World map in AD 1890 — territory by country

Frame AD 1890 — world borders from AD 1890 to AD 1894. 99 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 22.29 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (99, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 22.29 million km²
2	British Empire	≈ 12.29 million km²
3	Qing dynasty	≈ 11.15 million km²
4	United States	≈ 9.40 million km²
5	Brazil	≈ 8.36 million km²
6	British Raj	≈ 4.82 million km²
7	Scramble for Africa	≈ 3.17 million km²
8	Argentine Confederation	≈ 2.79 million km²
9	Mahdist State	≈ 2.33 million km²
10	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.18 million km²
11	Mexico	≈ 2.00 million km²
12	Belgian Congo	≈ 1.82 million km²
13	Qajar dynasty	≈ 1.62 million km²
14	Bolivia	≈ 1.58 million km²
15	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 1.43 million km²
16	French Africa	≈ 1.33 million km²
17	Peru	≈ 1.30 million km²
18	Spain	≈ 1.29 million km²
19	Dutch East Indies	≈ 1.27 million km²
20	Colombia	≈ 1.22 million km²
21	German colonization of Africa	≈ 1.06 million km²
22	Venezuela	≈ 934 thousand km²
23	Ottoman Tripolitania	≈ 882 thousand km²
24	German Empire	≈ 848 thousand km²
25	Union between Sweden and Norway	≈ 804 thousand km²
26	Sokoto Caliphate	≈ 793 thousand km²
27	Chile	≈ 732 thousand km²
28	Austria-Hungary	≈ 678 thousand km²
29	Great Britain	≈ 666 thousand km²
30	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 660 thousand km²
31	Emirate of Afghanistan	≈ 644 thousand km²
32	French Third Republic	≈ 629 thousand km²
33	French Indochina	≈ 480 thousand km²
34	Empire of Japan	≈ 427 thousand km²
35	Imerina	≈ 427 thousand km²
36	Emirate of Jabal Shammar	≈ 375 thousand km²
37	Morocco	≈ 358 thousand km²
38	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 333 thousand km²
39	South African Republic	≈ 301 thousand km²
40	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
41	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 278 thousand km²
42	Italian Empire	≈ 271 thousand km²
43	Spanish Sahara	≈ 269 thousand km²
44	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
45	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
46	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 228 thousand km²
47	Oman	≈ 192 thousand km²
48	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
49	Denmark–Norway	≈ 160 thousand km²
50	Paraguay	≈ 159 thousand km²
51	Asante Empire	≈ 152 thousand km²
52	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
53	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
54	Gold Coast (British colony)	≈ 138 thousand km²
55	Orange Free State	≈ 132 thousand km²
56	United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia	≈ 130 thousand km²
57	Luang Prabang	≈ 124 thousand km²
58	Honduras	≈ 115 thousand km²
59	Second Saudi state	≈ 114 thousand km²
60	Nicaragua	≈ 111 thousand km²
61	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
62	Sultanate of Hobyo	≈ 108 thousand km²
63	Greenland	≈ 105 thousand km²
64	Liberia	≈ 101 thousand km²
65	Principality of Bulgaria	≈ 100 thousand km²
66	Raj of Sarawak	≈ 85 thousand km²
67	Trucial States	≈ 73 thousand km²
68	First Hellenic Republic	≈ 64 thousand km²
69	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
70	Dominican Republic	≈ 53 thousand km²
71	Talpur dynasty	≈ 50 thousand km²
72	Serbs	≈ 50 thousand km²
73	Belgium	≈ 46 thousand km²
74	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
75	Switzerland	≈ 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	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 27 thousand km²
82	Zululand	≈ 25 thousand km²
83	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 25 thousand km²
84	Portuguese Empire	≈ 24 thousand km²
85	El Salvador	≈ 22 thousand km²
86	Eswatini	≈ 17 thousand km²
87	New Hebrides	≈ 17 thousand km²
88	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
89	Qatar	≈ 13 thousand km²
90	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 9,327 km²
91	Montenegro	≈ 8,794 km²
92	Kelantan	≈ 8,326 km²
93	Bali	≈ 3,773 km²
94	Luxembourg	≈ 2,405 km²
95	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 2,159 km²
96	Perlis	≈ 2,094 km²
97	House of Khalifa	≈ 881 km²
98	Andorra	≈ 380 km²
99	Monaco	≈ 94 km²

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

New countries in this frame (6)

Brazil · Italian Empire · Belgian Congo · Mahdist State · New Hebrides · Luxembourg

Countries that disappeared in this frame (8)

Empire of Brazil · Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888) · Lunda Empire · Majeerteen Sultanate · Pahang Sultanate · People's Republic of Zanzibar · Bima Sultanate · Nieuwe Republiek

Directions of expansion (1)

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

Emirate of Jabal Shammar → former land of Second Saudi state, ≈ 154 thousand km²

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