Statistics for 40 Largest Empires in History

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Places	Country	Country Rule	Million km2	Years of power	% Correct
1.	British Empire	United Kingdom	35.5M km2	1920	100%
2.	Mongol Empire	Mongolia	24M km2	1270 or 1309	100%
3.	Russian Empire	Russia	22.8M km2	1895	94%
6.	Second French Colonial Empire	France	11.5M km2	1920	90%
25.	Roman Empire	Rome	5M km2	117	87%
5.	Spanish Empire	Spain	13.7M km2	1810	87%
19.	Achaemenid Empire	Iran	5.5M km2	500 BC	81%
23.	Ottoman Empire	Turkiye	5.2M km2	1683	81%
12.	Empire of Japan	Japan	7.4M km2	1942	77%
4.	Qing Dynasty	China	14.7M km2	1790	77%
22.	Macedonian Empire	Greece	5.2M km2	323 BC	68%
11.	Empire of Brazil	Brazil	8.3M km2	1889	65%
20.	Second Portuguese Empire	Portugal	5.5M km2	1820	65%
14.	Ming Dynasty	China	6.5M km2	1450	61%
37.	Italian Empire	Italy	3.8M km2	1941	52%
34.	Mughal Empire	India	4M km2	1690	48%
7.	Abbasid Caliphate	Iraq	11.1M km2	750	45%
29.	First Mexican Empire	Mexico	4.4M km2	1821	45%
8.	Umayyad Caliphate	Saudi Arabia/Syria	11.1M km2	720	45%
9.	Yuan Dynasty	China	11M km2	1310	45%
21.	Tang Dynasty	China	5.4M km2	715	39%
33.	Hunnic Empire	Hungary	4M km2	441	32%
17.	Golden Horde Khanate	Mongolia	6M km2	1310	29%
30.	Timurid Empire	Uzbekistan	4.4M km2	1405	29%
15.	Rashidun Caliphate	Saudi Arabia	6.4M km2	655	26%
38.	Ilkhanate	Iran	3.7M km2	1310	19%
31.	Fatimid Empire	Egypt	4.1M km2	969	16%
27.	Tibetan Empire	China	4.6M km2	800	16%
10.	Xiongnu Dynasty	China	9M km2	176 BC	16%
40.	Chagatai Khanate	China/Mongolia	3.5M km2	1310 or 1350	13%
39.	Dzungar Khanate	China/Mongolia	3.6M km2	1650	13%
13.	Eastern Han Dynasty	China	6.5M km2	100	13%
36.	Seleucid Empire	Iran	3.9M km2	301 BC	13%
18.	Western Han Dynasty	China	6M km2	50 BC	13%
16.	First Turkic Khaganate	Kyrgyzstan	6M km2	557	10%
35.	Great Seljuq Empire	Iran/Turkiye	3.9M km2	1080	10%
24.	Northern Yuan Dynasty	China	5M km2	1368	10%
28.	Xianbei State	China	4.5M km2	200	10%
26.	Xin Dynasty	China	4.7M km2	10	10%
32.	Eastern Turkic Khaganate	Mongolia	4M km2	624	6%