World map in AD 1857 — territory by country

Frame AD 1857 — world borders from AD 1857 to AD 1858. 150 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 21.02 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (150, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 21.02 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 11.52 million km²
3	Empire of Brazil	≈ 8.02 million km²
4	United States	≈ 4.20 million km²
5	British Empire	≈ 3.63 million km²
6	British Empire	≈ 3.21 million km²
7	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.11 million km²
8	First Mexican Republic	≈ 2.01 million km²
9	Muhammad Ali dynasty	≈ 1.83 million km²
10	Bolivia	≈ 1.81 million km²
11	Qajar dynasty	≈ 1.62 million km²
12	Peru	≈ 1.37 million km²
13	Argentine Confederation	≈ 1.36 million km²
14	Republic of New Granada	≈ 1.22 million km²
15	Second Saudi state	≈ 1.04 million km²
16	Venezuela	≈ 935 thousand km²
17	Ottoman Tripolitania	≈ 894 thousand km²
18	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 848 thousand km²
19	Union between Sweden and Norway	≈ 804 thousand km²
20	Sokoto Caliphate	≈ 793 thousand km²
21	Austrian Empire	≈ 694 thousand km²
22	Dutch East Indies	≈ 668 thousand km²
23	Emirate of Afghanistan	≈ 666 thousand km²
24	Second French Empire	≈ 626 thousand km²
25	Cape Colony	≈ 625 thousand km²
26	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 607 thousand km²
27	Spain	≈ 496 thousand km²
28	Spanish Empire	≈ 487 thousand km²
29	Myanmar	≈ 437 thousand km²
30	Imerina	≈ 427 thousand km²
31	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 421 thousand km²
32	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 412 thousand km²
33	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
34	Great Britain	≈ 349 thousand km²
35	Panthay Rebellion	≈ 342 thousand km²
36	Paraguay	≈ 322 thousand km²
37	Chile	≈ 304 thousand km²
38	Nguyễn dynasty	≈ 301 thousand km²
39	South African Republic	≈ 294 thousand km²
40	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
41	German Confederation	≈ 283 thousand km²
42	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
43	Emirate of Bukhara	≈ 268 thousand km²
44	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
45	State of Buenos Aires	≈ 243 thousand km²
46	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
47	French Africa	≈ 240 thousand km²
48	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
49	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 227 thousand km²
50	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	≈ 224 thousand km²
51	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 193 thousand km²
52	Denmark–Norway	≈ 182 thousand km²
53	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
54	Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)	≈ 165 thousand km²
55	Asante Empire	≈ 154 thousand km²
56	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
57	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
58	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
59	Orange Free State	≈ 133 thousand km²
60	Khmer Empire	≈ 115 thousand km²
61	Nicaragua	≈ 111 thousand km²
62	Lunda Empire	≈ 109 thousand km²
63	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
64	Honduras	≈ 109 thousand km²
65	Caliphate of Hamdullahi	≈ 105 thousand km²
66	Greenland	≈ 104 thousand km²
67	Liberia	≈ 102 thousand km²
68	Imams of Yemen	≈ 96 thousand km²
69	Majeerteen Sultanate	≈ 92 thousand km²
70	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	≈ 91 thousand km²
71	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 88 thousand km²
72	Oman	≈ 79 thousand km²
73	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 78 thousand km²
74	Kingdom of Bavaria	≈ 77 thousand km²
75	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
76	Trucial States	≈ 72 thousand km²
77	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
78	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
79	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
80	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 55 thousand km²
81	Moldavia	≈ 54 thousand km²
82	Talpur dynasty	≈ 54 thousand km²
83	Dominican Republic	≈ 53 thousand km²
84	First Hellenic Republic	≈ 44 thousand km²
85	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
86	Serbs	≈ 41 thousand km²
87	Switzerland	≈ 41 thousand km²
88	Pahang Sultanate	≈ 41 thousand km²
89	Netherlands	≈ 41 thousand km²
90	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
91	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 40 thousand km²
92	Papal States	≈ 39 thousand km²
93	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
94	Kingdom of Hanover	≈ 38 thousand km²
95	Natalia Republic	≈ 37 thousand km²
96	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 37 thousand km²
97	Caucasian Imamate	≈ 35 thousand km²
98	First Empire of Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
99	Belgium	≈ 30 thousand km²
100	People's Republic of Zanzibar	≈ 28 thousand km²
101	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 27 thousand km²
102	New Caledonia	≈ 27 thousand km²
103	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
104	Mosquito Coast	≈ 27 thousand km²
105	Zululand	≈ 25 thousand km²
106	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 25 thousand km²
107	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
108	El Salvador	≈ 22 thousand km²
109	Johor Sultanate	≈ 20 thousand km²
110	Kingdom of Saxony	≈ 18 thousand km²
111	Kingdom of Württemberg	≈ 17 thousand km²
112	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
113	Grand Duchy of Baden	≈ 14 thousand km²
114	Electorate of Hesse	≈ 14 thousand km²
115	Qatar	≈ 13 thousand km²
116	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
117	Duchy of Mecklenburg	≈ 11 thousand km²
118	Grand Duchy of Hesse	≈ 11 thousand km²
119	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
120	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 9,799 km²
121	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 9,327 km²
122	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
123	Duchy of Parma and Piacenza	≈ 7,460 km²
124	Duchy of Modena and Reggio	≈ 7,097 km²
125	Montenegro	≈ 6,131 km²
126	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
127	Duchy of Nassau	≈ 5,756 km²
128	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
129	Raj of Sarawak	≈ 4,952 km²
130	Duchy of Brunswick	≈ 4,813 km²
131	Duchy of Oldenburg	≈ 4,807 km²
132	Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	≈ 4,140 km²
133	Bali	≈ 3,773 km²
134	Saxe-Meiningen	≈ 3,294 km²
135	Free City of Lübeck	≈ 2,669 km²
136	Principality of Reuss-Gera	≈ 2,186 km²
137	Perlis	≈ 2,094 km²
138	Duchy of Anhalt	≈ 1,990 km²
139	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
140	Saxe-Altenburg	≈ 1,962 km²
141	Hamburg	≈ 1,479 km²
142	House of Schwarzburg	≈ 1,210 km²
143	Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont	≈ 942 km²
144	House of Khalifa	≈ 881 km²
145	Principality of Lippe	≈ 829 km²
146	Mughal Empire	≈ 578 km²
147	Free City of Bremen	≈ 517 km²
148	Andorra	≈ 380 km²
149	Free City of Frankfurt	≈ 178 km²
150	Monaco	≈ 94 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

Moldavia · Nicaragua · Wallachia

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Republic of Baja California · Riau-Lingga Sultanate

Directions of expansion (1)

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

Dutch East Indies → former land of Riau-Lingga Sultanate, ≈ 104 thousand km²

The world in AD 1857

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

China (3)

AD 1857 — Hechun reported that, together with Zhang Guoliang, he had recovered Zhenjiang. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷20 咸豐7年)
AD 1858 — In the fourth month the Hubei government troops recovered Jiujiang. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷20 咸豐8年四月)
AD 1858 — In the ninth month the Hunan government troops recovered Ji'an. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷20 咸豐8年九月)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1857 — Moldavia appears
◆ AD 1857 — Nicaragua appears
◆ AD 1857 — Republic of Baja California ends
◆ AD 1857 — Riau-Lingga Sultanate ends
◆ AD 1857 — Dutch East Indies takes 104,300 km² of former Riau-Lingga Sultanate land
◆ AD 1857 — Riau-Lingga Sultanate loses 104,300 km² to Dutch East Indies

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