List of the most populous country subdivisions
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This is a list of the most populous country subdivisions in the world, in order of population (estimated 2004). Entries are limited to those entities exceeding 3 million in size. Those subdivisions which are the largest in their respective countries are shown in bold.
- 175,922,300 Uttar Pradesh, India
- 102,502,700 Maharashtra, India
- 96,011,200 Henan, PR China[1]
- 93,398,700 Shandong, PR China
- 87,804,700 Bihar, India
- 87,795,200 Sichuan, PR China
- 84,989,100 West Bengal, India
- 84,632,500 Punjab, Pakistan
- 80,228,400 Andhra Pradesh, India
- 75,976,100 Guangdong, PR China
- 73,997,400 Jiangsu, PR China
- 69,365,800 Anhui, PR China
- 69,104,800 Hebei, PR China
- 68,438,400 Hunan, PR China
- 65,802,400 Tamil Nadu, India
- 63,974,100 Madhya Pradesh, India
- 61,775,700 Hubei, PR China
- 59,829,600 Rajasthan, India
- 55,868,200 Karnataka, India
- 53,604,200 Gujarat, India
- 49,446,600 England, United Kingdom
- 49,244,200 Guangxi, PR China
- 46,773,700 Zhejiang, PR China
- 42,997,900 Liaoning, PR China
- 42,840,000 Jiangxi, PR China
- 42,119,300 Yunnan, PR China
- 40,086,700 São Paulo State, Brazil
- 38,888,600 Orissa, India
- 38,277,900 West Java, Indonesia
- 38,072,100 Heilongjiang, PR China
- 37,964,700 Guizhou, PR China
- 37,264,500 East Java, Indonesia
- 37,065,100 Shaanxi, PR China
- 36,162,800 California, United States
- 34,968,800 Sindh, Pakistan
- 34,341,100 Fujian, PR China
- 33,731,000 Kerala, India
- 33,602,100 Shanxi, PR China
- 33,456,300 Central Java, Indonesia
- 32,339,000 Chongqing, PR China
- 28,508,800 Jharkhand, India
- 28,221,700 Assam, India
- 26,303,900 Gansu, PR China
- 25,732,900 Punjab, India
- 25,125,000 Oromia, Ethiopia
- 24,454,900 Inner Mongolia, PR China
- 24,000,200 Amhara Region, Ethiopia
- 22,614,300 Texas, United States
- 22,336,100 Haryana, India
- 22,032,000 Chhattisgarh, India
- 20,468,700 North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
- 19,302,200 New York State, United States
- 19,074,500 Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 18,933,400 Xinjiang, PR China
- 18,576,518 Taiwan Province, Republic of China[2]
- 18,100,000 North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- 17,407,300 Florida, United States
- 15,485,700 Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
- 14,602,200 Delhi, India
- 14,349,700 State of México, Mexico
- 14,345,700 Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- 13,968,500 Shanghai, PR China
- 13,918,200 SNNPR, Ethiopia
- 13,615,200 Bahia, Brazil
- 13,498,500 Southern Tagalog, Philippines
- 12,760,700 Illinois, United States
- 12,480,500 North Sumatra, Indonesia
- 12,444,700 Bavaria, Germany
- 12,419,600 Ontario, Canada
- 12,398,200 Pennsylvania, United States
- 12,292,400 Tokyo, Japan
- 11,931,700 Tehran Province, Iran
- 11,879,300 Beijing, PR China
- 11,755,500 Moscow, Russia
- 11,483,400 Ohio, United States
- 11,264,000 Île-de-France, France
- 11,100,400 Istanbul Province, Turkey
- 10,758,700 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 10,721,600 Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- 10,668,400 Jammu and Kashmir, India
- 10,405,000 Lagos State, Nigeria
- 10,330,100 Metro Manila, Philippines
- 10,276,968 Seoul, South Korea
- 10,157,000 Paraná, Brazil
- 10,137,900 Michigan, United States
- 10,070,500 KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
- 10,041,800 Gyeonggi, South Korea
- 9,964,100 Kano State, Nigeria
- 9,839,100 Gauteng Province, South Africa
- 9,576,600 Tianjin, PR China
- 9,023,600 Central Luzon, Philippines
- 8,987,800 Jakarta, Indonesia
- 8,983,500 Uttarakhand, India
- 8,898,400 Lombardy, Italy
- 8,875,600 Georgia, United States
- 8,804,800 Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- 8,749,200 New Jersey, United States
- 8,720,700 Mexican Federal District, Mexico
- 8,683,800 Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- 8,676,400 Banten, Indonesia
- 8,634,500 South Sulawesi, Indonesia
- 8,596,800 Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 8,551,300 North Carolina, United States
- 8,443,800 Pernambuco, Brazil
- 8,234,100 Kinshasa, DR of the Congo[3]
- 8,164,500 Rift Valley Province, Kenya
- 8,113,600 Al Qahira, Egypt
- 8,078,700 Ceará, Brazil
- 8,004,300 Lower Saxony, Germany
- 7,935,100 Andalusia, Spain
- 7,772,800 Hainan, PR China
- 7,591,700 Balochistan, Pakistan
- 7,529,100 Quebec, Canada
- 7,517,700 Greater London, England
- 7,489,600 Virginia, United States
- 7,464,700 Ayeyarwady, Myanmar
- 7,391,800 South Sumatra, Indonesia
- 7,363,069 Lima Province, Peru
- 7,222,300 Lampung, Indonesia
- 7,181,100 Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- 7,167,700 Châttagâm, Bangladesh
- 7,124,700 Orientale, DR of the Congo
- 7,101,800 Bandundu, DR of the Congo
- 7,081,000 Central District, Uganda
- 7,079,000 Saitama Prefecture, Japan
- 7,000,000 Catalonia, Spain
- 6,996,800 Bogotá, Colombia
- 6,980,900 Veracruz, Mexico
- 6,926,000 Pará, Brazil
- 6,868,500 New South Wales, Australia
- 6,851,300 Mandalay, Myanmar
- 6,798,700 Western District, Uganda
- 6,739,100 Kaduna State, Nigeria
- 6,724,600 Hong Kong (PR China)
- 6,709,200 Bangkok, Thailand
- 6,677,000 Baghdad, Iraq
- 6,676,000 Eastern District, Uganda
- 6,618,538 Moscow Oblast, Russia
- 6,595,500 Equateur, DR of the Congo
- 6,572,200 Western Visayas, Philippines
- 6,556,400loopOyo State, Nigeria
- loop6,540,700loopJalisco, Mexico
- loop6,514,500loopEastern Cape Province, South Africa
- loop6,480,500loopMassachusetts, United States
- loop6,444,300loopKhorasan, Iran
- loop6,438,500loopHimachal Pradesh, India
- loop6,407,800loopKatsina State, Nigeria
- loop6,311,300loopCentral Visayas, Philippines
- loop6,212,300loopMetropolitana Region, Chile
- loop6,223,200loopIndiana, United States
- loop6,221,900loopWashington, United States
- loop6,151,900loopWestern Province, Saudi Arabia
- loop6,117,251loopThành phố Hồ Chí Minh[4], Vietnam
- loop6,105,200nbspHesse, Germany
- nbsp6,086,100nbspMaranhão, Brazil
- nbsp6,067,000nbspMadrid Province, Spain
- nbsp6,026,600nbspChiba Prefecture, Japan
- nbsp5,950,200nbspNingxia, PR China
- nbsp5,943,300nbspYangon, Myanmar
- nbsp5,893,300nbspKasai-Oriental, DR of the Congo
- nbsp5,893,100nbspTennessee, United States
- nbsp5,893,000nbspRhône-Alpes, France
- nbsp5,840,700nbspSanta Catarina, Brazil
- nbsp5,767,100nbspSagaing, Myanmar
- nbsp5,761,300nbspArizona, United States
- nbsp5,742,800nbspMissouri, United States
- nbsp5,712,100nbspAl Jizah, Egypt
- nbsp5,705,200nbspSouthern Mindanao, Philippines
- nbsp5,689,200nbspAntioquia, Colombia
- nbsp5,683,700nbspBago, Myanmar
- nbsp5,671,500nbspHokkaidō, Japan
- nbsp5,668,200nbspHyogo Prefecture, Japan
- nbsp5,663,600nbspNorthern District, Uganda
- nbsp5,651,700nbspCentral Serbia, Serbia
- nbsp5,637,200nbspCampania, Italy
- nbsp5,604,000nbspMaryland, United States
- nbsp5,591,200nbspRivers State, Nigeria
- nbsp5,561,800nbspShan State, Myanmar
- nbsp5,524,000nbspGoiás, Brazil
- nbsp5,511,400nbspWisconsin, United States
- nbsp5,482,300nbspLimpopo Province, South Africa
- nbsp5,480,200nbspPuebla, Mexico
- nbsp5,424,700nbspComilla, Bangladesh
- nbsp5,412,300nbspEastern Province, Kenya
- nbsp5,311,200nbspRiau, Indonesia
- nbsp5,282,500nbspKrasnodar Krai, Russia
- nbsp5,280,700nbspAr Riyad Province, Saudi Arabia
- nbsp5,250,800nbspTashkent, Uzbekistan
- nbsp5,194,600nbspMaimansingh, Bangladesh
- nbsp5,154,900nbspAntananarivo Province, Madagascar
- nbsp5,135,800nbspMasovian Voivodship, Poland
- nbsp5,132,300nbspNyanza Province, Kenya
- nbsp5,130,700nbspBenue State, Nigeria
- nbsp5,124,100nbspAsh Sharqiyah, Egypt
- nbsp5,093,700nbspScotland, United Kingdom
- nbsp5,089,900nbspMinnesota, United States
- nbsp5,081,300nbspNord-Kivu, DR of the Congo
- nbsp5,078,800nbspFukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- nbsp5,047,400nbspAd Daqahliyah, Egypt
- nbsp5,014,000nbspBarcelona, Spain
- nbsp4,989,900nbspVictoria, Australia
- nbsp4,979,400nbspQinghai, PR China
- nbsp4,970,500nbspBicol Region, Philippines
- nbsp4,962,800nbspLatium, Italy
- nbsp4,930,500nbspJigawa State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,919,000nbspGuanajuato, Mexico
- nbsp4,853,100nbspSicily, Italy
- nbsp4,847,500nbspMagwe, Myanmar
- nbsp4,893,900nbspWestern Cape Province, South Africa
- nbsp4,765,100nbspAkwa Ibom State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,757,700nbspAl Buhayrah, Egypt
- nbsp4,735,600nbspSt. Petersburg, Russia
- nbsp4,708,000nbspKasai-Occidental, DR of the Congo
- nbsp4,707,800nbspDonetsk Oblast, Ukraine
- nbsp4,703,600nbspSilesian Voivodship, Poland
- nbsp4,666,000nbspProvence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France
- nbsp4,661,200nbspSaint Petersburg, Russia
- nbsp4,660,400nbspColorado, United States
- nbsp4,646,300nbspBauchi State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,552,000nbspWest Sumatra, Indonesia
- nbsp4,543,100nbspIlocos Region, Philippines
- nbsp4,542,500nbspRostov Oblast, Russia
- nbsp4,539,100nbspBorno State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,537,700nbspSomali, Ethiopia
- nbsp4,521,300nbspAlabama, United States
- nbsp4,512,900nbspLagunes, Côte d'Ivoire
- nbsp4,506,900nbspLouisiana, United States
- nbsp4,478,500nbspVeneto, Italy
- nbsp4,474,000nbspAl Khartum, Sudan
- nbsp4,464,800nbspValle del Cauca, Colombia
- nbsp4,461,200nbspSverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
- nbsp4,436,300nbspImo State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,434,000nbspAnkara Province, Turkey
- nbsp4,404,000nbspRostov Oblast, Russia
- nbsp4,395,600nbspIsfahan Province, Iran
- nbsp4,381,900nbspSelangor, Malaysia
- nbsp4,351,700nbspCentral Province, Kenya
- nbsp4,346,500nbspKatanga, DR of the Congo
- nbsp4,329,700nbspChiapas, Mexico
- nbsp4,321,900nbspWest Kalimantan, Indonesia
- nbsp4,314,400nbspSaxony, Germany
- nbsp4,295,200nbspWest Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
- nbsp4,278,000nbspKhuzestan, Iran
- nbsp4,234,200nbspEast Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
- nbsp4,323,600nbspFars, Iran
- nbsp4,220,800nbspBritish Columbia, Canada
- nbsp4,211,300nbspAceh, Indonesia
- nbsp4,206,500nbspTigray, Ethiopia
- nbsp4,198,000nbspSouth Carolina, United States
- nbsp4,195,500nbspSokoto State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,176,500nbspAbia State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,155,200nbspPiedmont, Italy
- nbsp4,140,700nbspKentucky, United States
- nbsp4,114,400nbspDelta State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,104,336nbspBashkortostan, Russia
- nbsp4,098,400nbspOsun State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,068,900nbspAl Gharbiyah, Egypt
- nbsp4,066,900nbspMichoacán, Mexico
- nbsp4,066,300nbspRhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- nbsp4,045,500nbspSud-Kivu, DR of the Congo
- nbsp4,041,300nbspNuevo León, Mexico
- nbsp4,026,000nbspNord-Pas de Calais, France
- nbsp4,021,000nbspNiger State, Nigeria
- nbsp4,006,600nbspOgun State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,977,300nbspAl Iskandariyah, Egypt
- nbsp3,972,700nbspApulia, Italy
- nbsp3,966,600nbspOndo State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,960,700nbspTangail, Bangladesh
- nbsp3,954,200nbspAl Minya, Egypt
- nbsp3,949,900nbspEmilia-Romagna, Italy
- nbsp3,947,000nbspAl Qalyubiyah, Egypt
- nbsp3,940,900nbspBas-Congo, DR of the Congo
- nbsp3,924,800nbspWestern Province, Kenya
- nbsp3,865,100nbspNorth West Province, South Africa
- nbsp3,854,500nbspTatarstan, Russia
- nbsp3,845,700nbspAttica, Greece
- nbsp3,819,000nbspQueensland, Australia
- nbsp3,814,900nbspEastern Visayas, Philippines
- nbsp3,788,500nbspShizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- nbsp3,788,200nbspFianarantsoa province, Madagascar
- nbsp3,780,000nbspZambezia, Mozambique
- nbsp3,779,300nbspTatarstan, Russia
- nbsp3,750,500nbspTaipei County, Republic of China
- nbsp3,748,100nbspIzmir Province, Turkey
- nbsp3,742,800nbspAzad Kashmir, Pakistan
- nbsp3,741,200nbspCasablanca, Morocco
- nbsp3,732,100nbspSuhaj, Egypt
- nbsp3,705,900nbspNorte, Portugal
- nbsp3,695,100nbspAdamawa State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,658,800nbspFATA, Pakistan
- nbsp3,651,100nbspOaxaca, Mexico
- nbsp3,646,600nbspThanh Hóa Province, Vietnam
- nbsp3,618,900nbspOregon, United States
- nbsp3,618,200nbspNampula Province, Mozambique
- nbsp3,611,900nbspChelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
- nbsp3,589,000nbspKebbi State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,581,400nbspBogra, Bangladesh
- nbsp3,570,900nbspParaíba, Brazil
- nbsp3,560,700nbspZamfara State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,546,900nbspAsh Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- nbsp3,546,000nbspEnugu State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,542,300nbspKogi State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,541,800nbspOklahoma, United States
- nbsp3,529,700nbspBusan, South Korea
- nbsp3,524,000nbspNizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
- nbsp3,523,200nbspAshanti, Ghana
- nbsp3,512,200nbspConnecticut, United States
- nbsp3,510,400nbspSouth P'yŏngan, North Korea
- nbsp3,509,300nbspPlateau State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,499,500nbspSingapore
- nbsp3,482,700nbspEast Azerbaijan, Iran
- nbsp3,477,000nbspSouth Holland, Netherlands
- nbsp3,471,100nbspLisboa e Vale do Tejo, Portugal
- nbsp3,470,200nbspNizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
- nbsp3,451,500nbspTuscany, Italy
- nbsp3,450,500nbspEdo State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,430,500nbspDnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
- nbsp3,421,900nbspEspírito Santo, Brazil
- nbsp3,411,300nbspGuayas, Ecuador
- nbsp3,396,300nbspBerlin, Germany
- nbsp3,380,800nbspTripura, India
- nbsp3,375,900nbspBali, Indonesia
- nbsp3,370,100nbspSouth Hamgyong, North Korea
- nbsp3,360,300nbspGreater Poland Voivodship, Poland
- nbsp3,355,700nbspAmazonas State, Brazil
- nbsp3,348,700nbspAsyut, Egypt
- nbsp3,347,800nbspWestern Mindanao, Philippines
- nbsp3,345,000nbspYogyakarta, Indonesia
- nbsp3,344,000nbspPays-de-la-Loire, France
- nbsp3,327,900nbspMpumalanga Province, South Africa
- nbsp3,296,500nbspAl Minufiyah, Egypt
- nbsp3,281,600nbspZulia State, Venezuela
- nbsp3,274,700nbspChihuahua, Mexico
- nbsp3,264,841nbspTyumen Oblast, Russia
- nbsp3,262,300nbspLesser Poland Voivodship, Poland
- nbsp3,246,800nbspSamara Oblast, Russia
- nbsp3,242,200nbspMarrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, Morocco
- nbsp3,236,000nbspHalab, Syria
- nbsp3,233,300nbspSouss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco
- nbsp3,224,400nbspAlberta, Canada
- nbsp3,216,000nbspGreater Accra Region, Ghana
- nbsp3,198,300nbspCórdoba Province, Argentina
- nbsp3,198,200nbspSouth Kalimantan, Indonesia
- nbsp3,196,100nbspGuerrero, Mexico
- nbsp3,186,200nbspNorth P'yŏngan, North Korea
- nbsp3,129,300nbspSanta Fe Province, Argentina
- nbsp3,116,100nbspP'yŏngyang, North Korea
- nbsp3,113,400nbspMwanza Region, Tanzania
- nbsp3,112,800nbspAl Jazirah, Sudan
- nbsp3,106,800nbspJanub Darfur, Sudan
- nbsp3,091,300nbspKabul Province, Afghanistan
- nbsp3,083,800nbspHà Nội, Vietnam
- nbsp3,066,700nbspOuest, Haiti
- nbsp3,061,300nbspCross River State, Nigeria
- nbsp3,059,900nbspRakhine State, Myanmar
- nbsp3,053,600nbspCagayan Valley, Philippines
- nbsp3,049,000nbspAquitaine, France
- nbsp3,041,000nbspSouth Gyeongsang, South Korea
- nbsp3,024,000nbspDinajpur, Bangladesh
- nbsp3,019,100nbspAlger, Algeria
- nbsp3,014,800nbspKishoreganj, Bangladesh
- nbsp3,014,800nbspSirajganj, Bangladesh
- nbsp3,013,100nbspPiauí, Brazil
- nbsp3,012,600nbspAlagoas, Brazil
- nbsp3,011,000nbspBretagne, France
- nbsp3,007,800nbspIbaraki Prefecture, Japan
- nbsp3,003,200nbspNghệ An, Vietnam
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ People's Republic of China.
- ^ Otherwise known as Taiwan.
- ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- ^ Ho Chi Minh City.