List of country subdivisions by area
List of the 50 largest country subdivisions by area

List of country subdivisions by area

Section Title: List of the 50 largest country subdivisions by area
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Rank	Subdivision flag	Subdivision name	Capital	Country	Area (km2)	Population	Country similar in area (km2)	Rank in country	Rank among subdivisions that have that rank in their country[clarification needed]

1	-	Sakha Republic	Yakutsk	Russia	3,103,200	966,997	India 3,287,263	1	1

2	-	State of Western Australia	Perth	Australia	2,645,615	2,610,600	Kazakhstan 2,724,900	1	2

3	-	Krasnoyarsk Krai	Krasnoyarsk	Russia	2,339,700	2,628,200	Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,344,858	2	1

4	-	Greenland	Nuuk	Denmark	2,166,086	56,615	Saudi Arabia 2,149,690	1	3

5	-	Territory of Nunavut	Iqaluit	Canada	2,093,190	35,944	Mexico 1,964,375	1	4

6	-	State of Queensland	Brisbane	Australia	1,852,642	4,516,361	Sudan 1,886,068	2	2

7	-	State of Alaska	Juneau	United States	1,717,854	710,231	Iran 1,648,195	1	5

8	none	Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region	Ürümqi	China	1,660,000	21,813,334	Iran	1	6

9	-	State of Amazonas	Manaus	Brazil	1,570,947	3,480,937	Mongolia 1,564,110	1	7

10	-	Province of Quebec	Quebec City	Canada	1,542,056	8,214,672	Mongolia	2	3

11	-	Northern Territory	Darwin	Australia	1,420,968	229,675	Mongolia	3	1

12	-	Northwest Territories	Yellowknife	Canada	1,346,106	43,537	Peru 1,285,216	3	2

13	-	State of Pará	Belém	Brazil	1,253,164	7,588,078	Angola 1,246,700	2	4

14	none	Tibet Autonomous Region	Lhasa	China	1,228,400	3,002,166	South Africa 1,221,037	2	5

15	none	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	Hohhot	China	1,183,000	24,706,321	Colombia 1,141,748	3	3

16	-	Province of Ontario	Toronto	Canada	1,076,395	13,210,667	Bolivia 1,098,581	4	1

17	-	State of South Australia	Adelaide	Australia	1,043,514	1,644,642	Mauritania 1,030,700	4	2

18	-	Province of British Columbia	Victoria	Canada	948,596	4,648,055	Tanzania 945,087	5	1

19	-	State of Mato Grosso	Cuiabá	Brazil	906,807	3,033,991	Venezuela 916,445	3	4

20	-	State of New South Wales	Sydney	Australia	809,444	7,238,819	Mozambique 801,590	5	2

21	-	Khabarovsk Krai	Khabarovsk	Russia	788,600	1,344,200	Turkey 783,562	3	5

22	-	Irkutsk Oblast	Irkutsk	Russia	767,900	2,428,700	Chile 756,102	4	3

23	-	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	Salekhard	Russia	750,300	522,800	Zambia 752,612	5	3

24	-	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug	Anadyr	Russia	737,700	50,500	Zambia	6	1

25	none	Qinghai Province	Xining	China	721,000	5,626,722	Zambia	4	4

26	-	State of Texas	Austin	United States	696,241	25,145,561	Myanmar 676,578	2	6

27	none	Eastern Province	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	672,522	3,360,157	Myanmar	1	8

28	-	Province of Alberta	Edmonton	Canada	661,848	4,067,175	Afghanistan 652,230	6	2

29	-	Province of Saskatchewan	Regina	Canada	651,036	1,114,170	Afghanistan	7	1

30	-	Province of Manitoba	Winnipeg	Canada	647,797	1,278,365	France 640,679	8	1

31	none	Agadez Region	Agadez	Niger	634,209	321,639	Somalia 637,657	1	9

32	-	Arkhangelsk Oblast	Arkhangelsk	Russia	587,400	350,985	Madagascar 587,041	7	2

33	-	State of Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	586,528	19,595,309	Madagascar	4	5

34	-	State of Bahia	Salvador	Brazil	564,273	14,021,432	Kenya 580,367	5	4

35	none	Tamanrasset Province	Tamanrasset	Algeria	556,200	198,691	Kenya	1	10

36	-	Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug	Khanty-Mansiysk	Russia	523,100	1,532,000	Yemen 527,968	8	2

37	none	Orientale Province	Kisangani	Democratic Republic of the Congo	503,239	5,566,000	Spain 505,992	1	11

38	none	Katanga Province	Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	496,871	4,125,000	Turkmenistan 488,100	2	7

39	none	Tombouctou Region	Timbuktu	Mali	496,611	681,691	Turkmenistan	1	12

40	none	Sichuan Province	Chengdu	China	485,000	80,418,200	Turkmenistan	5	5

41	-	Yukon Territory	Whitehorse	Canada	482,443	34,246	Turkmenistan	9	1

42	none	Kufra District	Al Jawf	Libya	479,160	50,104	Cameroon 475,442	1	13

43	-	Kamchatka Krai	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	Russia	472,300	321,800	Cameroon	9	2

44	-	Magadan Oblast	Magadan	Russia	461,400	157,000	Papua New Guinea 462,840	10	1

45	none	Heilongjiang Province	Harbin	China	460,000	38,312,224	Papua New Guinea	6	3

46	none	Gansu Province	Lanzhou	China	454,000	25,575,254	Sweden 450,295	7	3

47	none	Adrar Province	Adrar	Algeria	443,782	402,197	Morocco 446,550	2	8

48	-	New Valley Governorate	Kharga	Egypt	440,098	208,000	Iraq 438,317	1	14

49	-	Zabaykalsky Krai	Chita	Russia	431,500	1,106,600	Iraq	11	1

50	none	Karagandy Region	Karagandy	Kazakhstan	428,000	1,375,000	Iraq	1	15

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