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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.

CountryCapitalLarger cities (population compared to the capital's)

'A\'
AfghanistanKabul-
AlbaniaTirana-
AlgeriaAlgiers-
AndorraAndorra la Vella -
AngolaLuanda-
Antigua and BarbudaSt. John's-
ArgentinaBuenos Aires -
ArmeniaYerevan-
AustraliaCanberra Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Gold Coast
AustriaVienna -
AzerbaijanBaku

B
BahamasNassau -
BahrainManama-
BangladeshDhaka
BarbadosBridgetown
BelarusMinsk
BelgiumBrussels -
BelizeBelmopan Belize City, Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo
BeninPorto-Novo (official), Cotonou (de facto)
BhutanThimphu
BoliviaSucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo
BotswanaGaborone

BrazilBrasília Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Paulo
Brunei DarussalamBandar Seri Begawan
BulgariaSofia
Burkina FasoOuagadougou
BurundiBujumbura
C
CambodiaPhnom Penh
CameroonYaoundéDouala
CanadaOttawa Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
Cape VerdePraia
Central African RepublicBangui
ChadN'Djamena
ChileSantiago
China, People's Republic ofBeijing Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Chongqing,
Wuhan, Harbin, Xi'an, Hong Kong
China, Republic of (Taiwan)Taipei (provisional), Nanjing (official)
ColombiaSantafé de Bogotá
ComorosMoroni
Congo, Republic of theBrazzaville
Congo, Democratic Republic of theKinshasa
Costa RicaSan José
Côte d'IvoireYamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative)
CroatiaZagreb
CubaHavana
CyprusNicosia
Czech RepublicPrague
D
DenmarkCopenhagen
DjiboutiDjibouti
DominicaRoseau
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo
E
East TimorDili
EcuadorQuitoGuayaquil
EgyptCairo
El SalvadorSan Salvador
Equatorial GuineaMalabo
EritreaAsmara
EstoniaTallinn
EthiopiaAddis Ababa
F
FijiSuva
FinlandHelsinki
Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaSkopje
FranceParis -
G
GabonLibreville
Gambia, TheBanjul
GeorgiaTbilisi
GermanyBerlin -
GhanaAccra
GreeceAthens
GrenadaSt. George's
GuatemalaGuatemala City
GuineaConakry
Guinea-BissauBissau
GuyanaGeorgetown
H
HaitiPort-au-Prince
Holy See, TheVatican City, The
HondurasTegucigalpa
HungaryBudapest -
I
IcelandReykjavik
IndiaNew Delhi Mumbai, Dilli, Kolkata, Bengalūru, Chennai
and 114 others
IndonesiaJakarta
IranTehran
IraqBaghdad
IrelandDublin -
IsraelJerusalem (disputed; most countries recognize Tel Aviv)
ItalyRome -
J
JamaicaKingston
JapanTokyo
JordanAmman
K
KazakhstanAstana
KenyaNairobi
KiribatiTarawa
Korea, NorthPyongyang
Korea, SouthSeoul
KuwaitKuwait City
KyrgyzstanBishkek
L
LaosVientiane
LatviaRiga
LebanonBeirut
LesothoMaseru
LiberiaMonrovia
LibyaTripoli
LiechtensteinVaduz
LithuaniaVilnius
LuxembourgLuxembourg City -
M
MadagascarAntananarivo
MalawiLilongweBlantyre
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
MaldivesMalé
MaliBamako
MaltaValletta Birkirkara
Marshall IslandsMajuro
MauritaniaNouakchott
MauritiusPort Louis
MexicoMexico City
MicronesiaPalikirWeno
MoldovaChisinau
MonacoMonaco City
MongoliaUlaanbaatar
MontenegroPodgorica
MoroccoRabatCasablanca
MozambiqueMaputo
MyanmarRangoon
N
NamibiaWindhoek
Naurunone
NepalKathmandu
NetherlandsAmsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative)
New ZealandWellington Auckland
NicaraguaManagua
NigerNiamey
NigeriaAbuja
NorwayOslo
O
OmanMuscat
P
PakistanIslamabad
PalauKoror
PanamaPanama City
Papua New GuineaPort Moresby
ParaguayAsunción
PeruLima
The PhilippinesManila Quezon City
PolandWarsaw Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area (Katowice metropolitan area); some sources say the capital is larger)
PortugalLisbon
Q
QatarDoha
R
RomaniaBucharest
RussiaMoscow
RwandaKigali
S
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre
Saint LuciaCastries
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown
SamoaApia
San MarinoSan Marino
São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
SenegalDakar
SerbiaBelgrade
SeychellesVictoria
Sierra LeoneFreetown
SingaporeSingapore City
SlovakiaBratislava
SloveniaLjubljana
Solomon IslandsHoniara
SomaliaMogadishu
South AfricaPretoria (official), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) Largest metro area: Johannesburg; largest city: Cape Town
SpainMadrid
Sri LankaColombo (official), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative and judicial)
SudanKhartoum
SurinameParamaribo
SwazilandMbabane
SwedenStockholm
SwitzerlandBern Zürich, Geneva, Basel
SyriaDamascus
T
TaiwanSee China, Republic of
TajikistanDushanbe
TanzaniaDodoma (official) ,Dar es Salaam (administrative)
ThailandBangkok
TogoLomé
TongaNuku'alofa
Trinidad and TobagoPort-of-Spain
TunisiaTunis
TurkeyAnkaraIstanbul
TurkmenistanAshgabat
TuvaluFunafuti
U
UgandaKampala
UkraineKiev
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
United KingdomLondon
United StatesWashington, DC New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, + 16 others
UruguayMontevideo
UzbekistanTashkent
V
VanuatuPort Vila
Vatican CitySee Holy See, The
VenezuelaCaracas
VietnamHanoi
Y
YemenSanaá
Z
ZambiaLusaka
ZimbabweHarare

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