Country	Type of state	Administrative divisions
Country	Type of state	First-level	Second-level	Third-level	Fourth-level and smaller
Afghanistan	Unitary	34 provinces (velaya’at)	421 districts (woleswali)	subdistricts (alaqadari)
Albania	Unitary	12 counties (qarqe)	61 municipalities (bashki)	373 units of local governance (njësite të qeverisjes vendore)	2,972 villages (fshatra)
Algeria	Unitary	58 provinces (wilayas)	553 districts (daïras)	1,541 communes (baladiyahs)
Andorra	Unitary	7 parishes (parròquies)
Angola	Unitary	18 provinces (províncias)	163 municipalities (municípios)	618 communes (comunas)
Antigua and Barbuda	Unitary	6 parishes 2 dependencies	60 major divisions	116 communities	353 enumeration districts^[1]
Argentina	Federal	23 provinces (provincias)	378 departments (departamentos)^[2] 135 Partidos (Buenos Aires Province only)	Municipalities (municipios)
Argentina	Federal	1 autonomous city (ciudad autónoma)^[3]	15 communes (comunas)	48 Neighbourhoods (barrios)
Armenia	Unitary	10 provinces (marzer) 1 autonomous city	503 municipalities (hamaynkner)
Australia	Federal	6 states^[4]
		New South Wales	Local Government: 58 Shires 28 Council 28 Cities 8 Regional Councils 6 Municipalities 2 Unincorporated areas	wards (4th-level; as electoral unit) suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] (5th-level)
		Queensland	Local Government: 30 Regions 28 Shire 12 Aboriginal Shires 7 Cities 1 Town
		South Australia	Local Government: 25 District Councils 21 Cities 15 Councils 5 Aboriginal Councils 4 Regional Councils 2 Towns 1 Rural City 1 Unincorporated area
		Tasmania	Local Government: 23 Municipalities 6 Cities
		Victoria	Local Government: 39 Shires 33 Cities 10 Unincorporated areas 6 Rural Cities 1 Borough
		Western Australia	Local Government: 104 Shires 29 Cities 8 Towns
		9 territories ^[4]^[5]
		Northern Territory	Local Government: 9 regional councils 5 Unincorporated areas 3 Municipalities 3 Shires 2 Cities	wards (4th-level; as electoral unit) suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] (5th-level)
		Australian Capital Territory	1 Unincorporated area
		Jervis Bay Territory
		Christmas Island
		Norfolk Island
		Cocos (Keeling) Islands
		Coral Sea Islands
		Ashmore and Cartier Islands
		Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Austria	Federal	9 states (Bundesländer), including the federal capital Vienna^[6]	93 districts (Bezirke),^[7]^[8] including 14 statutory cities (Statutarstädte)	2,078 municipalities (Gemeinden),^[9] including 186 towns (Städte) 771 market towns (Marktgemeinden)
Azerbaijan	Regional	59 districts (Rayonlar) 11 cities (Şəhərlər)^[10]		+2600 municipalities (Bələdiyyələr)	+4500 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri)
Azerbaijan	Regional	1 autonomous republic (Muxtar Respublika)	7 districts (Rayonlar) 1 city (Şəhər)	218 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri)
Bahamas	Unitary	17 Islands	34 districts
Bahamas	Unitary	New Providence	24 Supervisory districts
Bahrain	Unitary	4 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)^g
Bangladesh	Unitary	8 divisions (bibhag)	64 districts (zila)	491 sub-districts (upazila)^[11] 12 City corporations	4,554 union councils (union parishads) 327 municipal corporations (paurasabhas)
Barbados	Unitary	11 parishes
Belarus	Unitary	6 regions (oblasti or voblastsi) 1 autonomous city	118 districts (raiony)
Belgium	Federal	3 regions^[12]	10 provinces^[13]	43 districts^[14]	581 municipalities^[15]
Belize	Unitary	6 districts	201 municipalities
Benin	Unitary	12 departments (départements)	77 communes (communes)	546 districts (arrondissements)
Bhutan	Unitary	20 districts (dzongkhag)	201 blocks (gewogs)^b 61 thromdes^m
Bolivia	Regional	9 departments (departamentos)	112 provinces (provincias)	339 municipalities (municipios)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Federal	2 federal entities:
		Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	10 cantons (kantona)	79 municipalities (općine or opštine)	local community
		Republika Srpska	64 municipalities (opštine)	local community
		1 condominium of the federal entities:
		Brčko District
Botswana	Unitary	10 rural districts 7 urban districts	21 sub-districts^[16]	519 villages^[17]	localities
Brazil	Federal	26 states (estados)	5,568 municipalities (municípios) 1 state district (distrito estadual)	10,670 municipal districts (distritos municipais)	610 subdistricts (subdistritos)
Brazil	Federal	1 federal district (distrito federal)	1 federal capital (capital federal)		33 administrative regions (regiões administrativas)
Brunei	Unitary	4 districts (daerah)	38 subdistricts (mukim)^w	villages (kampung)
Bulgaria	Unitary	28 provinces or regions (oblasti, области)	265 municipalities (obshtini, общини)	wards or quarters (rayon) mayoralties (kmetstvo) settlements (naseleno myasto)
Burkina Faso	Unitary	13 regions (régions)	45 provinces	325 departments (départements)^[18]
Burundi	Unitary	18 provinces	119 communes	2,639 collines
Cambodia	Unitary	24 provinces (khaet) 1 autonomous municipality (reachtheani; lit. ‘capital’)	162 districts (srok) 27 municipalities (krong) 14 sections (khan)	1,646 communes and quarters (khum and sangkat)	villages (phum)
Cameroon	Unitary	10 regions (régions)	58 departments (départements)	360 communes, or districts (arrondissements)
Canada	Federal	10 provinces:
		Alberta
			264 municipalities
			8 Metis settlements
			63 counties/municipal districts	403 hamlets
			7 improvement districts^[19]
			6 specialized municipalities
			3 special areas
		British Columbia	27 regional districts 1 unincorporated area	162 municipalities 160 electoral areas^[20]
		Manitoba	98 rural municipalities unincorporated areas^[21]^[22]	37 municipalities 2 local government districts
		New Brunswick	15 counties (comtés)^[23]	152 parishes (paroisses)^[23]	104 municipalities (municipalités)
		Newfoundland and Labrador	(unincorporated)^[24]	277 municipalities
		Nova Scotia
			18 counties:
			3 regional municipalities
			9 county municipalities	38 municipalities
			6 historic counties administered by district municipalities	38 municipalities
		Ontario	173 single-tier municipalities^[25]
			8 regional municipalities	241 lower-tier municipalities 46 local services boards
			22 counties
			10 districts^[26]
		Prince Edward Island	3 counties^[27]	14 parishes^[27]	70 townships (fourth level)^[27] 63 municipalities (fifth level)
		Quebec	87 regional county municipalities (municipalités régionale de comté) (RCM/MRC) 17 territories equivalent to a regional county municipality (territoires équivalents) (TE): 5 TEs coextensive (or nearly coextensive) with an urban agglomeration (agglomérations) 9 cities (cités/villes) independent of any RCM 3 other equivalent territories: Jamésie Eeyou Istchee Kativik	1,108 municipalities (municipalités)	45 boroughs (arrondissements) (only in 8 municipalities)
		Saskatchewan	296 rural municipalities 2 unincorporated areas: Northern Saskatchewan Administration District Prince Albert National Park	478 municipalities
		3 territories:
		Northwest Territories	5 regions^[28]	24 municipalities
		Nunavut	3 regions^[29]	25 municipalities
		Yukon	(unorganized)	8 municipalities
Cape Verde	Unitary	22 councils or municipalities (concelhos, also referred to as municípios)	32 parishes (freguesias)
Central African Republic	Unitary	16 prefectures (préfectures) 1 autonomous commune	72 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
Chad	Unitary	23 regions (régions)	67 departments (départements)^[30]	340 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
Chile	Regional	16 regions (regiones)	56 provinces (provincias)	346 communes (comunas)	neighborhood units (unidades vecinales)^[31]
China, People’s Republic of	Regional	23 provinces (shěng) 5 autonomous regions (zìzhìqū) 4 municipalities (zhíxiáshì)	280+ prefecture-level cities (dìjíshī) 17 prefectures (dìqū) 30 autonomous prefectures (zìzhìzhōu)	1,400+ counties (xiàn) 110+ autonomous counties (zìzhìxiàn) 850+ county-level districts ((shìxiá)qū) 1 special district (tèqū) 370+ county-level cities (xiànjíshì) 1 forestry district (línqū)	19,500+ towns (zhèn) 14,600+ townships (xiāng) 1,000+ ethnic townships (mínzúxiāng) 6,100+ subdistricts (jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù) 11 district public offices (qūgōngsuǒ) then Urban areas: (residential) communities (shèqū) or neighbourhoods (jūmínqū) Rural areas: villages (cūnjí), village areas or village groups.^[32]
China, People’s Republic of	Regional	2 special administrative regions (tèbié xíngzhèngqū)	18 districts (Hong Kong only)
Colombia	Unitary	32 departments (departamentos) 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital)	1,102 municipalities (municipios)	2,000+ corregimientos ^[33]
Comoros	Federal	3 autonomous islands (îles autonomes)	16 prefectures (préfectures)	54 communes	318 villes or villages
DR Congo^[34]	Unitary	25 provinces 1 Capital City	145 territories 32 cities	264 chiefdoms 470 sectors 311 communes	6,070 groupings 2,401 quarters
Congo^[35]	Unitary	12 departments	80+ districts	communes
Costa Rica	Unitary	7 provinces (provincias)	82 cantons (cantones)	450+ districts
Croatia	Unitary	21 counties (županije)	127 towns (gradovi) 429 municipalities (općine)	4,117+ local communities [hr] (mjesnih odbora) (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split])	6,700+ settlements (naselja)
Cuba	Unitary	15 provinces (provincias) 1 special municipality (municipio especial)	160+ municipalities (municipios)
Cyprus	Unitary	6 districts (eparchies)	610 communities
Czech Republic	Unitary	13 regions (kraje)	76 districts (okresy) / 205 municipalities with extended competence (3rd level municipalities) (obce s rozšířenou působností)	393 municipalities with commissioned local authority (2nd level municipalities) (obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem)	6,254 1st level municipalities (obce) 4 military training areas (vojenské újezdy) special status
Czech Republic	Unitary	Capital City of Prague (Hlavní město Praha)	10 districts (obvody) judicial only 22 administrative districts (správní obvody)	57 municipal districts (městské části)	112 cadastral communities (katastrální území)
Denmark, the Kingdom of	Regional	1 senior member of the Kingdom: Denmark
		5 regions (regioner)	98 municipalities (kommuner)
		2 self-governing territories within the Kingdom:
		Faroe Islands	7 regions (sýsla)^[36]	29 municipalities (kommunur)^[37]
		Greenland	5 municipalities (kommuner)
Djibouti	Unitary	6 regions (régions)	15 districts^[38] 6 arrondissements (within Djibouti City)
Dominica	Unitary	10 parishes
Dominican Republic	Unitary	31 provinces (provincias) 1 National District (Distrito Nacional)	158 municipalities (municipios)	40+ municipal districts (distritos municipales)
East Timor^[39]	Unitary	13 municipalities (Municípios) 1 special administrative region (região administrativa especial)	65 administrative posts (postos administrativos)	442 sucos ^[40]
Ecuador	Unitary	24 provinces (provincias)	221 cantons (cantones)	1,000+ parishes (parroquias)
Egypt	Unitary	27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)	271 marakiz or aqsam	4,617+ villages or districts	sheyakha or residential districts
El Salvador	Unitary	14 departments (departamentos)	262 municipalities (municipios)
Equatorial Guinea	Unitary	8 provinces (provincias)	32 districts (distritos)
Eritrea	Unitary	6 regions (zoba)	58 districts	Communes (Kebabis)	Villages and towns
Estonia^[41]	Unitary	15 counties (maakonnad)	15 towns (linnad)	linnaosad^dis	asumid^sd
Estonia^[41]	Unitary	15 counties (maakonnad)	64 parishes (vallad)	kandid^[42]	32 linnad^[33] 12 alevid^[43] 188 alevikud^[44] 4,455 külad^[40]
Eswatini	Unitary	4 regions (tifundza)	50+ tinkhundla^[45]	360+ imiphakatsi^[46]
Ethiopia	Federal	12 regions (kililoch) 2 chartered cities (astedader akababiwach)	68 zones (zonoch)	600+ districts (woreda)	kebeles^[47]^[48]
Fiji	Unitary	4 divisions	14 provinces	+ 50 districts
Fiji	Unitary	1 dependency
Finland	Regional	18 regions (maakuntaa)	70+ subregions (seutukuntaa)	317 municipalities (kuntaa) ^[49]
Finland	Regional	1 autonomous region (Åland) (itsehallinnollinen maakunta)	16 municipalities (kommuner (kuntaa))
France	Regional	18 regions (régions)	101 departments (départements)^[50] + the Metropolis of Lyon	332 arrondissements	2,054 cantons (fourth-level), 12,159 intercommunalities (fifth level), 35,357 communes (sixth-level) ^[51]
		1 state private property, located overseas, under the direct authority of the French government: Clipperton Island
		5 overseas collectivities (collectivités d’outre-mer)
		French Polynesia^[52]	5 administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives)	40+ communes
		Saint-Barthélemy
		Saint-Martin
		Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	2 communes
		Wallis and Futuna	3 traditional kingdoms (royaumes coutumiers)	3 districts (Uvea only)
		1 sui generis collectivity (collectivité sui generis)
		New Caledonia	3 provinces	30+ communes
		1 overseas territory (territoire d’outre-mer)
		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	5 districts
Gabon	Unitary	9 provinces	49 departments (départements)	152 cantons, 52 communes, 29 arrondissements
Gambia	Unitary	5 regions 1 city	8 Local Government Areas	43 districts
Georgia	Regional	9 regions (mkhare) 2 autonomous republics (avt’onomiuri resp’ublik’a)	5 cities (k’alak’i) 67 communities (temi)
Germany	Federal	16 states (Länder) ^[53]
		Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Hesse North Rhine-Westphalia	19 administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke)	3 special regional associations (Kommunalverbände besonderer Art)^[54] 294 rural districts (Landkreise or Kreise)	1281 municipal associations (Gemeindeverbände)^[55] 10907 municipalities (Gemeinden), including 1951 towns (Städte) 386 market towns (Märkte) (only in Bavaria)
		Brandenburg Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia
				103 cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise)
		Bremen	2 cities (Städte): Bremen (city) Bremerhaven	7 boroughs (Stadtbezirke)	32 quarters (Stadtteile) 113 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)
		Berlin	12 boroughs (Bezirke)	97 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)
		Hamburg	7 boroughs (Bezirke)	104 quarters (Stadtteile)	181 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)
Ghana	Unitary	16 regions	216 districts	Communities tema
			8 municipal districts	zones
			3 metropolitan districts	submetropolitan districts
Greece	Regional	7 decentralized administrations (apokentroménes dioikíseis)	13 administrative regions (peripheries)	74 regional units (perifereiakés enótites)	332 municipalities (dímoi)
Greece	Regional	1 autonomous monastic state (aftonomi monastiki politeia): Mount Athos
Grenada	Unitary	6 parishesⁱ 1 dependency
Guatemala	Unitary	22 departments (departamentos)	332 municipalities (municipios)
Guinea	Unitary	8 regions (régions)	33 prefectures (préfectures)	330+ sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)	[districts]

[sectors]

5 communes Guinea-Bissau Unitary 8 regions (regiões)

1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo) 39 sectors (setores) Guyana Unitary 10 regions 64 neighborhood councils Haiti Unitary 10 departments (départements) 42 arrondissements 144 communes 571 communal sections (sections communales) Honduras Unitary 18 departments (departamentos) 298 municipalities (municipios) 3,731 aldeasHungary Unitary 19 counties (vármegye) 174 districts (járás) 3,154 cities and towns (városok) 1 autonomous city 23 boroughs (kerület) 1 non-boroughIceland Unitary 8 regions(svæði) 64 municipalities (sveitarfélög) India Federal 28 states (rājya)

8 union territories (saṅgh śāsit pradeś) 102 divisions (manḍal) 766 districts (zile)^[56]

5924 subdistricts (tahsīlen) (4th-level)
- Municipal corporations (nagar nigam) (5th-level)
- Municipal councils (nagar pālikā) (5th-level)
- Town councils (nagar pañcāyat) (5th-level)
- Village councils (grām pañcāyat) (5th-level)

Indonesia Regional 38 provinces (provinsi)
including 9 special regions (daerah istimewa) 416 regencies (kabupaten)

98 cities (kota, formerly ‘’kotamadya’’) 7,094 districts (kecamatan, distrik, kapanewon, kemantren) 83,447 villages (kelurahan, desa) Iran Unitary 31 provinces (ostanha) 467 counties (shahrestan) districts (bakhsh) rural districts (dehestan)
cities (shahr) Iraq Federal 19 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)
1 region 120 districts (aqḍyat)^[57]300+ subdistricts (naḥiyat) villages (qaryat) Ireland Unitary 26 counties (contaetha)
3 cities (cathracha)

2 cities and counties 2 metropolitan districts (ceantair cathracha)
4 borough districts (ceantair buirge)
89 municipal districts (ceantair bardasacha) 3,440 electoral divisions (toghroinn ceantair) 18,641 small areas (ceantair beaga)
51,430 townlands (bailte) Israel Regional 6 districts (meḥozot)^[58]

Judea and Samaria Area 15 sub-districts (nafot)^[58] 52 Natural regions^[58]77 cities (arim)^[59]

124 local councils (moaṣot mekomiot)^[60]
54 regional councils (moaṣot azoriot)^[61] Italy Regional 20 regions (regioni) 80 provinces (province)

2 autonomous provinces (province autonome) 7,998 communes (comuni) 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni)^{[citation needed]}Ivory Coast Unitary 14 autonomous districts (districts autonomes) 31 regions (régions) 108 departments (départements)
1 unincorporated area 510 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) Jamaica Unitary 14 parishes Japan Regional 47 prefectural divisions (todōfuken) 1 metropolis (to, viz. Tokyo) 1 territory (dō, viz. Hokkaidō) 2 urban prefectures (fu, viz. Kyoto and Osaka) 43 prefectures (ken) 792 Cities (shi)
307 districts (gun)
18 subprefectures (shichō)
23 special wards (tokubetsu-ku) 1,700+ municipalities (shichōsonku) cities (shi) towns (chō) villages (son) wards (ku) ōaza, aza, chō, chōmeJordan Unitary 12 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 52 Districts (Alwia’a)89 Subdistricts (Nahiya)qurahKazakhstan Regional 17 regions (oblys)
3 cities with region rights (qala)
Baikonur^[62]319 raions (awdan)
oblıstıq qalakentawıl aymaqKenya Regional 47 counties (kaunti) 262 sub-counties (kaunti ndogo) 2,400+ locations (mtaa) Cities, Municipalities and Towns
villages (vijiji) Kiribati Unitary NoneKuwait Unitary 6 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 132 areas (manāṭiq) Kyrgyzstan Unitary 7 regions (oblus)
2 independent cities (šaar (keneš)) 44 districts (rayon)
14 towns (gorkeneš) rural communities or rural districts (ayyl aymagy) Laos Unitary 17 provinces (khoueng)
1 prefecture 140+ districts (muang or muong) villages (baan)^[40]Latvia Unitary 36 municipalities (novadi)
7 republic cities (Republikas pilsētas) Lebanon Unitary 9 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)^[63]26 districts (qaḍya) Lesotho Unitary 10 districts 80+ constituencies 120+ community councils Liberia Unitary 15 counties 60+ districts Libya Unitary 22 districts (sha’biyat) 99 baladiyatLiechtenstein Unitary 11 municipalities (Gemeinden) Lithuania Unitary 10 counties (apskritys) 60 municipalities (savivaldybės) 500+ elderships (seniūnijos) Luxembourg Unitary 12 cantons^[64]102 communes^[65]^[66]24 quarters^[67]Madagascar Unitary 22 faritra^r114 districts 1,579 kaominina^com and 17,485 fokontany^[40]Malawi Unitary 3 regions 28 districts (130+ [“traditional authorities”]) (60+ [“subchiefdoms”]) Malaysia Federal 13 states (negeri)
3 federal territories (wilayah persekutuan) 17 divisions (bahagian)
(Only in Sabah and Sarawak)
160 districts (daerah/jajahan) 1,000+ subdistricts (mukim)
8,000+ villages (kampung)
21 presintMaldives Unitary 17 atolls
4 cities 189 islands Mali Unitary 10 régions
1 capital district 40+ cercles^[68]1,400+ arrondissements^[69]700+ communesMalta Unitary 5 reġjuni^r68 kunsilli lokali (local councils)^mMarshall Islands Unitary 24 municipalities^mMauritania Regional 12 régions^[70]^r50+ départements^dep^[71]200+ communes Additionally Nouakchott: Nouakchott-Nord Region^r 3 départements^dep^[71]Nouakchott-Ouest Region^r 3 départements^dep^[71]Nouakchott-Sud Region^r 3 départements^dep^[71]Mauritius Unitary 4 islands 9 districts
14 zones 120+ villages, 4 Towns
173 localities Mexico Federal 31 estados^s2,458 municipios^m1 autonomous city 16 demarcaciones territoriales^[72]Micronesia Federal 4 states 70+ municipalities Moldova Regional 32 raioane^dis
3 municipiu^ci
2 unități teritoriale autonome^a 15 municipalities^m
50 cities^ci
60+ city localities^[73]
660+ villages^[40]
880+ village localities^[73]Monaco Unitary 10 quartiers^[42]ⁱMongolia Unitary 21 aimags^pro331 sums^dis 1,538 bags 1 khot^m9 düüregs^dis132 khoroosMontenegro Unitary 24 opštine^m1,256 naseljaMorocco Unitary 12 regions^r^[74] 13 prefectures
62 provinces^procercles^[68]communes rurales^com [municipalities] ^m
communes urbaines^com
arrondissementsMozambique Unitary 11 provincias^pro128 distritos^dis405 postos [urban districts] ^dis
localidades^[73]Myanmar Unitary 7 States 67 Districts 330 Townships

3,183 Wards (4th-level)
13,602 Village tracts (4th-level)
- 70,838 Villages (5th-level)

7 Regions 1 Union Territory 5 Self-Administered Zones 1 Self-Administered Division Namibia Unitary 14 regions^[75]121 constituencies^[75]cities^m
towns^m
villages^m
settlements Nauru Unitary 8 constituencies 14 districts Nepal Federal 7 provinces (Pradesh) 77 districts (jilla) 6 metropolitan cities (mahānagarpālikā)
11 sub-metropolitan cities (upa-mahānagarpālikā)
276 municipalities (nagarpālikā)

486 rural municipalities (gāunpālikā) 6743 wards (wadā) Netherlands Regional 4 countries (landen): Netherlands 12 provinces (provincies) 344 municipalities (gemeenten) 3 public bodies (openbare lichamen): Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius Aruba Curaçao Sint Maarten New Zealand Regional Realm of New Zealand: New Zealand 11 non-unitary regions 13 cities
53 districts

wards (4th-level; as electoral unit)
- suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] (5th-level)

1 special territorial authority:

Chatham Islands

5 unitary authorities 3 outlying islands:

Ross Dependency 1 self-administering territory:^aTokelau 3 autonomous communities 2 states in free-association:^aCook Islands 10 island councils Niue 14 villages Nicaragua Regional 15 departamentos^dep^m
2 regiones autónomas^a 150+ municipios^mNiger Unitary 7 régions
Communauté Urbaine de Niamey36 départements265 communes, communes urbaines, communes rurales, postes administratifs^[76]Nigeria Federal 36 states
1 Federal Capital Territory 774 Local Government Areas8813 WardsNorth Korea Unitary 9 do^pro
1 chikhalsi
2 t’ŭkpyŏlsi
1 t’ŭkkŭpsi^ci 150+ kun (gun) ^count
si^ci
kuyŏk^[48]
ku (gu) and chigu^dis
1 t’ŭkkŭpsi^citong^[47]
ri^[40]
rodongjagu^disNorth Macedonia Unitary 8 statistical regions 80 opštini^mNorway Regional 10 county municipalities (fylkeskommuner) 352 second-level municipalities (kommuner)
3 hundreds (herader) 1 autonomous city 15 boroughs (bydeler)
2 non-boroughs (Marka and Sentrum) 2 integral overseas areas: Svalbard, Jan Mayen 3 dependencies: Peter I Island, Bouvet Island, Queen Maud Land Oman Unitary 11 muḥāfaẓāt^g61 wilaya’at^proPakistan Federal 4 provinces
2 autonomous territories 38 divisions 168 districts

596 Tehsils (4th-level)
- Almost 6,000 Union Councils (5th-level)

1 federal capital territory 5 zones 27 union councils Palau Unitary 16 states^mPalestine Unitary 16 governorates^gPanama Unitary 10 provincias^pro68 distritos ^dis 587 corregimientos^m
4 comarcas indígenas^m4 comarcas indígenas^r 11 distritos^dis 79 corregimientos^mPapua New Guinea Regional 20 provinces
1 autonomous region
1 National Capital District districts Local-Level Government areas Paraguay Unitary 17 departamentos^dep
1 capital district (distrito capital) 250 distritos or municipios^mPeru Regional 25 departamentos^dep 196 provincias^pro 1,800+ distritos^[77]^dis 84,000+ centros poblados →

1,800+ centros poblados menores (as government entity)
81,000+ [centros poblados dispersos] (only as censal unity) 1 provincia^pro 43 distritos^[77]^disPhilippines Regional 16 rehiyong pampangasiwaan^r
1 awtonomong rehiyon^{a, r}82 lalawigan^[78]^pro
38 malayang lungsod^[79]
1 malayang bayan^[80]107 bahaging lungsod^ci^[81]
1,489 karaniwang bayan^[82]^m^[33]42,027 barangay^[83]^vPoland Unitary 16 voivodeships (województwa)^[84]^pro380 powiaty^count^[85] 2,478 gminy^com 40,740 sołectwa (rural)
dzielnice or osiedla (urban) Portugal Regional 18 distritos^dis
2 regiões autónomas^a308 concelhos^[86]^m3,091 freguesias^palocalidades^[73]Qatar Unitary 7 baladiya’at^m 98 Zones Romania Unitary 41 județe^count320 orașe^ci (including 103 municipii^m)
2,856 comune^com (divided into 12,955 sate^[40]) 1 autonomous municipality 6 sectoare^[87]Russia Federal 89 federal subjects:^[88]^[89]48 oblasts^[90]
24 republics^a^[91]
4 autonomous okrugs^a
9 krais^[92]
1 autonomous oblast^a2,027 districts
561 cities and towns of federal subject significance 416 Towns of district significance
767 urban-type settlements of district significance
15,002 selsoviets and equivalents 3 federal cities^[93]Moscow 12 administrative okrugs^dis Districts and settlements St. Petersburg 18 districts^disSevastopol^[94]4 districts^disRwanda Unitary 5 intara^pro30 uturere^[95]^dis
(umujyi^m) 410+ imirenge^[87]^[96] 9,100+ utugari^[97]
(then akagari^?^[40]) Saint Kitts and Nevis Federal Saint Kitts 9 parishes Nevis 5 parishes Saint Lucia Unitary 10 Districts^[42]^mSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Unitary 6 parishes^aSamoa Unitary 11 itūmālōⁱSan Marino Unitary 9 castelli^mSão Tomé and Príncipe Regional 6 distritos^dis
Autonomous Region of Príncipe^aSaudi Arabia Unitary 13 manaṭiq150 muḥafaẓat^r1541 marakiz^sdSenegal Unitary 14 régions45 départements^deparrondissementscommunesSerbia Regional 29 okruga^dis2 autonomous regions^[98]
1 autonomous city 150 opština^m
24 grada^ciSeychelles Unitary 26 districts^aSierra Leone Unitary 4 provinces
1 area 14 districts 149 chiefdoms Singapore Unitary 5 districts^r31 constituencies 93 wards 1 Central Business District^disSlovakia Unitary 8 kraje^r79 okresy^dis2,891 obce^m, from that 130+ mestá^[33]^[99]katastrálne územia^[100]Slovenia Unitary 212 občine^mSolomon Islands Regional 9 provinces^m
1 capital territory Somalia Federal 6 states 18 gobolada^r75 [districts]^disSouth Africa Regional 9 provinces 44 district municipalities 205 local municipalities 4,468 wards 8 metropolitan municipalities South Korea Regional 7 do^pro75 si^ci
77 gun (kun)^countgu (ku)^dis^[43]
dong^[47]
eup^[33]
myeon^[101]dong^[47]
ri^[40]6 gwangyeoksi^ci44 gu (ku)^dis
5 gun (kun)^countdong^[47]
eup^[33]
myeon^[101]ri^[40]2 teukbyeol jachido^a 2 sidong^[47]
eup^[33]
myeon^[101]1 teukbyeol jachisi1 teukbyeolsi 25 gu (ku)^dis^[43]dong^[47]South Sudan Federal 10 States
2 Administrative Areas
1 Area with Special Administrative Status
183 counties 540 Payams 2,500 Bomas Spain Regional 17 comunidades autónomas^{r, a}50 provincias^pro^[102]477 comarcas8,122 municipios^m2 ciudades autónomas^a2 municipios^[103]3 plazas menores de soberanía^[104]Sri Lanka Regional 9 provinces 25 districts^dis320+ divisions Sudan Federal 18 wilaya’at^s86 [districts]Suriname Unitary 10 districten^dis62 ressorten^[105]Sweden Unitary 21 län^count
20 landsting^[106]290 kommuner^m2,523 distriktSwitzerland Federal 26 cantons^[107]137 districts^[108]^dis2,197 communes^[109]^mSyria Unitary 14 muḥāfaẓāt^g 60 manaṭiq^[110]^disnawaḥi^sd [villages] ^[40]Tajikistan Regional 3 viloyatho^pro
1 viloyat mukhtor^a
1 capital city 60+ Nohiya^dis
14 [cities]^ci
2 hukumati^[111] (370 jamoats) (62 [towns]
4223 [villages]^[40]) Tanzania Regional 31 mkoa^[112]^r120+ wilaya^dis [divisions]^div [wards] ^[48]
then [villages] ^[40]Thailand Unitary 76 changwat^[113]^pro

76 PAO^[114] 878 amphoe^[115]^dis7,255 tambon^[116]^sub

30 Thesaban nakhon^[117]^m
178 Thesaban mueang^[118]^m
2,232 Thesaban tambon^[119]^m
City of Pattaya^[120] 74,944 muban^[121]^vil

5,335 SAO^[122]^sub
Chumchon^[123]^com 1 special administrative area 50 khet^[124]^dis180 kwaeng^[125]^sub
Togo Unitary 5 régions30 préfecturesTonga Unitary 5 provinces 23 districts Trinidad and Tobago Regional 9 regions
Tobago (governed by Tobago House of Assembly)
3 boroughs
2 cities Tunisia Unitary 24 wilaya’at^gmutamadiyat^disbaladiyat^mTurkey Unitary 81 il^pro 973 ilçe^dis 3,200+ belediye^m [neighbourhoods] ^[47]
[41,000 villages] ^[40]Turkmenistan Unitary 5 welaýatlar^r
1 capital city district 70+ ?adyndaky etraplar^dis^[126]
40+ ?etraplar^dis
15 [towns] ^[33]Tuvalu Unitary 9 municipalities^mUganda Unitary 135 districts
1 city 167 counties
22 municipalities
5 city divisions 1,106 subcounties
151 town councils
63 municipal divisions/boroughs parishes
villages Ukraine Regional 24 oblasts (regions)^[127]
2 cities with special status^[128]
1 autonomous republic^[129]136 raions (districts) 1,469 hromadas (communities)^[130]United Arab Emirates Federal 7 emirates (imarat) local municipalities local districts United Kingdom Regional 1 constituent country with no devolution: England
∟ 9 regions

(Greater London)6 metropolitan counties 36 metropolitan districts 10,449 parishes^[131]^[132]21 non-metropolitan counties 164 non-metropolitan districts 62 unitary authorities 32 London boroughssui generis area: Isles of Scilly City of London 25 wards 3 constituent countries with devolution: Northern Ireland (6 counties)
11 districts Scotland 32 council areas 1,369 communities Wales 22 principal areas 878 communities 3 crown dependencies: Guernsey^[133]10 parishes

2 dependencies: Alderney and Sark Jersey^[133]12 parishes 48 vingtaines, 6 cueillettesIsle of Man 6 sheadings 15 parishes, 9 towns and villages 14 British Overseas Territories: Akrotiri and Dhekelia Anguilla 14 districts Bermuda 9 parishes
2 municipalities British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands 5 districts Cayman Islands 7 districts Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat 3 parishes Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 3 parts of the territory: Saint Helena
Ascension Island
Tristan da Cunha 8 districts South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 6 districts United States Federal 50 states
1 federal district
1 incorporated territory: Palmyra Atoll (US Minor Outlying Islands)3,142 counties and county-equivalents (including 41 independent cities)^[134]^[135]^[136]^[137]^[138] Municipalities and minor civil divisions (including cities, towns, townships, villages, etc.): 35,930 municipal bodies

(Note that municipalities and cities can exist in multiple counties.) 4 unincorporated organized territories: Guam 19 villages^[139]Northern Mariana Islands 4 municipalities Puerto Rico 78 municipalities^m902 barrios^[47]^[140]Virgin Islands 3 districts 20 subdistricts 1 unincorporated unorganized self-governing territory: American Samoa 3 districts 15 counties 76 villages 2 unorganized atolls 10 unincorporated unorganized territories; US Minor Outlying Islands: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Wake Island, Navassa Island, Bajo Nuevo Bank (disputed), and Serranilla Bank (disputed)Uruguay Unitary 19 departamentos^dep125 municipios^mUzbekistan Regional 12 viloyatlar
1 respublika^a
1 independent city 174 tumanlar^dis
120 shaharlar^ciVanuatu Unitary 6 provinces municipalities, local councils Vatican City Unitary NoneVenezuela Federal 23 estados^s335 municipios^m 1,136 parroquias^padependencias federales^[141]
1 Capital District Vietnam Unitary 58 provinces (tỉnh)
69 provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh)
51 district level towns (thị xã)
595 districts (huyện)
8 đảo693 commune-level towns (thị trấn)
1,100+ wards (phường)
10,000+ rural communes (xã) 5 municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) 49 boroughs (quận)

1 city within municipality (thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) 1,400+ wards (phường) Yemen Unitary 21 muḥāfaẓāt^g
1 municipality 333 districts^dis 2,210+ [subdistricts]^sd 38,284 [villages] ^[40]Zambia Unitary 10 provinces 89 districts Zimbabwe Unitary 10 provinces 59 districts 1,200 municipalities

Other states

Country	Type of state	Administrative divisions
Country	Type of state	First-level	Second-level	Third-level	Fourth-level and smaller
Abkhazia	Unitary	7 Araion ^r Sukhumi ^m
South Ossetia	Unitary	4 Raion ^r Tskhinvali ^m
Artsakh	Unitary	6 Provinces (Shrjannerë) Stepanakert ^m
Taiwan (Republic of China)	Regional	6 special municipalities (zhíxiáshì) 2 (streamlined) provinces (shěng)^[142]	13 counties (xiàn) 3 provincial cities (shì)	170 districts (qū) 12 county-administered cities (xiànxiáshì) 40 urban townships (zhèn) 146 Rural townships (xiāng)	Urban Villages (lǐ) Rural Villages (cūn)
Kosovo	Unitary	7 rajone ^dis^[143]^[144]	35 komuna ^m^[72]^[145]
Somaliland	Unitary	6 gobolada ^r	18 [districts] ^dis
Northern Cyprus	Unitary	5 ilçe
Transnistria	Unitary	5 raions ^r Tiraspol ^m
Western Sahara	Unitary	4 wilaya ^dis	[municipalités] ^m	[communes]	[arrondissements] ^dis

Notes

Terms in italics Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English. They should be in plural form, followed by a footnote or footnotes indicating the generally accepted English equivalent or translation. Known alternative spellings are given in brackets following a term. Terms in brackets Entries in round brackets either indicate that the term used is informal or that its use is yet to be confirmed. An English term in square brackets indicates that the local name for the term is not yet known or confirmed; when confirmed, it is replaced by the local name in italics. Footnote letters (^dis^m^pro^r) These indicate, respectively, four common types of administrative division in English: districts; municipalities; provinces; and regions. Other English terms are also footnoted.

Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1

Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1 are cited for statistics matters even when they do not have a special status (for example, the overseas regions of France).

Antarctic claims

Administrative divisions that are entirely Antarctic claims suspended under the Antarctic Treaty are not listed.

Autonomous areas

Not all the autonomous areas are part of the formal hierarchy of the administrative division system of a country (for example, the autonomous region of Zanzibar comprises 5 regions of Tanzania, the first tier on administrative divisions on that country). For more details, see List of autonomous areas by country.

Footnotes

^aautonomous areas^bblocks^cancantons^cicities^comcommunes^countcounties^depdepartments^disdistricts^divdivisions^ggovernoratesⁱ???^mmunicipalities^paparishes^preprefectures^proprovinces^ptsparts^rregions^sstates^sdsubdistricts^spsubprefectures^ttownships^vvillages^wwards

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