Statistics for Country Subdivisions with the Largest Population and Area

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Subdivision	Largest	Answer	% Correct
Australian state/territory	Population	New South Wales	100%
Canadian province/territory	Population	Ontario	100%
Brazilian state	Area (hint: named after a river)	Amazonas	93%
US state	Population	California	93%
Mexican federal entity	Area (hint: a dog breed)	Chihuahua	93%
Brazilian state	Population	Sao Paulo	93%
Australian state/territory	Area	Western Australia	93%
French overseas territory	Area	French Guiana	89%
Indonesian island	Population	Java	89%
Russian oblast	Population	Moscow	89%
Canadian province/territory	Area	Nunavut	89%
Japanese prefecture	Population	Tokyo	89%
US state	Area	Alaska	86%
Japanese prefecture	Area (hint: Japan's second largest island)	Hokkaido	86%
Mexican federal entity	Population	Mexico City	86%
UAE emirate	Population	Dubai	82%
UAE emirate	Area	Abu Dhabi	79%
Nigerian state	Area (hint: name of a neighboring country)	Niger	79%
Indian state	Population (hint: two words, starts with U)	Uttar Pradesh	79%
Nigerian state	Population (hint: starts with K)	Kano	75%
French overseas territory	Population (hint: Indian Ocean island)	Reunion	75%
Indonesian island	Area (not shared with other countries)	Sumatra	75%
UK overseas territory	Area (inhabited) (hint: in South America)	Falkland Islands	71%
Chinese province/region	Population (hint: starts with G)	Guangdong	68%
Chinese province/region	Area (hint: starts with X)	Xinjiang	68%
Indian state	Area (hint: starts with R)	Rajasthan	54%
UK overseas territory	Population (hint: Caribbean islands)	Cayman Islands	50%
Russian oblast	Area (hint: closest major city to Lake Baikal)	Irkutsk	46%