List of administrative divisions by country

This is a list of administrative divisions by country.

{| style="width:100%;" class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" style="width:19%;"| Country ! rowspan="2" | Type of state ! colspan="4" | Administrative divisions ! style="width:19%;"| First-level ! style="width:19%;"| Second-level ! style="width:19%;"| Third-level ! style="width:19%;"| Fourth-level and smaller 12 administrative subdivisions || ||  || 1 federal district || ||  || 1 territory || ||  || 7 1 crown capital territory || 37 provinces || 246 electoral districts || 488 municipalities 1 federal administrative territory || 12 states || 57 districts || 205 councils 1 autonomous republic (autonom republiik)|| 278 courts (domstoler) || 658 governorates (guvernöörer) || 11 military governorates 4 municipalities || Parishes || || 46 provinces 3 capital regions || Municipalities || || 3 kingdoms || 16 regions || counties || cities gis 5 free cities 5 autonomous departments 4 territories || ||  || 9 provinces 3 federal areas 4 metropolitan areas || Departments Cities Counties Prefectures Free areas ||  || 7 free cities || || || 1 federal territory || 192 ridings || Groupings (okwenowag) || Municipalities (oodena or gabeshiwin) 3 federal districts (dúiche conáth) || Holds (delgheni) || || 30 margraviates (markgrafschaft) 35 high counts (landgrafschaft) districts (bezirk) || 31 Palatine counts (pfalzgrafschaft) 45 counties (grafschaft) municipalities (gemeinden) || 47 viscounties (burggrafschaft) 54 barony (freiherrschaft) villages (dorfer) 5 provinces 1 metropolis || Departments || || 1 special administrative district || Departments || Communes || 1 capital territory || 86 districts || || 3 departments 2 royal reserves Capital city district || Municipalities Townships || || 1 administrative district || 315 counties || 2,925 municipalities  || 1 federal territory || 315 districts || Towns || 2 sectors 2 districts || || }
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 * || Unitary || 4 autonomous ethnic states
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 * || Federal || 42 states
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 * || Unitary || 13 wards (gebieden)
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 * 11 provinces (Shires)
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 * || Federal || 33 city-states || ||  ||
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 * || Federal || 3
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 * || Federal || 33 city-states || ||  ||
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 * || Federal || 3
 * || Federal || 3
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 * || Federal || 4 duchies
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 * || Federal || 4 kingdoms (Kongėdömer)
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 * || Unitary || 34 civilian governorates
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 * || Unitary || Municipalities || Curacies || ||
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 * || Federal || 33 states || Localities (adlins) || ||
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 * || Unitary || 9 provinces || ||  ||
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 * || Unitary || 8 districts
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 * || Federal || 1 royal kingdom
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 * || Federal || 6 provinces || 212 districts || ||
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 * || Federal || 40 departments
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 * || Federal || 8 states
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 * || || 5 territories ||  ||  ||
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 * || Unitary || Commonwealths || ||  ||
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 * || Unitary || 12 districts
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 * || Federal || 14 chiefdoms
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 * || Federal || 25 provinces (tíri)
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 * || Unitary || 9 provinces || 7 duchies (herzogtum)
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 * || Federal || 57 states
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 * || Federal || 3 nations || ||  ||
 * || Unitary || 15 states || ||  ||
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 * || Federal || 12 provinces
 * || Federal || 12 provinces
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 * || Federal || 37 pogitich || ||  ||
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 * || Federal || 26 duchies (ducados) || 264 counties (condados) || (municipios) || Boroughs (barrios)
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 * || Unitary || 47 prefectures
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 * || Unitary || 21 provinces
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 * || Federal || 22 communities (hayê)
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 * || Unitary || 7 provinces || 4 departments
 * || Unitary || 7 provinces || 4 departments