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The home and colonial areas of the world's empires in 1908, as given by The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer. 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.
Largest plateau in the world by area. Roman Empire: 5,000,000: Multi-country empire in antiquity, under Trajan in AD 117. Maurya Empire: 5,000,000: Indian empire lasted from 321–185 BC, size is calculated to be the greatest extent reached in 250 BC. British Raj: 4,903,312: Unofficially called Indian Empire. First Mexican Empire: 4,874,683
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.
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. [103] 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". [106]
First Bulgarian Empire: 681: 1018: 337 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 ...
The Great Qing Empire of China (1644–1912) was the fourth largest empire in world history by total land area, and laid the foundation for the modern territorial claims of both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China.
From the 16th to the 20th centuries, the British Empire stretched from a total area at its peak in 1920 to over 35,500,000 km 2 (13,700,000 sq mi), the largest empire in the world. [1] In terms of population, on the eve of World War II, Britain and her colonial possessions totaled 500 million inhabitants.
At its height in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was the largest empire in history and, for a century, was the foremost global power. [1] By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 percent of the world population at the time, [ 2 ] and by 1920, it covered 35.5 million km 2 (13.7 million sq mi), [ 3 ] 24 per cent of ...