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Largest fifty 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 (estimated 2004), with the top 100 shown. Those subdivisions which are the largest in their respective countries are shown in bold.
Rank |
Subdivision |
Type |
Country |
Population |
Area |
Density |
1 |
Uttar Pradesh |
State |
India |
175,922,300 |
|
|
2 |
Maharashtra |
State |
India |
102,502,700 |
|
|
3 |
Henan |
Province |
China[1] |
96,011,200 |
|
|
4 |
Shandong |
Province |
China |
93,398,700 |
|
|
5 |
Bihar |
State |
India |
87,804,700 |
|
|
6 |
Sichuan |
Province |
China |
87,795,200 |
|
|
7 |
West Bengal |
State |
India |
84,989,100 |
|
|
8 |
Punjab |
Province |
Pakistan |
84,632,500 |
|
|
9 |
Andhra Pradesh |
State |
India |
80,228,400 |
|
|
10 |
Guangdong |
Province |
China |
75,976,100 |
|
|
11 |
Jiangsu |
Province |
China |
73,997,400 |
|
|
12 |
Anhui |
Province |
China |
69,365,800 |
|
|
13 |
Hebei |
Province |
China |
69,104,800 |
|
|
14 |
Hunan |
Province |
China |
68,438,400 |
|
|
15 |
Tamil Nadu |
State |
India |
65,802,400 |
|
|
16 |
Madhya Pradesh |
State |
India |
63,974,100 |
|
|
17 |
Hubei |
Province |
China |
61,775,700 |
|
|
18 |
Rajasthan |
State |
India |
59,829,600 |
|
|
19 |
Karnataka |
State |
India |
55,868,200 |
|
|
20 |
Gujarat |
State |
India |
53,604,200 |
|
|
21 |
England |
Country |
United Kingdom |
49,446,600 |
|
|
22 |
Guangxi |
Province |
China |
49,244,200 |
|
|
23 |
Zhejiang |
Province |
China |
46,773,700 |
|
|
24 |
Liaoning |
Province |
China |
42,997,900 |
|
|
25 |
Jiangxi |
Province |
China |
42,840,000 |
|
|
26 |
Yunnan |
Province |
China |
42,119,300 |
|
|
27 |
São Paulo |
State |
Brazil |
40,086,700 |
|
|
28 |
Orissa |
State |
India |
38,888,600 |
|
|
29 |
West Java |
Province |
Indonesia |
38,277,900 |
|
|
30 |
Heilongjiang |
Province |
China |
38,072,100 |
|
|
31 |
Guizhou |
Province |
China |
37,964,700 |
|
|
32 |
East Java |
Province |
Indonesia |
37,264,500 |
|
|
33 |
Shaanxi |
Province |
China |
37,065,100 |
|
|
34 |
California |
State |
United States |
36,162,800 |
|
|
35 |
Sindh |
Province |
Pakistan |
34,968,800 |
|
|
36 |
Fujian |
Province |
China |
34,341,100 |
|
|
37 |
Kerala |
State |
India |
33,731,000 |
|
|
38 |
Shanxi |
Province |
China |
33,602,100 |
|
|
39 |
Central Java |
Province |
Indonesia |
33,456,300 |
|
|
40 |
Chongqing |
Municipality |
China |
32,339,000 |
|
|
41 |
Jharkhand |
State |
India |
28,508,800 |
|
|
42 |
Assam |
State |
India |
28,221,700 |
|
|
43 |
Gansu |
Province |
China |
26,303,900 |
|
|
44 |
Punjab |
State |
India |
25,732,900 |
|
|
45 |
Oromia |
Region |
Ethiopia |
25,125,000 |
|
|
46 |
Inner Mongolia |
Autonomous Region |
China |
24,454,900 |
|
|
47 |
Amhara |
Region |
Ethiopia |
24,000,200 |
|
|
48 |
Texas |
State |
United States |
22,614,300 |
|
|
49 |
Haryana |
State |
India |
22,336,100 |
|
|
50 |
Chhattisgarh |
State |
India |
22,032,000 |
|
|
51 |
North-West Frontier |
Province |
Pakistan |
20,468,700 |
|
|
52 |
New York |
State |
United States |
19,302,200 |
|
|
53 |
Minas Gerais |
State |
Brazil |
19,074,500 |
|
|
54 |
Xinjiang |
Autonomous Region |
China |
18,933,400 |
|
|
55 |
Taiwan |
Province[2] |
China[3] |
18,576,518 |
|
|
56 |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
State |
Germany |
18,100,000 |
|
|
57 |
Florida |
Province |
United States |
17,407,300 |
|
|
58 |
Rio de Janeiro |
State |
Brazil |
15,485,700 |
|
|
59 |
Delhi |
Union Territory |
India |
14,602,200 |
|
|
60 |
México |
State |
Mexico |
14,349,700 |
|
|
61 |
Buenos Aires |
Province |
Argentina |
14,345,700 |
|
|
62 |
Shanghai |
Municipality |
China |
13,968,500 |
|
|
63 |
SNNPR |
Region |
Ethiopia |
13,918,200 |
|
|
64 |
Bahia |
State |
Brazil |
13,615,200 |
|
|
65 |
Southern Tagalog |
Region |
Philippines |
13,498,500 |
|
|
66 |
Bavaria |
State |
Germany |
12,495,000 |
|
|
67 |
North Sumatra |
Province |
Indonesia |
12,480,500 |
|
|
68 |
Ontario |
Province |
Canada |
12,419,600 |
|
|
69 |
Illinois |
State |
United States |
12,419,293 |
|
|
70 |
Pennsylvania |
State |
United States |
12,419,293 |
|
|
71 |
Tokyo |
Prefecture |
Japan |
12,292,400 |
|
|
72 |
Tehran |
Province |
Iran |
11,931,700 |
|
|
73 |
Beijing |
Municipality |
China |
11,879,300 |
|
|
74 |
Moscow |
Federal City |
Russia |
11,755,500 |
|
|
75 |
Ohio |
State |
United States |
11,483,400 |
|
|
76 |
Île-de-France |
Region |
France |
11,264,000 |
|
|
77 |
Istanbul |
Province |
Turkey |
11,100,400 |
|
|
78 |
Rio Grande do Sul |
State |
Brazil |
10,758,700 |
|
|
79 |
Baden-Württemberg |
State |
Germany |
10,747,479 |
|
|
80 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
State |
India |
10,668,400 |
|
|
81 |
Lagos |
State |
Nigeria |
10,405,000 |
|
|
82 |
Metro Manila |
Region |
Philippines |
10,330,100 |
|
|
83 |
Seoul |
Special City |
South Korea |
10,276,968 |
|
|
84 |
Paraná |
State |
Brazil |
10,157,000 |
|
|
85 |
Michigan |
State |
United States |
10,137,900 |
|
|
86 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Province |
South Africa |
10,070,500 |
|
|
87 |
Gyeonggi |
Province |
South Korea |
10,041,800 |
|
|
88 |
Kano |
State |
Nigeria |
9,964,100 |
|
|
89 |
Gauteng |
Province |
South Africa |
9,839,100 |
|
|
90 |
Tianjin |
Municipality |
China |
9,576,600 |
|
|
91 |
Central Luzon |
Region |
Philippines |
9,023,600 |
|
|
92 |
Jakarta |
Special Capital Territory |
Indonesia |
8,987,800 |
|
|
93 |
Uttarakhand |
State |
India |
8,983,500 |
|
|
94 |
Lombardy |
Region |
Italy |
8,898,400 |
|
|
95 |
Georgia |
State |
United States |
8,875,600 |
|
|
96 |
Osaka |
Prefecture |
Japan |
8,804,800 |
|
|
97 |
New Jersey |
State |
United States |
8,749,200 |
|
|
98 |
Mexican Federal District |
Federal District |
Mexico |
8,720,700 |
|
|
99 |
Kanagawa |
Prefecture |
Japan |
8,683,800 |
|
|
100 |
Banten |
Province |
Indonesia |
8,676,400 |
|
|
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