List of national capitals by population

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This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population. The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district.

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Population data from the previous table. Area data from List of national capitals by area.
Country / dependency Capital Population Area (km2) Density (/km2)
Ghana Accra 2,388,000 20.40 117,059
Philippines * Manila 1,846,513 42.34 43,612
Bangladesh * Dhaka 8,906,039 306.00 29,105
Haiti Port-au-Prince 987,310 36.04 27,395
Jamaica Kingston 662,491 25.00 26,500
Angola Luanda 2,571,861 116.00 22,171
Eritrea Asmara 963,000 45.00 21,400
Yemen Sana'a 2,575,347 126.00 20,439
France * Paris 2,139,907 105.40 20,303
Syria Damascus 2,079,000 105.00 19,800
Lebanon Beirut 361,366 19.00 19,019
Maldives * Malé 211,908 11.22 18,887
Monaco Monaco 38,350 2.08 18,438
Senegal Dakar 1,438,725 79.83 18,022
Nepal * Kathmandu 845,767 49.45 17,103
Greece * Athens 637,798 38.96 16,369
Cyprus Nicosia 326,739 20.08 16,272
Indonesia * Jakarta 10,562,088 660.98 15,979
South Korea * Seoul 9,508,451 605.21 15,711
Cameroon Yaoundé 2,765,568 180.00 15,364
Argentina * Buenos Aires 3,120,612 205.90 15,156
Madagascar Antananarivo 1,275,207 85.00 15,002
Ecuador Quito 2,800,388 197.50 14,179
Iran * Tehran 8,693,706 615.00 14,136
Central African Republic Bangui 889,231 67.00 13,272
Sierra Leone Freetown 1,055,964 82.48 12,803
Afghanistan * Kabul 4,601,789 381.30 12,069
Iraq * Baghdad 7,682,136 673.00 11,415
Algeria * Algiers 3,915,811 363.00 10,787
Gabon * Libreville 703,904 65.42 10,760
South Sudan * Juba 525,953 52.00 10,114
Chile * Santiago 6,310,000 641.00 9,844
Taiwan * Taipei 2,608,332 271.80 9,597
Malta Valletta 5,827 0.61 9,552
Qatar * Doha 1,186,023 132.00 8,985
Uganda Kampala 1,680,600 189.00 8,892
Chad N'Djamena 916,000 104.00 8,808
Togo Lomé 837,437 99.14 8,447
Sudan * Khartoum 2,682,431 322.70 8,312
Singapore Singapore 5,917,600 735.70 8,043
El Salvador San Salvador 570,459 72.25 7,896
Costa Rica San José 342,188 44.62 7,669
Zambia Lusaka 2,731,696 360.00 7,588
Israel * Jerusalem 936,425 125.13 7,484
Mali Bamako 1,809,106 245.00 7,384
Malaysia * Kuala Lumpur 1,782,500 243.00 7,335
Romania * Bucharest 1,716,983 240.00 7,154
Denmark * Copenhagen 638,117 90.01 7,089
Bahrain Manama 200,000 30.00 6,667
Uruguay Montevideo 1,319,108 201.00 6,563
Somalia Mogadishu 2,388,000 370.00 6,454
Japan * Tokyo 14,094,034 2,194.07 6,424
Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 107,925 17.00 6,349
Guinea-Bissau Bissau 492,004 77.50 6,348
Moldova Chișinău 779,300 123.00 6,336
Kenya Nairobi 4,397,073 696.10 6,317
Mexico Mexico City 9,209,944 1,485.00 6,202
Burundi Gitega 135,467 22.00 6,158
India * New Delhi 249,998 42.70 5,855
Ethiopia * Addis Ababa 3,040,740 527.00 5,770
United Kingdom * London 9,002,488 1,572.00 5,727
Macau (China) Macau 671,900 119.30 5,632
Spain * Madrid 3,305,408 604.31 5,470
Thailand Bangkok 8,305,218 1,568.74 5,294
Sweden * Stockholm 978,770 188.00 5,206
Liberia Monrovia 1,010,970 194.25 5,204
Venezuela Caracas 2,245,744 433.00 5,186
Russia * Moscow 13,274,285 2,561.40 5,182
Portugal * Lisbon 509,614 100.05 5,094
Ireland * Dublin 592,713 117.80 5,032
Gibraltar (UK) Gibraltar 34,003 6.80 5,000
Morocco Rabat 577,827 117.00 4,939
Armenia * Yerevan 1,096,100 223.00 4,915
Belarus Minsk 1,996,553 409.53 4,875
Austria Vienna 1,962,779 414.78 4,732
U.S. Virgin Islands (US) Charlotte Amalie 14,477 3.14 4,611
Pakistan * Islamabad 1,014,825 220.15 4,610
Uzbekistan * Tashkent 2,860,600 631.29 4,531
Colombia * Bogotá 7,181,469 1,587.00 4,525
Paraguay Asunción 521,559 117.00 4,458
Bhutan Thimphu 114,551 26.10 4,389
Serbia * Belgrade 1,688,667 389.12 4,340
Tajikistan * Dushanbe 863,400 203.00 4,253
South Africa Pretoria 2,921,488 687.54 4,249
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 71,868 17.00 4,228
Solomon Islands Honiara 92,344 22.00 4,197
Netherlands * Amsterdam 905,234 219.32 4,127
Germany * Berlin 3,677,472 891.30 4,126
Nicaragua Managua 1,055,247 267.00 3,952
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 7,676,654 1,973.00 3,891
Peru * Lima 10,151,000 2,672.30 3,799
United States * Washington, D.C. 670,050 177.00 3,786
Comoros Moroni 111,326 30.00 3,711
Guinea Conakry 1,660,973 450.00 3,691
Poland Warsaw 1,863,056 517.24 3,602
Fiji Suva 93,970 26.24 3,581
Jersey (UK) Saint Helier 37,540 10.60 3,542
Ukraine * Kyiv 2,920,873 839.00 3,481
North Korea * Pyongyang 2,870,000 829.10 3,462
Cambodia Phnom Penh 2,281,951 679.00 3,361
Egypt * Cairo 10,107,125 3,085.12 3,276
Hungary * Budapest 1,706,851 525.20 3,250
Mozambique Maputo 1,124,988 347.69 3,236
Mauritius Port Louis 147,066 46.70 3,149
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 37,074 12.00 3,090
Djibouti Djibouti City 604,013 200.00 3,020
Tunisia Tunis 638,845 212.00 3,013
Guatemala Guatemala City 2,934,841 997.00 2,944
Cuba Havana 2,132,183 728.26 2,928
Guernsey (UK) Saint Peter Port 18,958 6.50 2,917
Congo Brazzaville 1,696,392 588.00 2,885
Marshall Islands Majuro 27,797 9.70 2,866
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 1,074,075 386.00 2,783
Estonia * Tallinn 438,341 159.20 2,753
Barbados Bridgetown 110,000 40.00 2,750
Czech Republic * Prague 1,357,326 496.21 2,735
Hong Kong (China) Hong Kong 7,534,200 2,754.97 2,735
Dominica Roseau 14,725 5.40 2,727
Luxembourg * Luxembourg City 136,208 51.46 2,647
Bulgaria * Sofia 1,307,439 500.00 2,615
Gambia Banjul 31,301 12.00 2,608
Switzerland * Bern (de facto) 134,591 51.62 2,607
Isle of Man (UK) Douglas 27,938 11.00 2,540
Jordan Amman 4,061,150 1,680.00 2,417
Niger * Niamey 1,334,984 552.27 2,417
Transnistria Tiraspol 133,807 55.56 2,408
Lesotho Maseru 330,760 137.50 2,406
Benin Porto-Novo 264,320 110.00 2,403
Vietnam Hanoi 8,053,663 3,358.60 2,398
Palestine Ramallah (de facto) 38,998 16.30 2,393
Georgia Tbilisi 1,201,769 504.30 2,383
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 14,000 6.10 2,295
Kiribati Tarawa 70,480 31.02 2,272
Tuvalu Funafuti 6,320 2.79 2,265
Vanuatu Port Vila 51,437 23.60 2,180
Zimbabwe Harare 2,123,132 982.30 2,161
Italy * Rome 2,761,632 1,287.36 2,145
New Caledonia (France) Nouméa 94,285 45.70 2,063
Latvia * Riga 605,802 304.00 1,993
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 275,524 141.50 1,947
Andorra Andorra la Vella 22,873 12.00 1,906
Kazakhstan * Astana 1,511,807 810.20 1,866
Montenegro * Podgorica 190,488 108.00 1,764
Puerto Rico (US) San Juan 342,259 199.00 1,720
Guyana Georgetown 118,363 70.00 1,691
Turkmenistan * Ashgabat 791,000 470.00 1,683
Botswana Gaborone 273,602 169.00 1,619
Vatican City Vatican City 764 0.49 1,559
Timor-Leste Dili 277,279 178.62 1,552
Rwanda Kigali 1,132,686 730.00 1,552
Cape Verde Praia 159,050 102.60 1,550
French Polynesia (France) Papeete 26,926 17.40 1,547
Papua New Guinea * Port Moresby 364,145 240.00 1,517
Norway * Oslo 697,010 480.00 1,452
Lithuania Vilnius 576,195 401.00 1,437
Bahamas Nassau 274,400 200.00 1,372
Malawi Lilongwe 989,318 727.79 1,359
China * Beijing 21,858,000 16,410.50 1,332
Suriname Paramaribo 240,924 182.00 1,324
Seychelles Victoria 26,450 20.10 1,316
DR Congo * Kinshasa 12,691,000 9,965.00 1,274
Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad 28,294 23.00 1,230
Bermuda (UK) Hamilton 854 0.70 1,220
Croatia * Zagreb 769,944 641.20 1,201
Slovakia Bratislava 440,948 367.58 1,200
Mauritania * Nouakchott 1,195,600 1,000.00 1,196
Cayman Islands (UK) George Town 34,399 29.00 1,186
Eswatini Mbabane 94,874 81.76 1,160
Belgium Brussels 187,686 162.42 1,156
Azerbaijan Baku 2,303,100 2,140.00 1,076
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1,010,092 972.00 1,039
Slovenia * Ljubljana 285,604 274.99 1,039
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 100,700 100.36 1,003
Falkland Islands (UK) Stanley 2,460 2.50 984
Honduras Tegucigalpa 1,444,085 1,502.00 961
North Macedonia Skopje 544,086 571.46 952
Finland * Helsinki 658,864 715.48 921
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Laayoune 217,732 247.80 879
Nigeria Abuja 1,235,880 1,476.00 837
Libya Tripoli 1,170,000 1,507.00 776
Saint Barthélemy (France) Gustavia 2,615 3.40 769
New Zealand * Wellington 217,000 289.91 749
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1,111,838 1,502.00 740
Belize Belmopan 20,621 32.78 629
San Marino City of San Marino 4,061 7.09 573
Åland (Finland) Mariehamn 11,736 20.75 566
Iceland * Reykjavík 133,262 244.00 546
Australia * Canberra 431,380 814.20 530
Panama Panama City 1,086,990 2,082.00 522
Brazil * Brasília 2,982,818 5,802.00 514
Albania Tirana 557,422 1,110.00 502
Nauru Yaren 747 1.50 498
Kosovo * Pristina 227,466 523.13 435
American Samoa (USA) Pago Pago 3,656 8.85 413
Northern Mariana Islands (USA) Saipan 47,565 118.98 400
Anguilla (UK) The Valley 1,067 2.72 392
Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk 18,800 49.00 384
Oman Muscat 1,294,101 3,500.00 370
Guam (US) Hagåtña 1,051 3.00 350
Canada * Ottawa 1,017,449 2,970.30 343
Samoa Apia 41,611 123.81 336
Liechtenstein Vaduz 5,774 17.28 334
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1,466,125 4,704.40 312
Saint Lucia Castries 20,000 79.00 253
Laos Vientiane 927,724 3,920.00 237
Turkey * Ankara 5,747,325 25,632.00 224
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Saint-Pierre 5,394 25.00 216
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) Cockburn Town 3,720 17.39 214
Bolivia Sucre 360,544 1,768.00 204
Cook Islands Avarua 4,906 28.00 175
Saint Helena (UK) Jamestown 629 3.60 175
Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 361,893 2,075.00 174
Myanmar Naypyidaw 1,160,242 7,054.00 164
Tanzania Dodoma 410,956 2,576.00 160
Saint Martin (France) Marigot 3,229 21.60 149
Faroe Islands * (Denmark) Tórshavn 22,738 173.00 131
Namibia Windhoek 431,000 5,133.00 84
Kuwait Kuwait City 55,159 860.00 64
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) West Island 134 6.23 22
Niue Alofi 597 46.48 13
Pitcairn Islands (UK) Adamstown 35 4.60 8
Palau Ngerulmud 0 0.45 0
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Notes

  1. 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[53] 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 Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine). See Positions on Jerusalem for more information.

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