Territorial change of Netherlands Antilles

“Netherlands Antilles” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1815 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1820 – 1876, at ≈ 149 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1815 – 1819	≈ 2,176 km²
AD 1820 – 1876	≈ 149 thousand km²
AD 1877 – 2023	≈ 149 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024	≈ 2,176 km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1820 – 1876 (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.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1815	≈ 2,176 km²	123 of 139
AD 1820	≈ 149 thousand km²	48 of 148
AD 1822	≈ 149 thousand km²	50 of 147
AD 1824	≈ 149 thousand km²	52 of 148
AD 1825	≈ 149 thousand km²	54 of 150
AD 1828	≈ 149 thousand km²	54 of 144
AD 1830	≈ 149 thousand km²	55 of 143
AD 1834	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 143
AD 1836	≈ 149 thousand km²	59 of 145
AD 1840	≈ 149 thousand km²	61 of 155
AD 1842	≈ 149 thousand km²	62 of 156
AD 1846	≈ 149 thousand km²	58 of 152
AD 1848	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 147
AD 1849	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 144
AD 1853	≈ 149 thousand km²	59 of 144
AD 1856	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 149
AD 1857	≈ 149 thousand km²	56 of 150
AD 1859	≈ 149 thousand km²	56 of 146
AD 1860	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 142
AD 1861	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 140
AD 1862	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 149 thousand km²	55 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 149 thousand km²	54 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 149 thousand km²	53 of 134
AD 1870	≈ 149 thousand km²	53 of 132
AD 1871	≈ 149 thousand km²	53 of 113
AD 1873	≈ 149 thousand km²	50 of 108
AD 1877	≈ 149 thousand km²	49 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 149 thousand km²	50 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 149 thousand km²	51 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 149 thousand km²	50 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 149 thousand km²	52 of 99
AD 1895	≈ 149 thousand km²	50 of 90
AD 1898	≈ 149 thousand km²	49 of 87
AD 1900	≈ 149 thousand km²	47 of 84
AD 1905	≈ 149 thousand km²	48 of 83
AD 1908	≈ 149 thousand km²	48 of 79
AD 1911	≈ 149 thousand km²	47 of 76
AD 1912	≈ 149 thousand km²	48 of 77
AD 1913	≈ 149 thousand km²	46 of 78
AD 1914	≈ 149 thousand km²	46 of 76
AD 1915	≈ 149 thousand km²	46 of 75
AD 1916	≈ 149 thousand km²	49 of 71
AD 1917	≈ 149 thousand km²	49 of 71
AD 1918	≈ 149 thousand km²	50 of 80
AD 1919	≈ 149 thousand km²	54 of 88
AD 1920	≈ 149 thousand km²	53 of 84
AD 1922	≈ 149 thousand km²	54 of 87
AD 1924	≈ 149 thousand km²	53 of 86
AD 1926	≈ 149 thousand km²	52 of 84
AD 1927	≈ 149 thousand km²	52 of 84
AD 1928	≈ 149 thousand km²	52 of 85
AD 1929	≈ 149 thousand km²	52 of 85
AD 1930	≈ 149 thousand km²	53 of 86
AD 1932	≈ 149 thousand km²	56 of 88
AD 1936	≈ 149 thousand km²	55 of 89
AD 1938	≈ 149 thousand km²	56 of 88
AD 1939	≈ 149 thousand km²	55 of 86
AD 1940	≈ 149 thousand km²	55 of 77
AD 1941	≈ 149 thousand km²	54 of 74
AD 1942	≈ 149 thousand km²	55 of 75
AD 1943	≈ 149 thousand km²	52 of 73
AD 1944	≈ 149 thousand km²	48 of 73
AD 1945	≈ 149 thousand km²	50 of 76
AD 1946	≈ 149 thousand km²	52 of 83
AD 1947	≈ 149 thousand km²	60 of 92
AD 1948	≈ 149 thousand km²	59 of 96
AD 1949	≈ 149 thousand km²	58 of 96
AD 1950	≈ 149 thousand km²	57 of 94
AD 1953	≈ 149 thousand km²	59 of 97
AD 1956	≈ 149 thousand km²	64 of 103
AD 1958	≈ 149 thousand km²	63 of 101
AD 1960	≈ 149 thousand km²	68 of 107
AD 1961	≈ 149 thousand km²	79 of 122
AD 1962	≈ 149 thousand km²	79 of 122
AD 1963	≈ 149 thousand km²	83 of 129
AD 1967	≈ 149 thousand km²	87 of 140
AD 1969	≈ 149 thousand km²	86 of 145
AD 1973	≈ 149 thousand km²	87 of 152
AD 1974	≈ 149 thousand km²	87 of 152
AD 1976	≈ 149 thousand km²	86 of 157
AD 1979	≈ 149 thousand km²	86 of 161
AD 1983	≈ 149 thousand km²	86 of 162
AD 1987	≈ 149 thousand km²	86 of 164
AD 1990	≈ 149 thousand km²	86 of 164
AD 1991	≈ 149 thousand km²	86 of 164
AD 1992	≈ 149 thousand km²	91 of 185
AD 1996	≈ 149 thousand km²	92 of 186
AD 2000	≈ 149 thousand km²	91 of 188
AD 2006	≈ 149 thousand km²	90 of 187
AD 2008	≈ 149 thousand km²	90 of 187
AD 2011	≈ 149 thousand km²	90 of 187
AD 2014	≈ 149 thousand km²	91 of 191
AD 2022	≈ 149 thousand km²	91 of 191
AD 2024	≈ 2,176 km²	174 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1913: number 78 of 46.

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 1 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1820	gained	British Empire	≈ 148 thousand km²

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

Succeeded by: Aruba · Curaçao · Sint Maarten · Caribbean Netherlands

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ʔɑnˈtɪlə(n)] ; Papiamento: Antias Hulandes), also known as the Dutch Antilles, was a constituent Caribbean country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of the islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten in the Lesser Antilles, and Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao in the Leeward Antilles.

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

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