Map of Africa in 1814
On 1 July 1814, IntMap’s historical map draws 90 names within Africa. The borders for this date come from OpenHistoricalMap (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent. The map also draws 3 outlines here that the source gives no name.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Ottoman Empire | 3,390,000 |
| Emirate of Diriyah | 1,430,000 |
| Captaincy-General of Mozambique, Sofala and Rivers of Sena | 811,000 |
| Sokoto Caliphate | 675,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 626,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 619,000 |
| Persia | 469,000 |
| Regency of Algiers | 462,000 |
| Kaarta | 450,000 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 392,000 |
| Nejd | 380,000 |
| Fulani Empire | 351,000 |
| Lozi | 327,000 |
| Sultanate of Darfur | 296,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 281,000 |
| British Cape Colony | 280,000 |
| British Empire | 279,000 |
| Mossi States | 260,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 241,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 229,000 |
| Somalia | 226,000 |
| Burundi | 199,000 |
| Rwanda | 190,000 |
| Bunyoro | 162,000 |
| Ashanti Empire | 151,000 |
| Morocco | 146,000 |
| Zanzibar | 122,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 113,000 |
| Zulu | 110,000 |
| Bamana Empire | 105,000 |
| Buganda | 98,400 |
| Spain | 96,800 |
| Kazembe | 81,500 |
| Colony of Sierra Leone | 76,500 |
| Oyo Empire | 70,100 |
| Omani Slave Coast | 65,300 |
| Asante | 61,200 |
| Nkore | 61,200 |
| Portuguese Empire | 53,800 |
| Angola | 53,200 |
| Lunda | 53,000 |
| Rozvi | 52,600 |
| Ethiopia | 52,400 |
| Imamate of Futa Toro | 47,000 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 42,700 |
| Imamate of Yemen | 42,600 |
| Sotho | 42,000 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 41,700 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Egypt | 35,600 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 25,500 |
| Sultanate of Oman | 24,300 |
| Oyo | 23,700 |
| Kingdom of Jolof | 20,500 |
| Kingdom of Dahomey | 20,400 |
| Bundu | 18,900 |
| Kingdom of Saloum | 17,200 |
| Shilluk Kingdom | 16,800 |
| Yemen | 15,800 |
| Xhosa | 15,300 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 14,300 |
| Kingdom of Cayor | 14,100 |
| Imbangala | 12,300 |
| Kingdom of Niani | 11,700 |
| Sultanate of Lahej | 9,630 |
| Dutch Gold Coast | 9,120 |
| Kingdom of Baol | 8,170 |
| Danish Gold Coast | 6,910 |
| Kingdom of Kakongo | 6,050 |
| Spanish Empire | 5,980 |
| Spanish Possessions on the Gulf of Guinea | 5,750 |
| Kingdom of Waalo | 5,570 |
| Kingdom of Wuli | 5,410 |
| Portuguese East Africa | 4,710 |
| Kingdom of Ngoyo | 3,920 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 3,490 |
| British Mauritius | 2,750 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Kingdom of Sine | 2,320 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 2,180 |
| Haushabi Sultanate | 1,860 |
| Sultanate of Maore | 1,620 |
| Congo | 1,610 |
| Walvis Bay Colony | 1,610 |
| Septinsular Republic | 1,290 |
| Crown Colony of Malta | 925 |
| Kingdom of Naples | 590 |
| Saint Helena Colony | 508 |
What changed since 1811–1813
Now drawn
Persia, Omani Slave Coast, Imamate of Yemen, Crown Colony of Malta
No longer drawn
Qajar Iran, British Protectorate of Malta
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1814 Map of Europe · 1814 Map of the Middle East · 1814–1819 Map of South Asia · 1814–1815 Map of East Asia · 1813–1815 Map of Southeast Asia · 1813–1814 Map of Central Asia · 1814–1819 Map of North America · 1814–1818 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1814 Map of South America · 1814 Map of Oceania · 1813–1814
Source and method
Borders and names: OpenHistoricalMap (openhistoricalmap.org) · CC0 1.0 + Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 20°W–52°E, 36°S–38°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.