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