World map in 1885
On 1 July 1885, IntMap’s historical map draws 273 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 10 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) | 5,010,000 |
| Ottoman Empire | 3,500,000 |
| Argentina | 3,410,000 |
| Colony of Western Australia | 2,610,000 |
| Denmark | 2,500,000 |
| Colony of South Australia | 2,400,000 |
| Congo Free State | 2,340,000 |
| Dutch East Indies | 2,280,000 |
| Mahdist State | 2,230,000 |
| Colony of Queensland | 2,070,000 |
| Mexico | 2,020,000 |
| British Empire | 1,890,000 |
| Persia | 1,640,000 |
| Bolivia | 1,530,000 |
| British Africa | 1,320,000 |
| Colombia | 1,310,000 |
| Upper River | 1,260,000 |
| Arabia | 1,140,000 |
| Chile | 1,130,000 |
| United States of Venezuela | 1,100,000 |
| Sokoto Caliphate | 1,070,000 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 1,040,000 |
| Peru | 1,020,000 |
| French Republic | 1,010,000 |
| German East Africa | 956,000 |
| Sweden–Norway | 949,000 |
| Portuguese Empire | 943,000 |
| German South-West Africa | 816,000 |
| Colony of New South Wales | 813,000 |
| Province of Mozambique | 811,000 |
| Siam | 775,000 |
| Ecuador | 675,000 |
| Emirate of Afghanistan | 642,000 |
| Protectorate of Afghanistan | 642,000 |
| Austria-Hungary | 639,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 626,000 |
| French Congo | 615,000 |
| Cape Colony | 612,000 |
| German Reich | 561,000 |
| Spain | 529,000 |
| German Cameroon | 527,000 |
| French Third Republic | 522,000 |
| Empire of Japan (1879-1895) | 510,000 |
| Paraguay | 487,000 |
| French Africa | 421,000 |
| 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 |
| Bechuanaland Protectorate | 324,000 |
| Colony of New Zealand | 318,000 |
| Kingdom of Italy | 314,000 |
| Sultanate of Utetera | 305,000 |
| South African Republic | 292,000 |
| German New Guinea | 290,000 |
| Sultinate of Zanzibar | 271,000 |
| Joseon | 268,000 |
| Emirate of Nejd | 268,000 |
| French Gabon | 267,000 |
| Aden Protectorate | 251,000 |
| Colony of Victoria | 238,000 |
| Crown Colony of Newfoundland | 227,000 |
| Emirate of Jabal Shammar | 222,000 |
| 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 |
| Bornu Empire | 179,000 |
| New Spain (1865-1899) | 170,000 |
| Mirambo Unyanyembe Ukimbu | 169,000 |
| French protectorate of Tunisia | 165,000 |
| British Somaliland | 162,000 |
| Captaincy General of Cuba | 152,000 |
| Nepal | 148,000 |
| Kanem-Bornu | 142,000 |
| Sultanate of Hobyo | 134,000 |
| Egypt | 134,000 |
| Kingdom of Romania | 132,000 |
| Orange Free State | 131,000 |
| Colony of the Rio de Oro | 122,000 |
| French Tonkin | 122,000 |
| French Protectorate of Annam | 121,000 |
| Dendi Kingdom | 120,000 |
| Honduras | 120,000 |
| Sultanate of Muscat and Oman | 117,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Borgu States | 114,000 |
| Oil Rivers Protectorate | 110,000 |
| Guatemala | 109,000 |
| Nicaragua | 106,000 |
| Ashanti Empire | 104,000 |
| Sultanate of Dar al Kuti | 100,000 |
| Liberia | 99,700 |
| Barotse | 97,600 |
| Kingdom of Greece | 94,700 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 90,500 |
| Colony of Tasmania | 88,600 |
| North Borneo | 88,300 |
| Togoland Protectorate | 88,300 |
| Colony of French Guiana | 86,600 |
| Sultanate of Oman | 85,600 |
| Lagos Colony | 81,300 |
| Trucial States | 80,900 |
| British Guiana | 80,000 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 79,700 |
| Shona | 79,300 |
| Kingdom of Sarawak | 78,100 |
| Colony of Sierra Leone | 76,500 |
| Lunda | 76,300 |
| British Ceylon | 75,700 |
| Mbailundu | 72,700 |
| Colony of Cochinchina | 72,600 |
| Malaya | 71,700 |
| Yaka | 67,500 |
| Gold Coast Colony | 65,400 |
| Sultanate of Maguindanao | 64,900 |
| Harer (Egypt) | 62,600 |
| Ovimbundu | 61,000 |
| Kuba | 60,900 |
| Costa Rica | 60,100 |
| Ndebele | 59,700 |
| Bunyoro | 58,900 |
| Buganda | 58,500 |
| Rattanakosin Kingdom | 58,100 |
| Dominican Republic | 56,300 |
| British Colonial Empire | 53,800 |
| Teke | 53,300 |
| Angola (Portugal) | 52,900 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 51,800 |
| British Western Pacific Territories | 48,700 |
| Transvaal | 48,600 |
| Kingdom of Serbia | 48,100 |
| 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 |
| Kingdom of Luang Phrabang | 31,600 |
| Sultanate of the Maldive Islands | 31,300 |
| Colony of Basutoland | 30,600 |
| Futa Jalon | 30,400 |
| Mosquito Reserve | 30,200 |
| Ngwato | 30,000 |
| Swaziland | 30,000 |
| Belgium | 29,900 |
| Hawaiian Kingdom | 28,600 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Zululand | 25,100 |
| Obock and Protectorates of the Somali Coast and Dankils Countries | 23,900 |
| Kingdom of Spain | 23,800 |
| Spanish Empire | 23,800 |
| El Salvador | 22,900 |
| Johore Protectorate | 22,800 |
| Manipur State | 22,400 |
| Perak Protectorate | 21,300 |
| Basutoland | 21,300 |
| Chan Santa Cruz | 20,900 |
| Kingdom of Jolof | 20,500 |
| Morocco | 20,500 |
| Kingdom of Dahomey | 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 |
| 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 |
| Cyprus Protectorate | 12,400 |
| Calabar | 12,200 |
| Benin | 12,000 |
| Sultanate of Brunei | 11,900 |
| Gambia Colony and Protectorate | 11,700 |
| Kingdom of Niani | 11,700 |
| Griqualand West | 10,900 |
| Nieuwe Republiek | 10,200 |
| Selangor Protectorate | 9,550 |
| Sultanate of Kedah | 9,370 |
| Algeria (FR) | 9,200 |
| British Gold Coast | 9,010 |
| 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 |
| Protectorate of Wituland | 8,030 |
| Mozambique | 7,850 |
| Colony of Trinidad | 7,680 |
| Protectorate of Cabinda | 7,600 |
| Sultanate of Zanzibar | 7,260 |
| Trucial Oman | 7,050 |
| Opobo | 7,000 |
| Negri Sembilan Protectorate | 6,960 |
| Colony of the Straits Settlement | 6,500 |
| Rwanda | 6,070 |
| Kingdom of Kakongo | 6,050 |
| British Windward Islands | 5,890 |
| Mayotte and Dependencies | 5,870 |
| Kingdom of Wuli | 5,410 |
| Natal | 5,180 |
| Colony of Guadelupe | 4,740 |
| People's Republic of Zanzibar | 4,320 |
| La Réunion | 3,930 |
| Kingdom of Ngoyo | 3,920 |
| Senegal (FR) | 3,610 |
| 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 |
| Territory of Ifni | 1,920 |
| Danish West Indies | 1,890 |
| Haushabi Sultanate | 1,860 |
| 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 |
| Colony of Barbados | 1,020 |
| 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 |
| 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 1884
Now drawn
Congo Free State, Mahdist State, British Africa, German East Africa, German Cameroon, Bechuanaland Protectorate, French Gabon, Kingdom of Spain, Spanish Empire, Johore Protectorate, Nieuwe Republiek, British Gold Coast, Protectorate of Wituland, Protectorate of Cabinda, Mayotte and Dependencies, Colony of Barbados
No longer drawn
Khedivate of Egypt, Burma, Sultanate of Johor, British Cape Colony, Chiangmai, German Africa, Mayotte, Walvis Bay Colony
The same date elsewhere
Map of Europe · 1882–1885 Map of the Middle East · 1885 Map of Africa · 1885 Map of South Asia · 1885 Map of East Asia · 1885 Map of Southeast Asia · 1885 Map of Central Asia · 1879–1885 Map of North America · 1881–1885 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1885 Map of South America · 1885 Map of Oceania · 1884–1885
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.