Statoid

A statoid is a term for a major administrative division of a state, coined by Gwillim Law in Administrative Subdivisions of Countries ISBN 0-7864-0729-8. The division of the entire land area of the world into disjoint, named areas is possible if national sovereignty is used as a basis.

The statoid with the largest population is the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with 166,052,859 population.

The statoid with the largest territorial area is the Sakha Republic, a federal subject of the Russian Federation, with 3,103,200 square kilometres (1,198,150 square miles).

The most densely populated statoid is Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, with 564,700 living in 11 square kilometres (4.25 square miles) with a density of 51,336 people per square kilometre (132,960 per square mile).

The least densely populated statoid is Avannaa, a county of Greenland, with 843 people living in 106,700 square kilometres (41,200 square miles) with a density of 0.0079 people per square kilometre (0.0205 per square mile).
 
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