World map in AD 1849 — territory by country

Frame AD 1849 — world borders from AD 1849 to AD 1852. 144 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 21.04 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (144, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 21.04 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 12.10 million km²
3	Empire of Brazil	≈ 7.82 million km²
4	British Empire	≈ 4.00 million km²
5	United States	≈ 3.47 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	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 607 thousand km²
24	Myanmar	≈ 552 thousand km²
25	Second Saudi state	≈ 532 thousand km²
26	Spanish Empire	≈ 506 thousand km²
27	Dutch East Indies	≈ 504 thousand km²
28	Spain	≈ 496 thousand km²
29	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 476 thousand km²
30	Imerina	≈ 427 thousand km²
31	Austrian Empire	≈ 423 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	Austria-Hungary	≈ 272 thousand km²
42	Emirate of Bukhara	≈ 268 thousand km²
43	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
44	Mughal Empire	≈ 241 thousand km²
45	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
46	French Africa	≈ 236 thousand km²
47	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
48	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 227 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)	≈ 169 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	Khmer Empire	≈ 115 thousand km²
60	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
61	Nicaragua	≈ 112 thousand km²
62	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
63	Honduras	≈ 109 thousand km²
64	Caliphate of Hamdullahi	≈ 105 thousand km²
65	Riau-Lingga Sultanate	≈ 104 thousand km²
66	Greenland	≈ 104 thousand km²
67	Liberia	≈ 102 thousand km²
68	Imams of Yemen	≈ 96 thousand km²
69	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	≈ 91 thousand km²
70	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 88 thousand km²
71	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 78 thousand km²
72	Trucial States	≈ 73 thousand km²
73	Kingdom of Bavaria	≈ 73 thousand km²
74	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
75	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
76	Johor Sultanate	≈ 62 thousand km²
77	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
78	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 55 thousand km²
79	Dominican Republic	≈ 53 thousand km²
80	Talpur dynasty	≈ 50 thousand km²
81	First Hellenic Republic	≈ 44 thousand km²
82	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
83	Serbs	≈ 41 thousand km²
84	Switzerland	≈ 41 thousand km²
85	Netherlands	≈ 41 thousand km²
86	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
87	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 40 thousand km²
88	Papal States	≈ 39 thousand km²
89	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
90	Kingdom of Hanover	≈ 38 thousand km²
91	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 37 thousand km²
92	Natalia Republic	≈ 37 thousand km²
93	Caucasian Imamate	≈ 35 thousand km²
94	First Empire of Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
95	Belgium	≈ 30 thousand km²
96	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 27 thousand km²
97	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
98	Zululand	≈ 26 thousand km²
99	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 25 thousand km²
100	Qatar	≈ 25 thousand km²
101	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
102	El Salvador	≈ 22 thousand km²
103	Duchy of Holstein	≈ 20 thousand km²
104	Kingdom of Saxony	≈ 18 thousand km²
105	Republic of Baden	≈ 18 thousand km²
106	Kingdom of Württemberg	≈ 17 thousand km²
107	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
108	Electorate of Hesse	≈ 14 thousand km²
109	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
110	Duchy of Mecklenburg	≈ 11 thousand km²
111	Grand Duchy of Hesse	≈ 11 thousand km²
112	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
113	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 9,327 km²
114	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 9,081 km²
115	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
116	Duchy of Parma and Piacenza	≈ 7,460 km²
117	Duchy of Modena and Reggio	≈ 7,097 km²
118	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
119	Duchy of Nassau	≈ 5,756 km²
120	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
121	Raj of Sarawak	≈ 4,952 km²
122	Duchy of Brunswick	≈ 4,813 km²
123	Duchy of Oldenburg	≈ 4,807 km²
124	Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	≈ 4,140 km²
125	Bali	≈ 3,773 km²
126	Saxe-Meiningen	≈ 3,294 km²
127	Free City of Lübeck	≈ 2,669 km²
128	Principality of Reuss-Gera	≈ 2,186 km²
129	Perlis	≈ 2,094 km²
130	Duchy of Anhalt	≈ 1,990 km²
131	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
132	Saxe-Altenburg	≈ 1,962 km²
133	Hamburg	≈ 1,457 km²
134	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen	≈ 1,310 km²
135	House of Schwarzburg	≈ 1,210 km²
136	Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont	≈ 942 km²
137	House of Khalifa	≈ 881 km²
138	Principality of Lippe	≈ 829 km²
139	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²
140	Free City of Bremen	≈ 517 km²
141	Andorra	≈ 380 km²
142	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
143	Free City of Frankfurt	≈ 178 km²
144	Monaco	≈ 94 km²

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

New countries in this frame (4)

Austria-Hungary · Republic of Baden · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Modena and Reggio

Countries that disappeared in this frame (7)

Sikh Empire · Moldavia · Wallachia · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Italian nationalism · Grand Duchy of Baden · Id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesultanan Sambaliung

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 Sikh Empire, ≈ 206 thousand km²

The world in AD 1849

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

China (3)

AD 1849 — In the fifth month, when the bandit Ye of Tengyueting in Yunnan rebelled, Lin Zexu suppressed and pacified it. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷19 道光29年五月)
AD 1850 — The Daoguang Emperor died in the Shende hall of the Yuanmingyuan. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷19 道光30年)
AD 1851 — In the intercalary eighth month Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Xinxu group, took Yong'an and occupied it, claiming the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷20 咸豐1年閏八月)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1849 — Austria-Hungary appears
◆ AD 1849 — Moldavia ends
◆ AD 1849 — Sikh Empire ends
◆ AD 1849 — British Empire takes 206,300 km² of former Sikh Empire land
◆ AD 1849 — Sikh Empire loses 206,300 km² to British Empire

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