List of country subdivisions by area

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Largest 50 subdivisions by area. Note: This map projection distorts areas on different latitudes, so direct size comparison between two subdivisions using this map may not be accurate.

This is a list of the 50 largest country subdivisions and dependent territories by area (including surface water) in square kilometres.

List of the 50 largest country subdivisions by area

**Largest country subdivisions by area**
Rank	Subdivision name	Capital	Country	Area (km²)	Population	Country similar in area (km²)
1	Sakha Republic	Yakutsk	Russia	3,103,200	958,300	India 3,287,263
2	State of Western Australia	Perth	Australia	2,645,615	2,410,600	Kazakhstan 2,724,900
3	Krasnoyarsk Krai	Krasnoyarsk	Russia	2,339,700^[1]	2,828,200	Algeria 2,381,741
4	Greenland	Nuuk	Denmark	2,166,086^[2]^[3]	56,615	Saudi Arabia 2,149,690
5	Territory of Nunavut	Iqaluit	Canada	2,093,190	33,303	Mexico 1,964,375
6	State of Queensland	Brisbane	Australia	1,852,642	4,516,361	Sudan 1,886,068
7	State of Alaska	Juneau	United States	1,717,854	710,231	Iran 1,648,195
8	Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region	Urumqi	China	1,660,000	21,813,334	Mongolia 1,564,110
9	State of Amazonas	Manaus	Brazil	1,570,947	3,480,937	Mongolia
10	Province of Québec	Quebec City	Canada	1,542,056	8,214,672	Mongolia
11	Northern Territory	Darwin	Australia	1,420,968	229,675	Mongolia
12	Northwest Territories	Yellowknife	Canada	1,346,106^[4]	43,537	Peru 1,285,216
13	State of Pará	Belém	Brazil	1,253,164	7,588,078	Angola 1,246,700
14	Tibet Autonomous Region	Lhasa	China	1,228,400	3,002,166	South Africa 1,221,037
15	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	Hohhot	China	1,183,000	24,706,321	South Africa
16	Province of Ontario	Toronto	Canada	1,076,395	13,210,667	Bolivia 1,098,581
17	State of South Australia	Adelaide	Australia	1,043,514	1,644,642	Mauritania 1,030,700
18	Province of British Columbia	Victoria	Canada	948,596	4,510,858	Tanzania 945,087
19	State of Mato Grosso	Cuiabá	Brazil	906,807	3,033,991	Venezuela 916,445
20	State of New South Wales	Sydney	Australia	809,444	7,238,819	Mozambique 801,590
21	Khabarovsk Krai	Khabarovsk	Russia	788,600	1,344,200	Turkey 783,562
22	Irkutsk Oblast	Irkutsk	Russia	767,900	2,428,700	Chile 756,102
23	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	Salekhard	Russia	750,300^[5]	522,800	Zambia 752,612
24	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug	Anadyr	Russia	737,700	50,500	Zambia
25	Qinghai Province	Xining	China	721,000	5,626,722	Zambia
26	State of Texas	Austin	United States	696,241	25,145,561	Burma 676,578
27	Eastern Province	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	672,522	3,360,157	Burma
28	Province of Alberta	Edmonton	Canada	661,848	3,724,832	Afghanistan 652,230
29	Province of Saskatchewan	Regina	Canada	651,036	1,114,170	Afghanistan
30	Province of Manitoba	Winnipeg	Canada	647,797	1,232,654	France 640,679
31	Agadez Region	Agadez	Niger	634,209	321,639	Somalia 637,657
32	State of Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	586,528	19,595,309	Madagascar 587,041
33	State of Bahia	Salvador	Brazil	564,273	14,021,432	Kenya 580,367
34	Tamanrasset Province	Tamanrasset	Algeria	556,200^[6]	198,691	Kenya
35	Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug	Khanty-Mansiysk	Russia	523,100^[5]	1,532,000	Yemen 527,968
36	Orientale Province	Kisangani	Democratic Republic of the Congo	503,239^[7]	5,566,000	Spain 505,992
37	Katanga Province	Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	496,871^[8]	4,125,000	Turkmenistan 488,100
38	Tombouctou Region	Timbuktu	Mali	496,611	681,691	Turkmenistan
39	Sichuan Province	Chengdu	China	485,000	80,418,200	Turkmenistan
40	Territory of Yukon	Whitehorse	Canada	482,443	34,246	Turkmenistan
41	Kufra District	Al Jawf	Libya	479,160^[6]	50,104	Cameroon 475,442
42	Kamchatka Krai	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky	Russia	472,300	321,800	Cameroon
43	Magadan Oblast	Magadan	Russia	461,400	157,000	Papua New Guinea 462,840
44	Heilongjiang Province	Harbin	China	460,000	38,312,224	Papua New Guinea
45	Gansu Province	Lanzhou	China	454,000	25,575,254	Sweden 450,295
46	Adrar Province	Adrar	Algeria	443,782	402,197	Morocco 446,550
47	New Valley Governorate	Kharga	Egypt	440,098	208,000	Iraq 438,317
48	Zabaykalsky Krai	Chita	Russia	431,500	1,106,600	Iraq
49	Karagandy Region	Karagandy	Kazakhstan	428,000	1,375,000	Iraq
50	State of California	Sacramento	United States	423,970	37,253,956	Iraq

Notes

↑ Includes the 897,900 km² Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
↑ 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.
↑ If Greenland would be listed as a country its two largest municipalities (Qaasuitsup and Sermersooq should both be listed as numbers 26 and 35 with areas of 660,000 and 531,900 km² respectively, being then the first order subdivision
↑ 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.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 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 autonomous okrugs included) is 1,433,270 km².
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 These figures cannot be verified by their Wikipedia page.
↑ The current constitution of DR Congo, ratified in 2006, was to have split Orientale into four new provinces no later than February 2009. As of June 2015 this had not happened.
↑ The 2006 DR Congo constitution also provides for Katanga to be split into four new provinces.

References

World-gazetteer.com

[1] Includes the 897,900 km² Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District

[Greenland-2] 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.

[3] If Greenland would be listed as a country its two largest municipalities (Qaasuitsup and Sermersooq should both be listed as numbers 26 and 35 with areas of 660,000 and 531,900 km² respectively, being then the first order subdivision

[4] 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.

[Tyumen-5] 5.0 ^5.1 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 autonomous okrugs included) is 1,433,270 km².

[Unverified-6] 6.0 ^6.1 These figures cannot be verified by their Wikipedia page.

[Orientale-7] The current constitution of DR Congo, ratified in 2006, was to have split Orientale into four new provinces no later than February 2009. As of June 2015 this had not happened.

[Katanga-8] The 2006 DR Congo constitution also provides for Katanga to be split into four new provinces.

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