List of national capitals by population

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This is a list of national capital cities in order of population. Dependencies and disputed territories are marked in italics. The population statistics given refer only to the main city area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district.

List

Rank Country/Territory Capital City City Population
1  Japan Tokyo 12,790,000[1]
2  Russia Moscow 10,375,688[2]
3  South Korea Seoul 10,297,004[2]
4  Mexico Mexico City 8,720,916[2]
5  Indonesia Jakarta 8,407,479[3]
6  Peru Lima 7,866,160[3]
7  China Beijing (Peking) 7,741,274[3]
8  Egypt Cairo 7,438,376
9  Iran Tehran 7,404,515
10  United Kingdom London 7,287,555
11  Colombia Santa Fe de Bogota 7,220,971
12  Hong Kong (China) Hong Kong 6,752,001
13  Thailand Krung Thep (Bangkok) 6,542,751
14  Bangladesh Dhaka 6,080,671
15  Iraq Baghdad 5,556,562
16  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 5,318,636
17  Chile Santiago 4,810,997
18  Singapore Singapore 4,408,220
19  Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasha 4,385,264
20  Turkey Ankara 3,561,187
21  South Africa Cape Town 3,497,097[4]
22  Germany Berlin 3,405,250[3]
23  North Korea Pyongyang 3,144,005
24  Afghanistan Kabul 3,140,853
25  Myanmar Yangon (Rangoon) 3,033,972
26  Spain Madrid 2,915,261
27  Argentina Buenos Aires 2,746,761
28  Ethiopia Addis Ababa 2,737,479
29  Kenya Nairobi 2,665,657
30  Ukraine Kiev 2,591,277
31  Taiwan (China) T'aipei (de facto) 2,520,368
32  Italy Rome 2,503,056
33  Angola Luanda 2,453,779
34  Syria Damascus 2,270,000 (2002)[5]
35  Cuba Havana 2,236,837[3]
36 Template:Country data Uzbekistan Toshkent 2,207,850
37  Brazil Brasillia 2,176,681
38  France Paris 2,103,674
39  Azerbaijan Baku 1,879,251
40  Romania Bucharest 1,876,857
41 Template:Country data Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1,875,453
42  Venezuela Caracas 1,838,939
43  Morocco Rabat 1,789,635
44  Sudan Khartoum 1,740,661
46  Hungary Budapest 1,728,718[3]
47  Belarus Minsk 1,702,061
48  Poland Warsaw 1,680,890
49 Template:Country data Ghana Accra 1,640,507
50 Template:Country data Madagascar Antananarivo 1,613,375
51  Lebanon Beirut 1,574,387
52  Philippines Manila 1,568,926
53  Austria Vienna 1,552,789
54  Algeria Algiers 1,518,083
55 Template:Country data Ecuador Quito 1,504,991
56  Zimbabwe Harare 1,487,028
57  Yemen Sana'a 1,431,649
58  Guinea Conakry 1,399,981
59  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1,381,830
60  Uruguay Montevideo 1,369,797
61 Template:Country data Zambia Lusaka 1,331,254
62 Template:Country data Mali Bamako 1,289,626
63 Template:Country data Uganda Kampala 1,284,156
64  Haiti Port-au-Prince 1,235,227
65  Vietnam Ha Noi 1,203,379
66  Jordan Amman 1,200,603
67 Template:Country data Libya Tripoli 1,184,045
68  Kuwait Kuwait City 1,171,880
69  Czech Republic Prague 1,150,332
70  Serbia Belgrade 1,124,729
71  Canada Ottawa 1,112,005
72  Somalia Mogadishu 1,097,133
73  Bulgaria Sofia 1,090,295
74  Congo Brazzaville 1,088,044
75  South Africa Pretoria (Tshwane) 1,086,418
76  Belgium Brussels[6] 1,080,790[7]
77  Armenia Yerevan 1,080,487[3]
78 Template:Country data Mozambique Maputo 1,076,689
79  Georgia Tbilisi 1,044,993
80  Senegal Dakar 1,030,594[3]
81  Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 1,005,231
82  Ireland Dublin 983,725[8]
83  Guatemala Guatemala City 964,823[8]
84  Pakistan Islamabad 955,629
85  Nicaragua Managua 926,883
86  Mongolia Ulan Bator 907,802
87 Template:Country data Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 843,240
88  Togo Lome 824,738
89 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia La Paz 812,986
90  Nepal Kathmandu 812,026
91  Oman Muscat 797,000[9]
92 Template:Country data Niger Niamey 794,814[8]
93  Nigeria Abuja 778,567[10]
94  Sweden Stockholm 770,284[8]
95 Template:Country data Tunisia Tunis 767,629
96 Template:Country data Turkmenistan Ashgabat 763,537
97  Latvia Riga 753,478
98  Chad Ndjamena 751,288
99  Israel Jerusalem[11] 747,600[12]
100  Netherlands Amsterdam 740,094[8]
101 Template:Country data Honduras Tegucigalpa 735,982
102 Template:Country data Central African Republic Bangui 731,548
103  Greece Athens 721,477
104 Template:Country data Mauritania Nouakchott 719,167
105  Rwanda Kigali 718,414
106  Jamaica Kingston 701,063
107  Kazakhstan Astana 700,000 (2007 est.)[13]
108  Croatia Zagreb 699,164[8]
109  Cambodia Phnom Penh 650,651
110  Moldova Chisinau 592,900[14]
111  United States of America Washington, D.C. 591,833[15]
112  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 585,097[16]
113  Tajikistan Dushanbe 582,496
114  Finland Helsinki 568,676
115  Lithuania Vilnius 556,723
116 Template:Country data Gabon Libreville 556,425
117 Template:Country data Eritrea Asmara 543,707
118  Portugal Lisbon 530,321
119  Norway Oslo 526,090
120  El Salvador San Salvador 521,366
121  Paraguay Asuncion 520,722
122 Template:Country data Macau (China) Macau 520,400[17]
123  Yemen Aden 507,355[16]
124  Denmark Copenhagen 506,166
125 Template:Country data Gaza Strip (Hamas/Israel) Gaza 495,207
126  Panama Panama City 490,347
127  Macedonia Skopje 460,239
128 Template:Country data Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 454,929
129 Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau Bissau 452,640
130  Slovakia Bratislava 424,207
131  Puerto Rico (U.S.A.) San Juan 421,356
132  Estonia Tallinn 403,547[18]
133 Template:Country data Burundi Bujumbura 384,461[19]
134  Albania Tirana 376,642
135  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 383,604
136  Costa Rica San Jose 328,195
137  Australia Canberra 320,303
138  Qatar Al-Doha 303,429
139  Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 299,396[16]
139 Template:Country data Tanzania Dodoma 287,200 (2002 est.)[20]
140  India New Delhi 292,300
141  Laos Vientiane 287,579
142  Cyprus Nicosia (south) 270,000 (late 2004)[21]
143 Template:Country data Lesotho Maseru 267,652[16]
144  Slovenia Ljubljana 264,265
145 Template:Country data Suriname Paramaribo 254,147
146 Template:Country data Namibia Windhoek 252,721
147  Botswana Gaborone 225,656[22]
148 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin Porto-Novo 223,552[23]
149  New Zealand Wellington 184,257[24]
150  Kosovo Pristina 169,354[25]
151 Template:Country data Mauritius Port Louis 147,251[26]
152  Montenegro Podgorica 141,854
153  Tibet (China) Lhasa [27] 141,188
154  Bahrain Al Manamah 140,616
155 Template:Country data Réunion (France) Saint-Denis 140,415
156 Template:Country data Guyana Georgetown 134,599
157 Template:Country data Cape Verde Praia 125,464
158  Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte 118,556[28]
159  Bhutan Thimphu 101,259
160 Template:Country data Equatorial Guinea Malabo 100,677[29]
161 Template:Country data New Caledonia (France) Noumea 89,207[30]
162 Template:Country data Northern Cyprus (Turkey) Nicosia (north) 84,893[31]
163  Fiji Suva 84,410
164 Template:Country data Swaziland Mbabane 81,594

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/PROFILE/overview03.htm
  2. ^ a b c http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/toptenlists/Most_Populous_Cities_in_the_World
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_01.html
  4. ^ http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Syria-POPULATION.htm
  6. ^ Brussels is the de facto capital city of Belgium as it hosts all major political institutions. Though Parliament formally votes in Strasbourg, most political work is carried out in Brussels, and as such it is considered the capital by definition. However, it should be noted that it is not formally declared in that language, though its position is spelled out in the Treaty of Amsterdam.
  7. ^ Statistics Belgium; Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2008 (excel-file) Population of all municipalities in Belgium, as of 1 January 2008.
  8. ^ a b c d e f http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_02.htm
  9. ^ http://population-of.com/en/Oman/06/Muscat/
  10. ^ http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/Connections/Pop2006.pdf
  11. ^ The Jerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel" and the city serves as the seat of the government, home to the President's residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament. The United Nations and most countries do not accept the Jerusalem Law (see Kellerman 1993, p. 140) and maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya (see the CIA Factbook and Map of Israel) The Palestinian Authority sees East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state and the city's final status awaits future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (see "Negotiating Jerusalem", University of Maryland). See Positions on Jerusalem for more information.
  12. ^ "Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008-09-30. http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-12-31. 
  13. ^ http://aboutkazakhstan.com/Astana_city.shtml
  14. ^ http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Chisinau
  15. ^ http://www.census.gov/popest/states/tables/NST-EST2008-01.xls
  16. ^ a b c d http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_03.html
  17. ^ http://www.dsec.gov.mo/index.asp?src=/english/indicator/e_dem_indicator_1.html
  18. ^ http://www.tourism.tallinn.ee/fpage/travelplanning/practical_information
  19. ^ http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_04.html
  20. ^ http://www.tanzania.go.tz/regions/dodoma/profile.htm
  21. ^ The press statement of Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer on the tentative results of 2006 population and housing census (5 May 2006)|88.8 KiB Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı.]
  22. ^ http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_06.html
  23. ^ http://www.ruaf.org/node/1504
  24. ^ http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_07.html
  25. ^ http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_08.html
  26. ^ http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_09.html
  27. ^ It should be noted here that Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the flag used here has now been banned in all of China, including the Tibet Autonomous Region, because they see it as a symbol of Tibetan separatism. For this reason, it is no longer the official flag of the autonomous province. However, the flag is still used as the emblem of the Central Tibetan Administration (Tibetan Government in Exile), which sees itself as the legitimate government of the province. See Flag of Tibet for more information.
  28. ^ http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_10.html
  29. ^ http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_11.html
  30. ^ http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_14.html
  31. ^ The press statement of Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer on the tentative results of 2006 population and housing census (5 May 2006)|88.8 KiB Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı.]
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