List of country subdivisions by population
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This article contains lists of the most populous administrative country subdivisions in the world. Regions defined for convenience that do not have their own single government, such as Calabarzon, East China, Kantō region and Northeastern United States, are excluded from this list.
List of first-level administrative subdivisions by population[edit]
The following list is a ranked list of the 63 first-level administrative subdivisions worldwide with the populations that are, as of the latest government data (including projections), that is over 20 million people, along with a country of comparable population size, the country that the subdivision belongs to, the date the population statistic is taken from, its capital, its area, its population density, and its largest metro area. The latest data issued by the country's government is used, and those subdivisions and the largest in their respective countries are shown in bold. Countries which have a high proportion of their population enumerated in the largest subdivision include the United Kingdom (80.3% in England) and Pakistan (53.7% in Punjab). England appears on this list but does not have a single government because it is a constituent country.
| Rank | Subdivision | Country | Capital | Largest Metro Area |
Population | Area (km2) | Density per km2 |
Comparable Country[1] | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | India | Lucknow | 237,882,725 | 243,290 | 952.4 |  Pakistan |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 2 | Guangdong | China | Guangzhou | 126,012,510 | 179,800 | 700.8 |  Mexico |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 3 | Maharashtra | India | Mumbai | 124,762,000 | 307,713 | 405.4 | Mexico |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 4 | Bihar | India | Patna | 123,695,000 | 94,163 | 1,313.6 | Mexico |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 5 | Punjab | Pakistan | Lahore | 109,989,655 | 205,345 | 535.6 |  Philippines |
15 Apr 2017 | [4] | |
| 6 | Shandong | China | Jinan | Qingdao | 101,527,453 | 157,100 | 646.3 |  Egypt |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] |
| 7 | Henan | China | Zhengzhou | 99,365,519 | 167,000 | 595.0 |  Vietnam |
1 Nov 2019 | [3] | |
| 8 | West Bengal | India | Kolkata | 98,285,000 | 88,752 | 1,107.4 | Vietnam |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 9 | Madhya Pradesh | India | Bhopal | 84,860,000 | 308,252 | 275.3 |  Iran |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 10 | Jiangsu | China | Nanjing | 84,748,016 | 102,600 | 826.0 | Iran |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 11 | Sichuan | China | Chengdu | 83,674,866 | 485,000 | 172.5 |  Germany |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 12 | Rajasthan | India | Jaipur | 79,572,000 | 342,239 | 232.5 | Germany |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 13 | Tamil Nadu | India | Chennai | 76,479,000 | 130,058 | 588.0 | Germany |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 14 | Hebei | China | Shijiazhuang | 74,610,235 | 188,800 | 628.0 |  Thailand |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 15 | Gujarat | China | Gandhinagar | Ahmedabad | 70,075,000 | 196,024 | 357.5 | Thailand |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] |
| 16 | Karnataka | India | Bengaluru | 66,986,000 | 191,791 | 349.3 |  United Kingdom |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 17 | Hunan | China | Changsha | 66,444,864 | 210,000 | 316.4 |  France |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 18 | Zhejiang | China | Hangzhou | 64,567,588 | 101,800 | 634.3 | France |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 19 | Anhui | China | Hefei | 61,027,171 | 140,200 | 435.3 |  Tanzania |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 20 | Hubei | China | Wuhan | 57,752,557 | 185,900 | 310.7 |  South Africa |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 21 | England | United Kingdom | London | 56,286,961 | 130,279 | 432.0 |  Kenya |
30 Jun 2019 | [5] | |
| 22 | Andhra Pradesh | India | Amaravati | Visakhapatnam | 52,849,000 | 162,975 | 324.3 |  South Korea |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] |
| 23 | Guangxi | China | Nanning | 50,126,804 | 237,600 | 211.0 |  Colombia |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 24 | West Java | Indonesia | Bandung | Bekasi | 50,103,300 | 35,378 | 1,416.2 | Colombia |
1 Jul 2021 | [6] |
| 25 | Sindh | Pakistan | Karachi | 47,854,510 | 140,914 | 339.6 |  Uganda |
15 Apr 2017 | [4] | |
| 26 | Yunnan | China | Kunming | 47,209,277 | 394,000 | 119.8 | Uganda |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 27 | São Paulo | Brazil | São Paulo | 46,289,333 | 248,219 | 166.3 |  Spain |
1 Jul 2020 | [7] | |
| 28 | Jiangxi | China | Nanchang | 45,188,635 | 166,900 | 270.8 |  Sudan |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 29 | Odisha | India | Bhubaneswar | 44,076,000 | 155,707 | 283.1 |  Algeria |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 30 | Dhaka Division |  Bangladesh |
Dhaka | 42,607,000 | 20,551 | 2,073.2 |  Ukraine |
15 Mar 2021 | [8] | |
| 31 | Liaoning |  China |
Shenyang | 42,591,407 | 145,900 | 291.9 | Ukraine |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 32 | Fujian | China |
Fuzhou | Xiamen | 41,540,086 | 121,400 | 342.2 |  Iraq |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] |
| 33 | East Java |  Indonesia |
Surabaya | 40,156,700 | 47,800 | 840.1 |  Afghanistan |
1 Jul 2021 | [6] | |
| 34 | California |  United States |
Sacramento | Los Angeles | 39,538,223 | 423,967 | 93.3 | Afghanistan |
1 Apr 2020 | [9] |
| 35 | Shaanxi | China |
Xi'an | 39,528,999 | 205,800 | 192.1 | Afghanistan |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 36 | Jharkhand |  India |
Ranchi | Jamshedpur | 38,637,000 | 79,714 | 482.7 |  Canada |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] |
| 37 | Guizhou | China |
Guiyang | 38,562,148 | 176,200 | 218.9 | Canada |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 38 | Telangana | India |
Hyderabad | 37,771,000 | 112,077 | 337.0 |  Poland |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 39 | Kerala | India |
Thiruvananthapuram | 35,537,000 | 38,863 | 914.4 |  Saudi Arabia |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 40 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Pakistan |
Peshawar | 35,501,964 | 101,741 | 348.9 | Saudi Arabia |
15 Apr 2017 | [4] | |
| 41 | Oromia |  Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa | 35,467,001 | 286,612 | 123.7 | Saudi Arabia |
1 Jul 2017 | [10] | |
| 42 | Assam | India |
Dispur | Guwahati | 35,155,000 | 78,438 | 448.2 | Saudi Arabia |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] |
| 43 | Central Java | Indonesia |
Semarang | 34,917,000 | 32,801 | 1,064.5 | Saudi Arabia |
1 Jul 2021 | [6] | |
| 44 | Shanxi | China |
Taiyuan | 34,915,616 | 156,000 | 223.8 | Saudi Arabia |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 45 | Chittagong Division | Bangladesh |
Chittagong | 34,747,000 | 33,771 | 1,028.9 | Saudi Arabia |
15 Mar 2021 | [8] | |
| 46 | Chongqing | China |
Chongqing | 32,054,159 | 82,403 | 389.0 |  Mozambique |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 47 | Heilongjiang | China |
Harbin | 31,850,088 | 454,800 | 70.0 |  Ghana |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 48 | Punjab | India |
Chandigarh | Ludhiana | 30,404,000 | 50,362 | 603.7 |  Yemen |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] |
| 49 | Chhattisgarh | India |
Raipur | 29,607,000 | 135,191 | 219.0 |  Nepal |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] | |
| 50 | Haryana | India |
Chandigarh | Faridabad | 29,604,000 | 44,212 | 669.6 | Nepal |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] |
| 51 | Texas | United States |
Austin | Dallas-Fort Worth | 29,145,505 | 695,662 | 41.9 |  Venezuela |
1 Apr 2020 | [9] |
| 52 | Xinjiang | China |
Ürümqi | 25,852,345 | 1,664,900 | 15.5 |  North Korea |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 53 | Gansu | China |
Lanzhou | 25,019,831 | 453,700 | 55.1 |  Niger |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 54 | Shanghai | China |
Shanghai | 24,870,895 | 6,341 | 3,922.2 | Niger |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 55 | Jilin | China |
Changchun | 24,073,453 | 187,400 | 128.5 |  Taiwan |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 56 | Inner Mongolia | China |
Hohhot | Baotou | 24,049,155 | 1,183,000 | 20.3 | Taiwan |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] |
| 57 | Beijing | China |
Beijing | 21,893,095 | 16,411 | 1,334.1 |  Sri Lanka |
1 Nov 2020 | [3] | |
| 58 | Rajshahi Division | Bangladesh |
Rajshahi | 21,607,000 | 18,174 | 1,188.9 | Sri Lanka |
15 Mar 2021 | [8] | |
| 59 | Florida | United States |
Tallahassee | Miami | 21,538,187 | 170,312 | 126.5 | Sri Lanka |
1 Apr 2020 | [9] |
| 60 | Minas Gerais |  Brazil |
Belo Horizonte | 21,411,923 | 586,528 | 36.5 |  Burkina Faso |
1 Jul 2021 | [11] | |
| 61 | Amhara | Ethiopia |
Bahir Dar | 21,134,988 | 154,709 | 136.6 |  Mali |
1 Jul 2017 | [10] | |
| 62 | Delhi | India |
New Delhi | Delhi | 20,703,000 | 1,484 | 13,950.8 | Mali |
1 Jul 2021 | [2] |
| 63 | New York | United States |
Albany | New York | 20,201,249 | 141,297 | 143.0 |  Malawi |
1 Apr 2020 | [9] |
| Country | Number of subdivisions over 20M people |
|---|---|
| China
|
26 |
| India
|
19 |
| United States
|
4 |
| Indonesia
|
3 |
| Bangladesh
|
3 |
| Pakistan
|
3 |
| Brazil
|
2 |
| Ethiopia
|
2 |
| United Kingdom
|
1 |
| Total | 63 |
Former first-level subdivisions[edit]
Some large former first level subdivisions with former populations (split-off areas):
- Ukrainian SSR peak of 53 million, now is the country Ukraine (including Russian-annexed Crimea).
- Russian SFSR peak of 149 million, now is the country Russia (not including the annexed peninsula of Crimea).
- Sichuan Province peak of 114.73 million before Chongqing Municipality separated in 1997[12]
- Huabei Area peak of 61.8 million, now split into Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia
- Dongbei Area peak of 46.8 million, now split into Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang
- Huadong Area peak of 162.6 million, now split into Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Shandong
- Zhongnan Area peak of 176.3 million, now split into Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, and Guangxi
- Xibei Area peak of 35.3 million, now split into Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang
- Xinan Area peak of 98.4 million, now split into Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet
- West Java, Indonesia had Banten split off in October 2000, and had a figure over 43.8 million (Jun 2000 Census) shortly before it split off[13]
- Rajshahi, Bangladesh had Rangpur split off in January 2010, and had a figure of 30.2 million before it split off
- Andhra Pradesh, India: peak of 84.7 million before Telangana split off
- East Bengal, a province of Pakistan is now an independent Bangladesh had 67.8 million people in 1971.
List of second-level administrative subdivisions by population[edit]
Second-level divisions are those subdivisions that are under the first level of administration (states, provinces, etc...) and they go by many names, such as counties, districts, divisions, and regions, but these names vary by country. The list below displays every single second-level subnational division in the world with a population over 10 million, as well as what they are called (a district, county, region?), area, density, the country and first-level subdivision they belong to, the date the population figure dates from, and a country of comparable population size. Only districts and divisions that have a unified administration or government of any kind are listed, so for example, non-governmental statistical regions, such as Media Markets or Combined Statistical Areas in the U.S. are excluded, but Indian Divisions, as they involve some form of administration (mostly concerning revenue), are included.
See also[edit]
- List of countries and dependencies by area
- List of first-level administrative divisions by area
- List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
- List of country subdivisions by GDP
- List of first-level administrative country subdivisions
- List of country second level subdivisions by area
- List of country third-level subdivisions by area
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 United Nations. "World Population Prospects 2019".
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 "POPULATION PROJECTIONS FOR INDIA AND STATES 2011 – 2036" (PDF). Report_Population_Projection. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON POPULATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE NIRMAN BHAWAN, NEW DELHI. November 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 "Communiqué of the Seventh National Population Census (No. 3)". Communiqué of the Seventh National Population Census (No. 3). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 "TABLE - 1 AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN PROPORTION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). National.pdf. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 19 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Population estimates for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - Office for National Statistics". Population estimates for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-2019. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Proyeksi Penduduk Indonesia/Indonesia Population Projection 2015-2045" (PDF). Proyeksi Penduduk 2015-2045_.pdf. Badan Pusat Statistik & UNFPA. 19 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "São Paulo | Cidades e Estados | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "BANGLADESH: Divisions and Urban Areas". Bangladesh: Divisions and Urban Areas with population statistics, maps, charts, weather and web information. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Change in Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1910 to 2020" (PDF). Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Population projection of Ethiopia for all Regions at wereda level from 2014 - 2017.pdf". Archive of Central Statistical Agency. Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Projeção da população do Brasil e das Unidades da Federação". IBGE | Projeção da população. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ "National Statistics Agency Tables:4-3 Total Population and Birth Rate, Death Rate and Natural Growth Rate by Region (1997)". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ "Citypopulation.de:Indonesia". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27 14.28 14.29 14.30 14.31 14.32 14.33 14.34 14.35 14.36 14.37 14.38 14.39 14.40 "India: Administrative Division". India: Administrative Division (States, Union Territories and Districts) with population statistics, charts and maps. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 "CHINA: Administrative Division". China: Administrative Division (Provinces and Prefectures) with population statistics, charts and maps. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ↑ "BANGLADESH: Districts and Cities". Bangladesh: Divisions and Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ↑ "SÃO PAULO". São Paulo (State, Brazil) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ↑ "QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: United States. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
External links[edit]
- City Population
- The World Gazetteer at Archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
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