Territorial change of Portuguese Empire (Portuguese Colonies)

“Portuguese Empire”(Portuguese Colonies) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1564 to 1910. Its territory was largest in AD 1640 – 1647, at ≈ 102 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1564 – 1571	≈ 38 thousand km²
AD 1572 – 1581	≈ 38 thousand km²
AD 1582 – 1599	≈ 1,217 km²
AD 1600 – 1635	≈ 1,134 km²
AD 1636 – 1639	≈ 1,134 km²
AD 1640 – 1647	≈ 102 thousand km²
AD 1648 – 1652	≈ 72 thousand km²
AD 1653 – 1661	≈ 72 thousand km²
AD 1662 – 1669	≈ 31 thousand km²
AD 1670 – 1672	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1673 – 1676	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1677 – 1682	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1683 – 1686	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1687 – 1699	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1700 – 1705	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1706 – 1717	≈ 75 thousand km²
AD 1718 – 1720	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1721 – 1756	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1757 – 1791	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1792 – 1798	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1799 – 1799	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1800 – 1802	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1803 – 1804	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1805 – 1808	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1809 – 1819	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1820 – 1823	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1824 – 1845	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1846 – 1858	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1859 – 1894	≈ 24 thousand km²
AD 1895 – 1897	≈ 24 thousand km²
AD 1898 – 1907	≈ 24 thousand km²
AD 1908 – 1910	≈ 24 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1640 – 1647 (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 1564	≈ 38 thousand km²	77 of 116
AD 1572	≈ 38 thousand km²	75 of 110
AD 1579	≈ 38 thousand km²	73 of 101
AD 1582	≈ 1,217 km²	97 of 99
AD 1588	≈ 1,217 km²	98 of 100
AD 1595	≈ 1,217 km²	96 of 99
AD 1600	≈ 1,134 km²	94 of 97
AD 1602	≈ 1,134 km²	95 of 98
AD 1609	≈ 1,134 km²	98 of 100
AD 1612	≈ 1,134 km²	102 of 105
AD 1619	≈ 1,134 km²	104 of 107
AD 1622	≈ 1,134 km²	104 of 107
AD 1626	≈ 1,134 km²	106 of 109
AD 1629	≈ 1,134 km²	104 of 109
AD 1632	≈ 1,134 km²	106 of 109
AD 1636	≈ 1,134 km²	107 of 110
AD 1640	≈ 102 thousand km²	51 of 114
AD 1642	≈ 102 thousand km²	52 of 115
AD 1645	≈ 102 thousand km²	51 of 115
AD 1648	≈ 72 thousand km²	62 of 117
AD 1653	≈ 72 thousand km²	63 of 115
AD 1659	≈ 72 thousand km²	62 of 114
AD 1662	≈ 31 thousand km²	80 of 116
AD 1670	≈ 27 thousand km²	84 of 117
AD 1673	≈ 27 thousand km²	86 of 117
AD 1677	≈ 27 thousand km²	85 of 116
AD 1683	≈ 27 thousand km²	86 of 117
AD 1687	≈ 27 thousand km²	82 of 113
AD 1691	≈ 27 thousand km²	80 of 111
AD 1696	≈ 27 thousand km²	78 of 108
AD 1700	≈ 27 thousand km²	77 of 107
AD 1702	≈ 27 thousand km²	80 of 109
AD 1706	≈ 75 thousand km²	59 of 114
AD 1709	≈ 75 thousand km²	61 of 120
AD 1713	≈ 75 thousand km²	63 of 123
AD 1718	≈ 27 thousand km²	89 of 124
AD 1721	≈ 27 thousand km²	90 of 125
AD 1727	≈ 27 thousand km²	91 of 128
AD 1734	≈ 27 thousand km²	95 of 132
AD 1738	≈ 27 thousand km²	91 of 125
AD 1741	≈ 27 thousand km²	92 of 125
AD 1744	≈ 27 thousand km²	93 of 129
AD 1748	≈ 27 thousand km²	97 of 132
AD 1752	≈ 27 thousand km²	96 of 132
AD 1757	≈ 27 thousand km²	93 of 132
AD 1762	≈ 27 thousand km²	94 of 131
AD 1763	≈ 27 thousand km²	95 of 132
AD 1769	≈ 27 thousand km²	91 of 128
AD 1772	≈ 27 thousand km²	89 of 127
AD 1775	≈ 27 thousand km²	92 of 132
AD 1776	≈ 27 thousand km²	93 of 132
AD 1778	≈ 27 thousand km²	92 of 131
AD 1780	≈ 27 thousand km²	93 of 131
AD 1781	≈ 27 thousand km²	92 of 131
AD 1783	≈ 27 thousand km²	92 of 130
AD 1788	≈ 27 thousand km²	91 of 129
AD 1791	≈ 27 thousand km²	87 of 128
AD 1792	≈ 27 thousand km²	91 of 130
AD 1794	≈ 27 thousand km²	87 of 125
AD 1796	≈ 27 thousand km²	87 of 124
AD 1797	≈ 27 thousand km²	86 of 125
AD 1799	≈ 27 thousand km²	85 of 124
AD 1800	≈ 27 thousand km²	86 of 123
AD 1803	≈ 27 thousand km²	81 of 123
AD 1805	≈ 27 thousand km²	82 of 125
AD 1806	≈ 27 thousand km²	80 of 138
AD 1807	≈ 27 thousand km²	77 of 132
AD 1809	≈ 27 thousand km²	79 of 131
AD 1811	≈ 27 thousand km²	83 of 131
AD 1812	≈ 27 thousand km²	86 of 133
AD 1814	≈ 27 thousand km²	89 of 142
AD 1815	≈ 27 thousand km²	84 of 139
AD 1820	≈ 27 thousand km²	87 of 148
AD 1822	≈ 27 thousand km²	89 of 147
AD 1824	≈ 27 thousand km²	88 of 148
AD 1825	≈ 27 thousand km²	91 of 150
AD 1828	≈ 27 thousand km²	90 of 144
AD 1830	≈ 27 thousand km²	90 of 143
AD 1834	≈ 27 thousand km²	94 of 143
AD 1836	≈ 27 thousand km²	95 of 145
AD 1840	≈ 27 thousand km²	106 of 155
AD 1842	≈ 27 thousand km²	104 of 156
AD 1846	≈ 27 thousand km²	99 of 152
AD 1848	≈ 27 thousand km²	99 of 147
AD 1849	≈ 27 thousand km²	97 of 144
AD 1853	≈ 27 thousand km²	98 of 144
AD 1856	≈ 27 thousand km²	103 of 149
AD 1857	≈ 27 thousand km²	103 of 150
AD 1859	≈ 24 thousand km²	104 of 146
AD 1860	≈ 24 thousand km²	102 of 142
AD 1861	≈ 24 thousand km²	99 of 140
AD 1862	≈ 24 thousand km²	97 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 24 thousand km²	97 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 24 thousand km²	98 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 24 thousand km²	97 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 24 thousand km²	96 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 24 thousand km²	96 of 134
AD 1870	≈ 24 thousand km²	93 of 132
AD 1871	≈ 24 thousand km²	92 of 113
AD 1873	≈ 24 thousand km²	88 of 108
AD 1877	≈ 24 thousand km²	86 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 24 thousand km²	87 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 24 thousand km²	88 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 24 thousand km²	85 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 24 thousand km²	84 of 99
AD 1895	≈ 24 thousand km²	77 of 90
AD 1898	≈ 24 thousand km²	73 of 87
AD 1900	≈ 24 thousand km²	69 of 84
AD 1905	≈ 24 thousand km²	72 of 83
AD 1908	≈ 24 thousand km²	71 of 79

Its highest rank was in AD 1640: number 114 of 51.

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).

Crown of Castile — 266 frames
Kingdom of England — 165 frames
Dutch Republic — 134 frames
Qing dynasty — 89 frames
Kingdom of France — 84 frames
Belgium — 45 frames
Maratha Empire — 39 frames
Mughal Empire — 33 frames
China — 26 frames
South Africa — 26 frames
Ahmadnagar Sultanate — 25 frames
Morocco — 24 frames
Bijapur Sultanate — 22 frames
Republic of the Congo — 21 frames
Wattasid dynasty — 19 frames
Lunda Empire — 18 frames
Malacca Sultanate — 18 frames
Safavid dynasty — 17 frames
Jaffna kingdom — 17 frames
Ya'rubids — 16 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 4 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1640	gained	Spanish Empire	≈ 63 thousand km²
AD 1706	gained	Mughal Empire	≈ 48 thousand km²
AD 1582	lost	Spanish Empire	≈ 37 thousand km²
AD 1648	lost	Dutch Republic	≈ 22 thousand km²

Notes on how this country is shown

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

Preceded and succeeded by

Succeeded by: Portugal

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Portuguese Empire was the first and longest lasting of the European colonial empires. Initiated during the Age of Discovery, at one point territories included parts of the Americas and Africa, along with ports and trading posts throughout Asia and Oceania.

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

Show on the map — open the AD 1640 frame