World map in AD 1848 — territory by country

Frame AD 1848 — world borders from AD 1848 to AD 1848. 147 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 20.92 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (147, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 20.92 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 12.10 million km²
3	Empire of Brazil	≈ 7.82 million km²
4	British Empire	≈ 3.75 million km²
5	United States	≈ 3.45 million km²
6	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.11 million km²
7	First Mexican Republic	≈ 2.09 million km²
8	Muhammad Ali dynasty	≈ 1.83 million km²
9	Bolivia	≈ 1.81 million km²
10	Qajar dynasty	≈ 1.62 million km²
11	Argentine Confederation	≈ 1.46 million km²
12	Republic of New Granada	≈ 1.42 million km²
13	Peru	≈ 1.37 million km²
14	British Empire	≈ 1.31 million km²
15	Venezuela	≈ 935 thousand km²
16	Ottoman Tripolitania	≈ 894 thousand km²
17	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 848 thousand km²
18	Union between Sweden and Norway	≈ 804 thousand km²
19	Sokoto Caliphate	≈ 793 thousand km²
20	Cape Colony	≈ 760 thousand km²
21	Emirate of Afghanistan	≈ 666 thousand km²
22	French Second Republic	≈ 630 thousand km²
23	Austrian Empire	≈ 628 thousand km²
24	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 607 thousand km²
25	Myanmar	≈ 552 thousand km²
26	Second Saudi state	≈ 532 thousand km²
27	Spanish Empire	≈ 506 thousand km²
28	Spain	≈ 496 thousand km²
29	Dutch East Indies	≈ 488 thousand km²
30	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 476 thousand km²
31	Imerina	≈ 427 thousand km²
32	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
33	Great Britain	≈ 349 thousand km²
34	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
35	Paraguay	≈ 322 thousand km²
36	Chile	≈ 304 thousand km²
37	Nguyễn dynasty	≈ 301 thousand km²
38	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
39	German Confederation	≈ 282 thousand km²
40	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
41	Emirate of Bukhara	≈ 268 thousand km²
42	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
43	Mughal Empire	≈ 241 thousand km²
44	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
45	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
46	French Africa	≈ 231 thousand km²
47	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 227 thousand km²
48	Sikh Empire	≈ 206 thousand km²
49	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 189 thousand km²
50	Omanis	≈ 185 thousand km²
51	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
52	Oman	≈ 176 thousand km²
53	Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)	≈ 170 thousand km²
54	Denmark–Norway	≈ 161 thousand km²
55	Asante Empire	≈ 154 thousand km²
56	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
57	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
58	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
59	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 135 thousand km²
60	Khmer Empire	≈ 115 thousand km²
61	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
62	Nicaragua	≈ 112 thousand km²
63	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
64	Honduras	≈ 109 thousand km²
65	Caliphate of Hamdullahi	≈ 105 thousand km²
66	Riau-Lingga Sultanate	≈ 104 thousand km²
67	Greenland	≈ 104 thousand km²
68	Liberia	≈ 102 thousand km²
69	Imams of Yemen	≈ 96 thousand km²
70	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 88 thousand km²
71	Kingdom of Bavaria	≈ 77 thousand km²
72	Talpur dynasty	≈ 75 thousand km²
73	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
74	Trucial States	≈ 73 thousand km²
75	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	≈ 69 thousand km²
76	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
77	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
78	Johor Sultanate	≈ 62 thousand km²
79	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
80	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 55 thousand km²
81	Dominican Republic	≈ 53 thousand km²
82	First Hellenic Republic	≈ 44 thousand km²
83	Moldavia	≈ 42 thousand km²
84	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
85	Serbs	≈ 41 thousand km²
86	Switzerland	≈ 41 thousand km²
87	Netherlands	≈ 41 thousand km²
88	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
89	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 40 thousand km²
90	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
91	Papal States	≈ 39 thousand km²
92	Kingdom of Hanover	≈ 38 thousand km²
93	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 37 thousand km²
94	Natalia Republic	≈ 37 thousand km²
95	Caucasian Imamate	≈ 35 thousand km²
96	First Empire of Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
97	Belgium	≈ 30 thousand km²
98	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 27 thousand km²
99	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
100	Zululand	≈ 26 thousand km²
101	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 25 thousand km²
102	Grand Duchy of Tuscany	≈ 25 thousand km²
103	Qatar	≈ 25 thousand km²
104	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
105	Italian nationalism	≈ 22 thousand km²
106	El Salvador	≈ 22 thousand km²
107	Duchy of Holstein	≈ 20 thousand km²
108	Kingdom of Saxony	≈ 18 thousand km²
109	Kingdom of Württemberg	≈ 17 thousand km²
110	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
111	Grand Duchy of Baden	≈ 14 thousand km²
112	Electorate of Hesse	≈ 14 thousand km²
113	Id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesultanan Sambaliung	≈ 13 thousand km²
114	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
115	Duchy of Mecklenburg	≈ 11 thousand km²
116	Grand Duchy of Hesse	≈ 11 thousand km²
117	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
118	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 9,327 km²
119	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 9,081 km²
120	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
121	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
122	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
123	Duchy of Nassau	≈ 5,756 km²
124	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
125	Raj of Sarawak	≈ 4,952 km²
126	Duchy of Brunswick	≈ 4,813 km²
127	Duchy of Oldenburg	≈ 4,807 km²
128	Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	≈ 4,140 km²
129	Saxe-Meiningen	≈ 3,294 km²
130	Free City of Lübeck	≈ 2,669 km²
131	Principality of Reuss-Gera	≈ 2,186 km²
132	Perlis	≈ 2,094 km²
133	Duchy of Anhalt	≈ 1,990 km²
134	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
135	Saxe-Altenburg	≈ 1,962 km²
136	Hamburg	≈ 1,457 km²
137	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen	≈ 1,310 km²
138	House of Schwarzburg	≈ 1,210 km²
139	Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont	≈ 942 km²
140	House of Khalifa	≈ 881 km²
141	Principality of Lippe	≈ 829 km²
142	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²
143	Free City of Bremen	≈ 517 km²
144	Andorra	≈ 380 km²
145	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
146	Free City of Frankfurt	≈ 178 km²
147	Monaco	≈ 94 km²

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

New countries in this frame (4)

French Second Republic · Liberia · Italian nationalism · Duchy of Holstein

Countries that disappeared in this frame (9)

Kazakh Khanate · Centralist Republic of Mexico · Bourbon Restoration in France · Kingdom of Prussia · French Algeria · French India · California Republic · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Modena and Reggio

Directions of expansion (2)

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

Russian Empire → former land of Kazakh Khanate, ≈ 1.71 million km²
Russian Empire → former land of Qing dynasty, ≈ 216 thousand km²

The world in AD 1848

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

China (1)

AD 1848 — In the third month the bandits of Zhaozhou in Yunnan rebelled, and Lin Zexu was ordered to suppress them. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷19 道光28年三月)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1848 — Liberia appears
◆ AD 1848 — Centralist Republic of Mexico ends
◆ AD 1848 — Kazakh Khanate ends
◆ AD 1848 — Kingdom of Prussia ends
◆ AD 1848 — Russian Empire takes 1,708,500 km² of former Kazakh Khanate land
◆ AD 1848 — Russian Empire takes 215,800 km² of former Qing dynasty land
◆ AD 1848 — Kazakh Khanate loses 1,708,500 km² to Russian Empire
◆ AD 1848 — Qing dynasty loses 215,800 km² to Russian Empire

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