World map in AD 1796 — territory by country

Frame AD 1796 — world borders from AD 1796 to AD 1796. 124 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 16.75 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (124, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 16.75 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 12.51 million km²
3	Spanish Empire	≈ 11.26 million km²
4	Portuguese Empire	≈ 7.83 million km²
5	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.71 million km²
6	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 1.90 million km²
7	Durrani Empire	≈ 1.67 million km²
8	Qajar dynasty	≈ 1.62 million km²
9	Maratha Empire	≈ 1.17 million km²
10	United States	≈ 1.16 million km²
11	Swedish Empire	≈ 790 thousand km²
12	First Saudi state	≈ 760 thousand km²
13	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 738 thousand km²
14	British Empire	≈ 715 thousand km²
15	French Directory	≈ 685 thousand km²
16	Konbaung dynasty	≈ 676 thousand km²
17	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 675 thousand km²
18	British Empire	≈ 649 thousand km²
19	Funj Sultanate	≈ 627 thousand km²
20	Denmark–Norway	≈ 526 thousand km²
21	Spain	≈ 496 thousand km²
22	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 430 thousand km²
23	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
24	Great Britain	≈ 353 thousand km²
25	Mughal Empire	≈ 350 thousand km²
26	Emirate of Bukhara	≈ 341 thousand km²
27	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
28	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
29	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 313 thousand km²
30	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
31	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
32	Cape Colony	≈ 279 thousand km²
33	Batavian Republic	≈ 260 thousand km²
34	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
35	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
36	Regency of Algiers	≈ 212 thousand km²
37	Hyderabad State	≈ 184 thousand km²
38	Tây Sơn dynasty	≈ 181 thousand km²
39	Nepal	≈ 180 thousand km²
40	Vientiane	≈ 172 thousand km²
41	Johor Sultanate	≈ 165 thousand km²
42	Rassid dynasty	≈ 154 thousand km²
43	Asante Empire	≈ 153 thousand km²
44	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
45	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 139 thousand km²
46	Carnatic Sultanate	≈ 124 thousand km²
47	Oman	≈ 121 thousand km²
48	Nawab of Awadh	≈ 115 thousand km²
49	Khmer Empire	≈ 115 thousand km²
50	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
51	Greenland	≈ 102 thousand km²
52	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 96 thousand km²
53	Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)	≈ 92 thousand km²
54	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 91 thousand km²
55	Oyo Empire	≈ 88 thousand km²
56	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 88 thousand km²
57	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 86 thousand km²
58	Imerina	≈ 85 thousand km²
59	Cambodia	≈ 81 thousand km²
60	Karamanli dynasty	≈ 76 thousand km²
61	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
62	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
63	Moldavia	≈ 71 thousand km²
64	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 69 thousand km²
65	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
66	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
67	Banten Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
68	Sikh Confederacy	≈ 63 thousand km²
69	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	≈ 55 thousand km²
70	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 51 thousand km²
71	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 48 thousand km²
72	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 45 thousand km²
73	New Netherland	≈ 44 thousand km²
74	Switzerland	≈ 43 thousand km²
75	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 42 thousand km²
76	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
77	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
78	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
79	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
80	Republic of Venice	≈ 39 thousand km²
81	Nguyễn dynasty	≈ 34 thousand km²
82	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 33 thousand km²
83	Electorate of Hanover	≈ 32 thousand km²
84	Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
85	British Ceylon	≈ 29 thousand km²
86	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 28 thousand km²
87	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
88	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
89	Ségou Empire	≈ 23 thousand km²
90	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 21 thousand km²
91	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
92	Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	≈ 14 thousand km²
93	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
94	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
95	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
96	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
97	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
98	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 10 thousand km²
99	French India	≈ 10 thousand km²
100	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 9,081 km²
101	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
102	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
103	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
104	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
105	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
106	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
107	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 5,036 km²
108	Hamengkubuwono	≈ 4,177 km²
109	Pontianak Sultanate	≈ 4,061 km²
110	Mạc dynasty	≈ 3,888 km²
111	Principality of Guria	≈ 3,728 km²
112	Surakarta Sunanate	≈ 3,694 km²
113	Freetown	≈ 3,430 km²
114	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
115	Principality of Svaneti	≈ 2,507 km²
116	Danish India	≈ 2,222 km²
117	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
118	House of Khalifa	≈ 1,576 km²
119	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,516 km²
120	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²
121	County of Urgell	≈ 380 km²
122	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
123	Liechtenstein	≈ 137 km²
124	Khanates of the Caucasus	≈ 48 km²

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

New countries in this frame (4)

Cape Colony · French Directory · Batavian Republic · British Ceylon

Countries that disappeared in this frame (5)

French First Republic · Dutch Republic · Dutch Cape Colony · Dutch Ceylon · Republic of Genoa

Directions of expansion (1)

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

First Saudi state → former land of Ottoman Empire, ≈ 137 thousand km²

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