List of capitals and larger cities by country

List of national capitals in the world in alphabetical order of country:

In the case that the capital is not the largest city, the third column gives the cities that are larger.

Country	Capital	Larger cities (population compared to the capital's)
A
Afghanistan	Kabul	-
Albania	Tirana	-
Algeria	Algiers	-
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	-
Angola	Luanda	-
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	-
Argentina	Buenos Aires	-
Armenia	Yerevan	-
Australia	Canberra	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Gold Coast
Austria	Vienna	-
Azerbaijan	Baku
B
Bahamas	Nassau	-
Bahrain	Manama	-
Bangladesh	Dhaka
Barbados	Bridgetown
Belarus	Minsk
Belgium	Brussels	-
Belize	Belmopan	Belize City, Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo
Benin	Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (de facto)
Bhutan	Thimphu
Bolivia	Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
Botswana	Gaborone
Brazil	Brasília	Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Paulo
Brunei Darussalam	Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria	Sofia
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou
Burundi	Bujumbura
C
Cambodia	Phnom Penh
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Douala
Canada	Ottawa	Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
Cape Verde	Praia
Central African Republic	Bangui
Chad	N'Djamena
Chile	Santiago
China, People's Republic of	Beijing	Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Chongqing, Wuhan, Harbin, Xi'an, Hong Kong
China, Republic of (Taiwan)	Taipei (provisional), Nanjing (official)
Colombia	Santafé de Bogotá
Comoros	Moroni
Congo, Republic of the	Brazzaville
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Kinshasa
Costa Rica	San José
Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative)
Croatia	Zagreb
Cuba	Havana
Cyprus	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Prague
D
Denmark	Copenhagen
Djibouti	Djibouti
Dominica	Roseau
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
E
East Timor	Dili
Ecuador	Quito	Guayaquil
Egypt	Cairo
El Salvador	San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo
Eritrea	Asmara
Estonia	Tallinn
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
F
Fiji	Suva
Finland	Helsinki
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Skopje
France	Paris	-
G
Gabon	Libreville
Gambia, The	Banjul
Georgia	Tbilisi
Germany	Berlin	-
Ghana	Accra
Greece	Athens
Grenada	St. George's
Guatemala	Guatemala City
Guinea	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
Guyana	Georgetown
H
Haiti	Port-au-Prince
Holy See, The	Vatican City, The
Honduras	Tegucigalpa
Hungary	Budapest	-
I
Iceland	Reykjavik
India	New Delhi	Mumbai, Dilli, Kolkata, Bengalūru, Chennai and 114 others
Indonesia	Jakarta
Iran	Tehran
Iraq	Baghdad
Ireland	Dublin	-
Israel	Jerusalem (disputed; most countries recognize Tel Aviv)
Italy	Rome	-
J
Jamaica	Kingston
Japan	Tokyo
Jordan	Amman
K
Kazakhstan	Astana
Kenya	Nairobi
Kiribati	Tarawa
Korea, North	Pyongyang
Korea, South	Seoul
Kuwait	Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek
L
Laos	Vientiane
Latvia	Riga
Lebanon	Beirut
Lesotho	Maseru
Liberia	Monrovia
Libya	Tripoli
Liechtenstein	Vaduz
Lithuania	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	-
M
Madagascar	Antananarivo
Malawi	Lilongwe	Blantyre
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	Malé
Mali	Bamako
Malta	Valletta	Birkirkara
Marshall Islands	Majuro
Mauritania	Nouakchott
Mauritius	Port Louis
Mexico	Mexico City
Micronesia	Palikir	Weno
Moldova	Chisinau
Monaco	Monaco City
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Podgorica
Morocco	Rabat	Casablanca
Mozambique	Maputo
Myanmar	Rangoon
N
Namibia	Windhoek
Nauru	none
Nepal	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative)
New Zealand	Wellington	Auckland
Nicaragua	Managua
Niger	Niamey
Nigeria	Abuja
Norway	Oslo
O
Oman	Muscat
P
Pakistan	Islamabad
Palau	Koror
Panama	Panama City
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby
Paraguay	Asunción
Peru	Lima
The Philippines	Manila	Quezon City
Poland	Warsaw	Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area (Katowice metropolitan area); some sources say the capital is larger)
Portugal	Lisbon
Q
Qatar	Doha
R
Romania	Bucharest
Russia	Moscow
Rwanda	Kigali
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre
Saint Lucia	Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown
Samoa	Apia
San Marino	San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
Senegal	Dakar
Serbia	Belgrade
Seychelles	Victoria
Sierra Leone	Freetown
Singapore	Singapore City
Slovakia	Bratislava
Slovenia	Ljubljana
Solomon Islands	Honiara
Somalia	Mogadishu
South Africa	Pretoria (official), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)	Largest metro area: Johannesburg; largest city: Cape Town
Spain	Madrid	-
Sri Lanka	Colombo (official), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative and judicial)	(Colombo)
Sudan	Khartoum
Suriname	Paramaribo
Swaziland	Mbabane
Sweden	Stockholm
Switzerland	Bern	Zurich, Geneva, Basel
Syria	Damascus
T
Taiwan	See China, Republic of
Tajikistan	Dushanbe
Tanzania	Dodoma (official) ,Dar es Salaam (administrative)
Thailand	Bangkok
Togo	Lomé
Tonga	Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago	Port-of-Spain
Tunisia	Tunis
Turkey	Ankara	Istanbul
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
Tuvalu	Funafuti
U
Uganda	Kampala
Ukraine	Kiev
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom	London
United States	Washington, DC	New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, + 16 others
Uruguay	Montevideo
Uzbekistan	Tashkent
V
Vanuatu	Port Vila
Vatican City	See Holy See, The
Venezuela	Caracas
Vietnam	Hanoi
Y
Yemen	Sanaá
Z
Zambia	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Harare	-

See also

• List of national capitals
• List of capitals of subnational entities
• List of historical national capitals
• List of cities

External link

• Compare with Most populous city of each country