World map in AD 1987 — territory by country

Frame AD 1987 — world borders from AD 1987 to AD 1989. 164 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Soviet Union (≈ 22.04 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (164, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Soviet Union	≈ 22.04 million km²
2	Canada	≈ 10.03 million km²
3	United States	≈ 9.44 million km²
4	China	≈ 9.40 million km²
5	Brazil	≈ 8.53 million km²
6	Australia	≈ 7.79 million km²
7	India	≈ 3.18 million km²
8	French Fifth Republic	≈ 3.03 million km²
9	Argentina	≈ 2.79 million km²
10	Sudan	≈ 2.48 million km²
11	Algeria	≈ 2.32 million km²
12	Zaire	≈ 2.31 million km²
13	Denmark	≈ 2.27 million km²
14	South Africa	≈ 2.06 million km²
15	Indonesia	≈ 2.04 million km²
16	Mexico	≈ 2.00 million km²
17	Saudi Arabia	≈ 1.93 million km²
18	Iran	≈ 1.63 million km²
19	Libyan Arab Republic	≈ 1.61 million km²
20	Mongolian People's Republic	≈ 1.57 million km²
21	Peru	≈ 1.30 million km²
22	Chad	≈ 1.27 million km²
23	Angola	≈ 1.26 million km²
24	Ethiopia	≈ 1.25 million km²
25	Mali Federation	≈ 1.25 million km²
26	Niger	≈ 1.18 million km²
27	Colombia	≈ 1.15 million km²
28	Bolivia	≈ 1.09 million km²
29	Mauritania	≈ 1.05 million km²
30	Egypt	≈ 1.01 million km²
31	Venezuela	≈ 937 thousand km²
32	Nigeria	≈ 911 thousand km²
33	Tanzania	≈ 886 thousand km²
34	Pakistan	≈ 876 thousand km²
35	Chile	≈ 802 thousand km²
36	Mozambique	≈ 785 thousand km²
37	Turkey	≈ 768 thousand km²
38	Zambia	≈ 747 thousand km²
39	Myanmar	≈ 676 thousand km²
40	Great Britain	≈ 672 thousand km²
41	Somalia	≈ 646 thousand km²
42	Central African Republic	≈ 620 thousand km²
43	Madagascar	≈ 616 thousand km²
44	Mujahideen	≈ 587 thousand km²
45	Kenya	≈ 586 thousand km²
46	Botswana	≈ 577 thousand km²
47	Thailand	≈ 522 thousand km²
48	Spain	≈ 507 thousand km²
49	Papua New Guinea	≈ 484 thousand km²
50	Cameroon	≈ 466 thousand km²
51	Sweden	≈ 458 thousand km²
52	Iraq	≈ 432 thousand km²
53	Norway	≈ 421 thousand km²
54	Japan	≈ 413 thousand km²
55	Morocco	≈ 406 thousand km²
56	Paraguay	≈ 402 thousand km²
57	Zimbabwe	≈ 393 thousand km²
58	Malaysia	≈ 347 thousand km²
59	Republic of the Congo	≈ 346 thousand km²
60	Philippines	≈ 344 thousand km²
61	Vietnam	≈ 338 thousand km²
62	Finland	≈ 337 thousand km²
63	Ivory Coast	≈ 322 thousand km²
64	Poland	≈ 315 thousand km²
65	Oman	≈ 314 thousand km²
66	South Yemen	≈ 313 thousand km²
67	New Zealand	≈ 297 thousand km²
68	Italy	≈ 289 thousand km²
69	Burkina Faso	≈ 274 thousand km²
70	Gabon	≈ 265 thousand km²
71	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
72	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	≈ 250 thousand km²
73	West Germany	≈ 247 thousand km²
74	Guinea	≈ 246 thousand km²
75	Ghana	≈ 241 thousand km²
76	Socialist Republic of Romania	≈ 238 thousand km²
77	Laos	≈ 229 thousand km²
78	Guyana	≈ 212 thousand km²
79	Uganda	≈ 210 thousand km²
80	Senegal	≈ 201 thousand km²
81	Syria	≈ 187 thousand km²
82	People's Republic of Kampuchea	≈ 184 thousand km²
83	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
84	Tunisia	≈ 151 thousand km²
85	North Yemen	≈ 151 thousand km²
86	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
87	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
88	Suriname	≈ 147 thousand km²
89	Bangladesh	≈ 145 thousand km²
90	British Empire	≈ 134 thousand km²
91	Nicaragua	≈ 133 thousand km²
92	Czechoslovakia	≈ 129 thousand km²
93	North Korea	≈ 127 thousand km²
94	Cuba	≈ 124 thousand km²
95	Third Hellenic Republic	≈ 122 thousand km²
96	Benin	≈ 118 thousand km²
97	Honduras	≈ 115 thousand km²
98	East Germany	≈ 112 thousand km²
99	Iceland	≈ 112 thousand km²
100	People's Republic of Bulgaria	≈ 110 thousand km²
101	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
102	South Korea	≈ 105 thousand km²
103	Liberia	≈ 100 thousand km²
104	Portugal	≈ 97 thousand km²
105	Malawi	≈ 93 thousand km²
106	Hungarian People's Republic	≈ 92 thousand km²
107	Jordan	≈ 90 thousand km²
108	Second Republic of Austria	≈ 85 thousand km²
109	Panama	≈ 82 thousand km²
110	Republic of China (1912–1949)	≈ 81 thousand km²
111	United Arab Emirates	≈ 78 thousand km²
112	Republic of Ireland	≈ 75 thousand km²
113	Sierra Leone	≈ 74 thousand km²
114	Sri Lanka	≈ 74 thousand km²
115	Togo	≈ 57 thousand km²
116	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
117	Dominican Republic	≈ 53 thousand km²
118	Bhutan	≈ 41 thousand km²
119	Switzerland	≈ 41 thousand km²
120	Netherlands	≈ 38 thousand km²
121	Solomon Islands	≈ 38 thousand km²
122	Guinea-Bissau	≈ 33 thousand km²
123	Lesotho	≈ 32 thousand km²
124	Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
125	Belgium	≈ 31 thousand km²
126	Equatorial Guinea	≈ 29 thousand km²
127	Israel	≈ 28 thousand km²
128	People's Socialist Republic of Albania	≈ 28 thousand km²
129	Rwanda	≈ 25 thousand km²
130	Burundi	≈ 25 thousand km²
131	Belize	≈ 23 thousand km²
132	Djibouti	≈ 22 thousand km²
133	Fiji	≈ 22 thousand km²
134	The Bahamas	≈ 19 thousand km²
135	Kuwait	≈ 17 thousand km²
136	Eswatini	≈ 17 thousand km²
137	Vanuatu	≈ 17 thousand km²
138	Jamaica	≈ 13 thousand km²
139	Qatar	≈ 13 thousand km²
140	The Gambia	≈ 11 thousand km²
141	Lebanon	≈ 9,810 km²
142	Cape Verde	≈ 9,427 km²
143	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 7,272 km²
144	Cyprus	≈ 7,122 km²
145	Estado Novo (Portugal)	≈ 6,894 km²
146	Trinidad and Tobago	≈ 6,177 km²
147	Northern Cyprus	≈ 4,341 km²
148	Mauritius	≈ 2,480 km²
149	Luxembourg	≈ 2,405 km²
150	São Tomé and Príncipe	≈ 1,485 km²

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

New countries in this frame (4)

Brazil · Mujahideen · Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888) · Micronesia

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Brazil · Afghanistan

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