The world in 1830
This map shows the 143 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1830
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Empire of Brazil
- Federated Republic of Mexico
- British Empire
- United States of America
- Gran Colombia
- Ottoman Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Qajar Dynasty
- Bolivia
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Río de la Plata
- British Colonial Empire
- Khanate of Khiva
- Republic of Peru
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Austrian Empire
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- British Cape Colony
- Kingdom of Spain
- Khanate of Kokand
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Emirate of Nejd
- Talpur Dynasty
- Burma
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Morocco
- German Confederation
- Spanish Empire
- United Provinces of Central America
- Dutch East Indies
- Merina Kingdom
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Paraguay
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Denmark-Norway
- Republic of Chile
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Sikh Empire
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Mughal Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Ethiopian Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Greenland
- Poles
- Sultanate of Oman
- Nepal
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Ashanti Empire
- Netherlands Antilles
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Khmer Empire
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Massina Empire
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Riau-Lingga Sultanate
- Imamate of Yemen
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Maratha Empire
- Empire of Haiti
- Trucial States
- Chiangmai
- Netherlands
- Omani Slave Coast
- Oyo Empire
- First Hellenic Republic
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Johor
- Swiss Confederation
- Serbs
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Papal States
- Caucasian Imamate
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Zululand
- 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 Sambaliung
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
- 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
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- French Algiers
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Kuwait
- French India
- Free City of Lübeck
- Đại Việt
- Principality of Svaneti
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Sultanate of Bone
- Free City of Krakow
- Free City of Hamburg
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- 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
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1805
Empire of Brazil · Federated Republic of Mexico · Gran Colombia · Bolivia · United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway · Río de la Plata · Republic of Peru · Emirate of Afghanistan · Austrian Empire · Bourbon Kingdom of France · Emirate of Nejd · Talpur Dynasty · Burma · German Confederation · United Provinces of Central America · Paraguay · Republic of Chile · Oriental Republic of Uruguay · Poles · Netherlands Antilles · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Kingdom of Bavaria · Massina Empire · Riau-Lingga Sultanate · Imamate of Yemen · Trucial States · Netherlands · Omani Slave Coast · First Hellenic Republic · Swiss Confederation · Caucasian Imamate · Kingdom of Belgium · Zululand · Duchy of Warsaw · Kingdom of Württemberg · Qatar Dynasty · Grand Duchy of Baden · Duchy of Mecklenburg · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Sultanate of Sambaliung · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Nassau · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Duchy of Oldenburg · Duchy of Brunswick · Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · French Algiers · Saxe-Meiningen · Free City of Lübeck · Saxe-Altenburg · Duchy of Anhalt · Principality of Reuss-Gera · Free City of Krakow · Free City of Hamburg · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen · Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Principality of Lippe · Free City of Bremen · Kingdom of Monaco · Principality of Andorra · Free City of Frankfurt
Gone from the map by 1855
Gran Colombia · Kazakh Khanate · Río de la Plata · Bourbon Kingdom of France · United Provinces of Central America · Sikh Empire · Regency of Algiers · Poles · Karamanli Dynasty · Maratha Empire · Trucial States · Oyo Empire · Sultanate of Sambaliung · Sultanate of Sukadana · Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara · French Algiers · French India · Đại Việt · Principality of Svaneti · Free City of Krakow · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Danish India · Kingdom of Prussia · Sultanate of Maguindanao
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Other regions in 1830
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.