Multiple choice

What percentage of the world’s land area did the British Empire occupy at its peak?

  1. 16%

  2. 20%

  3. 22%

  4. 25%
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Explanation

At its territorial peak in the early 1920s, the British Empire covered about 35.5 million square kilometers, which is approximately 22% to 24% of the Earth's total land area. This vast expanse earned it the famous description as the empire on which the sun never sets.

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