Historical world map · 1900
World map in 1900
A CShapes frame of independent states, colonies, and dependent territories in a year when borders changed. On 1 July, CShapes counts 52 independent states and 99 colonies and dependent territories. This sourced reconstruction contains 270 mapped geometries. 222 have source labels representing 165 distinct names; 48 have no usable source label.
- Mapped geometries
- 270
- Labeled geometries
- 222
- Distinct labels
- 165
- Data source
- Historical Basemaps borders
World map preview and interactive explorer for 1900
Static map preview for 1900
Load the interactive view only when you want place search, year comparison, point history, or detailed border inspection.
Border changes
What changed on the world map in 1900
Independence, new states, transfers between rulers, and border changes recorded in CShapes during 1900. The map above shows borders as of 1 July.
- Northeastern Rhodesia appears as a territory of United Kingdom.
- North-Western Rhodesia appears as a territory of United Kingdom.
- Chad appears as a territory of France.
- Zimbabwe loses about 655,007 km² of territory.
- Republic of the Congo loses about 1,271,911 km² of territory.
Named in the source
Countries, territories, and regions mapped in 1900
Usable source labels can mix states, empires, dependencies, cultural regions, and other mapped entities. Wording follows the dataset rather than forcing every shape into a modern-country category.
- Distinct named labels
- 165
- Unlabeled geometries
- 48
- Accra
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Arabia
- Argentina
- Asante
- Ato trading confederacy
- Austria Hungary
- Barotse
- Basutoland
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Borgu States
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- British Guiana
- British Raj
- Brunei
- Buganda
- Bulgaria
- Bunyoro
- Burundi
- Calabar
- Canada
- Cape Colony
- central Asian khanates
- Ceylon
- Chile
- Colombia
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Cotonou
- Dahomey
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Dutch Guiana
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
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Precision in the source
Not every border deserves the same confidence
Precision is inherited from the dataset when available. It describes how the line was encoded, not the overall certainty of every historical claim inside the polygon.
- Determined by international law
- 270
These precision categories cover all mapped geometries. Label coverage is reported separately above, so the two sets of counts should not be added together.
Source, license, and download
Historical boundary snapshots for countries and cultural regions, used through 2010. Coverage: 53 available snapshots from prehistory through 2010
Reuse terms: GPL-3.0 repository license. Check the original project for full attribution and reuse requirements.