List of national capitals by population
This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics. The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district.
List
| Rank | Country/Territory | Capital | Population | Year | % of country's population |
| 1 | Beijing | 21542000 | 2010 | 1.5% | |
| 2 | New Delhi | 14200004 | 2011 | 1.05% | |
| 3 | Tokyo | 13929286 | 2017 | 11.03% | |
| 4 | Moscow | 12506468 | 2011 | 8.52% | |
| 5 | Kinshasa | 11855000 | 2012 | 12.9% | |
| 6 | Jakarta | 10075310 | 2011 | 3.76% | |
| 7 | Seoul | 9838892 | 2015 | 19.03% | |
| 8 | Cairo | 9500000 | 2012 | 9.54% | |
| 9 | Mexico City | 8918653 | 2015 | 7.05% | |
| 10 | London | 8908081 | 2015 | 13.19% | |
| 11 | Dhaka | 2011 | 5.52% | ||
| 12 | Lima | 8852000 | 2012 | 26.74% | |
| 13 | Tehran | 8693706 | 2014 | 10.53% | |
| 14 | Bangkok | 8305218 | 2010 | 11.96% | |
| 15 | Hanoi | 7781631 | 2014 | 8.14% | |
| 16 | Riyadh | 7676654 | 2009 | 22.43% | |
| 17 | ' | Hong Kong | 7482500 | 2018 | 100% |
| 18 | Bogotá | 7181469 | 2011 | 14.88% | |
| 19 | Baghdad | 6719500 | 17.48% | ||
| 20 | Santiago | 6310000 | 2012 | 35.9% | |
| 21 | Singapore | 5638700 | 2015 | 100% | |
| 22 | Ankara | 5445026 | 2014 | 6.64% | |
| 23 | Berlin | 3748148 | 2012 | 4.51% | |
| 24 | Damascus | 3500000 | 15.32% | ||
| 25 | Algiers | 3415811 | 8.45% | ||
| 26 | Madrid | 3233527 | 2012 | 6.84% | |
| 27 | Pyongyang | 3144005 | 12.63% | ||
| 28 | Kabul | 3140853 | 10.28% | ||
| 29 | Nairobi | 3138369 | 2010 | 7.67% | |
| 30 | Addis Ababa | 3040740 | 2012 | 3.31% | |
| 31 | Buenos Aires | 2010 | 7.16% | ||
| 32 | Rome | 2868104 | 2014 | 4.72% | |
| 33 | Kiev | 2013 | 6.26% | ||
| 34 | Yaoundé | 2765568 | 2015 | 11.65% | |
| 35 | ' | Taipei | 2668572 | 2018 | 11.31% |
| 36 | Brasília | 2648532 | 2012 | 1.33% | |
| 37 | Amman | 2600603 | 40.26% | ||
| 38 | Luanda | 2453779 | 11.43% | ||
| 39 | Guatemala City | 2450212 | 2008 | 11.11% | |
| 40 | Pretoria | 2345908 | 4.43% | ||
| 41 | Paris | 2241346 | 2014 | 3.38% | |
| 42 | Tashkent | 2207850 | 7.30% | ||
| 43 | Baku | 2204200 | 2015 | 22.96% | |
| 44 | Havana | 2135498 | 2010 | 18.93% | |
| 45 | Phnom Penh | 2011725 | 13.29% | ||
| 46 | Islamabad | 2001579 | 1% | ||
| 47 | Bucharest | 1942254 | 9.73% | ||
| 48 | Khartoum | 1840661 | 4.59% | ||
| 49 | Caracas | 1838939 | 6.05% | ||
| 50 | Brazzaville | 1827000 | 2014 | 39.19% | |
| 51 | Rabat | 1789635 | 5.42% | ||
| 52 | Manila | 1780148 | 2015 | 1.64% | |
| 53 | Vienna | 1749673 | 2013 | 20.65% | |
| 54 | Budapest | 1729040 | 2011 | 17.34% | |
| 55 | Warsaw | 1711324 | 2012 | 4.42% | |
| 56 | Minsk | 1702061 | 17.98% | ||
| 57 | Kampala | 1659600 | 4.42% | ||
| 58 | Accra | 1640507 | 6.33% | ||
| 59 | Antananarivo | 1613375 | 7.04% | ||
| 60 | Beirut | 1574387 | 35.25% | ||
| 61 | Quito Guayaquil seat-of-government | 1504991 | 9.65% | ||
| 62 | Harare | 1487028 | 10.51% | ||
| 63 | Doha | 1450000 | 92% | ||
| 64 | Sana'a | 1431649 | 5.87% | ||
| 65 | Conakry | 1399981 | 11.91% | ||
| 66 | Kuala Lumpur | 1381830 | 4.65% | ||
| 67 | Montevideo | 1369797 | 40.21% | ||
| 68 | Lusaka | 1331254 | 9.16% | ||
| 69 | Bamako | 1289626 | 8.43% | ||
| 70 | Sofia | 1277000 | 2019 | 15.02% | |
| 71 | Prague | 1241664 | 2011 | 11.83% | |
| 72 | Port-au-Prince | 1235227 | 11.97% | ||
| 73 | Tripoli | 1184045 | 19.09% | ||
| 74 | Dublin | 1173179 | 24.63% | ||
| 75 | Kuwait City | 1171880 | 34.78% | ||
| 76 | Belgrade | 1154589 | 16.12% | ||
| 77 | Santo Domingo | 2010 | 11.10% | ||
| 78 | Mogadishu | 1097133 | 10.45% | ||
| 79 | Yerevan | 1080487 | 36.29% | ||
| 80 | Maputo | 1076689 | 4.17% | ||
| 81 | Freetown | 1070200 | 17.57% | ||
| 82 | Tbilisi | 1044993 | 23.34% | ||
| 83 | Dakar | 1030594 | 7.29% | ||
| 84 | Nur-Sultan | 1029556 | 2017 | 5.67% | |
| 85 | Monrovia | 1010970 | 23.54% | ||
| 86 | Ouagadougou | 1005231 | 5.94% | ||
| 87 | Kathmandu | 1003285 | 2011 | 3.69% | |
| 88 | Stockholm | 962154 | 2018 | 9.41% | |
| 89 | Ottawa | 934243 | 2016 | 2.55% | |
| 90 | Jerusalem | 927000 | 10.1% | ||
| 91 | Managua | 926883 | 15.24% | ||
| 92 | Naypyidaw | 925000 | 1.74% | ||
| 93 | Ulaanbaatar | 907802 | 31.98% | ||
| 94 | Lilongwe | 902388 | 5.52% | ||
| 95 | Amsterdam | 4.97% | |||
| 96 | Bishkek | 843240 | 14.74% | ||
| 97 | Lomé | 824738 | 12.10% | ||
| 98 | Panama City | 813097 | 21.04% | ||
| 99 | Zagreb | 804200 | 18.91% | ||
| 100 | Muscat | 797000 | 21.94% | ||
| 101 | Niamey | 794814 | 4.46% | ||
| 102 | Chişinău | 794800 | 22.33% | ||
| 103 | Copenhagen | 794128 | 2020 | 13.64% | |
| 104 | Abuja | 778567 | 0.45% | ||
| 105 | Tunis | 767629 | 7.05% | ||
| 106 | Tirana | 763634 | 27.53% | ||
| 107 | Ashgabat | 763537 | 14.57% | ||
| 108 | N'Djamena | 751288 | 5.86% | ||
| 109 | Tegucigalpa | 735982 | 9.09% | ||
| 110 | Bangui | 731548 | 14.79% | ||
| 111 | Nouakchott | 719167 | 18.49% | ||
| 112 | Kigali | 718414 | 6.10% | ||
| 113 | Riga | 713016 | 35.42% | ||
| 114 | Kingston | 701063 | 25.82% | ||
| 115 | Asmara | 694000 | 14.49% | ||
| 116 | Athens | 664046 | 2011 | 6.17% | |
| 117 | Washington, D.C. | 658893 | 2014 | 0.21% | |
| 118 | Oslo | 645701 | 2013 | 12.70% | |
| 119 | Helsinki | 635591 | 2016 | 11.55% | |
| 120 | Abu Dhabi | 585097 | 6.27% | ||
| 121 | Dushanbe | 582496 | 7.10% | ||
| 122 | Lisbon | 564657 | 5.40% | ||
| 123 | Vilnius | 556723 | 18.83% | ||
| 124 | Libreville | 556425 | 33.28% | ||
| 125 | San Salvador | 521366 | 8.22% | ||
| 126 | Skopje | 521000 | 25% | ||
| 127 | Asunción | 520722 | 7.66% | ||
| 128 | ' | Macau | 520400 | 100% | |
| 129 | Djibouti | 475332 | 54.45% | ||
| 130 | Yamoussoukro | 454929 | 2.24% | ||
| 131 | Bissau | 452640 | 26.56% | ||
| 132 | Tallinn | 440206 | 33.22% | ||
| 133 | Bratislava | 424207 | 7.84% | ||
| 134 | San Juan | 421356 | 12.37% | ||
| 135 | Canberra | 410301 | 2017 | 1.61% | |
| 136 | Sarajevo | 395133 | 2013 | 11.19% | |
| 137 | Juba | 372410 | 3.30% | ||
| 138 | San José | 328195 | 6.74% | ||
| 139 | Port Moresby | 299396 | 4.09% | ||
| 140 | Vientiane | 287579 | 4.25% | ||
| 141 | Dodoma | 287200 | 2002 est. | 0.80% | |
| 142 | Ljubljana | 280140 | 13.60% | ||
| 143 | Nicosia | 270000 | late 2004 | 26.57% | |
| 144 | Maseru | 267652 | 12.91% | ||
| 145 | Sucre | 261201 | 2.52% | ||
| 146 | Paramaribo | 254147 | 47.13% | ||
| 147 | Windhoek | 252721 | 10.97% | ||
| 148 | Nassau | 248948 | 65.97% | ||
| 149 | Gaborone | 225656 | 11.17% | ||
| 150 | Porto-Novo | 223552 | 2.17% | ||
| 151 | Wellington | % | |||
| 152 | ' | Prishtina | 10.32% | ||
| 153 | ' | 194668 3000 | 2009 | --- | |
| 154 | ' | Tiraspol | 159163 | 28.53% | |
| 155 | Brussels | 148873 | 1.40% | ||
| 156 | Port Louis | 147251 | 12.28% | ||
| 157 | Podgorica | 141854 | 22.83% | ||
| 158 | Manama | 140616 | 10.56% | ||
| 159 | Georgetown | 134599 | 16.83% | ||
| 160 | Praia | 125464 | 25.15% | ||
| 161 | Berne ' | 121631 | 1.51% | ||
| 162 | Luxembourg | 19.41% | |||
| 163 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 115826 | 0.53% | ||
| 164 | Reykjavík | 115000 | 35.60% | ||
| 165 | Bridgetown | 110000 | 39.06% | ||
| 166 | Malé | 103693 | 30.05% | ||
| 167 | Thimphu | 101259 | 13.43% | ||
| 168 | Malabo | 100677 | 13.30% | ||
| 169 | Nouméa | 89207 | 32.03% | ||
| 170 | Suva | 84410 | 9.58% | ||
| 171 | Mbabane | 81594 | 6.53% | ||
| 172 | Castries | 70000 | 38.40% | ||
| 173 | Saipan | 62392 | 100% | ||
| 174 | Moroni | 60200 | 8.19% | ||
| 175 | Honiara | 59288 | 10.56% | ||
| 176 | Dili | 59069 | 5.01% | ||
| 177 | São Tomé | 56166 | 29.10% | ||
| 178 | Pago Pago | 52000 | 6.57% | ||
| 179 | Port of Spain | 50479 | 3.76% | ||
| 180 | ' | Stepanakert | 49986 | 36.57% | |
| 181 | Willemstad | 49885 | 93.74% | ||
| 182 | Gitega | 41944 | 2008 | 0.40% | |
| 183 | Kingstown | 36.59% | |||
| 184 | Apia | 39813 | 20.91% | ||
| 185 | Port Vila | 38000 | 15.03% | ||
| 186 | Monaco | 35986 | 2011 est. | 100% | |
| 187 | Banjul | 34828 | 1.88% | ||
| 188 | Tarawa | 30000 | 29.31% | ||
| 189 | Oranjestad | 29998 | --- | ||
| 190 | Victoria | 29298 | 32.86% | ||
| 191 | Gibraltar | 29286 | --- | ||
| 192 | Saint Helier | 28380 | --- | ||
| 193 | Bandar Seri Begawan | 28135 | 6.73% | ||
| 194 | George Town | 26798 | 41.1% | ||
| 195 | Douglas | 26600 | --- | ||
| 196 | Papeete | 26200 | --- | ||
| 197 | Ramallah ' | 25500 | 0.53% | ||
| 198 | Majuro | 25400 | 48.26% | ||
| 199 | Andorra la Vella | 22884 | 28.89% | ||
| 200 | St. John's | 22679 | 25.20% | ||
| 201 | Nukuʻalofa | 22400 | 21.27% | ||
| 202 | Tórshavn | 18573 | --- | ||
| 203 | St. Peter Port | 16701 | --- | ||
| 204 | Belmopan | 16451 | 4.96% | ||
| 205 | Nuuk | 15469 | 31.85% | ||
| 206 | Roseau | 14847 | 20.62% | ||
| 207 | Basseterre | 13043 | 24.07% | ||
| 208 | Mariehamn | 11296 | --- | ||
| 209 | Charlotte Amalie | 10817 | --- | ||
| 210 | Palikir | 9900 | 9.56% | ||
| 211 | Road Town | 9400 | --- | ||
| 212 | St. George's | 7500 | 7.08% | ||
| 213 | Valletta | 6444 | 2014 | 1.45% | |
| 214 | ' Saint Barthélemy | Gustavia | 6000 | --- | |
| 215 | Collectivity of Saint Martin | Marigot | 5700 | --- | |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | 5509 | --- | |
| 217 | Avarua | 5445 | --- | ||
| 218 | Vaduz | 5248 | 14.21% | ||
| 219 | City of San Marino | 4493 | 13.47% | ||
| 220 | Funafuti | 4492 | 45.48% | ||
| 221 | Cockburn Town | 3700 | --- | ||
| 222 | Stanley | 2115 | --- | ||
| 223 | Longyearbyen | 2075 | --- | ||
| 224 | Flying Fish Cove | 1493 | --- | ||
| 225 | Philipsburg | 1338 | --- | ||
| 226 | Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu | 1191 | --- | |
| 227 | The Valley | 1169 | --- | ||
| 228 | Yaren ' | 1100 | 10.91% | ||
| 229 | Hagåtña | 1100 | --- | ||
| 230 | Hamilton | 854 | 2016 | 1.34% | |
| 231 | Vatican City | 826 | 100% | ||
| 232 | Jamestown | 714 | --- | ||
| 233 | Alofi | 616 | --- | ||
| 234 | Atafu | 524 | 34.96% | ||
| 235 | Brades ' | 391 | --- | ||
| 236 | Ngerulmud | 271 | 1.87% | ||
| 237 | West Island | 120 | 22.06% | ||
| 238 | Adamstown | 56 | 100% | ||
| 239 | King Edward Point | 22 | 69% | ||
| 240 | Kingston | n/a | - |