World map in AD 1642 — territory by country

Frame AD 1642 — world borders from AD 1642 to AD 1644. 115 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Tsardom of Russia (≈ 9.58 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (115, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 9.58 million km²
2	Spanish Empire	≈ 6.15 million km²
3	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.52 million km²
4	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.36 million km²
5	Mughal Empire	≈ 2.87 million km²
6	Golden Horde	≈ 2.74 million km²
7	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.59 million km²
8	Later Jin (1616–1636)	≈ 2.52 million km²
9	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.21 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
11	Moghulistan	≈ 937 thousand km²
12	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 894 thousand km²
13	Swedish Empire	≈ 879 thousand km²
14	Oirat Confederation	≈ 839 thousand km²
15	Spain	≈ 679 thousand km²
16	Funj Sultanate	≈ 626 thousand km²
17	Denmark–Norway	≈ 621 thousand km²
18	Portuguese Empire	≈ 599 thousand km²
19	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 587 thousand km²
20	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 521 thousand km²
21	Kingdom of France	≈ 515 thousand km²
22	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 428 thousand km²
23	Tumed	≈ 414 thousand km²
24	Li Zicheng	≈ 407 thousand km²
25	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 385 thousand km²
26	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 382 thousand km²
27	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
28	New Netherland	≈ 344 thousand km²
29	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
30	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 329 thousand km²
31	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
32	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 326 thousand km²
33	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
34	Khoshut Khanate	≈ 291 thousand km²
35	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
36	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
37	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 253 thousand km²
38	Jesuit missions among the Guaraní	≈ 242 thousand km²
39	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
40	Rassid dynasty	≈ 208 thousand km²
41	Johor Sultanate	≈ 207 thousand km²
42	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 204 thousand km²
43	Kingdom of England	≈ 183 thousand km²
44	Kalmyk Khanate	≈ 163 thousand km²
45	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 148 thousand km²
46	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
47	Astrakhan Khanate	≈ 126 thousand km²
48	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
49	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 112 thousand km²
50	Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)	≈ 112 thousand km²
51	Trịnh lords	≈ 103 thousand km²
52	Portuguese Empire	≈ 102 thousand km²
53	Dutch Republic	≈ 101 thousand km²
54	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 101 thousand km²
55	Nguyễn lords	≈ 90 thousand km²
56	Ya'rubids	≈ 88 thousand km²
57	Nogai Horde	≈ 83 thousand km²
58	Banten Sultanate	≈ 83 thousand km²
59	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
60	Haudenosaunee	≈ 78 thousand km²
61	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 77 thousand km²
62	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
63	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
64	Mataram Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
65	Confederate Ireland	≈ 61 thousand km²
66	Crimean Khanate	≈ 59 thousand km²
67	Brandenburg–Prussia	≈ 59 thousand km²
68	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 57 thousand km²
69	Republic of Venice	≈ 50 thousand km²
70	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
71	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 46 thousand km²
72	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
73	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
74	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
75	Bhutan	≈ 42 thousand km²
76	House of Savoy	≈ 41 thousand km²
77	English overseas possessions	≈ 40 thousand km²
78	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
79	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 37 thousand km²
80	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 33 thousand km²
81	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
82	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 30 thousand km²
83	New France	≈ 29 thousand km²
84	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
85	Bali Kingdom	≈ 22 thousand km²
86	Patani Kingdom	≈ 20 thousand km²
87	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
88	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 18 thousand km²
89	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 18 thousand km²
90	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 16 thousand km²
91	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 15 thousand km²
92	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
93	Republic of Genoa	≈ 15 thousand km²
94	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
95	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
96	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
97	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
98	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
99	Mạc dynasty	≈ 10 thousand km²
100	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
101	Oyo Empire	≈ 6,032 km²
102	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
103	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 5,829 km²
104	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,659 km²
105	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
106	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
107	New Sweden	≈ 2,841 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	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
113	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
114	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²
115	Monaco	≈ 141 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

Astrakhan Khanate · Confederate Ireland · Monaco

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Don Cossacks · Catalonia

Directions of expansion (2)

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

New Netherland → former land of Portuguese Empire, ≈ 254 thousand km²
Li Zicheng → former land of Ming dynasty, ≈ 149 thousand km²

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