World map in AD 1778 — territory by country

Frame AD 1778 — world borders from AD 1778 to AD 1779. 131 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 16.17 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (131, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 16.17 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 11.26 million km²
3	Spanish Empire	≈ 11.00 million km²
4	Portuguese Empire	≈ 7.83 million km²
5	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.87 million km²
6	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.12 million km²
7	Durrani Empire	≈ 1.79 million km²
8	Zand dynasty	≈ 1.59 million km²
9	Maratha Empire	≈ 1.25 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.25 million km²
11	British Empire	≈ 1.06 million km²
12	United States	≈ 1.01 million km²
13	Swedish Empire	≈ 790 thousand km²
14	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 713 thousand km²
15	Funj Sultanate	≈ 627 thousand km²
16	Konbaung dynasty	≈ 617 thousand km²
17	Kingdom of France	≈ 534 thousand km²
18	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 533 thousand km²
19	Denmark–Norway	≈ 526 thousand km²
20	British Empire	≈ 506 thousand km²
21	Spain	≈ 503 thousand km²
22	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
23	Thonburi Kingdom	≈ 360 thousand km²
24	Great Britain	≈ 342 thousand km²
25	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
26	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 334 thousand km²
27	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
28	Mughal Empire	≈ 328 thousand km²
29	Dutch Republic	≈ 325 thousand km²
30	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
31	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
32	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 266 thousand km²
33	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
34	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
35	Regency of Algiers	≈ 211 thousand km²
36	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 206 thousand km²
37	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 191 thousand km²
38	Khmer Empire	≈ 185 thousand km²
39	Hyderabad State	≈ 184 thousand km²
40	Vientiane	≈ 172 thousand km²
41	Johor Sultanate	≈ 165 thousand km²
42	Luang Prabang	≈ 161 thousand km²
43	Dutch Cape Colony	≈ 157 thousand km²
44	Rassid dynasty	≈ 154 thousand km²
45	Asante Empire	≈ 153 thousand km²
46	Carnatic Sultanate	≈ 124 thousand km²
47	Crimean Khanate	≈ 123 thousand km²
48	Oman	≈ 121 thousand km²
49	Trịnh lords	≈ 113 thousand km²
50	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
51	Tây Sơn dynasty	≈ 102 thousand km²
52	Nawab of Awadh	≈ 97 thousand km²
53	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 96 thousand km²
54	Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)	≈ 92 thousand km²
55	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 92 thousand km²
56	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 91 thousand km²
57	New France	≈ 91 thousand km²
58	Khanates of the Caucasus	≈ 88 thousand km²
59	Oyo Empire	≈ 88 thousand km²
60	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 86 thousand km²
61	Karamanli dynasty	≈ 86 thousand km²
62	Greenland	≈ 81 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	First Saudi state	≈ 72 thousand km²
69	Moldavia	≈ 71 thousand km²
70	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 69 thousand km²
71	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
72	Banten Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
73	Sikh Confederacy	≈ 63 thousand km²
74	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 59 thousand km²
75	Nepal	≈ 57 thousand km²
76	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	≈ 55 thousand km²
77	Chiang Mai	≈ 52 thousand km²
78	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 48 thousand km²
79	Republic of Venice	≈ 45 thousand km²
80	New Netherland	≈ 44 thousand km²
81	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
82	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 42 thousand km²
83	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
84	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
85	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
86	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
87	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 33 thousand km²
88	Electorate of Hanover	≈ 32 thousand km²
89	Dutch Ceylon	≈ 29 thousand km²
90	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	≈ 28 thousand km²
91	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 28 thousand km²
92	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
93	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
94	Ségou Empire	≈ 23 thousand km²
95	Haudenosaunee	≈ 15 thousand km²
96	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
97	Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	≈ 14 thousand km²
98	Republic of Genoa	≈ 14 thousand km²
99	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
100	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
101	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
102	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
103	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
104	French India	≈ 10 thousand km²
105	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 8,667 km²
106	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
107	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
108	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
109	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 6,118 km²
110	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
111	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
112	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
113	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 5,107 km²
114	Hamengkubuwono	≈ 4,177 km²
115	Pontianak Sultanate	≈ 4,061 km²
116	Principality of Guria	≈ 3,728 km²
117	Surakarta Sunanate	≈ 3,694 km²
118	Mạc dynasty	≈ 3,661 km²
119	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
120	Principality of Svaneti	≈ 2,507 km²
121	Danish India	≈ 2,222 km²
122	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,132 km²
123	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
124	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,516 km²
125	Bahrain	≈ 881 km²
126	English overseas possessions	≈ 819 km²
127	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²
128	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
129	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²
130	Monaco	≈ 164 km²
131	Liechtenstein	≈ 137 km²

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

Countries that disappeared in this frame (1)

Duchy of Bavaria

Directions of expansion (1)

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

British Empire → former land of United States, ≈ 120 thousand km²

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