Frame AD 1880 — world borders from AD 1880 to AD 1883. 104 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 22.32 million km²).
| Rank | Country | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Empire | ≈ 22.32 million km² |
| 2 | Qing dynasty | ≈ 11.12 million km² |
| 3 | British Empire | ≈ 9.79 million km² |
| 4 | United States | ≈ 8.91 million km² |
| 5 | Empire of Brazil | ≈ 8.36 million km² |
| 6 | British Raj | ≈ 4.21 million km² |
| 7 | Khedivate of Egypt | ≈ 3.00 million km² |
| 8 | Ottoman Empire | ≈ 2.24 million km² |
| 9 | Argentine Confederation | ≈ 2.00 million km² |
| 10 | Mexico | ≈ 2.00 million km² |
| 11 | Qajar dynasty | ≈ 1.62 million km² |
| 12 | Bolivia | ≈ 1.58 million km² |
| 13 | Dutch East Indies | ≈ 1.26 million km² |
| 14 | Peru | ≈ 1.25 million km² |
| 15 | Colombia | ≈ 1.22 million km² |
| 16 | Spain | ≈ 989 thousand km² |
| 17 | Cape Colony | ≈ 974 thousand km² |
| 18 | Venezuela | ≈ 934 thousand km² |
| 19 | Ottoman Tripolitania | ≈ 894 thousand km² |
| 20 | French Africa | ≈ 805 thousand km² |
| 21 | Union between Sweden and Norway | ≈ 804 thousand km² |
| 22 | Sokoto Caliphate | ≈ 793 thousand km² |
| 23 | Austria-Hungary | ≈ 678 thousand km² |
| 24 | Emirate of Afghanistan | ≈ 644 thousand km² |
| 25 | French Third Republic | ≈ 629 thousand km² |
| 26 | Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932) | ≈ 607 thousand km² |
| 27 | German Empire | ≈ 557 thousand km² |
| 28 | Myanmar | ≈ 437 thousand km² |
| 29 | Chile | ≈ 429 thousand km² |
| 30 | Empire of Japan | ≈ 427 thousand km² |
| 31 | Imerina | ≈ 427 thousand km² |
| 32 | Morocco | ≈ 386 thousand km² |
| 33 | Great Britain | ≈ 357 thousand km² |
| 34 | Second Saudi state | ≈ 324 thousand km² |
| 35 | Wadai Sultanate | ≈ 280 thousand km² |
| 36 | Kingdom of Italy | ≈ 275 thousand km² |
| 37 | Ecuador | ≈ 263 thousand km² |
| 38 | Ethiopian Empire | ≈ 240 thousand km² |
| 39 | Nguyễn dynasty | ≈ 234 thousand km² |
| 40 | Joseon | ≈ 232 thousand km² |
| 41 | Kanem–Bornu Empire | ≈ 227 thousand km² |
| 42 | French Indochina | ≈ 209 thousand km² |
| 43 | Kingdom of Portugal | ≈ 193 thousand km² |
| 44 | Oman | ≈ 192 thousand km² |
| 45 | Uruguay | ≈ 181 thousand km² |
| 46 | Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) | ≈ 169 thousand km² |
| 47 | Denmark–Norway | ≈ 160 thousand km² |
| 48 | Paraguay | ≈ 159 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 | Emirate of Jabal Shammar | ≈ 136 thousand km² |
| 54 | Sultanate of Hobyo | ≈ 135 thousand km² |
| 55 | Orange Free State | ≈ 133 thousand km² |
| 56 | United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia | ≈ 130 thousand km² |
| 57 | Honduras | ≈ 115 thousand km² |
| 58 | Nicaragua | ≈ 111 thousand km² |
| 59 | Lunda Empire | ≈ 109 thousand km² |
| 60 | Guatemala | ≈ 109 thousand km² |
| 61 | Greenland | ≈ 104 thousand km² |
| 62 | Liberia | ≈ 102 thousand km² |
| 63 | Majeerteen Sultanate | ≈ 91 thousand km² |
| 64 | Beylik of Tunis | ≈ 88 thousand km² |
| 65 | Raj of Sarawak | ≈ 80 thousand km² |
| 66 | Trucial States | ≈ 73 thousand km² |
| 67 | Chiang Mai | ≈ 65 thousand km² |
| 68 | Principality of Bulgaria | ≈ 63 thousand km² |
| 69 | Costa Rica | ≈ 56 thousand km² |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | ≈ 53 thousand km² |
| 71 | Talpur dynasty | ≈ 50 thousand km² |
| 72 | Kingdom of Serbia | ≈ 50 thousand km² |
| 73 | First Hellenic Republic | ≈ 48 thousand km² |
| 74 | Aceh Sultanate | ≈ 42 thousand km² |
| 75 | Switzerland | ≈ 41 thousand km² |
| 76 | Pahang Sultanate | ≈ 41 thousand km² |
| 77 | Netherlands | ≈ 41 thousand km² |
| 78 | Bhutan | ≈ 40 thousand km² |
| 79 | Kingdom of Champasak | ≈ 37 thousand km² |
| 80 | Natalia Republic | ≈ 36 thousand km² |
| 81 | First Empire of Haiti | ≈ 31 thousand km² |
| 82 | Belgium | ≈ 30 thousand km² |
| 83 | People's Republic of Zanzibar | ≈ 28 thousand km² |
| 84 | Jambi Sultanate | ≈ 27 thousand km² |
| 85 | Zululand | ≈ 25 thousand km² |
| 86 | Hawaiian Kingdom | ≈ 25 thousand km² |
| 87 | Portuguese Empire | ≈ 24 thousand km² |
| 88 | El Salvador | ≈ 22 thousand km² |
| 89 | Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888) | ≈ 22 thousand km² |
| 90 | Johor Sultanate | ≈ 20 thousand km² |
| 91 | Gold Coast (British colony) | ≈ 16 thousand km² |
| 92 | Sultan of Terengganu | ≈ 14 thousand km² |
| 93 | Qatar | ≈ 13 thousand km² |
| 94 | Kedah Sultanate | ≈ 9,327 km² |
| 95 | Kelantan | ≈ 8,555 km² |
| 96 | Bima Sultanate | ≈ 7,717 km² |
| 97 | Montenegro | ≈ 6,036 km² |
| 98 | Bali | ≈ 3,773 km² |
| 99 | Negeri Sembilan | ≈ 3,626 km² |
| 100 | Perlis | ≈ 2,094 km² |
| 101 | German colonization of Africa | ≈ 1,898 km² |
| 102 | House of Khalifa | ≈ 881 km² |
| 103 | Andorra | ≈ 380 km² |
| 104 | Monaco | ≈ 94 km² |
Principality of Bulgaria · Sultanate of Hobyo · Kingdom of Serbia
Spanish Empire · Serbs · Sultanate of Sulu
These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).
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