This article provides a list of the largest empires in world history. This article is about the political and historical term. ... For the history of Earth which includes the time before human existence, see History of Earth. ...

Definition

Main article: Empire

An empire is a state that extends dominion over areas and populations distinct culturally and ethnically from the culture/ethnicity at the center of power. This article is about the political and historical term. ... For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). ... The term Ethnicity redirects here. ... In the context of international relations and diplomacy, power (sometimes clarified as international power, national power, or state power) is the ability of one state to influence or control other states. ...

Difficulties in measuring and comparing empires

Empires are all individual in character, having been formed in widely different times under widely different political structures. In fact, the term Empire as stated above does not imply any particular form of government. Whether a nation is or was called an empire is also not relevant to whether it is considered an empire for the purposes of this article. This article is about the political and historical term. ...

The calculation of the land area of a particular empire is controversial. In particular, there is the question of whether a particular empire can be considered to have laid claim to an area that is sparsely populated, or not populated at all. For example, some researchers believe Persian empire, which is the largest empire of ancient world, is also the largest empire of world in every time, by considering it from China to Africa and from Persian gulf to Siberia at its largest extent. In general, this list errs on the side of including any land area that was explored and explicitly claimed, even if the areas were very sparsely populated or unpopulated. For example, a large portion of Northern Siberia is not included in the size of the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire's northern border was somewhat ill-defined, but in most places it was simply the natural border between the steppe and the taiga. Occupied areas north of this are included in the area of the empire, but at the time the majority of the taiga and tundra were unexplored and uninhabited. This area was only very sparsely populated by the Russian Empire, but it had been explicitly claimed by the Russian Empire by the 1600s, and its extent had been entirely explored by the late 1800s. Similarly, the northernmost Canadian islands such as Ellesmere Island were explored and claimed by the British Empire by the mid 1800s (virtually the entire mainland was at least sparsely populated well before that). No claims on mainland Antarctica are included in the area of any of the empires. Persia redirects here. ... The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000-5,500 years, with cuneiform possibly being the oldest form of writing. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ... This article is about Siberia as a whole. ... This article is about Siberia as a whole. ... Expansion of the Mongol Empire Historical map of the Mongol Empire The Mongol Empire, also known as the Mongolian Empire (Mongolian: , Mongolyn Ezent Güren; 1206–1405) was the largest contiguous empire in history and for sometime was the most feared in Eurasia. ... This article is about the ecological zone type. ... For other uses, see Taiga (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Taiga (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tundra (disambiguation). ... The subject of this article was previously also known as Russia. ... Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...

Due to the historical trend of increasing population and GDP, the list of largest empires in these categories is highly dependent on which relatively recent political entities are defined as empires. The measures of population and GDP as a percentage of the world total take into account this historical growth, although decent GDP data is only available for the last few centuries, accurate only for the last decades. GDP is an acronym which can stand for more than one thing: (in economics) an abbreviation for Gross Domestic Product. ...

Largest empires by landmass

Ancient empires

1. Achaemenid Persian Empire of Iran - 7.5 million km² (under Darius the Great)
2. Han Chinese Empire - 6 million km²
3. Roman Empire - 5.9 million km² (under Emperor Trajan)
4. Macedonian Empire - 5.4 million km² (under Alexander the Great)
5. Maurya Magadha Empire - 5 million km² (under Ashoka the Great)
6. Hunnic Empire - 4 million km² (under Attila the Hun in 441)
7. Seleucid Empire - 3.9 million km²
8. Gupta Magadha Empire - 3.5 million km² (under Chandragupta II in 400)
9. Sassanid Persian Empire - 3.5 million km²^[1] (under Khosrau II in 626)
10. Parthian Empire - 2.84 million km² (Under Mithridates II 123–88 BCE)
11. Median Empire - 2.8 million km²
12. Neo-Assyrian Empire - 1.4 million km²
13. Aksumite Empire - 1.25 million km²^[1]
14. Egyptian Empire - 1 million km²
15. Akkadian Empire - 650,000 km²
16. Neo-Babylonian Empire - 500,000 km²
17. Armenian Empire - 400,000 km²

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Medieval empires

1. Mongol Empire - 33.2 million km² (under Khublai Khan in 1268)
2. Umayyad Arab Empire - 13.2 million km²
3. Rashidun Arab Empire - 9 million km² (under Caliph Uthman in 654)^[2]
4. Ming Chinese Empire - 6.5 million km²
5. Tang Chinese Empire - 5.4 million km²
6. Byzantine Empire/Eastern Roman Empire - 4.5 million km² (called themselves the Roman Empire
7. Mughal Empire - 4 million km² (under Aurangzeb in 1690)
8. Seljuq Empire - 3.9 million km²
9. Sassanid Persian Empire - 3.5 million km²^[1] (under Khosrau II in 626)
10. Ghaznavid Empire - 3.4 million km²
11. Pala Empire - 3.2 million km² (under Devapala)
12. Delhi Sultanate - 3.2 million km²
13. Kalmar Union - 3 million km²
14. Khazar Empire - 3 million km²
15. Chola Empire - 2.6 million km² (under Rajendra Chola I)
16. Inca Empire (Tahuantinsuyu) - 2 million km² (Under Atahualpa in 1532)
17. Songhai Empire - 1.4 million km² (in 1500)^[3]
18. Aksumite/Ethiopian Empire - 1.25 million km²^[1]
19. Srivijaya Empire - 1.2 million km²
20. Frankish Empire - 1.2 million km²
21. Mali Empire - 1.1 million km²^[1]
22. Harsha's empire - 1 million km² (under Harsha Vardhana in 648)
23. Almoravid Empire - 1 million km²
24. Khmer Empire - 1 million km²
25. Grand Duchy of Lithuania - 930,000 km² (under Vytautas the Great in 1430)
26. Bulgarian Empire - 700,000 km² (under Tsar Simeon I)
27. Vijayanagara Empire - 360,000 km²
28. Serbian Empire - 200,000 km²

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Modern empires

1. British Empire - 36.6 million km² (under King George V in 1922)
2. Russian Empire - 22.8 million km² (under Alexander II in 1867)
3. Spanish Empire - 19 million km² (under Charles III)
4. French Empire - 12.5 million km²
5. Qing Chinese Empire - 12 million km² (under Emperor Qianlong)
6. Portuguese Empire - 10.4 million km²
7. United States of America - 10 million km² (1898-1902 and 1906-1908)
8. Brazilian Empire - 8.1 million km²^[4]
9. Japanese Empire - 7.4 million km² (during World War II)
10. Ottoman Empire - 5,5 million km² (under Mehmed IV in 1680)
11. Mughal Empire - 4 million km²
12. Italian Empire - 3.8 million km² (during World War II)
13. Dutch Empire - 3.7 million km²
14. Nazi German Empire - 3.6 million km² (during World War II)
15. German Empire - 3.5 million km² (under Wilhelm II before WWI)
16. Afsharid Empire - 3.32 million km² (under Nadir Shah)
17. Safavid Persian/Iranian Empire - 2.85 million km²
18. Belgian Empire - 2.5 million km²
19. Qajar Persian/Iranian Empire- 2.3 million km²
20. Thai Empire - 1.12 million km² (under Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke in 1782)
21. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - 990,000 km² (under Sigismund III in 1619)
22. Austro-Hungarian Empire - 676,615 km²
23. Majapahit-Empire - 4.5 million km2 (under Hayam Wuruk/Brhe Vijaya IV

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All empires

1. British Empire - 36.6 million km²^[4] (under King George V in 1922)
2. Mongol Empire - 33.2 million km²^[1] (under Kublai Khan in 1268)
3. Russian Empire - 22.8 million km² (under Nicholas II in 1895)
4. Spanish Empire - 19 million km²^[4] (under King Charles III r. 1759-1788)
5. Umayyad Arab Caliphate - 13.2 million km²^[4] (under Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik r. 723-743)
6. French Empire - 12.5 million km²^[4] (under President Albert Lebrun in 1938)
7. Qing Empire - 12 million km²^[5] (under Emperor Qianlong)
8. Portuguese Empire - 10.4 million km²^[4]
9. United States of America - 10 million km² ^[6] (1898-1934)
10. Rashidun Arab caliphate - 9 million km² (under Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan r. 644-656)^[2]
11. Brazilian Empire - 8.1 million km²^[4]
12. Achaemenid Persian Empire - 7.5 million km²^[7] (under Darius the Great)
13. Japanese Empire - 7.4 million km²^[4] (during World War II, under the Showa Emperor)
14. Ming Empire - 6.5 million km²^[1] (under the Jingtai Emperor in 1450)
15. Han Empire - 6 million km²^[1]
16. Roman Empire - 5.9 million km²^[4] (under Emperor Trajan)
17. Ottoman Empire - 5.5 million km² (under Mehmed IV in 1680)
18. Macedonian Empire - 5.4 million km²^[4] (under Alexander the Great)
19. Tang Empire - 5.4 million km²^[1] (under the Xuanzong Emperor in 715)
20. Maurya Empire - 5 million km²^[1] (under Ashoka the Great)
21. Mughal Empire - 5 million km²^[4](under Aurangzeb in 1690)
22. Mexican Empire - 4.5 million km²^[1]
23. Byzantine Empire (under Justinian I) - 4.5 million km²^[1]
24. Timurid Empire - 4.4 million km²^[1]
25. Hunnic Empire - 4 million km²^[1] (under Attila the Hun in 441)
26. Seljuq Empire - 3.9 million km²^[1]
27. Seleucid Empire - 3.9 million km²^[1]
28. Italian Empire - 3.8 million km² (during World War II)
29. Dutch Empire - 3.7 million km²^[4]
30. Nazi German Empire - 3.6 million km²^[4] (during World War II)
31. German Empire - 3.5 million km² (under Wilhelm II before WWI)
32. Gupta Empire - 3.5 million km²^[1] (under Chandragupta II in 400)
33. Sassanid Persian Empire - 3.5 million km²^[1] (under Khosrau II in 626)
34. Ghaznavid Empire - 3.4 million km²^[1]
35. Afsharid Empire - 3.23 million km² (under Nadir Shah)
36. Pala Empire - 3.2 million km² (under Devapala)
37. Delhi Sultanate - 3.2 million km²^[1]
38. Khazar Empire - 3 million km²^[1]
39. Safavid Empire - 2.85 million km²
40. Parthian Empire - 2.84 million km² (Under Mithridates II 123–88 BCE)
41. Median Empire - 2.8 million km²^[1]
42. Chola Empire - 2.6 million km²^[8] (under Rajendra Chola I)
43. Denmark-Norway - 2.6 million km²
44. Belgian Empire - 2.5 million km²^[1]
45. Qajar Empire - 2.3 million km²
46. Incan Empire - 2 million km² (Under Atahualpa in 1532)
47. Songhai Empire - 1.4 million km² (in 1500)^[9]
48. Neo-Assyrian Empire - 1.4 million km²^[1]
49. Aksumite Empire - 1.25 million km²^[1]
50. Srivijaya Empire - 1.2 million km²^[1]
51. Frankish Empire - 1.2 million km²^[1]
52. Thai Empire - 1.12 million km² (under Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke in 1782)
53. Mali Empire - 1.1 million km²^[1]
54. Swedish Empire - 1.1 million km²
55. Maratha Empire- 1 million km²
56. Harsha Empire - 1 million km²^[1] (under Harsha Vardhana in 648)
57. Egyptian Empire - 1 million km²^[1]
58. Almoravid Empire - 1 million km²^[1]
59. Khmer Empire - 1 million km²^[1]
60. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - 990,000 km² (under Sigismund III in 1619)
61. Grand Duchy of Lithuania - 930,000 km² (under Vytautas the Great in 1430)
62. Bulgarian Empire - 700,000 km² (under Tsar Simeon I)
63. Austro-Hungarian Empire - 676,615 km² ^[10]
64. Akkadian Empire - 650,000 km²^[11]
65. Durrani Empire - 600,000 km²
66. Neo-Babylonian Empire - 500,000 km²^[11]
67. Armenian Empire - 400,000 km²
68. Vijayanagara Empire - 360,000 km²^[12]
69. Serbian Empire - 200,000 km²

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Contiguous empires

1. Mongol Empire - 33.2 million km² (under Khublai Khan in 1268)
2. Russian Empire - 22.8 million km² (under Nicholas II in 1895)
3. Umayyad Arab caliphate - 13.2 million km²
4. Qing Empire - 12 million km² (under Emperor Qianlong)
5. Rashidun Arab caliphate - 9 million km² (under Caliph Uthman in 654)^[2]
6. Brazilian Empire - 8.1 million km²^[4]
7. Achaemenid Persian Empire - 7.5 million km² (under Darius the Great)
8. Ming Empire - 6.5 million km²
9. Han Empire - 6 million km²
10. Ottoman Empire - 5.5 million km² (under Mehmed IV in 1680)
11. Macedonian Empire - 5.4 million km² (under Alexander the Great)
12. Tang Empire - 5.4 million km²
13. Maurya Empire - 5 million km² (under Ashoka the Great)
14. Mexican Empire - 4.7 million km²
15. Byzantine Empire/Eastern Roman Empire - 4.5 million km²
16. Mughal Empire - 4 million km² (under Aurangzeb in 1690)
17. Hunnic Empire - 4 million km² (under Attila the Hun in 441)
18. Seljuq Empire - 3.9 million km²
19. Seleucid Empire - 3.9 million km²
20. Nazi German Empire - 3.6 million km² (during World War II)
21. Gupta Empire - 3.5 million km² (under Chandragupta II in 400)
22. Sassanid Persian Empire - 3.5 million km²^[1] (under Khosrau II in 626)
23. Ghaznavid Empire - 3.4 million km²
24. Afsharid Empire - 3.23 million km² (under Nadir Shah)
25. Pala Empire - 3.2 million km² (under Devapala)
26. Delhi Sultanate - 3.2 million km²
27. Khazar Empire - 3 million km²
28. Safavid Empire - 2.85 million km²
29. Parthian Empire - 2.84 million km² (Under Mithridates II 123–88 BCE)
30. Median Empire - 2.8 million km²