User:Treetoes023/List of the largest country subdivisions by area

This is a list of country subdivisions with an area greater than 200,000 km2.

List of country subdivisions with an area greater than 200,000 km2 edit

Largest country subdivisions by area
Rank Subnational flag Coat of arms/seal Common Name Capital,
largest city
Country Area Population Rank
in
country
Population
density
Map
1     Sakha (Yakutia) Yakutsk   Russia 3,083,523 km² 990,538[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[3] 2,846,565[1] 2nd 1.2/km²  
4     Greenland Nuuk   Kingdom of Denmark 2,166,086 km²[4][5] 56,081[6] 1st 0.028/km²  
5     Nunavut Iqaluit   Canada 2,038,722 km² 39,589[7] 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[8] 1st 0.42/km²  
8 N/A N/A Xinjiang Ürümqi   China 1,664,897 km² 25,852,345[9] 1st 15.5/km²  
9     Amazonas Manaus   Brazil 1,559,167 km² 4,269,995[10] 1st 2.73/km²  
10     Quebec Quebec City, Montreal   Canada 1,542,056 km² 8,631,147[7] 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[11] 45,515[7] 3rd 0.03/km²  
13     Pará Belém   Brazil 1,245,870 km² 8,777,124[12] 2nd 7.04/km²  
14 N/A N/A Tibet (Xizang) Lhasa   China 1,228,400 km² 3,648,100[9] 2nd 2.96/km²  
15 N/A N/A Inner Mongolia
(Nei Mongol)
Hohhot, Baotou   China 1,183,000 km² 24,049,155[9] 3rd 20.3/km²  
16     Ontario Toronto   Canada 1,076,395 km² 14,915,270[7] 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[7] 5th 5.41/km²  
19     Mato Grosso Cuiabá   Brazil 903,207 km² 3,567,234[13] 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 1,298,233[1] 3rd 1.65/km²  
22     Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk   Russia 774,876 km² 2,356,542[1] 4th 3.04/km²  
23     Yamalia Salekhard, Noyabrsk   Russia 769,250 km²[14] 552,788[1] 5th 0.72/km²  
24     Chukotka Anadyr   Russia 721,481 km² 50,294[1] 6th 0.07/km²  
25 N/A N/A Qinghai Xining   China 721,000 km² 5,923,957[9] 4th 8.2/km²  
26     Texas Austin, Houston   United States 696,241 km² 29,145,505[8] 2nd 41.86/km²  
27 N/A N/A Eastern Dammam   Saudi Arabia 672,522 km² 5,148,598[15] 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[7] 6th 6.66/km²  
30     Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatoon   Canada 651,900 km² 1,180,867[7] 7th 1.91/km²  
31     Manitoba Winnipeg   Canada 649,950 km² 1,386,333[7] 8th 2.13/km²  
32     Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte   Brazil 586,514 km² 21,411,923[16] 4th 36.5/km²  
33     Bahia Salvador   Brazil 564,760 km² 14,985,284[17] 5th 26.5/km²  
34 N/A N/A Tamanrasset Province Tamanrasset   Algeria 556,200 km²[18] 204,540[19][20] 1st 0.34/km²  
35     Khantia-Mansia Khanty-Mansiysk, Surgut   Russia 534,801 km²[14] 1,702,452[1] 7th 3.18/km²  
36 N/A N/A Sichuan Chengdu   China 485,000 km² 83,674,866[9] 5th 172.5/km²  
37     Yukon Whitehorse   Canada 482,443 km² 43,095[7] 9th 0.08/km²  
38 N/A N/A Kufra District Al Jawf   Libya 479,160 km²[18] 50,104[21] 1st 0.1/km²  
39     Kamchatka Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky   Russia 464,275 km² 312,337[1] 8th 0.67/km²  
40     Magadan Oblast Magadan   Russia 462,464 km² 137,529[1] 9th 0.3/km²  
41 N/A N/A Heilongjiang Harbin   China 460,000 km² 31,850,088[9] 6th 69.2/km²  
42 N/A N/A Gansu Lanzhou   China 454,000 km² 25,019,831[9] 7th 55.1/km²  
43 N/A N/A Taoudénit Region Taoudénit   Mali 440,176 km² 18,160[22] 1st 0.041/km²  
44     New Valley
(El Wadi El Gedid)
Kharga   Egypt 440,098 km² 256,088[23][24] 1st 0.58/km²  
45     Zabaykalsky Chita   Russia 431,892 km² 1,042,993[1] 10th 2.41/km²  
46     Karaganda Region Karaganda   Kazakhstan 427,982 km² 1,378,863[25] 1st 3.2/km²  
47 N/A N/A Adrar Province Adrar   Algeria 424,948 km² 402,197[19] 2nd 0.95/km²  
48     California Sacramento, Los Angeles   United States 423,967 km² 39,538,223[8] 3rd 93.2/km²  
49     Komi Syktyvkar   Russia 416,774 km² 803,208[1] 11th 1.93/km²  
50     Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk   Russia 413,103 km²[26] 978,873[1] 12th 2.37/km²  
51 N/A N/A Riyadh Province Riyadh   Saudi Arabia 412,000 km² 8,216,284 2nd 2.76/km²  
52 N/A N/A Yunnan Kunming   China 394,000 47,209,277 8th 123.20/km²  
53     Montana Helena, Billings   United States 380,838 km² 1,085,407 4th 7.09/km²  
54     Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's   Canada 373,872 km² 510,550 10th 1.37/km²  
55  Unofficial   Northern Cape Kimberley, Upington   South Africa 372,889 km² 1,292,786 1st 3.1/km²  
56     Santa Cruz Santa Cruz de la Sierra   Bolivia 370,621 km² 3,370,100 1st 9.1/km²  
57     Loreto Iquitos   Peru 368,851 km² 1,027,559 1st 2.8/km²  
58     Amur Blagoveshchensk   Russia 363,700 km² 830,103 13th 2.3/km²  
59     Mato Grosso do Sul Campo Grande   Brazil 357,124 km² 2,778,986 6th 6.9/km²  
60     Oromia Addis Ababa   Ethiopia 353,690 km² 35,467,001 1st 66.5/km²  
61     Buryatia Ulan-Ude   Russia 351,334 km² 978,588 14th 2.79/km²  
62 N/A N/A Murzuq District Murzuk   Libya 349,790 km² 78,621 2nd 0.22/km²  
63 N/A   Northern Dongola   Sudan 348,765 km² 833,743 1st 2.59/km²  
64     Balochistan Quetta   Pakistan 347,190 km² 12,335,129 1st 36/km²  
65  Unofficial   Rajasthan Jaipur   India 342,239 km² 68,548,437 1st 200/km²  
66     Goiás Goiânia   Brazil 340,257 km² 7,018,354 7th 18/km²  
67     Somali Jijiga   Ethiopia 328,068 km² 11,748,998 2nd 31/km²  
68     Maranhão Sao Luis   Brazil 331,983 km² 7,075,181 8th 20/km²  
69     Tomsk Oblast Tomsk   Russia 316,900 km² 1,078,280 15th 3.3/km²  
70     New Mexico Santa Fe, Albuquerque   United States 314,915 km² 2,117,522 5th 17.2/km²  
71  Unofficial   Madhya Pradesh Bhopal, Indore   India 308,245 km² 72,626,809 2nd 240/km²  
72  Unofficial   Maharashtra Mumbai   India 307,713 km² 112,374,333 3rd 370/km²  
73     Buenos Aires Province La Plata   Argentina 307,571 km² 17,569,053 1st 57/km²  
74  Unofficial   Aktobe Region Aktobe   Kazakhstan 300,629 km² 909,673 2nd 3.0/km²  
75     North Darfur Al-Fashir   Sudan 296,420 km² 1,583,179 2nd 5.0/km²  
76     Arizona Phoenix   United States 295,234 km² 7,151,502 6th 57/km²  
77     Nevada Carson City, Las Vegas   United States 286,382 km² 3,104,614 7th 26.8/km²  
78 N/A N/A Illizi Province Illizi   Algeria 285,000 km² 52,333 3rd 0.18/km²  
79 N/A   East Kazakhstan Oskemen   Kazakhstan 283,226 km² 1,369,597 3rd 4.8/km²  
80     Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre   Brazil 281,707 km² 11,422,973 9th 41/km²  
81     Tocantins Palmas   Brazil 277,620 km² 1,383,445 10th 5/km²  
82     Colorado Denver   United States 269,837 km² 5,839,926 8th 21.72/km²  
83     Oregon Salem, Portland   United States 254,806 km² 4,246,155 9th 15/km²  
84     Wyoming Cheyenne   United States 253,600 km² 576,851 10th 2.31/km²  
85 N/A N/A Tiris Zemmour Zouérat   Mauritania 252,900 km² 53,261 1st 0.21/km²  
86     Piauí Teresina   Brazil 251,578 km² 3,289,290 11th 13,07/km²  
87     Michigan Lansing, Detroit   United States 250,493 km² 10,077,331 11th 67.1/km²  
88     São Paulo State São Paulo   Brazil 248,219 km² 46,649,132 12th 183.46/km²  
89  Unofficial   Chihuahua Chihuahua City   Mexico 247,460 km² 3,741,869 1st 15/km²  
90     Santa Cruz Río Gallegos   Argentina 243,943 km² 333,473 2nd 1.4/km²  
91     Bolívar Ciudad Bolívar   Venezuela 242,801 km² 1,720,000 1st 7.08/km²  
92  Unofficial   Uttar Pradesh Lucknow   India 240,928 km² 241,066,874 4th 1,001/km²  
93     Rondônia Porto Velho   Brazil 237,765 km² 1,562,409 13th 6.6/km²  
94 N/A N/A Guangxi Nanning   China 237,600 km² 50,126,804 9th 210/km²  
95 N/A N/A Adrar Atar   Mauritania 235,000 km² 62,658 2nd 0.27/km²  
96     Kyzylorda Region Kyzylorda   Kazakhstan 226,019 km² 823,251 4th 3.6/km²  
97     Minnesota Saint Paul, Minneapolis   United States 225,163 km² 5,717,184 12th 26.6/km²  
98     Chubut Rawson   Argentina 224,686 km² 603,120 3rd 2.7/km²  
99     Almaty Region Qonayev   Kazakhstan 223,911 km² 2,059,200 5th 9.2/km²  
100     Roraima Boa Vista   Brazil 223,644 km² 652,713 14th 2.91/km²  
101     Utah Salt Lake City   United States 219,887 km² 3,271,616 13th 14.12/km²  
102 N/A   Red Sea State Port Sudan   Sudan 218,887 km² 1,482,053 3rd 6.6/km²  
103     Idaho Boise   United States 216,443 km² 1,975,000 14th 8.33/km²  
104     Kansas Topeka, Wichita   United States 213,100 km² 2,940,865 15th 13.5/km²  
105     Puntland Garoowe, Bosaso   Somalia 212,510 km² 6,334,633 1st 29.8/km²  
106 N/A N/A Ouargla Province Ouargla   Algeria 211,980 km² 552,539 4th 2.6/km²  
107 N/A N/A Hunan Changsha   China 211,842 km² 66,444,864 10th 320/km²  
108 N/A N/A Shaanxi Xi'an   China 205,624 km² 39,530,000 11th 190/km²  
109     Punjab Lahore   Pakistan 205,344 km² 127,474,000 2nd 620/km²  
110     Río Negro Viedma   Argentina 203,013 km² 762,067 4th 3.8/km²  
111     Nebraska Lincoln, Omaha   United States 200,356 km² 1,961,504 16th 9.62/km²  

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Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Federal State Statistics Service (January 30, 2022). ""Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации"".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "National, state and territory population, September 2021 | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  3. ^ Includes the 897,900 km2 Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
  4. ^ Greenland is a subdivision of the Kingdom of Denmark; it is uncertain whether Greenland is better classified as a sovereign state subdivision or as a country in its own right.
  5. ^ If Greenland would be listed as a country its two largest municipalities (Sermersooq and Avannaata) should both be listed as numbers 35 and 37 with areas of 531,900 and 522,700 km2 respectively, being then the first order subdivision
  6. ^ Statistical Greenland. ""Population and Population Growth 1901-2020"". Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-03-17). "Population estimates, quarterly". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  8. ^ a b c United States Census Bureau. ""Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to April 1, 2020"" (PDF).
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "Main Data of the Seventh National Population Census". www.stats.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  10. ^ "Amazonas | Cidades e Estados | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Pará | Cidades e Estados | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  13. ^ "Mato Grosso | Cidades e Estados | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  14. ^ a b 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.
  15. ^ General Authority for Statistics (Saudi Arabia). ""السكان في المنطقة الشرقية حسب الجنس وفئات العمر والجنسية (سعوديون / غير سعوديين)" (in Arabic)".
  16. ^ "Minas Gerais | Cidades e Estados | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  17. ^ "Bahia | Cidades e Estados | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  18. ^ a b These figures cannot be verified by their Wikipedia page.
  19. ^ a b as of 2008
  20. ^ "Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l'Habitat 2008". 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  21. ^ as of 2006
  22. ^ as of 2009
  23. ^ "الجهاز المركزي للتعبئة العامة والإحصاء". www.capmas.gov.eg. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  24. ^ "Egypt: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  25. ^ "Численность населения Республики Казахстан по полу в разрезе областей, городов, районов и районных центров и поселков".
  26. ^ 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.

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