World map in AD 1721 — territory by country

Frame AD 1721 — world borders from AD 1721 to AD 1726. 125 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 14.45 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (125, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 14.45 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 8.93 million km²
3	Spanish Empire	≈ 7.04 million km²
4	Mughal Empire	≈ 3.13 million km²
5	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.84 million km²
6	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.19 million km²
7	Dzungar Khanate	≈ 2.05 million km²
8	Portuguese Empire	≈ 1.60 million km²
9	Tibet	≈ 1.56 million km²
10	Safavid dynasty	≈ 1.37 million km²
11	Hotak dynasty	≈ 919 thousand km²
12	Swedish Empire	≈ 801 thousand km²
13	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 763 thousand km²
14	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 752 thousand km²
15	British Empire	≈ 636 thousand km²
16	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 634 thousand km²
17	Funj Sultanate	≈ 626 thousand km²
18	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 587 thousand km²
19	Spain	≈ 543 thousand km²
20	Denmark–Norway	≈ 529 thousand km²
21	Kingdom of France	≈ 529 thousand km²
22	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 394 thousand km²
23	Morocco	≈ 385 thousand km²
24	Nawabs of Bengal	≈ 384 thousand km²
25	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 342 thousand km²
26	Great Britain	≈ 342 thousand km²
27	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
28	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
29	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
30	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
31	Dutch Republic	≈ 261 thousand km²
32	Jesuit missions among the Guaraní	≈ 242 thousand km²
33	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
34	Regency of Algiers	≈ 211 thousand km²
35	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
36	New France	≈ 200 thousand km²
37	Khmer Empire	≈ 185 thousand km²
38	Johor Sultanate	≈ 179 thousand km²
39	Vientiane	≈ 172 thousand km²
40	Rassid dynasty	≈ 166 thousand km²
41	Kalmyk Khanate	≈ 163 thousand km²
42	Luang Prabang	≈ 161 thousand km²
43	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 148 thousand km²
44	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 129 thousand km²
45	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 126 thousand km²
46	Astrakhan Khanate	≈ 125 thousand km²
47	Ya'rubids	≈ 121 thousand km²
48	Zaporozhian Cossacks	≈ 120 thousand km²
49	Trịnh lords	≈ 113 thousand km²
50	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
51	Maratha Empire	≈ 111 thousand km²
52	Sloboda Ukraine	≈ 99 thousand km²
53	Nguyễn lords	≈ 98 thousand km²
54	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 96 thousand km²
55	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 91 thousand km²
56	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 86 thousand km²
57	Cambodia	≈ 86 thousand km²
58	Karamanli dynasty	≈ 86 thousand km²
59	Carnatic Sultanate	≈ 84 thousand km²
60	Nogai Horde	≈ 83 thousand km²
61	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
62	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 79 thousand km²
63	Haudenosaunee	≈ 75 thousand km²
64	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
65	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 72 thousand km²
66	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 69 thousand km²
67	Banten Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
68	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 59 thousand km²
69	Crimean Khanate	≈ 59 thousand km²
70	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 59 thousand km²
71	Mataram Sultanate	≈ 55 thousand km²
72	Wallachia	≈ 50 thousand km²
73	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
74	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 48 thousand km²
75	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 46 thousand km²
76	Republic of Venice	≈ 45 thousand km²
77	Dutch Ceylon	≈ 44 thousand km²
78	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
79	New Netherland	≈ 44 thousand km²
80	Oyo Empire	≈ 44 thousand km²
81	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 42 thousand km²
82	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
83	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
84	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
85	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
86	Asante Empire	≈ 33 thousand km²
87	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 31 thousand km²
88	Electorate of Hanover	≈ 30 thousand km²
89	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 28 thousand km²
90	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
91	Dutch Cape Colony	≈ 27 thousand km²
92	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
93	Ségou Empire	≈ 23 thousand km²
94	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
95	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
96	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 18 thousand km²
97	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 16 thousand km²
98	Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
99	Republic of Genoa	≈ 14 thousand km²
100	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
101	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
102	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
103	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
104	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 10 thousand km²
105	French India	≈ 9,700 km²
106	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
107	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
108	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 6,060 km²
109	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
110	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 5,820 km²
111	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,659 km²
112	Mạc dynasty	≈ 3,661 km²
113	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
114	Principality of Svaneti	≈ 2,791 km²
115	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,132 km²
116	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
117	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
118	English overseas possessions	≈ 1,346 km²
119	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 976 km²
120	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
121	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 653 km²
122	County of Urgell	≈ 380 km²
123	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
124	Monaco	≈ 164 km²
125	Liechtenstein	≈ 137 km²

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

New countries in this frame (4)

Russian Empire · Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861) · Principality of Svaneti · Liechtenstein

Countries that disappeared in this frame (3)

Tsardom of Russia · Brandenburg–Prussia · House of Savoy

Directions of expansion (4)

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

Tibet → former land of Dzungar Khanate, ≈ 645 thousand km²
Hotak dynasty → former land of Safavid dynasty, ≈ 369 thousand km²
Swedish Empire → former land of Tsardom of Russia, ≈ 232 thousand km²
Maratha Empire → former land of Mughal Empire, ≈ 104 thousand km²

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