World map in 1886
On 1 July 1886, IntMap’s historical map draws 197 names within the world. 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) |
|---|---|
| Russian Empire | 22,000,000 |
| Qing Empire | 11,100,000 |
| Canada | 9,530,000 |
| Empire of Brazil | 8,350,000 |
| United States | 7,940,000 |
| British Raj (British India) | 4,910,000 |
| Ottoman Empire | 3,210,000 |
| Argentina | 2,810,000 |
| Western Australia | 2,530,000 |
| Denmark | 2,360,000 |
| Congo Free State | 2,340,000 |
| South Australia | 2,320,000 |
| Mahdist State | 2,230,000 |
| Mexico | 1,970,000 |
| Dutch East Indies | 1,900,000 |
| Queensland | 1,750,000 |
| Persia | 1,620,000 |
| Alaska (USA) | 1,500,000 |
| Bolivia | 1,330,000 |
| Peru | 1,280,000 |
| Upper River | 1,260,000 |
| Colombia | 1,170,000 |
| Egypt (UK) | 1,170,000 |
| German East Africa | 956,000 |
| Venezuela | 916,000 |
| German South-West Africa | 813,000 |
| Afghanistan | 809,000 |
| French Third Republic | 803,000 |
| New South Wales | 801,000 |
| Siam | 782,000 |
| Sweden | 766,000 |
| Chile | 752,000 |
| Sokoto Caliphate | 694,000 |
| Algeria (France) | 656,000 |
| Mozambique (Portugal) | 637,000 |
| Austria-Hungary | 622,000 |
| Portuguese Angola | 612,000 |
| Cape Colony | 602,000 |
| Madagascar (France) | 596,000 |
| German Empire | 542,000 |
| Kamerun | 513,000 |
| Spain | 507,000 |
| Angola (Portugal) | 412,000 |
| Newfoundland | 400,000 |
| Empire of Japan | 393,000 |
| Annam | 382,000 |
| Morocco | 375,000 |
| French Congo (France) | 346,000 |
| Ecuador | 344,000 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 316,000 |
| Muscat and Oman | 310,000 |
| Bechuanaland (UK) | 309,000 |
| Transvaal | 302,000 |
| Philippines (Spain) | 299,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 297,000 |
| Paraguay | 294,000 |
| Kingdom of Italy | 286,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 281,000 |
| French Africa | 271,000 |
| French Congo | 271,000 |
| New Zealand | 271,000 |
| Emirate of Nejd | 266,000 |
| Gabon (France) | 263,000 |
| Aden Protectorate | 247,000 |
| Victoria | 238,000 |
| German New Guinea | 233,000 |
| Papua (UK) | 226,000 |
| Emirate of Jabal Shammar | 222,000 |
| Joseon | 221,000 |
| British Guiana (UK) | 212,000 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 198,000 |
| Senegal (France) | 197,000 |
| Emirate of Bukhara | 194,000 |
| Uruguay | 178,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 178,000 |
| Spanish West Africa | 177,000 |
| British Somaliland (UK) | 173,000 |
| Tunisia (France) | 156,000 |
| Nepal | 147,000 |
| Dutch Guiana (Netherlands) | 146,000 |
| Province of Mozambique | 143,000 |
| Sultanate of Hobyo | 134,000 |
| Oil Rivers Protectorate (UK) | 131,000 |
| Cambodia (France) | 131,000 |
| Orange Free State | 130,000 |
| Nicaragua | 129,000 |
| Romania | 128,000 |
| Raj of Sarawak | 126,000 |
| British Bechuanaland | 117,000 |
| Honduras | 113,000 |
| Cuba | 111,000 |
| Guatemala | 109,000 |
| Portuguese Empire | 106,000 |
| Iceland (Denmark) | 103,000 |
| Khanate of Khiva | 101,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 100,000 |
| Sultanate of Dar al Kuti | 100,000 |
| Liberia | 96,500 |
| Ashanti Empire | 96,200 |
| Bulgaria | 93,000 |
| North Borneo | 88,300 |
| French Guiana (France) | 84,200 |
| Sierra Leone (UK) | 83,800 |
| Trucial States | 80,900 |
| British Empire | 80,000 |
| Togoland Protectorate | 73,800 |
| Lagos Colony (UK) | 72,000 |
| Tasmania | 68,800 |
| Gold Coast (UK) | 68,700 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 68,500 |
| Ceylon (UK) | 66,800 |
| Greece | 65,000 |
| Serbia | 52,400 |
| Costa Rica | 51,600 |
| British Colonial Empire | 49,100 |
| Dominican Republic | 48,700 |
| Natal | 43,700 |
| Switzerland | 41,400 |
| Bosnia (Austria-Hungary) | 41,400 |
| Bhutan | 39,900 |
| Pahang Sultanate | 36,900 |
| Netherlands | 35,000 |
| Portuguese Guinea (Portugal) | 33,600 |
| British Africa | 32,900 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 32,500 |
| Sultanate of the Maldive Islands | 31,300 |
| Basutoland (UK) | 30,600 |
| Belgium | 30,500 |
| Hawaiian Kingdom | 28,600 |
| Haiti | 27,500 |
| Spanish Guinea (Spain) | 27,200 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| German Protectorate of the Marshall Islands | 26,300 |
| New Caledonia (France) | 24,000 |
| Kingdom of Spain | 23,600 |
| Spanish Empire | 23,600 |
| British Honduras (UK) | 22,300 |
| French Somaliland (France) | 21,600 |
| El Salvador | 20,700 |
| Kingdom of Dahomey | 20,400 |
| Unfederated Malay States | 19,300 |
| Eritrea (Italy) | 19,300 |
| Fiji (UK) | 18,500 |
| Perak | 18,200 |
| Zululand | 18,000 |
| Swaziland | 17,200 |
| German Solomon Islands | 17,100 |
| Portuguese Timor (Portugal) | 15,300 |
| German Cameroon | 14,800 |
| Bahamas (UK) | 12,800 |
| Jamaica (UK) | 11,200 |
| Sultanate of Brunei | 10,900 |
| Nieuwe Republiek | 10,200 |
| Herzegovina (Austria-Hungary) | 10,100 |
| Montenegro | 9,990 |
| Puerto Rico (Spain) | 9,310 |
| Kingdom of Tonga | 8,310 |
| Protectorate of Wituland | 8,030 |
| Sultanate of Zanzibar | 7,260 |
| Negri Sembilan Protectorate | 6,960 |
| Selangore | 6,900 |
| British Guiana | 6,900 |
| German Togoland | 6,850 |
| Lagos Colony | 6,020 |
| Sultanate of Lahej | 5,980 |
| British Windward Islands | 5,890 |
| Mayotte and Dependencies | 5,870 |
| Trinidad and Tobago (UK) | 5,220 |
| Colony of Guadelupe | 4,740 |
| People's Republic of Zanzibar | 4,350 |
| Cape Verde | 4,040 |
| La Réunion | 3,930 |
| Straits Settlements | 3,700 |
| Tahiti Colony | 3,100 |
| Reunion (France) | 2,650 |
| Luxembourg | 2,570 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Protectorate of Bahrain | 2,180 |
| Mauritius (UK) | 2,160 |
| Danish West Indies | 1,890 |
| Guadeloupe (France) | 1,660 |
| Cayman Islands | 1,520 |
| Isle of Man | 1,350 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 1,260 |
| Martinique (France) | 1,200 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1,100 |
| Jersey | 986 |
| Sultanate of Mwali | 924 |
| Guernsey | 909 |
| French Settlements in India | 727 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 691 |
| Colony of Labuan | 638 |
| Colony of Bermuda | 557 |
| Saint Helena Crown Colony | 507 |
| Barbados (UK) | 457 |
| Malta | 292 |
| Heligoland | 156 |
What changed since 1885
Now drawn
Qing Empire, Canada, Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Alaska (USA), Egypt (UK), Venezuela, Afghanistan, New South Wales, Sweden, Algeria (France), Mozambique (Portugal), Portuguese Angola, Madagascar (France), German Empire, Kamerun, Newfoundland, Empire of Japan, Annam, French Congo (France), Muscat and Oman, Bechuanaland (UK), Philippines (Spain), New Zealand, Gabon (France), Victoria, Papua (UK), British Guiana (UK), Senegal (France), Spanish West Africa, British Somaliland (UK), Tunisia (France), Dutch Guiana (Netherlands), Oil Rivers Protectorate (UK), Cambodia (France), Romania, Raj of Sarawak, British Bechuanaland, Cuba, Iceland (Denmark), Khanate of Khiva, Bulgaria, French Guiana (France), Sierra Leone (UK), Lagos Colony (UK), Tasmania, Gold Coast (UK), Ceylon (UK), Greece, Serbia, Bosnia (Austria-Hungary), Netherlands, Portuguese Guinea (Portugal), Basutoland (UK), Haiti, Spanish Guinea (Spain), German Protectorate of the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia (France), British Honduras (UK), French Somaliland (France), Unfederated Malay States, Eritrea (Italy), Fiji (UK), Perak, German Solomon Islands, Portuguese Timor (Portugal), Bahamas (UK), Jamaica (UK), Herzegovina (Austria-Hungary), Montenegro, Puerto Rico (Spain), Selangore, German Togoland, Trinidad and Tobago (UK), Cape Verde, Straits Settlements, Reunion (France), Mauritius (UK), Guadeloupe (France), Martinique (France), French Settlements in India, Barbados (UK), Malta
No longer drawn
Qing, Dominion of Canada, Colony of Western Australia, Colony of South Australia, Colony of Queensland, Arabia, United States of Venezuela, French Republic, Sweden–Norway, Colony of New South Wales, Emirate of Afghanistan, Protectorate of Afghanistan, Kingdom of Imerina, German Reich, Empire of Japan (1879-1895), Alawi Sultanate, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Philippines, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Colony of New Zealand, Sultanate of Utetera, South African Republic, Sultinate of Zanzibar, French Gabon, Colony of Victoria, Crown Colony of Newfoundland, Mossi States, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Lozi, Yeke, Kong Empire, New Spain (1865-1899), Mirambo Unyanyembe Ukimbu, French protectorate of Tunisia, British Somaliland, Captaincy General of Cuba, Kanem-Bornu, Egypt, Kingdom of Romania, Colony of the Rio de Oro, French Tonkin, French Protectorate of Annam, Dendi Kingdom, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, Borgu States, Oil Rivers Protectorate, Barotse, Kingdom of Greece, Colony of Tasmania, Colony of French Guiana, Sultanate of Oman, Kingdom of Lunda, Shona, Kingdom of Sarawak, Colony of Sierra Leone, Lunda, British Ceylon, Mbailundu, Colony of Cochinchina, Malaya, Yaka, Gold Coast Colony, Sultanate of Maguindanao, Harer (Egypt), Ovimbundu, Kuba, Ndebele, Bunyoro, Buganda, Rattanakosin Kingdom, Teke, Portuguese Guinea, British Western Pacific Territories, Kingdom of Serbia, Colony of the Bahamas, Colony of Natal, Colony of Fiji, Khanate of Khiva (1873-1920), New Caledonia, Republic of Haiti, Nguni, J'rai, Sultanate of Damagaram, British Honduras Colony, Kingdom of Luang Phrabang, Colony of Basutoland, Futa Jalon, Mosquito Reserve, Ngwato, Obock and Protectorates of the Somali Coast and Dankils Countries, Johore Protectorate, Manipur State, Perak Protectorate, Basutoland, Chan Santa Cruz, Kingdom of Jolof, Rabih az-Zubayr, Gabon, Portuguese Timor, Luba, Dahomey, Congo, Colony of Jamaica, Bundu, Sultanate of Sulu, British Mauritius, Sultanate of Terengganu, Ivory Coast, Ato trading confederacy, Kingdom of Cayor, Spanish Guinea, Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, Cyprus Protectorate, Calabar, Benin, Gambia Colony and Protectorate, Kingdom of Niani, Griqualand West, Selangor Protectorate, Sultanate of Kedah, Algeria (FR), British Gold Coast, Principality of Montenegro, Spanish Posessions on the Gulf of Guinea, Kelantan, Mozambique, Colony of Trinidad, Protectorate of Cabinda, Trucial Oman, Opobo, Colony of the Straits Settlement, Rwanda, Kingdom of Kakongo, Kingdom of Wuli, Kingdom of Ngoyo, Senegal (FR), Cotonou, Tukular Caliphate, Samoa, Kingdom of Sine, Confederate States of Lanao, Territory of Ifni, Haushabi Sultanate, French Nosy Be, Colony of Barbados, Crown Colony of Malta, Nosy Boraha, French India, Portuguese India, Brunei, Alawi Sheikhdom, Andorra, Niue, American Samoa, Polynesians, Wallis and Futuna Islands, British Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco
The same date elsewhere
Map of Europe · 1886–1889 Map of the Middle East · 1886 Map of Africa · 1886 Map of South Asia · 1886 Map of East Asia · 1886 Map of Southeast Asia · 1886 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 · 1886–1889 Map of Oceania · 1886–1888
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 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.