World map in AD 1636 — territory by country

Frame AD 1636 — world borders from AD 1636 to AD 1639. 110 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Tsardom of Russia (≈ 8.51 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (110, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 8.51 million km²
2	Spanish Empire	≈ 7.06 million km²
3	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.51 million km²
4	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.38 million km²
5	Mughal Empire	≈ 2.81 million km²
6	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.81 million km²
7	Golden Horde	≈ 2.74 million km²
8	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.21 million km²
9	Later Jin (1616–1636)	≈ 1.94 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
11	Moghulistan	≈ 937 thousand km²
12	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 891 thousand km²
13	Oirat Confederation	≈ 839 thousand km²
14	Swedish Empire	≈ 819 thousand km²
15	Iberian Union	≈ 803 thousand km²
16	Funj Sultanate	≈ 626 thousand km²
17	Denmark–Norway	≈ 621 thousand km²
18	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 587 thousand km²
19	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 521 thousand km²
20	Kingdom of France	≈ 479 thousand km²
21	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 428 thousand km²
22	Tumed	≈ 414 thousand km²
23	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 384 thousand km²
24	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 382 thousand km²
25	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
26	Kingdom of England	≈ 342 thousand km²
27	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
28	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 332 thousand km²
29	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
30	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
31	Khoshut Khanate	≈ 291 thousand km²
32	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
33	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 279 thousand km²
34	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 279 thousand km²
35	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
36	Jesuit missions among the Guaraní	≈ 261 thousand km²
37	Li Zicheng	≈ 259 thousand km²
38	Rassid dynasty	≈ 208 thousand km²
39	Johor Sultanate	≈ 207 thousand km²
40	Joseon	≈ 203 thousand km²
41	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 169 thousand km²
42	Kalmyk Khanate	≈ 163 thousand km²
43	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 148 thousand km²
44	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
45	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 127 thousand km²
46	Don Cossacks	≈ 126 thousand km²
47	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
48	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 112 thousand km²
49	Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)	≈ 112 thousand km²
50	Trịnh lords	≈ 103 thousand km²
51	Dutch Republic	≈ 97 thousand km²
52	New Netherland	≈ 92 thousand km²
53	Nguyễn lords	≈ 90 thousand km²
54	Brandenburg–Prussia	≈ 89 thousand km²
55	Ya'rubids	≈ 88 thousand km²
56	Nogai Horde	≈ 83 thousand km²
57	Banten Sultanate	≈ 83 thousand km²
58	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
59	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 77 thousand km²
60	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
61	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
62	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
63	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
64	Mataram Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
65	Crimean Khanate	≈ 59 thousand km²
66	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 57 thousand km²
67	Republic of Venice	≈ 50 thousand km²
68	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
69	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 46 thousand km²
70	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
71	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
72	Bhutan	≈ 42 thousand km²
73	House of Savoy	≈ 41 thousand km²
74	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
75	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 35 thousand km²
76	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 33 thousand km²
77	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
78	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 30 thousand km²
79	English overseas possessions	≈ 28 thousand km²
80	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
81	Bali Kingdom	≈ 22 thousand km²
82	New France	≈ 21 thousand km²
83	Patani Kingdom	≈ 20 thousand km²
84	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
85	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 18 thousand km²
86	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 16 thousand km²
87	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 15 thousand km²
88	Republic of Genoa	≈ 15 thousand km²
89	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
90	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
91	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
92	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
93	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
94	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
95	Mạc dynasty	≈ 10 thousand km²
96	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
97	Oyo Empire	≈ 6,032 km²
98	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
99	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 5,829 km²
100	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,659 km²
101	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
102	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
103	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
104	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
105	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
106	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
107	Portuguese Empire	≈ 1,134 km²
108	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
109	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
110	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²

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

New countries in this frame (4)

Rassid dynasty · Wadai Sultanate · Bhutan · Electorate of Saxony

Countries that disappeared in this frame (3)

Mongol khanate · Moghulistan · Duchy of Lorraine

Directions of expansion (6)

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

Later Jin (1616–1636) → former land of Golden Horde, ≈ 783 thousand km²
Later Jin (1616–1636) → former land of Mongol khanate, ≈ 489 thousand km²
Oirat Confederation → former land of Kazakh Khanate, ≈ 321 thousand km²
Li Zicheng → former land of Ming dynasty, ≈ 220 thousand km²
Oirat Confederation → former land of Moghulistan, ≈ 140 thousand km²
Holy Roman Empire → former land of Swedish Empire, ≈ 102 thousand km²

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