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Following are the world's largest empire in descending order as commonly understood: Image File history File links Stop_hand. ... The World in plate carrée projection The World In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is age or life of man. Its primary modern meaning is the planet Earth, especially when capitalized: the World. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

• 1. British Empire at 14.3 million square miles (more than 37 million km²)
• 2. Mongol Empire and also the largest contigious empire at 35 million km² (more than 13.8 million miles²), but some say it was more than 40 million km².
• 3. Russian Empire at 22 million km²
• 4. French colonial empire