The world in 1789
1789 is the year the French Revolution began. This map shows the 127 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1789
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Durrani Empire
- Swedish Empire
- Tibet
- United States of America
- Maratha Empire
- Denmark-Norway
- Zand Dynasty
- Habsburg Monarchy
- British Colonial Empire
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Kingdom of France
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Qajar Dynasty
- Kingdom of Spain
- Funj Sultanate
- British Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Morocco
- Khanate of Khiva
- Mughal Empire
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Bornu Empire
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Dutch Republic
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Regency of Algiers
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Ethiopian Empire
- Greenland
- Hyderabad State
- Nepal
- Khmer Empire
- Vientiane
- Sultanate of Johor
- Qasimids
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Ashanti Empire
- Tây Sơn dynasty
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Sultanate of Oman
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Khanate of Kokand
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Nawab of Awadh
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Moldavia
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Oyo Empire
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Cambodia
- Sikh Confederacy
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Sultanate of Palembang
- New France
- Chiangmai
- Republic of Venice
- Swiss Confederation
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Papal States
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Banten
- Electorate of Saxony
- Electorate of Hanover
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Duchy of Courland
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Kingdom of Champasak
- New Netherland
- Vermont Republic
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Dutch Ceylon
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Bamana Empire
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Republic of Genoa
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Principality of Mingrelia
- French India
- Freetown Colony
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Kuwait
- Principality of Guria
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Surakarta Sunanate
- Đại Việt
- Principality of Svaneti
- Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
- Comtat Venaissin
- Sultan of Yogyakarta
- Republic of Ragusa
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Danish India
- House of Khalifa
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Principality of Liechtenstein
New on the map since 1764
United States of America · Qajar Dynasty · Rattanakosin Kingdom · Emirate of Bukhara · Nepal · Tây Sơn dynasty · Sikh Confederacy · Chiangmai · Vermont Republic · Bamana Empire · Freetown Colony · Negeri Sembilan · Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate · House of Khalifa
Gone from the map by 1814
Tibet · Zand Dynasty · Habsburg Monarchy · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Kingdom of France · Dutch Republic · Dutch Cape Coast · Holy Roman Empire Minor States · Khanates of the Caucasus · Hyderabad State · Qasimids · Tây Sơn dynasty · Carnatic Sultanate · Nawab of Awadh · Kingdom of Mysore · Duchy of Bavaria · Cambodia · Sikh Confederacy · Kingdom of Georgia · New France · Republic of Venice · Swiss Confederation · Sultanate of Banten · Electorate of Saxony · Electorate of Hanover · Duchy of Courland · New Netherland · Vermont Republic · Dutch Ceylon · Republic of Genoa · Kingdom of Imereti · Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom · Principality of Mingrelia · Freetown Colony · Comtat Venaissin · Republic of Ragusa · County of Urgell
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The world in other years
Other regions in 1789
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.