World map in AD 1564 — territory by country

Frame AD 1564 — world borders from AD 1564 to AD 1571. 116 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 4.23 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (116, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Spanish Empire	≈ 4.23 million km²
2	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.66 million km²
3	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.64 million km²
4	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 3.14 million km²
5	Khanate of Sibir	≈ 2.82 million km²
6	Tumed	≈ 2.62 million km²
7	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.58 million km²
8	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.40 million km²
9	Golden Horde	≈ 1.97 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
11	Mughal Empire	≈ 1.08 million km²
12	Moghulistan	≈ 939 thousand km²
13	Jagiellonian dynasty	≈ 776 thousand km²
14	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 759 thousand km²
15	Sweden	≈ 732 thousand km²
16	Spain	≈ 731 thousand km²
17	Songhai Empire	≈ 666 thousand km²
18	Funj Sultanate	≈ 630 thousand km²
19	Denmark–Norway	≈ 568 thousand km²
20	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 524 thousand km²
21	Nogai Horde	≈ 522 thousand km²
22	Mongol khanate	≈ 499 thousand km²
23	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 430 thousand km²
24	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 394 thousand km²
25	Kingdom of France	≈ 393 thousand km²
26	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 384 thousand km²
27	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
28	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 352 thousand km²
29	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 340 thousand km²
30	Vijayanagara Empire	≈ 338 thousand km²
31	Sur Empire	≈ 331 thousand km²
32	Sengoku period	≈ 323 thousand km²
33	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
34	Portuguese Empire	≈ 273 thousand km²
35	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
36	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 231 thousand km²
37	Kingdom of England	≈ 218 thousand km²
38	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
39	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 201 thousand km²
40	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 171 thousand km²
41	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 156 thousand km²
42	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
43	Moghulistan	≈ 140 thousand km²
44	Crimean Khanate	≈ 137 thousand km²
45	Lê dynasty	≈ 135 thousand km²
46	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
47	Mali Empire	≈ 127 thousand km²
48	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
49	Eastern Hungarian Kingdom	≈ 112 thousand km²
50	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 106 thousand km²
51	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 104 thousand km²
52	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 92 thousand km²
53	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 88 thousand km²
54	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
55	Berar Sultanate	≈ 79 thousand km²
56	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 77 thousand km²
57	Adal Sultanate	≈ 76 thousand km²
58	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
59	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
60	House of Bourbon	≈ 74 thousand km²
61	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 73 thousand km²
62	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
63	Mạc dynasty	≈ 68 thousand km²
64	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
65	Don Cossacks	≈ 64 thousand km²
66	Banten Sultanate	≈ 63 thousand km²
67	Republic of Venice	≈ 63 thousand km²
68	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 50 thousand km²
69	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
70	Switzerland	≈ 46 thousand km²
71	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 45 thousand km²
72	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 44 thousand km²
73	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 42 thousand km²
74	Papal States	≈ 41 thousand km²
75	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
76	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
77	Portuguese Empire	≈ 38 thousand km²
78	House of Savoy	≈ 35 thousand km²
79	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
80	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
81	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
82	Portuguese Africa	≈ 31 thousand km²
83	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 28 thousand km²
84	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
85	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 26 thousand km²
86	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
87	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
88	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
89	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 17 thousand km²
90	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
91	Republic of Genoa	≈ 16 thousand km²
92	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
93	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
94	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
95	France Antarctique	≈ 12 thousand km²
96	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
97	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
98	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 7,967 km²
99	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
100	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
101	Cebu (historical polity)	≈ 6,669 km²
102	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 6,066 km²
103	Inca Empire	≈ 4,864 km²
104	Tondo (historical polity)	≈ 4,840 km²
105	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,659 km²
106	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
107	Maynila (historical polity)	≈ 3,359 km²
108	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
109	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
110	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
111	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
112	Ashikaga shogunate	≈ 1,055 km²
113	Namayan	≈ 1,043 km²
114	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
115	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²
116	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

Nogai Horde · Portuguese Empire · House of Savoy

Countries that disappeared in this frame (4)

Nogai Horde · Shan States · Livonian language · Lanna Kingdom

Directions of expansion (1)

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

First Toungoo Empire → former land of Shan States, ≈ 275 thousand km²

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