World map in AD 1772 — territory by country

Frame AD 1772 — world borders from AD 1772 to AD 1774. 127 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 16.12 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (127, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 16.12 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 11.26 million km²
3	Spanish Empire	≈ 9.80 million km²
4	Portuguese Empire	≈ 6.54 million km²
5	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.83 million km²
6	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.12 million km²
7	British Empire	≈ 1.93 million km²
8	Durrani Empire	≈ 1.79 million km²
9	Zand dynasty	≈ 1.59 million km²
10	Maratha Empire	≈ 1.28 million km²
11	Tibet	≈ 1.25 million km²
12	Swedish Empire	≈ 790 thousand km²
13	Konbaung dynasty	≈ 669 thousand km²
14	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 652 thousand km²
15	Funj Sultanate	≈ 627 thousand km²
16	Spain	≈ 594 thousand km²
17	Kingdom of France	≈ 534 thousand km²
18	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 533 thousand km²
19	Denmark–Norway	≈ 529 thousand km²
20	British Empire	≈ 470 thousand km²
21	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
22	Thonburi Kingdom	≈ 360 thousand km²
23	Great Britain	≈ 342 thousand km²
24	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
25	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 334 thousand km²
26	Dutch Republic	≈ 334 thousand km²
27	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
28	Mughal Empire	≈ 328 thousand km²
29	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
30	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
31	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 266 thousand km²
32	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
33	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
34	Regency of Algiers	≈ 211 thousand km²
35	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 206 thousand km²
36	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 189 thousand km²
37	Khmer Empire	≈ 185 thousand km²
38	Hyderabad State	≈ 184 thousand km²
39	Vientiane	≈ 172 thousand km²
40	Johor Sultanate	≈ 165 thousand km²
41	Luang Prabang	≈ 161 thousand km²
42	Dutch Cape Colony	≈ 157 thousand km²
43	Rassid dynasty	≈ 154 thousand km²
44	Asante Empire	≈ 153 thousand km²
45	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 149 thousand km²
46	Carnatic Sultanate	≈ 124 thousand km²
47	Crimean Khanate	≈ 124 thousand km²
48	Oman	≈ 121 thousand km²
49	Trịnh lords	≈ 113 thousand km²
50	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
51	Nawab of Awadh	≈ 102 thousand km²
52	Nguyễn lords	≈ 102 thousand km²
53	Zaporozhian Cossacks	≈ 98 thousand km²
54	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 96 thousand km²
55	Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)	≈ 92 thousand km²
56	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 91 thousand km²
57	New France	≈ 91 thousand km²
58	Khanates of the Caucasus	≈ 88 thousand km²
59	Oyo Empire	≈ 88 thousand km²
60	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 86 thousand km²
61	Karamanli dynasty	≈ 86 thousand km²
62	Cambodia	≈ 81 thousand km²
63	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 79 thousand km²
64	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 78 thousand km²
65	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
66	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 69 thousand km²
67	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
68	Greenland	≈ 67 thousand km²
69	Banten Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
70	Sikh Confederacy	≈ 63 thousand km²
71	First Saudi state	≈ 59 thousand km²
72	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 59 thousand km²
73	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	≈ 55 thousand km²
74	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 48 thousand km²
75	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 46 thousand km²
76	Republic of Venice	≈ 45 thousand km²
77	New Netherland	≈ 44 thousand km²
78	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
79	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 42 thousand km²
80	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
81	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
82	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
83	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
84	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 33 thousand km²
85	Electorate of Hanover	≈ 32 thousand km²
86	Dutch Ceylon	≈ 29 thousand km²
87	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	≈ 28 thousand km²
88	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 28 thousand km²
89	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
90	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
91	Ségou Empire	≈ 23 thousand km²
92	Haudenosaunee	≈ 15 thousand km²
93	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
94	Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	≈ 14 thousand km²
95	Republic of Genoa	≈ 14 thousand km²
96	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
97	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
98	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
99	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
100	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
101	French India	≈ 10 thousand km²
102	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 8,714 km²
103	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
104	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
105	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
106	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 6,118 km²
107	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
108	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
109	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 5,154 km²
110	Hamengkubuwono	≈ 4,177 km²
111	Pontianak Sultanate	≈ 4,061 km²
112	Principality of Guria	≈ 3,728 km²
113	Surakarta Sunanate	≈ 3,694 km²
114	Mạc dynasty	≈ 3,661 km²
115	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
116	Principality of Svaneti	≈ 2,791 km²
117	Danish India	≈ 2,222 km²
118	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,132 km²
119	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
120	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,516 km²
121	English overseas possessions	≈ 1,240 km²
122	Bahrain	≈ 881 km²
123	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²
124	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
125	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²
126	Monaco	≈ 164 km²
127	Liechtenstein	≈ 137 km²

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

New countries in this frame (1)

Pontianak Sultanate

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Kalmyk Khanate · Wallachia

Directions of expansion (2)

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

Mughal Empire → former land of Durrani Empire, ≈ 269 thousand km²
Russian Empire → former land of Kalmyk Khanate, ≈ 175 thousand km²

The world in AD 1772

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

China (2)

AD 1772 — In the fourth month Guilin reported that the lands of the Gebushiza chieftain had been fully recovered and that Gewu and others of Lesser Jinchuan had been taken. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷13 乾隆37年四月)
AD 1773 — In the eleventh month Agui and others reported the recovery of Meinuo and ordered an advance on Jinchuan. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷13 乾隆38年)

Southeast Asia (1)

AD 1774 — Government troops took the citadel of Phú Xuân and pacified Thuận Hóa. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 續編卷之五「'''甲午，三十五年（淸乾隆三十」)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1772 — Kalmyk Khanate ends
◆ AD 1772 — Mughal Empire takes 268,500 km² of former Durrani Empire land
◆ AD 1772 — Russian Empire takes 174,800 km² of former Kalmyk Khanate land
◆ AD 1772 — Durrani Empire loses 268,500 km² to Mughal Empire
◆ AD 1772 — Kalmyk Khanate loses 174,800 km² to Russian Empire

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