The world in 1815
1815 is the year of the Congress of Vienna. This map shows the 139 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1815
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Ottoman Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- United States of America
- British Empire
- Durrani Empire
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- British Colonial Empire
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Río de la Plata
- Austrian Empire
- Khanate of Khiva
- Maratha Empire
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Federal League
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Kingdom of Spain
- Funj Sultanate
- Sokoto Caliphate
- New Granada
- German Confederation
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Morocco
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Paraguay
- Denmark-Norway
- Mexicans
- British Cape Colony
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Dutch East Indies
- Mughal Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Ethiopian Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Khanate of Kokand
- Greenland
- Vientiane
- Nepal
- Sultanate of Johor
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Ashanti Empire
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Merina Kingdom
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Khmer Empire
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Bamana Empire
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Netherlands
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Wallachia
- Imamate of Yemen
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Oyo Empire
- Sultanate of Oman
- Sikh Empire
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Chiangmai
- Omani Slave Coast
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Principality of Moldavia
- Swiss Confederation
- Serbs
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Papal States
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Empire of Haiti
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Grand Duchy of Berg
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Electorate of Hesse
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Duchy of Nassau
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Kuwait
- Principality of Guria
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Free City of Lübeck
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Surakarta Sunanate
- Đại Việt
- Principality of Svaneti
- Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Sultan of Yogyakarta
- Septinsular Republic
- Free City of Krakow
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- French India
- Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Free City of Hamburg
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Principality of Lippe
- Danish India
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Netherlands Antilles
- House of Khalifa
- Free City of Bremen
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Principality of Andorra
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1790
United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway · Río de la Plata · Austrian Empire · Bourbon Kingdom of France · Federal League · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Sokoto Caliphate · New Granada · German Confederation · Paraguay · Mexicans · British Cape Colony · Napoleonic Batavia Republic · Nguyễn dynasty · Dutch East Indies · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Merina Kingdom · Kingdom of Bavaria · Netherlands · Imamate of Yemen · Sikh Empire · Omani Slave Coast · Serbs · Empire of Haiti · Kingdom of Württemberg · Grand Duchy of Berg · Grand Duchy of Baden · Kingdom of Hawaï'i · Duchy of Mecklenburg · Electorate of Hesse · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Duchy of Nassau · Duchy of Oldenburg · Duchy of Brunswick · Principality of Reuss-Gera · Free City of Lübeck · Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · Saxe-Altenburg · Septinsular Republic · Free City of Krakow · Duchy of Anhalt · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Free City of Hamburg · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Principality of Lippe · Netherlands Antilles · Free City of Bremen · Kingdom of Monaco · Principality of Andorra
Gone from the map by 1840
Portuguese Empire · Durrani Empire · Emirate of Diriyah · Río de la Plata · Konbaung Dynasty · Federal League · Funj Sultanate · New Granada · Mexicans · Vientiane · Bamana Empire · Karamanli Dynasty · Oyo Empire · Sultanate of Palembang · Grand Duchy of Berg · Principality of Abkhazia · Sultanate of Kedah · 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
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Other regions in 1815
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.