Territorial change of Spain (Kingdom of Spain)

“Spain”(Kingdom of Spain) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1516 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1890 – 1894, at ≈ 1.29 million km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1516 – 1518≈ 690 thousand km²
AD 1519 – 1520≈ 946 thousand km²
AD 1521 – 1525≈ 665 thousand km²
AD 1526 – 1528≈ 677 thousand km²
AD 1529 – 1533≈ 618 thousand km²
AD 1534 – 1539≈ 618 thousand km²
AD 1540 – 1546≈ 640 thousand km²
AD 1547 – 1555≈ 640 thousand km²
AD 1556 – 1563≈ 737 thousand km²
AD 1564 – 1571≈ 731 thousand km²
AD 1572 – 1578≈ 723 thousand km²
AD 1579 – 1581≈ 693 thousand km²
AD 1640 – 1641≈ 661 thousand km²
AD 1642 – 1644≈ 679 thousand km²
AD 1645 – 1647≈ 683 thousand km²
AD 1648 – 1652≈ 677 thousand km²
AD 1653 – 1658≈ 682 thousand km²
AD 1659 – 1669≈ 678 thousand km²
AD 1670 – 1672≈ 674 thousand km²
AD 1673 – 1676≈ 674 thousand km²
AD 1677 – 1682≈ 654 thousand km²
AD 1683 – 1690≈ 657 thousand km²
AD 1691 – 1695≈ 641 thousand km²
AD 1696 – 1699≈ 643 thousand km²
AD 1700 – 1701≈ 658 thousand km²
AD 1702 – 1705≈ 552 thousand km²
AD 1706 – 1708≈ 496 thousand km²
AD 1709 – 1712≈ 615 thousand km²
AD 1713 – 1717≈ 494 thousand km²
AD 1718 – 1733≈ 543 thousand km²
AD 1734 – 1747≈ 593 thousand km²
AD 1748 – 1777≈ 594 thousand km²
AD 1778 – 1780≈ 503 thousand km²
AD 1781 – 1795≈ 504 thousand km²
AD 1796 – 1796≈ 496 thousand km²
AD 1797 – 1798≈ 503 thousand km²
AD 1799 – 1799≈ 502 thousand km²
AD 1800 – 1802≈ 502 thousand km²
AD 1803 – 1808≈ 496 thousand km²
AD 1809 – 1810≈ 234 thousand km²
AD 1811 – 1811≈ 132 thousand km²
AD 1812 – 1813≈ 378 thousand km²
AD 1814 – 1814≈ 496 thousand km²
AD 1815 – 1833≈ 496 thousand km²
AD 1834 – 1835≈ 496 thousand km²
AD 1836 – 1839≈ 495 thousand km²
AD 1840 – 1858≈ 496 thousand km²
AD 1859 – 1872≈ 496 thousand km²
AD 1877 – 1879≈ 984 thousand km²
AD 1880 – 1884≈ 989 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1889≈ 1.04 million km²
AD 1890 – 1894≈ 1.29 million km²
AD 1895 – 1897≈ 1.24 million km²
AD 1898 – 1899≈ 1.23 million km²
AD 1900 – 1904≈ 841 thousand km²
AD 1905 – 1910≈ 840 thousand km²
AD 1911 – 1911≈ 840 thousand km²
AD 1912 – 1921≈ 854 thousand km²
AD 1922 – 1923≈ 849 thousand km²
AD 1924 – 1925≈ 844 thousand km²
AD 1926 – 1931≈ 854 thousand km²
AD 1976 – 2023≈ 507 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024≈ 507 thousand km²
AD 1516AD 2024

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1890 – 1894 (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.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1516≈ 690 thousand km²16 of 123
AD 1519≈ 946 thousand km²10 of 123
AD 1521≈ 665 thousand km²13 of 119
AD 1526≈ 677 thousand km²14 of 121
AD 1529≈ 618 thousand km²17 of 124
AD 1534≈ 618 thousand km²17 of 125
AD 1540≈ 640 thousand km²14 of 122
AD 1547≈ 640 thousand km²15 of 121
AD 1552≈ 640 thousand km²15 of 119
AD 1556≈ 737 thousand km²13 of 117
AD 1564≈ 731 thousand km²16 of 116
AD 1572≈ 723 thousand km²15 of 110
AD 1579≈ 693 thousand km²15 of 101
AD 1640≈ 661 thousand km²16 of 114
AD 1642≈ 679 thousand km²15 of 115
AD 1645≈ 683 thousand km²16 of 115
AD 1648≈ 677 thousand km²16 of 117
AD 1653≈ 682 thousand km²15 of 115
AD 1659≈ 678 thousand km²14 of 114
AD 1662≈ 678 thousand km²15 of 116
AD 1670≈ 674 thousand km²15 of 117
AD 1673≈ 674 thousand km²16 of 117
AD 1677≈ 654 thousand km²16 of 116
AD 1683≈ 657 thousand km²14 of 117
AD 1687≈ 657 thousand km²13 of 113
AD 1691≈ 641 thousand km²13 of 111
AD 1696≈ 643 thousand km²13 of 108
AD 1700≈ 658 thousand km²13 of 107
AD 1702≈ 552 thousand km²17 of 109
AD 1706≈ 496 thousand km²18 of 114
AD 1709≈ 615 thousand km²15 of 120
AD 1713≈ 494 thousand km²19 of 123
AD 1718≈ 543 thousand km²17 of 124
AD 1721≈ 543 thousand km²19 of 125
AD 1727≈ 543 thousand km²18 of 128
AD 1734≈ 593 thousand km²16 of 132
AD 1738≈ 593 thousand km²16 of 125
AD 1741≈ 593 thousand km²15 of 125
AD 1744≈ 593 thousand km²14 of 129
AD 1748≈ 594 thousand km²14 of 132
AD 1752≈ 594 thousand km²17 of 132
AD 1757≈ 594 thousand km²15 of 132
AD 1762≈ 594 thousand km²16 of 131
AD 1763≈ 594 thousand km²15 of 132
AD 1769≈ 594 thousand km²16 of 128
AD 1772≈ 594 thousand km²16 of 127
AD 1775≈ 594 thousand km²16 of 132
AD 1776≈ 594 thousand km²17 of 132
AD 1778≈ 503 thousand km²21 of 131
AD 1780≈ 503 thousand km²21 of 131
AD 1781≈ 504 thousand km²21 of 131
AD 1783≈ 504 thousand km²21 of 130
AD 1788≈ 504 thousand km²22 of 129
AD 1791≈ 504 thousand km²23 of 128
AD 1792≈ 504 thousand km²22 of 130
AD 1794≈ 504 thousand km²21 of 125
AD 1796≈ 496 thousand km²21 of 124
AD 1797≈ 503 thousand km²21 of 125
AD 1799≈ 502 thousand km²21 of 124
AD 1800≈ 502 thousand km²21 of 123
AD 1803≈ 496 thousand km²21 of 123
AD 1805≈ 496 thousand km²21 of 125
AD 1806≈ 496 thousand km²21 of 138
AD 1807≈ 496 thousand km²21 of 132
AD 1809≈ 234 thousand km²34 of 131
AD 1811≈ 132 thousand km²51 of 131
AD 1812≈ 378 thousand km²26 of 133
AD 1814≈ 496 thousand km²22 of 142
AD 1815≈ 496 thousand km²25 of 139
AD 1820≈ 496 thousand km²22 of 148
AD 1822≈ 496 thousand km²25 of 147
AD 1824≈ 496 thousand km²25 of 148
AD 1825≈ 496 thousand km²26 of 150
AD 1828≈ 496 thousand km²27 of 144
AD 1830≈ 496 thousand km²28 of 143
AD 1834≈ 496 thousand km²29 of 143
AD 1836≈ 495 thousand km²29 of 145
AD 1840≈ 496 thousand km²30 of 155
AD 1842≈ 496 thousand km²30 of 156
AD 1846≈ 496 thousand km²29 of 152
AD 1848≈ 496 thousand km²28 of 147
AD 1849≈ 496 thousand km²28 of 144
AD 1853≈ 496 thousand km²27 of 144
AD 1856≈ 496 thousand km²27 of 149
AD 1857≈ 496 thousand km²27 of 150
AD 1859≈ 496 thousand km²27 of 146
AD 1860≈ 496 thousand km²27 of 142
AD 1861≈ 496 thousand km²29 of 140
AD 1862≈ 496 thousand km²29 of 138
AD 1863≈ 496 thousand km²29 of 139
AD 1864≈ 496 thousand km²28 of 139
AD 1865≈ 496 thousand km²28 of 139
AD 1866≈ 496 thousand km²27 of 133
AD 1868≈ 496 thousand km²27 of 134
AD 1870≈ 496 thousand km²28 of 132
AD 1871≈ 496 thousand km²29 of 113
AD 1877≈ 984 thousand km²16 of 104
AD 1880≈ 989 thousand km²16 of 104
AD 1884≈ 989 thousand km²16 of 105
AD 1885≈ 1.04 million km²18 of 101
AD 1890≈ 1.29 million km²18 of 99
AD 1895≈ 1.24 million km²20 of 90
AD 1898≈ 1.23 million km²20 of 87
AD 1900≈ 841 thousand km²23 of 84
AD 1905≈ 840 thousand km²25 of 83
AD 1908≈ 840 thousand km²25 of 79
AD 1911≈ 840 thousand km²25 of 76
AD 1912≈ 854 thousand km²27 of 77
AD 1913≈ 854 thousand km²26 of 78
AD 1914≈ 854 thousand km²26 of 76
AD 1915≈ 854 thousand km²26 of 75
AD 1916≈ 854 thousand km²26 of 71
AD 1917≈ 854 thousand km²27 of 71
AD 1918≈ 854 thousand km²27 of 80
AD 1919≈ 854 thousand km²24 of 88
AD 1920≈ 854 thousand km²25 of 84
AD 1922≈ 849 thousand km²28 of 87
AD 1924≈ 844 thousand km²27 of 86
AD 1926≈ 854 thousand km²27 of 84
AD 1927≈ 854 thousand km²27 of 84
AD 1928≈ 854 thousand km²27 of 85
AD 1929≈ 854 thousand km²27 of 85
AD 1930≈ 854 thousand km²27 of 86
AD 1976≈ 507 thousand km²48 of 157
AD 1979≈ 507 thousand km²48 of 161
AD 1983≈ 507 thousand km²48 of 162
AD 1987≈ 507 thousand km²48 of 164
AD 1990≈ 507 thousand km²49 of 164
AD 1991≈ 507 thousand km²49 of 164
AD 1992≈ 507 thousand km²51 of 185
AD 1996≈ 507 thousand km²50 of 186
AD 2000≈ 507 thousand km²51 of 188
AD 2006≈ 507 thousand km²51 of 187
AD 2008≈ 507 thousand km²51 of 187
AD 2011≈ 507 thousand km²51 of 187
AD 2014≈ 507 thousand km²52 of 191
AD 2022≈ 507 thousand km²52 of 191
AD 2024≈ 507 thousand km²51 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1519: number 123 of 10.

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).

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 14 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1900lostUnited States≈ 415 thousand km²
AD 1809lostFirst French Empire≈ 262 thousand km²
AD 1812gainedFirst French Empire≈ 246 thousand km²
AD 1814gainedFirst French Empire≈ 118 thousand km²
AD 1811lostFirst French Empire≈ 116 thousand km²
AD 1713lostHabsburg monarchy≈ 97 thousand km²
AD 1556gainedHabsburg monarchy≈ 94 thousand km²
AD 1734gainedHabsburg monarchy≈ 71 thousand km²
AD 1529lostHabsburg monarchy≈ 59 thousand km²
AD 1706lostHabsburg monarchy≈ 33 thousand km²
AD 1718gainedHabsburg monarchy≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 1713lostHouse of Savoy≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1718gainedHouse of Savoy≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 1677lostKingdom of France≈ 21 thousand km²

Notes on how this country is shown

The central European land (Austria and Bohemia) inside the Spanish shape in the 1529–1555 frames of the source data has been moved to the Habsburg Monarchy.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Hispanic Monarchy · Crown of Aragon · Spanish Empire · Kingdom of Aragon · First Spanish Republic

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union (EU) member state.

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