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. 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.
All first level administrative units with more than five 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.
| Name | Capital | Type | Country | Inhabitants | 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 | 622 | 2022[2] | |
| Guangdong | Guangzhou | Province | 126,012,510 | 197,100 | 639 | 2020[3] | |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai | State | 120,837,347 | 307,713 | 393 | 2023 | |
| Bihar | Patna | State | 119,461,013 | 94,163 | 1,269 | 2023 | |
| Shandong | Jinan | Province | 101,527,453 | 156,700 | 662 | 2020 | |
| Henan | Zhengzhou | Province | 99,365,519 | 167,000 | 595 | 2020 | |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | State | 97,694,960 | 88,752 | 1,101 | 2023 | |
| Jiangsu | Nanjing | Province | 84,748,016 | 102,600 | 826 | 2020 | |
| Sichuan | Chengdu | Province | 83,674,866 | 485,000 | 172 | 2020 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | State | 82,342,793 | 308,252 | 267 | 2023 | |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | State | 78,230,816 | 342,239 | 229 | 2023 | |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | State | 76,481,545 | 130,060 | 588 | 2023 | |
| Hebei | Shijiazhuang | Province | 74,610,235 | 202,700 | 366 | 2020 | |
| Hunan | Changsha | Province | 66,444,864 | 210,500 | 316 | 2020 | |
| Karnataka | Bangalore | State | 66,165,886 | 191,791 | 345 | 2023 | |
| Zhejiang | Hangzhou | Province | 64,567,588 | 101,800 | 634 | 2020 | |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar | State | 63,907,200 | 196,244 | 326 | 2023 | |
| Anhui | Hefei | Province | 61,027,171 | 139,900 | 436 | 2020 | |
| Hubei | Wuhan | Province | 57,752,557 | 187,500 | 308 | 2020 | |
| England | London | Country | 56,490,048 | 130,278 | 424 | 2021[4] | |
| Sindh | Karachi | Province | 55,696,147 | 140,914 | 395 | 2023 | |
| Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | State | 52,883,163 | 160,205 | 330 | 2023 | |
| Guangxi | Nanning | Autonomous regions | 50,126,804 | 220,400 | 227 | 2020 | |
| West Java | Bandung | Province | 48,274,162 | 35,378 | 1,365 | 2020[5] | |
| Yunnan | Kunming | Province | 47,209,277 | 436,200 | 108 | 2020 | |
| São Paulo | São Paulo | State | 46,649,132 | 248,197 | 188 | 2021[6] | |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | State | 45,429,399 | 155,707 | 270 | 2023 | |
| Jiangxi | Nanchang | Province | 45,188,635 | 164,800 | 274 | 2020 | |
| Dhaka | Dhaka | Division | 44,215,107 | 20,551 | 1,955 | 2022[7] | |
| Liaoning | Shenyang | Province | 42,591,407 | 151,000 | 282 | 2020 | |
| Fujian | Fuzhou | Province | 41,540,086 | 123,100 | 337 | 2020[8] | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Peshawar | Province | 40,856,097 | 101,741 | 349 | 2023 | |
| East Java | Surabaya | Province | 40,665,696 | 47,800 | 851 | 2020 | |
| Oromia | Adama | Region | 40,061,000 | 320,000 | 125 | 2022[9] | |
| Shaanxi | Xi'an | Province | 39,528,999 | 195,800 | 202 | 2020 | |
| California | Sacramento | State | 39,029,342 | 403,489 | 97 | 2022[10] | |
| Guizhou | Guiyang | Province | 38,562,148 | 176,100 | 222 | 2020 | |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | State | 38,472,769 | 114,840 | 335 | 2023 | |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi | State | 37,329,128 | 79,716 | 468 | 2023 | |
| Central Java | Semarang | Province | 36,516,035 | 32,801 | 1,113 | 2020 | |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | State | 35,330,888 | 38,852 | 909 | 2023 | |
| Shanxi | Taiyuan | Province | 34,915,616 | 156,800 | 222 | 2020 | |
| Assam | Dispur | State | 34,586,234 | 78,438 | 441 | 2023 | |
| Chittagong | Chittagong | Division | 33,202,326 | 33,771 | 979 | 2022 | |
| Chongqing | -|Province-level city|| style="text-align:right" |32,054,159| style="text-align:right" |82,000| style="text-align:right" |391|2020|-|Heilongjiang|Harbin|Province|| style="text-align:right" |31,850,088| style="text-align:right" |463,600| style="text-align:right" |69|2020|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Texas|Austin|State|| style="text-align:right" |30,029,572| style="text-align:right" |676,634| style="text-align:right" |44|2022|-|Punjab|Chandigarh|State|| style="text-align:right" |29,611,935| style="text-align:right" |50,362| style="text-align:right" |588|2023|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Chhattisgarh|Raipur|State|| style="text-align:right" |28,566,990| style="text-align:right" |135,192| style="text-align:right" |211|2023|-|Haryana|Chandigarh|State|| style="text-align:right" |27,388,008| style="text-align:right" |44,212| style="text-align:right" |619|2023|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Xinjiang|Ürümqi|Autonomous regions|| style="text-align:right" |25,852,345| style="text-align:right" |1,646,900| style="text-align:right" |16|2020|-|Gansu|Lanzhou|Province|| style="text-align:right" |25,019,831| style="text-align:right" |366,500| style="text-align:right" |68|2020|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Shanghai|- | Province-level city | 24,870,895 | 6,200 | 4,011 | 2020 | |
| Jilin | Changchun | Province | 24,073,453 | 187,000 | 129 | 2020 | |
| Inner Mongolia | Hohhot | Autonomous regions | 24,049,155 | 1,177,500 | 20 | 2020 | |
| Amhara | Bahir Dar | Region | 22,877,000 | 154,709 | 148 | 2022 | |
| Florida | Tallahassee | State | 22,244,823 | 138,905 | 160 | 2022 | |
| Beijing | -|Province-level city|| style="text-align:right" |21,893,095| style="text-align:right" |18,600| style="text-align:right" |1,303|2020|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Minas Gerais|Belo Horizonte|State|| style="text-align:right" |21,411,923| style="text-align:right" |586,520| style="text-align:right" |37|2021|-|Rajshahi|Rajshahi|Division|| style="text-align:right" |20,353,119| style="text-align:right" |18,197| style="text-align:right" |1,121|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|New York|Albany|State|| style="text-align:right" |19,677,151| style="text-align:right" |122,054| style="text-align:right" |161|2022|-|Delhi|New Delhi|Union territory|| style="text-align:right" |18,345,784| style="text-align:right" |1,483| style="text-align:right" |12,371|2023|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|North Rhine-Westphalia|Düsseldorf|State|| style="text-align:right" |17,924,591| style="text-align:right" |34,110| style="text-align:right" |526|2021[11] |-|Rangpur|Rangpur|Division|| style="text-align:right" |17,610,956| style="text-align:right" |16,317| style="text-align:right" |1,088|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Netherlands|Amsterdam|Country|| style="text-align:right" |17,590,672| style="text-align:right" |33,671| style="text-align:right" |522|2022[12] |-|Buenos Aires|La Plata|Province|| style="text-align:right" |17,569,053| style="text-align:right" |307,571| style="text-align:right" |57|2022[13] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Rio de Janeiro|Rio de Janeiro|State|| style="text-align:right" |17,463,349| style="text-align:right" |43,780| style="text-align:right" |399|2021|-|Khulna|Khulna|Division|| style="text-align:right" |17,416,645| style="text-align:right" |22,272| style="text-align:right" |782|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|México|Toluca de Lerdo|State|| style="text-align:right" |16,992,418| style="text-align:right" |22,357| style="text-align:right" |760|2020[14] |-|Calabarzon|Calamba City|Region|| style="text-align:right" |16,195,042| style="text-align:right" |15,595| style="text-align:right" |1,038|2020[15] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Istanbul|Istanbul|Metropolitan municipality|| style="text-align:right" |15,907,951| style="text-align:right" |5,196| style="text-align:right" |3,062|2022[16] |-|Gauteng|Johannesburg|Province|| style="text-align:right" |15,810,400| style="text-align:right" |18,178| style="text-align:right" |870|2021[17] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Kano|Kano|State|| style="text-align:right" |15,462,200| style="text-align:right" |20,131| style="text-align:right" |768|2022[18] |-|Ontario|Toronto|Province|| style="text-align:right" |15,109,416| style="text-align:right" |908,699| style="text-align:right" |17|2022[19] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Bahia|Salvador da Bahia|State|| style="text-align:right" |14,985,284| style="text-align:right" |564,831| style="text-align:right" |27|2021|-|Balochistan|Quetta|Province|| style="text-align:right" |14,894,402| style="text-align:right" |347,190| style="text-align:right" |43|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Kinshasa|- | Province | 14,565,700 | 9,965 | 1,462 | 2020[20] | |
| North Sumatra | Medan | Province | 14,799,361 | 72,981 | 203 | 2020 | |
| Tehran | Tehran | Province | 14,437,000 | 13,692 | 1,054 | 2023[21] | |
| Tokyo | Shinjuku | Prefectures-level Metropolis | 14,047,594 | 2,194 | 6,403 | 2020[22] | |
| Tianjin | -|Province-level city|| style="text-align:right" |13,866,009| style="text-align:right" |11,300| style="text-align:right" |1,227|2020|-|Gyeonggi-do|Suwon|Province|| style="text-align:right" |13,511,676| style="text-align:right" |10,170| style="text-align:right" |1,329|2020[23] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Lagos|Ikeja|State|| style="text-align:right" |13,491,800| style="text-align:right" |3,345| style="text-align:right" |4,033|2022|-|Metro Manila|-|Region|| style="text-align:right" |13,484,462| style="text-align:right" |599| style="text-align:right" |22,525|2020|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Bavaria|Munich|State|| style="text-align:right" |13,176,989| style="text-align:right" |70,550| style="text-align:right" |187|2021[24] |-|Moscow|- | Federal city | 13,010,112 | 2,511 | 5,181 | 2021[25] | |
| Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | State | 12,972,008 | 115,883 | 112 | 2022 | |
| Illinois | Springfield | State | 12,582,032 | 143,795 | 88 | 2022 | |
| Central Luzon | San Fernando | Region | 12,422,172 | 21,228 | 585 | 2020 | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar/Jammu | Union territory | 12,258,433 | 42,241 | 290 | 2011[26] | |
| Île-de-France | Paris | Region | 12,271,794 | 12,012 | 1,022 | 2020[27] | |
| Mymensingh | Mymensingh | Division | 12,225,498 | 10,569 | 1,146 | 2022 | |
| Banten | Serang | Province | 11,904,562 | 9,663 | 1,232 | 2020 | |
| Ohio | Columbus | State | 11,756,058 | 105,831 | 111 | 2022 | |
| Paraná | Curitiba | State | 11,597,484 | 199,317 | 57 | 2021 | |
| KwaZulu-Natal | Pietermaritzburg | Province | 11,513,600 | 94,361 | 122 | 2021 | |
| Rio Grande do Sul | Porto Alegre | State | 11,466,630 | 268,782 | 43 | 2021 | |
| Baden-Württemberg | Stuttgart | State | 11,124,642 | 35,751 | 311 | 2021 | |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun | State | 11,090,425 | 53,483 | 207 | 2023 | |
| Sylhet | Sylhet | Division | 11,034,863 | 12,596 | 873 | 2022 | |
| Georgia | Atlanta | State | 10,912,876 | 149,170 | 73 | 2022 | |
| North Carolina | Raleigh | State | 10,698,973 | 125,918 | 85 | 2022 | |
| Jakarta | -|Special Capital Region|| style="text-align:right" |10,562,088| style="text-align:right" |664| style="text-align:right" |15,907|2020|-|Katsina|Katsina|State|| style="text-align:right" |10,368,500| style="text-align:right" |24,192| style="text-align:right" |429|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Hainan|Haikou|Province|| style="text-align:right" |10,081,232| style="text-align:right" |34,300| style="text-align:right" |294|2020|-|Cairo|Cairo|Governorate|| style="text-align:right" |10,044,894| style="text-align:right" |3,085| style="text-align:right" |3,256|2021[28] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Michigan|Lansing|State|| style="text-align:right" |10,034,113| style="text-align:right" |146,455| style="text-align:right" |68|2022|-|Lombardy|Milan|Region|| style="text-align:right" |9,950,742| style="text-align:right" |23,861| style="text-align:right" |417|2023[29] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Lima|–|Region|| style="text-align:right" |9,674,800| style="text-align:right" |2,672| style="text-align:right" |3,621|2020[30] |-|Pernambuco|Recife|State|| style="text-align:right" |9,674,793| style="text-align:right" |98,146| style="text-align:right" |99|2021|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Seoul|–|Special city|| style="text-align:right" |9,586,195| style="text-align:right" |604| style="text-align:right" |15,839|2020|-|New Jersey|Trenton|State|| style="text-align:right" |9,261,699| style="text-align:right" |19,048| style="text-align:right" |486|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Giza|Giza|Governorate|| style="text-align:right" |9,250,791| style="text-align:right" |13,184| style="text-align:right" |702|2021|-|Ceará|Fortaleza|State|| style="text-align:right" |9,240,580| style="text-align:right" |148,921| style="text-align:right" |62|2021|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Kanagawa|Yokohama|Prefecture|| style="text-align:right" |9,237,337| style="text-align:right" |2,416| style="text-align:right" |3,823|2020|-|Mexico City|–|Distrito Federal|| style="text-align:right" |9,209,944| style="text-align:right" |1,485| style="text-align:right" |6,202|2020|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Barisal|Barisal|Division|| style="text-align:right" |9,100,102| style="text-align:right" |13,297| style="text-align:right" |688|2022|-|Luanda|Luanda|Province|| style="text-align:right" |9,079,800| style="text-align:right" |18,835| style="text-align:right" |482|2022[31] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|South Sulawesi|Makassar|Province|| style="text-align:right" |9,073,509| style="text-align:right" |46,717| style="text-align:right" |194|2020|-|Kaduna|Kaduna|State|| style="text-align:right" |9,032,200| style="text-align:right" |46,053| style="text-align:right" |196|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Lampung|Bandar Lampung|Province|| style="text-align:right" |9,007,848| style="text-align:right" |34,624| style="text-align:right" |260|2020|-|Ho Chi Minh City|Ho Chi Minh City|Province-level municipality|| style="text-align:right" |8,993,082| style="text-align:right" |2,061| style="text-align:right" |4,363|2019[32] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Osaka|Osaka|Prefecture|| style="text-align:right" |8,837,685| style="text-align:right" |1,905| style="text-align:right" |4,639|2020|-|Bangkok|–|Province|| style="text-align:right" |8,833,400| style="text-align:right" |1,569| style="text-align:right" |5,631|2019[33] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Mecca|Mecca|Province|| style="text-align:right" |8,803,545| style="text-align:right" |153,128| style="text-align:right" |57|2018[34] |-|Pará|Belém|State|| style="text-align:right" |8,777,124| style="text-align:right" |1,247,950| style="text-align:right" |7|2021|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Québec|Québec City|Province|| style="text-align:right" |8,695,659| style="text-align:right" |1,356,625| style="text-align:right" |6|2022|-|Virginia|Richmond|State|| style="text-align:right" |8,683,619| style="text-align:right" |102,283| style="text-align:right" |85|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Moscow Oblast|Moscow|Oblast|| style="text-align:right" |8,524,665| style="text-align:right" |44,490| style="text-align:right" |192|2021|-|Andalusia|Sevilla|Autonomous community|| style="text-align:right" |8,484,804| style="text-align:right" |87,598| style="text-align:right" |97|2021[35] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|South Sumatra|Palembang|Province|| style="text-align:right" |8,467,432| style="text-align:right" |91,592| style="text-align:right" |92|2020|-|Riyadh|Riyadh|Province|| style="text-align:right" |8,446,866| style="text-align:right" |404,240| style="text-align:right" |21|2019|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Jalisco|Guadalajara|State|| style="text-align:right" |8,348,151| style="text-align:right" |78,599| style="text-align:right" |106|2020|-|Bauchi|Bauchi|State|| style="text-align:right" |8,308,800| style="text-align:right" |45,837| style="text-align:right" |181|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Yangon|Yangon|Region|| style="text-align:right" |8,203,832| style="text-align:right" |10,277| style="text-align:right" |798|2019[36] |-|North Kivu|Goma|Province|| style="text-align:right" |8,147,400| style="text-align:right" |59,483| style="text-align:right" |137|2020|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Southern Region|Blantyre|Region|| style="text-align:right" |8,144,367| style="text-align:right" |31,780| style="text-align:right" |256|2020[37] |-|Baghdad|Baghdad|Governorate|| style="text-align:right" |8,126,755| style="text-align:right" |5,200| style="text-align:right" |1,563|2018[38] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|New South Wales|Sydney|State|| style="text-align:right" |8,093,815| style="text-align:right" |800,811| style="text-align:right" |10|2021[39] |-|Central Visayas|Cebu City|Region|| style="text-align:right" |8,081,988| style="text-align:right" |14,285| style="text-align:right" |566|2020|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes|Lyon|Region|| style="text-align:right" |8,078,652| style="text-align:right" |69,711| style="text-align:right" |116|2020|-|Veracruz|Xalapa|State|| style="text-align:right" |8,062,579| style="text-align:right" |71,820| style="text-align:right" |112|2020|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Hanoi|Hanoi|Province-level municipality|| style="text-align:right" |8,053,663| style="text-align:right" |3,359| style="text-align:right" |2,398|2019|-|Lower Saxony|Hanover|State|| style="text-align:right" |8,027,031| style="text-align:right" |47,615| style="text-align:right" |168|2021|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Catalonia|Barcelona|Autonomous community|| style="text-align:right" |8,021,049| style="text-align:right" |32,113| style="text-align:right" |250|2023|-|Khartoum|Khartoum|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,993,900| style="text-align:right" |22,142| style="text-align:right" |361|2018[40] |-|Bogotá|-|Distrito Capital|| style="text-align:right" |7,968,100| style="text-align:right" |1,623| style="text-align:right" |4,909|2023[41] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Oyo|Ibadan|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,976,100| style="text-align:right" |28,454| style="text-align:right" |280|2022|-|Western Visayas|Iloilo City|Region|| style="text-align:right" |7,954,723| style="text-align:right" |20,042| style="text-align:right" |397|2020|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Central Region|Lilongwe|Region|| style="text-align:right" |7,922,416| style="text-align:right" |35,592| style="text-align:right" |213|2020|-|Washington|Olympia|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,785,786| style="text-align:right" |172,121| style="text-align:right" |45|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Sharqia|Zagazig|Governorate|| style="text-align:right" |7,682,770| style="text-align:right" |4,911| style="text-align:right" |1,564|2021|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Aichi|Nagoya|Prefecture|| style="text-align:right" |7,542,415| style="text-align:right" |5,172| style="text-align:right" |1,458|2020|-|Jigawa|Dutse|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,499,100| style="text-align:right" |23,154| style="text-align:right" |323|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Rivers|Port Harcourt|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,476,800| style="text-align:right" |11,077| style="text-align:right" |675|2022|-|Hong Kong|–|Special administrative region|| style="text-align:right" |7,413,070| style="text-align:right" |1,083| style="text-align:right" |6,847|2021[42] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Casablanca-Settat|Casablanca|Region|| style="text-align:right" |7,408,200| style="text-align:right" |20,190| style="text-align:right" |367|2020[43] |-|Arizona|Phoenix|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,359,197| style="text-align:right" |294,204| style="text-align:right" |25|2022|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Saitama|Saitama|Prefecture|| style="text-align:right" |7,344,765| style="text-align:right" |3,798| style="text-align:right" |1,913|2020|-|Santa Catarina|Florianópolis|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,338,473| style="text-align:right" |95,703| style="text-align:right" |77|2021|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Himachal Pradesh|Shimla|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,316,708| style="text-align:right" |55,673| style="text-align:right" |131|2023|-|Goiás|Goiânia|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,206,589| style="text-align:right" |340,103| style="text-align:right" |21|2021|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Ningxia|Yinchuan|Province|| style="text-align:right" |7,202,654| style="text-align:right" |66,400| style="text-align:right" |109|2020|-|Razavi Khorasan|Mashhad|Province|| style="text-align:right" |7,167,000| style="text-align:right" |118,851| style="text-align:right" |60|2023|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Maranhão|São Luís|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,153,262| style="text-align:right" |331,936| style="text-align:right" |22|2021|-|Western Cape|Cape Town|Province|| style="text-align:right" |7,113,800| style="text-align:right" |129,462| style="text-align:right" |55|2021|- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Metropolitana de Santiago|Santiago de Chile|Region|| style="text-align:right" |7,112,808| style="text-align:right" |15,403| style="text-align:right" |462|2017[44] |-|South Kivu|Bukavu|Province|| style="text-align:right" |7,066,400| style="text-align:right" |64,791| style="text-align:right" |109|2020|-|Taiwan|—|Province|| style="text-align:right" |7,060,473| style="text-align:right" |25,110| style="text-align:right" |280|2020[45] |- bgcolor=EFEFEF|Tennessee|Nashville|State|| style="text-align:right" |7,051,339| style="text-align:right" |106,800| 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