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Most Populous Subdivisions of Countries

Name the 120 most populous first-level administrative subdivisions of countries in the world.
Most population estimates from 2004; some from 2008
Includes provinces, states, regions, municipalities, constituent countries, and others
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Population
Country
Subdivision
215,609,813
India
Uttar Pradesh
121,362,092
India
Maharashtra
116,725,698
India
Bihar
104,303,132
China
Guangdong
100,590,000
Pakistan
Punjab
95,793,065
China
Shandong
94,347,736
India
West Bengal
94,023,567
China
Henan
80,418,200
China
Sichuan
78,659,903
China
Jiangsu
78,492,606
India
Madhya Pradesh
77,881,463
India
Tamil Nadu
74,791,568
India
Rajasthan
71,854,202
China
Hebei
66,076,021
India
Karnataka
65,683,722
China
Hunan
60,383,628
India
Gujarat
59,500,510
China
Anhui
57,237,740
China
Hubei
55,288,650
Pakistan
Sindh
54,426,891
China
Zhejiang
51,446,600
United Kingdom
England
49,665,533
India
Andhra Pradesh
47,424,418
Bangladesh
Dhaka
46,029,668
Indonesia
West Java
46,026,629
China
Guangxi
45,966,239
China
Yunnan
44,567,475
China
Jiangxi
44,396,484
Brazil
São Paulo
43,746,323
China
Liaoning
41,947,358
India
Odisha
38,529,481
Indonesia
East Java
38,312,224
China
Heilongjiang
37,327,378
China
Shaanxi
37,253,956
United States
California
36,894,216
China
Fujian
35,712,111
China
Shanxi
35,193,978
India
Telangana
34,746,468
China
Guizhou
33,387,677
India
Kerala
32,966,238
India
Jharkhand
32,863,761
Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
32,380,687
Indonesia
Central Java
31,169,272
India
Assam
28,846,170
China
Chongqing
28,423,019
Bangladesh
Chittagong
27,704,236
India
Punjab
27,462,297
China
Jilin
27,158,471
Ethiopia
Oromia
25,575,254
China
Gansu
25,540,196
India
Chhattisgarh
25,353,081
India
Haryana
25,145,561
United States
Texas
25,087,059
Nigeria
Lagos
24,706,321
China
Inner Mongolia
24,000,200
Ethiopia
Amhara
23,019,148
China
Shanghai
21,813,334
China
Xinjiang
20,869,101
Brazil
Minas Gerais
19,612,368
China
Beijing
Population
Country
Subdivision
19,378,102
United States
New York
18,801,310
United States
Florida
18,329,000
Bangladesh
Rajshahi
17,872,863
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
16,753,235
India
Delhi
16,748,205
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands
16,550,024
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
16,187,608
Mexico
Mexico
15,665,000
Bangladesh
Rangpur
15,594,428
Argentina
Buenos Aires
15,563,000
Bangladesh
Khulna
15,203,934
Brazil
Bahia
15,042,531
Ethiopia
SNNPR
14,795,116
Iran
Tehran
14,657,434
Turkey
Istanbul
14,234,790
Pakistan
Balochistan
13,381,682
Nigeria
Kano
13,210,600
Canada
Ontario
13,010,279
Japan
Tokyo
12,985,075
Indonesia
North Sumatra
12,938,224
China
Tianjin
12,877,253
Philippines
Metro Manila
12,830,632
United States
Illinois
12,728,400
South Africa
Gauteng
12,702,379
United States
Pennsylvania
12,578,597
South Korea
Gyeonggi
12,548,926
India
Jammu and Kashmir
12,510,331
Germany
Bavaria
11,694,000
France
Île-de-France
11,536,504
United States
Ohio
11,503,501
Russia
Moscow
11,164,050
Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul
11,125,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
10,997,462
Brazil
Paraná
10,747,479
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
10,644,030
Indonesia
Banten
10,456,900
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
10,230,350
Egypt
Cairo
10,187,595
Indonesia
Jakarta
10,116,752
India
Uttarakhand
10,006,805
Kenya
Rift Valley
10,006,710
Italy
Lombardy
9,989,795
South Korea
Seoul
9,883,640
United States
Michigan
9,807,000
Bangladesh
Sylhet
9,756,985
Iraq
Baghdad
9,752,000
Peru
Lima
9,687,653
United States
Georgia
9,656,985
Nepal
Central
9,535,483
United States
North Carolina
9,208,511
Brazil
Pernambuco
9,029,996
Japan
Kanagawa
8,864,228
Japan
Osaka
8,859,244
Mexico
Mexico City
8,854,722
Colombia
Bogotá
8,791,894
United States
New Jersey
8,778,575
Brazil
Ceará
8,671,518
China
Hainan
8,424,102
Spain
Andalusia
8,224,400
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
+1
Level 56
Oct 24, 2020
You should accept some more shortenings (southern for SNNDP Ethiopia, or natal for kwazulu natal)
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Level 73
May 4, 2023
Can you add UP for Uttar Pradesh?
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Level 49
Apr 15, 2024
are you kididng me? i literally typed southern nations nationalities and peoples region, and youre supposed to type SSNPR?!?

and rift valley is no longer a subdivision (kenya is divided into counties now)