The world in 1890
This map shows the 97 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1890
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- United States of America
- Brazilian Republic
- British Raj
- British Africa
- Argentine Confederation
- Ottoman Empire
- Mahdist State
- Mexico
- Qajar Dynasty
- Belgian Congo
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Bolivia
- French Africa
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Spain
- Republic of Peru
- Republic of Colombia
- German Empire
- Dutch East Indies
- German Africa
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Austria-Hungary
- Venezuela
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- French Third Republic
- Republic of Chile
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Empire of Japan
- French Indochina
- Merina Kingdom
- Morocco
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Kingdom of Italy
- Ethiopian Empire
- South African Republic
- Denmark-Norway
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Italian Africa
- Republic of Ecuador
- Bornu Empire
- Greenland
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Sultanate of Oman
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Paraguay
- Nepal
- Ashanti Empire
- Free Orange State
- Netherlands Antilles
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Emirate of Nejd
- Honduras
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Guatemala
- Sultanate of Hobyo
- Republic of Liberia
- First Hellenic Republic
- Kingdom of Sarawak
- Trucial States
- Serbs
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Talpur Dynasty
- Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Natalia Republic
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Empire of Haiti
- Zululand
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Portuguese Colonies
- Republic of El Salvador
- Swaziland
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Qatar Dynasty
- Montenegro
- New Hebrides
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Kelantan
- Luxembourg
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Kedah-Perlis District
- House of Khalifa
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1865
Brazilian Republic · British Africa · Mahdist State · Mexico · Belgian Congo · Republic of Colombia · German Empire · German Africa · Austria-Hungary · French Third Republic · Empire of Japan · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Italian Africa · Principality of Bulgaria · Sultanate of Hobyo · Swaziland · New Hebrides · Luxembourg
Gone from the map by 1915
Qing Dynasty · Mahdist State · Mexico · United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway · Kingdom of Portugal · Ottoman Tripolitania · Sokoto Caliphate · Merina Kingdom · Morocco · South African Republic · Wadai Empire · Joseon · Bornu Empire · Sultanate of Oman · Ashanti Empire · Free Orange State · Kingdom of Luang Phrabang · Sultanate of Hobyo · Kingdom of Sarawak · Trucial States · Talpur Dynasty · Natalia Republic · Sultanate of Aceh · Kingdom of Champasak · Zululand · Sultanate of Jambi · Portuguese Colonies · Swaziland · Kingdom of Hawaï'i · Sultanate of Terengganu · Qatar Dynasty · Sultanate of Kedah · Kelantan · Luxembourg · Bali · Negeri Sembilan · Kedah-Perlis District · House of Khalifa
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Other regions in 1890
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.