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; 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 |
Density |
| 1 |
Uttar Pradesh |
State |
India |
193,977,661 |
|
|
| 2 |
Maharashtra |
State |
India |
110,662,325 |
|
|
| 3 |
Bihar |
State |
India |
98,412,510 |
|
|
| 4 |
Henan |
Province |
China[1] |
96,011,200 |
|
|
| 5 |
Shandong |
Province |
China |
93,398,700 |
|
|
| 6 |
West Bengal |
State |
India |
89,264,179 |
|
|
| 7 |
Sichuan |
Province |
China |
87,795,200 |
|
|
| 8 |
Punjab |
Province |
Pakistan |
84,632,500 |
|
|
| 9 |
Andhra Pradesh |
State |
India |
83,159,179 |
|
|
| 10 |
Guangdong |
Province |
China |
75,976,100 |
|
|
| 11 |
Jiangsu |
Province |
China |
73,997,400 |
|
|
| 12 |
Madhya Pradesh |
State |
India |
69,972,740 |
|
|
| 13 |
Anhui |
Province |
China |
69,365,800 |
|
|
| 14 |
Hebei |
Province |
China |
69,104,800 |
|
|
| 15 |
Hunan |
Province |
China |
68,438,400 |
|
|
| 16 |
Rajasthan |
State |
India |
66,782,664 |
|
|
| 17 |
Tamil Nadu |
State |
India |
65,948,930 |
|
|
| 18 |
Hubei |
Province |
China |
61,775,700 |
|
|
| 19 |
Karnataka |
State |
India |
58,329,865 |
|
|
| 20 |
Gujarat |
State |
India |
57,665,451 |
|
|
| 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 |
41,055,734 |
|
|
| 28 |
Orissa |
State |
India |
40,264,533 |
|
|
| 29 |
Dhaka |
Division |
Bangladesh |
39,044,716 |
|
|
| 30 |
West Java |
Province |
Indonesia |
38,277,900 |
|
|
| 31 |
Heilongjiang |
Province |
China |
38,072,100 |
|
|
| 32 |
Guizhou |
Province |
China |
37,964,700 |
|
|
| 33 |
East Java |
Province |
Indonesia |
37,264,500 |
|
|
| 34 |
Shaanxi |
Province |
China |
37,065,100 |
|
|
| 35 |
California |
State |
United States |
36,162,800 |
|
|
| 36 |
Sindh |
Province |
Pakistan |
34,968,800 |
|
|
| 37 |
Fujian |
Province |
China |
34,341,100 |
|
|
| 38 |
Kerala |
State |
India |
33,731,000 |
|
|
| 39 |
Shanxi |
Province |
China |
33,602,100 |
|
|
| 40 |
Central Java |
Province |
Indonesia |
33,456,300 |
|
|
| 41 |
Chongqing |
Municipality |
China |
32,339,000 |
|
|
| 42 |
Jharkhand |
State |
India |
30,970,022 |
|
|
| 43 |
Rajshahi |
Division |
Bangladesh |
30,201,873 |
|
|
| 44 |
Assam |
State |
India |
29,549,305 |
|
|
| 45 |
Punjab |
State |
India |
27,256,683 |
|
|
| 46 |
Gansu |
Province |
China |
26,303,900 |
|
|
| 47 |
Oromia |
Region |
Ethiopia |
25,125,000 |
|
|
| 48 |
Inner Mongolia |
Autonomous Region |
China |
24,454,900 |
|
|
| 49 |
Amhara |
Region |
Ethiopia |
24,000,200 |
|
|
| 50 |
Texas |
State |
United States |
22,614,300 |
|
|
| 51 |
Haryana |
State |
India |
22,336,100 |
|
|
| 52 |
Chhattisgarh |
State |
India |
22,032,000 |
|
|
| 53 |
North-West Frontier |
Province |
Pakistan |
20,468,700 |
|
|
| 54 |
New York |
State |
United States |
19,302,200 |
|
|
| 55 |
Minas Gerais |
State |
Brazil |
19,074,500 |
|
|
| 56 |
Xinjiang |
Autonomous Region |
China |
18,933,400 |
|
|
| 57 |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
State |
Germany |
18,100,000 |
|
|
| 58 |
Florida |
State |
United States |
17,407,300 |
|
|
| 59 |
Rio de Janeiro |
State |
Brazil |
15,485,700 |
|
|
| 60 |
Chittagong |
Division |
Bangladesh |
14,705,229 |
|
|
| 61 |
Delhi |
Capital Territory |
India |
14,602,200 |
|
|
| 62 |
México |
State |
Mexico |
14,349,700 |
|
|
| 63 |
Buenos Aires |
Province |
Argentina |
14,345,700 |
|
|
| 64 |
Shanghai |
Municipality |
China |
13,968,500 |
|
|
| 65 |
SNNPR |
Region |
Ethiopia |
13,918,200 |
|
|
| 66 |
Bahia |
State |
Brazil |
13,615,200 |
|
|
| 67 |
Illinois |
State |
United States |
12,901,563 |
|
|
| 68 |
Bavaria |
State |
Germany |
12,495,000 |
|
|
| 69 |
North Sumatra |
Province |
Indonesia |
12,480,500 |
|
|
| 70 |
Pennsylvania |
State |
United States |
12,448,279 |
|
|
| 71 |
Ontario |
Province |
Canada |
12,419,600 |
|
|
| 72 |
Tokyo |
Prefecture |
Japan |
12,292,400 |
|
|
| 73 |
Tehran |
Province |
Iran |
11,931,700 |
|
|
| 74 |
Beijing |
Municipality |
China |
11,879,300 |
|
|
| 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 |
Moscow |
Federal City |
Russia |
10,406,600 |
|
|
| 82 |
Lagos |
State |
Nigeria |
10,405,000 |
|
|
| 83 |
Metro Manila |
Capital Region |
Philippines |
10,330,100 |
|
|
| 84 |
Seoul |
Special City |
South Korea |
10,276,968 |
|
|
| 85 |
Paraná |
State |
Brazil |
10,157,000 |
|
|
| 86 |
Michigan |
State |
United States |
10,137,900 |
|
|
| 87 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Province |
South Africa |
10,070,500 |
|
|
| 88 |
Gyeonggi |
Province |
South Korea |
10,041,800 |
|
|
| 89 |
Kano |
State |
Nigeria |
9,964,100 |
|
|
| 90 |
Gauteng |
Province |
South Africa |
9,839,100 |
|
|
| 91 |
Tianjin |
Municipality |
China |
9,576,600 |
|
|
| 92 |
North Carolina |
State |
United States |
9,222,000 |
|
|
| 93 |
Central Luzon |
Region |
Philippines |
9,023,600 |
|
|
| 94 |
Jakarta |
Special Capital Territory |
Indonesia |
8,987,800 |
|
|
| 95 |
Uttarakhand |
State |
India |
8,983,500 |
|
|
| 96 |
Lombardy |
Region |
Italy |
8,898,400 |
|
|
| 97 |
Georgia |
State |
United States |
8,875,600 |
|
|
| 98 |
Osaka |
Prefecture |
Japan |
8,804,800 |
|
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Former large subdivisions: Ukrainian SSR peak of 52 million, RSFSR peak of 149 million.
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