Is Everything Really Bigger In Texas?

The old saying goes that everything is bigger in Texas, but is it true?

Geographically, Texas is only the world’s 26th largest subdivision, which means there are 25 subdivisions which are bigger.

In fact it isn’t even in the biggest in the United States (that honour of course goes to Alaska).

How many subdivisions do some countries have that are larger than Texas:

1. Russia: 6
2. Australia: 5
3. Canada: 5
4. China: 4
5. Brazil: 3
6. United States: 1
7. Denmark: 1

However, I should note that Texas has more people than any of them.

Full list of all subdivisions larger than 500,000 km2 (193,100 sq mi) below:

Rank	Common name	Capital (Largest City If Different)	Country	Area	Population	Population density
1	Sakha	Yakutsk	Russia	3,083,523 km2 (1,190,555 sq mi)	996,243	0.32/km2 (0.83/sq mi)
2	Western Australia	Perth	Australia	2,527,013 km2 (975,685 sq mi)	2,685,165	1.06/km2 (2.7/sq mi)
3	Krasnoyarsk Krai	Krasnoyarsk	Russia	2,366,797 km2 (913,825 sq mi)	2,846,000	1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
4	Greenland	Nuuk	Danish Realm	2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi)	56,081	0.028/km2 (0.073/sq mi)
5	Nunavut	Iqaluit	Canada	1,997,923 km2 (771,402 sq mi)	39,589	0.02/km2 (0.052/sq mi)
6	Queensland	Brisbane	Australia	1,729,742 km2 (667,857 sq mi)	5,240,520	2.83/km2 (7.3/sq mi)
7	Alaska	Juneau (Anchorage)	United States	1,723,337 km2 (665,384 sq mi)	733,391	0.42/km2 (1.1/sq mi)
8	Xinjiang	Ürümqi	China	1,664,897 km2 (642,820 sq mi)	25,852,345	15.5/km2 (40/sq mi)
9	Amazonas	Manaus	Brazil	1,570,746 km2 (606,468 sq mi)	4,269,995	2.73/km2 (7.1/sq mi)
10	Quebec	Quebec City (Montreal)	Canada	1,542,056 km2 (595,391 sq mi)	8,631,147	6.23/km2 (16.1/sq mi)
11	Northern Territory	Darwin	Australia	1,347,791 km2 (520,385 sq mi)	245,865	0.17/km2 (0.44/sq mi)
12	Northwest Territories	Yellowknife	Canada	1,346,106 km2 (519,734 sq mi)	45,515	0.03/km2 (0.078/sq mi)
13	Pará	Belém	Brazil	1,247,690 km2 (481,740 sq mi)	8,777,124	7.04/km2 (18.2/sq mi)
14	Tibet	Lhasa	China	1,228,400 km2 (474,300 sq mi)	3,648,100	2.96/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
15	Inner Mongolia	Hohhot (Baotou)	China	1,183,000 km2 (457,000 sq mi)	24,049,155	20.3/km2 (53/sq mi)
16	Ontario	Toronto	Canada	1,076,395 km2 (415,598 sq mi)	14,915,270	15.94/km2 (41.3/sq mi)
17	South Australia	Adelaide	Australia	984,321 km2 (380,048 sq mi)	1,772,787	1.7/km2 (4.4/sq mi)
18	British Columbia	Victoria (Vancouver)	Canada	944,735 km2 (364,764 sq mi)	5,249,635	5.41/km2 (14.0/sq mi)
19	Mato Grosso	Cuiabá	Brazil	903,357 km2 (348,788 sq mi)	3,567,234	3.94/km2 (10.2/sq mi)
20	New South Wales	Sydney	Australia	801,150 km2 (309,330 sq mi)	8,186,789	10.1/km2 (26/sq mi)
21	Khabarovsk Krai	Khabarovsk	Russia	787,633 km2 (304,107 sq mi)	1,283,992	1.63/km2 (4.2/sq mi)
22	Irkutsk Oblast	Irkutsk	Russia	774,876 km2 (299,181 sq mi)	2,344,331	3.03/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
23	Yamalo-Nenets	Salekhard (Noyabrsk)	Russia	769,250 km2 (297,010 sq mi)	511,874	0.67/km2 (1.7/sq mi)
24	Chukotka	Anadyr	Russia	721,481 km2 (278,565 sq mi)	47,514	0.07/km2 (0.18/sq mi)
25	Qinghai	Xining	China	720,000 km2 (280,000 sq mi)	5,923,957	8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
26	Texas	Austin (Houston)	United States	695,662 km2 (268,597 sq mi)	29,145,505	41.86/km2 (108.4/sq mi)
27	Eastern	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	672,522 km2 (259,662 sq mi)	5,148,598	7.65/km2 (19.8/sq mi)
28	Agadez Region	Agadez	Niger	667,799 km2 (257,839 sq mi)	566,447	0.85/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
29	Alberta	Edmonton (Calgary)	Canada	661,849 km2 (255,541 sq mi)	4,464,170	6.66/km2 (17.2/sq mi)
30	Saskatchewan	Regina (Saskatoon)	Canada	651,900 km2 (251,700 sq mi)	1,180,867	1.91/km2 (4.9/sq mi)
31	Manitoba	Winnipeg	Canada	647,797 km2 (250,116 sq mi)	1,386,333	2.13/km2 (5.5/sq mi)
32	Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	586,528 km2 (226,460 sq mi)	21,411,923	36.5/km2 (95/sq mi)
33	Bahia	Salvador	Brazil	565,733 km2 (218,431 sq mi)	14,985,284	26.5/km2 (69/sq mi)
34	Khanty-Mansi	Khanty-Mansiysk (Surgut)	Russia	534,801 km2 (206,488 sq mi)	1,729,472	3.23/km2 (8.4/sq mi)