List of the largest country subdivisions by area

This is a list of the 50 largest country subdivisions by area (including surface water) in square kilometres.

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List of the 50 largest country subdivisions by area

Rank Subdivision name Country Area (km²) Population
1 Sakha Republic  Russia 3,103,200 958,300
2 State of Western Australia  Australia 2,645,615 2,296,411
3 Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia 2,339,700 2,828,200
4 Greenland  Kingdom of Denmark 2,166,086[1][2] 56,615
5 Territory of Nunavut  Canada 2,093,190 33,303
6 State of Queensland  Australia 1,852,642 4,516,361
7 State of Alaska  United States 1,717,854 710,231
8 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  China 1,660,000 21,813,334
9 State of Amazonas  Brazil 1,570,947 3,480,937
10 Province of Quebec  Canada 1,542,056 7,988,575
11 Northern Territory  Australia 1,420,968 229,675
12 Northwest Territories  Canada 1,346,106[3] 43,529
13 State of Pará  Brazil 1,253,164 7,588,078
14 Tibet Autonomous Region  China 1,228,400 3,002,166
15 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  China 1,183,000 24,706,321
16 Province of Ontario  Canada 1,076,395 13,210,667
17 State of South Australia  Australia 1,043,514 1,644,642
18 Province of British Columbia  Canada 948,596 4,510,858
19 State of Mato Grosso  Brazil 906,807 3,033,991
20 State of New South Wales  Australia 809,444 7,238,819
21 Khabarovsk Krai  Russia 788,600 1,344,200
22 Irkutsk Oblast  Russia 767,900 2,428,700
23 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug  Russia 750,300[4] 522,800
24 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug  Russia 737,700 50,500
25 Qinghai Province  China 721,000 5,626,722
26 Mintaqah of Ash Sharqiyah  Saudi Arabia 710,000 3,360,157
27 State of Texas  United States 696,241 25,145,561
28 Province of Alberta  Canada 661,848 3,724,832
29 Province of Saskatchewan  Canada 651,036 1,053,960
30 Province of Manitoba  Canada 647,797 1,232,654
31 Department of Agadez  Niger 634,209 321,639
32 Tamanghasset aka Tamanrasset Wilaya  Algeria 619,360[5] 198,691
33 State of Minas Gerais  Brazil 586,528 19,595,309
34 State of Bahia  Brazil 564,273 14,021,432
35 Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug  Russia 523,100[4] 1,532,000
36 Province of Orientale  Democratic Republic of the Congo 503,239[5][6] 5,566,000
37 Province of Katanga  Democratic Republic of the Congo 496,871[7] 4,125,000
38 Sichuan Province  China 485,000 80,418,200
39 Yukon Territory  Canada 482,443 34,246
40 Shabiyah of Al Kufrah  Libya 479,160[5] 50,104
41 Kamchatka Krai  Russia 472,300 321,800
42 Magadan Oblast  Russia 461,400 157,000
43 Heilongjiang Province  China 460,000 38,312,224
44 Gansu Province  China 454,000 25,575,254
45 Adrar Wilaya  Algeria 443,782 402,197
46 Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia 431,500 1,106,600
47 Qaraghandy Province  Kazakhstan 428,000 1,375,000
48 State of California  United States 423,970 37,253,956
49 Province of Papua  Indonesia 421,981[8] 2,900,000
50 Komi Republic  Russia 416,774 901,642

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Notes

  1. ^ Due to the nature of the Kingdom of Denmark it is uncertain whether Greenland is better classified as a country subdivision or as a country in its own right.
  2. ^ If Greenland would be listed as a country; its two largest municipalities (Qaasuitsup and Sermersooq should both be listed as numbers 26 and 35 with 660,000 and 531,900 km² respectively, being then the first order subdivision
  3. ^ The area of the Northwest Territories in Canada was 3,439,296 km², making it the world's largest subdivision, until 1999, when the territory of Nunavut was split off from the Northwest Territories.
  4. ^ a b The Tyumen Oblast contains the Khanty-Mansi and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, but all three are considered to be federal subjects of Russia. The total area for the oblast (with autonomous okrugs included) is 1,433,270 km².
  5. ^ a b c These figures cannot be verified by their Wikipedia page.
  6. ^ The current constitution of DR Congo, ratified in 2006, will split Orientale into four new provinces no later than February 2009.
  7. ^ The 2006 DR Congo constitution also provides for Katanga to be split into four new provinces.
  8. ^ The province originally covered the entire western half of New Guinea, but in 2003, the western portion of the province, on the Bird's Head Peninsula, was declared by Jakarta to be a separate province named West Irian Jaya. The legality of this separation has been disputed as it appears to conflict with a law giving Special Autonomy status to Papua in the year 2000. The status of West Irian Jaya province is not yet resolved as of early 2006.

References

Lists of administrative country subdivisions

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