Capital Cities of the World - with population
Country, Capital City, Population
Afghanistan, Kabul
Albania, Tirane, 300,000
Algeria, Algiers
Andorra, Andorra la Vella, 22,390
Angola, Luanda, 2,000,000
Antigua and Barbuda, St. John's, 21,514;
{Codrington (capital of Barbuda), est. pop. 1,000}
Argentina, Buenos Aires: city 3,000,000; metro 12,000,000
Armenia, Yerevan, 1,226,000
Australia, Canberra, 307,700
Austria, Vienna, 1,600,000
Azerbaijan, Baku, 1,713,300
Bahamas, Nassau, 171,542
Bahrain, Manama, 140,401
Bangladesh, Dhaka: city 3,839,000; metro area 8,500,000
Barbados, Bridgetown, 6,700
Belarus, Minsk, 1,666,000
Belgium, Brussels, 949,070 (metro)
Belize, Belmopan, 5,845
Benin, Porto-Novo (official), 177,660; Cotonou (de facto capital) 33,212
Bhutan, Thimphu 30,340
Bolivia, Sucre, 131,800; Administrative capital: La Paz, 713,400
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 310,000
Botswana, Gaborone, 138,000
Brazil, Brasilia, 1,800,000
Brunei, Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan, 52,300
Bulgaria, Sofia, 1,113,674
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, 500,000
Burundi, Bujumbura, 300,000
Cambodia, Phnom Penh, 900,000
Cameroon, Yaounde
Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (unavailable)
Cape Verde, Praia, 61,797
Central African Republic, Bangui, 706,000
Chad, N'Djamena, 529,555
Chile, Santiago, 4,601,434
China, Beijing, 12,033,000
Colombia, Bogota 1,945,448
Comoros, Moroni (on Grande Comoro), 23,432
Congo, Brazzaville, 937,580
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa, 4,655,313
Costa Rica, San Jose, 315,909
Cote d'Ivoire, Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (administrative),106,786
Croatia, Zagreb, 930,753
Cuba, Havana, 2,241,000
Cyprus, Nicosia, 186,400
Czech Republic, Prague, 1,215,771
Denmark, Copenhagen, 1,339,395
Djibouti, Djibouti, 395,000
Dominica, Roseau, 15,853
Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, 2,100,000
Ecuador, Quito, 1,500,000
Egypt, Cairo: city limits 7,010,000; metro 10,72,000
El Salvador, San Salvador, 972,810
Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, 30,418
Eritrea, Asmara, 400,000
Estonia, Tallinn, 471,608
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 2,200,186
Fiji, Suva, 200,000
Finland, Helsinki, 515,765
France, Paris
Gabon, Libreville, 419,596
Gambia, Banjul, 44,188,
Georgia, Tbilisi, 1,279,000
Germany, Berlin, 3,471,418
Ghana, Accra
Greece, Athens
Grenada, St. George's, 4,439
Guatemala, Guatemala City, 1,150,452
Guinea, Conakry, 1,508,000
Guinea-Bissau, Bissau, 200,000
Guyana, Georgetown, 248,500
Haiti, Port-au-Prince, 1.500,000
Honduras, Tegucigalpa, 1,500,000
Hungary, Budapest, 2,008,546
Iceland, Reykjavik, 103,036
India, New Delhi, 294,149
Indonesia, Jakarta: city 9,160,500; metro 11,500,000
Iran, Teheran
Iraq, Baghdad
Ireland, Dublin
Israel, Jerusalem, 2,550,500
Italy, Rome, 2,693,383
Jamaica, Kingston, 104,000
Japan, Tokyo: city 8,162,444; metro 28,025,000
Jordan, Amman, 963,490
Kazakhstan, Astana, 280,200
Kenya, Nairobi, 2,000,000
Kiribati, Tarawa, 25,154
Korea (North), Pyongyang, 2,741,260
Korea, (South), Seoul, city 10,231,217; metro 11,968,000
Kuwait, Kuwait City, 151,060
Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, 631,000
Laos, Vientiane, 442,000
Latvia, Riga, 874,000
Lebanon, Beirut, 1,100,000
Lesotho, Maseru 170,000,
Liberia, Monrovia, 1,000,000
Libya, Tripoli
Liechtenstein, Vaduz, 5,067
Lithuania, Vilnius, 590,100
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 75,622
Macedonia, Skopje, 444,229
Madagascar, Antananarivo, 1,000,000
Malawi, Lilongwe, 260,000
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 1,145,000
Maldives, Male, 62,973
Mali, Bamako, 746,000
Malta, Valletta, 9,183
Marshall Islands, Majuro, 20,000
Mauritania, Nouakchott, 480,000
Mauritius, Port Louis, 134,516
Mexico, Mexico City: city 8,735,400; metro 18,131,000
Micronesia, Palikir
Moldova, Chisinau, 676,700
Monaco, Monaco, 30,400
Mongolia, Ulan Bator, 619,000
Morocco, Rabat, 1,220,000
Mozambique, Maputo, 1,095,300
Myanmar, Rangoon
Namibia, Windhoek, 161,000
Nauru, Yaren, 559
Nepal, Kathmandu, 535,000
The Netherlands, Amsterdam (official), 724,096;
{The Hague (administrative capital), 445,279}
New Zealand, Wellington
Nicaragua, Managua, 974,000
Niger, Niamey, 398,265
Nigeria, Abuja, 339,000
Norway, Oslo, 483,401
Oman, Muscat, 350,000
Pakistan, Islamabad, 201,000
Palau, Koror, 12,299
Palestinian State,
Panama, Panama City, 450,668
Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, 250,000
Paraguay, Asuncion, 502,426
Peru, Lima, city 5,681,941; metro 7,443,000
Philippines, Manila, city 1,654,761, metro 9,280,000
Poland, Warsaw, 1,642,700
Portugal, Lisbon, 677,790
Qatar, Doha, 300,000
Romania, Bucharest, 2,351,000
Russian Federation, Moscow: city 8,415,549, metro 9,299,000
Rwanda, Kigali, 232,733
St. Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre, 19,000
St. Lucia, Castries, 13,600
St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Kingstown, 15,466
Samoa, Apia, 32,859
San Marino, San Marino, 2,397
Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome, 43,420
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Senegal, Dakar, 1,729,823
Seychelles, Victoria, 25,000
Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1,300,000
Singapore, Singapore, 3,044,000
Slovakia, Bratislava, 446,600
Slovenia, Ljubljana, 330,000
Solomon Islands, Honiara, 35,288
Somalia, Mogadishu, 900,000
South Africa, (official) Pretoria, (legislative) Cape Town, (judicial) Bloemfontein
Spain, Madrid, 2,947,228
Sri Lanka, Colombo, (official) 1,994,000,
{Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative and judicial), 107,000}
Sudan, Khartoum, 924,505
Suriname, Paramaribo, 200,970
Swaziland, Mbabane 47,020
Sweden, Stockholm, 703,627
Switzerland, Bern, 129,423
Syria, Damascus, 1,549,932
Taiwan, Taipei, 2,643,439
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 524,000
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam (administrative), 1,360,850,
{Dodoma (official) 45,807}
Thailand, Bangkok, 5,882,000
Togo, Lome, 366,476
Tonga, Nuku'alofa, 34,000
Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 52,451
Tunisia, Tunis, 887,800
Turkey, Ankara, 2,890,025
Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 518,000
Tuvalu, Funafuti, 3,839
Uganda, Kampala, 773,463
Ukraine, Kiev, 2,637,000
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, 363,432
United Kingdom, London, 7,007,091
United States, Washington, D.C., 606,900
Uruguay, Montevideo, 1,330,440
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 2,106,000
Vanuatu, Port Vila, 26,100
Venezuela, Caracas
Vietnam, Hanoi
Western Sahara, El Aaiun, 20,010
Yemen, Sana, 1,972,011
Yugoslavia, Belgrade, 1,168,454
Zambia, Lusaka
Zimbabwe, Harare, 1,184,169 |
Largest Cities of the World - by population
1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000
2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000
3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000
4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000
5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000
6. Shanghai, China - 14,173,000
7. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488,000
8. Los Angeles, USA - 13,129,000
9. Calcutta, India - 12,900,000
10. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12,431,000
11. Seóul, South Korea - 12,215,000
12. Beijing, China - 12,033,000
13. Karachi, Pakistan - 11,774,000
14. Delhi, India - 11,680,000
15. Dhaka, Bangladesh - 10,979,000
16. Manila, Philippines - 10,818,000
17. Cairo, Egypt - 10,772,000
18. Õsaka, Japan - 10,609,000
19. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10,556,000
20. Tianjin, China - 10,239,000
21. Jakarta, Indonesia - 9,815,000
22. Paris, France - 9,638,000
23. Istanbul, Turkey - 9,413,000
24. Moscow, Russian Fed. - 9,299,000
25. London, United Kingdom - 7,640,000
26. Lima, Peru - 7,443,000
27. Tehrãn, Iran - 7,380,000
28. Bangkok, Thailand - 7,221,000
29. Chicago, USA - 6,945,000
30. Bogotá, Colombia - 6,834,000
31. Hyderabad, India - 6,833,000
32. Chennai, India - 6,639,000
33. Essen, Germany - 6,559,000
34. Hangzhou, China - 6,389,000
35. Hong Kong, China - 6,097,000
36. Lahore, Pakistan - 6,030,000
37. Shenyang, China - 5,681,000
38. Changchun, China - 5,566,000
39. Bangalore, India - 5,544,000
40. Harbin, China - 5,475,000
41. Chengdu, China - 5,293,000
42. Santiago, Chile - 5,261,000
43. Guangzhou, China - 5,162,000
44. St. Petersburg, Russian Fed. - 5,132,000
45. Kinshasa, DRC - 5,068,000
46. Baghdãd, Iraq - 4,796,000
47. Jinan, China - 4,789,000
48. Wuhan, China - 4,750,000
49. Toronto, Canada - 4,657,000
50. Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) - 4,458,000
dot 51. Alger, Algeria - 4,447,000
52. Philadelphia, USA - 4,398,000
53. Qingdao, China - 4,376,000
54. Milano, Italy - 4,251,000
55. Pusan, South Korea - 4,239,000
56. Belo Horizonte, Brazil - 4,160,000
57. Almadabad, India - 4,154,000
58. Madrid, Spain - 4,072,000
59. San Francisco, USA - 4,051,000
60. Alexandria, Egypt - 3,995,000
61. Washington DC, USA - 3,927,000
62. Houston, USA - 3,918,000
63. Dallas, USA - 3,912,000
64. Guadalajara, Mexico - 3,908,000
65. Chongging, China - 3,896,000
66. Medellin, Colombia - 3,831,000
67. Detroit, USA - 3,785,000
68. Handan, China - 3,763,000
69. Frankfurt, Germany - 3,700,000
70. Porto Alegre, Brazil - 3,699,000
71. Hanoi, Vietnam - 3,678,000
72. Sydney, Australia - 3,665,000
73. Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. - 3,601,000
74. Singapore, Singapore - 3,587,000
75. Casablanca, Morocco - 3,535,000
76. Katowice, Poland - 3,488,000
77. Pune, India - 3,485,000
78. Bangdung, Indonesia - 3,420,000
79. Monterrey, Mexico - 3,416,000
80. Montréal, Canada - 3,401,000
81. Nagoya, Japan - 3,377,000
82. Nanjing, China - 3,375,000
83. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - 3,359,000
84. Xi'an, China - 3,352,000
85. Berlin, Germany - 3,337,000
86. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 3,328,000
87. Recife, Brazil - 3,307,000
88. Dusseldorf, Germany - 3,251,000
89. Ankara, Turkey - 3,190,000
90. Melbourne, Australia - 3,188,000
91. Salvador, Brazil - 3,180,000
92. Dalian, China - 3,153,000
93. Caracas, Venezuela - 3,153,000
94. Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - 3,112,000
95. Athina, Greece - 3,103,000
96. Cape Town, South Africa - 3,092,000
97. Koln, Germany - 3.067,000
98. Maputo, Mozambique - 3,017,000
99. Napoli, Italy - 3,012,000
100. Fortaleza, Brazil - 3,007,000 |
