Top % of World Popolation (modern countries in history)

Top 25 modern Countries ordered by the highest historical percentage of the world population they represented, derived from ancient empires or dynasties. Each state appears only once, with its maximum recorded value.

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%	Century	Answer
44	5th BC	Iran - (Achaemenid Empire - Persia)
37	19th AD	China (Qing Dinasty)
31	13th AD	Mongolia (Mongol Empire)
30	1st AD	Italy (Roman Empire)
25	8th AD	Saudi Arabia (Umayyad Caliphate)
24	17th AD	India (Mughal Empire)
23	19th AD	UK (British Empire)
23	13th AD	Pakistan (Delhi Sultanate)
19	3rd BC	Bangladesh (Maurya Sultanate)
15	4th BC	Greece (Macedonia - Empire of Alexander the Great)
15	7th AD	Nepal (Empire of Harsha)
13	2nd AD	Afghanistan (Kushan Empire / part of Maurya)
13	9th AD	Uzbekistan (Abbasid Caliphate, part of)

%	Century	Answer
13	1th AD	Vietnam (Imperial Chinese Dynasties)
12	16th AD	Spain (Spanish Empire)
10	16th AD	Portugal (Portuguese Empire)
9,8	18th AD	Russia (Russian Empire)
7	16th AD	Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
7	20th AD	Germany (Nazi Empire)
6	19th AD	France (French Colonial Empire)
6	20th AD	USA
6	20th AD	Japan (Japanese Empire)
6	18th AD	Brazil (Portuguese Colony)
5	1st AD	Ethiopia (Ethiopian Empire)
5	14th AD	Indonesia (Srivijaya / Majapahit Empire)