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Largest fifty first-level subdivisions by population.

This is a list of the most populous first-level administrative country subdivisions in the world, in order of population (estimated 2004), with the top 100 shown. Those subdivisions which are the largest in their respective countries are shown in bold.

Rank	Subdivision	Type	Country	Population	Area	Density
1	Uttar Pradesh	State	India	175,922,300
2	Maharashtra	State	India	102,502,700
3	Henan	Province	China1	96,011,200
4	Shandong	Province	China	93,398,700
5	Bihar	State	India	87,804,700
6	Sichuan	Province	China	87,795,200
7	West Bengal	State	India	84,989,100
8	Punjab	Province	Pakistan	84,632,500
9	Andhra Pradesh	State	India	80,228,400
10	Guangdong	Province	China	75,976,100
11	Jiangsu	Province	China	73,997,400
12	Anhui	Province	China	69,365,800
13	Hebei	Province	China	69,104,800
14	Hunan	Province	China	68,438,400
15	Tamil Nadu	State	India	65,802,400
16	Madhya Pradesh	State	India	63,974,100
17	Hubei	Province	China	61,775,700
18	Rajasthan	State	India	59,829,600
19	Karnataka	State	India	55,868,200
20	Gujarat	State	India	53,604,200
21	England	Country	United Kingdom	49,446,600
22	Guangxi	Province	China	49,244,200
23	Zhejiang	Province	China	46,773,700
24	Liaoning	Province	China	42,997,900
25	Jiangxi	Province	China	42,840,000
26	Yunnan	Province	China	42,119,300
27	São Paulo	State	Brazil	40,086,700
28	Dhaka	Division	Bangladesh	39,044,716
29	Orissa	State	India	38,888,600
30	West Java	Province	Indonesia	38,277,900
31	Heilongjiang	Province	China	38,072,100
32	Guizhou	Province	China	37,964,700
33	East Java	Province	Indonesia	37,264,500
34	Shaanxi	Province	China	37,065,100
35	California	State	United States	36,162,800
36	Sindh	Province	Pakistan	34,968,800
37	Fujian	Province	China	34,341,100
38	Kerala	State	India	33,731,000
39	Shanxi	Province	China	33,602,100
40	Central Java	Province	Indonesia	33,456,300
41	Chongqing	Municipality	China	32,339,000
42	Rajshahi	Division	Bangladesh	30,201,873
43	Jharkhand	State	India	28,508,800
44	Assam	State	India	28,221,700
45	Gansu	Province	China	26,303,900
46	Punjab	State	India	25,732,900
47	Oromia	Region	Ethiopia	25,125,000
48	Inner Mongolia	Autonomous Region	China	24,454,900
49	Amhara	Region	Ethiopia	24,000,200
50	Texas	State	United States	22,614,300
51	Haryana	State	India	22,336,100
52	Chhattisgarh	State	India	22,032,000
53	North-West Frontier	Province	Pakistan	20,468,700
54	New York	State	United States	19,302,200
55	Minas Gerais	State	Brazil	19,074,500
56	Xinjiang	Autonomous Region	China	18,933,400
57	North Rhine-Westphalia	State	Germany	18,100,000
58	Florida	Province	United States	17,407,300
59	Rio de Janeiro	State	Brazil	15,485,700
60	Chittagong	Division	Bangladesh	14,705,229
61	Delhi	Union Territory	India	14,602,200
62	México	State	Mexico	14,349,700
63	Buenos Aires	Province	Argentina	14,345,700
64	Shanghai	Municipality	China	13,968,500
65	SNNPR	Region	Ethiopia	13,918,200
66	Bahia	State	Brazil	13,615,200
67	CALABARZON & MIMAROPA	Region	Philippines	13,498,500
68	Bavaria	State	Germany	12,495,000
69	North Sumatra	Province	Indonesia	12,480,500
70	Ontario	Province	Canada	12,419,600
71	Illinois	State	United States	12,419,293
72	Pennsylvania	State	United States	12,419,293
73	Tokyo	Prefecture	Japan	12,292,400
74	Tehran	Province	Iran	11,931,700
75	Beijing	Municipality	China	11,879,300
76	Moscow	Federal City	Russia	11,755,500
77	Ohio	State	United States	11,483,400
78	Île-de-France	Region	France	11,264,000
79	Istanbul	Province	Turkey	11,100,400
80	Rio Grande do Sul	State	Brazil	10,758,700
81	Baden-Württemberg	State	Germany	10,747,479
82	Jammu and Kashmir	State	India	10,668,400
83	Lagos	State	Nigeria	10,405,000
84	Metro Manila	Region	Philippines	10,330,100
85	Seoul	Special City	South Korea	10,276,968
86	Paraná	State	Brazil	10,157,000
87	Michigan	State	United States	10,137,900
88	KwaZulu-Natal	Province	South Africa	10,070,500
89	Gyeonggi	Province	South Korea	10,041,800
90	Kano	State	Nigeria	9,964,100
91	Gauteng	Province	South Africa	9,839,100
92	Tianjin	Municipality	China	9,576,600
93	Central Luzon	Region	Philippines	9,023,600
94	Jakarta	Special Capital Territory	Indonesia	8,987,800
95	Uttarakhand	State	India	8,983,500
96	Lombardy	Region	Italy	8,898,400
97	Georgia	State	United States	8,875,600
98	Osaka	Prefecture	Japan	8,804,800
99	New Jersey	State	United States	8,749,200
100	Mexican Federal District	Federal District	Mexico	8,720,700

Footnotes

See also

• List of the largest country subdivisions by area

References

• The World Gazetteer