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Southeast Asia in 1800

This map shows the 45 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1800 with 45 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1800

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Qing Dynasty
  • Konbaung Dynasty
  • Rattanakosin Kingdom
  • Spanish Empire
  • Dutch East Indies
  • Batavian Republic
  • Tây Sơn dynasty
  • Vientiane
  • Sultanate of Johor
  • Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
  • Khmer Empire
  • Cambodia
  • British Empire
  • Sultanate of Palembang
  • Chiangmai
  • Sultanate of Sulu
  • Sultanate of Brunei
  • Sultanate of Banten
  • Kingdom of Champasak
  • Sultanate of Malacca
  • Sultanate of Aceh
  • Sultanate of Banjar
  • Nguyễn dynasty
  • Sultanate of Jambi
  • Sultanate of Perak
  • Portuguese Colonies
  • Sultanate of Terengganu
  • British Colonial Empire
  • Sultanate of Kedah
  • Sultanate of Selangor
  • Sultanate of Bima
  • Kelantan
  • Sultanate of Sukadana
  • Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
  • Bali
  • Negeri Sembilan
  • Sultanate of Sambas
  • Đại Việt
  • Surakarta Sunanate
  • Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
  • Sultan of Yogyakarta
  • Sultanate of Bone
  • Sultanate of Mempawah
  • Tokugawa Shogunate
  • Sultanate of Maguindanao

New on the map since 1775

Rattanakosin Kingdom · Dutch East Indies · Batavian Republic · Nguyễn dynasty · British Colonial Empire

Gone from the map by 1825

Konbaung Dynasty · Batavian Republic · Tây Sơn dynasty · Cambodia · Sultanate of Palembang · Sultanate of Banten · Sultanate of Kedah · Sultanate of Sambas

Animated maps of this time

Southeast Asia 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.