List of first-level administrative divisions by area

This is a list of first-level administrative divisions by area (including surface water) in square kilometres.

List of first-level administrative divisions by area

First-level administrative divisions by area

Rank	Subnational flag [note 1]	Coat of arms/seal [note 2]	Common name [note 3]	Capital	Largest city	Sovereign state	Area	Population	Rank within sovereign state	Population density	Map
1			Sakha	Yakutsk		Russia	3,083,523 km2	996,243 [1]	1st	0.32/km2
2			Western Australia	Perth		Australia	2,642,753 km2	2,685,165 [2]	1st	1/km2
3			Krasnoyarsk Krai	Krasnoyarsk		Russia	2,366,797 km2 [note 4]	2,846,000 [1]	2nd	1.2/km2
4			Greenland	Nuuk		Danish Realm	2,166,086 km2	56,081 [3]	1st	0.028/km2
5			Nunavut	Iqaluit		Canada	2,038,722 km2	39,589 [4]	1st	0.02/km2
6			Queensland	Brisbane		Australia	1,851,736 km2	5,240,520 [2]	2nd	2.83/km2
7			Alaska	Juneau	Anchorage	United States	1,717,854 km2	733,391 [5]	1st	0.42/km2
8	N/A	N/A	Xinjiang	Ürümqi		China	1,664,897 km2	25,852,345 [6]	1st	15.5/km2
9			Amazonas	Manaus		Brazil	1,559,167 km2	4,269,995 [7]	1st	2.73/km2
10			Quebec	Quebec City	Montreal	Canada	1,542,056 km2	8,631,147 [4]	2nd	6.23/km2
11			Northern Territory	Darwin		Australia	1,419,630 km2	245,865 [2]	3rd	0.17/km2
12			Northwest Territories	Yellowknife		Canada	1,346,106 km2 [note 5]	45,515 [4]	3rd	0.03/km2
13			Pará	Belém		Brazil	1,245,870 km2	8,777,124 [8]	2nd	7.04/km2
14	N/A	N/A	Tibet	Lhasa		China	1,228,400 km2	3,648,100 [6]	2nd	2.96/km2
15	N/A	N/A	Inner Mongolia	Hohhot	Baotou	China	1,183,000 km2	24,049,155 [6]	3rd	20.3/km2
16			Ontario	Toronto		Canada	1,076,395 km2	14,915,270 [4]	4th	15.94/km2
17			South Australia	Adelaide		Australia	1,044,353 km2	1,772,787 [2]	4th	1.7/km2
18			British Columbia	Victoria	Vancouver	Canada	944,735 km2	5,249,635 [4]	5th	5.41/km2
19			Mato Grosso	Cuiabá		Brazil	903,207 km2	3,567,234 [9]	3rd	3.94/km2
20			New South Wales	Sydney		Australia	809,952 km2	8,186,789 [2]	5th	10.1/km2
21			Khabarovsk Krai	Khabarovsk		Russia	787,633 km2	1,283,992 [1]	3rd	1.63/km2
22			Irkutsk Oblast	Irkutsk		Russia	774,876 km2	2,344,331 [1]	4th	3.03/km2
23			Yamalia	Salekhard	Noyabrsk	Russia	769,250 km2 [note 6]	511,874 [1]	5th	0.67/km2
24			Chukotka	Anadyr		Russia	721,481 km2	47,514 [1]	6th	0.07/km2
25	N/A	N/A	Qinghai	Xining		China	721,000 km2	5,923,957 [6]	4th	8.2/km2
26			Texas	Austin	Houston	United States	696,241 km2	29,145,505 [5]	2nd	41.86/km2
27	N/A	N/A	Eastern	Dammam		Saudi Arabia	672,522 km2	5,148,598 [10]	1st	7.65/km2
28	N/A	N/A	Agadez Region	Agadez		Niger	667,799 km2	566,447	1st	0.85/km2
29			Alberta	Edmonton	Calgary	Canada	661,848 km2	4,464,170 [4]	6th	6.66/km2
30			Saskatchewan	Regina	Saskatoon	Canada	651,900 km2	1,180,867 [4]	7th	1.91/km2
31			Manitoba	Winnipeg		Canada	649,950 km2	1,386,333 [4]	8th	2.13/km2
32			Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte		Brazil	586,514 km2	21,411,923 [11]	4th	36.5/km2
33			Bahia	Salvador		Brazil	564,760 km2	14,985,284 [12]	5th	26.5/km2
34			Khantia-Mansia	Khanty-Mansiysk	Surgut	Russia	534,801 km2 [note 6]	1,729,472 [1]	7th	3.23/km2
35	N/A	N/A	Sichuan	Chengdu		China	485,000 km2	83,674,866 [6]	5th	172.5/km2
36			Yukon	Whitehorse		Canada	482,443 km2	43,095 [4]	9th	0.08/km2
37	N/A	N/A	Kufra	Al Jawf		Libya	479,160 km2 [note 7]	50,104 [note 8]	1st	0.1/km2
38			Kamchatka	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky		Russia	464,275 km2	289,033 [1]	8th	0.62/km2
39			Magadan Oblast	Magadan		Russia	462,464 km2	134,568 [1]	9th	0.29/km2
40	N/A	N/A	Heilongjiang	Harbin		China	460,000 km2	31,850,088 [6]	6th	69.2/km2
41	N/A	N/A	Gansu	Lanzhou		China	454,000 km2	25,019,831 [6]	7th	55.1/km2
42	N/A	N/A	Taoudénit Region	Taoudénit		Mali	440,176 km2	18,160 [note 9]	1st	0.041/km2
43			New Valley	Kharga		Egypt	440,098 km2	256,088 [13] [14]	1st	0.58/km2
44			Zabaykalsky	Chita		Russia	431,892 km2	992,202 [1]	10th	2.30/km2
45			California	Sacramento	Los Angeles	United States	423,967 km2	39,538,223 [5]	3rd	93.2/km2
46			Komi	Syktyvkar		Russia	416,774 km2	725,969 [1]	11th	1.74/km2
47			Arkhangelsk Oblast	Arkhangelsk		Russia	413,103 km2 [note 10]	964,131 [1]	12th	2.33/km2
48	N/A	N/A	Riyadh Province	Riyadh		Saudi Arabia	412,000 km2	8,216,284	2nd	2.76/km2
49	N/A	N/A	Yunnan	Kunming		China	394,000 km2	47,209,277	8th	123.20/km2
50			Montana	Helena	Billings	United States	380,838 km2	1,085,407	4th	2.73/km2
51			Newfoundland and Labrador	St. John's		Canada	373,872 km2	510,550	10th	1.37/km2
52			Northern Cape	Kimberley	Upington	South Africa	372,889 km2	1,292,786	1st	3.1/km2
53			Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz de la Sierra		Bolivia	370,621 km2	3,370,100	1st	9.1/km2
54			Loreto	Iquitos		Peru	368,851 km2	1,027,559	1st	2.8/km2
55			Amur	Blagoveshchensk		Russia	363,700 km2	756,272 [1]	13th	2.09/km2
56			Hadramout	Mukalla		Yemen	359,944 km2	2,255,000	1st	6.26/km2
57			Mato Grosso do Sul	Campo Grande		Brazil	357,124 km2	2,778,986	6th	6.9/km2
58			Oromia	Addis Ababa		Ethiopia	353,690 km2	35,467,001	1st	66.5/km2
59			Buryatia	Ulan-Ude		Russia	351,334 km2	975,247 [1]	14th	2.78/km2
60	N/A	N/A	Murzuq District	Murzuk		Libya	349,790 km2	78,621	2nd	0.22/km2
61	N/A		Northern	Dongola		Sudan	348,765 km2	833,743	1st	2.59/km2
62			Balochistan	Quetta		Pakistan	347,190 km2	12,335,129	1st	36/km2
63			Rajasthan	Jaipur		India	342,239 km2	68,548,437	1st	200/km2
64			Goiás	Goiânia		Brazil	340,257 km2	7,018,354	7th	18/km2
65	N/A	N/A	Tamanrasset Province	Tamanrasset		Algeria	336,839 km2 [note 7]	204,540 [note 11] [15]	1st	0.34/km2
66			Somali	Jijiga		Ethiopia	328,068 km2	11,748,998	2nd	31/km2
67			Maranhão	Sao Luís		Brazil	331,983 km2	7,075,181	8th	20/km2
68			Tomsk Oblast	Tomsk		Russia	316,900 km2	1,051,998 [1]	15th	3.35/km2
69			New Mexico	Santa Fe	Albuquerque	United States	314,915 km2	2,117,522	5th	17.2/km2
70			Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Indore	India	308,245 km2	72,626,809	2nd	240/km2
71			Maharashtra	Mumbai		India	307,713 km2	112,374,333	3rd	370/km2
72			Buenos Aires	La Plata		Argentina	307,571 km2	17,569,053	1st	57/km2
73			Aktobe Region	Aktobe		Kazakhstan	300,629 km2	909,673	1st	3.0/km2
74			North Darfur	Al-Fashir		Sudan	296,420 km2	1,583,179	2nd	5.0/km2
75			Arizona	Phoenix		United States	295,234 km2	7,151,502	6th	57/km2
76			Nevada	Carson City	Las Vegas	United States	286,382 km2	3,104,614	7th	26.8/km2
77			Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre		Brazil	281,707 km2	11,422,973	9th	41/km2
78			Tocantins	Palmas		Brazil	277,620 km2	1,383,445	10th	5/km2
79	N/A	N/A	Borkou	Faya-Largeau		Chad	271,513 km2	97,251	1st	0.4/km2
80			Colorado	Denver		United States	269,837 km2	5,839,926	8th	21.72/km2
81	N/A	N/A	Adrar Province	Adrar		Algeria	261,258 km2	402,197 [note 11]	2nd	0.95/km2
82			Oregon	Salem	Portland	United States	254,806 km2	4,246,155	9th	15/km2
83			Wyoming	Cheyenne		United States	253,600 km2	576,851	10th	2.31/km2
84	N/A	N/A	Tiris Zemmour	Zouérat		Mauritania	252,900 km2	53,261	1st	0.21/km2
85			Piauí	Teresina		Brazil	251,578 km2	3,289,290	11th	13.07/km2
86			Michigan	Lansing	Detroit	United States	250,493 km2	10,077,331	11th	67.1/km2
87			São Paulo State	São Paulo		Brazil	248,219 km2	46,649,132	12th	183.46/km2
88			Chihuahua	Chihuahua City		Mexico	247,460 km2	3,741,869	1st	15/km2
89			Santa Cruz	Río Gallegos		Argentina	243,943 km2	333,473	2nd	1.4/km2
90			Bolívar	Ciudad Bolívar		Venezuela	242,801 km2	1,720,000	1st	7.08/km2
91			Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow		India	240,928 km2	241,066,874	4th	1,001/km2
92			Karaganda Region	Karaganda		Kazakhstan	239,045 km2	1,378,863 [16]	2nd	3.2/km2
93			Rondônia	Porto Velho		Brazil	237,765 km2	1,562,409	13th	6.6/km2
94			Victoria	Melbourne		Australia	237,657 km2	6,656,300	6th	29/km2
95	N/A	N/A	Guangxi	Nanning		China	237,600 km2	50,126,804	9th	210/km2
96	N/A	N/A	Adrar	Atar		Mauritania	235,000 km2	62,658	2nd	0.27/km2
97			Kyzylorda Region	Kyzylorda		Kazakhstan	226,019 km2	823,251	3rd	3.6/km2
98			Minnesota	Saint Paul	Minneapolis	United States	225,163 km2	5,717,184	12th	26.6/km2
99			Chubut	Rawson		Argentina	224,686 km2	603,120	3rd	2.7/km2
100			Roraima	Boa Vista		Brazil	224,300 km2	652,713	14th	2.91/km2
101	N/A	N/A	Moxico	Luena		Angola	223,023 km2	758,568	1st	3.4/km2
102			Utah	Salt Lake City		United States	219,887 km2	3,271,616	13th	14.12/km2
103	N/A		Red Sea State	Port Sudan		Sudan	218,887 km2	1,482,053	3rd	6.6/km2
104			Idaho	Boise		United States	216,443 km2	1,975,000	14th	8.33/km2
105			Beni	Trinidad		Bolivia	213,564 km2	421,196	2nd	2.0/km2
106			Kansas	Topeka	Wichita	United States	213,100 km2	2,940,865	15th	13.5/km2
107			Puntland	Garoowe	Bosaso	Somalia	212,510 km2	6,334,633	1st	29.8/km2
108			Matrouh	Mersa Matruh		Egypt	212,112 km²	538,546	2nd	2.5/km²
109	N/A	N/A	Hunan	Changsha		China	211,842 km2	66,444,864	10th	320/km2
110	N/A	N/A	Shaanxi	Xi'an		China	205,624 km2	39,530,000	11th	190/km2
111			Punjab	Lahore		Pakistan	205,344 km2	127,474,000	2nd	620/km2
112			Red Sea Governorate	Hurghada		Egypt	203,685 km2	400,069	3rd	2.0/km2
113			Río Negro	Viedma		Argentina	203,013 km2	762,067	4th	3.8/km2
114			Nebraska	Lincoln	Omaha	United States	200,356 km2	1,961,504	16th	9.62/km2
115			South Dakota	Pierre	Sioux Falls	United States	199,729 km2	909,824	17th	4.44/km2
116	N/A		Tshopo	Kisangani		Congo-Kinshasa	199,567 km2	2,614,630	1st	13/km2
117			Paraná	Curitiba		Brazil	199,298 km2	11,597,484	15th	58/km2
118	N/A	N/A	Cuando Cubango	Menongue		Angola	199,049 km2	534,002	2nd	2.7/km2
119	N/A	N/A	Illizi Province	Illizi		Algeria	198,815 km2	52,333	3rd	0.18/km2
120			Gujarat	Gandhinagar	Ahmedabad	India	196,024 km2	60,439,692	5th	308/km2
121	N/A		Kostanay Region	Kostanay		Kazakhstan	196,001 km2	835,686	4th	4.3/km2
122	N/A	N/A	Ouargla Province	Ouargla		Algeria	194,552 km2	552,539	4th	2.6/km2
123			Sverdlovsk	Yekaterinburg		Russia	194,226 km2	4,239,311	16th	21.82/km2
124			Karnataka	Bangalore		India	191,791 km2	61,130,704	6th	320/km2
125	N/A		Ulytau	Jezkazgan		Kazakhstan	188,900 km2	221,014	5th	1.17/km2
126	N/A	N/A	Hebei	Shijiazhuang		China	188,800 km2	74,610,235	12th	400/km2
127	N/A	N/A	Jilin	Changchun		China	187,400 km2	24,073,453	13th	130/km2
128	N/A	N/A	Hubei	Wuhan		China	185,900 km2	58,300,000	14th	310/km2
129	N/A	N/A	Abai	Semey		Kazakhstan	185,500 km2	610,183	6th	3.29/km2
130	N/A		North Kordofan	El-Obeid		Sudan	185,302 km2	2,529,370	4th	13/km2
131			Washington	Olympia	Seattle	United States	184,827 km2	7,785,786	18th	39.6/km2
132			Amazonas	Puerto Ayacucho		Venezuela	183,500 km2	146,480	2nd	1.25/km2
133	N/A	N/A	Kerman Province	Kerman		Iran	183,285 km2	3,164,718	1st	17/km2
134			North Dakota	Bismarck	Fargo	United States	183,123 km2	779,261	19th	4.13/km2
135	N/A	N/A	Hodh Ech Chargui	Néma		Mauritania	182,700 km2	430,668	3rd	2.4/km2
136			Oklahoma	Oklahoma City		United States	181,038 km2	4,019,800	20th	21.30/km2
137		N/A	Sistan and Baluchestan	Zahedan		Iran	180,726 km2	2,775,014	2nd	15/km2
138			Missouri	Jefferson City	Kansas City	United States	180,560 km2	6,160,281	21st	34.1/km2
139	N/A	N/A	Guangdong	Guangzhou		China	179,800 km2	126,012,510	15th	700/km2
140			Sonora	Hermosillo		Mexico	179,355 km2	2,944,840	2nd	16/km2
141			Novosibirsk Oblast	Novosibirsk		Russia	178,200 km2	2,794,315	17th	15.72/km2
142			Somaliland	Hargeisa		Somalia (de jure)	177,000 km2	5,741,086	2nd	28.27/km2
143			Nenets	Naryan-Mar		Russia	176,700 km2 [note 10]	41,454	18th	0.23/km2
144	N/A	N/A	Guizhou	Guiyang		China	176,167 km2	38,562,148	16th	220/km2
145			Karelia	Petrozavodsk		Russia	172,400 km2	527,821	19th	2.92/km2
146			Tuva	Kyzyl		Russia	170,500 km2	337,299	20th	2.0/km2
147			Florida	Tallahassee	Jacksonville	United States	170,312 km2	22,244,823	22nd	160/km2
148			Altai Krai	Barnaul		Russia	169,100 km2	2,131,019	21st	12.68/km2
149			Wisconsin	Madison	Milwaukee	United States	169,640 km2	5,893,718	23rd	42/km2
150			Eastern Cape	Bhisho	Gqeberha	South Africa	168,966 km2	6,562,053	2nd	39/km2
151	N/A	N/A	Jiangxi	Nanchang		China	166,919 km2	45,188,635	17th	270/km2
152			Karakalpakstan	Nukus		Uzbekistan	166,590 km2	1,923,734	1st	11.55/km2
153			Primorsky	Vladivostok		Russia	165,900 km2	1,820,125	22nd	11.05/km2
154	N/A		Mangystau	Aktau		Kazakhstan	165,642 km2	745,909	7th	4.5/km2
155	N/A	N/A	Henan	Zhengzhou		China	165,467 km2	99,365,519	18th	600/km2
156			Ömnögovi	Dalanzadgad		Mongolia	165,380 km2	65,645	1st	0.40/km2
157			Córdoba Province	Córdoba		Argentina	165,321 km2	3,978,984	5th	24/km2
158			Acre	Rio Branco		Brazil	164,123 km2 [17]	906,876 [17]	16th	5.1/km2
159	N/A		Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati	Visakhapatnam	India	162,970 km2	49,577,103	7th	304/km2
160	N/A	N/A	Karas	Keetmanshoop		Namibia	161,514 km2	77,421	1st	0.48/km2
161			Perm Krai	Perm		Russia	160,600 km2	2,508,239	23rd	15.65/km2
162	N/A	N/A	Tindouf Province	Tindouf		Algeria	159,000 km2	49,149	5th	0.31/km2
163	N/A	N/A	Shandong	Jinan	Qingdao	China	157,100 km2	101,527,453	19th	650/km2
164	N/A	N/A	Diffa Region	Diffa		Niger	156,906 km2	593,821	2nd	3.8/km2
165	N/A	N/A	Shanxi	Taiyuan		China	156,000 km2	34,915,616	20th	220/km2
166		N/A	Shan	Taunggyi		Myanmar	155,801 km2	5,824,432	1st	37/km2
167			Odisha	Bhubaneswar		India	155,707 km2	41,974,218	8th	269/km2
168			Salta Province	Salta		Argentina	155,488 km2	1,440,672	6th	9.3/km2
169			Amhara	Bahir Dar		Ethiopia	154,708 km2	21,134,988	3rd	136/km2
170			Georgia	Atlanta		United States	153,909 km2	10,711,908	24th	71.5/km2
171			Central Kalimantan	Palangka Raya		Indonesia	153,443 km2	2,741,075	1st	18/km2
172	N/A	N/A	Mecca Province	Mecca	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	153,148 km2	8,557,766	3rd	56/km2
173	N/A	N/A	Medina Province	Medina		Saudi Arabia	151,990 km²	2,132,679	4th	14/km²
174	N/A	N/A	South Khorasan	Birjand		Iran	151,913 km2	768,898	3rd	5.1/km2
175			Coahuila	Saltillo		Mexico	151,595 km2	3,146,771	3rd	21/km2
176	N/A	N/A	Kidal Region	Kidal		Mali	151,450 km2	67,638	2nd	0.45/km2
177	N/A		West Kazakhstan	Oral		Kazakhstan	151,339 km2	683,327	8th	4.5/km2
178			Illinois	Springfield	Chicago	United States	149,997 km2	12,812,508	25th	89.4/km2
179	N/A	N/A	Najran Province	Najran		Saudi Arabia	149,511 km²	505,652	5th	3.4/km²
180			Ceará	Fortaleza		Brazil	148,894 km2 [18]	9,240,580 [18]	17th	62.06/km2
181			Mendoza Province	Mendoza		Argentina	148,827 km2	2,014,533	7th	14/km2
182	N/A		Bas-Uélé	Buta		Congo-Kinshasa	148,331 km2	1,093,845	2nd	7.4/km2
183	N/A	N/A	Central	Serowe		Botswana	147,730 km²	638,604	1st	4.3/km²
184			West Kalimantan	Pontianak		Indonesia	147,307 km2	5,541,376	2nd	38/km2
185	N/A		Akmola	Kokshetau		Kazakhstan	146,219 km²	785,219	9th	5.4/km²
186	N/A	N/A	Tabuk Province	Tabuk		Saudi Arabia	146,072 km²	910,030	6th	6.2/km²
187	N/A	N/A	Liaoning	Shenyang		China	145,900 km2	42,591,407	21st	290/km2
188			Iowa	Des Moines		United States	144,669 km2	3,190,369	26th	22.0/km2
189			Vologda Oblast	Vologda		Russia	145,700 km2	1,128,580	25th	7.81/km2
190	N/A	N/A	Zinder Region	Zinder		Niger	145,430 km²	3,539,764	3rd	24/km²
191			Murmansk Oblast	Murmansk		Russia	144,900 km2	657,950	26th	4.54/km2
192	N/A		Jambyl	Taraz		Kazakhstan	144,264 km2	1,209,665	10th	8.4/km2
193			Tyumen Oblast	Tyumen		Russia	143,520 km2	1,607,274	27th	10.04/km2
194			La Pampa	Santa Rosa		Argentina	143,440 km²	366,022	8th	2.6/km²
195			Bashkortostan	Ufa		Russia	142,947 km²	4,080,684	28th	28.55/km2
196			Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab	Dakhla		Morocco (de facto)	142,865 km²	142,955	1st	4.0/km²
197			Amapá	Macapá		Brazil	142,829 km² [19]	877,613 [19]	18th	6.14/km2
198			Govi-Altai	Altai City		Mongolia	141,447 km2	57,440	2nd	0.41/km2
199			New York	Albany	New York City	United States	141,297 km2	20,215,751	27th	159/km2
200			Sindh	Karachi		Pakistan	140,914 km²	47,886,051	3rd	339.82/km²
201	N/A	N/A	Anhui	Hefei		China	140,200 km2	61,027,171	22nd	440/km2
202	N/A		Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra	Laayoune		Morocco (de facto)	140,018 km²	367,758	2nd	2.6/km²
203			Omsk Oblast	Omsk		Russia	139,700 km2	1,831,881	29th	12.98/km2
204			North Carolina	Raleigh	Charlotte	United States	139,391 km2	10,698,973	28th	84.80/km2
205	N/A	N/A	Balkan	Balkanabat		Turkmenistan	139,270 km2	553,500	1st	4.0/km2
206			Al Anbar	Ramadi		Iraq	138,501 km2	1,771,656	1st	13/km2
207			Arkansas	Little Rock		United States	137,732 km2	3,013,756	29th	21.8/km2
208			Santiago del Estero Province	Santiago del Estero		Argentina	136,351 km²	1,054,028	9th	7.7/km²
209	N/A	N/A	Tibesti	Bardai		Chad	135,896 km²	37,890	2nd	0.2/km²
210			Alabama	Montgomery	Huntsville	United States	135,765 km2	5,039,877	30th	38.4/km2
211			Louisiana	Baton Rouge	New Orleans	United States	135,382 km2	4,657,757	31st	41.3/km2
212			Chhattisgarh	Raipur		India	135,192 km²	29,436,231	9th	220/km²
213	N/A		Tanganyika	Kalemie		Congo-Kinshasa	134,940 km²	3,062,000	3rd	23/km²
214			La Paz Department	La Paz		Bolivia	133,985 km²	2,927,000	3rd	22/km²
215			Santa Fe Province	Santa Fe	Rosario	Argentina	133,007 km²	3,556,522	10th	27/km²
216	N/A		Tshuapa	Boende		Congo-Kinshasa	132,940 km²	1,316,855	4th	9.9/km²
217	N/A		Maniema	Kindu		Congo-Kinshasa	132,520 km²	2,049,300	5th	15/km²
218	N/A		Haut-Katanga	Lubumbashi		Congo-Kinshasa	132,425 km²	4,617,000	6th	35/km²
219			Magallanes	Punta Arenas		Chile	132,291 km²	165,593	1st	1.3/km²
220	N/A	N/A	In Salah Province	In Salah		Algeria	131,220 km²	50,392	6th	0.38/km²
221	N/A	N/A	Sipaliwini	N/A	Kwamalasamutu	Suriname	130,567 km²	37,065	1st	0.28/km²
222			England	London		United Kingdom	130,279 km²	56,489,800	1st	434/km²
223			Tamil Nadu	Chennai		India	130,058 km²	72,147,030	10th	550/km²
224			Free State	Bloemfontein		South Africa	129,825 km²	2,921,611	3rd	22.5/km²
225			Western Cape	Cape Town		South Africa	129,462 km²	7,212,142	4th	55.7/km²
226	N/A	N/A	Niassa	Lichinga		Mozambique	129,056 km²	1,865,976	1st	14/km²
227	N/A		Mai-Ndombe	Inongo		Congo-Kinshasa	127,465 km²	1,768,327	7th	14/km²
228			East Kalimantan	Samarinda		Indonesia	127,346 km²	3,859,783	3rd	30/km²
229			South Darfur	Nyala		Sudan	127,300 km²	2,890,348	5th	22.7/km²
230		N/A	Western	Mongu		Zambia	126,386 km²	991,500	1st	7.8/km²
231			Antofagasta Region	Antofagasta		Chile	126,049 km²	599,335	2nd	4.8/km²
232		N/A	North-Western	Solwezi		Zambia	125,826 km²	833,818	2nd	6.6/km²
233			Limpopo	Polokwane		South Africa	125,754 km²	5,941,439	5th	47.2/km²
234			Mississippi	Jackson		United States	125,443 km²	2,963,914	32nd	24.5/km²
235	N/A		Pavlodar Region	Pavlodar		Kazakhstan	124,800 km²	756,511	11th	6.1/km²
236			Sarawak	Kuching		Malaysia	124,450 km²	2,453,677	1st	20/km²
237			Orenburg Oblast	Orenburg		Russia	124,000 km²	1,841,601	30th	14.89/km²
238			Dornod	Choibalsan		Mongolia	123,597 km²	82,054	3rd	0.66/km²
239			Durango	Victoria de Durango		Mexico	123,317 km²	1,832,650	4th	15/km²
240	N/A	N/A	Fars	Shiraz		Iran	122,608 km2	4,851,274	4th	40/km²
241	N/A		River Nile	Ad-Damir		Sudan	122,123 km²	1,472,257	6th	13/km²
242	N/A	N/A	Fujian	Fuzhou	Quanzhou	China	121,400 km²	41,540,086	23rd	340/km²
243	N/A		Lualaba	Kolwezi		Congo-Kinshasa	121,308 km²	1,677,288	8th	14/km²
244			Kirov Oblast	Kirov		Russia	120,800 km²	1,138,200	31st	9.46/km²
245	N/A	N/A	Bordj Baji Mokhtar Province	Bordj Badji Mokhtar		Algeria	120,026 km²	16,437	7th	0.14/km²
246			Hirshabelle	Jowhar	Beledweyne	Somalia	120,000 km²	3,771,638	3rd	31/km²
247	N/A	N/A	Kayes Region	Kayes		Mali	119,743 km²	1,996,812	3rd	17/km²
248			Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	Philadelphia	United States	119,283 km²	13,002,700	33th	112/km²
249	N/A	N/A	Razavi Khorasan	Mashhad		Iran	118,884 km²	6,444,000	5th	54.12/km²
250	N/A		Atyrau Region	Atyrau		Kazakhstan	118,631 km²	681,241	12th	5.7/km²
251	N/A		Jetisu	Taldykorgan		Kazakhstan	118,500 km²	650,000	13th	5.48/km²
252			Potosí Department	Potosí		Bolivia	118,218 km²	901,555	4th	6.97/km²
253	N/A	N/A	Ghanzi District	Ghanzi		Botswana	117,910 km²	56,555	2nd	1.3/km²
254			South Papua	Salor		Indonesia	117,849 km²	522,215	4th	4.4/km²
255	N/A	N/A	Ennedi-Ouest	Fada		Chad	117,686 km²	59,744	3rd	0.7/km²
256	N/A	N/A	Jufra	Hun		Libya	117,410 km²	52,342	3rd	0.45/km²
257			Turkistan Region	Turkistan		Kazakhstan	117,249 km²	2,685,009	14th	23km²
258			Ohio	Columbus		United States	116,096 km²	11,780,017	34th	109/km²
259			Bayankhongor Province	Bayankhongor		Mongolia	115,977 km²	87,243	4th	0.75/km²
260	N/A	N/A	Kunene	Opuwo		Namibia	115,260 km²	86,856	2nd	0.8/km²
261	N/A	N/A	Tahoua Region	Tahoua		Niger	113,371 km²	4,692,990	4th	26/km²
262			Volgograd Oblast	Volgograd		Russia	113,900 km²	2,468,877	31nd	21.87/km²
263			Telangana	Hyderabad		India	112,077 km²	35,193,978	11th	312/km²
264	N/A	N/A	Northern Borders	Arar		Saudi Arabia	111,797	365,231	7th	3.4/km2
265	N/A	N/A	Navoiy Region	Navoiy		Uzbekistan	111,095 km²	1,033,857	2nd	9.3/km²
266			Virginia	Richmond	Virginia Beach	United States	110,785 km²	8,683,619	35th	84.7/km²
267		N/A	Central	Kabwe		Zambia	110,450 km²	1,743,999	3rd	16/km²
268			Jubaland	Bu'ale	Kismayo	Somalia	110,293 km²	1,360,633	4th	12/km²
269	N/A	N/A	Hardap	Mariental		Namibia	109,781 km²	79,507	3rd	0.7/km²
270			Amazonas	Leticia		Colombia	109,665 km²	76,589	1st	0.70/km²
271			Dornogovi	Sainshand		Mongolia	109,472 km²	68,192	5th	0.62/km²
272			Tennessee	Nashville		United States	109,247 km²	6,910,840	36th	63.3/km²
273	N/A	N/A	North-West	Maun		Botswana	109,130 km²	198,436	3rd	1.3/km²
274	N/A	N/A	East	Bertoua		Cameroon	109,002 km²	835,642	1st	7.7/km²
275			Aysén	Coyhaique		Chile	108,494 km²	102,317	3rd	0.94/km²
276	N/A	N/A	Haut-Lomami	Kamina		Congo-Kinshasa	108,204 km²	3,444,000	9th	23/km²
277			Isfahan Province	Isfahan		Iran	107,029 km²	5,136,000	6th	47.85/km²
278	N/A	N/A	Al Wahat	Ajdabiya		Libya	105,523 km²	164,718	4th	1.56/km²
279	N/A	N/A	Otjozondjupa	Otjiwarongo		Namibia	105,460 km²	143,903	4th	1.4/km²
280	N/A	N/A	Kgalagadi	Tsabong		Botswana	105,200 km²	58,857	4th	0.5/km²
281			Almaty Region [note 12]	Qonayev		Kazakhstan	105,100 km²	2,059,200	15th	9.2/km²
282			North West	Mafikeng	Rustenburg	South Africa	125,754 km²	5,941,439	6th	47.2/km²
283			Kentucky	Frankfort	Louisville	United States	104,656 km²	4,509,342	37th	44/km²
284		N/A	Sankuru	Lusambo		Congo-Kinshasa	104,331 km²	2,417,000	10th	13/km²
285	N/A	N/A	Équateur	Mbandaka		Congo-Kinshasa	103,902 km²	1,712,000	11th	16/km²
286	N/A	N/A	Ḥa'il Province	Ḥaʼil		Saudi Arabia	103,887 km²	699,774	8th	6.7/km²
287	N/A	N/A	Zambezia	Quelimane		Mozambique	103,478 km²	5,110,787	2nd	49/km²
288			Catamarca	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca		Argentina	102,602 km²	429,556	11th	4.18/km²
289	N/A	N/A	Lunda Norte	Dundo		Angola	102,783 km²	862,566	3rd	8.3/km²
290	N/A	N/A	Jiangsu	Nanjing	Suzhou	China	102,600 km²	84,748,016	24th	830/km²
291			Ucayali	Pucallpa		Peru	101,831 km²	415,000	2nd	4.0/km²
292	N/A	N/A	Zhejiang	Hangzhou		China	101,800 km²	64,567,588	25th	630/km²
293			Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Peshawar		Pakistan	101,741 km²	35,525,047	4th	349.17/km²
294	N/A	N/A	Béni Abbès Province	Béni Abbès		Algeria	101,350 km²	50,163	8th	0.49/km²
295			Rostov	Rostov-on-Don		Russia	100,800 km²	4,163,708	32nd	41.24/km²
296			Khövsgöl	Mörön		Mongolia	100,628 km²	132,146	6th	1.3/km²
297			Galmudug	Dusmareb	Adado	Somalia	100,370 km²	3,800,000	5th	38/km²
298			Lapland	Rovaniemi		Finland	100,366 km²	177,161	1st	1.8/km²
299			Vichada	Puerto Carreño		Colombia	100,242 km²	107,808	2nd	1.1/km²
300	N/A	N/A	Al-Jawf	Sakakah		Saudi Arabia	100,212 km²	508,475	9th	4.39/km²
301			Saratov Oblast	Saratov		Russia	100,200 km²	2,404,198	33th	23.75/km²
302			Chaco	Resistencia		Argentina	99,633 km²	1,142,963	12th	11.47/km²
303	N/A	N/A	Dhofar	Salalah		Oman	99,300 km²	408,419	1st	4.1/km²
304	Unofficial	N/A	Eastern	Chipata		Zambia	98,877 km²	2,454,588	4th	25/km²
305			South West	Barawa	Baidoa	Somalia	98,863 km²	4,387,355	6th	44/km²
306		N/A	Turkana	Lodwar		Kenya	98,597 km²	926,976	1st	9.6/km²
307	N/A	N/A	Tete Province	Tete		Mozambique	98,417 km²	2,648,941	3rd	27/km²
308	N/A	N/A	Tagant	Tidjikja		Mauritania	98,340 km²	80,962	4th	0.85/km²
309			Norrbotten	Luleå		Sweden	98,244 km²	251,080	1st	2.6/km²
310		N/A	Western	Daru		Papua New Guinea	98,189 km²	201,351	1st	2.1/km²
311			Pernambuco	Recife		Brazil	98,067 km² [20]	9,674,793 [20]	19th	89.63/km² [20]
312	N/A		North Kazakhstan	Petropavl		Kazakhstan	97,993 km²	539,111	16th	5.5/km²
313	N/A		East Kazakhstan	Oskemen		Kazakhstan	97,700 km²	1,369,597	17th	4.8/km²
314	N/A	N/A	Malanje Province	Malanje		Angola	97,602 km²	986,363	4th	10/km²
315	N/A	N/A	Semnan Province	Semnan		Iran	97,491 km²	715,000	7th	7.20/km²
316	N/A	N/A	Ahal	Arkadag		Turkmenistan	97,260 km²	785,800	2nd	9.7/km²
317	N/A	N/A	Tillabéri Region	Tillabéri		Niger	97,251 km²	3,839,210	5th	30/km²
318	N/A	N/A	Wadi al Shatii	Brak		Libya	97,160 km²	78,532	5th	0.81/km²
319			Santa Catarina	Florianópolis	Joinville	Brazil	95,730 km² [21]	7,338,473 [21]	20th	81.08/km²
320	N/A		Kasaï	Tshikapa		Congo-Kinshasa	95,631 km²	3,165,000	12th	33/km²
321			Kemerovo Oblast	Kemerovo		Russia	95,500 km²	2,567,990	34th	26.83/km²
322			KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg	Durban	South Africa	94,361 km²	11,538,325	7th	122.3/km²
323			Indiana	Indianapolis		United States	94,321 km²	6,785,528	38th	73.1/km²
324			Castile and León	Valladolid		Spain	94,222 km²	2,447,519	1st	26/km²
325			Bihar	Patna		India	94,163 km²	104,099,452	12th	1,102/km²
326			Neuquén Province	Neuquén		Argentina	94,078 km²	726,590	13th	7.72/km²
327			Oaxaca	Oaxaca City		Mexico	93,757 km²	4,096,000	5th	44/km²
328	N/A	N/A	Batha	Ati		Chad	93,732 km²	726,340	4th	0.7/km²
329		N/A	Sagaing	Monywa		Myanmar	93,704 km²	5,325,347	2nd	57/km²
330	N/A	N/A	Lebap	Türkmenabat		Turkmenistan	93,700 km²	1,160,300	3rd	14/km²
331			Altai Republic	Gorno-Altaysk		Russia	92,903 km²	210,797	35th	2.27/km²
332			Boquerón	Filadelfia		Paraguay	91,669 km²	68,080	1st	0.74/km²
333			Maine	Augusta	Portland	United States	91,646 km²	1,362,359	39th	16.9/km²
334			Western Bahr el Ghazal	Wau		South Sudan	91,079 km²	333,431	1st	3.7/km²
335			Tasmania	Hobart		Australia	90,758 km²	571,165	7th	8.3/km²
336	N/A		Oriental	Oujda		Morocco	90,127 km²	2,314,346	3rd	80/km²
337	N/A	N/A	Koulikoro Region	Koulikoro		Mali	90,120 km²	2,418,305	4th	27/km²
338	N/A	N/A	Kwango	Kenge		Congo-Kinshasa	89,974 km²	2,416,000	13th	22/km²
339			Riau	Pekanbaru		Indonesia	89,935 km²	6,614,384	5th	74/km²
340	N/A		Haut-Uélé	Isiro		Congo-Kinshasa	89,683 km²	2,046,000	14th	21/km²
341			La Rioja Province	La Rioja		Argentina	89,680 km²	384,607	14th	4.3/km²
342			San Juan Province	San Juan		Argentina	89,651 km²	818,234	15th	9.1/km²
343	N/A	N/A	Gao Region	Gao		Mali	89,532 km²	544,120	5th	6.1/km²
344	N/A	N/A	Cunene	Ondjiva		Angola	89,342 km²	990,087	5th	9.5/km²
345		N/A	Kachin	Myitkyina		Myanmar	89,041 km²	1,689,441	3rd	19/km²
346			Caquetá	Florencia		Colombia	88,965 km²	401,849	3rd	4.5/km²
347	N/A		Drâa-Tafilalet	Errachidia		Morocco	88,836 km²	1,635,008	4th	18/km²
348			West Bengal	Kolkata		India	88,752 km²	91,276,115	13th	1,029/km²
349			Corrientes Province	Corrientes		Argentina	88,199 km²	1,197,553	16th	14/km²
350	N/A	N/A	In Guezzam Province	In Guezzam		Algeria	88,126 km²	11,202	9th	0.13/km²
351			Chelyabinsk Oblast	Chelyabinsk		Russia	87,900 km²	3,406,371	36th	38.48/km²
352			Andalusia	Seville		Spain	87,268 km²	8,464,411	2nd	96/km²
353	N/A	N/A	Mary Region	Mary		Turkmenistan	87,200 km²	1,287,700	4th	17/km²
354			Sakhalin	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk		Russia	87,100 km²	459,985	37th	5.28/km²
355			South Sumatra	Palembang		Indonesia	86,772 km²	8,657,000	6th	100/km²
356	N/A	N/A	Haute-Kotto	Bria		Central African Republic	86,650 km²	90,316	1st	1.0/km²
357	N/A	N/A	Djanet Province	Djanet		Algeria	86,185 km²	17,618	10th	0.2/km²
358			Meta	Villavicencio		Colombia	85,635 km²	1,052,000	4th	12.14/km²
359			Madre de Dios	Puerto Maldonado		Peru	85,301 km²	104,000	3rd	1.1/km²
360	N/A	N/A	Omaheke	Gobabis		Namibia	84,981 km²	71,233	5th	0.8/km²
361			Leningrad	Gatchina		Russia	84,500 km²	2,027,068	38th	24.16/km²
362			Tver Oblast	Tver		Russia	84,100 km²	1,210,692	39th	14.38/km²
363			Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Bordeaux		France	84,036 km²	6,033,952	1st	72/km²
364	N/A	N/A	Butnan	Tobruk		Libya	83,860 km²	195,088	6th	1.9/km²
365	[note 13]		French Guiana	Cayenne		France	83,846 km²	301,099	2nd	3.6/km²
366			Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar		India	83,743 km²	1,383,727	14th	17/km²
367			Hokkaido	Sapporo		Japan	83,423 km²	5,281,297	1st	63/km²
368			South Carolina	Columbia	Charleston	United States	82,932 km²	5,282,634	40th	67.74/km²
369			Papua	Jayapura		Indonesia	82,681 km²	1,035,000	7th	13/km²
370	N/A	N/A	Cabo Delgado	Pemba		Mozambique	82,625 km²	2,320,261	4th	28/km²
371			Zavkhan	Uliastai		Mongolia	82,455 km²	72,104	7th	0.87/km²
372	N/A		Chongqing	Yuzhong	Wanzhou	China	82,403 km²	32,054,159	26th	309/km²
373		N/A	Alto Paraguay	Fuerte Olimpo		Paraguay	82,349 km²	15,008	2nd	0.18/km²
374			Sükhbaatar	Baruun-Urt		Mongolia	82,287 km²	61,323	8th	0.75/km²
375	N/A	N/A	Ennedi-Est	Amdjarass		Chad	81,696 km²	159,560	5th	1.95/km²
376	N/A	N/A	Ménaka Region	Ménaka		Mali	81,040 km²	54,456	6th	0.67/km²
377			Jonglei	Bor		South Sudan	80,926 km²	1,873,176	2nd	23.14/km²
378			Khentii	Öndörkhaan		Mongolia	80,325 km²	76,019	9th	0.95/km²
379			Tamaulipas	Ciudad Victoria	Reynosa	Mexico	80,249 km²	3,527,735	6th	44/km²

Summary tables

Area in square kilometers	Number of country subdivisions
2,000,000+	5
1,500,000–1,999,999	5
1,000,000–1,499,999	7
500,000–999,999	17
400,000–499,999	14
300,000–399,999	24
250,000–299,999	13
200,000–249,999	28
150,000–199,999	64
100,000–149,999	124
80,000–99,999	79
Total	380

Country	Number of subdivisions
United States	40
Russia	39
China	26
Brazil	20
Kazakhstan	17
Argentina	16
Congo-Kinshasa and India	14
Algeria and Canada	10
Mongolia and Saudi Arabia	9
Australia, Indonesia, Iran and South Africa	7
Libya, Mali, Mexico, Somalia and Sudan	6
Angola, Chad, Namibia and Niger	5
Botswana, Colombia, Bolivia, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Zambia	4
Chile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Myanmar and Peru	3
France, Paraguay, South Sudan, Spain, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Yemen	2
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Danish Realm, Finland, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, Sweden and United Kingdom	1
Total	380

See also

• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of second-level administrative divisions by area
• List of third-level administrative divisions by area
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
• List of first-level administrative divisions by population
• Lists of country subdivisions by GDP
  • Largest country subdivisions by GDP
  • List of first-level administrative country subdivisions by nominal GDP per capita

Notes

1. Unofficial flags are shown with a red background.
2. Unofficial emblems are shown with a red background.
3. When a subdivision has the same name as its capital city, the full official name of that subdivision is shown to not cause confusion.
4. Includes the 897,900 km² Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
5. The area of the Northwest Territories in Canada was 3,439,296 km², making it the world's largest subdivision, until 1999, when the territory of Nunavut was split off from the Northwest Territories.
6. The Tyumen Oblast contains the Khanty–Mansi and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, but all three are considered to be federal subjects of Russia. The total area for the oblast (with the autonomous okrugs included) is 1,433,270 km².
7. These figures cannot be verified by their Wikipedia page.
8. as of 2006
9. as of 2009
10. The Arkhangelsk Oblast contains the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, but both are considered to be federal subjects of Russia. The total area for the oblast (with the autonomous okrug included) is 587,400 km².
11. as of 2008
12. Not to be confused with Almaty.
13. French Guiana's official flag is the French flag. Only the French flag is officially recognized by the French constitution as the national flag, the green and yellow flag is however still used by the French Guiana national football team and still commonly flown by civilians, the green and yellow diagonal flag that is commonly used to represent French Guiana, actually has no official status. Other flags unofficially used to represent French Guiana include the Banner of Arms, which adapts the Lesser Coat of Arms of French Guiana into a flag. And the flag of the territorial collectivity used by the local government, which is a white field with green lines with the shape of French Guiana's borders, and a text which reads "Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane".

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External links

• World-Gazetteer.com at archive.today (archived 2012-12-05)