World map in AD 1600 — territory by country

Frame AD 1600 — world borders from AD 1600 to AD 1601. 97 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 6.38 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (97, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Spanish Empire	≈ 6.38 million km²
2	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 4.83 million km²
3	Ottoman Empire	≈ 4.26 million km²
4	Golden Horde	≈ 3.88 million km²
5	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.85 million km²
6	Mughal Empire	≈ 2.83 million km²
7	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.65 million km²
8	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.17 million km²
9	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
10	Moghulistan	≈ 937 thousand km²
11	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 844 thousand km²
12	Iberian Union	≈ 797 thousand km²
13	Sweden	≈ 716 thousand km²
14	Funj Sultanate	≈ 630 thousand km²
15	Denmark–Norway	≈ 621 thousand km²
16	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 578 thousand km²
17	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 524 thousand km²
18	Mongol khanate	≈ 499 thousand km²
19	Kingdom of France	≈ 462 thousand km²
20	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 450 thousand km²
21	Tumed	≈ 414 thousand km²
22	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 400 thousand km²
23	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
24	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 352 thousand km²
25	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
26	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 337 thousand km²
27	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 293 thousand km²
28	Khoshut Khanate	≈ 292 thousand km²
29	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
30	Moldavia	≈ 257 thousand km²
31	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 247 thousand km²
32	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
33	Jesuit missions among the Guaraní	≈ 216 thousand km²
34	Kingdom of England	≈ 216 thousand km²
35	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
36	Sengoku period	≈ 165 thousand km²
37	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 164 thousand km²
38	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 148 thousand km²
39	Moghulistan	≈ 141 thousand km²
40	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
41	Mali Empire	≈ 129 thousand km²
42	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
43	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 120 thousand km²
44	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 114 thousand km²
45	Nogai Horde	≈ 108 thousand km²
46	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 106 thousand km²
47	Trịnh lords	≈ 103 thousand km²
48	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 92 thousand km²
49	Nguyễn lords	≈ 90 thousand km²
50	Banten Sultanate	≈ 85 thousand km²
51	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 77 thousand km²
52	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
53	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
54	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
55	Don Cossacks	≈ 64 thousand km²
56	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 60 thousand km²
57	Crimean Khanate	≈ 59 thousand km²
58	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 56 thousand km²
59	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 54 thousand km²
60	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
61	Republic of Venice	≈ 50 thousand km²
62	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
63	Mataram Sultanate	≈ 45 thousand km²
64	House of Savoy	≈ 44 thousand km²
65	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 44 thousand km²
66	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
67	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
68	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
69	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
70	Dutch Republic	≈ 36 thousand km²
71	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
72	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
73	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
74	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 31 thousand km²
75	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
76	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 26 thousand km²
77	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
78	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
79	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 18 thousand km²
80	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 17 thousand km²
81	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
82	Republic of Genoa	≈ 16 thousand km²
83	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
84	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
85	Patani Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
86	Mạc dynasty	≈ 10 thousand km²
87	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
88	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
89	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
90	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
91	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
92	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
93	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
94	Portuguese Empire	≈ 1,134 km²
95	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
96	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²
97	Songhai Empire	≈ 224 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

New countries in this frame (2)

Tokugawa shogunate · Lanna Kingdom

Countries that disappeared in this frame (4)

Nalyvaiko Uprising · Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) · Wallachia · Maynila (historical polity)

Directions of expansion (3)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → former land of Nalyvaiko Uprising, ≈ 283 thousand km²
Ming dynasty → former land of First Toungoo Empire, ≈ 183 thousand km²
Moldavia → former land of Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), ≈ 101 thousand km²

The world in AD 1600

3 events from the sources that fall in this frame, grouped by region.

China (1)

AD 1600 — Li Hualong attacked Bozhou on eight routes, took Hailongtun, and Yang Yinglong killed himself; Bozhou was pacified. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷21 萬曆二十八年)

Southeast Asia (1)

AD 1600 — In the eighth month he marched on Trường An and, by ship, reached the capital, where the Mạc army was crushed. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十八「'''庚子，愼德元年（明萬曆二十」)

Sub-Saharan Africa (1)

AD 1600 — Selman arrives at Timbuktu (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXVI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 13015))

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1600 — Tokugawa shogunate appears
◆ AD 1600 — Nalyvaiko Uprising ends
◆ AD 1600 — Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) ends
◆ AD 1600 — Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth takes 282,900 km² of former Nalyvaiko Uprising land
◆ AD 1600 — Ming dynasty takes 182,700 km² of former First Toungoo Empire land
◆ AD 1600 — Moldavia takes 100,800 km² of former Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) land
◆ AD 1600 — Nalyvaiko Uprising loses 282,900 km² to Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
◆ AD 1600 — First Toungoo Empire loses 182,700 km² to Ming dynasty