The world in 1900
This map shows the 82 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1900
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- Qing Dynasty
- Brazilian Republic
- British Africa
- British Raj
- French Africa
- Argentine Confederation
- Ottoman Empire
- Belgian Congo
- German Africa
- Mexico
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Qajar Dynasty
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Bolivia
- Dutch East Indies
- Republic of Peru
- Republic of Colombia
- German Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Austria-Hungary
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Venezuela
- French Third Republic
- Republic of Chile
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- French Indochina
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Italian Africa
- Empire of Japan
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Italy
- Denmark-Norway
- Wadai Empire
- Korean Empire
- Republic of Ecuador
- Greenland
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Paraguay
- Nepal
- Netherlands Antilles
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Honduras
- Guatemala
- Republic of Liberia
- First Hellenic Republic
- Natalia Republic
- Serbs
- Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Empire of Haiti
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Portuguese Colonies
- Republic of El Salvador
- Swaziland
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Montenegro
- New Hebrides
- Cretan State
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Kelantan
- Qatar Dynasty
- Luxembourg
- Bali
- Kedah-Perlis District
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Emirate of Nejd
New on the map since 1875
Brazilian Republic · British Africa · Belgian Congo · Kingdom of Spain · Italian Africa · Korean Empire · Paraguay · Principality of Bulgaria · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Swaziland · New Hebrides · Cretan State · Luxembourg
Gone from the map by 1925
Russian Empire · Qing Dynasty · Ottoman Empire · German Africa · Kingdom of Portugal · Qajar Dynasty · United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway · German Empire · Ottoman Tripolitania · Austria-Hungary · Sokoto Caliphate · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Morocco · Wadai Empire · Korean Empire · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Natalia Republic · Serbs · Sultanate of Aceh · Empire of Haiti · Sultanate of Jambi · Portuguese Colonies · Swaziland · Sultanate of Terengganu · Montenegro · Cretan State · Sultanate of Kedah · Kelantan · Qatar Dynasty · Bali · Kedah-Perlis District
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Other regions in 1900
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.