This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics. 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 |
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China * | Beijing | 21,542,000 | 1.5% | [1] 2018 |
Japan * | Tokyo | 14,094,034 | 11.3% | [2] 2023 |
Russia * | Moscow | 13,104,177 | 9.0% | [3] 2023 |
DR Congo * | Kinshasa | 12,691,000 | 13.2% | [4] 2017 |
Indonesia * | Jakarta | 10,562,088 | 3.9% | [5] 2020 |
Peru * | Lima | 10,151,000 | 30.1% | [6] 2023 |
Egypt * | Cairo | 10,107,125 | 9.3% | [7] 2022 |
South Korea * | Seoul | 9,508,451 | 18.3% | [8] 2022 |
Mexico | Mexico City | 9,209,944 | 7.3% | [9] 2020 |
United Kingdom * | London | 9,002,488 | 13.4% | [10] 2020 |
Bangladesh * | Dhaka | 8,906,039 | 5.3% | [11] 2011 |
Iran * | Tehran | 8,693,706 | 9.9% | 2016 |
Thailand | Bangkok | 8,305,218 | 11.6% | [12] 2010 |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 8,053,663 | 8.3% | [13] 2019 |
Iraq * | Baghdad | 7,682,136 | 17.6% | [14] 2021 |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 7,676,654 | 21.4% | 2018 |
Hong Kong (China) | Hong Kong | 7,291,600 | 100% | [15] 2022 |
Colombia * | Bogotá | 7,181,469 | 13.9% | [16] 2011 |
Chile * | Santiago | 6,310,000 | 32.4% | [17] 2012 |
Turkey * | Ankara | 5,747,325 | 6.8% | [18] 2021 |
Singapore | Singapore | 5,453,600 | 91.8% | [19] 2021 |
Afghanistan * | Kabul | 4,601,789 | 11.5% | 2021 |
Kenya | Nairobi | 4,397,073 | 8.3% | 2019 |
Jordan | Amman | 4,061,150 | 36.4% | [20] 2021 |
Algeria * | Algiers | 3,915,811 | 8.9% | 2011 |
Germany * | Berlin | 3,677,472 | 4.4% | [21] 2021 |
Spain * | Madrid | 3,305,408 | 7.0% | [22] 2021 |
Ethiopia * | Addis Ababa | 3,040,740 | 2.5% | [23] 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% | [24] 2011 |
Ukraine * | Kyiv | 2,920,873 | 6.7% | [25] 2021 |
Argentina * | Buenos Aires | 2,891,082 | 6.4% | [26] 2010 |
North Korea * | Pyongyang | 2,870,000 | 11.1% | 2016 |
Uzbekistan * | Tashkent | 2,860,600 | 8.4% | [27] 2022 |
Italy * | Rome | 2,761,632 | 4.7% | [28] 2022 |
Ecuador | Quito | 2,800,388 | 15.7% | 2020 |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | 2,765,568 | 10.2% | [29] 2015 |
Zambia | Lusaka | 2,731,696 | 14.0% | 2020 |
Sudan * | Khartoum | 2,682,431 | 5.9% | 2012 |
Brazil * | Brasília | 2,648,532 | 1.2% | [30] 2012 |
Taiwan * | Taipei (de facto) | 2,608,332 | 10.9% | [31] 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% | [32] 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% | [33] 2022 |
Cuba | Havana | 2,132,183 | 18.9% | [34] 2020 |
Zimbabwe | Harare | 2,123,132 | 13.3% | 2012 |
Syria | Damascus | 2,079,000 | 9.7% | 2019 |
Belarus | Minsk | 1,996,553 | 20.8% | [35] 2022 |
Austria | Vienna | 1,962,779 | 22.0% | [36] 2022 |
Poland | Warsaw | 1,863,056 | 4.9% | [37] 2021 |
Philippines * | Manila | 1,846,513 | 1.6% | [38] 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% | [39] 2021 |
Hungary * | Budapest | 1,706,851 | 17.6% | [40] 2022 |
Congo | Brazzaville | 1,696,392 | 29.1% | 2015 |
Serbia * | Belgrade | 1,688,667 | 23.1% | [41] 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% | [42] 2023 |
Niger * | Niamey | 1,334,984 | 5.3% | 2020 |
Uruguay | Montevideo | 1,319,108 | 38.5% | 2011 |
Bulgaria * | Sofia | 1,307,439 | 19.0% | [43] 2021 |
Oman | Muscat | 1,294,101 | 28.6% | [44] 2021 |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | 1,275,207 | 4.4% | 2018 |
Kazakhstan * | Astana | 1,239,900 | 6.5% | [45] 2022 |
Nigeria | Abuja | 1,235,880 | 0.6% | 2011 |
Georgia | Tbilisi | 1,201,769 | 32.0% | [46] 2022 |
Mauritania * | Nouakchott | 1,195,600 | 25.9% | 2019 |
Qatar * | Doha | 1,186,023 | 44.1% | [47] 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% | [48] 2010 |
Armenia * | Yerevan | 1,096,100 | 39.3% | [49] 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% | [50] 2021 |
Pakistan * | Islamabad | 1,014,825 | 0.4% | [51] 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% | [52] 2021 |
Eritrea | Asmara | 963,000 | 26.6% | 2020 |
Israel * | Jerusalem [lower-alpha 1] | 936,425 | 10.5% | [54] 2019 |
Laos | Vientiane | 927,724 | 12.5% | [55] 2019 |
Chad | N'Djamena | 916,000 | 5.3% | 2009 |
Netherlands * | Amsterdam | 905,234 | 5.2% | [56] 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% | [57] 2021 |
Togo | Lomé | 837,437 | 9.7% | 2010 |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 791,000 | 12.5% | 2017 |
Moldova | Chişinău | 779,300 | 25.5% | [58] 2019 |
Croatia * | Zagreb | 769,944 | 19.0% | [59] 2021 |
Gabon * | Libreville | 703,904 | 30.1% | 2013 |
Norway * | Oslo | 697,010 | 12.9% | [60] 2021 |
Macau (China) | Macau | 671,900 | 97.9% | [61] 2022 |
United States * | Washington, D.C. | 670,050 | 0.2% | [62] 2021 |
Jamaica | Kingston | 662,491 | 23.4% | [63] 2019 |
Finland * | Helsinki | 658,864 | 11.9% | [64] 2021 |
Tunisia | Tunis | 638,845 | 5.2% | 2014 |
Denmark * | Copenhagen | 638,117 | 10.9% | [65] 2021 |
Greece * | Athens | 637,798 | 6.1% | [66] 2021 |
Latvia * | Riga | 605,802 | 32.3% | [67] 2021 |
Djibouti | Djibouti (city) | 604,013 | 54.6% | 2012 |
Ireland * | Dublin | 588,233 | 11.8% | [68] 2022 |
Morocco | Rabat | 577,827 | 1.6% | 2014 |
Lithuania | Vilnius | 576,195 | 20.7% | [69] 2022 |
El Salvador | San Salvador | 570,459 | 9.0% | 2019 |
Albania | Tirana | 557,422 | 19.5% | 2011 |
North Macedonia | Skopje | 544,086 | 25.9% | [70] 2015 |
South Sudan * | Juba | 525,953 | 4.9% | 2017 |
Paraguay | Asunción | 521,559 | 7.8% | 2020 |
Portugal * | Lisbon | 509,614 | 5.0% | [71] 2020 |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 492,004 | 23.9% | 2015 |
Slovakia | Bratislava | 440,948 | 8.1% | [72] 2020 |
Estonia * | Tallinn | 438,341 | 33.0% | [73] 2021 |
Australia * | Canberra | 431,380 | 1.7% | [74] 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% | [75] 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% | [76] 2021 |
East Timor | Dili | 277,279 | 21.0% | [77] 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% | [78] 2021 |
Bahrain | Manama | 200,000 | 13.7% | 2020 |
Kosovo * | Pristina | 198,897 | 12.0% | 2011 |
Montenegro * | Podgorica | 190,488 | 30.3% | [79] 2020 |
Belgium | Brussels | 187,686 | 1.6% | [80] 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% | [81] 2020 |
Transnistria | Tiraspol | 133,807 | 38.5% | 2015 |
Maldives | Malé | 133,412 | 25.6% | 2014 |
Iceland * | Reykjavík | 133,262 | 36.0% | [82] 2021 |
Luxembourg * | Luxembourg City | 124,509 | 19.5% | [83] 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 | 104.5% | [84] 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 | 104.1% | 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% | [85] 2022 |
Faroe Islands * (Denmark) | Tórshavn | 22,738 | 43.0% | [86] 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% | [64] 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% | [87] 2021 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | Saint-Pierre | 5,394 | 91.7% | 2019 |
Cook Islands (NZ) | Avarua | 4,906 | 28.9% | 2016 |
San Marino | City of San Marino | 4,061 | 12.0% | [88] 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% | [89] 2016 |
Nauru | Yaren (de facto) | 747 | 6.0% | 2011 |
Saint Helena (UK) | Jamestown | 629 | 11.6% | 2016 |
Niue (NZ) | Alofi | 597 | 30.8% | 2017 |
Tokelau (NZ) | Atafu | 541 | 29.3% | 2016 |
Vatican City | Vatican City (city-state) | 453 | 100% | [90] 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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