The world in 1820
This map shows the 148 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1820
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Portuguese Empire
- Spanish Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- British Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- United States of America
- Qajar Dynasty
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Río de la Plata
- Durrani Empire
- New Granada
- British Colonial Empire
- Austrian Empire
- Khanate of Khiva
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Burma
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Kingdom of Spain
- Funj Sultanate
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Morocco
- German Confederation
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- British Cape Colony
- Paraguay
- Denmark-Norway
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Dutch East Indies
- Mughal Empire
- Republic of Chile
- Regency of Algiers
- Ethiopian Empire
- Sikh Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Khanate of Kokand
- Greenland
- Merina Kingdom
- Vientiane
- Nepal
- Talpur Dynasty
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Ashanti Empire
- Netherlands Antilles
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Khmer Empire
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Netherlands
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Wallachia
- Imamate of Yemen
- Riau-Lingga Sultanate
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Sultanate of Oman
- Trucial States
- Bahrain
- Chiangmai
- Omani Slave Coast
- Oyo Empire
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Johor
- Principality of Moldavia
- Swiss Confederation
- Serbs
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Papal States
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Massina Empire
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Zululand
- Empire of Haiti
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Qatar Dynasty
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Electorate of Hesse
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Bamana Empire
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Duchy of Nassau
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Kuwait
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Principality of Guria
- French India
- Grand Duchy of Berg
- Free City of Lübeck
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Surakarta Sunanate
- Đại Việt
- Principality of Svaneti
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
- Sultan of Yogyakarta
- Free City of Krakow
- Sultanate of Bone
- Free City of Hamburg
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
- Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Principality of Lippe
- Danish India
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Free City of Bremen
- House of Khalifa
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Principality of Andorra
- Free City of Frankfurt
- Principality of Lichtenberg
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1795
United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway · Río de la Plata · New Granada · Austrian Empire · Bourbon Kingdom of France · Burma · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Sokoto Caliphate · German Confederation · British Cape Colony · Paraguay · Napoleonic Batavia Republic · Dutch East Indies · Republic of Chile · Sikh Empire · Talpur Dynasty · Netherlands Antilles · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Kingdom of Bavaria · Netherlands · Imamate of Yemen · Riau-Lingga Sultanate · Trucial States · Bahrain · Omani Slave Coast · Serbs · Massina Empire · Zululand · Empire of Haiti · Duchy of Warsaw · Kingdom of Württemberg · Qatar Dynasty · Electorate of Hesse · Grand Duchy of Baden · Duchy of Mecklenburg · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Nassau · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Duchy of Oldenburg · Duchy of Brunswick · Saxe-Altenburg · Grand Duchy of Berg · Free City of Lübeck · Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · Duchy of Anhalt · Principality of Reuss-Gera · Free City of Krakow · Free City of Hamburg · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Saxe-Meiningen · Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen · Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Principality of Lippe · Free City of Bremen · Kingdom of Monaco · Principality of Andorra · Free City of Frankfurt · Principality of Lichtenberg
Gone from the map by 1845
Portuguese Empire · Río de la Plata · Durrani Empire · New Granada · Funj Sultanate · Vientiane · Karamanli Dynasty · Oyo Empire · Sultanate of Palembang · Principality of Abkhazia · Bamana Empire · Sultanate of Sukadana · Principality of Guria · Grand Duchy of Berg · Sultanate of Sambas · Surakarta Sunanate · Đại Việt · Principality of Svaneti · Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate · Sultan of Yogyakarta · Sultanate of Mempawah · Principality of Lichtenberg
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Other regions in 1820
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.