The world in 1850
This map shows the 144 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1850
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Empire of Brazil
- British Empire
- United States of America
- Ottoman Empire
- Federated Republic of Mexico
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Qajar Dynasty
- Bolivia
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Argentine Confederation
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of New Granada
- Republic of Peru
- Khanate of Khiva
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Venezuela
- British Cape Colony
- French Second Republic
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Kingdom of Spain
- Khanate of Kokand
- Austrian Empire
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Burma
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Morocco
- German Confederation
- Spanish Empire
- Merina Kingdom
- Dutch East Indies
- Hungarian Nationalists
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Paraguay
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Republic of Chile
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Denmark-Norway
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- French Africa
- Mughal Empire
- Republic of Ecuador
- Ethiopian Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Greenland
- Kashmir and Jammu
- Omani Slave Coast
- Sultanate of Oman
- Nepal
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Ashanti Empire
- Netherlands Antilles
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Khmer Empire
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Massina Empire
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Riau-Lingga Sultanate
- Republic of Liberia
- Imamate of Yemen
- Trucial States
- Chiangmai
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Kingdom of Hanover
- Sultanate of Johor
- Talpur Dynasty
- Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Papal States
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Caucasian Imamate
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Natalia Republic
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Duchy of Holstein
- Zululand
- Empire of Haiti
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Republic of Baden
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Qatar Dynasty
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Electorate of Hesse
- Republic of El Salvador
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Duchy of Nassau
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Negeri Sembilan
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Kuwait
- Kingdom of Sarawak
- Free City of Lübeck
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Bali
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Sultanate of Bone
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Free City of Hamburg
- Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
- Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Kedah-Perlis District
- Principality of Lippe
- Free City of Bremen
- Danish India
- House of Khalifa
- Principality of Andorra
- Free City of Frankfurt
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1825
Argentine Confederation · Republic of New Granada · Ottoman Tripolitania · Venezuela · French Second Republic · Emirate of Afghanistan · Hungarian Nationalists · French Africa · Republic of Ecuador · Oriental Republic of Uruguay · Kashmir and Jammu · Republic of Nicaragua · Guatemala · Honduras · Republic of Liberia · Kingdom of Hanover · Republic of Costa Rica · Dominican Republic · Caucasian Imamate · Kingdom of Belgium · Natalia Republic · Duchy of Holstein · Republic of Baden · Republic of El Salvador · Sultanate of Kedah · Kingdom of Sarawak · Kedah-Perlis District
Gone from the map by 1875
British Empire · Federated Republic of Mexico · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Republic of New Granada · Khanate of Khiva · French Second Republic · Kingdom of Spain · Austrian Empire · German Confederation · Spanish Empire · Hungarian Nationalists · Tokugawa Shogunate · Paraguay · Emirate of Bukhara · Napoleonic Batavia Republic · Mughal Empire · Omani Slave Coast · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Khmer Empire · Kingdom of Bavaria · Massina Empire · Kingdom of Sardinia · Riau-Lingga Sultanate · Imamate of Yemen · Kingdom of Hanover · Papal States · Caucasian Imamate · Sultanate of Malacca · Sultanate of Banjar · Duchy of Holstein · Duchy of Warsaw · Republic of Baden · Kingdom of Württemberg · Electorate of Hesse · Duchy of Mecklenburg · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Duchy of Nassau · Duchy of Brunswick · Duchy of Oldenburg · Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · Saxe-Meiningen · Kuwait · Free City of Lübeck · Duchy of Anhalt · Principality of Reuss-Gera · Saxe-Altenburg · Sultanate of Bone · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Free City of Hamburg · Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen · Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Principality of Lippe · Free City of Bremen · Danish India · Free City of Frankfurt · Sultanate of Maguindanao
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Other regions in 1850
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.