Provinces & states
First-level administrative divisions, their capitals, population and area.
| Province / state | Country | Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aali an Nil | Sudan | Malakal | 1,599,605 | 238,792 |
| Aberconwy and Colwyn | United Kingdom | Colwyn Bay | 110,700 | 1,130 |
| Abruzzo | Italy | LAquila | 1,263,000 | 10,794 |
| Acre | Brazil | Rio Branco | 483,483 | 153,149 |
| Ad Tamim | Iraq | Kirkuk | 592,869 | 10,282 |
| Adamaoua | Cameroon | Ngaoundere | 495,200 | 63,691 |
| Adana | Turkey | Adana | 1,934,907 | 17,253 |
| Adiyaman | Turkey | Adiyaman | 513,131 | 7,614 |
| Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Kabul | 22,664,136 | 647,500 |
| Afyon | Turkey | Afyon | 739,223 | 14,230 |
| AG | Switzerland | Aarau | 528,887 | 1,403 |
| Agri | Turkey | Agri | 437,093 | 11,376 |
| Aguascalientes | Mexico | Aguascalientes | 862,720 | 5,589 |
| Ahal | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 416,400 | — |
| AI | Switzerland | Appenzell | 14,750 | 172 |
| Aichi | Japan | Nagoya | 6,868,336 | 5,138 |
| Akershus | Norway | Oslo | 393,217 | — |
| Akita | Japan | Akita | 1,213,667 | 11,612 |
| Aksaray | Turkey | Aksaray | 326,399 | 7,626 |
| Al Anbar | Iraq | Ar Ramadi | 817,868 | 138,501 |
| Al Basrah | Iraq | Al Basrah | 872,211 | 19,070 |
| al Istiwaiyah | Sudan | Juba | 1,406,181 | 197,969 |
| al Khartum | Sudan | Khartoum | 1,802,299 | 28,165 |
| Al Muthanna | Iraq | As Samawah | 312,911 | 51,740 |
| Al Qadisiyah | Iraq | Ad Diwaniyah | 560,797 | 8,153 |
| al Wusta | Sudan | Wad Madani | 4,012,543 | 139,017 |
| Alabama | United States | Montgomery | 4,319,154 | 133,915 |
| Alagoas | Brazil | Maceio | 2,637,843 | 27,933 |
| Alajuela | Costa Rica | Alajuela | 569,984 | 9,753 |
| Aland | Finland | Mariehamn | 23,000 | — |
| Alaska | United States | Juneau | 609,311 | 1,530,694 |
| Alba | Romania | Alba Iulia | 428,000 | 6,231 |
| Albania | Albania | Tirane | 3,249,136 | 28,750 |
| Alberta | Canada | Edmonton | 2,696,826 | 661,185 |
| Algeria | Algeria | Algiers | 29,183,032 | 2,381,740 |
| Almaty | Kazakstan | Almaty | 963,100 | 105,700 |
| Almaty (munic.) | Kazakstan | Almaty | 1,172,400 | — |
| Alsace | France | Strasbourg | 1,624,000 | 8,280 |
| Altayskiy kray | Russia | Barnaul | 2,690,100 | 169,100 |
| Alvsborg | Sweden | Vanersborg | 444,259 | 11,395 |
| Amapa | Brazil | Macapa | 373,994 | 143,453 |
| Amasya | Turkey | Amasya | 357,191 | 5,520 |
| Amazonas | Peru | Chachapoyas | 374,587 | 39,249 |
| Amazonas | Colombia | Leticia | 39,937 | 109,665 |
| Amazonas | Venezuela | Puerto Ayacucho | 94,590 | 175,750 |
| Amazonas | Brazil | Manaus | 2,390,102 | 1,577,820 |
| Amurskaya oblast | Russia | Blagoveshchensk | 1,037,800 | 363,700 |
| An Najaf | Iraq | An Najaf | 583,493 | 28,824 |