Top 10 biggest countries in history considering area

10. Portuguese Empire

• area: 10,400,000 km²
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 6.97%
• year: 1815

9. Umayyad Caliphate

• area: 11,100,000 km²
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 7.45%
• year: 720
• population in 720: 50,000,000

8. Abbasid Caliphate

• area: 11,100,000 km²
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 7.45%
• year: 750
• population in 750: 50,000,000

7. Second French colonial empire

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• area: 11,500,000 km²
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 7.72%
• year: 1920
• population in 1920: 94,696,000

6. Spanish Empire

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• area: 13,700,000 km²
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 9.19%
• year: 1780
• population in 1780: 68,000,000

5. Qing dynasty

• area: 14,700,000 km²
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 9.87%
• year: 1790
• population in 1790: 381,000,000

4. ZSRR

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• area: 22,400,000 km²
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 15.03%
• years: 1945-1991
• population in 1989: 286,000,000

3. Russian Empire

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• area: 23,700,000 km²
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 15.91%
• year: 1866
• population in 1866: 125,000,000

2. Mongol Empire

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• area: 24,000,000 km²
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 16.11%
• year: 1309
• population in 1309: 110,000,000

1. British Empire

• area: 35,800,000 km²,
• percentage of Earth’s land area: 24.03%
• year: 1925
• population in 1925: 478,000,000