List of country subdivisions by population

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Largest hundred first-level subdivisions by population.

This is a list of the most populous first-level administrative country subdivisions in the world, in order of population; most estimates are from 2004, some from 2008. Those subdivisions which are the largest in their respective countries are shown in bold.

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Rank Subdivision Type Country Population Area km² Density per km² Ref
1 India Uttar Pradesh State India 199,581,477 240,928 828
2 India Maharashtra State India 112,372,972 307,713 365
3 China Guangdong Province China 104,303,132 177,900 618 [1]
4 India Bihar State India 103,804,637 94,163 1,102
5 China Shandong Province China 95,793,065 156,700 598 [1]
6 China Henan Province China 94,023,567 167,000 560 [1]
7 India West Bengal State India 91,347,736 88,752 1,029
8 India Andhra Pradesh State India 84,665,533 275,045 308
9 Pakistan Punjab Province Pakistan 84,632,500 205,344 412
10 China Sichuan Province China 80,418,200 485,000 181 [1]
11 China Jiangsu Province China 78,659,903 102,600 743 [1]
12 India Madhya Pradesh State India 72,597,565 308,245 236
13 India Tamil Nadu State India 72,138,958 130,058 555
14 China Hebei Province China 71,854,202 187,700 370 [1]
15 India Rajasthan State India 68,621,012 342,239 201
16 China Hunan Province China 65,683,722 211,800 323 [1]
17 India Karnataka State India 61,130,704 191,791 319
18 India Gujarat State India 60,383,628 196,024 308
19 China Anhui Province China 59,500,510 139,400 498 [1]
20 China Hubei Province China 57,237,740 185,900 332 [1]
21 China Zhejiang Province China 54,426,891 101,800 509 [1]
22 United Kingdom England Country United Kingdom 51,446,600 130,395 395
23 Bangladesh Dhaka Division Bangladesh 46,729,000 31,119 1,255
24 China Guangxi Autonomous Region China 46,026,629 236,700 211 [1]
25 China Yunnan Province China 45,966,239 394,100 107 [1]
26 China Jiangxi Province China 44,567,475 166,900 257 [1]
27 China Liaoning Province China 43,746,323 145,900 295 [1]
28 Indonesia West Java Province Indonesia 43,021,826 34,816 1,236 [2]
29 India Orissa State India 41,947,358 155,820 269
30 Brazil São Paulo State Brazil 41,252,160 248,209 166 [3]
31 China Heilongjiang Province China 38,312,224 460,000 83 [1]
32 Indonesia East Java Province Indonesia 37,476,011 47,922 782 [2]
33 China Shaanxi Province China 37,327,378 205,800 180 [1]
34 United States California State United States 37,253,956 423,970 88 [4]
35 China Fujian Province China 36,894,216 121,400 283 [1]
36 China Shanxi Province China 35,712,111 156,800 214 [1]
37 Pakistan Sindh Province Pakistan 34,968,800 140,914 248
38 China Guizhou Province China 34,746,468 176,100 214 [1]
39 India Kerala State India 33,387,677 38,863 859
40 India Jharkhand State India 32,966,238 74,677 414
41 Indonesia Central Java Province Indonesia 32,380,687 32,548 995 [2]
42 India Assam State India 31,169,272 78,550 397
43 Bangladesh Rajshahi Division Bangladesh 30,201,873 34,513 875
44 China Chongqing Province level-Municipality China 28,846,170 82,300 393 [1]
45 India Punjab State India 27,704,236 50,362 550
46 China Jilin Province China 27,462,297 187,400 146 [1]
47 Ethiopia Oromia Region Ethiopia 27,158,471 353,632 77
48 China Gansu Province China 25,575,254 454,000 58 [1]
49 India Chhattisgarh State India 25,540,196 135,194 189
50 India Haryana State India 25,353,081 44,212 573
51 United States Texas State United States 25,145,561 696,241 36 [4]
52 China Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China 24,706,321 1,183,000 21 [1]
53 Bangladesh Chittagong Division Bangladesh 24,230,229 33,771 717
54 Ethiopia Amhara Region Ethiopia 24,000,200 156,960 153
55 China Shanghai Province level-Municipality China 23,019,148 7,037 2,730 [1]
56 China Xinjiang Autonomous Region China 21,813,334 1,660,001 13 [1]
57 Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Pakistan 20,468,700 34,084 601
58 China Beijing Province level-Municipality China 19,612,368 16,801 1,309 [1]
59 Brazil Minas Gerais State Brazil 19,595,309 586,528 33 [3]
60 United States New York State United States 19,378,102 141,299 137 [4]
61 United States Florida State United States 18,801,310 170,304 110 [4]
62 Germany North Rhine-Westphalia State Germany 17,872,863 34,084 524
63 Nigeria Lagos State Nigeria 17,552,942 3,475 2,994 [5]
64 India Delhi Capital Territory India 16,753,235 1,483 11,297
65 Brazil Rio de Janeiro State Brazil 15,993,583 43,696 366 [3]
66 Argentina Buenos Aires Province Argentina 15,594,428 307,571 51 [6]
67 Mexico México State Mexico 15,174,272 21,355 711 [7]
68 Ethiopia SNNPR Region Ethiopia 15,042,531 112,343 134
69 Iran Tehran Province Iran 14,795,116 18,814 786
70 Bangladesh Khulna Division Bangladesh 14,470,000 22,274 650
71 Brazil Bahia State Brazil 14,021,432 564,692 25 [3]
72 Nigeria Kano State Nigeria 13,381,682 20,131 665
73 Canada Ontario Province Canada 13,210,600 1,076,395 12
74 Japan Tokyo Prefecture Japan 13,010,279 2,187 5,949
75 Indonesia North Sumatra Province Indonesia 12,985,075 71,680 181 [2]
76 China Tianjin Province-level Municipality China 12,938,224 11,760 1,044 [1]
77 Turkey Istanbul Province Turkey 12,915,158 5,196 2,486
78 United States Illinois State United States 12,830,632 140,998 91 [4]
79 United States Pennsylvania State United States 12,702,379 119,283 106 [4]
80 India Jammu and Kashmir State India 12,548,926 222,236 56
81 Germany Bavaria State Germany 12,510,331 70,549 177
82 Philippines CALABARZON Region Philippines 11,743,110 16,558 709.2
83 France Île-de-France Region France 11,694,000 12,012 974
84 South Korea Gyeonggi Province South Korea 11,571,684 10,131 1,142
85 Philippines Metro Manila Region Philippines 11,553,427 639 18,080
86 United States Ohio State United States 11,536,504 116,096 99 [4]
87 Germany Baden-Württemberg State Germany 10,747,479 35,752 301
88 Brazil Rio Grande do Sul State Brazil 10,695,532 281,748 38 [3]
89 Indonesia Banten Province Indonesia 10,644,030 9,161 1,162 [2]
90 Russia Moscow Federal City Russia 10,563,038 1,081 9,772
91 South Africa Gauteng Province South Africa 10,451,713 16,548 632 [8][9]
92 Brazil Paraná State Brazil 10,439,601 199,315 52 [3]
93 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Province South Africa 10,259,230 94,361 109 [8][9]
94 South Korea Seoul Special City South Korea 10,208,302 605 16,873
95 India Uttarkhand State India 10,116,752 53,483 189
96 United States Michigan State United States 9,883,640 253,793 39 [4]
97 Italy Lombardy Region Italy 9,874,932 23,861 414
98 Philippines Central Luzon Region Philippines 9,720,982 21,543 451.2
99 United States Georgia State United States 9,687,653 153,909 63 [4]
100 Indonesia Jakarta Special Capital Territory Indonesia 9,588,198 663 14,462 [2]

[edit] Footnotes

Former large subdivisions and/or former populations (split off areas):

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census.
  2. ^ a b c d e f 2010 Official 2010 Indonesia census results.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Instituto Brasileiro de Estaística e Geografia (IBGE), 2010 Brazilian revised census results.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i United States Census Bureau, 2010 census results by state.
  5. ^ Lagos State Social Security Exercise and Population Figure 2006.
  6. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC), provisional 2010 Argentinian census results.
  7. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), 2010 Mexican census results.
  8. ^ a b "Community Survey 2007 basic results". Statistics South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za/community_new/content.asp. Retrieved 14 January 2011. 
  9. ^ a b Stats in brief, 2007. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2007. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-621-37258-8. http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/StatsInBrief/StatsInBrief2007.pdf. Retrieved 14 January 2011. 
  10. ^ National Statistics Agency Tables:4-3 Total Population and Birth Rate, Death Rate and Natural Growth Rate by Region (1997)
  11. ^ Citypopulation.de:Indonesia

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