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| Afghanistan | KABUL (capital) 4.635 million (2015) |
| Albania | TIRANA (capital) 454,000 (2015) |
| Algeria | ALGIERS (capital) 2.594 million; Oran 858,000 (2015) |
| American Samoa | PAGO PAGO (capital) 48,000 (2014) |
| Andorra | ANDORRA LA VELLA (capital) 23,000 (2014) |
| Angola | LUANDA (capital) 5.506 million; Huambo 1.269 million (2015) |
| Anguilla | THE VALLEY (capital) 1,000 (2014) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | SAINT JOHN'S (capital) 22,000 (2014) |
| Argentina | BUENOS AIRES (capital) 15.18 million; Cordoba 1.511 million; Rosario 1.381 million; Mendoza 1.009 million; San Miguel de Tucuman 910,000; La Plata 846,000 (2015) |
| Armenia | YEREVAN (capital) 1,044 (2015) |
| Aruba | ORANJESTAD (capital) 29,000 (2014) |
| Australia | Sydney 4.505 million; Melbourne 4.203 million; Brisbane 2.202 million; Perth 1.861 million; Adelaide 1.256 million; CANBERRA (capital) 423,000 (2015) |
| Austria | VIENNA (capital) 1.753 million (2015) |
| Azerbaijan | BAKU (capital) 2.374 million (2015) |
| Bahamas, The | NASSAU (capital) 267,000 (2014) |
| Bahrain | MANAMA (capital) 411,000 (2015) |
| Bangladesh | DHAKA (capital) 17.598 million; Chittagong 4.539 million; Khulna 1.022 million; Rajshahi 844,000 (2015) |
| Barbados | BRIDGETOWN (capital) 90,000 (2014) |
| Belarus | MINSK (capital) 1.915 million (2015) |
| Belgium | BRUSSELS (capital) 2.045 million; Antwerp 994,000 (2015) |
| Belize | BELMOPAN (capital) 17,000 (2014) |
| Benin | PORTO-NOVO (capital) 268,000 (2014); COTONOU (seat of government) 682,000; Abomey-Calavi 757,000 (2015) |
| Bermuda | HAMILTON (capital) 10,000 (2014) |
| Bhutan | THIMPHU (capital) 152,000 (2014) |
| Bolivia | Santa Cruz 2.107 million; LA PAZ (capital) 1.816 million; Cochabamba 1.24 million; Sucre (constitutional capital) 372,000 (2015) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | SARAJEVO (capital) 318,000 (2015) |
| Botswana | GABORONE (capital) 247,000 (2014) |
| Brazil | Sao Paulo 21.066 million; Rio de Janeiro 12.902 million; Belo Horizonte 5.716 million; BRASILIA (capital) 4.155 million; Fortaleza 3.88 million; Recife 3.739 million (2015) |
| British Virgin Islands | ROAD TOWN (capital) 13,000 (2014) |
| Brunei | BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) 241,000 note: the boundaries of the capital city were expanded in 2007, greatly increasing the city area; the population of the capital increased tenfold (2011) |
| Bulgaria | SOFIA (capital) 1.226 million (2015) |
| Burkina Faso | OUAGADOUGOU (capital) 2.741 million (2015) |
| Burma | RANGOON (Yangon) (capital) 4.802 million; Mandalay 1.167 million; Nay Pyi Taw 1.03 million (2015) |
| Burundi | BUJUMBURA (capital) 751,000 (2015) |
| Cambodia | PHNOM PENH (capital) 1.731 million (2015) |
| Cameroon | YAOUNDE (capital) 3.066 million; Douala 2.943 million (2015) |
| Canada | Toronto 5.993 million; Montreal 3.981 million; Vancouver 2.485 million; Calgary 1.337 million; OTTAWA (capital) 1.326 million; Edmonton 1.272 million (2015) |
| Cape Verde | PRAIA (capital) 145,000 (2014) |
| Cayman Islands | GEORGE TOWN (capital) 31,000 (2014) |
| Central African Republic | BANGUI (capital) 794,000 (2015) |
| Chad | N'DJAMENA (capital) 1.26 million (2015) |
| Chile | SANTIAGO (capital) 6.507 million; Valparaiso 907,000; Concepcion 816,000 (2015) |
| China | Shanghai 23.741 million; BEIJING (capital) 20.384 million; Chongqing 13.332 million; Guangdong 12.458 million; Tianjin 11.21 million; Shenzhen 10.749 million (2015) |
| Colombia | BOGOTA (capital) 9.765 million; Medellin 3.911 million; Cali 2.646 million; Barranquilla 1.991 million; Bucaramanga 1.215 million; Cartagena 1.092 million (2015) |
| Comoros | MORONI (capital) 56,000 (2014) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | KINSHASA (capital) 11.587 million; Lubumbashi 2.015 million; Mbuji-Mayi 2.007 million; Kananga 1.169 million; Kisangani 1.04 million; Bukavu 832,000 (2015) |
| Congo, Republic of the | BRAZZAVILLE (capital) 1.888 million; Pointe-Noire 969,000 (2015) |
| Costa Rica | SAN JOSE (capital) 1.17 million (2015) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) 259,000 (2014); ABIDJAN (seat of government) 4.86 million; Bouake 762,000 (2015) |
| Croatia | ZAGREB (capital) 687,000 (2015) |
| Cuba | HAVANA (capital) 2.137 million (2015) |
| Curacao | WILLEMSTAD (capital) 145,000 (2014) |
| Cyprus | NICOSIA (capital) 251,000 (2014) |
| Denmark | COPENHAGEN (capital) 1.268 million (2015) |
| Djibouti | DJIBOUTI (capital) 529,000 (2015) |
| Dominica | ROSEAU (capital) 15,000 (2014) |
| Dominican Republic | SANTO DOMINGO (capital) 2.945 million (2015) |
| East Timor | DILI (capital) 228,000 (2014) |
| Ecuador | Guayaquil 2.709 million; QUITO (capital) 1.726 million (2015) |
| Egypt | CAIRO (capital) 18.772 million; Alexandria 4.778 million (2015) |
| El Salvador | SAN SALVADOR (capital) 1.098 million (2015) |
| Equatorial Guinea | MALABO (capital) 145,000 (2014) |
| Eritrea | ASMARA (capital) 804,000 (2015) |
| Estonia | TALLINN (capital) 391,000 (2015) |
| Ethiopia | ADDIS ABABA (capital) 3.238 million (2015) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | STANLEY (capital) 2,000 (2014) |
| Faroe Islands | TORSHAVN (capital) 21,000 (2014) |
| Fiji | SUVA (capital) 176,000 (2014) |
| Finland | HELSINKI (capital) 1.18 million (2015) |
| France | PARIS (capital) 10.843 million; Lyon 1.609 million; Marseille-Aix-en-Provence 1.605 million; Lille 1.027 million; Nice-Cannes 967,000; Toulouse 938,000 (2015) |
| French Polynesia | PAPEETE (capital) 133,000 (2014) |
| Gabon | LIBREVILLE (capital) 707,000 (2015) |
| Gambia, The | BANJUL (capital) 504,000 (2015) |
| Georgia | TBILISI (capital) 1.147 million (2015) |
| Germany | BERLIN (capital) 3.563 million; Hamburg 1.831 million; Munich 1.438 million; Cologne 1.037 million (2015) |
| Ghana | Kumasi 2.599 million; ACCRA (capital) 2.277 million (2015) |
| Gibraltar | GIBRALTAR (capital) 29,000 (2014) |
| Greece | ATHENS (capital) 3.052 million (2015) |
| Greenland | NUUK (capital) 17,000 (2014) |
| Grenada | SAINT GEORGE'S (capital) 38,000 (2014) |
| Guam | HAGATNA (capital) 143,000 (2014) |
| Guatemala | GUATEMALA CITY (capital) 2.918 million (2015) |
| Guinea | CONAKRY (capital) 1.936 million (2015) |
| Guinea-Bissau | BISSAU (capital) 492,000 (2015) |
| Guyana | GEORGETOWN (capital) 124,000 (2014) |
| Haiti | PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) 2.44 million (2015) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | VATICAN CITY (capital) 1,000 (2014) |
| Honduras | TEGUCIGALPA (capital) 1.123 million; San Pedro Sula 852,000 (2015) |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong 7.26 million (2014) |
| Hungary | BUDAPEST (capital) 1.714 million (2015) |
| Iceland | REYKJAVIK (capital) 184,000 (2014) |
| India | NEW DELHI (capital) 25.703 million; Mumbai 21.043 million; Kolkata 11.766 million; Bangalore 10.087 million; Chennai 9.62 million; Hyderabad 8.944 million (2015) |
| Indonesia | JAKARTA (capital) 10.323 million; Surabaya 2.853 million; Bandung 2.544 million; Medan 2.204 million; Semarang 1.63 million; Makassar 1.489 million (2015) |
| Iran | TEHRAN (capital) 8.432 million; Mashhad 3.014 million; Esfahan 1.88 million; Karaj 1.807 million; Shiraz 1.661 million; Tabriz 1.572 million (2015) |
| Iraq | BAGHDAD (capital) 6.643 million; Mosul 1.694 million; Erbil 1.166 million; Basra 1.019 million; As Sulaymaniyah 1.004 million; Najaf 889,000 (2015) |
| Ireland | DUBLIN (capital) 1.169 million (2015) |
| Isle of Man | DOUGLAS (capital) 29,000 (2014) |
| Israel | Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.608 million; Haifa 1.097 million; JERUSALEM (proclaimed capital) 839,000 (2015) |
| Italy | ROME (capital) 3.718 million; Milan 3.099 million; Naples 2.202 million; Turin 1.765 million; Palermo 853,000; Bergamo 840,000 (2015) |
| Jamaica | KINGSTON (capital) 588,000 (2015) |
| Japan | TOKYO (capital) 38.001 million; Osaka-Kobe 20.238 million; Nagoya 9.406 million; Kitakyushu-Fukuoka 5.51 million; Shizuoka-Hamamatsu 3.369 million; Sapporo 2.571 million (2015) |
| Jordan | AMMAN (capital) 1.155 million (2015) |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty 1.523 million; ASTANA (capital) 759,000 (2015) |
| Kenya | NAIROBI (capital) 3.915 million; Mombassa 1.104 million (2015) |
| Kiribati | TARAWA (capital) 46,000 (2014) |
| Korea, North | PYONGYANG (capital) 2.863 million (2015) |
| Korea, South | SEOUL (capital) 9.774 million; Busan (Pusan) 3.216 million; Incheon (Inch'on) 2.685 million; Daegu (Taegu) 2.244 million; Daejon (Taejon) 1.564 million; Gwangju (Kwangju) 1.536 million (2015) |
| Kosovo | PRISTINA (capital) 207,062 (2014) |
| Kuwait | KUWAIT (capital) 2.779 million (2015) |
| Kyrgyzstan | BISHKEK (capital) 865,000 (2015) |
| Laos | VIENTIANE (capital) 997,000 (2015) |
| Latvia | RIGA (capital) 621,000 (2015) |
| Lebanon | BEIRUT (capital) 2.226 million (2015) |
| Lesotho | MASERU (capital) 267,000 (2014) |
| Liberia | MONROVIA (capital) 1.264 million (2015) |
| Libya | TRIPOLI (capital) 1.126 million (2015) |
| Liechtenstein | VADUZ (capital) 5,000 (2014) |
| Lithuania | VILNIUS (capital) 517,000 (2015) |
| Luxembourg | LUXEMBOURG (capital) 107,000 (2014) |
| Macedonia | SKOPJE (capital) 503,000 (2015) |
| Madagascar | ANTANANARIVO (capital) 2.61 million (2015) |
| Malawi | LILONGWE (capital) 905,000; Blantyre-Limbe 808,000 (2015) |
| Malaysia | KUALA LUMPUR (capital) 6.837 million; Johor Bahru 912,000 (2015) |
| Maldives | MALE (capital) 156,000 (2014) |
| Mali | BAMAKO (capital) 2.515 million (2015) |
| Malta | VALLETTA (capital) 197,000 (2014) |
| Marshall Islands | MAJURO (capital) 31,000 (2014) |
| Mauritania | NOUAKCHOTT (capital) 968,000 (2015) |
| Mauritius | PORT LOUIS (capital) 135,000 (2014) |
| Mexico | MEXICO CITY (capital) 20.999 million; Guadalajara 4.843 million; Monterrey 4.513 million; Puebla 2.984 million; Toluca de Lerdo 2.164 million; Tijuana 1.987 million (2015) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | PALIKIR (capital) 7,000 (2014) |
| Moldova | CHISINAU (capital) 725,000 (2015) |
| Monaco | MONACO (capital) 38,000 (2014) |
| Mongolia | ULAANBAATAR (capital) 1.377 million (2015) |
| Montenegro | PODGORICA (capital) 165,000 (2014) |
| Morocco | Casablanca 3.515 million; RABAT (capital) 1.967 million; Fes 1.172 million; Marrakech 1.134 million; Tangier 982,000 (2015) |
| Mozambique | MAPUTO (capital) 1.187 million; Matola 937,000 (2015) |
| Namibia | WINDHOEK (capital) 368,000 (2015) |
| Nepal | KATHMANDU (capital) 1.183 million (2015) |
| Netherlands | AMSTERDAM (capital) 1.091 million; Rotterdam 993,000; The Hague (seat of government) 650,000 (2015) |
| New Caledonia | NOUMEA (capital) 181,000 (2014) |
| New Zealand | Auckland 1.344 million; WELLINGTON (capital) 383,000 (2015) |
| Nicaragua | MANAGUA (capital) 956,000 (2015) |
| Niger | NIAMEY (capital) 1.09 million (2015) |
| Nigeria | Lagos 13.123 million; Kano 3.587 million; Ibadan 3.16 million; ABUJA (capital) 2.44 million; Port Harcourt 2.343 million; Benin City 1.496 million (2015) |
| Niue | ALOFI (capital) 1,000 (2014) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | SAIPAN (capital) 49,000 (2014) |
| Norway | OSLO (capital) 986,000 (2015) |
| Oman | MUSCAT (capital) 838,000 (2015) |
| Pakistan | Karachi 16.618 million; Lahore 8.741 million; Faisalabad 3.567 million; Rawalpindi 2.506 million; Multan 1.921 million; ISLAMABAD (capital) 1.365 million (2015) |
| Palau | MELEKEOK (capital) 299 (2012) |
| Panama | PANAMA CITY (capital) 1.673 million (2015) |
| Papua New Guinea | PORT MORESBY (capital) 345,000 (2015) |
| Paraguay | ASUNCION (capital) 2.356 million (2015) |
| Peru | LIMA (capital) 9.897 million; Arequipa 850,000; Trujillo 798,000 (2015) |
| Philippines | MANILA (capital) 12.946 million; Davao 1.63 million; Cebu City 951,000; Zamboanga 936,000 (2015) |
| Poland | WARSAW (capital) 1.722 million; Krakow 760,000 (2015) |
| Portugal | LISBON (capital) 2.884 million; Porto 1.299 million (2015) |
| Puerto Rico | SAN JUAN (capital) 2.463 million (2015) |
| Qatar | DOHA (capital) 718,000 (2015) |
| Romania | BUCHAREST (capital) 1.868 million (2015) |
| Russia | MOSCOW (capital) 12.166 million; Saint Petersburg 4.993 million; Novosibirsk 1.497 million; Yekaterinburg 1.379 million; Nizhniy Novgorod 1.212 million; Samara 1.164 million (2015) |
| Rwanda | KIGALI (capital) 1.257 million (2015) |
| Saint Helena | JAMESTOWN (capital) 1,000 (2014) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | BASSETERRE (capital) 14,000 (2014) |
| Saint Lucia | CASTRIES (capital) 22,000 (2014) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SAINT-PIERRE (capital) 5,000 (2014) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | KINGSTOWN (capital) 27,000 (2014) |
| Samoa | APIA (capital) 37,000 (2014) |
| San Marino | SAN MARINO 4,000 (2014) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | SAO TOME (capital) 71,000 (2014) |
| Saudi Arabia | RIYADH (capital) 6.195 million; Jeddah 4.076 million; Mecca 1.771 million; Medina 1.28 million; Ad Dammam 1.064 million (2015) |
| Senegal | DAKAR (capital) 3.52 million (2015) |
| Serbia | BELGRADE (capital) 1.182 million (2015) |
| Seychelles | VICTORIA (capital) 26,000 (2014) |
| Sierra Leone | FREETOWN (capital) 1.007 million (2015) |
| Singapore | SINGAPORE (capital) 5.619 million (2015) |
| Sint Maarten | PHILIPSBURG (capital) 1,327 (2011) |
| Slovakia | BRATISLAVA (capital) 401,000 (2015) |
| Slovenia | LJUBLJANA (capital) 279,000 (2014) |
| Solomon Islands | HONIARA (capital) 73,000 (2014) |
| Somalia | MOGADISHU (capital) 2.138 million; Hargeysa 760,000 (2015) |
| South Africa | Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni) 9.399 million; Cape Town (legislative capital) 3.66 million; Durban 2.901 million; PRETORIA (capital) 2.059 million; Port Elizabeth 1.179 million; Vereeniging 1.155 million (2015) |
| South Sudan | JUBA (capital) 321,000 (2015) |
| Spain | MADRID (capital) 6.199 million; Barcelona 5.258 million; Valencia 810,000 (2015) |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 128,000 (2014); COLOMBO (capital) 707,000 (2015) |
| Sudan | KHARTOUM (capital) 5.129 million (2015) |
| Suriname | PARAMARIBO (capital) 234,000 (2014) |
| Swaziland | MBABANE (capital) 66,000 (2014) |
| Sweden | STOCKHOLM (capital) 1.486 million (2015) |
| Switzerland | Zurich 1.246 million; BERN (capital) 358,000 (2015) |
| Syria | Aleppo 3.562 million; DAMASCUS (capital) 2.566 million; Hims (Homs) 1.641 million; Hamah 1.237 million; Lattakia 781,000 (2015) |
| Taiwan | TAIPEI (capital) 2.666 million; Kaohsiung 1.523 million; Taichung 1.225 million; Tainan 815,000 (2015) |
| Tajikistan | DUSHANBE (capital) 822,000 (2015) |
| Tanzania | DAR ES SALAAM (capital) 5.116 million; Mwanza 838,000 (2015) |
| Thailand | BANGKOK (capital) 9.27 million; Samut Prakan 1.814 million (2015) |
| Togo | LOME (capital) 956,000 (2015) |
| Tonga | NUKU'ALOFA 25,000 (2014) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) 34,000 (2014) |
| Tunisia | TUNIS (capital) 1.993 million (2015) |
| Turkey | Istanbul 14.164 million; ANKARA (capital) 4.75 million; Izmir 3.04 million; Bursa 1.923 million; Adana 1.83 million; Gaziantep 1.528 million (2015) |
| Turkmenistan | ASHGABAT (capital) 746,000 (2015) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | GRAND TURK (capital) 5,000 (2014) |
| Tuvalu | FUNAFUTI (capital) 6,000 (2014) |
| Uganda | KAMPALA (capital) 1.936 million (2015) |
| Ukraine | KYIV (capital) 2.942 million; Kharkiv 1.441 million; Odesa 1.01 million; Dnipropetrovsk 957,000; Donetsk 934,000; Zaporizhzhya 753,000 (2015) |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai 2.415 million; Sharjah 1.279 million; ABU DHABI (capital) 1.145 million (2015) |
| United Kingdom | LONDON (capital) 10.313 million; Manchester 2.646 million; Birmingham 2.515 million; Glasgow 1.223 million; Southampton/Portsmouth 882,000; Liverpool 870,000 (2015) |
| United States | New York-Newark 18.593 million; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 12.31 million; Chicago 8.745 million; Miami 5.817 million; Dallas-Fort Worth 5.703 million; WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) 4.955 million (2015) |
| Uruguay | MONTEVIDEO (capital) 1.707 million (2015) |
| Uzbekistan | TASHKENT (capital) 2.251 million (2015) |
| Vanuatu | PORT-VILA (capital) 53,000 (2014) |
| Venezuela | CARACAS (capital) 2.916 million; Maracaibo 2.196 million; Valencia 1.734 million; Maracay 1.166 million; Barquisimeto 1.039 million (2015) |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City 7.298 million; HANOI (capital) 3.629 million; Can Tho 1.175 million; Haiphong 1.075 million; Da Nang 952,000; Bien Hoa 834,000 (2015) |
| Virgin Islands | CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) 52,000 (2014) |
| Wallis and Futuna | MATA-UTU (capital) 1,000 (2014) |
| Western Sahara | Laayoune 262,000 (2014) |
| Yemen | SANAA (capital) 2.962 million; Aden 882,000 (2015) |
| Zambia | LUSAKA (capital) 2.179 million (2015) |
| Zimbabwe | HARARE (capital) 1.501 million (2015) |
Source: CIA Factbook
