World map in AD 1769 — territory by country

Frame AD 1769 — world borders from AD 1769 to AD 1771. 128 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 15.78 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (128, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 15.78 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 11.26 million km²
3	Spanish Empire	≈ 9.78 million km²
4	Portuguese Empire	≈ 6.52 million km²
5	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.84 million km²
6	Durrani Empire	≈ 2.13 million km²
7	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.12 million km²
8	British Empire	≈ 1.89 million km²
9	Zand dynasty	≈ 1.59 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.25 million km²
11	Maratha Empire	≈ 1.16 million km²
12	Swedish Empire	≈ 790 thousand km²
13	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 731 thousand km²
14	Konbaung dynasty	≈ 669 thousand km²
15	Funj Sultanate	≈ 627 thousand km²
16	Spain	≈ 594 thousand km²
17	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 574 thousand km²
18	Kingdom of France	≈ 534 thousand km²
19	Denmark–Norway	≈ 529 thousand km²
20	British Empire	≈ 470 thousand km²
21	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
22	Thonburi Kingdom	≈ 360 thousand km²
23	Great Britain	≈ 342 thousand km²
24	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
25	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 334 thousand km²
26	Dutch Republic	≈ 334 thousand km²
27	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
28	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
29	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
30	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 266 thousand km²
31	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
32	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
33	Regency of Algiers	≈ 211 thousand km²
34	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 189 thousand km²
35	Khmer Empire	≈ 185 thousand km²
36	Hyderabad State	≈ 184 thousand km²
37	Kalmyk Khanate	≈ 175 thousand km²
38	Vientiane	≈ 172 thousand km²
39	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 172 thousand km²
40	Johor Sultanate	≈ 165 thousand km²
41	Luang Prabang	≈ 161 thousand km²
42	Dutch Cape Colony	≈ 157 thousand km²
43	Rassid dynasty	≈ 154 thousand km²
44	Asante Empire	≈ 153 thousand km²
45	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 149 thousand km²
46	Mughal Empire	≈ 135 thousand km²
47	Carnatic Sultanate	≈ 124 thousand km²
48	Crimean Khanate	≈ 121 thousand km²
49	Oman	≈ 121 thousand km²
50	Trịnh lords	≈ 113 thousand km²
51	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
52	Nawab of Awadh	≈ 103 thousand km²
53	Nguyễn lords	≈ 102 thousand km²
54	Zaporozhian Cossacks	≈ 98 thousand km²
55	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 96 thousand km²
56	Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)	≈ 92 thousand km²
57	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 91 thousand km²
58	New France	≈ 91 thousand km²
59	Khanates of the Caucasus	≈ 88 thousand km²
60	Oyo Empire	≈ 88 thousand km²
61	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 86 thousand km²
62	Karamanli dynasty	≈ 86 thousand km²
63	Cambodia	≈ 81 thousand km²
64	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 79 thousand km²
65	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 78 thousand km²
66	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
67	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
68	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 69 thousand km²
69	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
70	Greenland	≈ 64 thousand km²
71	Banten Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
72	Sikh Confederacy	≈ 63 thousand km²
73	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 59 thousand km²
74	First Saudi state	≈ 57 thousand km²
75	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	≈ 55 thousand km²
76	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 48 thousand km²
77	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 46 thousand km²
78	Republic of Venice	≈ 45 thousand km²
79	New Netherland	≈ 44 thousand km²
80	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
81	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 42 thousand km²
82	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
83	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
84	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
85	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
86	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 33 thousand km²
87	Electorate of Hanover	≈ 32 thousand km²
88	Dutch Ceylon	≈ 29 thousand km²
89	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	≈ 28 thousand km²
90	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 28 thousand km²
91	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
92	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
93	Ségou Empire	≈ 23 thousand km²
94	Haudenosaunee	≈ 15 thousand km²
95	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
96	Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	≈ 14 thousand km²
97	Republic of Genoa	≈ 14 thousand km²
98	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
99	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
100	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
101	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
102	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
103	French India	≈ 10 thousand km²
104	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 8,714 km²
105	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
106	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
107	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
108	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 6,118 km²
109	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
110	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
111	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 5,154 km²
112	Hamengkubuwono	≈ 4,177 km²
113	Principality of Guria	≈ 3,823 km²
114	Surakarta Sunanate	≈ 3,694 km²
115	Mạc dynasty	≈ 3,661 km²
116	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
117	Principality of Svaneti	≈ 2,791 km²
118	Danish India	≈ 2,222 km²
119	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,132 km²
120	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
121	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
122	English overseas possessions	≈ 1,240 km²
123	Bahrain	≈ 881 km²
124	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²
125	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
126	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²
127	Monaco	≈ 164 km²
128	Liechtenstein	≈ 137 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

Thonburi Kingdom · Ségou Empire · Sikh Confederacy

Countries that disappeared in this frame (7)

Ayutthaya Kingdom · Jesuit missions among the Guaraní · Moldavia · Astrakhan Khanate · Sloboda Ukraine · Duchy of Lorraine · Corsican Republic

Directions of expansion (3)

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

Spanish Empire → former land of Jesuit missions among the Guaraní, ≈ 181 thousand km²
Russian Empire → former land of Astrakhan Khanate, ≈ 125 thousand km²
Konbaung dynasty → former land of Qing dynasty, ≈ 112 thousand km²

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