Deletion of List of country subdivisions by population

Comment: The list meets the notability criteria because each group is referenced. Lack of population update in some cities is not a plausible reason to delete the article. Per  and 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Editing policy (WP:IMPERFECT||WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM)

Comment: I currently lean towards delete per . Administrative divisions are a discussed topic, but this article has no sources defining the "group or set" as needed per NLIST. It even violates its own arbitrary rules by including England, as mentioned above. I did find https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.170281 this paper, and note it explicitly mentions the apples to oranges comparisons that these studies run into, and it specifically curates which countries it does detailed analysis on. Would be interested in seeing other sources, that might identify a group or set that could be used for this article
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NLIST)

Comment: It looks like I'm going to be in the minority here, but I find the nominator's  rationale deeply convincing. As appears to be uncontested, ''no reliable sources'' have ever discussed the populations of these subdivisions as a set. (The references only cite randomly plucked statistics from individual countries, and my searching finds nothing.) That means that, under NLIST, the article has to go, regardless of any OR issues. I hope the closer recognizes that the notability argument here has gone essentially unrebutted
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NLIST)