Rank
|
Year
|
Empire
|
Area
|
1
|
1920
|
British Empire
|
35,500,000km2
|
2
|
1309
|
Mongol Empire
|
24,000,000km2
|
3
|
1895
|
Russian Empire
|
22,800,000km2
|
4
|
1790
|
Qing Dynasty
|
14,700,000km2
|
5
|
1810
|
Spanish Empire
|
13,700,000km2
|
6
|
1920
|
Second French Colonial Empire
|
11,500,000km2
|
7
|
750
|
Abbasid Caliphate
|
11,100,000km2
|
8
|
720
|
Umayyad Caliphate
|
11,100,000km2
|
9
|
1310
|
Yuan Dynasty
|
11,000,000km2
|
10
|
176 BC
|
Xiongnu Empire
|
9,000,000km2
|
|
Rank
|
Year
|
Empire
|
Area
|
11
|
1889
|
Empire of Brazil
|
8,300,000km2
|
12
|
1942
|
Empire of Japan
|
7,400,000km2
|
13
|
1640
|
Iberian Union
|
7,100,000km2
|
14
|
100
|
Eastern Han Dynasty
|
6,500,000km2
|
15
|
1450
|
Ming Dynasty
|
6,500,000km2
|
16
|
655
|
Rashidun Caliphate
|
6,400,000km2
|
17
|
557
|
Göktürk Khaganate
|
6,000,000km2
|
18
|
1310
|
Golden Horde Khanate
|
6,000,000km2
|
19
|
50 BC
|
Western Han Dynasty
|
6,000,000km2
|
20
|
500 BC
|
Achaemenid Empire
|
5,500,000km2
|
|