| Name |
Million km2 |
Million mi2 |
% of World |
Year |
| British Empire |
35.5 |
13.71 |
23.84 |
1920 AD |
| Mongol Empire |
24.0 |
9.27 |
16.11 |
1270 or 1309 AD |
| Russian Empire |
22.8 |
8.8 |
15.31 |
1895 AD |
| American Empire |
23.012 |
8.766 |
15.2 |
1902 AD |
| Spanish Empire |
13.7 or 20.0 |
5.29 or 7.72 |
9.2 or 13.43 |
1810 or 1750 AD |
| Qing Dynasty |
13.1 - 14.7 |
5.06 - 5.68 |
8.8 - 9.87 |
1790 AD |
| Second French Colonial Empire |
11.5 |
4.44 |
7.72 |
1920 AD |
| Abbasid Caliphate |
11.1 |
4.29 |
7.45 |
750 AD |
| Umayyad Caliphate |
11.1 |
4.29 |
7.45 |
720 AD |
| Yuan Dynasty |
11.0 or 13.72 |
4.25 or 5.3 |
7.39 or 9.21 |
1310 or 1330 AD |
| Xiongnu Empire |
9.0 |
3.47 |
6.04 |
176 BC |
| Brazilian Empire |
8.337 |
3.22 |
5.6 |
1889 AD |
| Empire of Japan |
7.4 or 8.51 |
2.86 or 3.285 |
4.97 or 5.71 |
1938 or 1942 AD |
| Spanish Empire (Iberian Union) |
7.1 |
2.74 |
4.77 |
1640 AD |
| Eastern Han Dynasty |
6.5 |
2.51 |
4.36 |
100 AD |
| Ming Dynasty |
6.5 |
2.51 |
4.36 |
1450 AD |
| Rashidun Caliphate |
6.4 |
2.47 |
4.3 |
655 AD |
| Görktürk Khaganate |
6.0 |
2.32 |
4.03 |
557 AD |
| Golden Horde Khaganate |
6.0 |
2.32 |
4.03 |
1310 AD |
| Western Han Dynasty |
6.0 |
2.32 |
4.03 |
50 BC |
| Persian Empire (Achaemenid) |
5.5 or 8.0 |
2.12 or 3.09 |
3.69m or 5.37 |
500 or 480 BC |
| Second Portuguese Empire |
5.5 or 10.4 |
2.12 or 4.02 |
3.69 or 6.98 |
1820 or 1815 AD |
| Tang Dynasty |
5.4 or 10.7 |
2.08 or 4.13 |
3.63 or 7.18 |
715 or 669 AD |
| Alexander's Empire |
5.2 |
2.01 |
3.49 |
323 BC |
| Ottoman Empire |
5.2 |
2.01 |
3.49 |
1683 AD |
| Roman Empire |
5.0 |
1.93 |
3.36 |
117 AD |
| Tibetan Empire |
4.6 |
1.78 |
3.09 |
800 AD |
| Timurid Empire |
4.4 |
1.7 |
2.95 |
1405 AD |
| Italian Empire |
4.25 |
1.64 |
2.85 |
1941 AD |
| Fatimid Caliphate |
4.1 |
1.58 |
2.75 |
969 AD |
| Eastern Görktürk Khaganate |
4.0 |
1.54 |
2.69 |
624 AD |
| Hephthalite Empire |
4.0 |
1.54 |
2.69 |
470 AD |
| Hunnic Empire (Attila) |
4.0 |
1.54 |
2.69 |
441 AD |
| Mughal Empire |
4.0 |
1.54 |
2.69 |
1690 AD |
| Seljuk Empire |
3.9 |
1.51 |
2.62 |
1080 AD |
| Seleucid Empire |
3.9 |
1.51 |
2.62 |
301 BC |
| Nazi German Empire |
3.898 |
1.505 |
2.61 |
1942 AD |
| Ilkhanate |
3.75 |
1.45 |
2.52 |
1310 AD |
| Chagatai Khaganate |
3.5 |
1.35 |
2.35 |
1310 or 13560 AD |
| Sassanid Empire |
3.5 |
1.35 |
2.35 |
550 BC |
| Western Turkic Khaganate |
3.5 |
1.35 |
2.35 |
630 AD |
| Western Xiongnu |
3.5 |
1.35 |
2.35 |
20 AD |
| First French Colonial Empire |
3.4 |
1.31 |
2.28 |
1670 AD |
| Ghaznavid Empire |
3.4 |
1.31 |
2.28 |
1029 AD |
| Maurya Empire |
3.4 or 5.0 |
1.31 or 1.93 |
2.28 or 3.36 |
261 or 250 BC |
| Tughlaq Dynasty |
3.2 |
1.24 |
2.15 |
1312 AD |
| German Colonial Empire |
3.2 |
1.24 |
2.15 |
1912 AD |
| Song Dynasty |
3.1 |
1.2 |
2.08 |
980 AD |
| Uyghur Khaganate |
3.1 |
1.2 |
2.08 |
800 AD |
| Western Jin Dynasty |
3.1 |
1.2 |
2.08 |
280 AD |
| Sui Dynasty |
3.0 |
1.16 |
2.01 |
589 AD |
| Samanid Empire |
2.85 |
1.1 |
1.91 |
928 AD |
| Byzantine Empire |
2.8 |
1.08 |
1.88 |
450 AD |
| Eastern Jin Dynasty |
2.8 |
1.08 |
1.88 |
347 AD |
| Median Empire |
2.8 |
1.08 |
1.88 |
585 BC |
| Parthian Empire |
2.8 |
1.08 |
1.88 |
0 AD |
| Rouran Khaganate |
2.8 |
1.08 |
1.88 |
405 AD |
| Indo-Scythian Kingdom |
2.6 |
1.0 |
1.75 |
20 AD |
| Liao Dynasty |
2.6 |
1.0 |
1.75 |
947 AD |
| Greco-Bactrian Kingdom |
2.5 |
.97 |
1.68 |
184 BC |
| Later Zhao Dynasty |
2.5 |
.97 |
1.68 |
329 AD |
| Maratha Empire |
2.5 |
.97 |
1.68 |
1760 AD |
| Jin Dynasty |
2.3 |
.89 |
1.54 |
1126 AD |
| Khwarezmian Empire |
2.3 or 3.6 |
.89 or 1.39 |
1.54 or 2.42 |
1210 or 1218 AD |
| Qin Dynasty |
2.3 |
.89 |
1.54 |
220 BC |
| First French Empire (Napoléon) |
2.1 |
.81 |
1.41 |
1813 AD |
| Kievan Rus |
2.1 |
.81 |
1.41 |
1000 AD |
| Mamluk Sultanate |
2.1 |
.81 |
1.41 |
1300 or 1400 AD |
| Third Portuguese Empire |
2.1 |
.81 |
1.41 |
1900 AD |
| Almohad Caliphate |
2.0 or 2.3 |
.77 or.89 |
1.34 or 1.54 |
1200 or 1250 AD |
| Cao Wei Dynasty |
2.0 |
.77 |
1.34 |
263 AD |
| Former Qin Dynasty |
2.0 |
.77 |
1.34 |
376 AD |
| Former Zhao Dynasty |
2.0 |
.77 |
1.34 |
316 AD |
| Inca Empire |
2.0 |
.77 |
1.34 |
1527 AD |
| Kushan Empire |
2.0 or 2.5 |
.77 or .97 |
1.34 or 1.68 |
200 AD |
| Liu Song Dynasty |
2.0 |
.77 |
1.34 |
450 AD |
| Northern Wei Dynasty |
2.0 |
.77 |
1.34 |
450 AD |
| Ayyubid Dynasty |
1.7 or 2.0 |
.66 or .77 |
1.14 or 1.34 |
1200 or 1190 AD |
| Gupta Empire |
1.7 or 3.5 |
.66 or 1.35 |
1.14 or 2.35 |
440 or 400 AD |
| Buyid Dynasty |
1.6 |
.62 |
1.07 |
980 AD |
| Eastern Wu Dynasty |
1.5 |
.58 |
1.01 |
221 AD |
| Northern Qi Dynasty |
1.5 |
.58 |
1.01 |
557 AD |
| Northern Xiongnu |
1.5 |
.58 |
1.01 |
60 AD |
| Northern Zhou Dynasty |
1.5 |
.58 |
1.01 |
557 AD |
| Assyrian Empire |
1.40 |
.54 |
.94 |
670 BC |
| Maurya Empire |
1.3 |
.50 |
.87 |
210 BC |
| Liang Dynasty |
1.3 |
.50 |
.87 |
579 AD |
| Kingdom of Aksum |
1.25 |
.48 |
.84 |
350 AD |
| Shang Dynasty |
1.25 |
.48 |
.84 |
1122 BC |
| Kingdom of the Franks |
1.2 |
.46 |
.81 |
814 AD |
| Srivijaya |
1.2 |
.46 |
.81 |
1200 AD |
| Indo-Greek Kingdom |
1.1 |
.42 |
.74 |
150 BC |
| Mali Empire |
1.1 |
.42 |
.74 |
1380 AD |
| Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |
1.1 |
.42 |
.74 |
1480 or 1650 AD |
| Almoravid Dynasty |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
1120 AD |
| Empire of Harsha |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
625 or 648 AD |
| Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
860 AD |
| Holy Roman Empire |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
1050 AD |
| Khazar Khanate |
1.0 or 3.0 |
.39 or 1.16 |
.67 or 2.01 |
900 or 850 AD |
| Khmer Empire |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
1290 AD |
| New Kingdom of Egypt |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
1450 or 1300 BC |
| Ptolemaic Empire |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
301 BC |
| Qara Khitai |
1.0 or 1.5 |
.39 or .58 |
.67 or 1.01 |
1130 or 1210 AD |
| Shu Han Dynasty |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
221 AD |
| Tahirid Dynasty |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
800 AD |
| Western Xia Dynasty |
1.0 |
.39 |
.67 |
1100 AD |
| First Bulgarian Empire |
.80 |
.31 |
.54 |
927 AD |
| Akkadian Empire |
.80 |
.31 |
.54 |
2250 BC |
| Avar Khaganate |
.80 |
.31 |
.54 |
600 AD |
| Chu State |
.80 |
.31 |
.54 |
300 BC |
| First Portuguese Empire |
.80 |
.31 |
.54 |
1580 AD |
| Songhai Empire |
.80 |
.31 |
.54 |
1550 AD |
| Hyksos |
.65 |
.25 |
.44 |
1650 BC |
| Egyptian 26th Dynasty |
.65 |
.25 |
.44 |
550 BC |
| Caliphate of Córdoba |
.60 |
.23 |
.40 |
1000 AD |
| Visigothic Kingdom |
.60 |
.23 |
.40 |
580 AD |
| Kingdom of Kosala |
.50 |
.19 |
.34 |
543 BC |
| Lydia |
.50 |
.19 |
.34 |
585 BC |
| Kingdom of Magadha |
.50 |
.19 |
.34 |
510 BC |
| Egyptian Middle Kingdom |
.50 |
.19 |
.34 |
1850 BC |
| Neo-Babylonian Empire |
.50 |
.19 |
.34 |
562 BC |
| Satvahana Dynasty |
.50 |
.19 |
.34 |
150 AD |
| Egyptian 25th Dynasty |
.50 |
.19 |
.34 |
715 BC |
| Western Satraps |
.50 |
.19 |
.34 |
100 AD |
| Second Bulgarian Empire |
.477 |
.18 |
.32 |
1241 AD |
| New Hittite Kingdom |
.45 |
.17 |
.30 |
1250 or 1220 BC |
| Xia Dynasty |
.45 |
.17 |
.30 |
1800 BC |
| Middle Assyrian Empire |
.40 |
.15 |
.27 |
1080 BC |
| Egyptian Old Kingdom |
.40 |
.15 |
.27 |
2400 BC |
| Ancient Carthage |
.30 |
.12 |
.20 |
220 BC |
| Mitanni Empire |
.30 |
.12 |
.20 |
1450 or 1375 BC |
| Babylonian Empire |
.25 |
.10 |
.17 |
1690 BC |
| Aztec Empire |
.22 |
.08 |
.15 |
1520 AD |
| Elamite Empire |
.20 |
.08 |
.13 |
1160 BC |
| Phrygia |
.20 |
.08 |
.13 |
750 BC |
| Second Dynasty of Isin |
.20 |
.08 |
.13 |
1130 BC |
| Urartu Kingdom |
.20 |
.08 |
.13 |
800 BC |
| Middle Hittite Kingdom |
.15 |
.06 |
.10 |
1450 BC |
| Old Assyrian Empire |
.15 |
.06 |
.10 |
1730 BC |
| Old Hittite Kingdom |
.15 |
.06 |
.10 |
1530 BC |
| Ashanti Empire |
.10 |
.04 |
.07 |
1872 AD |
| Larsa (Lugalzagesi of Umma) |
.10 |
.04 |
.07 |
1750-1700 BC |
| Sumerian 3rd Dynasty |
.05 |
.02 |
.03 |
2000 BC |
| Sumerian Empire |
.05 |
.02 |
.03 |
2400 BC |
