LARGEST 174 EMPIRES IN THE HISTORY

EmpireMaximum land area
Million km2Million sq mi% of worldYear
British Empire[a]35.5[9]13.7126.35%1920[9]
Mongol Empire[b]24.0[9][10]9.2717.81%1270[10] or 1309[9]
Russian Empire[c]22.8[9][10]8.8016.92%1895[9][10]
Qing dynasty[d]14.7[9][10]5.6810.91%1790[9][10]
Spanish Empire13.7[9]5.2910.17%1810[9]
Second French colonial empire11.5[9]4.448.53%1920[9]
Abbasid Caliphate11.1[9]4.298.24%750[9]
Umayyad Caliphate11.1[9]4.298.24%720[9]
Yuan dynasty11.0[9]4.258.16%1310[9]
Xiongnu Empire9.0[10][11]3.476.68%176 BC[10][11]
Empire of Brazil[e]8.337[12]3.226.19%1889[12]
Empire of Japan7.4[13]–8.512.86–3.285[14]5.49%–6.32%1942[13][14]
Eastern Han dynasty6.5[11]2.514.82%100[11]
Ming dynasty6.5[9][10]2.514.82%1450[9][10]
Rashidun Caliphate6.4[9]2.474.75%655[9]
First Turkic Khaganate6.0[10][11]2.324.45%557[10][11]
Golden Horde Khanate6.0[9][10]2.324.45%1310[9][10]
Western Han dynasty6.0[10][11]2.324.45%50 BC[10][11]
Achaemenid Empire5.5[10][11]2.124.08%500 BC[10][11]
Second Portuguese Empire[e]5.5[9]2.124.08%1820[9]
Tang dynasty5.4[9][10]2.084.01%715[9][10]
Macedonian Empire5.2[10][11]2.013.86%323 BC[10][11]
Ottoman Empire5.2[9][10]2.013.86%1683[9][10]
Northern Yuan dynasty5.0[9]1.933.71%1368[9]
Roman Empire5.0[10][11]1.933.71%117[10][11]
Xin dynasty4.7[11]1.813.49%10[11]
Tibetan Empire4.6[9][10]1.783.41%800[9][10]
Xianbei state4.5[15]1.743.34%200[15]
First Mexican Empire4.429[16]1.713.29%1821[16]
Timurid Empire4.4[9][10]1.703.27%1405[9][10]
Fatimid Caliphate4.1[9][10]1.583.04%969[9][10]
Eastern Turkic Khaganate4.0[11]1.542.97%624[11]
Hunnic Empire4.0[10][11]1.542.97%441[10][11]
Mughal Empire4.0[9][10]1.542.97%1690[9][10]
Great Seljuq Empire3.9[9][10]1.512.89%1080[9][10]
Seleucid Empire3.9[10][11]1.512.89%301 BC[10][11]
Italian Empire3.825[17]1.482.84%1941[17]
Ilkhanate3.75[9][10]1.452.78%1310[9][10]
Dzungar Khanate3.6[15]1.392.67%1650[15]
Chagatai Khanate3.5[9][10]1.352.60%1310[9] or 1350[9][10]
Sasanian Empire3.5[10][11]1.352.60%550[10][11]
Western Turkic Khaganate3.5[11]1.352.60%630[11]
Western Xiongnu3.5[11]1.352.60%20[11]
First French colonial empire3.4[9]1.312.52%1670[9]
Ghaznavid Empire3.4[9][10]1.312.52%1029[9][10]
Maurya Empire3.4[11]–5.0[10]1.31–1.932.52%–3.71%261 BC[11] or 250 BC[10]
Delhi Sultanate3.2[9][10]1.242.37%1312[9][10]
German colonial empire3.1471.215[18]2.34%1911[18]
Northern Song dynasty3.1[9][10]1.202.30%980[9][10]
Uyghur Khaganate3.1[9][10]1.202.30%800[9][10]
Western Jin dynasty3.1[11]1.202.30%280[11]
Danish Empire3.0[19]1.162.23%1700[19]
Sui dynasty3.0[11]1.162.23%589[11]
Safavid empire2.9[15]1.122.15%1630[15]
Samanid Empire2.85[9][10]1.102.12%928[9][10]
Eastern Jin dynasty2.8[11]1.082.08%347[11]
Median Empire[f]2.8[10][11]1.082.08%585 BC[10][11]
Parthian Empire2.8[10][11]1.082.08%1[10][11]
Rouran Khaganate2.8[10][11]1.082.08%405[10][11]
Byzantine Empire2.7[10]–2.8[11]1.04–1.082.00%–2.08%555[10] or 450[11]
Indo-Scythian Kingdom2.6[11]1.001.93%20[11]
Liao dynasty2.6[9][10]1.001.93%947[9][10]
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom2.5[11]0.971.86%184 BC[11]
Later Zhao2.5[11]0.971.86%329[11]
Maratha Confederacy2.5[10]0.971.86%1760[10]
Belgian colonial empire2.366[17]–2.470.91–0.95[21]1.76%–1.83%1941[17] or 1939[21]
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)2.3[9][10]0.891.71%1126[9][10]
Khwarazmian Empire2.3[10]–3.6[9]0.89–1.391.71%–2.67%1210[10] or 1218[9]
Qin dynasty2.3[11]0.891.71%220 BC[11]
Dutch Empire2.1[15]0.811.56%1938[15]
First French Empire2.1[9]0.811.56%1813[9]
Kievan Rus’2.1[9][10]0.811.56%1000[9][10]
Mamluk Sultanate2.1[9][10]0.811.56%1300[9] or 1400[10]
Southern Song dynasty2.1[9]0.811.56%1127[9]
Third Portuguese Empire2.1[9]0.811.56%1900[9]
Almohad Caliphate2.0[10]–2.3[9]0.77–0.891.48%–1.71%1200[10] or 1150[9]
Cao Wei2.0[11]0.771.48%263[11]
Former Qin2.0[11]0.771.48%376[11]
Former Zhao2.0[11]0.771.48%316[11]
Ghurid dynasty2.0[15]0.771.48%1200[15]
Inca Empire2.0[9][10]0.771.48%1527[9][10]
Kushan Empire2.0[10]–2.5[11]0.77–0.971.48%–1.86%200[10][11]
Liu Song dynasty2.0[11]0.771.48%450[11]
Northern Wei2.0[11]0.771.48%450[11]
Western Roman Empire2.0[11]0.771.48%395[11]
Ayyubid dynasty1.7[9]–2.0[10]0.66–0.771.26%–1.48%1200[9] or 1190[10]
Gupta Empire1.7[11]–3.5[10]0.66–1.351.26%–2.60%440[11] or 400[10]
Hephthalite Empire1.7[22]–4.0[11]0.66–1.541.26%–2.97%500[22] or 470[11]
Buyid dynasty1.6[9][10]0.621.19%980[9][10]
Eastern Wu1.5[11]0.581.11%221[11]
Northern Qi1.5[11]0.581.11%557[11]
Northern Xiongnu1.5[11]0.581.11%60[11]
Northern Zhou1.5[11]0.581.11%577[11]
Neo-Assyrian Empire1.4[10][23]0.541.04%670 BC[10][23]
Eastern Maurya Kingdom1.3[11]0.500.96%210 BC[11]
Liang dynasty1.3[10][11]0.500.96%502,[11] 549,[11] or 579[10]
Qajar Empire1.290.50[24]0.96%1873[24]
Kingdom of Aksum1.25[10]0.480.93%350[10]
Shang dynasty1.25[10][23]0.480.93%1122 BC[10][23]
Francia1.2[9][10]0.460.89%814[9][10]
Srivijaya1.2[10]0.460.89%1200[10]
Indo-Greek Kingdom1.1[11]0.420.82%150 BC[11]
Mali Empire1.1[9][10]0.420.82%1380[9][10]
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth1.1[9][10]0.420.82%1480[10] or 1650[9]
Almoravid dynasty1.0[10]0.390.74%1120[10]
Pushyabhuti dynasty1.0[9][10]0.390.74%625[9] or 648[9][10]
Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty1.0[9]0.390.74%860[9]
Holy Roman Empire1.0[9]0.390.74%1050[9]
Khazar Khanate1.0[9]–3.0[10]0.39–1.160.74%–2.23%900[9] or 850[10]
Khmer Empire1.0[9][10]0.390.74%1290[9][10]
New Kingdom of Egypt1.0[10][23]0.390.74%1450 BC[23] or 1300 BC[10]
Ptolemaic Kingdom1.0[11]0.390.74%301 BC[11]
Qara Khitai1.0[9]–1.5[10]0.39–0.580.74%–1.11%1130[9] or 1210[10]
Scythia1.0[22]0.390.74%400 BC[22]
Shu Han1.0[11]0.390.74%221[11]
Tahirid dynasty1.0[9]0.390.74%800[9]
Western Xia1.0[10]0.390.74%1100[10]
Swedish Empire0.99[25]0.380.73%1700[25]
Nazi Germany0.824[17]0.320.61%1941[17]
Akkadian Empire0.8[23]0.310.59%2250 BC[23]
Avar Khaganate0.8[11]0.310.59%600[11]
Chu0.8[11]0.310.59%300 BC[11]
Huns0.8[11]0.310.59%287[11]
Songhai Empire0.8[9]0.310.59%1550[9]
Hyksos0.65[23]0.250.48%1650 BC[23]
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt0.65[23]0.250.48%550 BC[23]
Rozvi Empire0.624[26]0.240.46%1700[26]
Austro-Hungarian Empire0.620.24[27]0.46%1905[27]
Caliphate of Córdoba0.6[9]0.230.45%1000[9]
First Portuguese Empire0.6[9]0.230.45%1580[9]
Visigothic Kingdom0.6[11]0.230.45%580[11]
Zhou dynasty0.55[28]0.210.41%1100 BC[28]
Sikh Empire0.520.20[29]0.39%1839[29]
Emirate of Córdoba0.5[9]0.190.37%756[9]
Kosala0.5[11]0.190.37%543 BC[11]
Lydia0.5[23]0.190.37%585 BC[23]
Magadha0.5[11]0.190.37%510 BC[11]
Middle Kingdom of Egypt0.5[23]0.190.37%1850 BC[23]
Neo-Babylonian Empire0.5[23]0.190.37%562 BC[23]
Satavahana dynasty0.5[11]0.190.37%150[11]
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt0.5[23]0.190.37%715 BC[23]
Western Satraps0.5[11]0.190.37%100[11]
New Hittite Kingdom0.45[23]0.170.33%1250 BC – 1220 BC[23]
Xia dynasty0.45[23]0.170.33%1800 BC[23]
Bulgarian Empire0.4[30][need quotation to verify]0.150.30%850[30][need quotation to verify]
Kingdom of France (Middle Ages)0.4[9]0.150.30%1250[9]
Middle Assyrian Empire0.4[23]0.150.30%1080 BC[23]
Old Kingdom of Egypt0.4[23]0.150.30%2400 BC[23]
Sokoto Caliphate0.4[31]0.150.30%1804[31]
Latin Empire0.35[11]0.140.26%1204[11]
Ancient Carthage0.3[11]0.120.22%220 BC[11]
Indus Valley civilisation[g]0.3[28]0.120.22%1800 BC[28]
Mitanni0.3[23]0.120.22%1450 BC – 1375 BC[23]
Ashanti Empire0.25[32]0.100.19%1820[32]
First Babylonian Empire0.25[23]0.100.19%1690 BC[23]
Aztec Empire0.22[9]0.080.16%1520[9]
Zulu Empire0.210.08[33]0.16%1822[33]
Elamite Empire0.2[23]0.080.15%1160 BC[23]
Phrygia0.2[23]0.080.15%750 BC[23]
Second Dynasty of Isin0.2[23]0.080.15%1130 BC[23]
Urartu0.2[23]0.080.15%800 BC[23]
Eastern Zhou0.15[23]0.060.11%770 BC[23]
Middle Hittite Kingdom0.15[23]0.060.11%1450 BC[23]
Old Assyrian Empire0.15[23]0.060.11%1730 BC[23]
Old Hittite Empire0.15[23]0.060.11%1530 BC[23]
Oyo Empire0.15[34]0.060.11%1680[34]
Bornu Empire0.130.05[35]0.10%1892[35]
Larsa0.1[23]0.040.07%1750 BC – 1700 BC[23]
Neo-Sumerian Empire0.1[23]0.040.07%2000 BC[23]
Tarascan empire0.075[36]0.030.06%1450[36]
Lagash0.05[28]0.020.04%2400 BC[28]
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  1. korniche dit :

    Great work Bro 😀

  2. broodyMax dit :

    bon article

  3. beya bouzaiene dit :

    Merci pour ces informations

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