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DEFINITION:
Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.
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| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Kabul - (est. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000) |
| Albania | Tirane - 300,000 |
| Algeria | Algiers - 1,519,570 (1998) |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella - 22,390 |
| Angola | Luanda - 2,000,000 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's - 21,514; Codrington (capital of Barbuda) - 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 |
| 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 |
| Belize | Belmopan - 5,845 |
| Benin | Porto-Novo (official) - 177,660; Cotonou (de facto capital) - 33,212 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu - 30,340 |
| Bolivia | Sucre - 131,800; La Paz (Administrative capital) - 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 |
| Burma | Rangoon - 4,082,000 |
| Burundi | Bujumbura - 300,000 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh - 900,000 |
| Cameroon | Yaounde - 1,430,000 |
| Canada | Ottawa - 808,391 |
| 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 | Bogotá - 1,945,448 |
| Comoros | Moroni (on Grande Comoro) - 23,432 |
| Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville - 937,580 |
| Costa Rica | San Jose - 315,909 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro (official) - 100,000; Abidjan (administrative) - 3,660,682 |
| Croatia | Zagreb - 930,753 |
| Cuba | Havana - 2,241,000 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia - 186,400 |
| Czech Republic | Prague - 1,215,771 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa - 4,655,313 |
| 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 - 7,010,000 |
| 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 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir - (est. 9,900) |
| Fiji | Suva - 200,000 |
| Finland | Helsinki - 515,765 |
| France | Paris - 2,144,700 |
| Gabon | Libreville - 419,596 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi - 1,279,000 |
| Germany | Berlin - 3,471,418 |
| Ghana | Accra - 1,970,400 |
| Greece | Athens - 745,514 |
| 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 - 9,160,500 |
| Iran | Tehran - 7,160,094 |
| Iraq | Baghdad - 5,772,000 |
| Ireland | Dublin - 495,781 |
| Israel | Jerusalem - 704,900 |
| Italy | Rome - 2,693,383 |
| Jamaica | Kingston - 104,000 |
| Japan | Tokyo - 12,527,115 |
| Jordan | Amman - 963,490 |
| Kazakhstan | Astana - 280,200 |
| Kenya | Nairobi - 2,000,000 |
| Kiribati | Tarawa - 25,154 |
| 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 - 495,781 |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz - 5,067 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius - 590,100 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg - 75,622 |
| 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 - 8,735,400 |
| Moldova | Chisinau - 676,700 |
| Monaco | Monaco - 30,400 |
| Mongolia | Ulan Bator - 619,000 |
| Morocco | Rabat - 1,220,000 |
| Mozambique | Maputo - 1,095,300 |
| Namibia | Windhoek - 161,000 |
| Nauru | Yaren District (unofficial) - 1,100 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu - 535,000 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam (official) - 724,096; The Hague (administrative) - 445,279 |
| New Zealand | Wellington - 370,000 |
| Nicaragua | Managua - 974,000 |
| Niger | Niamey - 398,265 |
| Nigeria | Abuja - 339,000 |
| North Korea | Pyongyang - 2,741,260 |
| Norway | Oslo - 483,401 |
| Oman | Muscat - 350,000 |
| Pakistan | Islamabad - 955,629 |
| Palau | Koror - 12,299 |
| Panama | Panama City - 450,668 |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby - 250,000 |
| Paraguay | Asuncion - 502,426 |
| Peru | Lima - 5,681,941 |
| Philippines | Manila - 1,654,761 |
| Poland | Warsaw - 1,642,700 |
| Portugal | Lisbon - 677,790 |
| Qatar | Doha - 300,000 |
| Romania | Bucharest - 2,351,000 |
| Russia | Moscow - 10,415,400 |
| Rwanda | Kigali - 851,024 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre - 19,000 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries - 13,600 |
| Saint 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 - 4,700,000 |
| Senegal | Dakar - 1,729,823 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade - 1,168,454 |
| 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 - (est. 1,500,000 to 3,000,000) |
| South Africa | Pretoria (official) - est. 1,000,000; Cape Town (legislative) - 2,893,251; Bloemfontein (judicial) - 369,568 |
| South Korea | Seoul - 10,231,217 |
| Spain | Madrid - 2,947,228 |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo (official) - 1,994,000; Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative and judicial) - 107,000 |
| Sudan | Khartoum - (est. 1,000,000 to 2,000,000) |
| 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 |
| The Bahamas | Nassau - 171,542 |
| The Gambia | Banjul - 44,188, |
| 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 - 7,500,000 |
| United States | Washington, D.C. - 606,900 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo - 1,330,440 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent - 2,106,000 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila - 26,100 |
| Venezuela | Caracas - (Metro area: 5,100,000) |
| Vietnam | Hanoi - 3,083,800 |
| Western Sahara | El Aaiun (unofficial) - 20,010 |
| Yemen | Sana'a - 1,972,011 |
| Zambia | Lusaka - 1,391,000 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare - 1,184,169 |
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Posted on 19 Aug 2010
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