Provinces & states

First-level administrative divisions, their capitals, population and area.

Province / state	Country	Capital	Population	Area
Rakhine	Burma	Akyab	2,045,600	36,778
Rep. of Adygeya	Russia	Maykop	450,500	7,600
Rep. of Altay	Russia	Gorno Altaysk	201,600	92,600
Rep. of Bashkortostan	Russia	Ufa	4,096,600	143,600
Rep. of Buryatiya	Russia	Ulan Ude	1,052,500	351,300
Rep. of Dagestan	Russia	Makhachkala	2,097,500	50,300
Rep. of Ingushetiya	Russia	Nazran	299,700	3,750
Rep. of Kalmykiya	Russia	Elista	318,500	76,100
Rep. of Karelia	Russia	Petrozavodsk	785,000	172,400
Rep. of Khakassiya	Russia	Abakan	585,800	61,900
Rep. of Komi	Russia	Syktyvkar	1,185,500	415,900
Rep. of Mariy El	Russia	Yoshkar Ola	766,300	23,200
Rep. of Mordovia	Russia	Saransk	955,800	26,200
Rep. of North Ossetiya	Russia	Vladikavkaz	662,600	8,000
Rep. of Sakha	Russia	Yakutsk	1,022,800	3,103,200
Rep. of Tatarstan	Russia	Kazan	3,760,500	68,000
Rep. of Tyva	Russia	Kyzyl	309,700	170,500
Rheinland Pfalz	Germany	Mainz	3,951,573	19,851
Rhode Island	United States	Providence	987,429	3,139
Rhondda Cynon Taff	United Kingdom	Rhondda	239,000	424
Rhone Alpes	France	Lyon	5,351,000	43,698
Rift Valley	Kenya	Nakuru	4,894,000	173,868
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	13,316,455	43,909
Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	Natal	2,556,939	53,306
Rio Grande do Sul	Brazil	Porto Alegre	9,623,003	282,062
Rio Negro	Argentina	Viedma	506,772	203,013
Rioja	Spain	Logrono	263,437	5,045
Risaralda	Colombia	Pereira	652,872	4,140
Rivnenska	Ukraine	Rivne	1,176,800	20,100
Rize	Turkey	Rize	348,776	3,920
Rogaland	Norway	Stavanger	323,365	—
Rondonia	Brazil	Porto Velho	1,221,290	238,512
Roraima	Brazil	Boa Vista	247,724	225,116
Rostovskaya oblast	Russia	Rostov no Donu	4,426,400	100,800
Rukwa	Tanzania	Sumbawanga	684,000	68,635
Ruvuma	Tanzania	Songea	783,300	63,498
Rwanda	Rwanda	Kigali	6,853,359	26,340
Ryazanskaya oblast	Russia	Ryazan	1,325,300	39,600
Rzeszowskie	Poland	Rzeszow	734,100	4,397
Saarland	Germany	Saarbrucken	1,084,201	2,570
Sabah	Malaysia	Kota Kinabalu	1,736,902	73,620
Sachsen	Germany	Dresden	4,584,345	18,412
Sachsen Anhalt	Germany	Magdeburg	2,759,213	20,446
Saga	Japan	Saga	884,316	2,433
Sagaing	Burma	Sagaing	3,862,200	94,625
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	41,369	269
Saint Louis	Senegal	Saint Louis	680,200	44,127
Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Castries	157,862	620