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Top 20 most populous states, provinces and regions · 🇮🇳 India

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. 1 U

    Uttar Pradesh

    उत्तर प्रदेश

    state in northern India

    246,270,000

  2. 2 M

    Maharashtra

    महाराष्ट्र

    state in the western and central peninsular region of India

    112,372,972

  3. 3 B

    Bihar

    बिहार

    state in eastern India

    103,804,637

  4. 4 W

    West Bengal

    पश्चिम बंगाल

    Indian state

    91,276,115

  5. 5 M

    Madhya Pradesh

    मध्य प्रदेश

    state in central India

    72,597,565

  6. 6 T

    Tamil Nadu

    तमिल नाडु

    state of India

    72,147,030

  7. 7 R

    Rajasthan

    राजस्थान

    state in north-western India

    68,548,437

  8. 8 K

    Karnataka

    कर्नाटक

    Indian state

    61,130,704

  9. 9 G

    Gujarat

    गुजरात

    state of India

    60,383,628

  10. 10 A

    Andhra Pradesh

    आन्ध्र प्रदेश

    state in South India, India

    53,586,000

  11. 11 O

    Odisha

    ओडिशा

    state in Eastern India

    41,974,218

  12. 12 T

    Telangana

    तेलंगाना

    state in southern India

    35,193,978

  13. 13 K

    Kerala

    केरल

    Indian state

    34,523,726

  14. 14 J

    Jharkhand

    झारखण्ड

    state in eastern India

    32,988,134

  15. 15 A

    Assam

    असम

    Indian state

    31,205,576

  16. 16 C

    Chhattisgarh

    छत्तीसगढ़

    state in central India

    29,436,231

  17. 17 H

    Haryana

    हरियाणा

    state in North India

    27,761,063

  18. 18 P

    Punjab

    पंजाब

    Indian state

    27,743,338

  19. 19 D

    Delhi

    दिल्ली

    megacity and union territory of India

    26,495,000

    Also in: #1 most populous cities (India)#1 most populous cities (National Capital Territory of Delhi)#1 most populous cities

  20. 20 J

    Jammu and Kashmir

    जम्मू और कश्मीर

    region administered by India as a union territory

    12,258,433

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

  1. Wikidata query: first-level regions by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-20 04:46 UTC.