List of country subdivisions by area - Wikipedia List of country subdivisions by area This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2009 ) Largest 50 subdivisions by area. Note : This map projection distorts areas on different latitudes, so direct size comparison between two subdivisions using this map may not be accurate. This is a list of the 50 largest country subdivisions and dependent territories by area ( including surface water ) in square kilometres. Contents 1 List of the 50 largest country subdivisions by area 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links List of the 50 largest country subdivisions by area Largest country subdivisions by area Rank Subdivision flag Subdivision name Capital Country Area ( km ) Population Country similar in area ( km ) Rank in country Rank among subdivisions that have that rank in their country Sakha Republic Yakutsk Russia 3,103,200 950,300 India 3,287,263 State of Western Australia Perth Australia 2,645,615 2,610,600 Kazakhstan 2,724,900 Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Russia 2,339,700 2,628,200 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,344,858 Greenland Nuuk Denmark 2,166,086 56,615 Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 5 Territory of Nunavut Iqaluit Canada 2,093,190 33,303 Mexico 1,964,375 6 State of Queensland Brisbane Australia 1,852,642 4,516,361 Sudan 1,886,068 7 State of Alaska Juneau United States 1,717,854 710,231 Iran 1,648,195 5 8 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Urumqi China 1,660,000 21,813,334 Iran 6 9 State of Amazonas Manaus Brazil 1,570,947 3,480,937 Mongolia 1,564,110 7 10 Province of Quebec Quebec City Canada 1,542,056 8,214,672 Mongolia 11 Northern Territory Darwin Australia 1,420,968 229,675 Mongolia 12 Northwest Territories Yellowknife Canada 1,346,106 43,537 Peru 1,285,216 13 State of Pará Belém Brazil 1,253,164 7,588,078 Angola 1,246,700 14 Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa China 1,228,400 3,002,166 South Africa 1,221,037 5 15 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Hohhot China 1,183,000 24,706,321 South Africa 16 Province of Ontario Toronto Canada 1,076,395 13,210,667 Bolivia 1,098,581 17 State of South Australia Adelaide Australia 1,043,514 1,644,642 Mauritania 1,030,700 18 Province of British Columbia Victoria Canada 948,596 4,510,858 Tanzania 945,087 5 19 State of Mato Grosso Cuiabá Brazil 906,807 3,033,991 Venezuela 916,445 20 State of New South Wales Sydney Australia 809,444 7,238,819 Mozambique 801,590 5 21 Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Russia 788,600 1,344,200 Turkey 783,562 5 22 Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Russia 767,900 2,428,700 Chile 756,102 23 Yamalo - Nenets Autonomous Okrug Salekhard Russia 750,300 522,800 Zambia 752,612 5 24 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Anadyr Russia 737,700 50,500 Zambia 6 25 Qinghai Province Xining China 721,000 5,626,722 Zambia 26 State of Texas Austin United States 696,241 25,145,561 Myanmar 676,578 6 27 Eastern Province Dammam Saudi Arabia 672,522 3,360,157 Myanmar 8 28 Province of Alberta Edmonton Canada 661,848 3,724,832 Afghanistan 652,230 6 29 Province of Saskatchewan Regina Canada 651,036 1,114,170 Afghanistan 7 30 Province of Manitoba Winnipeg Canada 647,797 1,232,654 France 640,679 8 31 Agadez Region Agadez Niger 634,209 321,639 Somalia 637,657 9 32 Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Russia 587,400 350,985 Madagascar 587,041 7 33 State of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil 586,528 19,595,309 Madagascar 5 34 State of Bahia Salvador Brazil 564,273 14,021,432 Kenya 580,367 5 35 Tamanrasset Province Tamanrasset Algeria 556,200 198,691 Kenya 10 36 Khanty -- Mansi Autonomous Okrug Khanty - Mansiysk Russia 523,100 1,532,000 Yemen 527,968 7 37 Orientale Province Kisangani Democratic Republic of the Congo 503,239 5,566,000 Spain 505,992 11 38 Katanga Province Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 496,871 4,125,000 Turkmenistan 488,100 7 39 Tombouctou Region Timbuktu Mali 496,611 681,691 Turkmenistan 12 40 Sichuan Province Chengdu China 485,000 80,418,200 Turkmenistan 5 5 41 Yukon Territory Whitehorse Canada 482,443 34,246 Turkmenistan 9 42 Kufra District Al Jawf Libya 479,160 50,104 Cameroon 475,442 13 43 Kamchatka Krai Petropavlovsk - Kamchatsky Russia 472,300 321,800 Cameroon 8 44 Magadan Oblast Magadan Russia 461,400 157,000 Papua New Guinea 462,840 9 45 Heilongjiang Province Harbin China 460,000 38,312,224 Papua New Guinea 6 46 Gansu Province Lanzhou China 454,000 25,575,254 Sweden 450,295 7 47 Adrar Province Adrar Algeria 443,782 402,197 Morocco 446,550 8 48 New Valley Governorate Kharga Egypt 440,098 208,000 Iraq 438,317 14 49 Zabaykalsky Krai Chita Russia 431,500 1,106,600 Iraq 10 50 Karagandy Region Karagandy Kazakhstan 428,000 1,375,000 Iraq 15 Area in square kilometers Number of country subdivisions 2,000,000 + 5 1,500,000 -- 1,999,999 5 1,000,000 -- 1,499,999 7 500,000 -- 999,999 20 428,000 -- 499,999 13 Total 50 Country Number of subdivisions Russia 11 Canada 9 China 7 Australia and Brazil 5 United States, Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mali, Niger and Saudi Arabia See also List of countries and dependencies by area List of country subdivisions by population List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area Orders of magnitude ( area ) Notes Jump up ^ Includes the 897,900 km Taymyrsky Dolgano - Nenetsky District Jump up ^ Greenland is a subdivision of the Kingdom of Denmark ; it is uncertain whether Greenland is better classified as a sovereign state subdivision or as a country in its own right. Jump up ^ 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 areas of 660,000 and 531,900 km respectively, being then the first order subdivision Jump up ^ The area of the Northwest Territories in Canada was 3,439,296 km, making it the world 's largest subdivision, until 1999, when the territory of Nunavut was split off from the Northwest Territories. ^ Jump up to : 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 km. ^ Jump up to : These figures can not be verified by their Wikipedia page. Jump up ^ The current constitution of DR Congo, ratified in 2006, was to have split Orientale into four new provinces no later than February 2009. As of June 2015 this had not happened. Jump up ^ The 2006 DR Congo constitution also provides for Katanga to be split into four new provinces. References World-Gazetteer.com at Archive.is ( archived 2012 - 12 - 05 ) External links Lists of administrative country subdivisions by area by GDP ( nominal ) per capita by population density List of administrative divisions by country Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_country_subdivisions_by_area&oldid=830058950 '' Categories : Lists by area Lists of superlatives Ranked lists of country subdivisions Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from April 2009 All articles needing additional references Webarchive template archiveis links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Ирон Magyar Nederlands Português Русский Shqip ไทย Українська 中文 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 12 March 2018, at 14 : 02. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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