The world in 1760
This map shows the 130 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1760
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Zand Dynasty
- Swedish Empire
- Durrani Empire
- Tibet
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- British Colonial Empire
- Maratha Empire
- Denmark-Norway
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Funj Sultanate
- Mughal Empire
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Morocco
- Khanate of Khiva
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Nawabs of Bengal
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Bornu Empire
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Dutch Republic
- New France
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Hyderabad State
- Regency of Algiers
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Kalmyk Khanate
- Jesuit Reducciones
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Khmer Empire
- Crimean Khanate
- Ashanti Empire
- Vientiane
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Sultanate of Johor
- Qasimids
- Sloboda Ukraine
- Zaporozhian Cossacks
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Sultanate of Oman
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Trịnh lords
- Nawab of Awadh
- Khanate of Kokand
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Greenland
- Beylik of Tunis
- Nguyễn lords
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Haudenosaunee
- Cambodia
- Electorate of Hanover
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Oyo Empire
- Duchy of Bavaria
- 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
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Duchy of Courland
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Dutch Ceylon
- Kingdom of Georgia
- New Netherland
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Corsican Republic
- 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
- Kuwait
- British Empire
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Principality of Svaneti
- Surakarta Sunanate
- Đại Việt
- Comtat Venaissin
- Sultan of Yogyakarta
- Republic of Ragusa
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Danish India
- English Colonial Empire
- Kathmandu
- Bahrain
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Principality of Liechtenstein
New on the map since 1735
Zand Dynasty · Durrani Empire · Konbaung Dynasty · Sultanate of Oman · Khanates of the Caucasus · Corsican Republic · Sultanate of Selangor · Emirate of Diriyah · Kuwait · British Empire · Surakarta Sunanate · Sultan of Yogyakarta · Bahrain
Gone from the map by 1785
Ayutthaya Kingdom · Nawabs of Bengal · Kalmyk Khanate · Jesuit Reducciones · Astrakhan Khanate · Crimean Khanate · Sloboda Ukraine · Zaporozhian Cossacks · Nguyễn lords · Haudenosaunee · Lan Na · Kingdom of Kakheti · Corsican Republic · English Colonial Empire · Kathmandu · Bahrain
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Other regions in 1760
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.