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