This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population.
The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district.
Country / dependency | Capital | Population | % of country | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
China * | Beijing | 21,542,000 | 1.5% | 2018 |
Japan * | Tokyo | 14,094,034 | 11.3% | 2023 |
Russia * | Moscow | 13,104,177 | 9.0% | 2023 |
DR Congo * | Kinshasa | 12,691,000 | 13.2% | 2017 |
Indonesia * | Jakarta | 10,562,088 | 3.9% | 2020 |
Peru * | Lima | 10,151,000 | 30.1% | 2023 |
Egypt * | Cairo | 10,107,125 | 9.3% | 2022 |
South Korea * | Seoul | 9,508,451 | 18.3% | 2022 |
Mexico | Mexico City | 9,209,944 | 7.3% | 2020 |
United Kingdom * | London | 9,002,488 | 13.4% | 2020 |
Bangladesh * | Dhaka | 8,906,039 | 5.3% | 2011 |
Iran * | Tehran | 8,693,706 | 9.9% | 2016 |
Thailand | Bangkok | 8,305,218 | 11.6% | 2010 |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 8,053,663 | 8.3% | 2019 |
Iraq * | Baghdad | 7,682,136 | 17.6% | 2021 |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 7,676,654 | 21.4% | 2018 |
Hong Kong (China) | Hong Kong | 7,291,600 | 100% | 2022 |
Colombia * | Bogotá | 7,181,469 | 13.9% | 2011 |
Chile * | Santiago | 6,310,000 | 32.4% | 2012 |
Turkey * | Ankara | 5,747,325 | 6.8% | 2021 |
Singapore | Singapore | 5,917,600 | 100% | 2023 |
Afghanistan * | Kabul | 4,601,789 | 11.5% | 2021 |
Kenya | Nairobi | 4,397,073 | 8.3% | 2019 |
Jordan | Amman | 4,061,150 | 36.4% | 2021 |
Algeria * | Algiers | 3,915,811 | 8.9% | 2011 |
Germany * | Berlin | 3,677,472 | 4.4% | 2021 |
Spain * | Madrid | 3,305,408 | 7.0% | 2021 |
Ethiopia * | Addis Ababa | 3,040,740 | 2.5% | 2012 |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | 2,989,000 | 70.3% | 2018 |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | 2,934,841 | 16.7% | 2020 |
South Africa | Pretoria | 2,921,488 | 4.9% | 2011 |
Ukraine * | Kyiv | 2,920,873 | 6.7% | 2021 |
Argentina * | Buenos Aires | 2,891,082 | 6.4% | 2010 |
North Korea * | Pyongyang | 2,870,000 | 11.1% | 2016 |
Uzbekistan * | Tashkent | 2,860,600 | 8.4% | 2022 |
Italy * | Rome | 2,761,632 | 4.7% | 2022 |
Ecuador | Quito | 2,800,388 | 15.7% | 2020 |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | 2,765,568 | 10.2% | 2015 |
Zambia | Lusaka | 2,731,696 | 14.0% | 2020 |
Sudan * | Khartoum | 2,682,431 | 5.9% | 2012 |
Brazil * | Brasília | 2,648,532 | 1.2% | 2012 |
Taiwan * | Taipei (de facto) | 2,608,332 | 10.9% | 2020 |
Yemen | Sanaa | 2,575,347 | 7.8% | 2012 |
Angola | Luanda | 2,571,861 | 7.5% | 2020 |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 2,453,496 | 11.1% | 2019 |
Ghana | Accra | 2,388,000 | 7.3% | 2017 |
Somalia | Mogadishu | 2,388,000 | 14.0% | 2021 |
Azerbaijan | Baku | 2,303,100 | 22.3% | 2022 |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 2,281,951 | 13.8% | 2019 |
Venezuela | Caracas | 2,245,744 | 8.0% | 2016 |
France * | Paris | 2,139,907 | 3.3% | 2022 |
Cuba | Havana | 2,132,183 | 18.9% | 2020 |
Zimbabwe | Harare | 2,123,132 | 13.3% | 2012 |
Syria | Damascus | 2,079,000 | 9.7% | 2019 |
Belarus | Minsk | 1,996,553 | 20.8% | 2022 |
Austria | Vienna | 1,962,779 | 22.0% | 2022 |
Poland | Warsaw | 1,863,056 | 4.9% | 2021 |
Philippines * | Manila | 1,846,513 | 1.6% | 2020 |
Mali | Bamako | 1,809,106 | 8.3% | 2009 |
Malaysia * | Kuala Lumpur | 1,782,500 | 5.3% | 2019 |
Romania * | Bucharest | 1,716,983 | 8.9% | 2021 |
Hungary * | Budapest | 1,706,851 | 17.6% | 2022 |
Congo | Brazzaville | 1,696,392 | 29.1% | 2015 |
Serbia * | Belgrade | 1,688,667 | 23.1% | 2021 |
Uganda | Kampala | 1,680,600 | 3.7% | 2019 |
Guinea | Conakry | 1,660,973 | 12.3% | 2014 |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 1,466,125 | 43.8% | 2020 |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 1,444,085 | 14.0% | 2021 |
Senegal | Dakar | 1,438,725 | 8.5% | 2021 |
Czech Republic * | Prague | 1,357,326 | 12.9% | 2023 |
Niger * | Niamey | 1,334,984 | 5.3% | 2020 |
Uruguay | Montevideo | 1,319,108 | 38.5% | 2011 |
Bulgaria * | Sofia | 1,307,439 | 19.0% | 2021 |
Oman | Muscat | 1,294,101 | 28.6% | 2021 |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | 1,275,207 | 4.4% | 2018 |
Kazakhstan * | Astana | 1,239,900 | 6.5% | 2022 |
Nigeria | Abuja | 1,235,880 | 0.6% | 2011 |
Georgia | Tbilisi | 1,201,769 | 32.0% | 2022 |
Mauritania * | Nouakchott | 1,195,600 | 25.9% | 2019 |
Qatar * | Doha | 1,186,023 | 44.1% | 2020 |
Libya | Tripoli | 1,170,000 | 17.4% | 2019 |
Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 1,160,242 | 2.2% | 2014 |
Rwanda | Kigali | 1,132,686 | 8.4% | 2012 |
Mozambique | Maputo | 1,124,988 | 3.5% | 2020 |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 1,111,838 | 10.0% | 2010 |
Armenia * | Yerevan | 1,096,100 | 39.3% | 2021 |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 1,074,075 | 16.5% | 2021 |
Sierra Leone | Freetown | 1,055,964 | 12.5% | 2015 |
Nicaragua | Managua | 1,055,247 | 15.4% | 2020 |
Canada * | Ottawa | 1,017,449 | 2.7% | 2021 |
Pakistan * | Islamabad | 1,014,825 | 0.4% | 2017 |
Liberia | Monrovia | 1,010,970 | 19.5% | 2008 |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 1,010,092 | 10.8% | 2020 |
Malawi | Lilongwe | 989,318 | 5.0% | 2018 |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 987,310 | 8.6% | 2015 |
Sweden * | Stockholm | 978,770 | 9.4% | 2021 |
Eritrea | Asmara | 963,000 | 26.6% | 2020 |
Israel * | Jerusalem | 936,425 | 10.5% | 2019 |
Laos | Vientiane | 927,724 | 12.5% | 2019 |
Chad | N'Djamena | 916,000 | 5.3% | 2009 |
Netherlands * | Amsterdam | 905,234 | 5.2% | 2022 |
Central African Republic | Bangui | 889,231 | 16.3% | 2020 |
Panama | Panama City | 880,691 | 20.2% | 2013 |
Tajikistan * | Dushanbe | 863,400 | 8.9% | 2020 |
Nepal * | Kathmandu | 845,767 | 2.8% | 2021 |
Togo | Lomé | 837,437 | 9.7% | 2010 |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 791,000 | 12.5% | 2017 |
Moldova | Chişinău | 779,300 | 25.5% | 2019 |
Croatia * | Zagreb | 769,944 | 19.0% | 2021 |
Gabon * | Libreville | 703,904 | 30.1% | 2013 |
Norway * | Oslo | 697,010 | 12.9% | 2021 |
Macau (China) | Macau | 671,900 | 100% | 2022 |
United States * | Washington, D.C. | 670,050 | 0.2% | 2021 |
Jamaica | Kingston | 662,491 | 23.4% | 2019 |
Finland * | Helsinki | 658,864 | 11.9% | 2021 |
Tunisia | Tunis | 638,845 | 5.2% | 2014 |
Denmark * | Copenhagen | 638,117 | 10.9% | 2021 |
Greece * | Athens | 637,798 | 6.1% | 2021 |
Latvia * | Riga | 605,802 | 32.3% | 2021 |
Djibouti | Djibouti City | 604,013 | 54.6% | 2012 |
Ireland * | Dublin | 588,233 | 11.8% | 2022 |
Morocco | Rabat | 577,827 | 1.6% | 2014 |
Lithuania | Vilnius | 576,195 | 20.7% | 2022 |
El Salvador | San Salvador | 570,459 | 9.0% | 2019 |
Albania | Tirana | 557,422 | 19.5% | 2011 |
North Macedonia | Skopje | 544,086 | 25.9% | 2015 |
South Sudan * | Juba | 525,953 | 4.9% | 2017 |
Paraguay | Asunción | 521,559 | 7.8% | 2020 |
Portugal * | Lisbon | 509,614 | 5.0% | 2020 |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 492,004 | 23.9% | 2015 |
Slovakia | Bratislava | 440,948 | 8.1% | 2020 |
Estonia * | Tallinn | 438,341 | 33.0% | 2021 |
Australia * | Canberra | 431,380 | 1.7% | 2020 |
Namibia | Windhoek | 431,000 | 17.0% | 2020 |
Tanzania | Dodoma | 410,956 | 0.6% | 2012 |
Papua New Guinea * | Port Moresby | 364,145 | 3.7% | 2011 |
Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 361,893 | 1.3% | 2020 |
Lebanon | Beirut | 361,366 | 6.5% | 2014 |
Bolivia | Sucre | 360,544 | 3.0% | 2022 |
Puerto Rico (US) | San Juan | 342,259 | 10.5% | 2020 |
Costa Rica | San José | 342,188 | 6.6% | 2018 |
Lesotho | Maseru | 330,760 | 14.5% | 2016 |
Cyprus | Nicosia | 326,739 | 26.3% | 2016 |
Equatorial Guinea * | Malabo | 297,000 | 18.2% | 2018 |
Slovenia * | Ljubljana | 285,604 | 13.5% | 2021 |
East Timor | Dili | 277,279 | 21.0% | 2015 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 275,524 | 8.4% | 2013 |
Bahamas | Nassau | 274,400 | 67.3% | 2016 |
Botswana | Gaborone | 273,602 | 10.6% | 2020 |
Benin | Porto-Novo | 264,320 | 2.0% | 2013 |
India * | New Delhi | 249,998 | 0.0% | 2011 |
Suriname | Paramaribo | 240,924 | 39.3% | 2012 |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Laayoune (claimed) Tifariti (de facto) | 217,732 3,000 | — | 2014 |
New Zealand * | Wellington | 217,000 | 4.2% | 2021 |
Bahrain | Manama | 200,000 | 13.7% | 2020 |
Kosovo * | Pristina | 198,897 | 12.0% | 2011 |
Montenegro * | Podgorica | 190,488 | 30.3% | 2020 |
Belgium | Brussels | 187,686 | 1.6% | 2022 |
Cape Verde | Praia | 159,050 | 27.1% | 2017 |
Mauritius | Port Louis | 147,066 | 11.3% | 2018 |
Curaçao (Netherlands) | Willemstad | 136,660 | 71.8% | 2011 |
Burundi | Gitega | 135,467 | 1.1% | 2020 |
Switzerland * | Bern (de facto) | 134,591 | 1.5% | 2020 |
Transnistria | Tiraspol | 133,807 | 38.5% | 2015 |
Maldives | Malé | 133,412 | 25.6% | 2014 |
Iceland * | Reykjavík | 133,262 | 36.0% | 2021 |
Luxembourg * | Luxembourg City | 124,509 | 19.5% | 2021 |
Guyana | Georgetown | 118,363 | 14.7% | 2012 |
Bhutan | Thimphu | 114,551 | 14.7% | 2017 |
Comoros | Moroni | 111,326 | 13.5% | 2016 |
Barbados | Bridgetown | 110,000 | 39.1% | 2014 |
Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 107,925 | 0.5% | 2012 |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 100,700 | 22.6% | 2007 |
Eswatini | Mbabane | 94,874 | 8.0% | 2010 |
New Caledonia (France) | Nouméa | 94,285 | 32.8% | 2019 |
Fiji | Suva | 93,970 | 10.2% | 2017 |
Solomon Islands | Honiara | 92,344 | 13.0% | 2021 |
Gambia | Banjul | 73,000 | 2.8% | 2013 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 71,868 | 32.2% | 2015 |
Kiribati | Tarawa | 70,480 | 54.7% | 2020 |
Vanuatu | Port Vila | 51,437 | 16.1% | 2016 |
Northern Mariana Islands (USA) | Saipan | 47,565 | 96.1% | 2017 |
Samoa | Apia | 41,611 | 19.0% | 2021 |
Palestine | Ramallah (de facto) | 38,998 | 0.8% | 2017 |
Monaco | Monaco | 38,350 | 100% | 2020 |
Jersey (UK) | Saint Helier | 37,540 | 34.2% | 2018 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 37,074 | 2.4% | 2011 |
Cayman Islands (UK) | George Town | 34,399 | 50.5% | 2021 |
Gibraltar (UK) | Gibraltar | 34,003 | 100% | 2020 |
Grenada | St. George's | 33,734 | 27.1% | 2012 |
Aruba (Netherlands) | Oranjestad | 28,294 | 26.6% | 2010 |
Isle of Man (UK) | Douglas | 27,938 | 33.2% | 2011 |
Marshall Islands | Majuro | 27,797 | 66.1% | 2011 |
Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | 27,600 | 26.0% | 2022 |
Seychelles | Victoria | 26,450 | 24.8% | 2010 |
French Polynesia (France) | Papeete | 26,926 | 8.9% | 2017 |
Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 22,873 | 28.9% | 2022 |
Faroe Islands * (Denmark) | Tórshavn | 22,738 | 43.0% | 2022 |
Antigua and Barbuda * | St. John's | 22,219 | 23.8% | 2011 |
Belize | Belmopan | 20,621 | 5.2% | 2016 |
Saint Lucia | Castries | 20,000 | 11.1% | 2013 |
Guernsey (UK) | Saint Peter Port | 18,958 | 30.1% | 2019 |
Greenland (Denmark) | Nuuk | 18,800 | 33.4% | 2021 |
Dominica | Roseau | 14,725 | 20.3% | 2011 |
U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | Charlotte Amalie | 14,477 | 14.5% | 2020 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 14,000 | 29.4% | 2018 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 12,909 | 12.4% | 2012 |
British Virgin Islands (UK) | Road Town | 12,603 | 40.5% | 2012 |
Åland (Finland) | Mariehamn | 11,736 | 39.0% | 2021 |
Micronesia | Palikir | 6,647 | 5.9% | 2010 |
Tuvalu | Funafuti | 6,320 | 56.4% | 2017 |
Malta | Valletta | 5,827 | 1.1% | 2019 |
Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 5,774 | 14.8% | 2021 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | Saint-Pierre | 5,394 | 91.7% | 2019 |
Cook Islands | Avarua | 4,906 | 28.9% | 2016 |
San Marino | City of San Marino | 4,061 | 12.0% | 2021 |
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | Cockburn Town | 3,720 | 8.2% | 2016 |
American Samoa (USA) | Pago Pago | 3,656 | 8.1% | 2010 |
Saint Martin (France) | Marigot | 3,229 | 10.1% | 2017 |
Saint Barthélemy (France) | Gustavia | 2,615 | 24.1% | 2010 |
Falkland Islands (UK) | Stanley | 2,460 | 65.4% | 2016 |
Svalbard (Norway) | Longyearbyen | 2,417 | 82.2% | 2020 |
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | Philipsburg | 1,894 | 4.3% | 2011 |
Christmas Island (Australia) | Flying Fish Cove | 1,599 | 86.8% | 2016 |
Anguilla (UK) | The Valley | 1,067 | 6.8% | 2011 |
Guam (US) | Hagåtña | 1,051 | 0.6% | 2010 |
Wallis and Futuna (France) | Mata Utu | 1,029 | 8.9% | 2018 |
Bermuda (UK) | Hamilton | 854 | 1.3% | 2016 |
Nauru | Yaren (de facto) | 747 | 6.0% | 2011 |
Saint Helena (UK) | Jamestown | 629 | 11.6% | 2016 |
Niue | Alofi | 597 | 30.8% | 2017 |
Tokelau (NZ) | Atafu | 541 | 29.3% | 2016 |
Vatican City | Vatican City (city-state) | 453 | 100% | 2019 |
Montserrat (UK) | Brades (de facto) Plymouth (de jure) | 449 0 | 2011 | |
Norfolk Island (Australia) | Kingston | 341 | 2015 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | West Island | 134 | 24.6% | 2011 |
Pitcairn Islands (UK) | Adamstown | 40 | 100.0% | 2021 |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) | King Edward Point | 22 | 73.3% | 2018 |
Palau | Ngerulmud | 0 | 0.0% | 2010 |
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