EMPIRES AT THEIR GREATEST EXTENT

Empire	Max. land area (million km2)	Max. land area (million mi2)	% of world land area	Year
British Empire	35.5[3]	13.71	23.84%	1920[3]
Mongol Empire	24.0[3][4]	9.27	16.11%	1270[4] or 1309[3]
Russian Empire	22.8[3][4]	8.80	15.31%	1895[3][4]
Qing dynasty	14.7[3][4]	5.68	9.87%	1790[3][4]
Spanish Empire	13.7[3]	5.29	9.20%	1810[3]
Second French colonial empire	11.5[3]	4.44	7.72%	1920[3]
Abbasid Caliphate	11.1[3][4]	4.29	7.45%	750[3][4]
Umayyad Caliphate	11.1[3]	4.29	7.45%	720[3]
Yuan dynasty	11.0[3]	4.25	7.39%	1310[3]
Xiongnu Empire	9.0[4][5]	3.47	6.04%	176 BC[4][5]
Brazilian Empire	8.337[6]	3.22	5.60%	1889[6]
Eastern Han dynasty	6.5[5]	2.51	4.36%	100[5]
Ming dynasty	6.5[3][4]	2.51	4.36%	1450[3][4]
Rashidun Caliphate	6.4[3]	2.47	4.30%	655[3]
Göktürk Khaganate	6.0[4][5]	2.32	4.03%	557[4][5]
Golden Horde Khanate	6.0[3][4]	2.32	4.03%	1310[3][4]
Western Han dynasty	6.0[4][5]	2.32	4.03%	50 BC[4][5]
Achaemenid Empire	5.5[4][5]	2.12	3.69%	500 BC[4][5]
Tang dynasty	5.4[3][4]	2.08	3.63%	715[3][4]
Macedonian Empire	5.2[4][5]	2.01	3.49%	323 BC[4][5]
Ottoman Empire	5.2[3][4]	2.01	3.49%	1683[3][4]
Maurya Empire	5.0[4]	1.93	3.36%	250 BC[4]
Roman Empire	5.0[4][5]	1.93	3.36%	117[4][5]
Tibetan Empire	4.6[3][4]	1.78	3.09%	800[3][4]
Timurid Empire	4.4[3][4]	1.70	2.95%	1405[3][4]
Fatimid Caliphate	4.1[3][4]	1.58	2.75%	969[3][4]
Eastern Turkic Khaganate	4.0[5]	1.54	2.69%	624[5]
Hephthalite Empire	4.0[5]	1.54	2.69%	470[5]
Hunnic Empire	4.0[4][5]	1.54	2.69%	441[4][5]
Mughal Empire	4.0[3][4]	1.54	2.69%	1690[3][4]
Great Seljuq Empire	3.9[3][4]	1.51	2.62%	1080[3][4]
Seleucid Empire	3.9[4][5]	1.51	2.62%	301 BC[4][5]
Italian Empire	3.798[7]	1.47	2.55%	1938[7]
Ilkhanate	3.75[3][4]	1.45	2.52%	1310[3][4]
Khwarazmian Empire	3.6[3]	1.39	2.42%	1218[3]
Chagatai Khanate	3.5[3][4]	1.35	2.35%	1310[3] or 1350[3][4]
Gupta Empire	3.5[4]	1.35	2.35%	400[4]
Sasanian Empire	3.5[4][5]	1.35	2.35%	550[4][5]
Western Turkic Khaganate	3.5[5]	1.35	2.35%	630[5]
First French colonial empire	3.4[3]	1.31	2.28%	1670[3]
Ghaznavid Empire	3.4[3][4]	1.31	2.28%	1029[3][4]
Delhi Sultanate (Tughlaq dynasty)	3.2[3][4]	1.24	2.15%	1312[3][4]
German colonial empire	3.199[8][9]	1.24	2.15%	1912[9]
Song dynasty	3.1[3][4]	1.20	2.08%	980[3][4]
Uyghur Khaganate	3.1[3][4]	1.20	2.08%	800[3][4]
Western Jin dynasty	3.1[5]	1.20	2.08%	280[5]
Khazar Khanate	3.0[4]	1.16	2.01%	850[4]
Sui dynasty	3.0[5]	1.16	2.01%	589[5]

See also