World map in AD 1873 — territory by country

Frame AD 1873 — world borders from AD 1873 to AD 1876. 108 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 22.17 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (108, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 22.17 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 9.41 million km²
3	British Empire	≈ 8.68 million km²
4	Empire of Brazil	≈ 8.51 million km²
5	United States	≈ 8.28 million km²
6	British Raj	≈ 4.19 million km²
7	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.41 million km²
8	Mexico	≈ 2.00 million km²
9	Khedivate of Egypt	≈ 1.83 million km²
10	Argentine Confederation	≈ 1.72 million km²
11	Qajar dynasty	≈ 1.62 million km²
12	Bolivia	≈ 1.58 million km²
13	Peru	≈ 1.37 million km²
14	Dutch East Indies	≈ 1.26 million km²
15	Colombia	≈ 1.22 million km²
16	First Spanish Republic	≈ 985 thousand km²
17	Venezuela	≈ 935 thousand km²
18	Ottoman Tripolitania	≈ 894 thousand km²
19	Union between Sweden and Norway	≈ 804 thousand km²
20	Sokoto Caliphate	≈ 793 thousand km²
21	Emirate of Afghanistan	≈ 666 thousand km²
22	Cape Colony	≈ 658 thousand km²
23	French Third Republic	≈ 629 thousand km²
24	Austria-Hungary	≈ 623 thousand km²
25	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 607 thousand km²
26	German Empire	≈ 557 thousand km²
27	French Africa	≈ 527 thousand km²
28	Empire of Japan	≈ 462 thousand km²
29	Myanmar	≈ 437 thousand km²
30	Imerina	≈ 427 thousand km²
31	Morocco	≈ 386 thousand km²
32	Second Saudi state	≈ 376 thousand km²
33	Great Britain	≈ 345 thousand km²
34	Chile	≈ 315 thousand km²
35	South African Republic	≈ 294 thousand km²
36	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
37	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
38	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 275 thousand km²
39	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
40	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
41	Nguyễn dynasty	≈ 234 thousand km²
42	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
43	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 227 thousand km²
44	French Indochina	≈ 209 thousand km²
45	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 193 thousand km²
46	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
47	Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)	≈ 169 thousand km²
48	Denmark–Norway	≈ 160 thousand km²
49	Asante Empire	≈ 154 thousand km²
50	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
51	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
52	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
53	Orange Free State	≈ 133 thousand km²
54	United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia	≈ 129 thousand km²
55	Oman	≈ 119 thousand km²
56	Honduras	≈ 115 thousand km²
57	Nicaragua	≈ 111 thousand km²
58	Lunda Empire	≈ 109 thousand km²
59	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
60	Greenland	≈ 104 thousand km²
61	Liberia	≈ 102 thousand km²
62	Majeerteen Sultanate	≈ 92 thousand km²
63	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 88 thousand km²
64	Emirate of Jabal Shammar	≈ 84 thousand km²
65	Raj of Sarawak	≈ 80 thousand km²
66	Trucial States	≈ 73 thousand km²
67	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 71 thousand km²
68	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
69	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
70	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
71	Dominican Republic	≈ 53 thousand km²
72	Talpur dynasty	≈ 50 thousand km²
73	First Hellenic Republic	≈ 48 thousand km²
74	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
75	Serbs	≈ 41 thousand km²
76	Switzerland	≈ 41 thousand km²
77	Pahang Sultanate	≈ 41 thousand km²
78	Netherlands	≈ 41 thousand km²
79	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
80	Natalia Republic	≈ 37 thousand km²
81	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 37 thousand km²
82	First Empire of Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
83	Belgium	≈ 30 thousand km²
84	People's Republic of Zanzibar	≈ 28 thousand km²
85	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 27 thousand km²
86	Zululand	≈ 25 thousand km²
87	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 25 thousand km²
88	Portuguese Empire	≈ 24 thousand km²
89	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
90	El Salvador	≈ 22 thousand km²
91	Kingdom of Fiji	≈ 22 thousand km²
92	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 22 thousand km²
93	Johor Sultanate	≈ 20 thousand km²
94	Gold Coast (British colony)	≈ 16 thousand km²
95	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
96	Qatar	≈ 13 thousand km²
97	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
98	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 9,327 km²
99	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
100	Bima Sultanate	≈ 7,717 km²
101	Montenegro	≈ 6,131 km²
102	Bali	≈ 3,773 km²
103	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 3,655 km²
104	Perlis	≈ 2,094 km²
105	German colonization of Africa	≈ 1,898 km²
106	House of Khalifa	≈ 881 km²
107	Andorra	≈ 380 km²
108	Monaco	≈ 94 km²

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

New countries in this frame (2)

Gold Coast (British colony) · First Spanish Republic

Countries that disappeared in this frame (7)

Spanish Empire · Spain · Khanate of Khiva · Panthay Rebellion · Imams of Yemen · Kuwait · Dutch Gold Coast

Directions of expansion (3)

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, ≈ 385 thousand km²
Qing dynasty → former land of Panthay Rebellion, ≈ 343 thousand km²
French Third Republic → former land of German Empire, ≈ 103 thousand km²

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