The world in 1812
1812 is Napoleon's empire at its height. This map shows the 132 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1812
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Ottoman Empire
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Qajar Dynasty
- Río de la Plata
- United States of America
- Durrani Empire
- British Empire
- First French Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- Denmark-Norway
- Khanate of Khiva
- Swedish Empire
- Maratha Empire
- Austrian Empire
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Funj Sultanate
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Spain
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Morocco
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Paraguay
- New Granada
- British Cape Colony
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Confederation of the Rhine
- Mexicans
- Mughal Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Dutch East Indies
- Ethiopian Empire
- Nepal
- Republic of Chile
- Bornu Empire
- Khanate of Kokand
- Greenland
- Vientiane
- Sultanate of Johor
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Ashanti Empire
- Guayaquil Junta
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Italian Republic
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Khmer Empire
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Bamana Empire
- Sultanate of Oman
- Principality of Wallachia
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Oyo Empire
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Sikh Empire
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Merina Kingdom
- Chiangmai
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Kingdom of Westphalia
- Bessarabia
- Serbs
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Helvetic Republic
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Empire of Haiti
- British Ceylon
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Duchy of Nassau
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Grand Duchy of Würzburg
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Grand Duchy of Berg
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Principality of Regensberg
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- French India
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Kuwait
- Principality of Guria
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Free City of Lübeck
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Surakarta Sunanate
- Đại Việt
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Principality of Svaneti
- Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
- Sultan of Yogyakarta
- Septinsular Republic
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Principality of Lippe
- Danish India
- House of Khalifa
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- First French colonial empire
- Principality of Liechtenstein
New on the map since 1787
Qajar Dynasty · Río de la Plata · First French Empire · Austrian Empire · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Sokoto Caliphate · Emirate of Bukhara · Paraguay · New Granada · British Cape Colony · Napoleonic Batavia Republic · Nguyễn dynasty · Duchy of Warsaw · Confederation of the Rhine · Mexicans · Dutch East Indies · Republic of Chile · Guayaquil Junta · Kingdom of Bavaria · Italian Republic · Sikh Empire · Merina Kingdom · Kingdom of Westphalia · Bessarabia · Serbs · Helvetic Republic · Empire of Haiti · British Ceylon · Kingdom of Württemberg · Grand Duchy of Baden · Duchy of Nassau · Kingdom of Hawaï'i · Duchy of Mecklenburg · Grand Duchy of Würzburg · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Grand Duchy of Berg · Principality of Regensberg · Saxe-Altenburg · Free City of Lübeck · Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · Septinsular Republic · Principality of Reuss-Gera · Duchy of Anhalt · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Principality of Lippe · First French colonial empire
Gone from the map by 1837
Portuguese Empire · Emirate of Diriyah · Río de la Plata · Durrani Empire · First French Empire · Swedish Empire · Konbaung Dynasty · Funj Sultanate · New Granada · Confederation of the Rhine · Mexicans · Vientiane · Guayaquil Junta · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Italian Republic · Bamana Empire · Oyo Empire · Sultanate of Palembang · Kingdom of Westphalia · Bessarabia · Helvetic Republic · British Ceylon · Grand Duchy of Würzburg · Principality of Abkhazia · Grand Duchy of Berg · Sultanate of Kedah · Principality of Regensberg · Sultanate of Sukadana · Principality of Guria · Sultanate of Sambas · Surakarta Sunanate · Đại Việt · Principality of Svaneti · Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate · Sultan of Yogyakarta · Septinsular Republic · Sultanate of Mempawah · First French colonial empire · Principality of Liechtenstein
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Other regions in 1812
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.