World map in AD 1781 — territory by country

Frame AD 1781 — world borders from AD 1781 to AD 1782. 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	≈ 11.17 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	Tibet	≈ 1.25 million km²
10	Maratha Empire	≈ 1.22 million km²
11	United States	≈ 1.01 million km²
12	British Empire	≈ 922 thousand km²
13	Swedish Empire	≈ 790 thousand km²
14	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 669 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	≈ 510 thousand km²
21	Spain	≈ 504 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	≈ 324 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	Khmer Empire	≈ 185 thousand km²
38	Hyderabad State	≈ 184 thousand km²
39	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 178 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	Khanates of the Caucasus	≈ 88 thousand km²
58	Oyo Empire	≈ 88 thousand km²
59	First Saudi state	≈ 86 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	Moldavia	≈ 71 thousand km²
69	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 69 thousand km²
70	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
71	Banten Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
72	Sikh Confederacy	≈ 63 thousand km²
73	New France	≈ 62 thousand km²
74	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 59 thousand km²
75	Nepal	≈ 57 thousand km²
76	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 56 thousand km²
77	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	≈ 55 thousand km²
78	Chiang Mai	≈ 52 thousand km²
79	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 48 thousand km²
80	Republic of Venice	≈ 45 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	New Netherland	≈ 25 thousand km²
94	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
95	Ségou Empire	≈ 23 thousand km²
96	Haudenosaunee	≈ 15 thousand km²
97	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
98	Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	≈ 14 thousand km²
99	Republic of Genoa	≈ 14 thousand km²
100	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
101	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
102	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
103	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
104	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
105	French India	≈ 10 thousand km²
106	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 8,667 km²
107	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
108	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
109	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
110	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 6,118 km²
111	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
112	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
113	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
114	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 5,107 km²
115	Hamengkubuwono	≈ 4,177 km²
116	Pontianak Sultanate	≈ 4,061 km²
117	Principality of Guria	≈ 3,728 km²
118	Surakarta Sunanate	≈ 3,694 km²
119	Mạc dynasty	≈ 3,661 km²
120	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
121	Principality of Svaneti	≈ 2,507 km²
122	Danish India	≈ 2,222 km²
123	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,132 km²
124	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
125	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,516 km²
126	Bahrain	≈ 881 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)

Directions of expansion (2)

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 British Empire, ≈ 158 thousand km²
United States → former land of British Empire, ≈ 126 thousand km²

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