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Biggest Countries by Population, but... #5

The most populated first-level subdivisions in each country suddenly become sovereign states. Many new countries form and logically all present countries lose parts of their populations. Can you name the biggest countries after these changes?
Using the most recent available data for each country (2020-21)
Approximately 10% of subdivisions from each country become independent, therefore not always just one
Quiz by RLJ
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Last updated: March 11, 2022
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Population
Country
1,009 mil
China
788 mil
India
237 mil
Uttar Pradesh
199 mil
United States
165 mil
Nigeria
131 mil
Indonesia
129 mil
Bangladesh
128 mil
Brazil
126 mil
Guangdong
124 mil
Bihar
123 mil
Maharashtra
115 mil
Punjab
109 mil
Pakistan
101 mil
Shandong
Population
Country
99.6 mil
West Bengal
99.3 mil
Henan
93.8 mil
Russia
84.7 mil
Jiangsu
83.4 mil
Mexico
81.6 mil
Philippines
76.3 mil
Egypt
72.0 mil
Japan
66.9 mil
Vietnam
62.5 mil
D. R. Congo
56.2 mil
England
54.0 mil
Iran
52.1 mil
Germany
48.2 mil
West Java
Population
Country
48.2 mil
Thailand
47.8 mil
South Africa
47.0 mil
Ethiopia
46.6 mil
São Paulo
44.9 mil
Turkey
44.3 mil
Tanzania
44.0 mil
Oromia
43.3 mil
Italy
42.6 mil
Dhaka
42.1 mil
France
40.6 mil
East Java
40.6 mil
Myanmar
39.5 mil
California
36.5 mil
Central Java
1 Comments
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Level 50
Sep 8, 2023
i feel like you should state that the new countries are included in this quiz as i got literally every other country, nontheless nominated