What countries were ruled by Britain during Victorian times?

The British Empire was the largest empire in history and, at its peak, it included over 458 million people, one-quarter of the world's population at the time. The Empire was made up of the United Kingdom and its colonies and dependencies.

The following is a list of countries that were ruled by Britain during Victorian times:

• Antigua

• Ascension Island

• Australia

• Bahamas

• Barbados

• Basutoland

• Bechuanaland

• Bermuda

• British Ceylon

• British Columbia

• British Guiana

• British Honduras

• British North Borneo

• British Solomon Islands

• Canada

• Cape Colony

• Cayman Islands

• Channel Islands

• Christmas Island

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

• Cyprus

• Dominica

• Egypt

• Falkland Islands

• Fiji

• Gambia

• Gibraltar

• Gilbert Islands

• Gold Coast

• Grenada

• Hong Kong

• India

• Jamaica

• Kenya

• Kiribati

• Lagos

• Leeward Islands

• Malta

• Mauritius

• Montserrat

• Natal

• Nauru

• New Guinea

• New Hebrides

• New Zealand

• Newfoundland and Labrador

• Nigeria

• North Borneo

• Northern Rhodesia

• Nyasaland

• Penang

• Pitcairn

• Queensland

• Saint Helena

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Saint Lucia

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Sarawak

• Sierra Leone

• Singapore

• Solomon Islands

• South Africa

• South Australia

• Southern Rhodesia

• St. Pierre and Miquelon

• Sudan

• Swaziland

• Tasmania

• Tonga

• Transjordan

• Trinidad and Tobago

• Turks and Caicos Islands

• Uganda

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

• Vanuatu

• Victoria

• Western Australia

• Western Samoa

• Windward Islands

• Zambia

• Zanzibar