The world in 1860
This map shows the 142 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1860
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Empire of Brazil
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- British Raj
- Ottoman Empire
- Federated Republic of Mexico
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Qajar Dynasty
- Bolivia
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Argentine Confederation
- Republic of Peru
- Granadine Confederation
- Emirate of Nejd
- Khanate of Khiva
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Austrian Empire
- Venezuela
- Second French Empire
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- British Cape Colony
- Kingdom of Spain
- Dutch East Indies
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Khanate of Kokand
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Burma
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Panthay Rebellion
- Morocco
- German Confederation
- Merina Kingdom
- Spanish Empire
- Paraguay
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Denmark-Norway
- Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- French Africa
- South African Republic
- Republic of Chile
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- State of Buenos Aires
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Republic of Ecuador
- Ethiopian Empire
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Bornu Empire
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Greenland
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Kashmir and Jammu
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Nepal
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Ashanti Empire
- Free Orange State
- Netherlands Antilles
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Khmer Empire
- Honduras
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Guatemala
- Beylik of Tunis
- Massina Empire
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Republic of Liberia
- Imamate of Yemen
- Majeerteen Sultanate
- French Indochina
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Sultanate of Oman
- Trucial States
- Chiangmai
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Kingdom of Hanover
- Talpur Dynasty
- Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Natalia Republic
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Papal States
- Pahang Sultanate
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Aceh
- People's Republic of Zanzibar
- Empire of Haiti
- Zululand
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Sultanate of Perak
- Electorate of Hesse
- Portuguese Colonies
- Republic of El Salvador
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Sultanate of Johor
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Kingdom of Sarawak
- Qatar Dynasty
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Duchy of Nassau
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Montenegro
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Negeri Sembilan
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Kuwait
- Free City of Lübeck
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Bali
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Free City of Hamburg
- Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
- Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Kedah-Perlis District
- Principality of Lippe
- Free City of Bremen
- House of Khalifa
- Principality of Andorra
- Free City of Frankfurt
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1835
British Raj · Granadine Confederation · Ottoman Tripolitania · Second French Empire · Panthay Rebellion · Taiping Heavenly Kingdom · French Africa · South African Republic · State of Buenos Aires · Kashmir and Jammu · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Free Orange State · Republic of Nicaragua · Honduras · Guatemala · Republic of Liberia · Majeerteen Sultanate · French Indochina · Kingdom of Hanover · Republic of Costa Rica · Dominican Republic · Natalia Republic · Pahang Sultanate · People's Republic of Zanzibar · Republic of El Salvador · Kingdom of Sarawak · Sultanate of Kedah · Montenegro · Kedah-Perlis District
Gone from the map by 1885
Federated Republic of Mexico · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Granadine Confederation · Khanate of Khiva · Austrian Empire · Second French Empire · British Cape Colony · Khanate of Kokand · Burma · Tokugawa Shogunate · Panthay Rebellion · German Confederation · Spanish Empire · Emirate of Bukhara · Taiping Heavenly Kingdom · Napoleonic Batavia Republic · State of Buenos Aires · Sultanate of Darfur · Nguyễn dynasty · Kingdom of Sardinia · Kashmir and Jammu · Khmer Empire · Kingdom of Bavaria · Beylik of Tunis · Massina Empire · Imamate of Yemen · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Chiangmai · Sultanate of Sulu · Kingdom of Hanover · Papal States · Sultanate of Malacca · Duchy of Warsaw · Kingdom of Württemberg · Sultanate of Perak · Electorate of Hesse · Grand Duchy of Baden · Sultanate of Johor · Duchy of Mecklenburg · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Sultanate of Selangor · 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 · Free City of Hamburg · Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen · Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Principality of Lippe · Free City of Bremen · Free City of Frankfurt
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Other regions in 1860
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.