italian Africa
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Wadai Empire
- Republic of Liberia
- Natalia Republic
- Kingdom of Italy
- First Hellenic Republic
- Swaziland
- Cretan State
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Russian Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- Emirate of Nejd
New on the map since 1875
British Africa · Belgian Congo · Italian Africa · Kingdom of Spain · Swaziland · Cretan State · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Gone from the map by 1925
German Africa · Kingdom of Portugal · Ottoman Empire · Ottoman Tripolitania · Qajar Dynasty · Sokoto Caliphate · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Morocco · Wadai Empire · Natalia Republic · Swaziland · Cretan State · Russian Empire · British Colonial Empire
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Other regions in 1900
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.