World map in 1881
On 1 July 1881, IntMap’s historical map draws 259 names within the world. 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 11 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) |
|---|---|
| Russian Empire | 22,700,000 |
| Qing | 11,400,000 |
| Dominion of Canada | 10,400,000 |
| United States | 9,820,000 |
| Empire of Brazil | 8,230,000 |
| British Raj (British India) | 4,410,000 |
| Ottoman Empire | 3,200,000 |
| Khedivate of Egypt | 3,010,000 |
| Argentina | 2,750,000 |
| Colony of Western Australia | 2,610,000 |
| Denmark | 2,500,000 |
| Colony of South Australia | 2,400,000 |
| Dutch East Indies | 2,280,000 |
| Mexico | 2,030,000 |
| Colony of Queensland | 1,800,000 |
| Bolivia | 1,690,000 |
| Persia | 1,640,000 |
| Colombia | 1,310,000 |
| Upper River | 1,260,000 |
| Sokoto Caliphate | 1,180,000 |
| Arabia | 1,140,000 |
| United States of Venezuela | 1,100,000 |
| Peru | 1,090,000 |
| French Republic | 1,010,000 |
| Sweden–Norway | 949,000 |
| Colony of New South Wales | 813,000 |
| Province of Mozambique | 811,000 |
| Siam | 775,000 |
| Austria-Hungary | 694,000 |
| Ecuador | 675,000 |
| Emirate of Afghanistan | 642,000 |
| Protectorate of Afghanistan | 642,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 626,000 |
| Cape Colony | 610,000 |
| Bateke Protectorate | 593,000 |
| German Reich | 561,000 |
| Chile | 552,000 |
| Spain | 529,000 |
| Empire of Japan (1879-1895) | 510,000 |
| Paraguay | 487,000 |
| Burma | 433,000 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 392,000 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 383,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 379,000 |
| Captaincy General of the Philippines | 348,000 |
| Spanish Philippines | 343,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 342,000 |
| Emirate of Nejd | 325,000 |
| Colony of New Zealand | 318,000 |
| Đại Nam | 317,000 |
| Kingdom of Italy | 314,000 |
| Sultanate of Utetera | 305,000 |
| Transvaal Colony | 284,000 |
| Sultinate of Zanzibar | 271,000 |
| Joseon | 268,000 |
| Aden Protectorate | 251,000 |
| French Third Republic | 239,000 |
| Colony of Victoria | 238,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 228,000 |
| Crown Colony of Newfoundland | 227,000 |
| Mossi States | 207,000 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | 195,000 |
| Emirate of Bukhara | 189,000 |
| Lozi | 188,000 |
| Yeke | 187,000 |
| Uruguay | 182,000 |
| Kong Empire | 180,000 |
| British Empire | 176,000 |
| New Spain (1865-1899) | 170,000 |
| Mirambo Unyanyembe Ukimbu | 169,000 |
| French protectorate of Tunisia | 165,000 |
| Captaincy General of Cuba | 152,000 |
| Nepal | 148,000 |
| French Africa | 142,000 |
| Kanem-Bornu | 142,000 |
| Emirate of Jabal Shammar | 136,000 |
| Sultanate of Hobyo | 134,000 |
| Egypt | 134,000 |
| Kingdom of Romania | 132,000 |
| Orange Free State | 131,000 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 124,000 |
| Dendi Kingdom | 120,000 |
| Honduras | 120,000 |
| Sultanate of Muscat and Oman | 117,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Borgu States | 114,000 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 110,000 |
| Nicaragua | 106,000 |
| Ashanti Empire | 104,000 |
| Sultanate of Dar al Kuti | 100,000 |
| Liberia | 99,700 |
| British Colonial Empire | 98,100 |
| Barotse | 97,600 |
| Guatemala | 95,200 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 90,500 |
| Colony of Tasmania | 88,600 |
| Colony of French Guiana | 86,600 |
| Sultanate of Oman | 85,600 |
| Kingdom of Greece | 81,300 |
| Lagos Colony | 81,300 |
| Trucial States | 80,900 |
| British Guiana | 80,000 |
| Shona | 79,300 |
| Kingdom of Sarawak | 78,100 |
| Colony of Sierra Leone | 76,500 |
| Lunda | 76,300 |
| British Ceylon | 75,700 |
| Mbailundu | 72,700 |
| Malaya | 71,700 |
| Yaka | 67,500 |
| Gold Coast Colony | 65,400 |
| Sultanate of Maguindanao | 64,900 |
| Principality of Bulgaria | 63,400 |
| Harer (Egypt) | 62,800 |
| Ovimbundu | 61,000 |
| Kuba | 60,900 |
| Colony of Cochinchina | 60,900 |
| Costa Rica | 60,100 |
| Ndebele | 59,700 |
| Bunyoro | 58,900 |
| Buganda | 58,500 |
| Dominican Republic | 56,300 |
| Teke | 53,300 |
| Angola (Portugal) | 52,900 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 51,800 |
| British Western Pacific Territories | 48,700 |
| Transvaal | 48,600 |
| Principality of Serbia | 48,100 |
| Morocco | 47,800 |
| Colony of the Bahamas | 47,200 |
| Colony of Natal | 46,900 |
| Colony of Fiji | 43,400 |
| Pahang Sultanate | 41,400 |
| Switzerland | 41,200 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Bhutan | 39,200 |
| Khanate of Khiva (1873-1920) | 37,200 |
| New Caledonia | 36,500 |
| Republic of Haiti | 35,700 |
| Nguni | 35,400 |
| J'rai | 35,100 |
| Sultanate of Damagaram | 32,700 |
| British Honduras Colony | 31,700 |
| Sultanate of the Maldive Islands | 31,300 |
| Portuguese Empire | 31,000 |
| Futa Jalon | 30,400 |
| Mosquito Reserve | 30,200 |
| Ngwato | 30,000 |
| Belgium | 29,900 |
| Hawaiian Kingdom | 28,600 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Zululand | 25,600 |
| People's Republic of Zanzibar | 24,300 |
| Rattanakosin Kingdom | 24,200 |
| El Salvador | 22,900 |
| Manipur State | 22,400 |
| Sultanate of Brunei | 21,800 |
| Perak Protectorate | 21,300 |
| Basutoland | 21,300 |
| Chan Santa Cruz | 20,900 |
| Kingdom of Jolof | 20,500 |
| Kingdom of Dahomey | 20,400 |
| Sultanate of Johor | 20,400 |
| Rabih az-Zubayr | 20,300 |
| Gabon | 19,700 |
| Portuguese Timor | 19,400 |
| Luba | 19,400 |
| Dahomey | 19,200 |
| Congo | 19,000 |
| Colony of Jamaica | 18,900 |
| Bundu | 18,900 |
| Sultanate of Sulu | 18,500 |
| Kingdom of Luang Phrabang | 17,900 |
| British Mauritius | 16,000 |
| Sultanate of Terengganu | 14,900 |
| Ivory Coast | 14,900 |
| Ato trading confederacy | 14,400 |
| Kingdom of Cayor | 14,100 |
| Spanish Guinea | 13,600 |
| Captaincy General of Puerto Rico | 12,800 |
| Swaziland | 12,700 |
| Cyprus Protectorate | 12,400 |
| Calabar | 12,300 |
| Benin | 12,100 |
| Gambia Colony and Protectorate | 11,700 |
| Kingdom of Niani | 11,700 |
| Griqualand West | 10,900 |
| Selangor Protectorate | 9,550 |
| Sultanate of Kedah | 9,370 |
| Algeria (FR) | 9,200 |
| Principality of Montenegro | 9,010 |
| Spanish Posessions on the Gulf of Guinea | 8,920 |
| Kelantan | 8,610 |
| Kingdom of Tonga | 8,310 |
| Sultanate of Lahej | 8,120 |
| Qatar Dynasty | 7,860 |
| Mozambique | 7,850 |
| Colony of Trinidad | 7,680 |
| Obock Colony | 7,600 |
| Sultanate of Zanzibar | 7,260 |
| Trucial Oman | 7,050 |
| Opobo | 7,000 |
| Negri Sembilan Protectorate | 6,960 |
| British Windward Islands | 6,910 |
| Colony of the Straits Settlement | 6,500 |
| British Cape Colony | 6,120 |
| Rwanda | 6,070 |
| Kingdom of Kakongo | 6,050 |
| Kingdom of Wuli | 5,410 |
| Natal | 5,180 |
| Colony of Guadelupe | 4,740 |
| La Réunion | 3,930 |
| Kingdom of Ngoyo | 3,920 |
| Senegal (FR) | 3,610 |
| Chiangmai | 3,310 |
| Cotonou | 3,260 |
| Tahiti Colony | 3,100 |
| Tukular Caliphate | 3,050 |
| Samoa | 2,960 |
| Luxembourg | 2,590 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Kingdom of Sine | 2,320 |
| Protectorate of Bahrain | 2,180 |
| Confederate States of Lanao | 2,060 |
| German Africa | 1,940 |
| Territory of Ifni | 1,920 |
| Danish West Indies | 1,890 |
| Haushabi Sultanate | 1,860 |
| Mayotte | 1,620 |
| Walvis Bay Colony | 1,610 |
| Cayman Islands | 1,520 |
| Isle of Man | 1,350 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 1,260 |
| French Nosy Be | 1,110 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1,100 |
| Jersey | 984 |
| Crown Colony of Malta | 925 |
| Sultanate of Mwali | 923 |
| Guernsey | 909 |
| Nosy Boraha | 888 |
| French India | 792 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 691 |
| Portuguese India | 654 |
| Colony of Labuan | 638 |
| Brunei | 612 |
| French Tourane | 590 |
| Colony of Bermuda | 555 |
| Alawi Sheikhdom | 538 |
| Saint Helena Crown Colony | 508 |
| Andorra | 467 |
| Niue | 252 |
| American Samoa | 234 |
| Polynesians | 192 |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | 166 |
| British Hong Kong | 160 |
| Heligoland | 156 |
| Liechtenstein | 156 |
| San Marino | 60.1 |
| Monaco | 17.9 |
What changed since 1880
Now drawn
Bateke Protectorate, French protectorate of Tunisia, Kingdom of Romania, Principality of Bulgaria, Qatar Dynasty
No longer drawn
British Arctic Territories, United Romanian Principalities
The same date elsewhere
Map of Europe · 1881 Map of the Middle East · 1881 Map of Africa · 1881 Map of South Asia · 1880–1884 Map of East Asia · 1880–1883 Map of Southeast Asia · 1880–1881 Map of Central Asia · 1879–1885 Map of North America · 1881–1885 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1874–1884 Map of South America · 1880–1884 Map of Oceania · 1880–1883
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 180°W–180°E, 90°S–90°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.