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Top 5 largest empires in history by land area

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Peak land area — Empires

Snapshot · 2026-05-31

  1. 1

    British Empire

    ~35.5 million km²

  2. 2

    Mongol Empire

    ~24.0 million km²

  3. 3

    Russian Empire

    ~22.8 million km²

  4. 4

    Qing dynasty

    ~14.7 million km²

  5. 5

    Spanish Empire

    ~13.7 million km²