// Modern era
French Africa
- Period
- AD 1846 – AD 1957
- Duration
- approx. 111 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1944
- Area (max.)
- approx. 11.7 million km²
Period and duration
French Africa — according to the map data from AD 1846 to AD 1957, roughly 111 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
French Africa — greatest extent around AD 1944: the mapped borders then cover about 11.7 million km², roughly 7.9% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1845)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
- French Fifth Republic
Neighbours around AD 1944
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- British Empire
- United States of America
- Vichy France
- British Africa
- Nazi Germany
- Belgian Congo
- Estado Novo
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1944 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- French Africa on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.