The world in 1750
This map shows the 131 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1750
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Dzungar Khanate
- Afsharid Iran
- Swedish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Tibet
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Denmark-Norway
- British Colonial Empire
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Zand Dynasty
- Funj Sultanate
- Mughal Empire
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Morocco
- Khanate of Khiva
- Maratha Empire
- Nawabs of Bengal
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- First Toungoo Empire
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Dutch Republic
- Jesuit Reducciones
- Wadai Empire
- New France
- Joseon
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Hyderabad State
- Regency of Algiers
- Kalmyk Khanate
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Khmer Empire
- Crimean Khanate
- Vientiane
- Zaporozhian Cossacks
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Sultanate of Johor
- Qasimids
- Ashanti Empire
- Sloboda Ukraine
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Principality of Moldavia
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Trịnh lords
- Nawab of Awadh
- Khanate of Kokand
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Sultanate of Oman
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Beylik of Tunis
- Haudenosaunee
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Nguyễn lords
- Cambodia
- Greenland
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Durrani Empire
- Republic of Venice
- Swiss Confederation
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Papal States
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Banten
- Lan Na
- Oyo Empire
- Electorate of Hanover
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Duchy of Courland
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Dutch Ceylon
- Kingdom of Georgia
- New Netherland
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Bamana Empire
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Sultanate of Bima
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Principality of Mingrelia
- French India
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Bali
- Principality of Guria
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Principality of Svaneti
- Surakarta Sunanate
- Đại Việt
- Comtat Venaissin
- Sultan of Yogyakarta
- Republic of Ragusa
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- English Colonial Empire
- Kathmandu
- Danish India
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Principality of Liechtenstein
New on the map since 1725
Afsharid Iran · Zand Dynasty · Hyderabad State · Konbaung Dynasty · Khanates of the Caucasus · Nawab of Awadh · Sultanate of Oman · Greenland · Durrani Empire · Lan Na · Duchy of Courland · Sultanate of Terengganu · Sultanate of Selangor · Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara · Emirate of Diriyah · Surakarta Sunanate · Sultan of Yogyakarta
Gone from the map by 1775
Dzungar Khanate · Afsharid Iran · Nawabs of Bengal · Ayutthaya Kingdom · First Toungoo Empire · Jesuit Reducciones · Kalmyk Khanate · Astrakhan Khanate · Zaporozhian Cossacks · Sloboda Ukraine · Lan Na · Kingdom of Kakheti · Duchy of Lorraine · Kathmandu
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Other regions in 1750
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.