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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

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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 United States 423,967 km² 39,538,223[8] 3rd 93.2/km²
49 Komi Syktyvkar Russia 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

See also

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Notes

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  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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