The world in 1840
This map shows the 155 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1840
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Empire of Brazil
- British Empire
- United States of America
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Kazakh Khanate
- Qajar Dynasty
- Bolivia
- Ottoman Empire
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Argentine Confederation
- Centralist Mexico
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of New Granada
- Republic of Peru
- Federated Republic of Mexico
- Khanate of Khiva
- Austrian Empire
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Venezuela
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Durrani Dynasty
- British Cape Colony
- Kingdom of Spain
- Khanate of Kokand
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Emirate of Nejd
- Burma
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Sikh Empire
- Morocco
- German Confederation
- Spanish Empire
- Merina Kingdom
- Republic of Texas
- Dutch East Indies
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Paraguay
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Denmark-Norway
- Republic of the Rio Grande
- Republic of Chile
- Riograndense Republic
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Mughal Empire
- Republic of Ecuador
- Ethiopian Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Greenland
- Omani Slave Coast
- Sultanate of Oman
- Nepal
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Ashanti Empire
- Netherlands Antilles
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Khmer Empire
- Honduras
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Massina Empire
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Wallachia
- Riau-Lingga Sultanate
- Imamate of Yemen
- Talpur Dynasty
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Maratha Empire
- Guatemala
- Empire of Haiti
- Trucial States
- Bahrain
- Chiangmai
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Kingdom of Hanover
- Sultanate of Johor
- Principality of Moldavia
- Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Papal States
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Caucasian Imamate
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Natalia Republic
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Aceh
- French Algiers
- Los Altos
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Zululand
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Qatar Dynasty
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Electorate of Hesse
- Republic of El Salvador
- 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
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- French India
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Kuwait
- Free City of Lübeck
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Free City of Krakow
- Sultanate of Bone
- 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 1815
Empire of Brazil · Bolivia · Argentine Confederation · Centralist Mexico · Republic of New Granada · Republic of Peru · Federated Republic of Mexico · Ottoman Tripolitania · Venezuela · Durrani Dynasty · Emirate of Nejd · Burma · Republic of Texas · Republic of the Rio Grande · Republic of Chile · Riograndense Republic · Republic of Ecuador · Oriental Republic of Uruguay · Republic of Nicaragua · Honduras · Massina Empire · Riau-Lingga Sultanate · Talpur Dynasty · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Guatemala · Trucial States · Bahrain · Kingdom of Hanover · First Hellenic Republic · Republic of Costa Rica · Caucasian Imamate · Kingdom of Belgium · Natalia Republic · French Algiers · Los Altos · Zululand · Duchy of Warsaw · Qatar Dynasty · Republic of El Salvador · Sultanate of Sambaliung · Saxe-Meiningen · Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen · Free City of Frankfurt
Gone from the map by 1865
British Empire · Kazakh Khanate · Centralist Mexico · Republic of New Granada · Bourbon Kingdom of France · Durrani Dynasty · Sikh Empire · German Confederation · Republic of Texas · Republic of the Rio Grande · Riograndense Republic · Mughal Empire · Regency of Algiers · Omani Slave Coast · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Massina Empire · Kingdom of Sardinia · Principality of Wallachia · Riau-Lingga Sultanate · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Maratha Empire · Bahrain · Principality of Moldavia · Caucasian Imamate · Sultanate of Malacca · French Algiers · Los Altos · Sultanate of Banjar · Sultanate of Sambaliung · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara · French India · Free City of Krakow · Sultanate of Bone · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Danish India · Kingdom of Prussia · Sultanate of Maguindanao
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Other regions in 1840
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.