| Empire | Start year | End year | Duration (years) |
|---|
| Achaemenid Empire[1] | 550 BC | 330 BC | 220 |
| Afsharid Iran[2] | 1736 | 1796 | 60 |
| Akkadian Empire[3] | 2334 BC | 2154 BC | 180 |
| Akwamu[4] | 1629 | 1867 | 238 |
| United States of America[5] (disputed)[6] | 1776 | present | 249 |
| Angevin Empire[7] | 1154 | 1242 | 88 |
| Aq Qoyunlu[8] | 1467[8] | 1508[8] | 41 |
| Armenian Empire ofTigranes the Great[9] | 89 BC[10] | 55 BC[10] | 34 |
| Asante Empire[11] | 1670 | 1902 | 232 |
| Aulikara Empire[12] | 528 | 550 | 22 |
| Austria-Hungary[13] | 1867 | 1918 | 51 |
| Austrian Empire[14] | 1804 | 1867 | 63 |
| Avar Khaganate[15] | 567 | 822 | 255 |
| Ayutthaya Kingdom[16] | 1351 | 1767 | 416 |
| Aztec Empire[17] | 1325 | 1521 | 196 |
| Old Babylonian Empire[18] | 1894 BC[19][20] | 1595 BC | 299 |
| Neo-Babylonian Empire[21] | 626 BC | 539 BC | 87 |
| Bamana Empire[22] | 1712 | 1861 | 149 |
| Belgian colonial empire[23] | 1908 | 1962 | 55 |
| Kingdom of Benin[24] | 1180 | 1897 | 717 |
| Empire of Brazil[25] | 1822 | 1889 | 67 |
| Britannic Empire[26] | 286 | 296 | 10 |
| British Empire[27] | 1583 | 1997 | 414 |
| British Raj (Indian Empire)[28] | 1858 | 1947 | 89 |
| Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)[29] | 1368 | 1888 | 520 |
| Old Great Bulgaria[30] | 632 | 668 | 36 |
| First Bulgarian Empire[31] | 681 | 1018 | 337 |
| Second Bulgarian Empire[32] | 1185 | 1396 | 211 |
| Byzantine Empire[32] | 395 | 1453 | 1058 |
| Carolingian Empire[33] | 800 | 888 | 88 |
| Carthaginian Empire[34] | 814 BC | 146 BC | 668 |
| Central African Empire[35] | 1976 | 1979 | 3 |
| Chenla[citation needed] | 550 | 802 | 252 |
| Chimor[36] | 900 | 1470 | 570 |
| Chola Empire[37] | 848 | 1279 | 431 |
| Athenian Empire[38] | 454 BC | 404 BC | 50 |
| Danish colonial empire[39] | 1536 | 1953 | 417 |
| Durrani Empire[40] | 1747 | 1842 | 95 |
| Dutch colonial empire[41] | 1595 | 1975 | 380 |
| Dzungar Khanate[42] | 1634 | 1758 | 124 |
| Empire of Charles V[43] | 1519 | 1556 | 37 |
| New Kingdom of Egypt[44] | 1550 BC | 1077 BC | 473 |
| Elamite Empire[45] | 1210 BC | 1100 BC | 110 |
| Ethiopian Empire[46] | 1270 | 1974 | 704 |
| First French Empire[47] | 1804 | 1815 | 11 |
| Second French Empire[48] | 1852 | 1870 | 18 |
| French colonial empire[49] | 1534 | 1814 | 280 |
| 1830 | 1980 | 150 |
| Funan[50] | 50 | 550 | 500 |
| Gallic Empire[51] | 260 | 274 | 14 |
| Gaza Empire[52] | 1824 | 1895 | 71 |
| German colonial empire[53] | 1884 | 1920 | 36 |
| German Empire[54] | 1871 | 1919 | 48 |
| German Empire (1848–1849)[citation needed] | 1848 | 1849 | 1 |
| Ghana Empire[55] | 830 | 1235 | 405 |
| Ghaznavid Empire[56] | 977 | 1186 | 209 |
| Goguryeo[57] | 37 BC | 668 | 705 |
| Goryeo[citation needed] | 918 | 1392 | 474 |
| Golden Horde[58] | 1240 | 1502 | 262 |
| Grand Duchy of Lithuania[59] | 1236 | 1795 | 559 |
| Empire of Great Fulo[citation needed] | 1512 | 1776 | 264 |
| Gupta Empire[60] | 320 | 550 | 230 |
| Habsburg monarchy[61] | 1282 | 1918 | 636 |
| First Empire of Haiti[62] | 1804 | 1806 | 2 |
| Second Empire of Haiti[63] | 1849 | 1859 | 10 |
| Han dynasty[64] | 202 BC | 220 AD | 422 |
| Hephthalite Empire[65] | 440 | 560 | 120 |
| Hittite Empire[66] | 1600 BC | 1178 BC | 422 |
| Holy Roman Empire[67] | 800/962 | 1806 | 1006/844 |
| Hoysala Kingdom[68] | 1026 | 1343 | 317 |
| Hunnic Empire[69] | 370 | 469 | 99 |
| Iberian Union[70] | 1580 | 1640 | 60 |
| Ilkhanate[58] | 1256 | 1335 | 79 |
| Inca Empire[71] | 1438 | 1572 | 134 |
| Italian Empire[72] | 1882 | 1960 | 78 |
| Empire of Japan[73] | 1868 | 1947 | 79 |
| Jin dynasty (266–420)[74] | 266 | 420 | 154 |
| Jin dynasty (1115–1234)[75] | 1115 | 1234 | 119 |
| Jolof Empire[76] | 1350 | 1549 | 199 |
| Kaabu[77] | 1537 | 1867 | 330 |
| Kanem–Bornu Empire[78] | c. 700 | 1893 | 1193 |
| Khmer Empire[79] | 802 | 1431 | 629 |
| Khwarazmian Empire[80] | 1077 | 1231 | 154 |
| Kingdom of Georgia[81] | 1008 | 1490 | 482 |
| Kong Empire[82] | 1710 | 1898 | 188 |
| Korean Empire[83] | 1897 | 1910 | 13 |
| Kushan Empire[64] | 30 | 345 | 315 |
| Kingdom of Kush[84] | 780 BC | 350 | 1130 |
| Latin Empire[85] | 1204 | 1261 | 57 |
| Liao dynasty[75] | 907 | 1125 | 218 |
| Macedonia[86] | 808 BC | 148 BC | 660 |
| Majapahit[87] | 1293 | 1527 | 234 |
| Mali Empire[77] | 1235 | 1670 | 435 |
| Maratha Confederacy[88] | 1674 | 1818 | 144 |
| Massina Empire[89] | 1820 | 1862 | 42 |
| Maurya Empire[45] | 321 BC | 185 BC | 136 |
| Median Empire (disputed)[90] | 678 BC | 550 BC | 128 |
| First Mexican Empire[91] | 1821 | 1823 | 2 |
| Second Mexican Empire[92] | 1864 | 1867 | 3 |
| Middle Assyrian Empire[93] | 1363 BC[93] | 1056 BC[93] | 307 |
| Ming dynasty[94] | 1368 | 1644 | 276 |
| Mongol Empire[95] | 1206 | 1368 | 162 |
| Great Moravia[33] | 833 | 907 | 74 |
| Mughal Empire[88] | 1526 | 1857 | 331 |
| Nanda Empire[96] | 345 BC | 321 BC | 24 |
| Nazi Germany[97] | 1933 | 1945 | 12 |
| Kingdom of Nepal[98] | 1768 | 2008 | 240 |
| Neo-Assyrian Empire[99] | 911 BC[99] | 609 BC[99] | 302 |
| Neo-Sumerian Empire[100] | 2112 BC | 2004 BC | 108 |
| North Sea Empire[101] | 1013 | 1042 | 29 |
| Empire of Nicaea[81] | 1204 | 1261 | 57 |
| Odrysian kingdom[102] | 480 BC | 30 BC | 450 |
| Omani Empire[103] | 1696 | 1856 | 158 |
| Ostrogothic Kingdom[104] | 493 | 553 | 60 |
| Ottoman Empire[105] | 1299 | 1922 | 623 |
| Oyo Empire[106] | 1300 | 1896 | 596 |
| Pagan kingdom[107] | 849 | 1287 | 438 |
| Pala Empire[108] | 750 | 1161 | 411 |
| Palmyrene Empire[109] | 270 | 273 | 3 |
| Parthian Empire[44] | 247 BC | 224 | 471 |
| Kingdom of Pontus[110] | 281 BC | 62 | 342 |
| Portuguese Empire[71] | 1415 | 1999 | 584 |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom[111] | 305 BC | 30 BC | 275 |
| Purépecha Empire[112] | 1300 | 1530[113] | 230 |
| Qara Khitai[114] | 1124 | 1218 | 94 |
| Qing dynasty[115] | 1644 | 1912 | 268 |
| Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)[116] | 1782 | 1932 | 150 |
| Roman Empire[69] | 27 BC | 395 | 422 |
| Rozvi Empire[117] | 1660 | 1866 | 206 |
| Russian Empire[42] | 1721 | 1917 | 196 |
| Safavid Iran[118] | 1501 | 1736 | 235 |
| Samo's Empire[119] | 631 | 658 | 27 |
| Sasanian Empire[44] | 224 | 651 | 427 |
| Samanid Empire[120] | 819 | 999 | 180 |
| Seleucid Empire[121] | 312 BC | 63 BC | 249 |
| Seljuk Empire[122] | 1037 | 1194 | 157 |
| Serbian Empire[123] | 1346 | 1371 | 25 |
| Shu Han[citation needed] | 221 | 263 | 42 |
| Sikh Empire[124] | 1799 | 1849 | 50 |
| Singhasari[citation needed] | 1222 | 1292 | 70 |
| Song dynasty[75] | 960 | 1279 | 319 |
| Songhai Empire[89] | 1464 | 1591 | 127 |
| Spanish Empire[71] | 1492 | 1976 | 496 |
| Shunga Empire[125] | 185 BC | 73 BC | 112 |
| Sur Empire[126] | 1540 | 1556 | 16 |
| Swedish Empire[127] | 1523 | 1809 | 286 |
| Tang dynasty[94] | 618 | 907 | 289 |
| Tây Sơn dynasty[citation needed] | 1778 | 1802 | 24 |
| Empire of Thessalonica[81] | 1224 | 1242 | 18 |
| Tibetan Empire[128] | 755 | 842 | 87 |
| Timurid Empire[129] | 1370 | 1507 | 137 |
| Empire of Trebizond[81] | 1204 | 1461 | 257 |
| Toltec Empire[130] | 496 | 1122 | 626 |
| Tuʻi Tonga Empire[131] | 950 | 1865 | 915 |
| Tukulor Empire[132] | 1852 | 1893 | 41 |
| First Turkic Khaganate[133] | 551 | 744 | 193 |
| Empire of Vietnam[134] | March 1945 | August 1945 | 0 (5 Months) |
| Vijayanagara Empire[45] | 1336 | 1646 | 310 |
| Wari Empire[135] | 600 | 1100 | 500 |
| Wassoulou Empire[136] | 1878 | 1898 | 20 |
| Western Chalukya Empire[137] | 975 | 1184 | 209 |
| Western Roman Empire[69] | 395 | 476 | 81 |
| Yuan dynasty[95] | 1260 | 1368 | 108 |
| Zhou dynasty[138] | 1046 BC | 256 BC | 790 |