Atlas · History · 21 September 2026

The British Empire at Its Peak (1922)

By 1922 the British Empire controlled 36,190,000 km² — about a quarter of the world's land — and 480 million people, roughly 24% of the world's population.

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The British Empire at Its Peak (1922)

At its peak in 1922, the British Empire controlled 36,190,000 square kilometres — a quarter of the world’s land surface — and 480 million people, about 24% of the world’s population. It was the largest empire in human history.