Provinces & states
First-level administrative divisions, their capitals, population and area.
| Province / state | Country | Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 118,344 | 340 |
| Saitama | Japan | Urawa | 6,759,311 | 3,799 |
| Sakarya | Turkey | Sakarya | 683,061 | 4,817 |
| Sakhalinskaya oblast | Russia | Yuzhno Sakhalinsk | 647,800 | 87,100 |
| Salah ad Din | Iraq | Samarra | 723,500 | 26,175 |
| Salaj | Romania | Zalau | 269,000 | 3,850 |
| Salta | Argentina | Salta | 866,153 | 155,488 |
| Salzburg | Austria | Salzburg | 501,000 | 7,154 |
| Samarqand | Uzbekistan | Samarqand | 2,322,000 | 16,400 |
| Samarskaya oblast | Russia | Samara | 3,311,500 | 53,600 |
| Samsun | Turkey | Samsun | 1,158,400 | 9,579 |
| San Andres y Providencia | Colombia | San Andres | 35,818 | 44 |
| San Jose | Costa Rica | San Jose | 1,163,943 | 4,960 |
| San Juan | Argentina | San Juan | 528,715 | 89,651 |
| San Luis | Argentina | San Luis | 286,458 | 76,748 |
| San Luis Potosi | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | 2,200,763 | 62,848 |
| San Marino | San Marino | San Marino | 24,521 | 60 |
| San Martin | Peru | Moyobamba | 627,781 | 51,253 |
| Sancti Spiritus | Cuba | Sancti Spiritus | 420,000 | 6,744 |
| Sankt Peterburg | Russia | Sankt Peterburg | 4,801,500 | — |
| Sanliurfa | Turkey | Urfa | 1,001,455 | 18,584 |
| Santa Barbara | Honduras | Santa Barbara | 307,500 | 5,113 |
| Santa Catarina | Brazil | Florianopolis | 4,865,090 | 95,442 |
| Santa Cruz | Argentina | Rio Gallegos | 159,839 | 243,943 |
| Santa Fe | Argentina | Santa Fe | 2,798,422 | 133,007 |
| Santa Fe de Bogota, DC | Colombia | Bogota | 4,236,490 | 1,587 |
| Santander del Sur | Colombia | Bucaramanga | 1,511,392 | 30,537 |
| Santarem | Portugal | — | 442,700 | 6,747 |
| Santiago de Cuba | Cuba | Santiago de Cuba | 968,000 | 6,170 |
| Santiago de Estero | Argentina | Santiago del Estero | 671,988 | 136,351 |
| Sao Paulo | Brazil | Sao Paulo | 34,055,715 | 248,808 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome | 144,128 | 960 |
| Saratovskaya oblast | Russia | Saratov | 2,739,500 | 100,200 |
| Sarawak | Malaysia | Kuching | 1,648,217 | 124,449 |
| Sardegna | Italy | Cagliari | 1,657,000 | 24,090 |
| Saskatchewan | Canada | Regina | 990,237 | 651,900 |
| Satu Mare | Romania | Satu Mare | 417,000 | 4,405 |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 19,409,058 | 1,960,582 |
| Schleswig Holstein | Germany | Kiel | 2,708,392 | 15,738 |
| Selangor | Malaysia | Shah Alam | 2,289,236 | 7,956 |
| Semey | Kazakstan | Semey | 811,000 | 185,800 |
| Semnan | Iran | Semnan | 458,125 | 90,905 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade | 10,614,558 | 102,350 |
| Sergipe | Brazil | Aracaju | 1,617,368 | 22,050 |
| Setubal | Portugal | — | 713,700 | 5,064 |
| Severocesky | Czech Republic | Usti nad Labem | 1,190,000 | 7,819 |
| Severomoravsky | Czech Republic | Ostrava | 1,976,000 | 11,067 |
| Seychelles | Seychelles | Victoria | 77,575 | 455 |