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100 largest empires in history

Can you name the 100 largest empires that ever existed?
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Land aria
Empire
1
33.7 Million Km
British Empire
2
33.0 Million Km
Mongol Empire
3
22.8 Million Km
Russian Empire
4
22.4 Million Km
Soviet Union
5
19.4 Million Km
Spanish Empire
6
17.0 Million Km
Russian Federation
7
15.0 Million Km
Umayyad Caliphate
8
14.0 Million Km
Yuan China
9
13.1 Million Km
Qing China
10
12.3 Million Km
French Empire
11
11.1 Million Km
Abbasid Caliphate
12
10.4 Million Km
Portuguese Empire
13
10.0 Million Km
Canada
14
9.8 Million Km
United States
15
9.3 Million Km
China (modern)
16
8.5 Million Km
Persian Empire
17
8.5 Million Km
Brazil
18
8.4 Million Km
Rashidun Caliphate
19
7.6 Million Km
Australia
20
7.4 Million Km
Empire of Japan
21
6.6 Million Km
Sasanian Empire
22
6.5 Million Km
Ming China
23
6.5 Million Km
Han China
24
6.0 Million Km
Turkic Khaganate
25
6.0 Million Km
Golden Horde Khanate
26
6.0 Million Km
Timurid Empire
27
5.5 Million Km
Tang China
28
5.2 Million Km
Macedonian Empire
29
5.2 Million Km
Ottoman Empire
30
5.0 Million Km
Roman Empire
31
5.0 Million Km
Maurya Empire
32
5.0 Million Km
Mughal Empire
33
5.0 Million Km
Northern Yuan China
34
4.9 Million Km
Mexican Empire
35
4.7 Million Km
Xin China
36
4.6 Million Km
Pala Empire
37
4.6 Million Km
Tibetian Empire
38
4.5 Million Km
Ashfarid Persia
39
4.1 Million Km
Fatimid Caliphate
40
4.0 Million Km
Xiongnu Empire
41
4.0 Million Km
White Hunnic Empire
42
4.0 Million Km
Hunnic Empire
43
4.0 Million Km
Eastern Turkic Empire
44
4.0 Million Km
Rouran Khaganate
45
4.0 Million Km
Western Turkic Empire
46
3.9 Million Km
Seljuq Empire
47
3.8 Million Km
Italian Empire
48
3.8 Million Km
Kushite Empire
49
3.7 Million Km
The Ilkhanate
50
3.7 Million Km
Dutch Empire
 
Land aria
Empire
51
3.6 Million Km
Chola Empire
52
3.6 Million Km
Khwarazmian Empire
53
3.6 Million Km
Nazi Germany
54
3.5 million Km
Byzantine Empire
55
3.5 Million Km
German Empire
56
3.5 Million Km
Chagatai Khanate
57
3.5 million Km
Gupta Empire
58
3.5 Million Km
Northern Song China
59
3.5 Million Km
Safavid Empire
60
3.5 Million Km
Bukhara Khanate
61
3.5 Million Km
Western Jin China
62
3.4 Million Km
Phoenician Empire
63
3.4 Million Km
Ghaznavid Empire
64
3.3 Million Km
Moroccan Empire
65
3.3 million Km
India (Modern)
66
3.2 Million Km
Ghurid Empire
67
3.2 Million Km
Tughlaq Empire
68
3.1 Million Km
Kashmir Empire
69
3.1 Million Km
Median Empire
70
3.1 Million Km
Parthian Empire
71
3.1 Million Km
Sui China
72
3.1 Million Km
Uyghur Khaganate
73
3.0 Million Km
Danish Empire
74
3.0 Million Km
Duchy of Muscovy
75
3.0 Million Km
Kalmar Union
76
3.0 Million Km
Karakhanid Khanate
77
3.0 Million Km
Khazar Khanate
78
3.0 Million Km
Qajar Empire
79
3.0 Million Km
Seleucid Empire
80
2.8 Million Km
Samanid Emire
81
2.8 Million Km
Eastern Jin China
82
2.8 Million Km
Liu Song China
83
2.8 Million Km
Maratha Empire
84
2.8 Million Km
Manchu China
85
2.7 Million Km
Argentina
86
2.7 Million Km
Khilji Empire
87
2.7 Million Km
Majapahit Empire
88
2.7 Million Km
Kazakhstan
89
2.6 Million Km
Liao China
90
2.5 Million Km
Belgian Empire
91
2.5 Million Km
Greco-Bactrean Empire
92
2.5 Million Km
Hokati Empire
93
2.5 Million Km
Western Liao China
94
2.5 Million Km
Later Zhou China
95
2.5 Million Km
Indo-Greek Kingdom
96
2.4 Million Km
Sudan (before 2011)
97
2.3 Million Km
Jin China
98
2.3 Million Km
Southern Qui China
99
2.3 Million Km
Algeria
100
2.1 Million Km
Southern Song China
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27 Comments
cpgatbyu
+7
Level 85
Mar 2, 2016
"km" is not a measure of area. How is Algeria an empire?
Skamps
+2
Level 41
Mar 2, 2016
Kilometers. I'm assuming the K is capitalized. You can't blame me, I'm an American.
Chakespere
+9
Level 23
Apr 9, 2021
What he means is that the area measure is square kilometers
Skamps
+6
Level 41
Mar 2, 2016
An empire is defined as an extensive group of states of countries under a single supreme authority formerly especially under an emperor or empress. Algeria may not have an emperor, but it it does comprise an extensive group of ethnically and culturally diverse regions populated by Berbers, Arabs, Tuaregs, White Europeans, Black Africans and other Saharan peoples.
Tramp
+3
Level 76
Jul 24, 2016
It would be more fun if entering, for example, "China", didn't automatically fill in all Chinese empires. Sure, it's a little difficult, but no more difficult than guessing the Hokati/Tughlaq empires, which I've never heard of in my life.

Nice quiz though. I managed to get 58/100.

LongHistory3
+3
Level 21
Jan 28, 2017
what about Confederate States?
Skamps
+3
Level 41
Jan 28, 2017
I don't think they were ever recognized as a sovereign state.
bacoj254
+9
Level 40
Nov 11, 2019
What about the HRE, polish Lithuanian commonwealth and Austriahungary
ooftownroad
+3
Level 61
Feb 26, 2020
area is spelled wrong
ooftownroad
+3
Level 61
Feb 26, 2020
add achaemenid empire
ilko281
+1
Level 56
Aug 7, 2020
Kilometers is not a measure for area.
dingtrf
+1
Level 50
Sep 18, 2020
pls let hephthalite be replacement for white hunnic
Moeilijk
+1
Level 62
Jan 5, 2022
What about the Iberian Union?
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 56
Apr 12, 2022
Please accept UK for the British Empire
Mark07
+1
Level 48
May 28, 2022
The sizes are kinda inaccurate
Uzbekiman
+4
Level 41
Apr 24, 2023
aria is spelled arEa
ThatFlemishGuy
+2
Level 66
Nov 9, 2023
CAN YOU PLEASE TRY TO UPDATE THE QUIZ

Following the previous comments, there are several mistakes made while making this quiz!

Geoguy
+2
Level 68
Nov 9, 2023
Just wanted to say nice quiz, a nice exercise in naming historical countries that spanned big areas

Got to 70, and now I've got like 30 different central asian empires/khanates to look up haha

randommonke
+1
Level 34
Aug 14, 2024
you got more to look up. India and China auto filled like half of it
Fianchetto
+2
Level 75
Nov 9, 2023
Can you add more type-ins, most quizzes will accept UK and Mogul/Moghul? Maybe Nubia or at least just Kush.
chrisw439
+1
Level 65
Nov 9, 2023
Great idea, but requires some work!
GoblinOfCooz
+2
Level 77
Nov 9, 2023
Please accept Sassanid (for Sasanian) and Seljuk (for Seljuq)
martincasas
+5
Level 51
Nov 9, 2023
Great concept, but it needs a good revision. Seems like "Biggest nations and empires of all time" is a better-fitting title.

Filling in all of the Chinese dynasties under "China" but not the Soviet Union under "Russia" seems absurd. "India" fills a lot of empires geographically related (but not really politically) but Iran doesn't. Would be nice to have a good set of criteria on this.

Also, is the "Land aria" at the maximum extent? Some of the states you listed were bigger at some point in the past. The US had an area of 10.1 million km at the beginning of the 20th century, for example.

itsthebarg
+3
Level 66
Nov 9, 2023
Either cite and link your source, or explain your exact definition of "empire" in the description. For example, why is Gran Colombia (2.417 million sq km) not listed? You include short-lived empires like the Macedonians as well as non-monarchist states like Algeria. Was it overlooked?

You also need to standardize your type-in generality. Why does "China" yield every Chinese dynasty, while "India" yields some but not all Indian dynasties (Gupta but not Mauryan, for example), and "Iran" yields only the Achaemenids but not Sasanians, Safavids, Ashfarids, etc. Decide upon a rule for when a general regional/cultural name counts as a type-in, and apply that rule consistently. This rule should be listed in the description.

You also need to accept alternate type-ins for many answers, such as Khwarezmia/Khwarazmia, Sassanid/Sasanian, etc.

Additionally, sizes need to be fixed. Write Sq. Km. instead of Km, and specify in the description that "Maximum estimates of land area are listed."

bigmannimich
+1
Level 55
Nov 9, 2023
I definitely would not consider the USSR an empire!

The mode of production, while not perfect, was not capitalist/feudal, the only systems which beget Imperialism. It did not exploit its holdings, and in fact provided equal rights to all Soviet citizens, while providing infrastructure and education, and didn't exploit its workers anywhere close to how they were being exploited under the Tsarist regime, or even to how the Bourgeoisie of the former Soviet Republics exploits them to this day.

Karrotist
+2
Level 58
Mar 6, 2024
heres some that im surprised didnt make the list:

-Novgorod

-Peru-Bolivia

-Gran Colombia

Karrotist
+1
Level 58
Mar 6, 2024
Australia's size did not peak at 7.6M km², even though that is the current size

Australia's size actually peaked before 1975, when they owned Papua New Guinea. Their size then was around 8.1M km²

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