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World Map in 1530 CE: Empires & Borders

270 states, empires and peoples are on the world map in 1530 CE. Drag the timeline to watch their borders change, or click a region for its history.

Empires and kingdoms in 1530 CE

  1. Ming Chinese Empire — 6,029,293 km²
  2. Ottoman Empire — 5,268,465 km²
  3. Quazaq Khanate — 2,178,382 km²
  4. Safavid Empire — 1,609,515 km²
  5. Mughal Empire — 1,493,884 km²
  6. Inca Empire — 1,170,824 km²
  7. Khiva Khanate — 963,845 km²
  8. Holy Roman Empire — 693,417 km²
  9. Khanate of Sibir — 682,679 km²
  10. Bukara Khanate — 562,532 km²
  11. Kazan Khanate — 540,548 km²
  12. Astrakhan Khanate — 239,921 km²
  13. Burmese kingdoms — 196,910 km²
  14. Crimean Khanate — 171,404 km²
  15. Merina Kingdom — 148,545 km²
  16. central Asian khanates — 41,216 km²
  17. Swiss Confederation — 36,801 km²
  18. Tuʻi Tonga Empire — 23,630 km²
  19. Republic of the Seven Zenden — 4,277 km²

Other states and peoples in 1530 CE

  1. Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers — 7,587,782 km²
  2. Amazon hunter-gatherers — 3,201,853 km²
  3. Savanna hunter-gatherers — 2,976,091 km²
  4. Tsardom of Muscovy — 2,142,328 km²
  5. Greenland — 2,107,374 km²
  6. Tibet — 2,056,428 km²
  7. Islamic and Hindu states — 1,990,854 km²
  8. Pampas cultures — 1,828,557 km²
  9. Nogai Horde — 1,810,031 km²
  10. Athabaskan — 1,751,026 km²
  11. T'atsaot'ine — 1,668,032 km²
  12. Viceroyalty of New Spain — 1,395,527 km²
  13. Malaysian Islamic states — 1,363,835 km²
  14. Cree — 914,008 km²
  15. Ayutthaya — 866,151 km²
  16. Poland-Lithuania — 862,860 km²
  17. Chukchi — 833,298 km²
  18. Papuans — 796,833 km²
  19. Songhai — 719,634 km²
  20. Obiwa — 578,758 km²

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