World map in AD 1552 — territory by country

Frame AD 1552 — world borders from AD 1552 to AD 1555. 119 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 4.22 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (119, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Spanish Empire	≈ 4.22 million km²
2	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.74 million km²
3	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.48 million km²
4	Khanate of Sibir	≈ 2.82 million km²
5	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 2.76 million km²
6	Tumed	≈ 2.62 million km²
7	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.40 million km²
8	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.37 million km²
9	Golden Horde	≈ 1.97 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
11	Sur Empire	≈ 1.21 million km²
12	Moghulistan	≈ 939 thousand km²
13	Jagiellonian dynasty	≈ 751 thousand km²
14	Sweden	≈ 673 thousand km²
15	Spain	≈ 640 thousand km²
16	Funj Sultanate	≈ 630 thousand km²
17	Songhai Empire	≈ 629 thousand km²
18	Denmark–Norway	≈ 612 thousand km²
19	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 526 thousand km²
20	Mongol khanate	≈ 499 thousand km²
21	Kingdom of France	≈ 492 thousand km²
22	Nogai Horde	≈ 439 thousand km²
23	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 434 thousand km²
24	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 430 thousand km²
25	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 404 thousand km²
26	Wattasid dynasty	≈ 384 thousand km²
27	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
28	Shan States	≈ 357 thousand km²
29	Mali Empire	≈ 346 thousand km²
30	Vijayanagara Empire	≈ 338 thousand km²
31	Sengoku period	≈ 323 thousand km²
32	Mughal Empire	≈ 317 thousand km²
33	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 294 thousand km²
34	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
35	Portuguese Empire	≈ 261 thousand km²
36	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
37	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 231 thousand km²
38	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
39	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 201 thousand km²
40	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 190 thousand km²
41	Kingdom of England	≈ 182 thousand km²
42	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 173 thousand km²
43	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 173 thousand km²
44	Astrakhan Khanate	≈ 163 thousand km²
45	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 156 thousand km²
46	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
47	Moghulistan	≈ 140 thousand km²
48	Crimean Khanate	≈ 137 thousand km²
49	Lê dynasty	≈ 135 thousand km²
50	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
51	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
52	Zayyanid dynasty	≈ 125 thousand km²
53	Livonian language	≈ 116 thousand km²
54	Eastern Hungarian Kingdom	≈ 113 thousand km²
55	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 106 thousand km²
56	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 104 thousand km²
57	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 100 thousand km²
58	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 90 thousand km²
59	Adal Sultanate	≈ 87 thousand km²
60	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
61	Berar Sultanate	≈ 79 thousand km²
62	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 76 thousand km²
63	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
64	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 73 thousand km²
65	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
66	Mạc dynasty	≈ 68 thousand km²
67	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
68	Don Cossacks	≈ 64 thousand km²
69	Republic of Venice	≈ 64 thousand km²
70	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
71	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 50 thousand km²
72	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
73	Switzerland	≈ 47 thousand km²
74	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 45 thousand km²
75	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 44 thousand km²
76	House of Bourbon	≈ 44 thousand km²
77	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 42 thousand km²
78	Papal States	≈ 41 thousand km²
79	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
80	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
81	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
82	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 35 thousand km²
83	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
84	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
85	County of Foix	≈ 30 thousand km²
86	Portuguese Africa	≈ 29 thousand km²
87	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 28 thousand km²
88	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
89	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
90	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
91	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 17 thousand km²
92	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
93	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
94	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
95	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
96	Republic of Genoa	≈ 13 thousand km²
97	Republic of Florence	≈ 13 thousand km²
98	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
99	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
100	Banten Sultanate	≈ 9,894 km²
101	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 7,967 km²
102	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
103	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
104	Cebu (historical polity)	≈ 6,669 km²
105	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 6,066 km²
106	Inca Empire	≈ 4,864 km²
107	Tondo (historical polity)	≈ 4,840 km²
108	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,300 km²
109	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
110	Maynila (historical polity)	≈ 3,359 km²
111	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
112	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
113	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
114	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
115	Namayan	≈ 1,043 km²
116	Ashikaga shogunate	≈ 879 km²
117	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
118	County of Urgell	≈ 404 km²
119	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

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

New countries in this frame (1)

Don Cossacks

Countries that disappeared in this frame (3)

Khanate of Kazan · Demak Sultanate · Qasim Khanate

Directions of expansion (2)

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

Tumed → former land of Golden Horde, ≈ 536 thousand km²
Tsardom of Russia → former land of Khanate of Kazan, ≈ 172 thousand km²

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