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The following list sorts first-level administrative divisions of countries according to their number of inhabitants. Only administrative units of the highest order are listed. Regions formed for statistical purposes without administrative autonomy, such as the Kantō region in Japan or the eight federal districts of Russia, are not included. Cities, on the other hand, can be counted if they form a first-level administrative unit, such as Shanghai or the capital region of Delhi, which are equivalent to a Chinese province or an Indian state or union territory. Administrative units such as Los Angeles County, which has more than ten million inhabitants, are not included in the list as they are already counted as part of the first-level administrative division of California.

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All first-level administrative units with more than 5 million inhabitants at the last ascertainable date. Also indicated are the administrative center (capital city), the type of administrative unit, the country to which the administrative unit belongs, the land area and the population density per square kilometer of land area.
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Name | Capital | Type | Country | Inhabitants | Total Area km2 |
People per km2 |
Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | State | ![]() |
228,959,599 | 240,928 | 950 | 2023[1] |
Punjab | Lahore | Province | ![]() |
127,688,922 | 205,345 | 621 | 2023[2] |
Guangdong | Guangzhou | Province | ![]() |
126,570,000 | 179,700 | 704 | 2022[3] |
Maharashtra | Mumbai | State | ![]() |
120,837,347 | 307,713 | 393 | 2023[1] |
Bihar | Patna | State | ![]() |
119,461,013 | 94,163 | 1,269 | 2023[1] |
Shandong | Jinan | Province | ![]() |
101,630,000 | 157,100 | 646 | 2022[3] |
Henan | Zhengzhou | Province | ![]() |
98,720,000 | 167,000 | 591 | 2022[3] |
West Bengal | Kolkata | State | ![]() |
97,694,960 | 88,752 | 1,101 | 2023[1] |
Jiangsu | Nanjing | Province | ![]() |
85,150,000 | 102,600 | 829 | 2022[3] |
Sichuan | Chengdu | Province | ![]() |
83,740,000 | 486,100 | 172 | 2022[3] |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | State | ![]() |
82,342,793 | 308,252 | 267 | 2023[1] |
Rajasthan | Jaipur | State | ![]() |
78,230,816 | 342,239 | 229 | 2023[1] |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai | State | ![]() |
76,481,545 | 130,060 | 588 | 2023[1] |
Hebei | Shijiazhuang | Province | ![]() |
74,200,000 | 188,800 | 393 | 2022[3] |
Karnataka | Bengaluru | State | ![]() |
66,165,886 | 191,791 | 345 | 2023[1] |
Hunan | Changsha | Province | ![]() |
66,040,000 | 211,800 | 311 | 2022[3] |
Zhejiang | Hangzhou | Province | ![]() |
65,770,000 | 101,800 | 646 | 2022[3] |
Gujarat | Gandhinagar | State | ![]() |
63,907,200 | 196,244 | 326 | 2023[1] |
Anhui | Hefei | Province | ![]() |
61,270,000 | 139,400 | 439 | 2022[3] |
Hubei | Wuhan | Province | ![]() |
58,440,000 | 185,900 | 314 | 2022[3] |
England | London | Constituent country | ![]() |
57,106,398 | 132,932 | 429 | 2022[4] |
Sindh | Karachi | Province | ![]() |
55,696,147 | 140,914 | 395 | 2023[2] |
Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | State | ![]() |
52,883,163 | 160,205 | 330 | 2023[1] |
Guangxi | Nanning | Autonomous regions | ![]() |
50,470,000 | 237,600 | 212 | 2022[3] |
West Java | Bandung | Province | ![]() |
50,345,200 | 37,045 | 1,359 | 2024[5] |
Yunnan | Kunming | Province | ![]() |
46,930,000 | 394,100 | 116 | 2022[3] |
São Paulo | São Paulo | State | ![]() |
46,004,000 | 248,219 | 185 | 2023[6] |
Odisha | Bhubaneswar | State | ![]() |
45,429,399 | 155,707 | 270 | 2023[1] |
Jiangxi | Nanchang | Province | ![]() |
45,280,000 | 166,900 | 271 | 2022[3] |
Dhaka | Dhaka | Division | ![]() |
44,215,107 | 20,551 | 1,955 | 2022[7] |
Liaoning | Shenyang | Province | ![]() |
41,970,000 | 148,400 | 282 | 2022[3] |
Fujian | Fuzhou | Province | ![]() |
41,880,000 | 123,900 | 338 | 2022[3] |
East Java | Surabaya | Province | ![]() |
41,814,500 | 48,037 | 870 | 2024[5] |
Oromia | Addis Ababa | Region | ![]() |
40,884,000 | 284,538 | 143 | 2024[8] |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Peshawar | Province | ![]() |
40,856,097 | 101,741 | 349 | 2023[2] |
Shaanxi | Xi'an | Province | ![]() |
39,560,000 | 205,800 | 192 | 2022[3] |
California | Sacramento | State | ![]() |
39,431,263 | 423,967 | 93 | 2024[9] |
Guizhou | Guiyang | Province | ![]() |
38,560,000 | 176,200 | 218 | 2022[3] |
Telangana | Hyderabad | State | ![]() |
38,472,769 | 114,840 | 335 | 2023[1] |
Central Java | Semarang | Province | ![]() |
37,892,300 | 34,337 | 1,104 | 2024[5] |
Jharkhand | Ranchi | State | ![]() |
37,329,128 | 79,716 | 468 | 2023[1] |
Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | State | ![]() |
35,330,888 | 38,852 | 909 | 2023[1] |
Shanxi | Taiyuan | Province | ![]() |
34,810,000 | 156,700 | 222 | 2022[3] |
Assam | Dispur | State | ![]() |
34,586,234 | 78,438 | 441 | 2023[1] |
Chittagong | Chittagong | Division | ![]() |
33,202,326 | 33,771 | 979 | 2022[7] |
Amhara | Bahir Dar | Region | ![]() |
32,456,300 | 154,709 | 209 | 2024[8] |
Chongqing | - | Province-level city | ![]() |
32,130,000 | 82,400 | 389 | 2022[3] |
Texas | Austin | State | ![]() |
31,290,831 | 695,662 | 45 | 2024[9] |
Heilongjiang | Harbin | Province | ![]() |
30,990,000 | 454,800 | 68 | 2022[3] |
Punjab | Chandigarh | State | ![]() |
29,611,935 | 50,362 | 588 | 2023[1] |
Chhattisgarh | Raipur | State | ![]() |
28,566,990 | 135,192 | 211 | 2023[1] |
Haryana | Chandigarh | State | ![]() |
27,388,008 | 44,212 | 619 | 2023[1] |
Xinjiang | Ürümqi | Autonomous regions | ![]() |
25,870,000 | 1,664,900 | 15 | 2022[3] |
Gansu | Lanzhou | Province | ![]() |
24,920,000 | 425,800 | 58 | 2022[3] |
Shanghai | - | Province-level city | ![]() |
24,750,000 | 6,340 | 3,903 | 2020[3] |
Inner Mongolia | Hohhot | Autonomous regions | ![]() |
24,010,000 | 1,183,000 | 20 | 2022[3] |
Jilin | Changchun | Province | ![]() |
23,480,000 | 187,400 | 125 | 2022[3] |
Florida | Tallahassee | State | ![]() |
23,372,215 | 170,312 | 137 | 2024[9] |
Beijing | - | Province-level city | ![]() |
21,840,000 | 16,411 | 1,330 | 2022[3] |
Minas Gerais | Belo Horizonte | State | ![]() |
21,322,691 | 586,528 | 36 | 2024[10] |
Rajshahi | Rajshahi | Division | ![]() |
20,353,119 | 18,197 | 1,121 | 2022[7] |
New York | Albany | State | ![]() |
19,867,248 | 141,297 | 140 | 2022[9] |
Delhi | New Delhi | Union territory | ![]() |
18,345,784 | 1,483 | 12,371 | 2023[1] |
North Rhine-Westphalia | Düsseldorf | State | ![]() |
18,190,422 | 34,112 | 533 | 2023[11] |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | Constituent country | ![]() |
18,077,662 | 41,873 | 431 | 2025[12] |
México | Toluca de Lerdo | State | ![]() |
17,764,322 | 22,351 | 794 | 2025[13] |
Rangpur | Rangpur | Division | ![]() |
17,610,956 | 16,317 | 1,088 | 2022[7] |
Buenos Aires | La Plata | Province | ![]() |
17,569,053 | 307,571 | 57 | 2022[14] |
Khulna | Khulna | Division | ![]() |
17,416,645 | 22,272 | 782 | 2022[7] |
Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | State | ![]() |
17,219,679 | 43,696 | 394 | 2024[10] |
Calabarzon | Calamba | Region | ![]() |
16,933,234 | 16,873 | 1,003 | 2024[15] |
Ontario | Toronto | Province | ![]() |
16,182,641 | 1,076,395 | 15 | 2025[16] |
Istanbul | - | Metropolitan municipality | ![]() |
15,907,951 | 5,196 | 3,062 | 2022[17] |
North Sumatra | Medan | Province | ![]() |
15,588,500 | 72,461 | 215 | 2024[5] |
Kano | Kano | State | ![]() |
15,462,200 | 20,131 | 768 | 2022[18] |
Gauteng | Johannesburg | Province | ![]() |
15,099,422 | 18,178 | 830 | 2022[19] |
Balochistan | Quetta | Province | ![]() |
14,894,402 | 347,190 | 43 | 2023[2] |
Kinshasa | - | Province | ![]() |
14,565,700 | 9,965 | 1,462 | 2020[20] |
Tehran | Tehran | Province | ![]() |
14,437,000 | 13,692 | 1,054 | 2023[21] |
Tokyo | Shinjuku | Prefectures-level Metropolis | ![]() |
14,254,039 | 2,194 | 6,496 | 2025[22] |
Bahia | Salvador da Bahia | State | ![]() |
14,141,626 | 565,733 | 25 | 2022[10] |
Ho Chi Minh City | - | Province-level municipality | ![]() |
14,002,598 | 6,772 | 2,067 | 2025[23] |
Metro Manila | - | Region | ![]() |
14,001,751 | 636 | 22,015 | 2024[15] |
Tianjin | - | Province-level city | ![]() |
13,630,000 | 11,917 | 975 | 2022[3] |
Gyeonggi-do | Suwon | Province | ![]() |
13,511,676 | 10,170 | 1,329 | 2020[24] |
Lagos | Ikeja | State | ![]() |
13,491,800 | 3,345 | 4,033 | 2022[18] |
Bavaria | Munich | State | ![]() |
13,435,062 | 70,541 | 190 | 2023[11] |
Moscow | - | Federal city | ![]() |
13,258,262 | 2,561 | 5,177 | 2025[25] |
Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | State | ![]() |
13,078,751 | 119,280 | 109 | 2024[9] |
Central Luzon | San Fernando | Region | ![]() |
12,989,074 | 22,014 | 590 | 2024[15] |
Illinois | Springfield | State | ![]() |
12,710,158 | 149,995 | 84 | 2024[9] |
Banten | Serang | Province | ![]() |
12,431,400 | 9,353 | 1,329 | 2024[5] |
KwaZulu-Natal | Pietermaritzburg | Province | ![]() |
12,423,907 | 94,361 | 131 | 2022[19] |
Île-de-France | Paris | Region | ![]() |
12,262,544 | 12,011 | 1,020 | 2022[26] |
Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar/Jammu | Union territory | ![]() |
12,258,433 | 42,241 | 290 | 2011[27] |
Mymensingh | Mymensingh | Division | ![]() |
12,225,498 | 10,569 | 1,146 | 2022[7] |
Ohio | Columbus | State | ![]() |
11,883,304 | 116,098 | 102 | 2024[9] |
Paraná | Curitiba | State | ![]() |
11,623,091 | 199,298 | 58 | 2021[10] |
Baden-Württemberg | Stuttgart | State | ![]() |
11,339,260 | 35,748 | 317 | 2023[11] |
Georgia | Atlanta | State | ![]() |
11,180,878 | 153,910 | 72 | 2024[9] |
Lima | Lima | Province | ![]() |
11,170,333 | 2,672 | 4,180 | 2023[28] |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun | State | ![]() |
11,090,425 | 53,483 | 207 | 2023[1] |
North Carolina | Raleigh | State | ![]() |
11,046,024 | 139,391 | 79 | 2024[9] |
Sylhet | Sylhet | Division | ![]() |
11,034,863 | 12,596 | 873 | 2022[7] |
Rio Grande do Sul | Porto Alegre | State | ![]() |
10,882,965 | 281,707 | 38 | 2023[10] |
Jakarta | - | Special Region | ![]() |
10,684,900 | 661 | 16,165 | 2024[5] |
Central Ethiopia Regional State | Hosaena | Region | ![]() |
10,561,000 | 15,098 | 699 | 2024[8] |
Katsina | Katsina | State | ![]() |
10,368,500 | 24,192 | 429 | 2022[18] |
Hainan | Haikou | Province | ![]() |
10,270,000 | 35,354 | 290 | 2022[3] |
Cairo | Cairo | Governorate | ![]() |
10,423,163 | 3,085 | 3,378 | 2025[29] |
Michigan | Lansing | State | ![]() |
10,140,459 | 250,487 | 40 | 2024[9] |
Lombardy | Milan | Region | ![]() |
10,035,481 | 23,864 | 420 | 2025[30] |
Giza | Giza | Governorate | ![]() |
9,741,416 | 13,184 | 738 | 2025[29] |
Seoul | – | Special city | ![]() |
9,586,195 | 604 | 15,839 | 2020[24]" |
Pernambuco | Recife | State | ![]() |
9,539,029 | 98,067 | 97 | 2024[10] |
New Jersey | Trenton | State | ![]() |
9,500,851 | 22,591 | 420 | 2024[9] |
South Sulawesi | Makassar | Province | ![]() |
9,463,400 | 45,331 | 209 | 2024[5] |
Lampung | Bandar Lampung | Province | ![]() |
9,419,600 | 33,570 | 281 | 2024[5] |
Mexico City | – | Distrito Federal | ![]() |
9,365,788 | 1,495 | 6,264 | 2025[13] |
Kanagawa | Yokohama | Prefecture | ![]() |
9,225,000 | 2,416 | 3,818 | 2024[31] |
Québec | Québec City | Province | ![]() |
9,111,629 | 1,542,056 | 6 | 2025[16] |
Barisal | Barisal | Division | ![]() |
9,100,102 | 13,297 | 688 | 2022[7] |
Luanda | Luanda | Province | ![]() |
9,079,800 | 18,835 | 482 | 2022[32] |
Kaduna | Kaduna | State | ![]() |
9,032,200 | 46,053 | 196 | 2022[18] |
South Sumatra | Palembang | Province | ![]() |
8,837,300 | 86,772 | 102 | 2024[5] |
Virginia | Richmond | State | ![]() |
8,811,195 | 110,787 | 79 | 2024[9] |
Hanoi | - | Province-level municipality | ![]() |
8,807,523 | 3,359 | 2,622 | 2025[23] |
Ceará | Fortaleza | State | ![]() |
8,794,957 | 146,348 | 60 | 2023[10] |
Baghdad | Baghdad | Governorate | ![]() |
8,780,422 | 204 | 43,401 | 2021[33] |
Moscow Oblast | Moscow | Oblast | ![]() |
8,766,594 | 44,329 | 197 | 2025[25] |
Osaka | Osaka | Prefecture | ![]() |
8,757,000 | 1,905 | 4,596 | 2024[31] |
Jalisco | Guadalajara | State | ![]() |
8,751,003 | 78,588 | 111 | 2025[13] |
Southern Region | Blantyre | Region | ![]() |
8,743,400 | 31,780 | 275 | 2024[34] |
Pará | Belém | State | ![]() |
8,639,532 | 1,247,689 | 7 | 2023[10] |
Andalusia | Seville | Autonomous community | ![]() |
8,631,862 | 87,598 | 98 | 2024[35] |
Riyadh | Riyadh | Province | ![]() |
8,591,748 | 404,240 | 21 | 2022[36] |
Central Region | Lilongwe | Region | ![]() |
8,533,900 | 35,592 | 239 | 2024[34] |
New South Wales | Sydney | State | ![]() |
8,511,151 | 801,150 | 10 | 2021[37] |
Bauchi | Bauchi | State | ![]() |
8,308,800 | 45,837 | 181 | 2022[18] |
Lower Saxony | Hanover | State | ![]() |
8,161,981 | 47,710 | 171 | 2023[11] |
North Kivu | Goma | Province | ![]() |
8,147,400 | 59,483 | 137 | 2020[20] |
Veracruz | Xalapa | State | ![]() |
8,126,081 | 71,826 | 113 | 2025[13] |
Sharqia | Zagazig | Governorate | ![]() |
8,103,307 | 4,911 | 1,650 | 2025[29] |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Lyon | Region | ![]() |
8,042,936 | 69,711 | 115 | 2022[26] |
Catalonia | Barcelona | Autonomous community | ![]() |
8,012,231 | 32,113 | 249 | 2024[35] |
Khartoum | Khartoum | State | ![]() |
7,993,900 | 22,142 | 361 | 2018[38] |
Oyo | Ibadan | State | ![]() |
7,976,100 | 28,454 | 280 | 2022[18] |
Washington | Olympia | State | ![]() |
7,958,180 | 184,661 | 43 | 2024[9] |
Bogotá | - | Distrito Capital | ![]() |
7,937,898 | 1,636 | 5,091 | 2025[39] |
Algiers Province | Algiers | Province | ![]() |
7,796,923 | 1,190 | 6,600 | 2023[40] |
Mecca | Mecca | Province | ![]() |
7,769,994 | 153,128 | 50 | 2022[36] |
South Ethiopia Regional State | Wolaita Sodo | Region | ![]() |
7,584,741 | 45,209 | 167 | 2024[8] |
Hong Kong | – | Special administrative region | ![]() |
7,534,200 | 1,105 | 6,818 | 2024[41] |
Jigawa | Dutse | State | ![]() |
7,499,100 | 23,154 | 323 | 2022[9] |
Rivers | Port Harcourt | State | ![]() |
7,476,800 | 11,077 | 675 | 2022[18] |
Aichi | Nagoya | Prefecture | ![]() |
7,460,000 | 5,173 | 1,442 | 2024[31] |
Casablanca-Settat | Casablanca | Region | ![]() |
7,688,967 | 20,166 | 381 | 2024[42] |
Arizona | Phoenix | State | ![]() |
7,582,384 | 295,234 | 25 | 2024[9] |
Western Cape | Cape Town | Province | ![]() |
7,433,020 | 129,462 | 57 | 2022[19] |
Metropolitana de Santiago | Santiago de Chile | Region | ![]() |
7,400,741 | 15,403 | 480 | 2024[43] |
Yangon | Yangon | Region | ![]() |
7,370,010 | 10,277 | 717 | 2024[44] |
Selangor | Shah Alam | State | ![]() |
7,363,400 | 8,104 | 908 | 2024[45] |
Goiás | Goiânia | State | ![]() |
7,350,480 | 340,086 | 21 | 2024[46] |
Saitama | Saitama | Prefecture | ![]() |
7,332,000 | 3,797 | 1,930 | 2024[31] |
Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | State | ![]() |
7,316,708 | 55,673 | 131 | 2023[1] |
Ningxia | Yinchuan | Province | ![]() |
7,280,000 | 66,400 | 109 | 2022[3] |
Eastern Cape | Bhisho | Province | ![]() |
7,230,204 | 168,966 | 42 | 2022[19] |
Tennessee | Nashville | State | ![]() |
7,227,750 | 109,153 | 66 | 2024[9] |
Santa Catarina | Florianópolis | State | ![]() |
7,218,704 | 95,730 | 75 | 2021[10] |
Dakahlia | Mansoura | Governorate | ![]() |
7,190,280 | 3,538 | 2,032 | 2025[29] |
Razavi Khorasan | Mashhad | Province | ![]() |
7,167,000 | 118,851 | 60 | 2023[21] |
Massachusetts | Boston | State | ![]() |
7,136,171 | 27,336 | 261 | 2024[9] |
Beheira | Damanhur | Governorate | ![]() |
7,069,800 | 9,826 | 719 | 2025[29] |
South Kivu | Bukavu | Province | ![]() |
7,066,400 | 64,791 | 109 | 2020[20] |
Taiwan | — | Province | ![]() |
7,060,473 | 25,110 | 280 | 2020[47] |
Victoria | Melbourne | State | ![]() |
7,012,962 | 227,444 | 30 | 2024[37] |
Madrid | Madrid | Autonomous community | ![]() |
7,009,268 | 8,028 | 873 | 2024[35] |
Antioquia | Medellín | Department | ![]() |
6,951,825 | 63,612 | 104 | 2025[48] |
Indiana | Indianapolis | State | ![]() |
6,924,275 | 94,326 | 73 | 2024[9] |
Kongo Central | Matadi | Province | ![]() |
6,838,500 | 53,920 | 109 | 2020[20] |
Tigray | Mekelle | Region | ![]() |
6,838,000 | 50,079 | 136 | 2024[8] |
Flanders | Brussels | Autonome Region | ![]() |
6,821,770 | 13,626 | 500 | 2024[49] |
Niger | Minna | State | ![]() |
6,783,300 | 76,363 | 88 | 2022[9] |
Maranhão | São Luís | State | ![]() |
6,776,699 | 331,983 | 20 | 2023[10] |
Riau | Pekanbaru | Province | ![]() |
6,728,100 | 89,936 | 76 | 2024[5] |
Kwilu | Bandundu | Province | ![]() |
6,682,300 | 78,533 | 85 | 2020[20] |
Somali Region | Jijiga | Region | ![]() |
6,657,000 | 279,525 | 23 | 2024[8] |
Nampula | Nampula | Province | ![]() |
6,649,900 | 81,606 | 81 | 2023[50] |
Central Visayas | Cebu City | Region | ![]() |
6,640,875 | 10,114 | 656 | 2024[11] |
Puebla | Puebla | State | ![]() |
6,592,099 | 34,306 | 192 | 2025[13] |
Limpopo | Polokwane | Province | ![]() |
6,572,721 | 125,754 | 52 | 2022[19] |
Minya | al-Minya | Governorate | ![]() |
6,552,484 | 32,279 | 202 | 2025[29] |
Shan State | Taunggyi | State | ![]() |
6,517,377 | 155,801 | 41 | 2024[44] |
Hesse | Wiesbaden | State | ![]() |
6,420,729 | 21,116 | 304 | 2023[11] |
Sokoto | Sokoto | State | ![]() |
6,391,000 | 25,973 | 246 | 2022[18] |
Ogun | Abeokuta | State | ![]() |
6,379,500 | 16,762 | 381 | 2022[18] |
Abidjan | Abidjan | District | ![]() |
6,321,017 | 2,140 | 2,945 | 2021[51] |
Guanajuato | Guanajuato | State | ![]() |
6,313,694 | 30,608 | 206 | 2025[13] |
Mandalay | Mandalay | Region | ![]() |
6,283,663 | 30,888 | 203 | 2024[44] |
Qalyubiyya | Banha | Governorate | ![]() |
6,272,887 | 1,124 | 5,580 | 2025[29] |
Maryland | Annapolis | State | ![]() |
6,263,220 | 32,131 | 194 | 2024[9] |
Chiba | Chiba | Prefecture | ![]() |
6,251,000 | 5,157 | 1,212 | 2024[31] |
Missouri | Jefferson City | State | ![]() |
6,245,466 | 180,540 | 34 | 2024[9] |
Nuevo León | Monterrey | State | ![]() |
6,161,091 | 64,156 | 96 | 2025[13] |
Benue | Makurdi | State | ![]() |
6,141,300 | 34,059 | 180 | 2022[9] |
Bagmati | Kathmandu | Province | ![]() |
6,116,866 | 20,300 | 301 | 2021[52] |
Madhesh | Janakpur | Province | ![]() |
6,114,600 | 9,661 | 633 | 2021[52] |
Western Province | Colombo | Province | ![]() |
6,113,698 | 3,684 | 1,659 | 2024[53] |
Borno | Maiduguri | State | ![]() |
6,111,500 | 70,898 | 86 | 2022[9] |
Bicol | Legazpi City | Region | ![]() |
6,064,426 | 18,155 | 334 | 2024[15] |
Sagaing | Sagaing | Region | ![]() |
6,015,590 | 93,702 | 64 | 2024[44] |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux | Region | ![]() |
6,010,289 | 84,036 | 71 | 2022[26] |
Hauts-de-France | Lille | Region | ![]() |
6,004,947 | 31,806 | 188 | 2022[26] |
Zambézia | Quelimane | Province | ![]() |
6,003,900 | 105,008 | 57 | 2023[50] |
Denmark | Copenhagen | Constituent country | ![]() |
6,001,008 | 43,094 | 139 | 2025[54] |
Kabul | Kabul | Province | ![]() |
5,966,395 | 4,524 | 1,319 | 2024[55] |
Wisconsin | Madison | State | ![]() |
5,960,975 | 169,635 | 35 | 2024[9] |
Colorado | Denver | State | ![]() |
5,957,493 | 269,601 | 22 | 2024[31] |
Addis Ababa | — | Chartered city | ![]() |
5,956,680 | 527 | 11,302 | 2025[8] |
Anambra | Awka | State | ![]() |
5,953,500 | 4,844 | 1,229 | 2022[9] |
Qinghai | Xining | Province | ![]() |
5,950,000 | 722,300 | 8 | 2022[3] |
Sohag | Sohag | Governorate | ![]() |
5,947,983 | 11,022 | 539 | 2025[29] |
Occitania | Toulouse | Region | ![]() |
5,933,185 | 72,724 | 81 | 2022[26] |
Chiapas | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | State | ![]() |
5,923,036 | 73,311 | 80 | 2025[13] |
Krasnodar Krai | Krasnodar | Krai | ![]() |
5,841,846 | 75,485 | 77 | 2025[25] |
West Sumatra | Padang | Province | ![]() |
5,836,200 | 42,120 | 139 | 2024[5] |
Zamfara | Gusau | State | ![]() |
5,833,500 | 39,762 | 147 | 2022[9] |
Minnesota | Saint Paul | State | ![]() |
5,793,151 | 225,163 | 25 | 2024[9] |
Ankara | Ankara | Metropolitan municipality | ![]() |
5,782,285 | 24,521 | 236 | 2022[17] |
British Columbia | Victoria | Province | ![]() |
5,722,318 | 944,735 | 6 | 2025[16] |
Haut-Katanga | Lubumbashi | Province | ![]() |
5,718,800 | 132,425 | 43 | 2020[20] |
Lazio | Rome | Region | ![]() |
5,710,272 | 17,242 | 331 | 2025[30] |
West Kalimantan | Pontianak | Province | ![]() |
5,695,500 | 147,307 | 39 | 2024[5] |
East Nusa Tenggara | Kupang | Province | ![]() |
5,656,000 | 46,447 | 122 | 2024[5] |
West Nusa Tenggara | Mataram | Province | ![]() |
5,646,000 | 19,676 | 287 | 2024[5] |
Delta | Asaba | State | ![]() |
5,636,100 | 17,698 | 319 | 2022[9] |
Alexandria | Alexandria | Governorate | ![]() |
5,633,287 | 2,300 | 2,449 | 2025[29] |
Saint Petersburg | – | Federal city | ![]() |
5,645,943 | 1,403 | 4,024 | 2025[25] |
Queensland | Brisbane | State | ![]() |
5,608,666 | 1,723,030 | 3 | 2024[37] |
Campania | Naples | Region | ![]() |
5,575,025 | 13,671 | 407 | 2025[30] |
Kebbi | Birnin Kebbi | State | ![]() |
5,563,900 | 36,800 | 151 | 2022[9] |
Grand Est | Strasbourg | Region | ![]() |
5,556,219 | 57,441 | 96 | 2022[26] |
Aceh | Banda Aceh | Province | ![]() |
5,554,800 | 56,835 | 98 | 2024[5] |
Ayeyarwady | Pathein | Region | ![]() |
5,546,281 | 35,032 | 158 | 2024[44] |
Gharbia | Tanta | Governorate | ![]() |
5,545,813 | 1,942 | 2,855 | 2025[29] |
Mazovia | Warsaw | Voivodeship | ![]() |
5,510,527 | 35,560 | 155 | 2024[56] |
Isfahan | Isfahan | Province | ![]() |
5,480,000 | 107,018 | 51 | 2023[21] |
South Carolina | Columbia | State | ![]() |
5,478,831 | 82,933 | 66 | 2024[31] |
Imo | Owerri | State | ![]() |
5,459,300 | 5,530 | 987 | 2022[9] |
Bangkok | - | Province | ![]() |
5,456,000 | 1,564 | 3,488 | 2024[57] |
Greater Accra Region | Accra | Region | ![]() |
5,455,692 | 3,245 | 1,681 | 2021[58] |
Ashanti | Kumasi | Region | ![]() |
5,440,463 | 24,389 | 223 | 2021[58] |
Scotland | Edinburgh | Constituent country | ![]() |
5,439,842 | 80,231 | 67 | 2022[4] |
Davao | Davao City | Region | ![]() |
5,389,422 | 20,357 | 264 | 2024[15] |
Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam | Region | ![]() |
5,383,728 | 1,393 | 3,865 | 2022[59] |
Ilocos | San Fernando | Region | ![]() |
5,342,453 | 13,012 | 410 | 2024[15] |
Hyōgo | Kōbe | Prefecture | ![]() |
5,337,000 | 8,401 | 635 | 2024[31] |
Valencia | Valencia | Autonomous community | ![]() |
5,319,285 | 23,255 | 228 | 2024[35] |
Ondo | Akure | State | ![]() |
5,316,600 | 14,606 | 364 | 2022[9] |
Sidama Region | Hawassa | Region | ![]() |
5,301,868 | 12,000 | 441 | 2024[8] |
Asyut | Asyut | Governorate | ![]() |
5,251,664 | 25,926 | 202 | 2025[29] |
Northern Mindanao | Cagayan de Oro | Region | ![]() |
5,178,326 | 20,496 | 252 | 2024[15] |
Fars | Schiras | Province | ![]() |
5,171,000 | 122,608 | 42 | 2023[21] |
Alabama | Montgomery | State | ![]() |
5,157,699 | 135,767 | 38 | 2024[31] |
Mpumalanga | Mbombela | Province | ![]() |
5,143,324 | 76,495 | 67 | 2022[19] |
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra | Rabat | Region | ![]() |
5,132,639 | 18,194 | 282 | 2024[42] |
Eastern Province | Dammam | Province | ![]() |
5,125,254 | 672,522 | 7 | 2022[36] |
Lumbini | Deukhuri | Province | ![]() |
5,122,078 | 19,707 | 260 | 2021[52] |
Gezira | Wad Madani | State | ![]() |
5,096,900 | 23,373 | 218 | 2018[38] |
Fukuoka | Fukuoka | Prefecture | ![]() |
5,092,000 | 4,986 | 1,021 | 2024[31] |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Marseille | Region | ![]() |
5,081,101 | 31,400 | 161 | 2022[26] |
Chuzestan | Ahvaz | Province | ![]() |
5,074,000 | 64,055 | 79 | 2023[21] |
Hokkaidō | Sapporo | Prefecture | ![]() |
5,043,000 | 83,424 | 60 | 2024[31] |
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