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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Note: links for each location marked by an asterisk (*) go to the relevant list of cities. Where a list of cities is not available, the links go to the article on the country.
Country / dependency Capital Population % ofcountry Source Beijing 2018 Tokyo 2023 Moscow 2025 Kinshasa 2017 Jakarta 2020 Lima 2023 Cairo 2022 Seoul 2022 Mexico City 2020 London 2020 Dhaka 2011 Tehran 2016 Bangkok 2010 Hanoi 2019 Baghdad 2021 Riyadh 2018 Hong Kong 7,534,200 100% 2024 Bogotá 2011 Santiago 2012 Ankara 2021 Singapore 5,917,600 100% 2023 Kabul 2021 Nairobi 2019 Amman 2021 Algiers 2011 Berlin 2021 Madrid 2021 Buenos Aires 2022 Addis Ababa 2012 Brasília 2024 Guatemala City 2020 Pretoria 2011 Kyiv 2021 Pyongyang 2016 Tashkent 2022 Rome 2022 Quito 2020 Yaoundé 2015 Lusaka 2020 Khartoum 2012 Taipei (de facto) 2020 Sanaa 2012 Luanda 2020 Ouagadougou 2019 Accra 2017 Mogadishu 2021 Baku 2022 Phnom Penh 2019 Caracas 2016 Paris 2022 Havana 2020 Harare 2012 Damascus 2019 Minsk 2022 Vienna 2022 Warsaw 2021 Manila 2020 Bamako 2009 Kuala Lumpur 2019 Bucharest 2021 Budapest 2022 Brazzaville 2015 Belgrade 2021 Kampala 2019 Conakry 2014 Astana 2024 Ulaanbaatar 2020 Tegucigalpa 2021 Dakar 2021 Prague 2023 Niamey 2020 Montevideo 2011 Sofia 2021 Muscat 2021 Antananarivo 2018 Abuja 2011 Tbilisi 2022 Nouakchott 2019 Doha 2020 Tripoli 2019 Naypyidaw 2014 Kigali 2012 Maputo 2020 Santo Domingo 2010 Yerevan 2021 Panama City 2023 Bishkek 2021 Freetown 2015 Managua 2020 Ottawa 2021 Islamabad 2017 Monrovia 2008 Abu Dhabi 2020 Lilongwe 2018 Port-au-Prince 2015 Stockholm 2021 Asmara 2020 Jerusalem 2019 Vientiane 2019 N'Djamena 2009 Amsterdam 2022 Bangui 2020 Dushanbe 2020 Kathmandu 2021 Lomé 2010 Ashgabat 2017 Chişinău 2019 Zagreb 2021 Libreville 2013 Oslo 2021 Macau 671,900 100% 2022 Washington, D.C. 2021 Kingston 2019 Helsinki 2021 Tunis 2014 Copenhagen 2021 Athens 2021 Riga 2021 Djibouti City 2012 Dublin 2022 Rabat 2014 Vilnius 2022 San Salvador 2019 Tirana 2011 Skopje 2015 Juba 2017 Asunción 2020 Lisbon 2020 Bissau 2015 Bratislava 2020 Tallinn 2021 Canberra 2020 Windhoek 2020 Dodoma 2012 Port Moresby 2011 Yamoussoukro 2020 Beirut 2014 Sucre 2022 San Juan 2020 San José 2018 Maseru 2016 Nicosia 2016 Ljubljana 2021 Dili 2015 Sarajevo 2013 Nassau 2016 Gaborone 2020 Porto-Novo 2013 New Delhi 2011 Paramaribo 2012 Pristina 2024 217,7323,000 2014 Wellington 2021 Malé 2022 Manama 2020 Podgorica 2020 Brussels 2022 Praia 2017 Port Louis 2018 Willemstad 2011 Luxembourg City 2025 Gitega 2020 Bern (de facto) 2020 Tiraspol 2015 Reykjavík 2021 Georgetown 2012 Thimphu 2017 Moroni 2016 Bridgetown 2014 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 2012 Bandar Seri Begawan 2007 Mbabane 2010 Nouméa 2019 Suva 2017 Honiara 2021 São Tomé 2015 Tarawa 2020 Kuwait City Kuwait - CityPopulation.de 2021 Port Vila 2016 Saipan 2017 Apia 2021 Ramallah (de facto) 2017 Monaco 38,350 100% 2020 Saint Helier 2018 Port of Spain 2011 George Town 2021 Gibraltar 34,003 100% 2020 St. George's 2012 Banjul 2013 Oranjestad 2010 Douglas 2011 Majuro 2011 Nukualofa 2022 Victoria 2010 Papeete 2017 Andorra la Vella 2022 Tórshavn 2022 St. John's 2011 Belmopan 2016 Castries 2013 Saint Peter Port 2019 Nuuk 2021 Roseau 2011 Charlotte Amalie 2020 Basseterre 2018 Kingstown 2012 Road Town 2012 Mariehamn 2021 Palikir 2010 Funafuti 2017 Valletta 2019 Vaduz 2021 Saint-Pierre 2019 Avarua 2016 City of San Marino 2021 Cockburn Town 2016 Pago Pago 2010 Marigot 2017 Gustavia 2010 Stanley 2016 Ciudad de la Paz 2018 Philipsburg 2011 Flying Fish Cove 2016 The Valley 2011 Hagåtña 2010 Mata Utu 2018 Hamilton 2016 Yaren (de facto) 2011 Jamestown 2016 Alofi 2017 Atafu 2016 Vatican City 764 100% 2023 4490 2011 Kingston 2015 West Island 2011 Adamstown 35 100% 2023 King Edward Point 2018 Ngerulmud 2020
By population density