Territorial change of Belgium (Kingdom of Belgium)

“Belgium”(Kingdom of Belgium) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1830 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1885 – 1899, at ≈ 46 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1830 – 1833	≈ 25 thousand km²
AD 1834 – 1839	≈ 34 thousand km²
AD 1840 – 1872	≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1873 – 1884	≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1899	≈ 46 thousand km²
AD 1900 – 1918	≈ 31 thousand km²
AD 1919 – 1921	≈ 36 thousand km²
AD 1922 – 1923	≈ 36 thousand km²
AD 1924 – 1925	≈ 36 thousand km²
AD 1926 – 1927	≈ 35 thousand km²
AD 1928 – 1929	≈ 35 thousand km²
AD 1930 – 1935	≈ 32 thousand km²
AD 1936 – 1939	≈ 31 thousand km²
AD 1945 – 1949	≈ 31 thousand km²
AD 1950 – 2023	≈ 31 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024	≈ 31 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1885 – 1899 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1830	≈ 25 thousand km²	92 of 143
AD 1834	≈ 34 thousand km²	92 of 143
AD 1836	≈ 34 thousand km²	93 of 145
AD 1840	≈ 30 thousand km²	103 of 155
AD 1842	≈ 30 thousand km²	102 of 156
AD 1846	≈ 30 thousand km²	97 of 152
AD 1848	≈ 30 thousand km²	97 of 147
AD 1849	≈ 30 thousand km²	95 of 144
AD 1853	≈ 30 thousand km²	96 of 144
AD 1856	≈ 30 thousand km²	99 of 149
AD 1857	≈ 30 thousand km²	99 of 150
AD 1859	≈ 30 thousand km²	98 of 146
AD 1860	≈ 30 thousand km²	96 of 142
AD 1861	≈ 30 thousand km²	93 of 140
AD 1862	≈ 30 thousand km²	92 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 30 thousand km²	92 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 30 thousand km²	93 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 30 thousand km²	92 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 30 thousand km²	91 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 30 thousand km²	91 of 134
AD 1870	≈ 30 thousand km²	88 of 132
AD 1871	≈ 30 thousand km²	87 of 113
AD 1873	≈ 30 thousand km²	83 of 108
AD 1877	≈ 30 thousand km²	81 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 30 thousand km²	82 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 30 thousand km²	83 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 46 thousand km²	72 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 46 thousand km²	73 of 99
AD 1895	≈ 46 thousand km²	67 of 90
AD 1898	≈ 46 thousand km²	66 of 87
AD 1900	≈ 31 thousand km²	67 of 84
AD 1905	≈ 31 thousand km²	71 of 83
AD 1908	≈ 31 thousand km²	70 of 79
AD 1911	≈ 31 thousand km²	69 of 76
AD 1912	≈ 31 thousand km²	69 of 77
AD 1913	≈ 31 thousand km²	68 of 78
AD 1914	≈ 31 thousand km²	66 of 76
AD 1915	≈ 31 thousand km²	66 of 75
AD 1916	≈ 31 thousand km²	65 of 71
AD 1917	≈ 31 thousand km²	65 of 71
AD 1918	≈ 31 thousand km²	72 of 80
AD 1919	≈ 36 thousand km²	79 of 88
AD 1920	≈ 36 thousand km²	76 of 84
AD 1922	≈ 36 thousand km²	78 of 87
AD 1924	≈ 36 thousand km²	77 of 86
AD 1926	≈ 35 thousand km²	76 of 84
AD 1927	≈ 35 thousand km²	76 of 84
AD 1928	≈ 35 thousand km²	77 of 85
AD 1929	≈ 35 thousand km²	77 of 85
AD 1930	≈ 32 thousand km²	78 of 86
AD 1932	≈ 32 thousand km²	80 of 88
AD 1936	≈ 31 thousand km²	81 of 89
AD 1938	≈ 31 thousand km²	80 of 88
AD 1939	≈ 31 thousand km²	79 of 86
AD 1945	≈ 31 thousand km²	68 of 76
AD 1946	≈ 31 thousand km²	74 of 83
AD 1947	≈ 31 thousand km²	83 of 92
AD 1948	≈ 31 thousand km²	85 of 96
AD 1949	≈ 31 thousand km²	86 of 96
AD 1950	≈ 31 thousand km²	84 of 94
AD 1953	≈ 31 thousand km²	87 of 97
AD 1956	≈ 31 thousand km²	94 of 103
AD 1958	≈ 31 thousand km²	91 of 101
AD 1960	≈ 31 thousand km²	98 of 107
AD 1961	≈ 31 thousand km²	111 of 122
AD 1962	≈ 31 thousand km²	111 of 122
AD 1963	≈ 31 thousand km²	113 of 129
AD 1967	≈ 31 thousand km²	120 of 140
AD 1969	≈ 31 thousand km²	120 of 145
AD 1973	≈ 31 thousand km²	123 of 152
AD 1974	≈ 31 thousand km²	123 of 152
AD 1976	≈ 31 thousand km²	125 of 157
AD 1979	≈ 31 thousand km²	126 of 161
AD 1983	≈ 31 thousand km²	126 of 162
AD 1987	≈ 31 thousand km²	125 of 164
AD 1990	≈ 31 thousand km²	126 of 164
AD 1991	≈ 31 thousand km²	125 of 164
AD 1992	≈ 31 thousand km²	140 of 185
AD 1996	≈ 31 thousand km²	141 of 186
AD 2000	≈ 31 thousand km²	141 of 188
AD 2006	≈ 31 thousand km²	139 of 187
AD 2008	≈ 31 thousand km²	139 of 187
AD 2011	≈ 31 thousand km²	139 of 187
AD 2014	≈ 31 thousand km²	142 of 191
AD 2022	≈ 31 thousand km²	142 of 191
AD 2024	≈ 31 thousand km²	141 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1916: number 71 of 65.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Kingdom of France — 125 frames
Dutch Republic — 86 frames
German Empire — 70 frames
Luxembourg — 55 frames
Kingdom of England — 53 frames
Kingdom of Portugal — 45 frames
Empire of Japan — 21 frames
German Confederation — 19 frames
United States — 14 frames
Tsardom of Russia — 9 frames
Kuomintang — 7 frames
Republic of China (1912–1949) — 6 frames
Qing dynasty — 4 frames
Democratic Republic of the Congo — 3 frames
Mahdist State — 3 frames
Sudan — 2 frames
Tanzania — 2 frames
North German Confederation — 2 frames
Empire of China (1915–1916) — 1 frames
Lunda Empire — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 1 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1940	lost	Nazi Germany	≈ 31 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: United Kingdom of the Netherlands

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west.

Wikipedia (English) “Belgium”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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