World map in AD 2000 — territory by country

Frame AD 2000 — world borders from AD 2000 to AD 2005. 188 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russia (≈ 16.91 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (188, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russia	≈ 16.91 million km²
2	Canada	≈ 10.03 million km²
3	United States	≈ 9.44 million km²
4	China	≈ 9.40 million km²
5	Brazil	≈ 8.53 million km²
6	Australia	≈ 7.79 million km²
7	India	≈ 3.18 million km²
8	French Fifth Republic	≈ 3.03 million km²
9	Argentina	≈ 2.79 million km²
10	Kazakhstan	≈ 2.64 million km²
11	Sudan	≈ 2.48 million km²
12	Algeria	≈ 2.32 million km²
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	≈ 2.31 million km²
14	Denmark	≈ 2.27 million km²
15	Indonesia	≈ 2.04 million km²
16	Mexico	≈ 2.00 million km²
17	Saudi Arabia	≈ 1.93 million km²
18	Iran	≈ 1.62 million km²
19	Libyan Arab Republic	≈ 1.61 million km²
20	Mongolia	≈ 1.57 million km²
21	Peru	≈ 1.30 million km²
22	Chad	≈ 1.27 million km²
23	Angola	≈ 1.26 million km²
24	Mali Federation	≈ 1.25 million km²
25	South Africa	≈ 1.23 million km²
26	Niger	≈ 1.18 million km²
27	Colombia	≈ 1.15 million km²
28	Ethiopia	≈ 1.13 million km²
29	Bolivia	≈ 1.09 million km²
30	Mauritania	≈ 1.05 million km²
31	Egypt	≈ 1.01 million km²
32	Venezuela	≈ 937 thousand km²
33	Nigeria	≈ 911 thousand km²
34	Tanzania	≈ 886 thousand km²
35	Pakistan	≈ 876 thousand km²
36	Namibia	≈ 832 thousand km²
37	Chile	≈ 803 thousand km²
38	Mozambique	≈ 785 thousand km²
39	Turkey	≈ 768 thousand km²
40	Zambia	≈ 747 thousand km²
41	Myanmar	≈ 676 thousand km²
42	Great Britain	≈ 672 thousand km²
43	Somalia	≈ 646 thousand km²
44	Central African Republic	≈ 620 thousand km²
45	Madagascar	≈ 616 thousand km²
46	Ukraine	≈ 590 thousand km²
47	Kenya	≈ 586 thousand km²
48	Botswana	≈ 577 thousand km²
49	Taliban	≈ 560 thousand km²
50	Thailand	≈ 522 thousand km²
51	Spain	≈ 507 thousand km²
52	Papua New Guinea	≈ 484 thousand km²
53	Turkmenistan	≈ 468 thousand km²
54	Cameroon	≈ 466 thousand km²
55	Yemen	≈ 463 thousand km²
56	Sweden	≈ 458 thousand km²
57	Iraq	≈ 439 thousand km²
58	Norway	≈ 421 thousand km²
59	Uzbekistan	≈ 414 thousand km²
60	Japan	≈ 413 thousand km²
61	Morocco	≈ 406 thousand km²
62	Paraguay	≈ 402 thousand km²
63	Zimbabwe	≈ 393 thousand km²
64	Germany	≈ 361 thousand km²
65	Malaysia	≈ 347 thousand km²
66	Republic of the Congo	≈ 346 thousand km²
67	Philippines	≈ 344 thousand km²
68	Vietnam	≈ 338 thousand km²
69	Finland	≈ 337 thousand km²
70	Ivory Coast	≈ 322 thousand km²
71	Poland	≈ 314 thousand km²
72	Oman	≈ 314 thousand km²
73	New Zealand	≈ 297 thousand km²
74	Italy	≈ 289 thousand km²
75	Burkina Faso	≈ 274 thousand km²
76	Gabon	≈ 265 thousand km²
77	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
78	Guinea	≈ 246 thousand km²
79	Ghana	≈ 241 thousand km²
80	Romania	≈ 238 thousand km²
81	Laos	≈ 229 thousand km²
82	Guyana	≈ 212 thousand km²
83	Uganda	≈ 210 thousand km²
84	Belarus	≈ 209 thousand km²
85	Senegal	≈ 201 thousand km²
86	Kyrgyzstan	≈ 193 thousand km²
87	Syria	≈ 187 thousand km²
88	Cambodia	≈ 184 thousand km²
89	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
90	Tunisia	≈ 151 thousand km²
91	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
92	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
93	Suriname	≈ 147 thousand km²
94	Bangladesh	≈ 145 thousand km²
95	Tajikistan	≈ 142 thousand km²
96	Nicaragua	≈ 133 thousand km²
97	North Korea	≈ 127 thousand km²
98	Eritrea	≈ 127 thousand km²
99	Cuba	≈ 124 thousand km²
100	Third Hellenic Republic	≈ 122 thousand km²
101	Benin	≈ 118 thousand km²
102	Honduras	≈ 115 thousand km²
103	Iceland	≈ 112 thousand km²
104	Bulgaria	≈ 110 thousand km²
105	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
106	South Korea	≈ 105 thousand km²
107	Liberia	≈ 100 thousand km²
108	Portugal	≈ 97 thousand km²
109	Malawi	≈ 93 thousand km²
110	Hungary	≈ 92 thousand km²
111	Serbia and Montenegro	≈ 91 thousand km²
112	Jordan	≈ 90 thousand km²
113	Second Republic of Austria	≈ 85 thousand km²
114	Panama	≈ 84 thousand km²
115	Afghanistan	≈ 83 thousand km²
116	Republic of China (1912–1949)	≈ 81 thousand km²
117	Czech Republic	≈ 80 thousand km²
118	United Arab Emirates	≈ 78 thousand km²
119	Republic of Ireland	≈ 75 thousand km²
120	Sierra Leone	≈ 74 thousand km²
121	Sri Lanka	≈ 74 thousand km²
122	Azerbaijan	≈ 70 thousand km²
123	Georgia	≈ 69 thousand km²
124	Latvia	≈ 68 thousand km²
125	Lithuania	≈ 65 thousand km²
126	Togo	≈ 57 thousand km²
127	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
128	Dominican Republic	≈ 53 thousand km²
129	Croatia	≈ 52 thousand km²
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	≈ 51 thousand km²
131	Slovakia	≈ 49 thousand km²
132	Estonia	≈ 49 thousand km²
133	Armenia	≈ 41 thousand km²
134	Bhutan	≈ 41 thousand km²
135	Switzerland	≈ 41 thousand km²
136	Netherlands	≈ 38 thousand km²
137	Solomon Islands	≈ 38 thousand km²
138	Guinea-Bissau	≈ 33 thousand km²
139	Lesotho	≈ 32 thousand km²
140	Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
141	Belgium	≈ 31 thousand km²
142	Moldova	≈ 29 thousand km²
143	Equatorial Guinea	≈ 29 thousand km²
144	Israel	≈ 28 thousand km²
145	Albania	≈ 28 thousand km²
146	Rwanda	≈ 25 thousand km²
147	North Macedonia	≈ 25 thousand km²
148	Burundi	≈ 25 thousand km²
149	Belize	≈ 23 thousand km²
150	Djibouti	≈ 22 thousand km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

British Overseas Territories · Chechnya · Kosovo

Countries that disappeared in this frame (1)

British Empire

Directions of expansion (1)

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

Taliban → former land of Afghanistan, ≈ 110 thousand km²

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