“Scramble for Africa”(British Africa) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1885 to 1960. Its territory was largest in AD 1919, at ≈ 10.64 million km².
| Period | Area |
|---|---|
| AD 1885 – 1889 | ≈ 4.61 million km² |
| AD 1890 – 1894 | ≈ 3.17 million km² |
| AD 1895 – 1897 | ≈ 4.78 million km² |
| AD 1898 – 1899 | ≈ 4.84 million km² |
| AD 1900 – 1904 | ≈ 7.62 million km² |
| AD 1905 – 1907 | ≈ 8.17 million km² |
| AD 1908 – 1910 | ≈ 8.18 million km² |
| AD 1911 – 1912 | ≈ 8.24 million km² |
| AD 1913 – 1913 | ≈ 8.25 million km² |
| AD 1914 – 1914 | ≈ 8.24 million km² |
| AD 1915 – 1915 | ≈ 8.18 million km² |
| AD 1916 – 1916 | ≈ 9.17 million km² |
| AD 1917 – 1917 | ≈ 9.85 million km² |
| AD 1918 – 1918 | ≈ 10.41 million km² |
| AD 1919 – 1919 | ≈ 10.64 million km² |
| AD 1920 – 1921 | ≈ 10.07 million km² |
| AD 1922 – 1925 | ≈ 9.60 million km² |
| AD 1926 – 1926 | ≈ 9.57 million km² |
| AD 1927 – 1929 | ≈ 9.57 million km² |
| AD 1930 – 1931 | ≈ 9.09 million km² |
| AD 1932 – 1935 | ≈ 6.51 million km² |
| AD 1936 – 1939 | ≈ 6.30 million km² |
| AD 1940 – 1940 | ≈ 6.24 million km² |
| AD 1941 – 1941 | ≈ 8.14 million km² |
| AD 1942 – 1942 | ≈ 7.01 million km² |
| AD 1943 – 1943 | ≈ 7.75 million km² |
| AD 1944 – 1944 | ≈ 8.78 million km² |
| AD 1945 – 1945 | ≈ 8.78 million km² |
| AD 1946 – 1952 | ≈ 7.92 million km² |
| AD 1953 – 1955 | ≈ 6.76 million km² |
| AD 1956 – 1957 | ≈ 4.28 million km² |
| AD 1958 – 1959 | ≈ 4.28 million km² |
| AD 1960 – 1960 | ≈ 3.63 million km² |
Outline of the territory in AD 1919 – 1919 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.
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 1885 | ≈ 4.61 million km² | 7 of 101 |
| AD 1890 | ≈ 3.17 million km² | 7 of 99 |
| AD 1895 | ≈ 4.78 million km² | 7 of 90 |
| AD 1898 | ≈ 4.84 million km² | 7 of 87 |
| AD 1900 | ≈ 7.62 million km² | 6 of 84 |
| AD 1905 | ≈ 8.17 million km² | 6 of 83 |
| AD 1908 | ≈ 8.18 million km² | 6 of 79 |
| AD 1911 | ≈ 8.24 million km² | 7 of 76 |
| AD 1912 | ≈ 8.24 million km² | 7 of 77 |
| AD 1913 | ≈ 8.25 million km² | 7 of 78 |
| AD 1914 | ≈ 8.24 million km² | 7 of 76 |
| AD 1915 | ≈ 8.18 million km² | 7 of 75 |
| AD 1916 | ≈ 9.17 million km² | 5 of 71 |
| AD 1917 | ≈ 9.85 million km² | 5 of 71 |
| AD 1918 | ≈ 10.41 million km² | 4 of 80 |
| AD 1919 | ≈ 10.64 million km² | 4 of 88 |
| AD 1920 | ≈ 10.07 million km² | 4 of 84 |
| AD 1922 | ≈ 9.60 million km² | 5 of 87 |
| AD 1924 | ≈ 9.60 million km² | 5 of 86 |
| AD 1926 | ≈ 9.57 million km² | 5 of 84 |
| AD 1927 | ≈ 9.57 million km² | 5 of 84 |
| AD 1928 | ≈ 9.57 million km² | 5 of 85 |
| AD 1929 | ≈ 9.57 million km² | 5 of 85 |
| AD 1930 | ≈ 9.09 million km² | 5 of 86 |
| AD 1932 | ≈ 6.51 million km² | 8 of 88 |
| AD 1936 | ≈ 6.30 million km² | 8 of 89 |
| AD 1938 | ≈ 6.30 million km² | 7 of 88 |
| AD 1939 | ≈ 6.30 million km² | 7 of 86 |
| AD 1940 | ≈ 6.24 million km² | 7 of 77 |
| AD 1941 | ≈ 8.14 million km² | 6 of 74 |
| AD 1942 | ≈ 7.01 million km² | 7 of 75 |
| AD 1943 | ≈ 7.75 million km² | 7 of 73 |
| AD 1944 | ≈ 8.78 million km² | 5 of 73 |
| AD 1945 | ≈ 8.78 million km² | 5 of 76 |
| AD 1946 | ≈ 7.92 million km² | 6 of 83 |
| AD 1947 | ≈ 7.92 million km² | 6 of 92 |
| AD 1948 | ≈ 7.92 million km² | 6 of 96 |
| AD 1949 | ≈ 7.92 million km² | 6 of 96 |
| AD 1950 | ≈ 7.92 million km² | 7 of 94 |
| AD 1953 | ≈ 6.76 million km² | 8 of 97 |
| AD 1956 | ≈ 4.28 million km² | 8 of 103 |
| AD 1958 | ≈ 4.28 million km² | 8 of 101 |
| AD 1960 | ≈ 3.63 million km² | 8 of 107 |
Its highest rank was in AD 1919: number 88 of 4.
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).
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 23 by area.
| Frame | Other country | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 1900 | gained | Mahdist State | ≈ 2.22 million km² |
| AD 1941 | gained | Italian Empire | ≈ 1.91 million km² |
| AD 1944 | gained | Italian Empire | ≈ 970 thousand km² |
| AD 1916 | gained | German colonization of Africa | ≈ 893 thousand km² |
| AD 1917 | gained | German colonization of Africa | ≈ 635 thousand km² |
| AD 1930 | lost | Italian Empire | ≈ 472 thousand km² |
| AD 1943 | gained | Kingdom of Iraq | ≈ 433 thousand km² |
| AD 1900 | gained | South African Republic | ≈ 300 thousand km² |
| AD 1946 | lost | Pahlavi dynasty | ≈ 290 thousand km² |
| AD 1918 | gained | Portugal | ≈ 211 thousand km² |
| AD 1919 | lost | Portugal | ≈ 211 thousand km² |
| AD 1918 | gained | German colonization of Africa | ≈ 204 thousand km² |
| AD 1940 | lost | Italian Empire | ≈ 186 thousand km² |
| AD 1919 | gained | Ottoman Empire | ≈ 167 thousand km² |
| AD 1900 | gained | Orange Free State | ≈ 132 thousand km² |
| AD 1953 | lost | Ethiopia | ≈ 127 thousand km² |
| AD 1918 | gained | Ottoman Empire | ≈ 105 thousand km² |
| AD 1936 | lost | Italian Empire | ≈ 86 thousand km² |
| AD 1911 | gained | Natalia Republic | ≈ 62 thousand km² |
| AD 1898 | gained | Mahdist State | ≈ 61 thousand km² |
| AD 1920 | lost | Qajar dynasty | ≈ 47 thousand km² |
| AD 1926 | lost | Italian Empire | ≈ 32 thousand km² |
| AD 1895 | gained | Mahdist State | ≈ 22 thousand km² |
Parent state: United Kingdom (colony) — drawn in a lighter shade of the parent state’s colour on the map.
The Scramble for Africa was the invasion, conquest, and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers, which were driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the era of "New Imperialism".
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