|
Area (km2)
|
Year of Peak
|
Country
|
|
35,500,000
|
1920
|
British Empire
|
|
24,000,000
|
1309
|
Great Mongol Nation (Mongol Empire)
|
|
22,800,000
|
1895
|
Russian Empire
|
|
22,402,200
|
1945-1988
|
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
|
|
17,125,200
|
Present
|
Russian Federation
|
|
14,700,000
|
1700s
|
Great Qing
|
|
13,700,000
|
1810
|
Spanish Empire
|
|
11,500,000
|
1920
|
French colonial empire (Second French Empire)
|
|
11,100,000
|
720
|
Umayyad Caliphate
|
|
11,100,000
|
750
|
Abbasid Caliphate
|
|
11,000,000
|
1310
|
Great Yuan
|
|
10,760,000
|
669
|
Tang
|
|
9,984,670
|
Present
|
Canada
|
|
9,706,961
|
Present
|
People's Republic of China
|
|
9,522,055
|
1890s
|
United States of America
|
|
9,000,000
|
176 BC
|
Xiongnu
|
|
8,514,877
|
Present
|
Federative Republic of Brazil
|
|
8,337,218
|
1800s
|
Empire of Brazil
|
|
7,686,848
|
Present
|
Commonwealth of Australia
|
|
6,500,000
|
1450
|
Great Ming
|
|
6,500,000
|
100
|
Eastern Han
|
|
6,400,000
|
655
|
Rashidun Caliphate
|
|
6,000,000
|
1310
|
Great State (Golden Horde)
|
|
6,000,000
|
50 BC
|
West Han
|
|
6,000,000
|
557
|
First Turkic Khaganate
|
|
5,500,000
|
500 BC
|
Achaemenid Empire
|
|
5,500,000
|
1820
|
Portuguese Empire
|
|
5,200,000
|
1683
|
Sublime Ottoman State (Ottoman Empire)
|
|
5,200,000
|
323 BC
|
Macedonia
|
|
5,000,000
|
117
|
Roman Empire
|
|
5,000,000
|
250 BC
|
Maurya Empire
|
|
4,874,683
|
1821-1823
|
Mexican Empire (First Mexican Empire)
|
|
4,600,000
|
800
|
Tibetan Empire
|
|
4,536,710
|
1824-1835
|
Mexican Republic (First Mexican Republic)
|
|
4,400,000
|
1405
|
Iran and Turan (Timurid Empire)
|
|
4,100,000
|
969
|
Fatimid Caliphate
|
|
4,000,000
|
1690
|
Mughal Empire
|
|
4,000,000
|
624
|
Eastern Turkic Khaganate
|
|
4,000,000
|
470
|
Hephthalites
|
|
4,000,000
|
441
|
Huns
|
|
3,900,000
|
301 BC
|
Seleucid Empire
|
|
3,900,000
|
1080
|
Seljuk Empire
|
|
3,798,000
|
1938
|
Italian Empire
|
|
3,750,000
|
1310
|
Land of Iran (Ilkhanate)
|
|
3,600,000
|
1650
|
Dzungar Khanate
|
|
3,600,000
|
1218
|
Anushtegin dynasty (Khwarazmian dynasty)
|
|
3,500,000
|
550
|
Empire of the Iranians (Sasanian Empire)
|
|
3,500,000
|
400
|
Gupta Empire
|
|
3,500,000
|
1300s
|
Chagatai Khanate
|
|
3,500,000
|
630
|
Western Turkic Khaganate
|
|
3,400,000
|
1670
|
French colonial empire (First French colonial empire)
|
|
3,400,000
|
1029
|
Ghaznavid Empire
|
|
3,200,000
|
1312
|
Sultanate of Delhi
|
|
3,199,015
|
1912
|
German colonial empire
|
|
3,166,414
|
Present
|
Republic of India
|
|
3,100,000
|
980
|
Song
|
|
3,100,000
|
800
|
Uyghur Khaganate
|
|
3,100,000
|
280
|
Western Jin
|
|
3,054,612
|
1836-1839
|
Peru–Bolivian Confederation
|
|
3,000,000
|
850
|
Khazar Khaganate
|
|
3,000,000
|
589
|
Sui
|
|
2,800,000
|
450
|
Byzantine Empire
|
|
2,800,000
|
0
|
Parthian Empire
|
|
2,800,000
|
585 BC
|
Median Empire
|
|
2,800,000
|
347
|
Eastern Jin
|
|
2,800,000
|
405
|
Rouran Khaganate
|
|
2,780,400
|
Present
|
Argentina
|
|
2,724,900
|
Present
|
Kazakhstan
|
|
2,519,954
|
1819-1831
|
Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia)
|
|
2,505,813
|
1956-2011
|
Republic of the Sudan
|
|
2,500,000
|
184 BC
|
Kingdom of Bactria
|
|
2,500,000
|
1505
|
Grand Duchy of Moscow
|
|
2,381,741
|
Present
|
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
|
|
2,344,858
|
Present
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
2,300,000
|
221 BC-206 BC
|
Qin
|
|
2,220,093
|
Present
|
Kingdom of Denmark
|
|
2,149,690
|
Present
|
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
|
|
2,100,000
|
1813
|
French Empire (First French Empire)
|
|
2,000,000
|
395-476/480
|
Western Roman Empire
|
|
2,000,000
|
1438-1533
|
Realm of the Four Parts (Inca Empire)
|
|
1,995,392
|
1861-1865
|
Confederate States of America
|
|
1,984,000
|
1938
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
1,958,201
|
Present
|
United Mexican States
|
|
1,904,569
|
Present
|
Republic of Indonesia
|
|
1,759,540
|
Present
|
State of Libya
|
|
1,648,195
|
Present
|
Islamic Republic of Iran
|
|
1,564,116
|
Present
|
Mongolia
|
|
1,500,000
|
1124-1218
|
Great Liao
|
|
1,400,000
|
1642-1717
|
Khoshut Khanate
|
|
1,400,000
|
934 BC-609 BC
|
Neo-Assyrian Empire
|
|
1,322,358
|
1397-1523
|
Kalmar Union
|
|
1,331,250
|
1831-1858
|
Republic of New Granada
|
|
1,285,216
|
Present
|
Republic of Peru
|
|
1,284,000
|
Present
|
Republic of Chad
|
|
1,267,000
|
Present
|
Republic of the Niger
|
|
1,246,700
|
Present
|
Republic of Angola
|
|
1,240,192
|
Present
|
Republic of Mali
|
|
1,221,900
|
980 BC-1974
|
Ethiopian Empire
|
|
1,221,148
|
Present
|
Republic of South Africa
|
|
1,200,000
|
814
|
Carolingian Empire
|
|
1,200,000
|
671-1025
|
Srivijaya
|
|
1,153,465
|
1650
|
Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
|
|
1,138,914
|
Present
|
Republic of Colombia
|
|
1,104,300
|
Present
|
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
|
|
1,098,581
|
Present
|
Plurinational State of Bolivia
|
|
1,025,520
|
Present
|
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
|
|
1,007,935
|
1836–1846
|
Republic of Texas
|
|
1,000,000
|
1570 BC-1070 BC
|
New Kingdom of Egypt
|
|
1,000,000
|
802-1431
|
Kambuja
|
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