SOURCE
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
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.
Geography Statistics > Capital city with population (most recent) by country
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| Countries (A to Z) |
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 |
| Bahamas, The |
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 |
| 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, Democratic Republic of the |
Kinshasa - 4,655,313 |
| Congo, Republic of the |
Brazzaville - 937,580 |
| Costa Rica |
San Jose - 315,909 |
| Croatia |
Zagreb - 930,753 |
| Cuba |
Havana - 2,241,000 |
| Cyprus |
Nicosia - 186,400 |
| Czech Republic |
Prague - 1,215,771 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro (official) - 100,000; Abidjan (administrative) - 3,660,682 |
| 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 |
| Fiji |
Suva - 200,000 |
| Finland |
Helsinki - 515,765 |
| France |
Paris - 2,144,700 |
| Gabon |
Libreville - 419,596 |
| Gambia, The |
Banjul - 44,188, |
| 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 |
| Korea, North |
Pyongyang - 2,741,260 |
| Korea, South |
Seoul - 10,231,217 |
| 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 |
| Macedonia, Republic of |
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 - 8,735,400 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
Palikir - (est. 9,900) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sao Tome - 43,420 |
| 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 - 7,500,000 |
| 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 |
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.
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
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