List of first-level administrative divisions by area


This is a list of first-level administrative divisions by area in square kilometres.

Country subdivisions

and greater

Summary tables

CountryNumber of country subdivisions
Russia85
United States55
China26
Brazil20
Argentina19
Kazakhstan17
India16
Congo-Kinshasa15
Mexico and Mongolia12
Algeria and Canada11
Saudi Arabia10
Indonesia, Iran, Libya and South Africa9
Mali8
Angola, Australia, Somalia, Sudan and Zambia7
Chad and Mozambique6
Colombia, Namibia, Niger, Pakistan, South Sudan and Turkmenistan5
Botswana, Chile, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Morocco, Peru and Venezuela4
Egypt, France, Myanmar, Paraguay and Spain3
Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Yemen and United Kingdom2
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Danish Realm, Finland, Germany, Guinea,
Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, Sweden and Zimbabwe		1
Total442