Top 20 most populous states, provinces and regions · 🇿🇦 South Africa
World > country: the biggest first-level regions
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Why these 20
Population of each country's first-level regions (states, provinces, prefectures, oblasts) from Wikidata, which takes it from census offices. Where Wikidata has figures for several years the highest is used, which is usually the latest census; regions that shrink may show an older, larger figure.
- 1 G
- 2 K
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3
E
Eastern Cape
province of South Africa formed in 1994, comprising former Xhosa bantustans Transkei and Ciskei; capital Bhisho, largest city Gqeberha; traditional homeland...
7,230,204
- 4 W
- 5 L
- 6 M
- 7 N
- 8 F
- 9 N
How it is measured
Wikidata: the first-level divisions each country lists as its own (P150, contains the administrative territorial entity) that have a population (P1082) and no dissolution date; grouped by country, the world view is built from the countries.
References
- Wikidata query: first-level regions by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-20 04:46 UTC.
