List of largest empires

Table columns:
Empire
Max. land area (million km2)
Max. land area (million mi2)
% of world land area
Year

Table rows:
cells: British Empire
35.5[3]
13.71
23.84%
000000001920-01-01-00001920[3]
cells: Mongol Empire
24.0[3][4]
9.27
16.11%
000000001270-01-01-00001270[4] or 000000001309-01-01-00001309[3]
cells: Russian Empire
22.8[3][4]
8.8
15.31%
000000001895-01-01-00001895[3][4]
cells: Qing dynasty
14.7[3][4]
5.68
9.87%
000000001790-01-01-00001790[3][4]
cells: Spanish Empire
13.7[3]
5.29
9.20%
000000001810-01-01-00001810[3]
cells: Second French colonial empire
11.5[3]
4.44
7.72%
000000001920-01-01-00001920[3]
cells: Abbasid Caliphate
11.1[3][4]
4.29
7.45%
000000000750-01-01-0000750[3][4]
cells: Umayyad Caliphate
11.1[3]
4.29
7.45%
000000000720-01-01-0000720[3]
cells: Yuan dynasty
11.0[3]
4.25
7.39%
000000001310-01-01-00001310[3]
cells: Portuguese Empire
10.4[5][unreliable source?]
4.02
6.98%
000000001815-01-01-00001815[5][unreliable source?]
cells: Xiongnu Empire
9.0[4][6]
3.47
6.04%
-999999999824-01-01-0000176 BC[4][6]
cells: Brazilian Empire
8.337[7]
3.22
5.60%
000000001889-01-01-00001889[7]
cells: Eastern Han dynasty
6.5[6]
2.51
4.36%
000000000100-01-01-0000100[6]
cells: Ming dynasty
6.5[3][4]
2.51
4.36%
000000001450-01-01-00001450[3][4]
cells: Rashidun Caliphate
6.4[3]
2.47
4.30%
000000000655-01-01-0000655[3]
cells: Göktürk Khaganate
6.0[4][6]
2.32
4.03%
000000000557-01-01-0000557[4][6]
cells: Golden Horde Khanate
6.0[3][4]
2.32
4.03%
000000001310-01-01-00001310[3][4]
cells: Western Han dynasty
6.0[4][6]
2.32
4.03%
-999999999950-01-01-000050 BC[4][6]
cells: Achaemenid Empire
5.5[4][6]
2.12
3.69%
-999999999500-01-01-0000500 BC[4][6]
cells: Tang dynasty
5.4[3][4]
2.08
3.63%
000000000715-01-01-0000715[3][4]
cells: Macedonian Empire
5.2[4][6]
2.01
3.49%
-999999999677-01-01-0000323 BC[4][6]
cells: Ottoman Empire
5.2[3][4]
2.01
3.49%
000000001683-01-01-00001683[3][4]
cells: Maurya Empire
5.0[4]
1.93
3.36%
-999999999750-01-01-0000250 BC[4]
cells: Roman Empire
5.0[4][6]
1.93
3.36%
000000000117-01-01-0000117[4][6]
cells: Tibetan Empire
4.6[3][4]
1.78
3.09%
000000000800-01-01-0000800[3][4]
cells: Timurid Empire
4.4[3][4]
1.7
2.95%
000000001405-01-01-00001405[3][4]
cells: Fatimid Caliphate
4.1[3][4]
1.58
2.75%
000000000969-01-01-0000969[3][4]
cells: Eastern Turkic Khaganate
4.0[6]
1.54
2.69%
000000000624-01-01-0000624[6]
cells: Hephthalite Empire
4.0[6]
1.54
2.69%
000000000470-01-01-0000470[6]
cells: Hunnic Empire
4.0[4][6]
1.54
2.69%
000000000441-01-01-0000441[4][6]
cells: Mughal Empire
4.0[3][4]
1.54
2.69%
000000001690-01-01-00001690[3][4]
cells: Great Seljuq Empire
3.9[3][4]
1.51
2.62%
000000001080-01-01-00001080[3][4]
cells: Seleucid Empire
3.9[4][6]
1.51
2.62%
-999999999699-01-01-0000301 BC[4][6]
cells: Italian Empire
3.798[8]
1.47
2.55%
000000001938-01-01-00001938[8]
cells: Ilkhanate
3.75[3][4]
1.45
2.52%
000000001310-01-01-00001310[3][4]
cells: Khwarazmian Empire
3.6[3]
1.39
2.42%
000000001218-01-01-00001218[3]
cells: Chagatai Khanate
3.5[3][4]
1.35
2.35%
000000001310-01-01-00001310[3] or 000000001350-01-01-00001350[3][4]
cells: Gupta Empire
3.5[4]
1.35
2.35%
000000000400-01-01-0000400[4]
cells: Sasanian Empire
3.5[4][6]
1.35
2.35%
000000000550-01-01-0000550[4][6]
cells: Western Turkic Khaganate
3.5[6]
1.35
2.35%
000000000630-01-01-0000630[6]
cells: First French colonial empire
3.4[3]
1.31
2.28%
000000001670-01-01-00001670[3]
cells: Ghaznavid Empire
3.4[3][4]
1.31
2.28%
000000001029-01-01-00001029[3][4]
cells: Delhi Sultanate (Tughlaq dynasty)
3.2[3][4]
1.24
2.15%
000000001312-01-01-00001312[3][4]
cells: German colonial empire
3.199[9][10]
1.24
2.15%
000000001912-01-01-00001912[10]
cells: Song dynasty
3.1[3][4]
1.2
2.08%
000000000980-01-01-0000980[3][4]
cells: Uyghur Khaganate
3.1[3][4]
1.2
2.08%
000000000800-01-01-0000800[3][4]
cells: Western Jin dynasty
3.1[6]
1.2
2.08%
000000000280-01-01-0000280[6]
cells: Khazar Khanate
3.0[4]
1.16
2.01%
000000000850-01-01-0000850[4]
cells: Sui dynasty
3.0[6]
1.16
2.01%
000000000589-01-01-0000589[6]

Questions about this table:
originalText: who has had the largest empire in history
answer: answerTexts: British Empire