East Asia in 1900
This map shows the 12 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1900
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Qing Dynasty
- Russian Empire
- British Raj
- Empire of Japan
- French Indochina
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Korean Empire
- United States of America
- German Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Portuguese Colonies
New on the map since 1875
Korean Empire · United States of America · German Empire · Kingdom of Belgium
Gone from the map by 1925
Qing Dynasty · Russian Empire · Korean Empire · German Empire · Portuguese Colonies
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East Asia in other years
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.