Territorial change of Dutch East Indies

“Dutch East Indies” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1800 to 1949. Its territory was largest in AD 1915 – 1940, at ≈ 2.02 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1915 – 1940 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1918: number 80 of 12.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Kingdom of France — 274 frames
• Kingdom of England — 248 frames
• Kingdom of Portugal — 134 frames
• Belgium — 86 frames
• Bima Sultanate — 83 frames
• Malacca Sultanate — 74 frames
• German Empire — 70 frames
• Bali — 68 frames
• Denmark–Norway — 64 frames
• Asante Empire — 62 frames
• Holy Roman Empire — 61 frames
• Banten Sultanate — 58 frames
• Johor Sultanate — 45 frames
• Hamengkubuwono — 37 frames
• Surakarta Sunanate — 37 frames
• Kingdom of Prussia — 36 frames
• Brazil — 35 frames
• Brandenburg–Prussia — 35 frames
• Jambi Sultanate — 34 frames
• Empire of Brazil — 31 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 19 by area.

Notes on how this country is shown

Parent state: Netherlands (colony) — drawn in a lighter shade of the parent state’s colour on the map.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Sultanate of Tidore · Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow · Kutai · Sultanate of Jailolo

Succeeded by: Indonesia · United States of Indonesia

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Dutch East Indies was a colony of the Dutch Empire, established in 1800 when the Batavian Republic took control of the Dutch East India Company. In 1824, Dutch Malacca was ceded to Britain, and is now part of modern Malaysia, with most of the rest becoming Indonesia in August 1945.

Wikipedia (English) “Dutch East Indies”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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