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Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]
[54] [55] [56] The Sui, Tang and Song empires had the world's largest economy and were the most technologically advanced during their time; [57] [58] the Great Yuan Empire was the world's ninth largest empire by total land area; while the Great Ming Empire is famous for the seven maritime expeditions led by Zheng He. [42]
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
At its height, it controlled 25% of the world’s landmass — geographically, the largest empire ever — and 412 million subjects or 23% of the world’s population.
A large medieval pagan empire in Europe lasting from 1253-1569 as an independent state, prior to its union with Poland. Measured at its greatest extent in the 15th century. Cyrenaica: 855,370: Eastern coastal region of Libya. Unorganized Borough: 837,700: Subdivided part of Alaska, largest "borough" of the state. Namibia: 824,292: Country in ...
By this point in 1920 the British empire had grown to become the largest empire in history, controlling approximately 25% of the world's land surface and 25% of the world's population. [123] It covered about 36.6 million km 2 (14.1 million sq mi). Because of its magnitude, it was often referred to as "the empire on which the sun never sets". [126]
Second Bulgarian Empire: 1185: 1396: 211 Byzantine Empire: 395: 1453: 1058 Carthaginian Empire: 814 BC: 146 BC: 668 Central African Empire: 1976 1979 3 Chenla: 550: 802: 252 Chimor: 900: 1470: 570 Chola Empire: 848: 1279: 431 Classical Athens: 508 BC: 322 BC: 180 Danish colonial empire: 1536: 1953: 417 Durrani Empire: 1747: 1842: 95 Dutch ...
Despite the extensive land area, Russia hosts only 2% of the world's population while the U.S. ranks third in world population, according to the U.S Census bureau.