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Empires

              All empires at their greatest extent

  1. British Empire - 33.7 million km2 (1946)[2][3]
  2. Mongol Empire - 33.0 million km2 (1270 or 1309)[4]
  3. Russian Empire - 23.7 million km2 (1866)[2][3]
  4. Soviet Union - 22.4 million km2 (1991), (though not a formal empire).
  5. Spanish Empire - 20.0 million km2 (ca. 1740-1790)[5]
  6. Ottoman Empire - 19.9 million km2 (1595)[2][3]
  7. Russian Federation - 17 million km2 (present), (though not a formal empire).
  8. Qing Empire, China - 14.7 million km2 (1790)[2][3]
  9. Yuan Dynasty - 14.0 million km2 (1310)[3]
  10. Umayyad Caliphate - 13.0 million km2 (720 or 750)[6]
  11. Second French Colonial Empire - 12.3 million km2 (1938)[5]
  12. Abbasid Caliphate - 11.1 million km2 (750)[3]
  13. Portuguese Empire - 10.4 million km2 (1815)[5]
  14. People's Republic of China - 9.7/9.6 million km2 (present), (though not a formal empire).
  15. Rashidun Caliphate - 9.0 million km2 (654)[3][7]
  16. Empire of Brazil - 8.5 million km2 (1880), similar to the Federative Republic of Brazil of today [5]
  17. Achaemenid Empire, Persia - 8.0 million km2 (480 BC)[8]
  18. Japanese Empire - 7.4 million km2 (1942)[5]
  19. Sassanid Empire, Persia - 7.4 million km2 (620)[2]
  20. Han Empire, China - 6.5 million km2 (100)[9]
  21. Ming Empire, China - 6.5 million km2 (1450)[2][3]
  22. Göktürk Khaganate - 6.0 million km2 (557)[2][9]
  23. Golden Horde Khanate - 6.0 million km2 (1310)[2][3]
  24. Roman Empire - 5.5 million km2 (117)[10]
  25. Uyghur Khaganate - 5.5 million km2 (800)[2][3]
  26. Tang Empire, China - 5.4 million km2 (715)[2][3]
  27. Macedonian Empire - 5.2 million km2 (323 BC)[2][11]
  28. Fatimid Caliphate - 5.1 million km2 (969)[2][3]
  29. Maurya Empire, India - 5.0 million km2 (250 BC)[2]
  30. Northern Yuan Dynasty, Mongolia - 5.0 million km2 (1550)[3]
  31. First Mexican Empire - 4.9 million km2 (1822)[citation needed]
  32. Xin Dynasty, China - 4.7 million km2 (10)[9]
  33. Tufan (Tibet) Empire - 4.6 million km2 (800)[2][3]
  34. Timurid Empire - 4.6 million km2 (1405)[2][3]
  35. Mughal Empire, India - 4.6 million km2 (1690)[2][3]
  36. European Union - 4.3 millionkm 2 (present), (though not a formal empire).
  37. Xiongnu Empire - 4.03 million km2 (176 BC)[12]
  38. Pala Empire, India - 4.0 million km2 (850)
  39. Hunnic Empire - 4.0 million km2 (441)[9]
  40. Hepthalite Khanate (White Huns), India - 4.0 million km2 (490)[9]
  41. Eastern Turks Khanate - 4.0 million km2 (624)[9]
  42. Afsharid Dynasty, Persia - 4.0 million km2 (1747)[citation needed]
  43. Western Turks Khanate- 4.0 million km2 (630)[9]
  44. Rouran Khaganate (Juan-juan) - 4.0 million km2 (AD 405)[2][9]
  45. Karkota Dynasty (Kashmir), India - 4.0 million km2 (750)[2][3]
  46. Seleucid Empire - 3.9 million km2 (301 BC)[2][11]
  47. Great Seljuq Empire - 3.9 million km2 (1080)[2][3]
  48. Italian Empire - 3.8 million km2 (1940)[citation needed]
  49. Kushan Empire, India- 3.8 million km2 (200)[9]
  50. Ilkhanate - 3.75 million km2 (1310)[2][3]
  51. Dutch Empire - 3.7 million km2(1940)[citation needed]
  52. Chola Dynasty, India - 3.6 million km2 (1050)[13][14]
  53. Khwarazmian Empire - 3.6 million km2 (1218)[3]
  54. Nazi Germany - 3.6 million km2 (1942)[citation needed]
  55. Gupta Empire, India - 3.5 million km2 (400)[2]
  56. Chagatai Khanate - 3.5 million km2 (1310 or 1350)[2][3]
  57. Safavid Dynasty, Persia - 3.5 million km2 (1512)[citation needed]
  58. German Empire - 3.5 million km2 (1914)[citation needed]
  59. Western Jin Dynasty, China - 3.5 million km2 (300)[9]
  60. Shaybanid (Uzbek) Dynasty - 3.5 million km2 (1510)[3]
  61. Justinian Dynasty (Byzantine Empire) - 3.5 million km2 (555)[9]
  62. Song Dynasty (Northern Song), China - 3.5 million km2 (1100)[2][3]
  63. Ghaznavid Empire, Persia - 3.4 million km2 (1029)[2][3]
  64. First French Colonial Empire - 3.4 million km2 (1670)[3]
  65. Republic of India - 3.3 million km2 (present), (though not a formal empire).
  66. Almoravid Caliphate - 3.3 million km2 (1147)[3]
  67. Tughlaq Dynasty, India- 3.2 million km2 (1320)[3]
  68. Ghurids Sultanate, Persia - 3.2 million km2 (1200)[3]
  69. Sui Dynasty, China - 3.1 million km2 (610)[3]
  70. Khazar Khanate - 3.0 million km2 (850)[2]
  71. Kalmar Union - 3.0 million km2 (1397)[citation needed]
  72. Kievan Rus' - 3.0 million km2 (1050)[2][3]
  73. Kara-Khanid Khanate - 3.0 million km2 (1025)[3]
  74. Qajar Dynasty, Persia- 3.0 million km2 (1796)[citation needed]
  75. Danish colonial empire - 3.0 million km2 (1800)[citation needed]
  76. Grand Duchy of Moscow - 3.0 million km2 (1505)[citation needed]
  77. Samanid Dynasty, Persia - 2.85 million km2 (928)[2][3]
  78. Median Empire - 2.8 million km2 (585 BC)[2][11]
  79. Qin Dynasty, China - 2.8 million km2 (206 BC)[9]
  80. Parthian Empire - 2.8 million km2 (1)[2][11]
  81. Eastern Jin Dynasty, China - 2.8 million km2 (347)[9]
  82. Liu Song Dynasty, China - 2.8 million km2 (420)[9]
  83. Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) - 2.8 million km2 (450)[9]
  84. Khilji Dynasty, India - 2.7 million km2 (1312 or 1320)[2][3]
  85. Ayyubid Caliphate - 2.7 million km2 (1190)[2]
  86. Majapahit Empire (Indonesia) - 2.7 million km2 (1389)[9]
  87. Republic of Kazakhstan - 2.7 million km2 (present), (though not a formal empire).
  88. Liao Dynasty, China - 2.6 million km2 (947)[2][3]
  89. Indo-Greek (Yavana) Kingdom,India - 2.5 million km2 (150 BC)[9]
  90. Bactrian Empire - 2.5 million km2 (184 BC)[9]
  91. Later Zhao Dynasty, China - 2.5 million km2 (329)[9]
  92. Maratha Empire, India - 2.5 million km2 (1760)[2]
  93. Belgian Empire - 2.5 million km2 (1914)[citation needed]
  94. Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - 2.5 million km2 (1210)[2]
  95. Jin Dynasty (Jurchen), China - 2.3 million km2 (1126)[2][3]
  96. Southern Qi Dynasty, China - 2.3 million km2 (502)[9]
  97. Southern Song Dynasty, China - 2.1 million km2 (1127)[3]
  98. Bahriyya Mamluks, Egypt - 2.1 million km2 (1300)[3]
  99. Burjiyya Mamluks, Egypt - 2.1 million km2 (1400)[2]
  100. First French Empire - 2.1 million km2 (1813)[3]
  101. Wei Dynasty, China - 2.0 million km2 (263)[9]
  102. Earlier Zhao Dynasty, China - 2.0 million km2 (316)[9]
  103. Former Qin Dynasty, China - 2.0 million km2 (376)[9]
  104. Western Roman Empire - 2.0 million km2 (395)[9]
  105. Northern Wei Dynasty, China - 2.0 million km2 (450)[9]
  106. Saffarid Dynasty, Persia - 2.0 million km2 (900)[citation needed]
  107. Almohad Caliphate - 2.0 million km2 (1200)[2]
  108. Satavahana Dynasty (Salivahana), India - 2.0 million km2 (90 AD)[9]
  109. Inca Empire - 2.0 million km2 (1527)[2][3]
  110. Republic of Indonesia - 1.9 million km2 (present), (though not a formal empire).
  111. Gurjara Pratihara Dynasty, India - 1.8 million km2 (860)[3]
  112. Sibir Khanate - 1.8 million km2 (1520)[3]
  113. Rashtrakuta Dynasty, India - 1.7 million km2 (805)[citation needed]
  114. Buyid Sultanate, Persia - 1.6 million km2 (980)[2][3]
  115. Mamluk Sultanate, India - 1.6 million km2 (1228)[3]
  116. Indo-Parthians (Pahalvas) Kingdom, India - 1.5 million km2 (AD 50)[9]
  117. Wu Dynasty, China- 1.5 million km2 (221)[9]
  118. Northern Zhou Dynasty, China - 1.5 million km2 (577)[9]
  119. Nanda Dynasty, India - 1.5 million km2 (350 or 321 BC)[9][15]
  120. Indo-Scythians (Shaka) Kingdom, India - 1.5 million km2 (BC 100)[11]
  121. Tulunids Emirate - 1.5 million km2 (900)[9]
  122. Idrisid Dynasty, Morocco - 1.5 million km2 (828)[2]
  123. Suri Dynasty, India - 1.5 million km2 (1545 AD)[2][3]
  124. Neo-Assyrian Empire - 1.4 million km2 (670 BC)[2][11]
  125. Songhai Empire - 1.4 million km2 (1500)[16]
  126. Macedonian Dynasty (Byzantine Empire) - 1.35 million km2 (1025)[2][9]
  127. Harsha Empire (Pusyabhutis), India - 1.35 million km2 (625 or 648)[2][3]
  128. Liang Dynasty, China - 1.3 million km2 (502 or 549)[2][9]
  129. Western Wei Dynasty, China - 1.3 million km2 (557)[9]
  130. Later Liang Dynasty, China- 1.3 million km2 (923)[3]
  131. Later Tang Dynasty, China - 1.3 million km2 (923)[3]
  132. Mali Empire - 1.29 million km2 (1312)[17]
  133. Shang Dynasty, China - 1.25 million km2 (1122 BC)[2][11]
  134. Western Zhou Dynasty, China - 1.25 million km2 (1122 BC)[11]
  135. Aksumite Empire - 1.25 million km2 (350)[2]
  136. Carolingian Dynasty, Francia - 1.2 million km2 (814)[2][3]
  137. Polish-Lithuanian Empire - 1.2 million km2 (1650)[2][3]
  138. Srivijaya Empire - 1.2 million km2 (1200)[2]
  139. Sunga Empire, India - 1.2 million km2 (BC 150)[2]
  140. Kingdom of Kush (Meroë) (25th Dynasty), Sudan - 1.2 million km2 (BC 700)[2]
  141. Thai Empire (Siam Empire) - 1.12 million km2 (1782)[citation needed]
  142. Chalukya Dynasty, India - 1.1 million km2 (636)[citation needed]
  143. Swedish Empire - 1.1 million km2 (1658)[citation needed]
  144. Lodhi Dynasty, India - 1.1 million km2 (1517)[citation needed]
  145. 18th Dynasty, Egypt - 1.0 million km2 (1450 BC)[11]
  146. New Kingdom in Egypt - 1.0 million km2 (1300 BC)[2][11]
  147. Ptolemaic Dynasty, Egypt - 1.0 million km2 (301 BC)[11]
  148. Eastern Wei Dynasty, China - 1.0 million km2 (550)[9]
  149. Northern Qi Dynasty, China - 1.0 million km2 (550)[9]
  150. Tahirid Dynasty, Persia - 1.0 million km2 (800)[3]
  151. Kalachuri Dynasty, India - 1.0 million km2 (1050)[2][3]
  152. Holy Roman Empire - 1.0 million km2 (1050)[3]
  153. Western Xia Dynasty (Tangut), China- 1.0 million km2 (1100)[2]
  154. Western Chalukya Empire, India - 1.0 million km2 (1121)[citation needed]
  155. Khmer Empire - 1.0 million km2 (1290)[2][3]
  156. Avars Empire - 1.0 million km2 (600)[9]
  157. Kanem Empire, Chad - 1.0 million km2 (1200)[3]
  158. Maha-Meghavahana Dynasty, India- 0.9 million km2 (10 BC)[11]
  159. Konbaung Dynasty, Burma - 0.9 million km2 (1800 AD)[citation needed]
  160. Volga Bulgars Khanate - 0.9 million km2 (1100)[2][3]
  161. Akkadian Empire - 0.8 million km2 (2250 BC)[11]
  162. Later Jin Dynasty, China - 0.8 million km2 (936)[3]
  163. Ghana Empire - 0.8 million km2 (1067)[9]
  164. Pagan Kingdom (Bagan), Burma - 0.8 million km2 (1200)[3]
  165. Western Satraps Dynasty, India - 0.8 million km2 (100)[9]
  166. Himyarite Kingdom, Yemen - 0.8 million km2 (400 AD)[11]
  167. Balhae Kingdom, Korea - 0.8 million km2 (830)[2]
  168. Kingdom of Morocco - 0.7/0.5 million km2 (present), either including/excluding Western Sahara (& though not a formal empire).
  169. Khanate of Kazan - 0.7 million km2 (1540)[3]
  170. Merovingian Dynasty, Francia - 0.7 million km2 (558)[3]
  171. Bulgarian Empire - 0.7 million km2 (900)[citation needed]
  172. Shu Dynasty, China- 0.7 million km2 (221)[9]
  173. Yadava (Gauli) Kingdom, India- 0.7 million km2 (1250)[3]
  174. Paramara Dynasty , India - 0.7 million km2 (1050)[9]
  175. Kingdom of Dali (Hou li),China - 0.7 million km2 (1200)[citation needed]
  176. Vijayanagara (Tuluvas) Empire, India- 0.7 million km2 (1529)[citation needed]
  177. Kingdom of Nanzhao, China - 0.7 million km2 (830)[3]
  178. Austro-Hungarian Empire - 0.676615 million km2[citation needed]
  179. 15th Dynasty (Hyksos), Egypt - 0.65 million km2 (1650 BC)[11]
  180. 26th Dynasty, Egypt- 0.65 million km2 (550 BC)[11]
  181. Vakataka Kingdom, India - 0.65 million km2 (450 AD)[11]
  182. Visigoths Kingdom - 0.6 million km2 (580)[9]
  183. Caliphate of Córdoba - 0.6 million km2 (1000)[3]
  184. Rai Dynasty (Chachas) (Sindh) ,India - 0.6 million km2 (675 AD)[9]
  185. Maukhari (Kannauj) Dynasty, India - 0.6 million km2 (600 AD)[3]
  186. Bahmani Sultanate, India - 0.6 million km2 (1470 AD)[3]
  187. Nizams Dynasty, India - 0.6 million km2 (1740 AD)[citation needed]
  188. Sikh Empire, India - 0.5609 million km2 (1845)[citation needed]
  189. Middle Kingdom, Egypt - 0.5 million km2 (1850 BC)[11]
  190. Lydian Empire - 0.5 million km2 (585 BC)[11]
  191. Neo-Babylonian Empire - 0.5 million km2 (562 BC)[11]
  192. Kosala Dynasty, India - 0.5 million km2 (543 BC)[9]
  193. Shishunaga Dynasty,India- 0.5 million km2 (510 BC)[9]
  194. Chu Dynasty, China - 0.5 million km2 (350 BC)[9]
  195. Pandyan Dynasty, India - 0.5 million km2 (1251)[citation needed]
  196. Later Han Dynasty, China - 0.5 million km2 (947)[3]
  197. Kangju Empire (Transoxiana) - 0.5 million km2 (100 BC)[9]
  198. Ostrogothic Kingdom- 0.5 million km2 (510 AD)[3]
  199. Goguryeo Kingdom, Korea - 0.45 million km2 (476)[11]
  200. Xia Dynasty, China (based on the hypothesis that prehistorical cities of Erlitou culture were once united) - 0.45 million km2 (1800 BC)[11]
  201. New Kingdom, Hittite - 0.45 million km2 (1250 or 1220 BC)[11]
  202. Crimean Khanate - 0.4 million km2 (1500)[3]
  203. Armenian Empire - 0.4 million km2 (83 BC)[9]
  204. Old Kingdom, Egypt - 0.4 million km2 (2400 BC)[11]
  205. Middle Kingdom, Assyria (under Tiglath-Pileser I) - 0.4 million km2 (1080 BC)[11]
  206. Latin Empire - 0.35 million km2 (1204)[9]
  207. Harappan Empire, India- 0.3 million km2 (1800 BC)[15]
  208. Mitanni Empire - 0.3 million km2 (1450 BC)[11]
  209. Carthaginian Empire - 0.3 million km2 (220 BC)[11]
  210. Palailogan Dynasty (Byzantine Empire) - 0.3 million km2 (1300)[11]
  211. 1st Dynasty, Babylon - 0.25 million km2 (1690 BC)[11]
  212. Serbian Empire - 0.25 million km2 (1350)[citation needed]
  213. Aztec Empire - 0.22 million km2 (1520)[3]
  214. Middle Elamite - 0.2 million km2 (1160 BC)[11]
  215. 2nd Dynasty, Isin - 0.2 million km2 (1130 BC)[11]
  216. Urartu Empire - 0.2 million km2 (800 BC)[11]
  217. Phrygian Dynasty - 0.2 million km2 (750 BC)[11]
  218. Old Kingdom, Assyria - 0.15 million km2 (1730 BC)[11]
  219. Eastern Zhou Dynasty, China - 0.15 million km2 (770 BC)[11]

 

# posted by vikram @ 8:49 AM




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