List of country subdivisions by population
First-level list
Table:
Subdivision	Type	Sovereign state	Population	Area km²	Density per km²	Ref	Comparable country

Uttar Pradesh	State	India	227,920,005	240,928	946	Brazil

Maharashtra	State	India	123,174,918	307,713	394.4	Mexico

Bihar	State	India	119,237,851	94,163	1,239.6	Ethiopia

Guangdong	Province	China	111,690,000	177,900	627.82	Philippines

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab	Province	Pakistan	110,012,442	205,344	540	Ethiopia

Shandong	Province	China	100,060,000	156,700	638.544	Egypt

Henan	Province	China	95,590,000	167,000	572.39	Vietnam

West Bengal	State	India	94,347,736	88,752	1,063	Vietnam

Sichuan	Province	China	83,020,000	485,000	171.17	Germany

Jiangsu	Province	China	80,290,000	102,600	782.55	Iran

Madhya Pradesh	State	India	78,492,606	308,245	236	Turkey

Tamil Nadu	State	India	77,881,463	130,058	555	Turkey

Hebei	Province	China	75,200,000	187,700	400.63	Thailand

Rajasthan	State	India	74,791,568	342,239	201	Thailand

Hunan	Province	China	68,600,000	211,800	323.89	United Kingdom

Karnataka	State	India	66,076,021	191,791	319	France

Anhui	Province	China	62,550,000	139,400	448.70	Italy

Gujarat	State	India	60,383,628	196,024	308	Italy

Hubei	Province	China	59,020,000	185,900	317.48	Italy

Zhejiang	Province	China	56,570,000	101,800	555.69	Myanmar

England England	Constituent country	United Kingdom	55,268,100	130,395	424	South Korea

Andhra Pradesh	State	India	49,665,533	160,205	310	Colombia

Guangxi	Autonomous region	China	48,850,000	236,700	206.37	Kenya

Yunnan	Province	China	48,010,000	394,100	121.82	Spain

Sindh Sindh	Province	Pakistan	47,886,051	140,914	513	Colombia

Dhaka	Division	Bangladesh	47,424,418	31,120	1,523	Kenya

Jiangxi	Province	China	46,220,000	166,900	276.93	Argentina

West Java West Java	Province	Indonesia	46,029,668	34,816	1,322	Kenya

São Paulo (state) São Paulo	State	Brazil	45,725,118	248,209	184.2	Spain

Liaoning	Province	China	43,690,000	145,900	299.45	Ukraine

Odisha	State	India	41,947,358	155,820	269	Algeria

Fujian	Province	China	39,110,000	121,400	322.15	Sudan

East Java East Java	Province	Indonesia	38,529,481	47,922	804	Uganda

Shaanxi	Province	China	38,350,000	205,800	186.34	Poland

Heilongjiang	Province	China	37,890,000	460,000	82.36	Iraq

California California	State	United States	37,253,956	423,970	88	Sudan

Shanxi	Province	China	36,820,000	156,800	234.82	Canada

Guizhou	Province	China	35,550,000	176,100	201.87	Afghanistan

Telangana	State	India	35,193,978	114,840	307	Canada

Kerala	State	India	33,387,677	38,863	859	Morocco

Jharkhand	State	India	32,966,238	79,714	414	Uzbekistan

Central Java Central Java	Province	Indonesia	32,380,687	32,548	995	Malaysia

Assam	State	India	31,169,272	78,550	397	Venezuela

Chongqing	Province-level municipality	China	30,750,000	82,300	373.63	Saudi Arabia

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Province	Pakistan	30,523,371	74,521	441	Peru

Chittagong	Division	Bangladesh	28,423,019	33,771	841	Saudi Arabia

Punjab	State	India	27,704,236	50,362	550	Nepal

Jilin	Province	China	27,170,000	187,400	144.98	Yemen

Oromia Region Oromia	Region	Ethiopia	27,158,471	353,632	77	Ghana

Gansu	Province	China	26,260,000	454,000	57.84	Mozambique

Chhattisgarh	State	India	25,540,196	135,194	189	North Korea

Haryana	State	India	25,353,081	44,212	573	Madagascar

Inner Mongolia	Autonomous region	China	25,290,000	1,183,000	21.37	Cameroon

Texas Texas	State	United States	25,145,561	696,241	36	Madagascar

Lagos	State	Nigeria	25,087,059	3,475	7,219.3	Cameroon

Xinjiang	Autonomous region	China	24,450,000	1,660,001	14.72	Romania

Shanghai	Province-level municipality	China	24,180,000	7,037	3,436.12	Taiwan

Amhara Region Amhara	Region	Ethiopia	24,000,200	156,960	153	Ivory Coast

Beijing	Province-level municipality	China	21,710,000	16,801	1,292.18	Cameroon

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais	State	Brazil	20,869,101	586,528	35	Burkina Faso

New York (state) New York	State	United States	19,378,102	141,299	137	Niger

Florida Florida	State	United States	18,801,310	170,304	110	Malawi

Rajshahi	Division	Bangladesh	18,329,000	18,197	1,007	Kazakhstan

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia	State	Germany	17,872,863	34,084	524	Syria

Delhi	Union territory	India	16,753,235	1,483	11,297	Kingdom of the Netherlands

Netherlands Netherlands	Constituent country	Kingdom of the Netherlands	16,748,205	41,854	396	Ecuador

Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro	State	Brazil	16,550,024	43,696	378	Cambodia

State of Mexico State of Mexico	State	Mexico	16,187,608	21,355	758	Cambodia

Tehran	Province	Iran	15,795,116	18,814	786	Senegal

Rangpur	Division	Bangladesh	15,665,000	16,317	960	Zambia

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires	Province	Argentina	15,594,428	307,571	51	Guatemala

Tianjin	Province-level municipality	China	15,570,000	11,760	1,323.97	Guinea

Khulna	Division	Bangladesh	15,563,000	22,272	699	Guatemala

Bahia Bahia	State	Brazil	15,203,934	564,692	27	Senegal

SNNPR	Region	Ethiopia	15,042,531	112,343	134	Senegal

Istanbul	Province	Turkey	14,657,434	5,196	2,820	Zimbabwe

Kano	State	Nigeria	13,381,682	20,131	665	South Sudan

Ontario Ontario	Province	Canada	13,210,600	1,076,395	12	South Sudan

Gyeonggi	Province	South Korea	13,045,223	10,131	1,281	South Sudan

Tokyo Tokyo	Prefecture	Japan	13,010,279	2,187	5,949	South Sudan

North Sumatra North Sumatra	Province	Indonesia	12,985,075	71,680	181	Guinea

Metro Manila	Region/metropolitan area	Philippines	12,877,253	639	20,152.2	Guinea

Illinois Illinois	State	United States	12,830,632	140,998	91	Guinea

Gauteng	Province	South Africa	12,728,400	16,548	632	Guinea

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	State	United States	12,702,379	119,283	106	Guinea

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir	State	India	12,548,926	222,236	56	Guinea

Bavaria Bavaria	State	Germany	12,510,331	70,549	177	Guinea

Balochistan, Pakistan Balochistan	Province	Pakistan	12,344,408	347,190	41	Chad

Île-de-France	Region	France	11,694,000	12,012	974	Rwanda

Ohio Ohio	State	United States	11,536,504	116,096	99	Belgium

Moscow Moscow	Federal city	Russia	11,503,501	1,081	9,772	Belgium

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul	State	Brazil	11,164,050	281,748	38	Burundi

Kinshasa Kinshasa	Province-level municipality	D.R. Congo	11,125,000	9,965	1,116.4	Somalia

Paraná (state) Paraná	State	Brazil	10,997,462	199,315	52	Portugal

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg	State	Germany	10,747,479	35,752	301	Greece

Banten Banten	Province	Indonesia	10,644,030	9,161	1,162	Dominican Republic

KwaZulu-Natal	Province	South Africa	10,456,900	94,361	109	Czech Republic

Cairo Cairo	Governorate	Egypt	10,230,350	3085.676	3,315.43	Haiti

Jakarta Jakarta	Special Capital Territory	Indonesia	10,187,595	661.5	15,401	Jordan

Uttarakhand	State	India	10,116,752	53,483	189	Jordan

Rift Valley	Former Province	Kenya	10,006,805	182,413	55	Azerbaijan

Lombardy Lombardy	Region	Italy	10,006,710	23,861	414	Sweden

Seoul Seoul	Special city	South Korea	9,989,795	605	16,485	Hungary

Michigan Michigan	State	United States	9,883,640	253,793	39	Hungary

Sylhet	Division	Bangladesh	9,807,000	12,596	779	Hungary

Baghdad	Governorates	Iraq	9,765,985	204.2	47,825.5	Belarus

Lima	Province	Peru	9,752,000	2,672.28	2,800	Belarus

Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia	State	United States	9,687,653	153,909	62.9	Belarus

Central	Development Regions	Nepal	9,656,985	27,410	352.3	Belarus

North Carolina North Carolina	State	United States	9,535,483	139,390	68.4	Belarus

Pernambuco Pernambuco	State	Brazil	9,208,511	98,311.616	93.7	Honduras

Hainan	Province	China	9,170,000	33,920	270.34	Honduras

Kanagawa Prefecture Kanagawa	Prefecture	Japan	9,029,996	2,415.84	3,737.8	Honduras

Osaka Prefecture Osaka	Prefecture	Japan	8,864,228	1,899.28	4,667.8	Austria

Mexico City Mexico City	Federal district	Mexico	8,859,244	1,485	5,965.8	Austria

Bogotá Bogotá	Capital district	Colombia	8,854,722	1,587	5,579.5	Austria

New Jersey New Jersey	State	United States	8,791,894	22,608	388.9	Austria

Ceará Ceará	State	Brazil	8,778,575	146,348.3	58	Austria

Andalusia Andalusia	Autonomous community	Spain	8,424,102	87,268	97	Tajikistan

Ho Chi Minh	Municipality	Vietnam	8,224,400	2,096	3,900	Switzerland

Democratic Republic of the Congo Orientale	Province	D.R. Congo	8,197,975	503,239	16	Israel

Democratic Republic of the Congo Bandundu	Province	D.R. Congo	8,062,463	295,658	27	Israel

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi	Province	Indonesia	8,032,551	46,717.48	170	Israel

Virginia Virginia	State	United States	8,001,024	110,785.67	79	Israel

Pará Pará	State	Brazil	7,969,655	1,247,689.5	6.1	Serbia

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony	State	Germany	7,913,502	47,624.22	170	Togo

Quebec Quebec	Province	Canada	7,903,001	1,542,056	5.79	Togo

New South Wales New South Wales	State	Australia	7,797,800	809,444	9.63	Togo

Veracruz Veracruz	State	Mexico	7,643,194	71,820	99.2	Hong Kong

Yangon	Region	Myanmar	7,627,000	37,021.29	210	Serbia

Hanoi	Municipality	Vietnam	7,587,800	2,300	3,329	Laos

Lampung Lampung	Province	Indonesia	7,596,115	34,623.80	220	Serbia

Catalonia Catalonia	Autonomous community	Spain	7,565,603	32,114	240	Serbia

Democratic Republic of the Congo Équateur	Province	D.R. Congo	7,501,902	403,292	19	Serbia

South Sumatra South Sumatra	Province	Indonesia	7,446,401	91,592.43	81	Serbia

Aichi Prefecture Aichi	Prefecture	Japan	7,408,640	5,153.81	1,437.51	Serbia

Jalisco Jalisco	State	Mexico	7,350,682	80,386	84	Serbia

Hong Kong Hong Kong	Special administrative region	China	7,335,384	1,104	6,644.36	Bulgaria

Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago	Regions	Chile	7,228,581	15,403.2	469.29	Serbia

Saitama Prefecture Saitama	Prefecture	Japan	7,190,817	3,797	1,893.82	Bulgaria

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast	Oblast	Russia	7,095,120	45,900	154.58	Bulgaria

Giza	Governorate	Egypt	6,979,000	85,153	82	Paraguay

Makkah	Region	Saudi Arabia	6,915,006	153,128	37	Paraguay

Washington (state) Washington	State	United States	6,897,012	71,362	103	Papua New Guinea

Himachal Pradesh	State	India	6,856,509	55,673	123	Papua New Guinea

Ningxia	Autonomous region	China	6,820,000	66,399	102.71	Austria

Maranhão Maranhão	State	Brazil	6,794,298	331,983	20	Libya

Riyadh	Region	Saudi Arabia	6,777,146	404,240	17	Libya

Massachusetts Massachusetts	State	United States	6,646,144	27,337	324	Libya

Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina	State	Brazil	6,634,250	95,346	70	Libya

Eastern Cape	Province	South Africa	6,620,100	168,966	39	Kyrgyzstan

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