World map in AD 1864 — territory by country

Frame AD 1864 — world borders from AD 1864 to AD 1864. 139 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 22.96 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (139, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 22.96 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 8.52 million km²
3	Empire of Brazil	≈ 8.02 million km²
4	British Empire	≈ 7.25 million km²
5	British Raj	≈ 4.19 million km²
6	United States	≈ 3.84 million km²
7	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.11 million km²
8	Muhammad Ali dynasty	≈ 1.83 million km²
9	Bolivia	≈ 1.81 million km²
10	First Mexican Republic	≈ 1.77 million km²
11	Qajar dynasty	≈ 1.62 million km²
12	Argentine Confederation	≈ 1.60 million km²
13	Peru	≈ 1.37 million km²
14	Confederate States of America	≈ 1.25 million km²
15	United States of Colombia	≈ 1.22 million km²
16	Second Saudi state	≈ 1.04 million km²
17	Venezuela	≈ 935 thousand km²
18	Ottoman Tripolitania	≈ 894 thousand km²
19	Dutch East Indies	≈ 805 thousand km²
20	Union between Sweden and Norway	≈ 804 thousand km²
21	Sokoto Caliphate	≈ 793 thousand km²
22	Second French Empire	≈ 671 thousand km²
23	Emirate of Afghanistan	≈ 666 thousand km²
24	Austrian Empire	≈ 658 thousand km²
25	Cape Colony	≈ 625 thousand km²
26	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 607 thousand km²
27	Spanish Empire	≈ 541 thousand km²
28	Spain	≈ 496 thousand km²
29	Myanmar	≈ 437 thousand km²
30	Imerina	≈ 427 thousand km²
31	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 420 thousand km²
32	Panthay Rebellion	≈ 409 thousand km²
33	Morocco	≈ 387 thousand km²
34	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 385 thousand km²
35	Great Britain	≈ 349 thousand km²
36	Paraguay	≈ 322 thousand km²
37	Chile	≈ 304 thousand km²
38	German Confederation	≈ 296 thousand km²
39	South African Republic	≈ 294 thousand km²
40	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
41	French Africa	≈ 283 thousand km²
42	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
43	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
44	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
45	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 236 thousand km²
46	Nguyễn dynasty	≈ 234 thousand km²
47	Conservative Party (Mexico)	≈ 232 thousand km²
48	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
49	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 227 thousand km²
50	Emirate of Bukhara	≈ 219 thousand km²
51	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 193 thousand km²
52	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	≈ 186 thousand km²
53	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
54	Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)	≈ 169 thousand km²
55	Denmark–Norway	≈ 160 thousand km²
56	Asante Empire	≈ 154 thousand km²
57	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
58	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
59	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
60	Orange Free State	≈ 133 thousand km²
61	United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia	≈ 129 thousand km²
62	Honduras	≈ 115 thousand km²
63	Khmer Empire	≈ 115 thousand km²
64	Nicaragua	≈ 111 thousand km²
65	Lunda Empire	≈ 109 thousand km²
66	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
67	Greenland	≈ 104 thousand km²
68	Liberia	≈ 102 thousand km²
69	Imams of Yemen	≈ 96 thousand km²
70	French Indochina	≈ 94 thousand km²
71	Majeerteen Sultanate	≈ 92 thousand km²
72	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 88 thousand km²
73	Oman	≈ 79 thousand km²
74	Kingdom of Bavaria	≈ 77 thousand km²
75	Trucial States	≈ 72 thousand km²
76	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 71 thousand km²
77	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
78	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
79	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
80	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 52 thousand km²
81	Talpur dynasty	≈ 50 thousand km²
82	First Hellenic Republic	≈ 48 thousand km²
83	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
84	Serbs	≈ 41 thousand km²
85	Switzerland	≈ 41 thousand km²
86	Pahang Sultanate	≈ 41 thousand km²
87	Netherlands	≈ 41 thousand km²
88	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
89	Kingdom of Hanover	≈ 38 thousand km²
90	Natalia Republic	≈ 37 thousand km²
91	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 37 thousand km²
92	First Empire of Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
93	Belgium	≈ 30 thousand km²
94	People's Republic of Zanzibar	≈ 28 thousand km²
95	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 27 thousand km²
96	Zululand	≈ 25 thousand km²
97	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 25 thousand km²
98	Portuguese Empire	≈ 24 thousand km²
99	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
100	El Salvador	≈ 22 thousand km²
101	Johor Sultanate	≈ 20 thousand km²
102	Kingdom of Saxony	≈ 18 thousand km²
103	Kingdom of Württemberg	≈ 17 thousand km²
104	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 16 thousand km²
105	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
106	Grand Duchy of Baden	≈ 14 thousand km²
107	Papal States	≈ 14 thousand km²
108	Raj of Sarawak	≈ 14 thousand km²
109	Electorate of Hesse	≈ 14 thousand km²
110	Qatar	≈ 13 thousand km²
111	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
112	Duchy of Mecklenburg	≈ 11 thousand km²
113	Grand Duchy of Hesse	≈ 11 thousand km²
114	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
115	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 9,327 km²
116	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
117	Montenegro	≈ 6,131 km²
118	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
119	Duchy of Nassau	≈ 5,756 km²
120	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
121	Duchy of Brunswick	≈ 4,878 km²
122	Duchy of Oldenburg	≈ 4,785 km²
123	Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	≈ 4,140 km²
124	Bali	≈ 3,773 km²
125	Saxe-Meiningen	≈ 3,294 km²
126	Free City of Lübeck	≈ 2,754 km²
127	Principality of Reuss-Gera	≈ 2,186 km²
128	Perlis	≈ 2,094 km²
129	Saxe-Altenburg	≈ 1,962 km²
130	Duchy of Anhalt	≈ 1,902 km²
131	Hamburg	≈ 1,457 km²
132	House of Schwarzburg	≈ 1,189 km²
133	Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont	≈ 942 km²
134	House of Khalifa	≈ 881 km²
135	Principality of Lippe	≈ 829 km²
136	Free City of Bremen	≈ 517 km²
137	Andorra	≈ 380 km²
138	Free City of Frankfurt	≈ 178 km²
139	Monaco	≈ 94 km²

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

New countries in this frame (1)

Conservative Party (Mexico)

Countries that disappeared in this frame (1)

Kingdom of Prussia

Directions of expansion (2)

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

Russian Empire → former land of Khanate of Khiva, ≈ 463 thousand km²
Russian Empire → former land of Khanate of Kokand, ≈ 341 thousand km²

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