Largest Empires of All-Time By Population

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Largest Empires of All-Time By Population

Largest Empires of All-Time By Population

Largest empires of all-time ranked by highest population (est)

Qing Dynasty 36.6% (19th century)

The Qing Dynasty , occasionally known as the Manchu Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China and the surrounding territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing . According to Chinese tradition, the Qing Dynasty was the last Imperial dynasty of China.

Maurya Empire 33.3% (2nd century BC)

Maurya Empire |- | colspan="2" style="font-size: small; text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | |- ! Languages | Sanskrit Prakrit Aramaic With the help of these frontier martial tribes from Central Asia, Chandragupta was apparently able to defeat the Nanda/Nandin rulers of Magadha so as to found the powerful Maurya empire in northern India..

Umayyad 29.5% (7th century)

The Umayyad Dynasty , also "Umawi", was the first dynasty of caliphs of the Islamic empire after the reign of the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs ended.

Mughal Empire 29.2% (17th century)

The Mughal Empire, was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled most of the Indian subcontinent, then known as Hindustan, and parts of what is now Afghanistan and western Pakistan, between 1526 and 1707. The empire was founded by the Timurid leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat.

Ming Dynasty 28.8% (16th century)

The Mng Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644. It was the last ethnic Han-led dynasty in China, supplanting the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty before falling to the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty. The Mng Dynasty ruled over the Empire of the Great Mng , as China was then known.

Persian Empire 27.6% (4th century BC)

The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau and beyond. Generally, the earliest entity considered a part of the Persian Empire is Persia's Achaemenid dynasty , a united Aryan kingdom that originated in the region now known as Pars province of Iran and was formed under Cyrus the Great.

Mongol Empire 25.6% (13th century)

The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in world history, covering over 36 million kmat its peak, with an estimated population of 100 million people and one of the most powerful superpowers of the medieval period. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206 after unifying the Mongol Turkic tribes, and expanded through numerous conquests throughout continental Eurasia starting with the conquests of Western Xia in north China and Khwarezmid Empire

British Empire 25.6% (20th century)

The British Empire was the most extensive empire in world history and for a substantial time was not only a major power but the foremost power in the world. It was a product of the European age of discovery, which began with the global maritime explorations of the Iberian states in the late 15th century, that inaugurated the era of the European global empires.

Han Dynasty 25.4% (2nd century)

The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was founded by the prominent family known as the Liu clan. The reign of the Han Dynasty, lasting 400 years, is commonly considered within China to be one of the greatest periods in the entire history of China.

Roman Empire 24.4% (1st century)

The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. The earlier Roman Republic had been devastated and weakened by the conflict between Gaius Marius and Sulla, followed by the civil war of Julius Caesar against Pompey.