At the height of its power, the British Empire encompassed over 33 million km2 of land, the largest empire in history. The empire had territorial possessions in every continent, which led to the phrase "the sun never sets on the British Empire."
By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-fifth of the world's population at the time.
The British Empire was the largest empire that has ever existed on earth, even with the loss of the American colonies. The British Empire included holdings on all continents except Antarctica, and the entire continent of Australia, as well as India, much of Africa, Canada, various holdings in the Caribbean and South America, and numerous holdings of smaller islands and territories in all of the world's ice-free oceans.
The British Empire no longer exists. Most of what was the British Empire are now sovereign nations and many of those are members of the Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth might be thought of as the successor of the Empire, but it is certainly not the empire.
The Commonwealth of Nations consists of:
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Brunei
Cameroon
Canada
Cyprus
Dominica
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Kingdom
Vanuatu
Zambia
About 15,849,342 square miles.
89,181 square miles
The British Empire colonized the nation we now call Guyana. It was called British Guiana until the nation gained its independence in 1966.
India got its Independence on 15 Aug 1947 after British empire left and it is a Democratic country now.
At the time of the British Empire, Pakistan didn't exist. It was part of the Indian Empire which was part of the British Empire. When independence came in 1947, the country was split into India (mostly Hindus), Pakistan (mostly Muslims), and East Pakistan (mostly Muslims and now called Bangladesh).
This is because the majory of people living in it known as unionist want to remain part of the UK. At one stage the whole island of Ireland was part of the Great Britain because the king at the time took control. As time went by only the nothern end of this island wanted to remain part of Great Britain called Ulster.
The Ottoman Empire (now modern Turkish Empire) , the British Empire, the French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
The British Empire today, is now called the British commonwealth, or Commonwealth Realms or Commonwealth of Nations
What the last person said is wrong. The British empire is still active but by the royal blood. The British empire is still powerful but only owns 2 country's witch is Britain, Australia and New Zealand. All crossed out is wrong. No.! now there is an American Empire these are the major empires that were exist and the final one is still exist Roman Empire->Mongolian Empire->Russian Empire->British Empire->American Empire(now)
United States, British Empire, Soviet Union.
India got its Independence on 15 Aug 1947 after British empire left and it is a Democratic country now.
India got its Independence on 15 Aug 1947 after British empire left and it is a Democratic country now.
The 50 plus countries that were originally part of the British Empire, started to become independent from the late 1940's onwards and then became known as the British Commonwealth. That term is now obsolete and they are now known as the Commonwealth of Nations.
The British Empire colonized the nation we now call Guyana. It was called British Guiana until the nation gained its independence in 1966.
India got its Independence on 15 Aug 1947 after British empire left and it is a Democratic country now.
At first its name was British Empire Games. then it changes to British Empire and Commonwealth games. after that British Commonwealth Games. and now its name is Commonwealth games.
At one time some of the countries in Africa were part of the British empire. Now they are independent, but some are members of the Commonwealth of Nations, an organisation that has some of the old British empire countries as members.
Where the completion of the loading of the S.S Empire Tern, a big British tanker
Hong Kong was no longer part of the British Empire on July 1, 1997. It is now a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.