Provinces & states
First-level administrative divisions, their capitals, population and area.
| Province / state | Country | Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset | United Kingdom | Taunton | 469,400 | 3,451 |
| Somogy | Hungary | Kaposvar | 340,000 | 6,035 |
| Sonora | Mexico | Hermosillo | 2,085,536 | 184,934 |
| South | Israel | Beer Sheva | 529,300 | 14,107 |
| South Africa | South Africa | Pretoria | 41,743,459 | 1,219,912 |
| South Australia | Australia | Adelaide | 1,474,000 | 984,377 |
| South Carolina | United States | Columbia | 3,760,181 | 80,582 |
| South Dakota | United States | Pierre | 737,973 | 199,730 |
| South Korea | South Korea | Seoul | 45,482,291 | 98,480 |
| South Yorkshire | United Kingdom | Barnsley | 1,292,700 | 1,560 |
| Southern | Zambia | Livingstone | 906,900 | 85,283 |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 18,553,074 | 65,610 |
| Staffordshire | United Kingdom | Stafford | 1,047,400 | 2,716 |
| Stavropolsky kray | Russia | Stavropol | 2,667,000 | 66,500 |
| Stockholm | Sweden | Stockholm | 1,654,511 | 6,488 |
| Strathclyde | United Kingdom | Glasgow | 2,287,800 | 13,773 |
| Styria | Austria | Graz | 1,203,000 | 16,386 |
| Suceava | Romania | Suceava | 699,000 | 8,555 |
| Sucre | Colombia | Sincelejo | 561,649 | 10,917 |
| Sucre | Venezuela | Cumana | 781,756 | 11,800 |
| Sud | Cameroon | Ebolowa | 373,800 | 47,110 |
| Sudoueste | Cameroon | Buea | 838,000 | 24,471 |
| Suffolk | United Kingdom | Ipswich | 661,900 | 3,797 |
| Sumska | Ukraine | Sumy | 1,430,200 | 23,800 |
| Suomi | Finland | Jyvaeskylae | 242,000 | — |
| Suriname | Suriname | Paramaribo | 436,418 | 163,270 |
| Surkhondare | Uzbekistan | Termiz | 1,437,000 | 20,800 |
| Surrey | United Kingdom | Kingston | 1,035,500 | 1,679 |
| Suwalskie | Poland | Suwalki | 477,100 | 10,490 |
| Sverdlovskaya oblast | Russia | Yekaterinburg | 4,686,300 | 194,300 |
| Swansea | United Kingdom | Swansea | 230,900 | 378 |
| Swaziland | Swaziland | Mbabane | 998,730 | 17,360 |
| Syria | Syria | Damascus | 15,608,648 | 185,180 |
| SZ | Switzerland | Schwyz | 122,409 | 908 |
| Szabolcs Szatmar | Hungary | Nyiregyhaza | 563,500 | 5,938 |
| Szczecinskie | Poland | Szczecin | 979,500 | 9,982 |
| Szeged (munic.) | Hungary | Szeged | 178,500 | 145 |
| Szolnok | Hungary | Szolnok | 420,900 | 5,608 |
| Tabasco | Mexico | Villahermosa | 1,748,769 | 24,661 |
| Tabora | Tanzania | Tabora | 1,036,300 | 76,151 |
| Tachira | Venezuela | San Cristobal | 946,949 | 11,100 |
| Tacna | Peru | Tacna | 245,843 | 16,075 |
| Taiwan | Taiwan | Taipei | 21,465,881 | 35,980 |
| Taldyqorghan | Kazakstan | Taldyqorghan | 721,500 | 118,500 |
| Tamaulipas | Mexico | Ciudad Victoria | 2,527,328 | 79,829 |
| Tambacounda | Senegal | Tambacounda | 370,000 | 59,602 |
| Tambovskaya oblast | Russia | Tambov | 1,310,600 | 34,300 |
| Tamil Nadu | India | Madras | 55,858,946 | 130,058 |