Empire Max. land area (million km2) Max. land area (million mi2) % of world land area Era Max. population (million) % of world population British Empire 33.2[2] 12.82 22.43% 1922[2] 458.0 (in 1938)[3] 20.00% (458 million out of 2.295 billion in 1938)[3] Mongol Empire 33.0[4][5][6] 12.74 22.29% 1279[4] 110.0 (in the 13th century)[7] 25.60% (110.0 million out of 429 million[8] in the 13th century) Russian Empire 22.8[9][10] 8.80 15.31% 1866 176.4 in 1913 9.80% (176.4 million out of 1.791 billion[11] in 1913) Spanish Empire 19.4[9][10][12] 7.49 13.04% 1740–1790 (approx.)[13] 68.2[14] 12.30% (68.2 million out of 556 million[11] in the 17th century) Umayyad Caliphate 13.4[15] 5.79 10.07% 661–750 62.0 (in the 7th century) 28.80% (62.0 million out of 208 million in the 7th century) Qing Dynasty 14.7 5.68 9.87% 1759[4][16] 432.2 in 1851.[17] 36.60% (381.0 million out of 1.041 billion in 1820)[11] Yuan Dynasty 14.0 5.41 9.40% 1310[16] 59.8 in 1291.[18][19] 17.10% (59.8 million out of 350 million in 1290) Second French colonial empire 13.0 5.02 8.73% 1938[13] 112.9 in 1938 5.10% (112.9 million out of 2.295 billion in 1938) Abbasid Caliphate 11.1 4.29 7.45% 750–1258[16] 44.0 (in 850) 20.00% (50.0 million out of 250 million in 850)[11] Portuguese Empire 10.4 4.02 6.98% 1815[13] — — Rashidun Caliphate 9.0 3.48 6.04% 654[16][20] 40.3 19.10% (40.3 million out of 210 million in 7th century) Empire of Brazil 8.5 3.28 5.71% 1880 9.9 (in 1872)[21] — First French colonial empire 8.1 — 5.44% 1754 30 (in 1754)[22] — Achaemenid Empire, Iran 8.0 3.08 5.36% 500 BC[23] 50.0 (in 480 BC)[24] 44.48% (50 million out of 112.4 million in 480 BC)[25] Roman Empire 6.8 2.51 4.36% 117[26] 70.0 (in 2nd century AD)[27][28][29] 21.00% (70 million in 150 AD) [30] ↑ Jump up to: 22.0 22.1 Sassanid Empire, Iran 6.6 2.55 4.44% 621[4] 25.0 (in the 7th century AD) 12.00% (25.0 million out of 210 million [31] in the 7th century AD) Ming Dynasty 6.5 2.51 4.36% 1450[4][16] 110.0 in 1600.[32][33] 28.80% (160.0 million out of 556.2 million in 1600)[11] Han Dynasty 6.5 2.51 4.36% 100[34] 58.0 in 2[18][35] 44.62% (58 million out of 130 million[11] in 2 AD) Göktürk Khaganate 6.0 2.32 4.03% 557[4][34] — — Golden Horde Khanate 6.0 2.32 4.03% 1310[4][16] — — Tang Dynasty 5.2 2.01 3.49% 715[4][16] 80.0 (in the 8th century) 38.09% (80.0 million out of 210 million in the 8th century AD)[23] Macedonian Empire 5.2 2.01 3.49% 323 BC[4][36] — — Ottoman Empire 5.2 2.00 3.49% 1683[4][16] 35.3 in 1856 7.10% (39.0 million out of 556 million[11] in 1683) Mughal Empire 5.0 1.93 2.69% 1707.[4][16][37] 175.0 in 1700 29.20% (175.0 million out of 600 million[38] in 1700) Mauryan Empire 5.0 - 4.03% 265 BC[4] 68.0 in the 2nd century BC 43.30% (68.0 million out of 150 million in the 2nd century BC[39]) Northern Yuan Dynasty, Mongolia 5.0 1.93 3.36% 1550[16] — — First Mexican Empire 4.9 1.89 3.29% 1822[citation needed] — — Xin Dynasty 4.70 1.82 3.16% 10[34] — — Tibetan Empire 4.6 1.78 3.09% 800[16][40] 25.0 8.333% Pala Empire 4.6[citation needed] 1.78 3.09% 850 — 24.00%[not in citation given] (60.0 million out of 250 million in 850)[11][dead link] Timurid Empire 4.4 1.70 2.95% 1405[4][16] — — Fatimid Caliphate 4.1 1.58 2.75% 969[4][16] — — Xiongnu Empire 4.03 1.56 2.71% 176 BC[41] — — Hunnic Empire 4.0 1.54 2.69% 441[34] — — Hephthalite Empire 4.0 1.54 2.69% 490[34] — — Eastern Turks Khanate 4.0 1.54 2.69% 624[34] — — Western Turks Khanate 4.0 1.54 2.69% 630[34] — — Rouran Khaganate Juan-juan 4.0 1.54 2.69% 405[4][34] — — Great Seljuq Empire 3.9 1.51 2.62% 1080[4][16] — — Italian Empire 3.8 1.47 2.55% 1940[citation needed] 51.9 in 1938 2.30% (51.9 million out of 2.295 billion in 1938) Kushan Empire 3.8 1.47 2.55% 200[34] — 19.00% (42.37 million out of 223 million in 140)[11] Ilkhanate 3.75 1.45 2.52% 1310[4][16] — — Dutch Empire 3.7 1.43 2.48% 1940[citation needed] 60.0 in 1940. 3.50% (60.0 million out of 1.700 billion in 1907) Chola Empire 3.6 1.39 2.42% 1050[42][43] — — Khwarazmian Empire 3.6 1.39 2.42% 1218[16] — — Chagatai Khanate 3.5 1.35 2.35% 1310 or 1350[4][16] — — Gupta Empire 3.5 1.05 3.9% 400[4] — 26.36% (58.0 million out of 220 million in 400 AD)[3] Safavid dynasty, Iran 3.5 1.35 2.35% 1512[citation needed] — — German Colonial Empire 3.5 1.35 2.35% 1914[citation needed] 64.9 in 1914 3.70% (64.9 million out of 1.753 billion in 1910) Western Jin Dynasty 3.5 1.35 2.35% 300[34] 48.0 in 1195.[18][44] — Shaybanid Uzbek Dynasty 3.5 1.35 2.35% 1510[16] — — Byzantine Empire 3.5 1.35 2.35% 555[34] — — Northern Song Dynasty 3.5 1.35 2.35% 1100[4][16] 123.0 in 1103[18][45] 22.00% (59.0 million out of 268 million in 1000)[11] Ghaznavid Empire, Iran 3.4 1.31 2.28% 1029[4][16] — — Almoravid dynasty, Morocco 3.3 1.27 2.22% 1147[16] — — Tughlaq Dynasty 3.2 1.24 2.15% 1320[16] — 18.91% (70.0 million out of 370 million in 1330)[11] Ghurids Sultanate 3.2 1.24 2.15% 1200[16] — — Parthian Empire, Iran 3.1 1.08 1.88% 1[4][36] — — Median Empire, Iran 3.1 1.08 1.88% 585 BC[4][36] — — Sui Dynasty 3.1 1.20 2.08% 610[16] 53.0 in 606[18][46] — Uyghur Khaganate 3.1 1.20 2.08% 800[4][16] — — Seleucid Empire 3.0 1.51 2.62% 301 BC[4][36] — — Armenian Empire 3.0 1.51 2.62% 69 BC[4][36] — — Khazar Khanate 3.0 1.16 2.01% 850[4] — — Kalmar Union 3.0 1.16 2.01% 1397[citation needed] — — Afsharid Dynasty 3.0 1.16 2.01% 1738[citation needed] — — Kara-Khanid Khanate 3.0 1.16 2.01% 1025[16] — — Qajar Dynasty 3.0 1.16 2.01% 1796[citation needed] — — Danish colonial empire 3.0 1.16 2.01% 1800[citation needed] — — Grand Duchy of Moscow 3.0 1.16 2.01% 1505[citation needed] — — Samanid Dynasty 2.85 1.10 1.91% 928[4][16] — — Maratha Empire 2.8 0.97 1.68% 1760[4] — — Qin Dynasty 2.8 1.08 1.88% 206 BC[34] — — Eastern Jin Dynasty 2.8 1.08 1.88% 347[34] — — Liu Song Dynasty 2.8 1.08 1.88% 420[34] — — Khilji Dynasty 2.7 1.04 1.81% 1312 or 1320[4][16] — — Majapahit Empire 2.7 1.04 1.81% 1389[34] — — Liao Dynasty 2.6 1.00 1.75% 947[4][16] — — Indo-Greek Yavana Kingdom 2.5 0.97 1.68% 150 BC[34] — — Bactrian Empire 2.5 0.97 1.68% 184[34] — — Later Zhao Dynasty 2.5 0.97 1.68% 329[34] — — Belgian Empire 2.5 0.97 1.68% 1914[citation needed] — — Kara-Khitan Khanate Western Liao 2.5 0.97 1.68% 1210[4] — — Hotaki Empire 2.5 0.97 1.68% 1722[citation needed] — — Jurchen Jin Dynasty 2.3 0.89 1.54% 1126[4][16] — — Southern Qi Dynasty 2.3 0.89 1.54% 502[34] — — Southern Song Dynasty 2.1 0.81 1.41% 1127[16] 73.0 in 1193.[18][47] — Bahriyya Mamluks 2.1 0.81 1.41% 1300[16] — — Burjiyya Mamluks 2.1 0.81 1.41% 1400[4] — — First French Empire 2.1 0.81 1.41% 1813[16] — — Kievan Rus 2.1 0.81 1.41% 1000[4][16] — — Ayyubid Caliphate 2.0 1.04 0.77% 1190[4] — — Durrani Empire 2.0 0.77 1.34% 1757[48] — — Wei Dynasty 2.0 0.77 1.34% 263[34] — — Earlier Zhao Dynasty 2.0 0.77 1.34% 316[34] 64 in 156[18][49] — Former Qin Dynasty 2.0 0.77 1.34% 376[34] — — Western Roman Empire 2.0 0.77 1.34% 395[34] — — Northern Wei Dynasty 2.0 0.77 1.34% 450[34] — — Saffarid dynasty 2.0 0.77 1.34% 900[citation needed] — — Almohad dynasty, Morocco 2.0 0.77 1.34% 1200[4] — — Satavahana Empire 2.0 0.77 1.34% 90[34] — — Inca Empire 2.0 0.77 1.34% 1527[4][16] — — Second Mexican Empire 2.0 0.77 1.34% 1864 — — Gurjara Pratihara 1.8 0.69 1.21% 860[16] — — Sibir Khanate 1.8 0.69 1.21% 1520[16] — — Rashtrakuta Dynasty 1.7 0.66 1.41% 805[citation needed] — — Buyid Sultanate 1.6 0.62 1.07% 980[4][16] — — Mamluk Sultanate 1.6 0.62 1.07% 1228[16] — — Indo-Parthian Kingdom 1.5 0.58 1.01% 50[34] — — Wu Dynasty 1.5 0.58 1.01% 221[34] — — Northern Zhou Dynasty 1.5 0.58 1.01% 577[34] — — Nanda Dynasty 1.5 0.58 1.01% 350 BC or 321[34][50] — — Indo-Scythian Kingdom 1.5 0.58 1.01% 100 BC[36] — — Tulunids Emirate 1.5 0.58 1.01% 900[34] — — Idrisid dynasty, Morocco 1.5 0.58 1.01% 828[4] — — Sur Empire 1.5 0.58 1.01% 1545[4][16] — — Neo-Assyrian Empire 1.4 0.54 0.940% 670 BC[4][36] — — Songhai Empire 1.4 0.54 0.940% 1500[51] — — Empire of Harsha 1.35 0.52 0.906% 625 or 648[4][16] — — Liang Dynasty 1.3 0.50 0.873% 502 or 549[4][34] — — Western Wei Dynasty 1.3 0.50 0.873% 557[34] — — Later Liang 1.3 0.50 0.873% 923[16] — — Later Tang 1.3 0.50 0.873% 923[16] — — Mali Empire 1.29 0.50 0.866% 1312[52] — 10.00% (45.0 million out of 450 million[53] in the mid-15th century) Siam Empire 1.29 0.50 0.866% 1782[citation needed] — — Shang Dynasty 1.25 0.48 0.839% 1122 BC[4][36] — — Western Zhou Dynasty 1.25 0.48 0.839% 1122 BC[36] — — Aksumite Empire 1.25 0.48 0.839% 350[4] — — Khmer Empire 1.2 0.46 0.806% 1150[4][16] 4.0 in 1150 1.333% Carolingian Dynasty, Francia 1.2 0.46 0.806% 814[4][16] — — Srivijaya Empire 1.2 0.46 0.806% 1200[4] — — Sunga Empire 1.2 0.46 0.806% 150 BC[4] — — Kingdom of Kush 1.2 0.46 0.806% 700 BC[4] — — Chalukya Dynasty 1.1 0.42 0.739% 636[citation needed] — — Swedish Empire 1.1 0.42 0.739% 1658[citation needed] — — Lodhi Dynasty 1.1 0.42 0.739% 1517[citation needed] — — Polish-Lithuanian Empire 1.0[54] 0.39 0.671% 1619[55] ca. 12.0 (in 1619) 2.07% to 02.41% (avg. 02.2%)[56] Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt 1.0 0.39 0.671% 1450 BC[36] — — New Kingdom 1.0 0.39 0.671% 1300 BC[4][36] — — Ptolemaic Dynasty 1.0 0.39 0.671% 301 BC[36] — — Eastern Wei Dynasty 1.0 0.39 0.671% 550[34] — — Northern Qi Dynasty 1.0 0.39 0.671% 550[34] — — Tahirid dynasty 1.0 0.39 0.671% 800[16] — — Kalachuri Dynasty 1.0 0.39 0.671% 1050[4][16] — — Holy Roman Empire 1.0 0.39 0.671% 1050[16] — — Western Xia Dynasty 1.0 0.39 0.671% 1100[4] — — Western Chalukya Empire 1.0 0.39 0.671% 1121[citation needed] — — Avars Empire 1.0 0.39 0.671% 600[34] — — Kanem Empire 1.0 0.39 0.671% 1200[16] — — Bruneian Empire 0.95 0.37 0.653% 1524[4][36] — — Maha-Meghavahana Dynasty 0.9 0.35 0.604% 10 BC[36] — — Konbaung Dynasty, Burma 0.9 0.35 0.604% 1800[citation needed] — — Volga Bulgars Khanate 0.9 0.35 0.604% 1100[4][16] — — Grand Duchy of Lithuania 0.85 0.32 0.570% 1490 4.25 — Akkadian Empire 0.8 0.31 0.537% 2250 BC[36] — — Later Jin 0.8 0.31 0.537% 936[16] — — Ghana Empire 0.8 0.31 0.537% 1067[34] — — Pagan Kingdom 0.8 0.31 0.537% 1200[16] — — Western Satraps Dynasty 0.8 0.31 0.537% 100[34] — — Himyarite Kingdom 0.8 0.31 0.537% 400[36] — — Balhae Kingdom 0.8 0.31 0.537% 830[4] — — Khanate of Kazan 0.7 0.27 0.470% 1540[16] — — Merovingian Dynasty, Francia 0.7 0.27 0.470% 558[16] — — Bulgarian Empire 0.7 0.27 0.470% 900[citation needed] — — Shu Dynasty 0.7 0.27 0.470% 221[34] — — Yadava Gauli Kingdom 0.7 0.27 0.470% 1250[16] — — Paramara Dynasty 0.7 0.27 0.470% 1050[34] — — Kingdom of Dali 0.7 0.27 0.470% 1200[citation needed] — — Vijayanagara Empire 0.7 0.27 0.470% 1529[citation needed] — 5.00% (25.0 million out of 500 million[11] in the 16th century) Kingdom of Nanzhao 0.7 0.27 0.470% 830[16] — — Austro-Hungarian Empire 0.676615 0.26 0.454% 1867–1918 52.8 in 1914 2.90% (51.3 million out of 1.753 billion in 1910) Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt 0.65 0.25 0.436% 1650 BC[36] — — 26th Dynasty of Egypt 0.65 0.25 0.436% 550 BC[36] — — Vakataka Kingdom 0.65 0.25 0.436% 450[36] — — Visigothic Kingdom 0.6 0.23 0.403% 580[34] — — Caliphate of Córdoba 0.6 0.23 0.403% 1000[16] — — Rai Dynasty 0.6 0.23 0.403% 675[34] — — Maukhari Kannauj Dynasty 0.6 0.23 0.403% 600[16] — — Bahmani Sultanate 0.6 0.23 0.403% 1470[16] — — Nizams Dynasty 0.6 0.23 0.403% 1740[citation needed] — — Sikh Empire 0.5609 0.22 0.377% 1845[citation needed] — — Middle Kingdom of Egypt 0.5 0.19 0.336% 1850 BC[36] — — Lydian Empire 0.5 0.19 0.336% 585 BC[36] — — Neo-Babylonian Empire 0.5 0.19 0.336% 562 BC[36] — — Kosala Dynasty 0.5 0.19 0.336% 543 BC[34] — — Shishunaga dynasty 0.5 0.19 0.336% 510 BC[34] — — Chu Dynasty 0.5 0.19 0.336% 350 BC[34] — — Pandyan Dynasty, Tamizhan kingdom 0.5 0.19 0.336% 1251[citation needed] — — Later Han 0.5 0.19 0.336% 947[16] — — Kangju Empire 0.5 0.19 0.336% 100 BC[34] — — Ostrogothic Kingdom 0.5 0.19 0.336% 510[16] — — Goguryeo Kingdom 0.45 0.17 0.302% 476[36] — — Xia Dynasty 0.45 0.17 0.302% 1800 BC[36] — — Polish Piast State 0.4 0.15 0.269% 1003[55][57] ca. 2 (in 1003)[54][58] 0.58% to 0.79% (avg. 0.7%)[56] Crimean Khanate 0.4 0.15 0.269% 1500[16] — — Armenian Kingdom 0.4 0.15 0.269% 189 BC[34] — — Old Kingdom of Egypt 0.4 0.15 0.269% 2400 BC[36] — — Middle Kingdom of Assyria 0.4 0.15 0.269% 1080 BC[36] — — Latin Empire 0.35 0.14 0.235% 1204[34] — — Mitanni Empire 0.3 0.12 0.201% 1450 BC[36] — — Carthaginian Empire 0.3 0.12 0.201% 220 BC[36] — — 1st Dynasty, Babylon 0.25 0.10 0.168% 1690 BC[36] — — Serbian Empire 0.25 0.10 0.168% 1350[citation needed] — — Aztec Empire 0.22 0.08 0.148% 1520[16] — — Middle Elamite 0.2 0.08 0.134% 1160 BC[36] — — 2nd Dynasty, Isin 0.2 0.08 0.134% 1130 BC[36] — — Urartu, or Kingdom of Ararat or Van 0.2 0.08 0.134% 800 BC[36] — — Amorian Dynasty, Byzantium 0.2 0.08 0.134% 750 BC[36] — — Old Kingdom, Assyria 0.15 0.06 0.101% 1730 BC[36] — — Eastern Zhou Dynasty 0.15 0.06 0.101% 770 BC[36] — —
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