World map in AD 1741 — territory by country

Frame AD 1741 — world borders from AD 1741 to AD 1743. 125 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 15.03 million km²).

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

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 15.03 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 9.35 million km²
3	Spanish Empire	≈ 7.08 million km²
4	Afsharid Iran	≈ 3.43 million km²
5	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.88 million km²
6	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.14 million km²
7	Dzungar Khanate	≈ 2.05 million km²
8	Mughal Empire	≈ 1.67 million km²
9	Portuguese Empire	≈ 1.61 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.25 million km²
11	Swedish Empire	≈ 801 thousand km²
12	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 767 thousand km²
13	British Empire	≈ 715 thousand km²
14	Funj Sultanate	≈ 626 thousand km²
15	Spain	≈ 593 thousand km²
16	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 587 thousand km²
17	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 577 thousand km²
18	Kingdom of France	≈ 545 thousand km²
19	Denmark–Norway	≈ 529 thousand km²
20	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 394 thousand km²
21	Morocco	≈ 385 thousand km²
22	Nawabs of Bengal	≈ 385 thousand km²
23	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 352 thousand km²
24	Great Britain	≈ 342 thousand km²
25	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 342 thousand km²
26	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
27	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
28	Maratha Empire	≈ 328 thousand km²
29	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
30	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
31	Jesuit missions among the Guaraní	≈ 261 thousand km²
32	Hyderabad State	≈ 261 thousand km²
33	Dutch Republic	≈ 261 thousand km²
34	New France	≈ 245 thousand km²
35	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
36	Regency of Algiers	≈ 211 thousand km²
37	Khmer Empire	≈ 185 thousand km²
38	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 179 thousand km²
39	Kalmyk Khanate	≈ 175 thousand km²
40	Vientiane	≈ 172 thousand km²
41	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 168 thousand km²
42	Johor Sultanate	≈ 165 thousand km²
43	Luang Prabang	≈ 161 thousand km²
44	Rassid dynasty	≈ 154 thousand km²
45	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 148 thousand km²
46	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
47	Astrakhan Khanate	≈ 125 thousand km²
48	Carnatic Sultanate	≈ 124 thousand km²
49	Crimean Khanate	≈ 121 thousand km²
50	Zaporozhian Cossacks	≈ 120 thousand km²
51	Konbaung dynasty	≈ 116 thousand km²
52	Trịnh lords	≈ 113 thousand km²
53	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
54	Nawab of Awadh	≈ 103 thousand km²
55	Sloboda Ukraine	≈ 99 thousand km²
56	Nguyễn lords	≈ 98 thousand km²
57	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 96 thousand km²
58	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 91 thousand km²
59	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 86 thousand km²
60	Cambodia	≈ 86 thousand km²
61	Karamanli dynasty	≈ 86 thousand km²
62	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
63	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 79 thousand km²
64	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
65	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
66	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 74 thousand km²
67	Asante Empire	≈ 73 thousand km²
68	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
69	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 69 thousand km²
70	Banten Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
71	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 60 thousand km²
72	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 59 thousand km²
73	Dutch Cape Colony	≈ 58 thousand km²
74	Mataram Sultanate	≈ 55 thousand km²
75	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 54 thousand km²
76	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
77	Oyo Empire	≈ 49 thousand km²
78	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 48 thousand km²
79	Republic of Venice	≈ 45 thousand km²
80	Dutch Ceylon	≈ 44 thousand km²
81	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
82	New Netherland	≈ 44 thousand km²
83	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 42 thousand km²
84	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
85	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
86	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
87	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
88	Electorate of Hanover	≈ 30 thousand km²
89	Ya'rubids	≈ 28 thousand km²
90	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	≈ 28 thousand km²
91	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 28 thousand km²
92	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
93	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
94	Ségou Empire	≈ 23 thousand km²
95	Sultanate of Bulungan	≈ 20 thousand km²
96	Republic of Genoa	≈ 15 thousand km²
97	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
98	Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	≈ 14 thousand km²
99	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 14 thousand km²
100	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
101	Greenland	≈ 12 thousand km²
102	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
103	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
104	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
105	French India	≈ 10 thousand km²
106	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 8,714 km²
107	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
108	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
109	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 6,089 km²
110	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
111	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 5,154 km²
112	Principality of Guria	≈ 3,823 km²
113	Mạc dynasty	≈ 3,661 km²
114	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
115	Principality of Svaneti	≈ 2,791 km²
116	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,132 km²
117	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
118	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
119	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 1,349 km²
120	English overseas possessions	≈ 1,346 km²
121	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
122	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
123	County of Urgell	≈ 309 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 (1)

Konbaung dynasty

Countries that disappeared in this frame (1)

Saadi Sultanate

Directions of expansion (2)

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

Afsharid Iran → former land of Mughal Empire, ≈ 601 thousand km²
Maratha Empire → former land of Mughal Empire, ≈ 135 thousand km²

The world in AD 1741

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

China (1)

AD 1742 — From Suiyuan, Youwei, and Guihua, four thousand soldiers were drawn from Tümed and Chahar Torguts to support the northern route, and camels and horses were supplied. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷10 乾隆7年正月)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1741 — Konbaung dynasty appears
◆ AD 1741 — Saadi Sultanate ends
◆ AD 1741 — Afsharid Iran takes 601,300 km² of former Mughal Empire land
◆ AD 1741 — Maratha Empire takes 135,300 km² of former Mughal Empire land
◆ AD 1741 — Mughal Empire loses 601,300 km² to Afsharid Iran
◆ AD 1741 — Mughal Empire loses 135,300 km² to Maratha Empire

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