World map in AD 1840 — territory by country

Frame AD 1840 — world borders from AD 1840 to AD 1841. 155 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 17.63 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (155, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 17.63 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 12.32 million km²
3	Empire of Brazil	≈ 7.53 million km²
4	British Empire	≈ 3.66 million km²
5	United States	≈ 2.95 million km²
6	Muhammad Ali dynasty	≈ 2.69 million km²
7	Bolivia	≈ 1.81 million km²
8	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 1.71 million km²
9	Qajar dynasty	≈ 1.62 million km²
10	Argentine Confederation	≈ 1.47 million km²
11	Centralist Republic of Mexico	≈ 1.45 million km²
12	Ottoman Empire	≈ 1.45 million km²
13	Republic of New Granada	≈ 1.42 million km²
14	Peru	≈ 1.37 million km²
15	British Empire	≈ 1.21 million km²
16	First Mexican Republic	≈ 1.05 million km²
17	Venezuela	≈ 935 thousand km²
18	Ottoman Tripolitania	≈ 894 thousand km²
19	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 848 thousand km²
20	Union between Sweden and Norway	≈ 804 thousand km²
21	Sokoto Caliphate	≈ 793 thousand km²
22	Austrian Empire	≈ 692 thousand km²
23	Cape Colony	≈ 669 thousand km²
24	Durrani dynasty	≈ 665 thousand km²
25	Bourbon Restoration in France	≈ 629 thousand km²
26	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 618 thousand km²
27	Second Saudi state	≈ 563 thousand km²
28	Myanmar	≈ 552 thousand km²
29	Spanish Empire	≈ 506 thousand km²
30	Spain	≈ 496 thousand km²
31	Dutch East Indies	≈ 482 thousand km²
32	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 476 thousand km²
33	Imerina	≈ 427 thousand km²
34	Sikh Empire	≈ 394 thousand km²
35	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
36	Republic of Texas	≈ 374 thousand km²
37	Great Britain	≈ 349 thousand km²
38	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
39	Paraguay	≈ 322 thousand km²
40	Chile	≈ 304 thousand km²
41	Nguyễn dynasty	≈ 301 thousand km²
42	Republic of the Rio Grande	≈ 300 thousand km²
43	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
44	Riograndense Republic	≈ 288 thousand km²
45	German Confederation	≈ 282 thousand km²
46	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
47	Emirate of Bukhara	≈ 268 thousand km²
48	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
49	Mughal Empire	≈ 241 thousand km²
50	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
51	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
52	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 227 thousand km²
53	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 189 thousand km²
54	Omanis	≈ 185 thousand km²
55	Regency of Algiers	≈ 182 thousand km²
56	Denmark–Norway	≈ 182 thousand km²
57	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
58	Oman	≈ 176 thousand km²
59	Asante Empire	≈ 154 thousand km²
60	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
61	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
62	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
63	Nicaragua	≈ 133 thousand km²
64	Khmer Empire	≈ 115 thousand km²
65	Honduras	≈ 115 thousand km²
66	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
67	Caliphate of Hamdullahi	≈ 105 thousand km²
68	Riau-Lingga Sultanate	≈ 104 thousand km²
69	Greenland	≈ 103 thousand km²
70	Imams of Yemen	≈ 96 thousand km²
71	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	≈ 91 thousand km²
72	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 88 thousand km²
73	Emirate of Jabal Shammar	≈ 84 thousand km²
74	First Empire of Haiti	≈ 84 thousand km²
75	Maratha Empire	≈ 83 thousand km²
76	Guatemala	≈ 83 thousand km²
77	Talpur dynasty	≈ 79 thousand km²
78	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 78 thousand km²
79	Kingdom of Bavaria	≈ 77 thousand km²
80	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
81	Trucial States	≈ 73 thousand km²
82	Bahrain	≈ 73 thousand km²
83	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 69 thousand km²
84	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
85	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
86	Johor Sultanate	≈ 62 thousand km²
87	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
88	First Hellenic Republic	≈ 44 thousand km²
89	Moldavia	≈ 42 thousand km²
90	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
91	Serbs	≈ 41 thousand km²
92	Netherlands	≈ 41 thousand km²
93	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
94	Switzerland	≈ 40 thousand km²
95	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 40 thousand km²
96	Papal States	≈ 39 thousand km²
97	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
98	Kingdom of Hanover	≈ 38 thousand km²
99	Natalia Republic	≈ 38 thousand km²
100	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 37 thousand km²
101	Los Altos (state)	≈ 36 thousand km²
102	Caucasian Imamate	≈ 35 thousand km²
103	Belgium	≈ 30 thousand km²
104	French Algeria	≈ 29 thousand km²
105	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 27 thousand km²
106	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
107	Zululand	≈ 26 thousand km²
108	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 25 thousand km²
109	Qatar	≈ 25 thousand km²
110	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
111	El Salvador	≈ 22 thousand km²
112	Kingdom of Saxony	≈ 18 thousand km²
113	Kingdom of Württemberg	≈ 17 thousand km²
114	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
115	Grand Duchy of Baden	≈ 14 thousand km²
116	Electorate of Hesse	≈ 14 thousand km²
117	Id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesultanan Sambaliung	≈ 13 thousand km²
118	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
119	Duchy of Mecklenburg	≈ 11 thousand km²
120	Grand Duchy of Hesse	≈ 11 thousand km²
121	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
122	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 9,081 km²
123	French India	≈ 8,828 km²
124	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
125	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
126	Duchy of Parma and Piacenza	≈ 7,460 km²
127	Duchy of Modena and Reggio	≈ 6,816 km²
128	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
129	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
130	Duchy of Nassau	≈ 5,756 km²
131	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
132	Duchy of Brunswick	≈ 4,813 km²
133	Duchy of Oldenburg	≈ 4,807 km²
134	Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	≈ 4,140 km²
135	Saxe-Meiningen	≈ 3,294 km²
136	Free City of Lübeck	≈ 2,669 km²
137	Principality of Reuss-Gera	≈ 2,186 km²
138	Duchy of Anhalt	≈ 1,990 km²
139	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
140	Saxe-Altenburg	≈ 1,962 km²
141	Free City of Cracow	≈ 1,645 km²
142	Hamburg	≈ 1,479 km²
143	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen	≈ 1,310 km²
144	House of Schwarzburg	≈ 1,210 km²
145	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 1,067 km²
146	Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont	≈ 942 km²
147	Grand Duchy of Tuscany	≈ 938 km²
148	House of Khalifa	≈ 881 km²
149	Principality of Lippe	≈ 829 km²
150	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²

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

New countries in this frame (15)

Bolivia · Peru · Ottoman Tripolitania · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Durrani dynasty · Republic of the Rio Grande · Nicaragua · Honduras · Guatemala · Bahrain · Natalia Republic · Costa Rica · Kingdom of Hanover · Los Altos (state) · El Salvador

Countries that disappeared in this frame (5)

Peru–Bolivian Confederation · Emirate of Afghanistan · Federal Republic of Central America · Karamanli dynasty · Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Directions of expansion (1)

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

British Empire → former land of Talpur dynasty, ≈ 531 thousand km²

The world in AD 1840

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

China (4)

AD 1840 — In the sixth month British ships entered the sea off Zhejiang and besieged the walled city of Dinghai. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷18 道光20年六月)
AD 1840 — In the sixth month the British took Dinghai county; the magistrate Yao Huaixiang and others died. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷18 道光20年六月)
AD 1841 — In the second month the British took the Humen battery and the Wuyong passes in Guangdong; the naval commander Guan Tianpei and the acting Hunan commander Xiangfu died in battle. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷19 道光21年二月)
AD 1841 — In the ninth month the British took Ningbo prefecture in Zhejiang. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷19 道光21年九月)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1840 — Bolivia appears
◆ AD 1840 — Durrani dynasty appears
◆ AD 1840 — Emirate of Jabal Shammar appears
◆ AD 1840 — Guatemala appears
◆ AD 1840 — Honduras appears
◆ AD 1840 — Nicaragua appears
◆ AD 1840 — Peru appears
◆ AD 1840 — Republic of the Rio Grande appears