List of Great Powers By Date
| 1815 | c. 1880 | c. 1900 | 1919 | c. 1939 | 1946 | c. 2000 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian Empire | Austria-Hungary | Austria-Hungary | ||||||
| British Empire | British Empire | British Empire | British Empire | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | ||
| Republic of China | China PR | |||||||
| France | France | France | France | France | France | France | ||
| Prussia | German Empire | German Empire | Germany | Germany | ||||
| Italy | Italy | Italy | Italy | |||||
| Empire of Japan | Empire of Japan | Empire of Japan | Japan | |||||
| Russian Empire | Russian Empire | Russian Empire | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Russia | |||
| United States | United States | United States | United States | United States |
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