Top 500 Most Populated Subdivisions of the World

How many of the 500 most populated first-level administrative subdivisions can you name?

As of May 2023

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Country	Subdivision	Population
India	Uttar Pradesh	247 mil
India	Bihar	130 mil
India	Maharashtra	128 mil
China	Guangdong	127 mil
Pakistan	Punjab	123 mil
India	West Bengal	104 mil
China	Shandong	103 mil
China	Henan	100 mil
India	Madhya Pradesh	88.8 mil
China	Jiangsu	86.1 mil
China	Sichuan	85.0 mil
India	Rajasthan	84.3 mil
India	Tamil Nadu	81.0 mil
China	Hebei	75.8 mil
India	Karnataka	70.3 mil
China	Hunan	67.5 mil
India	Gujarat	66.5 mil
China	Zhejiang	65.6 mil
China	Anhui	62.0 mil
China	Hubei	58.7 mil
United Kingdom	England	57.1 mil
India	Andhra Pradesh	56.1 mil
Pakistan	Sindh	53.6 mil
China	Guangxi	50.9 mil
Indonesia	West Java	49.7 mil
India	Odisha	48.2 mil
Ethiopia	Oromia	48.0 mil
China	Yunnan	47.9 mil
Brazil	São Paulo	47.1 mil
Bangladesh	Dhaka	46.2 mil
China	Jiangxi	45.9 mil
China	Liaoning	43.3 mil
China	Fujian	42.2 mil
Indonesia	East Java	41.4 mil
India	Telangana	41.0 mil
United States	California	40.2 mil
India	Jharkhand	40.2 mil
China	Shaanxi	40.1 mil
Pakistan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	39.8 mil
China	Guizhou	39.2 mil
Indonesia	Central Java	37.2 mil
India	Kerala	37.1 mil
India	Assam	37.0 mil
China	Shanxi	35.5 mil
Bangladesh	Chittagong	34.7 mil
China	Chongqing	32.6 mil
China	Heilongjiang	32.3 mil
India	Punjab	31.4 mil
United States	Texas	30.9 mil
India	Chhattisgarh	30.6 mil
India	Haryana	29.3 mil
Ethiopia	Amhara	27.4 mil
China	Xinjiang Uyghur	26.3 mil
China	Gansu	25.4 mil
China	Shanghai	25.3 mil
China	Jilin	24.5 mil
China	Inner Mongolia	24.4 mil
United States	Florida	22.9 mil
China	Beijing	22.2 mil
Brazil	Minas Gerais	21.7 mil
Bangladesh	Rajshahi	21.3 mil
United States	New York	20.3 mil
India	Delhi	19.5 mil
Bangladesh	Rangpur	18.4 mil
Bangladesh	Khulna	18.2 mil
Germany	North Rhine-Westphalia	17.9 mil
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	17.7 mil
Netherlands	Netherlands	17.5 mil
Argentina	Buenos Aires	17.5 mil
Philippines	Southern Tagalog Mainland	17.4 mil
Mexico	México	17.3 mil
Ethiopia	South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region	16.3 mil
South Africa	Gauteng	16.0 mil
Turkey	Istanbul	16.0 mil
Nigeria	Kano	15.9 mil
Brazil	Bahia	15.3 mil
Indonesia	North Sumatra	15.2 mil
Canada	Ontario	15.1 mil
Iran	Tehran	14.8 mil
D. R. Congo	Kinshasa	14.5 mil
Philippines	National Capital	14.5 mil
India	Jammu and Kashmir	14.2 mil
China	Tianjin	14.1 mil
Nigeria	Lagos	13.9 mil
Pakistan	Balochistan	13.8 mil
Japan	Tokyo	13.5 mil
South Korea	Gyeonggi	13.5 mil
United States	Pennsylvania	13.4 mil
Philippines	Central Luzon	13.3 mil
Germany	Bavaria	13.2 mil
United States	Illinois	13.0 mil
Russia	Moscow	12.9 mil
France	Île-de-France	12.8 mil
Bangladesh	Mymensingh	12.8 mil
Indonesia	Banten	12.3 mil
United States	Ohio	12.1 mil
Brazil	Paraná	11.8 mil
India	Uttarakhand	11.7 mil
Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul	11.7 mil
Bangladesh	Sylhet	11.5 mil
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	11.5 mil
United States	Georgia	11.2 mil
Germany	Baden-Württemberg	11.1 mil
Egypt	Cairo	11.1 mil
United States	North Carolina	11.0 mil
Indonesia	Special Capital Region of Jakarta	10.7 mil
Nigeria	Katsina	10.7 mil
United States	Michigan	10.3 mil
Peru	Lima	10.3 mil
China	Hainan	10.2 mil
Egypt	Giza	10.2 mil
Angola	Luanda	10.0 mil
Italy	Lombardy	9.96 mil
Brazil	Pernambuco	9.81 mil
Saudi Arabia	Makkah	9.71 mil
Iraq	Baghdad	9.71 mil
South Korea	Seoul	9.58 mil
United States	New Jersey	9.54 mil
Bangladesh	Barisal	9.52 mil
Mexico	Mexico City	9.39 mil
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	9.32 mil
Nigeria	Kaduna	9.29 mil
Indonesia	South Sulawesi	9.27 mil
Vietnam	Hồ Chí Minh	9.23 mil
Indonesia	Lampung	9.22 mil
Malawi	Southern	9.21 mil
Sudan	Khartoum	9.13 mil
Brazil	Ceará	9.10 mil
Malawi	Central	8.96 mil
United States	Virginia	8.94 mil
Japan	Kanagawa	8.89 mil
Brazil	Pará	8.80 mil
Indonesia	South Sumatra	8.70 mil
Philippines	Central Visayas	8.68 mil
Canada	Quebec	8.60 mil
Nigeria	Bauchi	8.55 mil
Philippines	Western Visayas	8.54 mil
Japan	Osaka	8.54 mil
Russia	Moscow	8.48 mil
Mexico	Jalisco	8.48 mil
Spain	Andalusia	8.48 mil
Egypt	Sharqia	8.47 mil
Australia	New South Wales	8.28 mil
Vietnam	Hà Nội	8.27 mil
Myanmar	Yangon	8.27 mil
Nigeria	Oyo	8.21 mil
Mexico	Veracruz	8.18 mil
D. R. Congo	Nord-Ubangi	8.14 mil
Germany	Lower Saxony	8.03 mil
United States	Washington	8.02 mil
Colombia	Capital District	7.95 mil
Chile	Santiago	7.94 mil
France	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	7.92 mil
Morocco	Casablanca-Settat	7.91 mil
Ethiopia	Somali	7.80 mil
Spain	Catalonia	7.77 mil
India	Himachal Pradesh	7.75 mil
Nigeria	Jigawa	7.72 mil
Nigeria	Rivers	7.69 mil
Egypt	Dakahlia	7.59 mil
United States	Arizona	7.58 mil
China	Hong Kong	7.53 mil
Malaysia	Selangor	7.38 mil
Iran	Razavi Khorasan	7.36 mil
Egypt	Beheira	7.35 mil
Brazil	Santa Catarina	7.34 mil
Brazil	Maranhão	7.33 mil
China	Ningxia	7.32 mil
Japan	Aichi	7.31 mil
Brazil	Goiás	7.29 mil
United States	Tennessee	7.26 mil
United States	Massachusetts	7.19 mil
South Africa	Western Cape	7.18 mil
Japan	Saitama	7.10 mil
D. R. Congo	South Kivu	7.06 mil
United States	Indiana	7.04 mil
Colombia	Antioquia	6.98 mil
Nigeria	Niger	6.98 mil
Afghanistan	Kabul	6.98 mil
Mozambique	Nampula	6.93 mil
Ethiopia	Tigray	6.88 mil
D. R. Congo	Kongo Central	6.83 mil
Belgium	Flanders	6.76 mil
Spain	Madrid	6.73 mil
Australia	Victoria	6.73 mil
Egypt	Minya	6.70 mil
D. R. Congo	Kwilu	6.67 mil
Indonesia	Riau	6.65 mil
South Africa	Eastern Cape	6.65 mil
Mexico	Puebla	6.60 mil
Egypt	Qalyubiyya	6.59 mil
Nigeria	Sokoto	6.58 mil
Nigeria	Ogun	6.56 mil
Philippines	Bicol	6.53 mil
Nepal	Madhesh	6.48 mil
Nepal	Bagmati	6.44 mil
United States	Missouri	6.36 mil
United States	Maryland	6.35 mil
Myanmar	Ayeyarwady	6.32 mil
Nigeria	Benue	6.32 mil
Germany	Hesse	6.30 mil
Nigeria	Borno	6.29 mil
Mexico	Guanajuato	6.26 mil
Mozambique	Zambezia	6.25 mil
Ivory Coast	Abidjan	6.19 mil
Sri Lanka	Western	6.14 mil
Nigeria	Anambra	6.13 mil
United States	Wisconsin	6.07 mil
Japan	Chiba	6.07 mil
Thailand	Bangkok	6.06 mil
Egypt	Sohag	6.05 mil
Ghana	Greater Accra	6.02 mil
China	Qinghai	6.02 mil
United States	Colorado	6.02 mil
Ghana	Ashanti	6.01 mil
Nigeria	Zamfara	6.00 mil
Egypt	Alexandria	6.00 mil
Myanmar	Mandalay	5.98 mil
Poland	Masovia	5.98 mil
France	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	5.92 mil
South Africa	Limpopo	5.92 mil
France	Hauts-de-France	5.91 mil
Mexico	Nuevo León	5.90 mil
United States	Minnesota	5.89 mil
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	5.86 mil
Egypt	Gharbia	5.85 mil
France	Occitanie	5.84 mil
Sudan	Gezira	5.82 mil
Turkey	Ankara	5.81 mil
Nigeria	Delta	5.80 mil
Russia	Krasnodar	5.74 mil
Nigeria	Kebbi	5.73 mil
Italy	Lazio	5.71 mil
D. R. Congo	Haut-Katanga	5.71 mil
Philippines	Ilocos	5.69 mil
Niger	Zinder	5.69 mil
Indonesia	West Sumatra	5.67 mil
Mexico	Chiapas	5.66 mil
Philippines	Davao	5.63 mil
Iran	Isfahan	5.63 mil
Nigeria	Imo	5.62 mil
Italy	Campania	5.60 mil
Myanmar	Shan	5.58 mil
Indonesia	West Kalimantan	5.57 mil
Saudi Arabia	Eastern Province	5.54 mil
Ethiopia	Sidama	5.54 mil
United Kingdom	Scotland	5.54 mil
Russia	Saint Petersburg	5.53 mil
Niger	Maradi	5.52 mil
Indonesia	West Nusa Tenggara	5.50 mil

Country	Subdivision	Population
Indonesia	East Nusa Tenggara	5.49 mil
Myanmar	Sagaing	5.48 mil
Nigeria	Ondo	5.47 mil
France	Grand Est	5.47 mil
United States	South Carolina	5.44 mil
Indonesia	Aceh	5.44 mil
Nepal	Lumbini	5.42 mil
Australia	Queensland	5.41 mil
Philippines	Northern Mindanao	5.39 mil
Egypt	Asyut	5.34 mil
Iran	Fars	5.31 mil
Philippines	Muslim Mindanao	5.31 mil
Japan	Hyōgo	5.29 mil
Canada	British Columbia	5.29 mil
Cameroon	Centre	5.26 mil
Nepal	Koshi	5.26 mil
United States	Alabama	5.23 mil
New Zealand	New Zealand	5.22 mil
Iran	Khuzestan	5.21 mil
Morocco	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	5.20 mil
Niger	Tahoua	5.18 mil
Iraq	Nineveh	5.17 mil
Nigeria	Akwa Ibom	5.12 mil
Cameroon	Far North	5.11 mil
Morocco	Marrakesh-Safi	5.10 mil
Spain	Valencia	5.08 mil
Kenya	Nairobi	5.08 mil
Egypt	Monufia	5.07 mil
Japan	Hokkaido	5.06 mil
Nigeria	Adamawa	5.04 mil
France	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	5.00 mil
Japan	Fukuoka	4.99 mil
Myanmar	Bago	4.97 mil
Nigeria	Edo	4.92 mil
Philippines	Eastern Visayas	4.88 mil
Nigeria	Plateau	4.85 mil
Italy	Veneto	4.84 mil
Nigeria	Enugu	4.83 mil
Italy	Sicily	4.81 mil
Mexico	Michoacán	4.78 mil
Poland	Silesia	4.77 mil
Jordan	Amman	4.76 mil
United States	Louisiana	4.73 mil
Morocco	Fès-Meknès	4.70 mil
South Africa	Mpumalanga	4.70 mil
Philippines	SOCCSKSARGEN	4.68 mil
United States	Kentucky	4.65 mil
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	4.63 mil
Colombia	Valle del Cauca	4.61 mil
Nigeria	Kogi	4.60 mil
Nigeria	Osun	4.56 mil
Canada	Alberta	4.55 mil
Ecuador	Guayas	4.55 mil
Nigeria	Cross River	4.53 mil
Pakistan	Azad Jammu and Kashmir	4.53 mil
Turkey	İzmir	4.49 mil
Indonesia	Bali	4.44 mil
Italy	Emilia-Romagna	4.43 mil
Somalia	Somaliland	4.39 mil
D. R. Congo	Ituri	4.39 mil
Taiwan	New Taipei	4.38 mil
United States	Oregon	4.37 mil
India	Tripura	4.34 mil
Egypt	Faiyum	4.33 mil
Haiti	Ouest	4.32 mil
Brazil	Amazonas	4.30 mil
Sudan	South Darfur	4.30 mil
Niger	Tillabéri	4.30 mil
Cameroon	Littoral	4.28 mil
Yemen	Amanat Al Asimah	4.28 mil
Nigeria	Abia	4.26 mil
Iran	East Azerbaijan	4.25 mil
Brazil	Paraíba	4.25 mil
Italy	Piedmont	4.24 mil
Madagascar	Analamanga	4.24 mil
Malaysia	Johor	4.22 mil
Indonesia	South Kalimantan	4.20 mil
Mali	Sikasso	4.20 mil
Russia	Sverdlovsk	4.19 mil
South Africa	North West	4.17 mil
Philippines	Zamboanga Peninsula	4.16 mil
Syria	Aleppo	4.14 mil
United States	Oklahoma	4.14 mil
Mexico	Oaxaca	4.14 mil
Russia	Rostov	4.11 mil
Germany	Rhineland-Palatinate	4.11 mil
Brazil	Espírito Santo	4.10 mil
Nigeria	Gombe	4.07 mil
Morocco	Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima	4.07 mil
North Korea	South Pyongan	4.07 mil
Senegal	Dakar	4.06 mil
Germany	Saxony	4.05 mil
D. R. Congo	Kasaï-Central	4.04 mil
Russia	Bashkortostan	4.03 mil
Tanzania	Mwanza	4.02 mil
Uzbekistan	Samarqand	4.01 mil
Iraq	Basra	4.00 mil
Algeria	Algiers	3.99 mil
Egypt	Kafr El Sheikh	3.99 mil
Myanmar	Magway	3.97 mil
Ethiopia	Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region	3.96 mil
Philippines	Cagayan Valley	3.96 mil
Argentina	Córdoba	3.95 mil
Russia	Tatarstan	3.95 mil
Togo	Maritime	3.94 mil
Yemen	Al Hudaydah	3.93 mil
Italy	Apulia	3.90 mil
Indonesia	East Kalimantan	3.88 mil
Uzbekistan	Fergana	3.88 mil
D. R. Congo	Kasaï-Oriental	3.86 mil
Mexico	Baja California	3.86 mil
Egypt	Qena	3.85 mil
Mali	Koulikoro	3.85 mil
Mexico	Chihuahua	3.84 mil
Egypt	Beni Suef	3.81 mil
Venezuela	Zulia	3.80 mil
Poland	Greater Poland	3.80 mil
D. R. Congo	Tanganyika	3.79 mil
Indonesia	Special Region of Yogyakarta	3.78 mil
Rwanda	Eastern	3.78 mil
Greece	Attica	3.76 mil
Yemen	Taiz	3.76 mil
Nigeria	Yobe	3.76 mil
Guatemala	Guatemala	3.75 mil
France	Pays de la Loire	3.75 mil
Vietnam	Thanh Hóa	3.74 mil
United States	Connecticut	3.74 mil
Uganda	Wakiso	3.73 mil
Poland	Lesser Poland	3.72 mil
Mali	Ségou	3.72 mil
Nigeria	Taraba	3.71 mil
China	Tibet	3.71 mil
Nigeria	Ekiti	3.70 mil
Belgium	Wallonia	3.69 mil
Tanzania	Tabora	3.69 mil
Brazil	Rio Grande do Norte	3.68 mil
Germany	Berlin	3.68 mil
D. R. Congo	Haut-Lomami	3.66 mil
Nigeria	Kwara	3.65 mil
Italy	Tuscany	3.65 mil
Indonesia	Jambi	3.65 mil
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	3.65 mil
Iran	West Azerbaijan	3.65 mil
Tajikistan	Khatlon	3.61 mil
Mexico	Guerrero	3.59 mil
Bolivia	Santa Cruz	3.58 mil
Colombia	Cundinamarca	3.57 mil
Malaysia	Sabah	3.56 mil
Iran	Kerman	3.56 mil
Iran	Mazandaran	3.56 mil
Mexico	Tamaulipas	3.54 mil
Japan	Shizuoka	3.54 mil
North Korea	Pyongyang	3.54 mil
Argentina	Santa Fe	3.53 mil
Angola	Huíla	3.52 mil
India	Meghalaya	3.50 mil
United States	Utah	3.48 mil
Tanzania	Morogoro	3.48 mil
Philippines	Southwestern Tagalog	3.47 mil
Brazil	Mato Grosso	3.45 mil
Brazil	Alagoas	3.45 mil
Burkina Faso	Centre	3.42 mil
Vietnam	Nghệ An	3.42 mil
D. R. Congo	Kasaï	3.41 mil
Brazil	Piauí	3.39 mil
Syria	Rif Dimashq	3.39 mil
Uzbekistan	Qashqadaryo	3.39 mil
Ukraine	Donetsk	3.38 mil
Russia	Chelyabinsk	3.36 mil
Tanzania	Dodoma	3.36 mil
Yemen	Ibb	3.35 mil
Myanmar	Rakhine	3.35 mil
South Korea	Busan	3.35 mil
Nigeria	Ebonyi	3.34 mil
Ecuador	Pichincha	3.34 mil
Iran	Sistan and Baluchestan	3.33 mil
North Korea	South Hamgyong	3.33 mil
South Korea	South Gyeongsang	3.33 mil
United States	Puerto Rico	3.32 mil
Somalia	Puntland	3.32 mil
Mozambique	Tete	3.31 mil
France	Brittany	3.30 mil
United States	Iowa	3.30 mil
United States	Nevada	3.27 mil
France	Normandy	3.27 mil
Tanzania	Kagera	3.25 mil
Tanzania	Geita	3.24 mil
Uzbekistan	Andijan	3.24 mil
Mali	Mopti	3.24 mil
Ghana	Eastern	3.23 mil
Brazil	Federal District	3.22 mil
Mexico	Coahuila	3.22 mil
Zambia	Lusaka	3.22 mil
India	Manipur	3.22 mil
Niger	Dosso	3.21 mil
Turkey	Bursa	3.21 mil
Palestine	West Bank	3.20 mil
Rwanda	Southern	3.18 mil
Vietnam	Đồng Nai	3.18 mil
D. R. Congo	Lualaba	3.18 mil
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	3.18 mil
Russia	Dagestan	3.17 mil
Mali	Kayes	3.17 mil
Ghana	Central	3.16 mil
Nigeria	Federal Capital Territory	3.16 mil
Poland	Lower Silesia	3.15 mil
Mexico	Hidalgo	3.14 mil
United Kingdom	Wales	3.14 mil
United States	Arkansas	3.14 mil
Iran	Alborz	3.13 mil
Bolivia	La Paz	3.11 mil
Russia	Samara	3.10 mil
Argentina	Buenos Aires	3.10 mil
Cameroon	North	3.09 mil
Morocco	Souss-Massa	3.09 mil
Indonesia	Central Sulawesi	3.08 mil
Rwanda	Western	3.07 mil
Taiwan	Taichung	3.05 mil
Mexico	Sinaloa	3.04 mil
Russia	Nizhny Novgorod	3.04 mil
Angola	Benguela	3.04 mil
Mexico	Sonora	3.03 mil
United States	Mississippi	3.03 mil
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	3.03 mil
United States	Kansas	3.03 mil
Philippines	Caraga	3.01 mil
D. R. Congo	Lomami	3.00 mil
D. R. Congo	Sud-Ubangi	2.98 mil
Nigeria	Nasarawa	2.97 mil
North Korea	North Pyongan	2.97 mil
Venezuela	Miranda	2.94 mil
South Korea	Incheon	2.94 mil
Brazil	Mato Grosso do Sul	2.93 mil
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	2.92 mil
Germany	Schleswig-Holstein	2.92 mil
Angola	Huambo	2.92 mil
Uzbekistan	Namangan	2.92 mil
South Africa	Free State	2.91 mil
Somalia	Galmudug	2.91 mil
Tajikistan	Sughd	2.90 mil
Somalia	Hirshabelle	2.89 mil
Zambia	Copperbelt	2.88 mil
Mali	Bamako	2.88 mil
Sudan	Kassala	2.88 mil
Thailand	Nakhon Ratchasima	2.87 mil
Afghanistan	Herat	2.87 mil
Nepal	Sudurpashchim	2.87 mil
Mozambique	Cabo Delgado	2.86 mil
Russia	Stavropol	2.85 mil
D. R. Congo	Maniema	2.85 mil

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