List of largest empires

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A map of the British and Mongol empires at their respective greatest extents
The British Empire (red) and Mongol Empire (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of either empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars.

Several empires in human history have been contenders for the largest of all time, depending on definition and mode of measurement. Possible ways of measuring size include area, population, economy, and power. Of these, area is the most commonly used because it has a fairly precise definition and can be feasibly measured with some degree of accuracy.[1] Estonian political scientist Rein Taagepera, who published a series of academic articles about the territorial extents of historical empires between 1978 and 1997,[2][3][4][5] defined an empire as "any relatively large sovereign political entity whose components are not sovereign" and its size as the area over which the empire has some undisputed military and taxation prerogatives.[6] The list is not exhaustive owing to a lack of available data for several empires; for this reason and because of the inherent uncertainty in the estimates, no rankings are given.

Largest empires by land area

For context, the land area of the Earth, excluding the continent of Antarctica, is Script error: No such module "convert"..[7]

Empires at their greatest extent

File:The Harmsworth atlas and Gazetter 1908 (135853015).jpg
The home and colonial areas of the world's empires in 1908, as given by The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer

Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control.[8] Where estimates vary, entries are sorted by the lowest estimate. Where more than one entry has the same area, they are listed alphabetically. Template:Sticky header

Empire Maximum land area
Million km2 Million sq mi % of world Year
British EmpireTemplate:Efn 35.5[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Mongol EmpireTemplate:Efn 24.0[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Russian EmpireTemplate:Efn 22.8[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Qing dynastyTemplate:Efn 14.7[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Spanish Empire 13.7[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Second French colonial empire 11.5[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Abbasid Caliphate 11.1[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Umayyad Caliphate 11.1[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Yuan dynasty 11.0[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Xiongnu Empire 9.0[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Empire of BrazilTemplate:Efn Script error: No such module "Math".[12] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[12]
Empire of Japan 7.4[13]–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".–3.285[14] Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[13][14]
Eastern Han dynasty 6.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Ming dynasty 6.5[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Rashidun Caliphate 6.4[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
First Turkic Khaganate 6.0[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Golden Horde Khanate 6.0[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Western Han dynasty 6.0[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Achaemenid Empire 5.5[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Second Portuguese EmpireTemplate:Efn 5.5[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Tang dynasty 5.4[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Macedonian Empire 5.2[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Ottoman Empire 5.2[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Northern Yuan dynasty 5.0[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Roman Empire 5.0[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Xin dynasty 4.7[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Tibetan Empire 4.6[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Xianbei state 4.5[15] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[15]
First Mexican Empire 4.429[16] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[16]
Timurid Empire 4.4[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Fatimid Caliphate 4.1[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Eastern Turkic Khaganate 4.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Hunnic Empire 4.0[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Mughal Empire 4.0[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Great Seljuq Empire 3.9[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Seleucid Empire 3.9[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Italian Empire Script error: No such module "Math".[17] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[17]
Ilkhanate 3.75[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Dzungar Khanate 3.6[15] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[15]
Chagatai Khanate 3.5[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Sasanian Empire 3.5[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Western Turkic Khaganate 3.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Western Xiongnu 3.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
First French colonial empire 3.4[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Ghaznavid Empire 3.4[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Maurya Empire 3.4[11]–5.0[10] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Delhi Sultanate 3.2[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
German colonial empire Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Math".[18] Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[18]
Northern Song dynasty 3.1[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Uyghur Khaganate 3.1[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Western Jin dynasty 3.1[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Danish Empire 3.0[19] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[19]
Sui dynasty 3.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Safavid empire 2.9[15] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[15]
Samanid Empire 2.85[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Eastern Jin dynasty 2.8[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Median EmpireTemplate:Efn 2.8[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Parthian Empire 2.8[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". 1[10][11]
Rouran Khaganate 2.8[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Byzantine Empire 2.7[10]–2.8[11] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Indo-Scythian Kingdom 2.6[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Liao dynasty 2.6[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom 2.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Later Zhao 2.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Maratha Confederacy 2.5[10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Belgian colonial empire Script error: No such module "Math".[17]–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "Math".[20] Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[17] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[20]
Jin dynasty (1115–1234) 2.3[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Khwarazmian Empire 2.3[10]–3.6[9] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Qin dynasty 2.3[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Dutch Empire 2.1[15] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[15]
First French Empire 2.1[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Kievan Rus' 2.1[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Mamluk Sultanate 2.1[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Southern Song dynasty 2.1[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Third Portuguese Empire 2.1[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Almohad Caliphate 2.0[10]–2.3[9] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Cao Wei 2.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Former Qin 2.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Former Zhao 2.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Ghurid dynasty 2.0[15] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[15]
Inca Empire 2.0[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Kushan Empire 2.0[10]–2.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][11]
Liu Song dynasty 2.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Northern Wei 2.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Western Roman Empire 2.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Ayyubid dynasty 1.7[9]–2.0[10] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Gupta Empire 1.7[11]–3.5[10] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Hephthalite Empire 1.7[21]–4.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[21] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Buyid dynasty 1.6[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Eastern Wu 1.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Northern Qi 1.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Northern Xiongnu 1.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Northern Zhou 1.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Neo-Assyrian Empire 1.4[10][22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][22]
Eastern Maurya Kingdom 1.3[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Liang dynasty 1.3[10][11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".,[11] Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".,[11] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Qajar Empire Script error: No such module "convert". 0.50[23] Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[23]
Kingdom of Aksum 1.25[10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Shang dynasty 1.25[10][22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10][22]
Francia 1.2[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Srivijaya 1.2[10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Indo-Greek Kingdom 1.1[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Mali Empire 1.1[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1.1[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Almoravid dynasty 1.0[10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Pushyabhuti dynasty 1.0[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty 1.0[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Holy Roman Empire 1.0[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Khazar Khanate 1.0[9]–3.0[10] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Khmer Empire 1.0[9][10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9][10]
New Kingdom of Egypt 1.0[10][22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Ptolemaic Kingdom 1.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Qara Khitai 1.0[9]–1.5[10] Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage".–Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9] or Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Scythia 1.0[21] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[21]
Shu Han 1.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Tahirid dynasty 1.0[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Western Xia 1.0[10] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[10]
Swedish Empire 0.99[24] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[24]
Kingdom of Armenia 0.9[25] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[25]
Nazi Germany Script error: No such module "Math".[17] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[17]
Akkadian Empire 0.8[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Avar Khaganate 0.8[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Chu 0.8[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Huns 0.8[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Songhai Empire 0.8[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Hyksos 0.65[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt 0.65[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Rozvi Empire 0.624[26] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[26]
Austro-Hungarian Empire Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Math".[27] Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[27]
Caliphate of Córdoba 0.6[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
First Portuguese Empire 0.6[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Visigothic Kingdom 0.6[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Zhou dynasty 0.55[28] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[28]
Sikh Empire Script error: No such module "convert". 0.20[29] Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[29]
Emirate of Córdoba 0.5[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Kosala 0.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Lydia 0.5[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Magadha 0.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Middle Kingdom of Egypt 0.5[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Neo-Babylonian Empire 0.5[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Satavahana dynasty 0.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt 0.5[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Western Satraps 0.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
New Hittite Kingdom 0.45[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Xia dynasty 0.45[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Bulgarian Empire 0.4[30]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[30]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Kingdom of France (Middle Ages) 0.4[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Middle Assyrian Empire 0.4[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Old Kingdom of Egypt 0.4[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Sokoto Caliphate 0.4[31] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[31]
Latin Empire 0.35[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Ancient Carthage 0.3[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Indus Valley CivilisationTemplate:Efn 0.3[28] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[28]
Mitanni 0.3[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Ashanti Empire 0.25[32] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[32]
First Babylonian Empire 0.25[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Aztec Empire 0.22[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Zulu Empire Script error: No such module "convert". 0.08[33] Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[33]
Elamite Empire 0.2[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Phrygia 0.2[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Second Dynasty of Isin 0.2[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Urartu 0.2[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Eastern Zhou 0.15[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Middle Hittite Kingdom 0.15[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Old Assyrian Empire 0.15[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Old Hittite Empire 0.15[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Oyo Empire 0.15[34] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[34]
Bornu Empire Script error: No such module "convert". 0.05[35] Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[35]
Larsa 0.1[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Neo-Sumerian Empire 0.1[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Tarascan empire 0.075[36] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[36]
Lagash 0.05[28] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[28]
Sumer 0.05[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Percentage". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Template:Notelist

Timeline of largest empires to date

The earliest empire which can with certainty be stated to have been larger than all previous empires was that of Upper and Lower Egypt, which covered ten times the area of the previous largest civilisation around the year 3000 BC.[37] Template:Sticky header

Empire Land area Year
Million km2 Million sq mi
Upper and Lower Egypt 0.1[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Old Kingdom of Egypt 0.25[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
0.4[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Akkadian Empire 0.65[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
0.8[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
New Kingdom of Egypt 1.0[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Shang dynasty 1.25[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Neo-Assyrian Empire 1.4[22] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[22]
Median EmpireTemplate:Efn 2.8[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Achaemenid Empire 3.6[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
5.5[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Xiongnu Empire 9.0[11] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[11]
Umayyad Caliphate 11.1[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
Mongol Empire 13.5[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
24.0[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
British Empire 24.5[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
35.5[9] Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[9]
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Timeline of largest empires at the time

Empire Land area during time
as largest empire 		Approximate period[28]
Million km2[28] Million sq mi
Upper Egypt 0.1 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Old Kingdom of Egypt 0.25–0.4 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Akkadian Empire 0.2–0.6 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Indus Valley CivilisationTemplate:Efn 0.15 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Middle Kingdom of Egypt 0.2–0.5 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Xia dynasty 0.4 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Hyksos 0.65 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
New Kingdom of Egypt 0.65–1.0 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Shang dynasty 0.9–1.1 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
New Kingdom of Egypt 0.5–0.6 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Zhou dynasty 0.35–0.45 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Neo-Assyrian Empire 0.4–1.4 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Median EmpireTemplate:Efn 3.0 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Achaemenid Empire 2.5–5.5 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Macedonian Empire 5.2 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Seleucid Empire 4.0 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Maurya Empire 3.5 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Han dynasty 2.5 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Xiongnu Empire 5.7 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Han dynasty 4.2–6.5 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". – Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". AD
Roman Empire 4.4 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Sasanian Empire 3.5 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Hunnic Empire 4.0 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Sasanian Empire 3.5 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Göktürk Khaganate 3.0–5.2 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Rashidun Caliphate 5.2 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Umayyad Caliphate 9.0–11.0 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Abbasid Caliphate 8.3–11.0 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Tibet 2.5–4.7 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Song dynasty 3.0 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Seljuk Empire 3.0–4.0 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Tibet 2.5 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Jin dynasty (1115–1234) 2.3 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Mongol Empire 18.0–24.0 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Yuan dynasty 11.0 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Timurid Empire 4.0 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Ming dynasty 4.7–6.5 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Ottoman Empire 4.3 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Tsardom of Russia 6.0–12.0 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Russian Empire 14.0–17.0 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
British Empire 23.0–34.0 Script error: No such module "convert".–Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Soviet Union 22.5 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".–Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Template:Notelist

Largest empires by share of world population

File:The Harmsworth atlas and Gazetter 1908 (135853022).jpg
The home and colonial populations of the world's empires in 1908, as given by The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer

Because of the trend of increasing world population over time, absolute population figures are for some purposes less relevant for comparison between different empires than their respective shares of the world population at the time.[38] For the majority of the time since roughly 400 BC, the two most populous empires' combined share of the world population has been 30–40%. Most of the time, the most populous empire has been located in China.[39]

Empire Empire population
as percentage of
world population[40] 		Year[40]
Qing dynasty 37 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Northern Song dynasty 33 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Western Han dynasty 32 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Mongol Empire 31 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Roman Empire 30 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Jin dynasty (266–420) 28 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Ming dynasty 28 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Qin dynasty 24 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Mughal Empire 24 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Tang dynasty 23 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Delhi Sultanate 23 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
British Empire 23 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Empire of Japan 20 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Maurya Empire 19 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Former Qin 19 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Northern Zhou 16 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Macedonian Empire 15 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Empire of Harsha 15 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Gupta Empire 13 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Northern Wei 13 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Umayyad Caliphate 13 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Achaemenid Empire 12 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Former Yan 12 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Jin dynasty (1115–1234) 12 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".
Nazi Germany 12 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".

See also

References

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  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  10. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ a b c d e f Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  19. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  26. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ a b Template:Cite EB1911
  28. ↑ a b c d e f g h Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  29. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  30. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  31. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  32. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  33. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  34. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  35. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  36. ↑ a b Template:Cite thesis
  37. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  38. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  39. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  40. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Further reading

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