60 maps · 3000 BC to 2020
Historical world maps by year: 3000 BC to 2020
Every state and empire in the World, year by year, from 3000 BC to 2020. Pick a year to see which states held the land, which ones were new since the year before, and the atlas chapters that tell their story. Each year opens on the interactive map, where you can move through every year between them and ask the history guide what happened.
3000 BC4 states · Early Dynastic Period of Egypt, the Sumerian City-States and Indus Valley Civilization2000 BC4 states · Indus Valley Civilization, Elam and the Middle Kingdom of Egypt1500 BC11 states · the New Kingdom of Egypt, Mitanni and the Shang Dynasty1000 BC11 states · the Zhou Dynasty, the New Kingdom of Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush750 BC34 states · the Spring and Autumn States, the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Chu500 BC46 states · the Achaemenid Empire, the Spring and Autumn States and Scythia323 BC37 states · the Macedonian Empire, the Nanda Empire and the Warring States China200 BC39 states · the Allegiance of Seleucid Empire to Roman Republic, Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty100 BC38 states · Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty and the Parthian EmpireAD 145 states · the Alliance between Han Dynasty and Xiongnu, the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire10040 states · the Alliance between Han Dynasty and Xiongnu, the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire20042 states · Xianbei, the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty30042 states · Western Jin, the Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire40053 states · the Alliance between Gupta Empire and Vakataka Kingdom, the Allegiance of Kidarites to Sasanian Empire and the Sasanian Empire50053 states · Alliance between Northern Wei and Rouran Khaganate, the Allegiance of Ostrogothic Kingdom to Eastern Roman Empire and Rouran Khaganate60069 states · Western Göktürks, the Sui Dynasty and the Sasanian Empire70068 states · the Umayyad Caliphate, the Tang Dynasty and Türgesh80077 states · the Abbasid Caliphate, the Tibetan Empire and the Kingdom of the Franks900115 states · the Alliance between Samanid Empire and Ziyadid dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and the Allegiance of Ziyadid dynasty to Abbasid Caliphate1000125 states · Northern Song, the Ghaznavid Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate1100141 states · the Great Seljuk Empire, Kimek-Kipchak confederation and Northern Song1200133 states · Allegiance of Southern Song to Great Jin, Vassalage of Western Xia to Great Jin and Kimek-Kipchak confederation1300141 states · the Allegiance of Golden Horde to Yuan Dynasty, the Allegiance of Ilkhanate to Yuan Dynasty and the Allegiance of Chagatai Khanate to Yuan Dynasty1400149 states · the Alliance between Golden Horde and Timurid Empire, the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty1444130 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Vassalage of Qara Qoyunlu to Timurid Empire1453129 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Vassalage of Qara Qoyunlu to Timurid Empire1492130 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Khanate and the Ming Dynasty1500131 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Khanate and the Ming Dynasty1550120 states · the Spanish Empire, the Personal union of Spanish Empire with Habsburg Monarchy and the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty160095 states · the Spanish Empire, the Alliance between Papal States and Spanish Empire and Tsardom of Russia1648115 states · the Spanish Empire, Tsardom of Russia and the Qing Dynasty1700104 states · the Spanish Empire, Tsardom of Russia and the Qing Dynasty1750128 states · the Russian Empire, the Spanish Empire and the Qing Dynasty1776127 states · the Spanish Empire, the Russian Empire and the Portuguese Empire1789124 states · the Spanish Empire, the Russian Empire and the Portuguese Empire1800119 states · the Spanish Empire, the Russian Empire and the Portuguese Empire1815137 states · the Spanish Empire, the Russian Empire and the Portuguese Empire1830140 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire1850141 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire1871113 states · the British Empire, the Russian Empire and the Qing Dynasty1880105 states · the British Empire, the Russian Empire and the Qing Dynasty190082 states · the British Empire, the Russian Empire and the Qing Dynasty191079 states · the British Empire, the Russian Empire and the French Third Republic191475 states · the British Empire, the Russian Empire and the French Third Republic191880 states · the British Empire, Anti-Bolshevik Russia (White governments) and the French Third Republic192083 states · the British Empire, the Republics of the Soviet Union and the French Third Republic193084 states · the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the French Third Republic193885 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the French Third Republic193982 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the French Third Republic194076 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and Vichy France194274 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the United States of America194580 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the French Fourth Republic195093 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the French Fourth Republic and the French Africa1960106 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Canada and the United States of America1970143 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Canada and the United States of America1980160 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Canada and the United States of America1990163 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Canada and the United States of America2000188 states · the Russian Federation, Canada and the United States of America2010187 states · the Russian Federation, Canada and the United States of America2020189 states · the Russian Federation, Canada and the United States of America
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About these borders
The borders come from Cliopatria (v0.2.1, Seshat Global History Databank, CC BY 4.0), the dataset behind our interactive map, with our audited name and border corrections. It records each state's territory year by year from 3400 BC to 2024. Borders before modern surveys are reconstructions: the data draws a state where it held control, and frontier zones, nomadic realms and loose overlordships are approximate. Areas are measured on an equal-area projection. Read how we make our maps.