// Modern era
French Indochina
- Period
- AD 1860 – AD 1957
- Duration
- approx. 97 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1940
- Area (max.)
- approx. 791,000 km²
Period and duration
French Indochina — according to the map data from AD 1860 to AD 1957, roughly 97 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 Indochina — greatest extent around AD 1940: the mapped borders then cover about 791,000 km², roughly 0.5% 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 1859)
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- New Caledonia
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
After
- Kingdom of Laos
- Republic of Vietnam
- Kingdom of Cambodia
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Neighbours around AD 1940
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- British Empire
- Vichy France
- United States of America
- French Africa
- Commonwealth of Australia
- British Africa
- British Raj
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1940 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- French Indochina 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.