Map of Africa in 1890
On 1 July 1890, IntMap’s historical map draws 88 names within Africa. The borders for this date come from CShapes 2.0 (day by day), then OpenHistoricalMap (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year) — each drawn only where the records before it are silent. The map also draws 2 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 | 2,530,000 |
| Congo Free State | 2,340,000 |
| Mahdist State | 2,230,000 |
| French Republic | 1,660,000 |
| French Sudan | 1,260,000 |
| Egypt (UK) | 1,170,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 1,110,000 |
| German East Africa | 1,000,000 |
| German South-West Africa | 827,000 |
| Sokoto Caliphate | 694,000 |
| Algeria (France) | 656,000 |
| Mozambique (Portugal) | 637,000 |
| Portuguese Angola | 612,000 |
| Cape Colony | 602,000 |
| Madagascar (France) | 596,000 |
| Bechuanaland (UK) | 578,000 |
| Barotziland | 513,000 |
| Kamerun | 513,000 |
| British East Africa (UK) | 472,000 |
| Persia | 463,000 |
| Angola (Portugal) | 412,000 |
| Southern Rhodesia (UK) | 391,000 |
| Emirate of Jabal Shammar | 376,000 |
| Morocco | 375,000 |
| Italian Somaliland | 373,000 |
| French Congo (France) | 346,000 |
| Cote d'Ivoire (France) | 323,000 |
| Transvaal | 302,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 281,000 |
| French Congo | 271,000 |
| French Africa | 270,000 |
| French Third Republic | 270,000 |
| Gabon (France) | 263,000 |
| Aden Protectorate | 225,000 |
| British Raj (British India) | 219,000 |
| Senegal (France) | 197,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 178,000 |
| Spanish West Africa | 177,000 |
| British Somaliland (UK) | 173,000 |
| Tunisia (France) | 156,000 |
| Imperial British East Africa Company | 148,000 |
| Province of Mozambique | 141,000 |
| Oil Rivers Protectorate (UK) | 131,000 |
| Orange Free State | 130,000 |
| Gold Coast (UK) | 129,000 |
| Kingdom of Spain | 123,000 |
| Spanish Empire | 123,000 |
| Eritrea (Italy) | 122,000 |
| British Bechuanaland | 117,000 |
| Emirate of Nejd | 112,000 |
| North-Western Rhodesia | 102,000 |
| Sultanate of Dar al Kuti | 100,000 |
| Liberia | 96,500 |
| Spain | 86,100 |
| Sierra Leone (UK) | 72,900 |
| Lagos Colony (UK) | 72,000 |
| German Togoland | 53,600 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 50,700 |
| Natal | 43,700 |
| British Empire | 42,700 |
| Portuguese Empire | 37,000 |
| Portuguese Guinea (Portugal) | 33,600 |
| Basutoland (UK) | 30,600 |
| Togoland Protectorate | 29,700 |
| Spanish Guinea (Spain) | 27,200 |
| Kingdom of Italy | 22,900 |
| Greece | 22,800 |
| French Somaliland (France) | 21,600 |
| Sultanate of Hobyo | 21,400 |
| Kingdom of Dahomey | 20,400 |
| Zululand | 18,000 |
| Swaziland | 17,200 |
| German Cameroon | 14,800 |
| Gambia (UK) | 10,900 |
| South African Republic | 9,690 |
| Lagos Colony | 6,020 |
| Sultanate of Lahej | 5,980 |
| Mayotte and Dependencies | 5,870 |
| Zanzibar Protectorate | 5,780 |
| Sultanate of Zanzibar | 2,600 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Trucial States | 2,370 |
| Protectorate of Bahrain | 2,180 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 1,260 |
| Sultanate of Mwali | 924 |
| Saint Helena Crown Colony | 507 |
| Malta | 292 |
| Muscat and Oman | <1 |
What changed since 1889
Now drawn
French Republic, French Sudan, Barotziland, Italian Somaliland, North-Western Rhodesia, Gambia (UK), South African Republic, Zanzibar Protectorate
No longer drawn
Upper River, Majeerteen Sultanate, British Colonial Empire, Kingdom of Rwanda, British Africa, Kingdom of Burundi, Nieuwe Republiek
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1890 Map of Europe · 1890–1904 Map of the Middle East · 1890–1891 Map of South Asia · 1888–1911 Map of East Asia · 1887–1893 Map of Southeast Asia · 1890–1893 Map of Central Asia · 1886–1911 Map of North America · 1886–1893 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1886–1898 Map of South America · 1890–1903 Map of Oceania · 1890–1891
Source and method
Borders and names: CShapes 2.0 (Schvitz et al. 2022, icr.ethz.ch/data/cshapes) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 + OpenHistoricalMap (openhistoricalmap.org) · CC0 1.0 · adapted by IntMap: the admin_level=2 relations in force from 1886, less the ground CShapes states on its own dates + 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.
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.