// Modern era
Dutch East Indies
- Period
- AD 1800 – AD 1949
- Duration
- approx. 149 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1915
- Area (max.)
- approx. 2 million km²
Period and duration
Dutch East Indies — according to the map data from AD 1800 to AD 1949, roughly 149 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
Dutch East Indies — greatest extent around AD 1915: the mapped borders then cover about 2 million km², roughly 1.4% 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 1799)
- Batavian Republic
After
- Republic of Indonesia
Neighbours around AD 1915
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- British Empire
- French Third Republic
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- Republic of China
- Commonwealth of Australia
- British Raj
- Portuguese Republic
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1915 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Dutch East Indies 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.