World map in AD 1788 — territory by country

Frame AD 1788 — world borders from AD 1788 to AD 1790. 129 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 16.31 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (129, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 16.31 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 11.33 million km²
3	Spanish Empire	≈ 11.25 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	Tibet	≈ 1.25 million km²
9	Maratha Empire	≈ 1.18 million km²
10	United States	≈ 1.06 million km²
11	Zand dynasty	≈ 899 thousand km²
12	Swedish Empire	≈ 790 thousand km²
13	British Empire	≈ 695 thousand km²
14	Konbaung dynasty	≈ 676 thousand km²
15	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 669 thousand km²
16	Funj Sultanate	≈ 627 thousand km²
17	Qajar dynasty	≈ 579 thousand km²
18	Kingdom of France	≈ 534 thousand km²
19	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 533 thousand km²
20	Denmark–Norway	≈ 526 thousand km²
21	British Empire	≈ 517 thousand km²
22	Spain	≈ 504 thousand km²
23	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
24	Mughal Empire	≈ 364 thousand km²
25	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 360 thousand km²
26	Great Britain	≈ 342 thousand km²
27	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
28	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 334 thousand km²
29	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
30	Dutch Republic	≈ 325 thousand km²
31	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
32	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
33	Dutch Cape Colony	≈ 279 thousand km²
34	First Saudi state	≈ 274 thousand km²
35	Emirate of Bukhara	≈ 266 thousand km²
36	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
37	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
38	Regency of Algiers	≈ 211 thousand km²
39	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 206 thousand km²
40	Khanates of the Caucasus	≈ 194 thousand km²
41	Khmer Empire	≈ 185 thousand km²
42	Hyderabad State	≈ 184 thousand km²
43	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 178 thousand km²
44	Vientiane	≈ 173 thousand km²
45	Nepal	≈ 170 thousand km²
46	Johor Sultanate	≈ 165 thousand km²
47	Rassid dynasty	≈ 154 thousand km²
48	Asante Empire	≈ 153 thousand km²
49	Tây Sơn dynasty	≈ 150 thousand km²
50	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
51	Carnatic Sultanate	≈ 124 thousand km²
52	Oman	≈ 121 thousand km²
53	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
54	Greenland	≈ 102 thousand km²
55	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 96 thousand km²
56	Nawab of Awadh	≈ 94 thousand km²
57	Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)	≈ 92 thousand km²
58	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 91 thousand km²
59	Oyo Empire	≈ 88 thousand km²
60	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 86 thousand km²
61	Karamanli dynasty	≈ 86 thousand km²
62	Cambodia	≈ 81 thousand km²
63	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 79 thousand km²
64	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 78 thousand km²
65	New France	≈ 77 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	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
72	Banten Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
73	Sikh Confederacy	≈ 63 thousand km²
74	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 56 thousand km²
75	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	≈ 55 thousand km²
76	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 48 thousand km²
77	Republic of Venice	≈ 45 thousand km²
78	New Netherland	≈ 44 thousand km²
79	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
80	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 42 thousand km²
81	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
82	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
83	Bhutan	≈ 41 thousand km²
84	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
85	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 33 thousand km²
86	Electorate of Hanover	≈ 32 thousand km²
87	Dutch Ceylon	≈ 29 thousand km²
88	Vermont Republic	≈ 28 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	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
95	Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	≈ 14 thousand km²
96	Republic of Genoa	≈ 14 thousand km²
97	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
98	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
99	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
100	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
101	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
102	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 10 thousand km²
103	French India	≈ 10 thousand km²
104	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 9,081 km²
105	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
106	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
107	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
108	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
109	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
110	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
111	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 5,036 km²
112	Hamengkubuwono	≈ 4,177 km²
113	Pontianak Sultanate	≈ 4,061 km²
114	Principality of Guria	≈ 3,728 km²
115	Surakarta Sunanate	≈ 3,694 km²
116	Mạc dynasty	≈ 3,661 km²
117	Freetown	≈ 3,430 km²
118	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
119	Principality of Svaneti	≈ 2,507 km²
120	Danish India	≈ 2,222 km²
121	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,132 km²
122	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
123	House of Khalifa	≈ 1,576 km²
124	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,516 km²
125	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²
126	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
127	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²
128	Monaco	≈ 164 km²
129	Liechtenstein	≈ 137 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

Qajar dynasty · Emirate of Bukhara · Freetown

Countries that disappeared in this frame (4)

Khanate of Bukhara · Trịnh lords · Gorkha kingdom · Kingdom of Mrauk U

Directions of expansion (1)

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

Khanates of the Caucasus → former land of Zand dynasty, ≈ 106 thousand km²

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