The world in 1800
This map shows the 121 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1800
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Qajar Dynasty
- Durrani Empire
- Swedish Empire
- United States of America
- Maratha Empire
- Habsburg Monarchy
- British Empire
- Denmark-Norway
- British Colonial Empire
- Khanate of Khiva
- French Consulate
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Kingdom of Spain
- Funj Sultanate
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Morocco
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Mughal Empire
- Bornu Empire
- British Cape Colony
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Regency of Algiers
- Ethiopian Empire
- Batavian Republic
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Greenland
- Nepal
- Dutch East Indies
- Tây Sơn dynasty
- Vientiane
- Sultanate of Johor
- Qasimids
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Ashanti Empire
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Nawab of Awadh
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Khmer Empire
- Khanate of Kokand
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Sultanate of Oman
- Principality of Wallachia
- Principality of Moldavia
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Merina Kingdom
- Oyo Empire
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Cambodia
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Sikh Empire
- Chiangmai
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Helvetic Republic
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Banten
- Papal States
- French Louisiana
- Electorate of Saxony
- Electorate of Hanover
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Bamana Empire
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Haiti
- British Ceylon
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Cispadane Republic
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Principality of Mingrelia
- French India
- Sikh Confederacy
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Kuwait
- Principality of Guria
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Đại Việt
- Surakarta Sunanate
- Principality of Svaneti
- Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
- Sultan of Yogyakarta
- Septinsular Republic
- Republic of Ragusa
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Danish India
- County of Urgell
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- New Netherland
New on the map since 1775
Qajar Dynasty · United States of America · French Consulate · Emirate of Bukhara · Rattanakosin Kingdom · British Cape Colony · Batavian Republic · Dutch East Indies · Merina Kingdom · Sikh Empire · Helvetic Republic · French Louisiana · Nguyễn dynasty · Haiti · British Ceylon · Kingdom of Hawaï'i · Cispadane Republic · Septinsular Republic · Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Gone from the map by 1825
Portuguese Empire · Swedish Empire · Habsburg Monarchy · French Consulate · Emirate of Diriyah · Konbaung Dynasty · Funj Sultanate · Batavian Republic · Holy Roman Empire Minor States · Tây Sơn dynasty · Qasimids · Carnatic Sultanate · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Nawab of Awadh · Cambodia · Kingdom of Georgia · Sultanate of Palembang · Duchy of Bavaria · Helvetic Republic · Sultanate of Banten · French Louisiana · Electorate of Saxony · Electorate of Hanover · Bamana Empire · Haiti · British Ceylon · Kingdom of Imereti · Sultanate of Kedah · Cispadane Republic · Principality of Mingrelia · Sikh Confederacy · Sultanate of Sambas · Septinsular Republic · Republic of Ragusa · County of Urgell · Principality of Liechtenstein · New Netherland
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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.