Frame AD 1885 — world borders from AD 1885 to AD 1889. 101 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 22.29 million km²).
| Rank | Country | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Empire | ≈ 22.29 million km² |
| 2 | Qing dynasty | ≈ 11.15 million km² |
| 3 | British Empire | ≈ 10.05 million km² |
| 4 | United States | ≈ 8.91 million km² |
| 5 | Empire of Brazil | ≈ 8.36 million km² |
| 6 | British Raj | ≈ 4.82 million km² |
| 7 | Scramble for Africa | ≈ 4.61 million km² |
| 8 | Argentine Confederation | ≈ 2.79 million km² |
| 9 | Ottoman Empire | ≈ 2.18 million km² |
| 10 | Mexico | ≈ 2.00 million km² |
| 11 | Qajar dynasty | ≈ 1.62 million km² |
| 12 | Bolivia | ≈ 1.58 million km² |
| 13 | Peru | ≈ 1.30 million km² |
| 14 | French Africa | ≈ 1.29 million km² |
| 15 | Dutch East Indies | ≈ 1.26 million km² |
| 16 | Colombia | ≈ 1.22 million km² |
| 17 | Kingdom of Portugal | ≈ 1.14 million km² |
| 18 | Spain | ≈ 1.04 million km² |
| 19 | Venezuela | ≈ 934 thousand km² |
| 20 | Ottoman Tripolitania | ≈ 882 thousand km² |
| 21 | German Empire | ≈ 812 thousand km² |
| 22 | Union between Sweden and Norway | ≈ 804 thousand km² |
| 23 | German colonization of Africa | ≈ 803 thousand km² |
| 24 | Sokoto Caliphate | ≈ 793 thousand km² |
| 25 | Chile | ≈ 732 thousand km² |
| 26 | Austria-Hungary | ≈ 678 thousand km² |
| 27 | Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932) | ≈ 672 thousand km² |
| 28 | Emirate of Afghanistan | ≈ 644 thousand km² |
| 29 | French Third Republic | ≈ 629 thousand km² |
| 30 | French Indochina | ≈ 444 thousand km² |
| 31 | Empire of Japan | ≈ 427 thousand km² |
| 32 | Imerina | ≈ 427 thousand km² |
| 33 | Morocco | ≈ 358 thousand km² |
| 34 | Great Britain | ≈ 357 thousand km² |
| 35 | South African Republic | ≈ 292 thousand km² |
| 36 | Wadai Sultanate | ≈ 280 thousand km² |
| 37 | Kingdom of Italy | ≈ 278 thousand km² |
| 38 | Spanish Sahara | ≈ 269 thousand km² |
| 39 | Second Saudi state | ≈ 268 thousand km² |
| 40 | Ecuador | ≈ 263 thousand km² |
| 41 | Ethiopian Empire | ≈ 240 thousand km² |
| 42 | Joseon | ≈ 232 thousand km² |
| 43 | Kanem–Bornu Empire | ≈ 228 thousand km² |
| 44 | Emirate of Jabal Shammar | ≈ 222 thousand km² |
| 45 | Oman | ≈ 192 thousand km² |
| 46 | Uruguay | ≈ 181 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 | Sultanate of Hobyo | ≈ 135 thousand km² |
| 54 | Gold Coast (British colony) | ≈ 135 thousand km² |
| 55 | Orange Free State | ≈ 132 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 | ≈ 105 thousand km² |
| 62 | Liberia | ≈ 101 thousand km² |
| 63 | Principality of Bulgaria | ≈ 100 thousand km² |
| 64 | Majeerteen Sultanate | ≈ 91 thousand km² |
| 65 | Raj of Sarawak | ≈ 80 thousand km² |
| 66 | Trucial States | ≈ 73 thousand km² |
| 67 | First Hellenic Republic | ≈ 64 thousand km² |
| 68 | Costa Rica | ≈ 56 thousand km² |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | ≈ 53 thousand km² |
| 70 | Talpur dynasty | ≈ 50 thousand km² |
| 71 | Serbs | ≈ 50 thousand km² |
| 72 | Belgium | ≈ 46 thousand km² |
| 73 | Aceh Sultanate | ≈ 42 thousand km² |
| 74 | Switzerland | ≈ 41 thousand km² |
| 75 | Pahang Sultanate | ≈ 41 thousand km² |
| 76 | Netherlands | ≈ 41 thousand km² |
| 77 | Bhutan | ≈ 40 thousand km² |
| 78 | Kingdom of Champasak | ≈ 37 thousand km² |
| 79 | Natalia Republic | ≈ 36 thousand km² |
| 80 | First Empire of Haiti | ≈ 31 thousand km² |
| 81 | People's Republic of Zanzibar | ≈ 28 thousand km² |
| 82 | Jambi Sultanate | ≈ 27 thousand km² |
| 83 | Zululand | ≈ 25 thousand km² |
| 84 | Hawaiian Kingdom | ≈ 25 thousand km² |
| 85 | Portuguese Empire | ≈ 24 thousand km² |
| 86 | El Salvador | ≈ 22 thousand km² |
| 87 | Eswatini | ≈ 17 thousand km² |
| 88 | Sultan of Terengganu | ≈ 14 thousand km² |
| 89 | Qatar | ≈ 13 thousand km² |
| 90 | Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888) | ≈ 12 thousand km² |
| 91 | Nieuwe Republiek | ≈ 10 thousand km² |
| 92 | Kedah Sultanate | ≈ 9,327 km² |
| 93 | Montenegro | ≈ 8,794 km² |
| 94 | Kelantan | ≈ 8,555 km² |
| 95 | Bima Sultanate | ≈ 7,717 km² |
| 96 | Bali | ≈ 3,773 km² |
| 97 | Negeri Sembilan | ≈ 3,626 km² |
| 98 | Perlis | ≈ 2,094 km² |
| 99 | House of Khalifa | ≈ 881 km² |
| 100 | Andorra | ≈ 380 km² |
| 101 | Monaco | ≈ 94 km² |
Scramble for Africa · South African Republic · Serbs · Eswatini · Nieuwe Republiek
Khedivate of Egypt · Cape Colony · Myanmar · Nguyễn dynasty · Johor Sultanate · Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) · Kingdom of Serbia · Beylik of Tunis · Chiang Mai
These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).
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