Largest Empires by Share of World Population

Source: Wikipedia - List of Largest Empires

Largest Empires by Share of World Population

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Qing dynasty (1800) leads in Estimated Peak Share of World Population (%) with 37.

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Average Estimated Peak Share of World Population (%): 30.38 · median: 30.50.

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Gap: Qing dynasty (1800) is 1.5× larger than Qin dynasty (220 BC).

About This Dataset

Largest Empires by Share of World Population

Empires ranked by the estimated share of the entire world's population they governed at their peak - a measure of demographic dominance rather than land area. China's Qing dynasty tops the list, ruling an estimated 37% of all humanity around the year 1800.

Analysis

Qing dynasty (1800) (37), Northern Song dynasty (1100) (33) and Western Han dynasty (1 AD) (32) take the top three in Estimated Peak Share of World Population (%). Values run from 37 at the top to 24 at the bottom, a spread of 13. First and second are separated by 4, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Below the top two the field is tightly packed: the remaining 6 run from 32 down to 24.

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Qing dynasty (1800)

Estimated Peak Share of World Population (%) · All Time

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Estimated Peak Share of World Population (%)

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia - List of Largest Empires
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Estimated Peak Share of World Population (%)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Estimated Peak Share of World Population (%) · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Qing dynasty (1800)	37
🥈	Northern Song dynasty (1100)	33
🥉	Western Han dynasty (1 AD)	32
4	Mongol Empire (1290)	31
5	Roman Empire (150 AD)	30
6	Jin dynasty (280 AD)	28
7	Ming dynasty (1600)	28
8	Qin dynasty (220 BC)	24

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires Visit ↗

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