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
| Country | Number of country subdivisions |
| Russia | 85 |
| United States | 55 |
| China | 26 |
| Brazil | 20 |
| Argentina | 19 |
| Kazakhstan | 17 |
| India | 16 |
| Congo-Kinshasa | 15 |
| Mexico and Mongolia | 12 |
| Algeria and Canada | 11 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10 |
| Indonesia, Iran, Libya and South Africa | 9 |
| Mali | 8 |
| Angola, Australia, Somalia, Sudan and Zambia | 7 |
| Chad and Mozambique | 6 |
| Colombia, Namibia, Niger, Pakistan, South Sudan and Turkmenistan | 5 |
| Botswana, Chile, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Morocco, Peru and Venezuela | 4 |
| Egypt, France, Myanmar, Paraguay and Spain | 3 |
| Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Yemen and United Kingdom | 2 |
| Cameroon, Central African Republic, Danish Realm, Finland, Germany, Guinea, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, Sweden and Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Total | 442 |