List of country subdivisions by population

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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
1	Uttar Pradesh	State	India	175,922,300
2	Maharashtra	State	India	102,502,700
3	Henan	Province	China^[1]	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	Orissa	State	India	38,888,600
29	West Java	Province	Indonesia	38,277,900
30	Heilongjiang	Province	China	38,072,100
31	Guizhou	Province	China	37,964,700
32	East Java	Province	Indonesia	37,264,500
33	Shaanxi	Province	China	37,065,100
34	California	State	United States	36,162,800
35	Sindh	Province	Pakistan	34,968,800
36	Fujian	Province	China	34,341,100
37	Kerala	State	India	33,731,000
38	Shanxi	Province	China	33,602,100
39	Central Java	Province	Indonesia	33,456,300
40	Chongqing	Municipality	China	32,339,000
41	Jharkhand	State	India	28,508,800
42	Assam	State	India	28,221,700
43	Gansu	Province	China	26,303,900
44	Punjab	State	India	25,732,900
45	Oromia	Region	Ethiopia	25,125,000
46	Inner Mongolia	Autonomous Region	China	24,454,900
47	Amhara	Region	Ethiopia	24,000,200
48	Texas	State	United States	22,614,300
49	Haryana	State	India	22,336,100
50	Chhattisgarh	State	India	22,032,000
51	North-West Frontier	Province	Pakistan	20,468,700
52	New York	State	United States	19,302,200
53	Minas Gerais	State	Brazil	19,074,500
54	Xinjiang	Autonomous Region	China	18,933,400
55	Taiwan	Province^[2]	China^[3]	18,576,518
56	North Rhine-Westphalia	State	Germany	18,100,000
57	Florida	Province	United States	17,407,300
58	Rio de Janeiro	State	Brazil	15,485,700
59	Delhi	Union Territory	India	14,602,200
60	México	State	Mexico	14,349,700
61	Buenos Aires	Province	Argentina	14,345,700
62	Shanghai	Municipality	China	13,968,500
63	SNNPR	Region	Ethiopia	13,918,200
64	Bahia	State	Brazil	13,615,200
65	Southern Tagalog	Region	Philippines	13,498,500
66	Bavaria	State	Germany	12,495,000
67	North Sumatra	Province	Indonesia	12,480,500
68	Ontario	Province	Canada	12,419,600
69	Illinois	State	United States	12,419,293
70	Pennsylvania	State	United States	12,419,293
71	Tokyo	Prefecture	Japan	12,292,400
72	Tehran	Province	Iran	11,931,700
73	Beijing	Municipality	China	11,879,300
74	Moscow	Federal City	Russia	11,755,500
75	Ohio	State	United States	11,483,400
76	Île-de-France	Region	France	11,264,000
77	Istanbul	Province	Turkey	11,100,400
78	Rio Grande do Sul	State	Brazil	10,758,700
79	Baden-Württemberg	State	Germany	10,747,479
80	Jammu and Kashmir	State	India	10,668,400
81	Lagos	State	Nigeria	10,405,000
82	Metro Manila	Region	Philippines	10,330,100
83	Seoul	Special City	South Korea	10,276,968
84	Paraná	State	Brazil	10,157,000
85	Michigan	State	United States	10,137,900
86	KwaZulu-Natal	Province	South Africa	10,070,500
87	Gyeonggi	Province	South Korea	10,041,800
88	Kano	State	Nigeria	9,964,100
89	Gauteng	Province	South Africa	9,839,100
90	Tianjin	Municipality	China	9,576,600
91	Central Luzon	Region	Philippines	9,023,600
92	Jakarta	Special Capital Territory	Indonesia	8,987,800
93	Uttarakhand	State	India	8,983,500
94	Lombardy	Region	Italy	8,898,400
95	Georgia	State	United States	8,875,600
96	Osaka	Prefecture	Japan	8,804,800
97	New Jersey	State	United States	8,749,200
98	Mexican Federal District	Federal District	Mexico	8,720,700
99	Kanagawa	Prefecture	Japan	8,683,800
100	Banten	Province	Indonesia	8,676,400