List of capitals by population

List of capitals of the world. The list consists of 203 capitals of the states of the Earth.

#	Name, city	Population
1	Beijing, the capital of China	21 705 033
2	Moscow, the capital of Russia	11 514 405
3	Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia	10 135 067
4	Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo	10 076 161
5	Seoul, the capital of South Korea	10 063 256
6	New Delhi, the capital of India	9 879 234
7	Tokyo, the capital of Japan	8 967 744
8	Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh	8 906 059
9	Mexico, the capital of Mexico	8 800 078
10	Lima, the capital of Peru	8 486 908
11	Bangkok, the capital of Thailand	8 280 930
12	London, the capital of United Kingdom	8 173 921
13	Cairo, the capital of Egypt	8 105 079
14	Bogota, the capital of Colombia	7 980 003
15	Tehran, the capital of Iran	7 797 530
16	Baghdad, the capital of Iraq	7 055 260
17	Hanoi , the capital of Vietnam	6 448 867
18	Santiago, the capital of Chile	5 279 229
19	Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia	5 188 328
20	Singapore, the capital of Singapore	5 183 731
21	Ankara, the capital of Turkey	3 945 712
22	Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia	3 480 295
23	Nairobi, the capital of Kenya	3 476 670
24	Santo Domingo, the capital of Dominican Republic	3 339 411
25	Algiers, the capital of Algeria	3 335 515
26	Berlin, the capital of Germany	3 326 095
27	Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea	3 255 309
28	Athens, the capital of Greece	3 168 940
29	Madrid, the capital of Spain	3 155 368
30	Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan	3 071 427
31	Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal	3 008 538
32	Kiev, the capital of Ukraine	2 888 522
33	Rome, the capital of Italy	2 870 515
34	Brasilia, the capital of Brazil	2 852 395
35	Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina	2 776 202
36	Taipei, the capital of Taiwan Republic of China (ROC)	2 696 335
37	Khartoum, the capital of Sudan	2 682 459
38	Luanda, the capital of Angola	2 644 394
39	Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar	2 610 025
40	Dakar, the capital of Senegal	2 583 084
41	Sana, the capital of Yemen	2 575 406
42	Guatemala city, the capital of Guatemala	2 541 651
43	Bucharest, the capital of Romania	2 354 546
44	Accra, the capital of Ghana	2 291 445
45	Paris, the capital of France	2 240 676
46	Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan	2 135 763
47	Havana, the capital of Cuba	2 126 069
48	Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe	2 123 198
49	Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan	2 092 054
50	Stockholm, the capital of Sweden	1 981 339
51	Minsk, the capital of Belarus	1 949 089
52	Bamako, the capital of Mali	1 926 754
53	Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon	1 926 500
54	Discount, the capital of Morocco	1 884 999
55	Caracas, the capital of Venezuela	1 836 330
56	Pretoria, the capital of South Africa	1 815 904
57	Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia	1 809 778
58	Vienna, the capital of Austria	1 765 700
59	Budapest, the capital of Hungary	1 744 710
60	Warszawa, the capital of Poland	1 720 442
61	Capital of Manila, the capital of Philippines	1 660 753
62	Quito, the capital of Ecuador	1 607 767
63	Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia	1 588 175
64	Damascus, the capital of Syria	1 580 911
65	Kampala, the capital of Uganda	1 514 302
66	Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates	1 463 559
67	Lusaka, the capital of Zambia	1 451 151
68	Ulaanbaatar , the capital of Mongolia	1 405 002
69	Conakry, the capital of Guinea	1 400 077
70	Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia	1 372 379
71	Abuja, the capital of Nigeria	1 352 767
72	Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay	1 304 738
73	Praha, the capital of Czech Republic	1 272 783
74	Copenhagen , the capital of Denmark	1 246 655
75	Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria	1 196 456
76	Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso	1 181 799
77	Belgrade, the capital of Serbia	1 154 597
78	Maputo, the capital of Mozambique	1 149 759
79	Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras	1 142 462
80	Brazzaville, the capital of Congo	1 138 093
81	Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan	1 136 012
82	Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan	1 134 964
83	Yerevan, the capital of Armenia	1 068 396
84	Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia	1 062 363
85	Amman, the capital of Jordan	1 036 393
86	Kigali, the capital of Rwanda	1 029 395
87	Tripoli, the capital of Libya	1 018 742
88	Monrovia, the capital of Liberia	1 011 034
89	Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan	1 003 733
90	Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan	995 345
91	Port-AU-Prince , the capital of Haiti	977 840
92	Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar	924 676
93	Managua, the capital of Nicaragua	908 970
94	Jerusalem, the capital of Israel	901 384
95	Panama city, the capital of Panama	880 719
96	Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania	870 152
97	Lilongwe , the capital of Malawi	866 302
98	Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone	836 582
99	Niamey, the capital of Niger	829 319
100	Amsterdam, the capital of Netherlands	825 125
101	Ottawa, the capital of Canada	812 195
102	Doha, the capital of Qatar	796 960
103	Ndjamena, the capital of Chad	792 489
104	Libreville, the capital of Gabon	753 563
105	Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan	730 572
106	Lome, the capital of Togo	729 356
107	Tunisia City, the capital of Tunisia	728 484
108	Tirana, the capital of Albania	726 574
109	Zagreb, the capital of Croatia	688 172
110	Kishinev, the capital of Moldova	674 579
111	Oslo , the capital of Norway	673 519
112	Macau (China), the capital of Macau (China)	667 412
113	Djibouti city, the capital of Djibouti	655 035
114	Rīga, the capital of Latvia	638 857
115	Washington, the capital of United States of America (USA)	601 765
116	kingston, the capital of Jamaica	587 856
117	Helsinki, the capital of Finland	574 679
118	Lisbon , the capital of Portugal	547 828
119	Asmara, the capital of Eritrea	543 798
120	Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic	542 413
121	Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay	542 074
122	Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania	540 014
123	San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador	507 704
124	Dublin, the capital of Ireland	506 304
125	Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia	467 346
126	Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia	413 207
127	Canberra, the capital of Australia	410 262
128	Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo	398 193
129	Tallinn, the capital of Estonia	395 477
130	Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau	388 033
131	San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico (US)	382 002
132	Juba, the capital of South Sudan	372 510
133	Wellington, the capital of New Zealand	360 677
134	Windhoek, the capital of Namibia	334 603
135	capital Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania	324 395
136	Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea	317 388
137	Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina	291 511
138	Sucre is the capital, the capital of Bolivia	281 308
139	Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia	277 597
140	Maseru, the capital of Lesotho	267 623
141	Yamoussoukro, the capital of Ivory Coast	259 459
142	Porto-Novo, the capital of Benin	259 059
143	Suva, the capital of Fiji	252 157
144	Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname	246 202
145	Vientiane, the capital of Laos	237 373
146	Gaborone, the capital of Botswana	227 373
147	Nassau, the capital of Bahamas	210 854
148	Georgetown, the capital of Guyana	200 594
149	Díli, the capital of East Timor	193 622
150	El Aaiun, the capital of Western Sahara	183 765
151	Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei	181 577
152	Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea	179 337
153	San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica	159 598
154	Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius	156 731
155	Kuwait, the capital of Kuwait	151 033
156	Bruxelles, Brussel, the capital of Belgium	144 835
157	Manama, the capital of Bahrain	143 048
158	Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro	136 485
159	Berne, the capital of Switzerland	128 927
160	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka	119 409
161	Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland	117 604
162	Praia, the capital of Cape Verde	113 387
163	Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados	98 772
164	Male, the capital of Maldives	92 613
165	Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan	79 266
166	Luxembourg, the capital of Luxembourg	76 472
167	Sao Tome, the capital of São Tomé and Príncipe	67 910
168	Castries, the capital of Saint Lucia	65 693
169	Sukhum, the capital of Abkhazia	65 247
170	Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands	64 701
171	Mbabane, the capital of Eswatini	62 689
172	Lefkosa, the capital of Northern Cyprus	61 437
173	Ramallah, the capital of Palestine	57 049
174	Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus	55 038
175	Port-of-Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago	50 062
176	Moroni, the capital of Comoros	48 605
177	South Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati	47 994
178	Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu	47 598
179	Apia, the capital of Samoa	37 407
180	Banjul, the capital of Gambia	34 153
181	Saint John’s, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda	31 094
182	Tskhinval, the capital of South Ossetia	30 456
183	Majuro, the capital of Marshall Islands	30 095
184	Muscat, the capital of Oman	25 834
185	Gitega, the capital of Burundi	24 942
186	Kingstown, the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	24 530
187	Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga	24 405
188	Victoria, the capital of Seychelles	22 944
189	Andorra la Vella, the capital of Andorra	22 698
190	Beirut, the capital of Lebanon	18 126
191	Buster, the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis	15 559
192	Roseau, the capital of Dominica	14 793
193	Belmopan, the capital of Belize	13 375
194	Palikir, the capital of F.S. Micronesia	7 100
195	Valletta , the capital of Malta	6 393
196	Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein	5 328
197	Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu	5 165
198	San Marino, the capital of San Marino	4 456
199	Saint George's, the capital of Grenada	3 070
200	Monaco city, the capital of Monaco	1 082
201	Yaren, the capital of Nauru	841
202	Vatican City, the capital of Vatican City	635
203	Ngerulmud, the capital of Palau	332

The site chislennost.com uses information from official sources and is updated every month. Some data may differ due to the lack of the latest census.

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