List of Capitals in World

Top 5 Most Populous Capitals in World

Japan Flag

Tokyo

36,953,600

Bangladesh Flag

Dhaka

25,359,100

Egypt Flag

Cairo

23,534,600

Mexico Flag

Mexico City

23,016,800

China Flag

Beijing

22,983,400

210 cities

Country
Capital
Population ↓
Japan FlagJapanTokyo36,953,600
Bangladesh FlagBangladeshDhaka25,359,100
Egypt FlagEgyptCairo23,534,600
Mexico FlagMexicoMexico City23,016,800
China FlagChinaBeijing22,983,400
DR Congo FlagDR CongoKinshasa18,552,800
Argentina FlagArgentinaBuenos Aires15,890,600
Philippines FlagPhilippinesManila15,531,900
Russia FlagRussiaMoscow12,756,500
Colombia FlagColombiaBogota11,922,100
Indonesia FlagIndonesiaJakarta11,840,000
Peru FlagPeruLima11,670,700
Thailand FlagThailandBangkok11,543,900
France FlagFranceParis11,418,300
Angola FlagAngolaLuanda10,421,300
South Korea FlagSouth KoreaSeoul10,050,200
United Kingdom FlagUnited KingdomLondon9,927,020
Iran FlagIranTehran9,840,100
Malaysia FlagMalaysiaKuala Lumpur9,175,810
Iraq FlagIraqBaghdad8,370,410
Saudi Arabia FlagSaudi ArabiaRiyadh8,079,940
Chile FlagChileSantiago7,048,620
Sudan FlagSudanKhartoum6,980,600
Spain FlagSpainMadrid6,834,320
Ethiopia FlagEthiopiaAddis Ababa6,219,080
Singapore FlagSingaporeSingapore6,195,860
Kenya FlagKenyaNairobi6,002,290
Vietnam FlagVietnamHanoi5,764,980
Turkey FlagTurkeyAnkara5,618,890
Brazil FlagBrazilBrasilia5,040,720
Afghanistan FlagAfghanistanKabul5,034,110
Cameroon FlagCameroonYaounde5,027,120
Uganda FlagUgandaKampala4,491,110
Madagascar FlagMadagascarAntananarivo4,413,150
Nigeria FlagNigeriaAbuja4,392,360
Italy FlagItalyRome4,361,370
Senegal FlagSenegalDakar3,783,530
Dominican Republic FlagDominican RepublicSanto Domingo3,706,050
Burkina Faso FlagBurkina FasoOuagadougou3,689,330
Paraguay FlagParaguayAsuncion3,685,660
Yemen FlagYemenSanaa3,650,950
Zambia FlagZambiaLusaka3,621,320
Germany FlagGermanyBerlin3,584,240
Kuwait FlagKuwaitKuwait City3,452,520
Mali FlagMaliBamako3,318,010
Guatemala FlagGuatemalaGuatemala City3,304,800
North Korea FlagNorth KoreaPyongyang3,235,960
Haiti FlagHaitiPort-au-Prince3,205,770
Greece FlagGreeceAthens3,156,620
Algeria FlagAlgeriaAlgiers3,056,970
Venezuela FlagVenezuelaCaracas3,041,600
Portugal FlagPortugalLisbon3,040,920
Ukraine FlagUkraineKiev3,015,780
South Africa FlagSouth AfricaPretoria3,015,320
Somalia FlagSomaliaMogadishu2,969,320
Syria FlagSyriaDamascus2,921,710
Republic of the Congo FlagRepublic of the CongoBrazzaville2,904,570
Ghana FlagGhanaAccra2,861,000
Taiwan FlagTaiwanTaipei2,792,490
Uzbekistan FlagUzbekistanTashkent2,697,410
Tunisia FlagTunisiaTunis2,578,460
Azerbaijan FlagAzerbaijanBaku2,529,070
Cambodia FlagCambodiaPhnom Penh2,498,640
Lebanon FlagLebanonBeirut2,359,130
Guinea FlagGuineaConakry2,329,710
Jordan FlagJordanAmman2,295,250
Togo FlagTogoLome2,179,210
Cuba FlagCubaHavana2,160,390
Belgium FlagBelgiumBrussels2,150,320
Panama FlagPanamaPanama City2,093,270
Belarus FlagBelarusMinsk2,075,900
Morocco FlagMoroccoRabat2,054,190
Ecuador FlagEcuadorQuito2,048,670
Austria FlagAustriaVienna2,020,320
Liberia FlagLiberiaMonrovia1,855,880
Poland FlagPolandWarsaw1,800,190
Uruguay FlagUruguayMontevideo1,794,810
Hungary FlagHungaryBudapest1,783,650
Sweden FlagSwedenStockholm1,754,720
Romania FlagRomaniaBucharest1,749,920
Oman FlagOmanMuscat1,730,080
Nepal FlagNepalKathmandu1,724,800
Honduras FlagHondurasTegucigalpa1,691,030
Mauritania FlagMauritaniaNouakchott1,674,250
Zimbabwe FlagZimbabweHarare1,667,410
United Arab Emirates FlagUnited Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1,643,560
Niger FlagNigerNiamey1,633,200
Costa Rica FlagCosta RicaSan Jose1,522,380
Canada FlagCanadaOttawa1,479,860
Malawi FlagMalawiLilongwe1,456,310
Sierra Leone FlagSierra LeoneFreetown1,428,520
Sierra Leone FlagSierra LeoneFreetown1,428,520
Burundi FlagBurundiBujumbura1,426,040
Serbia FlagSerbiaBelgrade1,415,010
Denmark FlagDenmarkCopenhagen1,409,680
Kazakhstan FlagKazakhstanAstana1,377,290
Rwanda FlagRwandaKigali1,373,440
Finland FlagFinlandHelsinki1,362,160
Pakistan FlagPakistanIslamabad1,335,550
Czechia FlagCzechiaPrague1,335,350
Ireland FlagIrelandDublin1,313,820
Bulgaria FlagBulgariaSofia1,284,870
Mozambique FlagMozambiqueMaputo1,272,640
Libya FlagLibyaTripoli1,215,850
Netherlands FlagNetherlandsAmsterdam1,196,130
Eritrea FlagEritreaAsmara1,193,890
Kyrgyzstan FlagKyrgyzstanBishkek1,175,290
El Salvador FlagEl SalvadorSan Salvador1,142,860
Nicaragua FlagNicaraguaManagua1,135,770
Norway FlagNorwayOslo1,130,110
Armenia FlagArmeniaYerevan1,102,920
Georgia FlagGeorgiaTbilisi1,089,860
Tajikistan FlagTajikistanDushanbe1,068,240
Central African Republic FlagCentral African RepublicBangui1,048,770
Israel FlagIsraelJerusalem1,010,670
Turkmenistan FlagTurkmenistanAshgabat960,880
Gabon FlagGabonLibreville915,590
Mongolia FlagMongoliaUlan Bator844,818
Myanmar FlagMyanmarNay Pyi Taw814,596
Laos FlagLaosVientiane775,494
Bahrain FlagBahrainManama759,306
Guinea-Bissau FlagGuinea-BissauBissau731,866
Chad FlagChadN'Djamena721,081
Croatia FlagCroatiaZagreb684,776
Qatar FlagQatarDoha681,353
Sri Lanka FlagSri LankaColombo655,829
North Macedonia FlagNorth MacedoniaSkopje625,490
Djibouti FlagDjiboutiDjibouti625,051
Latvia FlagLatviaRiga612,980
Jamaica FlagJamaicaKingston607,664
Kosovo FlagKosovoPristina550,000
Trinidad and Tobago FlagTrinidad and TobagoPort of Spain547,608
Albania FlagAlbaniaTirana542,740
Lithuania FlagLithuaniaVilnius541,364
Namibia FlagNamibiaWindhoek528,415
Gambia FlagGambiaBanjul526,872
South Sudan FlagSouth SudanJuba521,590
Australia FlagAustraliaCanberra488,541
Moldova FlagMoldovaChisinau483,755
Estonia FlagEstoniaTallinn458,713
Switzerland FlagSwitzerlandBern451,771
Slovakia FlagSlovakiaBratislava444,962
Papua New Guinea FlagPapua New GuineaPort Moresby444,328
New Zealand FlagNew ZealandWellington430,804
Puerto Rico FlagPuerto RicoSan Juan418,140
Bosnia and Herzegovina FlagBosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo350,162
India FlagIndiaNew Delhi317,797
Slovenia FlagSloveniaLjubljana272,220
Guyana FlagGuyanaGeorgetown235,017
Benin FlagBeninPorto-Novo234,168
Bahamas FlagBahamasNassau227,940
Bolivia FlagBoliviaSucre224,838
Suriname FlagSurinameParamaribo223,757
Botswana FlagBotswanaGaborone208,411
Cyprus FlagCyprusNicosia200,452
Western Sahara FlagWestern SaharaLaayoune196,331
Ivory Coast FlagIvory CoastYamoussoukro194,530
Tanzania FlagTanzaniaDodoma180,541
Equatorial Guinea FlagEquatorial GuineaMalabo155,963
Mauritius FlagMauritiusPort Louis155,226
Timor-Leste FlagTimor-LesteDili150,000
Reunion FlagReunionSaint-Denis137,195
Montenegro FlagMontenegroPodgorica136,473
Curacao FlagCuracaoWillemstad125,000
Iceland FlagIcelandReykjavik118,918
Lesotho FlagLesothoMaseru118,355
Cape Verde FlagCape VerdePraia113,364
Maldives FlagMaldivesMale103,693
Bhutan FlagBhutanThimphu98,676
Barbados FlagBarbadosBridgetown98,511
New Caledonia FlagNew CaledoniaNoumea93,060
Martinique FlagMartiniqueFort-de-France89,995
Fiji FlagFijiSuva77,366
Luxembourg FlagLuxembourgLuxembourg76,684
Brunei FlagBruneiBandar Seri Begawan64,409
French Guiana FlagFrench GuianaCayenne61,550
Solomon Islands FlagSolomon IslandsHoniara56,298
Mayotte FlagMayotteMamoudzou54,831
Sao Tome and Principe FlagSao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome53,300
Northern Mariana Islands FlagNorthern Mariana IslandsSaipan48,220
Comoros FlagComorosMoroni42,872
Samoa FlagSamoaApia40,407
Monaco FlagMonacoMonaco32,965
Aruba FlagArubaOranjestad29,998
Cayman Islands FlagCayman IslandsGeorge Town29,370
Gibraltar FlagGibraltarGibraltar26,544
French Polynesia FlagFrench PolynesiaPapeete26,357
Isle of Man FlagIsle of ManDouglas26,218
Marshall Islands FlagMarshall IslandsMajuro25,400
Palestine FlagPalestineRamallah24,599
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines FlagSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown24,518
United States FlagUnited StatesWashington24,299
Antigua and Barbuda FlagAntigua and BarbudaSaint John's24,226
Seychelles FlagSeychellesVictoria22,881
Tonga FlagTongaNuku'alofa22,400
Andorra FlagAndorraAndorra la Vella20,430
Saint Lucia FlagSaint LuciaCastries20,000
United States Virgin Islands FlagUnited States Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie20,000
United States FlagUnited StatesWashington16,664
Dominica FlagDominicaRoseau16,571
Greenland FlagGreenlandNuuk14,798
United States FlagUnited StatesWashington14,050
United States FlagUnited StatesWashington13,497
Belize FlagBelizeBelmopan13,381
Cook Islands FlagCook IslandsAvarua13,373
Faroe Islands FlagFaroe IslandsTorshavn13,200
Saint Kitts and Nevis FlagSaint Kitts and NevisBasseterre12,920
United States FlagUnited StatesWashington12,078
American Samoa FlagAmerican SamoaPago Pago11,500
Guadeloupe FlagGuadeloupeBasse-Terre11,472

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