List of Capitals in Asia

Top 5 Most Populous Capitals in Asia

India Flag

Delhi

23,390,383

China Flag

Beijing

21,571,693

Russia Flag

Moscow

13,399,945

Indonesia Flag

Jakarta

12,545,537

Bangladesh Flag

Dhaka

11,864,975

Country
City
Population ↓
India FlagIndiaDelhi23,390,383
China FlagChinaBeijing21,571,693
Russia FlagRussiaMoscow13,399,945
Indonesia FlagIndonesiaJakarta12,545,537
Bangladesh FlagBangladeshDhaka11,864,975
Japan FlagJapanTokyo10,316,210
Iran FlagIranTehran9,882,527
Vietnam FlagVietnamHanoi9,406,046
South Korea FlagSouth KoreaSeoul9,217,913
Iraq FlagIraqBaghdad8,001,223
Saudi Arabia FlagSaudi ArabiaRiyadh7,623,986
Turkey FlagTurkeyAnkara5,956,929
Thailand FlagThailandBangkok5,186,582
Afghanistan FlagAfghanistanKabul4,929,104
Singapore FlagSingaporeSingapore4,247,430
North Korea FlagNorth KoreaPyongyang4,000,888
Uzbekistan FlagUzbekistanTashkent3,235,262
United Arab Emirates FlagUnited Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi3,210,297
Jordan FlagJordanAmman3,140,757
Cambodia FlagCambodiaPhnom Penh2,542,893
Taiwan FlagTaiwanTaipei2,431,249
Azerbaijan FlagAzerbaijanBaku2,389,227
Malaysia FlagMalaysiaKuala Lumpur2,111,536
Philippines FlagPhilippinesManila1,909,418
Mongolia FlagMongoliaUlaanbaatar1,682,636
Lebanon FlagLebanonBeirut1,650,000
Kazakhstan FlagKazakhstanAstana1,557,758
Syria FlagSyriaDamascus1,461,290
Yemen FlagYemenSanaa1,451,676
Georgia FlagGeorgiaTbilisi1,326,701
Tajikistan FlagTajikistanDushanbe1,274,774
Kyrgyzstan FlagKyrgyzstanBishkek1,208,292
Israel FlagIsraelJerusalem1,181,759
Qatar FlagQatarDoha1,177,142
Pakistan FlagPakistanIslamabad1,162,454
Turkmenistan FlagTurkmenistanAshgabat1,142,396
Armenia FlagArmeniaYerevan1,083,688
Nepal FlagNepalKathmandu799,560
Laos FlagLaosVientiane680,798
Bahrain FlagBahrainManama555,660
Sri Lanka FlagSri LankaColombo468,377
Myanmar FlagMyanmarNaypyitaw363,937
Brunei FlagBruneiBandar Seri Begawan332,462
Timor-Leste FlagTimor-LesteDili281,750
Maldives FlagMaldivesMale249,059
Hong Kong FlagHong KongVictoria232,307
Bhutan FlagBhutanThimphu141,076
Kuwait FlagKuwaitKuwait City70,826
Oman FlagOmanMuscat59,396
Palestine FlagPalestineRamallah53,474

Note: Macau does not have an official capital city.

Other Continent Capitals

Africa Capitals in Africa

58 cities

Europe Capitals in Europe

53 cities

North America Capitals in North America

41 cities

South America Capitals in South America

15 cities

Oceania Capitals in Oceania

27 cities

Sources

  1. World Population Prospects (2024 Revision) - United Nations population estimates and projections.