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\'
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|---|
| 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)
|
| Sudan | Khartoum
|
| Suriname | Paramaribo
|
| Swaziland | Mbabane
|
| Sweden | Stockholm
|
| Switzerland | Bern | Zürich, 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
|