| Places | Country | Country Rule | Million km2 | Years of power | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Mongol Empire | Mongolia | 24M km2 | 1270 or 1309 | 98%
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| 1. | British Empire | United Kingdom | 35.5M km2 | 1920 | 91%
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| 3. | Russian Empire | Russia | 22.8M km2 | 1895 | 91%
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| 6. | Second French Colonial Empire | France | 11.5M km2 | 1920 | 87%
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| 25. | Roman Empire | Rome | 5M km2 | 117 | 83%
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| 5. | Spanish Empire | Spain | 13.7M km2 | 1810 | 81%
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| 23. | Ottoman Empire | Turkiye | 5.2M km2 | 1683 | 79%
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| 19. | Achaemenid Empire | Iran | 5.5M km2 | 500 BC | 77%
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| 12. | Empire of Japan | Japan | 7.4M km2 | 1942 | 77%
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| 4. | Qing Dynasty | China | 14.7M km2 | 1790 | 74%
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| 20. | Second Portuguese Empire | Portugal | 5.5M km2 | 1820 | 62%
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| 11. | Empire of Brazil | Brazil | 8.3M km2 | 1889 | 57%
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| 22. | Macedonian Empire | Greece | 5.2M km2 | 323 BC | 57%
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| 14. | Ming Dynasty | China | 6.5M km2 | 1450 | 53%
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| 37. | Italian Empire | Italy | 3.8M km2 | 1941 | 47%
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| 34. | Mughal Empire | India | 4M km2 | 1690 | 47%
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| 8. | Umayyad Caliphate | Saudi Arabia/Syria | 11.1M km2 | 720 | 45%
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| 9. | Yuan Dynasty | China | 11M km2 | 1310 | 45%
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| 7. | Abbasid Caliphate | Iraq | 11.1M km2 | 750 | 40%
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| 29. | First Mexican Empire | Mexico | 4.4M km2 | 1821 | 40%
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| 21. | Tang Dynasty | China | 5.4M km2 | 715 | 40%
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| 33. | Hunnic Empire | Hungary | 4M km2 | 441 | 32%
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| 15. | Rashidun Caliphate | Saudi Arabia | 6.4M km2 | 655 | 30%
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| 30. | Timurid Empire | Uzbekistan | 4.4M km2 | 1405 | 30%
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| 17. | Golden Horde Khanate | Mongolia | 6M km2 | 1310 | 26%
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| 31. | Fatimid Empire | Egypt | 4.1M km2 | 969 | 19%
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| 38. | Ilkhanate | Iran | 3.7M km2 | 1310 | 19%
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| 40. | Chagatai Khanate | China/Mongolia | 3.5M km2 | 1310 or 1350 | 15%
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| 36. | Seleucid Empire | Iran | 3.9M km2 | 301 BC | 15%
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| 27. | Tibetan Empire | China | 4.6M km2 | 800 | 15%
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| 10. | Xiongnu Dynasty | China | 9M km2 | 176 BC | 13%
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| 39. | Dzungar Khanate | China/Mongolia | 3.6M km2 | 1650 | 11%
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| 13. | Eastern Han Dynasty | China | 6.5M km2 | 100 | 11%
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| 24. | Northern Yuan Dynasty | China | 5M km2 | 1368 | 11%
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| 18. | Western Han Dynasty | China | 6M km2 | 50 BC | 11%
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| 16. | First Turkic Khaganate | Kyrgyzstan | 6M km2 | 557 | 9%
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| 35. | Great Seljuq Empire | Iran/Turkiye | 3.9M km2 | 1080 | 9%
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| 28. | Xianbei State | China | 4.5M km2 | 200 | 9%
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| 26. | Xin Dynasty | China | 4.7M km2 | 10 | 9%
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| 32. | Eastern Turkic Khaganate | Mongolia | 4M km2 | 624 | 6%
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