Rank | Country/Territory | Capital | Population | Year |
1 | China | Beijing | 7007206930000000000♠20,693,000[1] | 2012 |
2 | Japan | Tokyo | 7007131890000000000♠13,189,000[2] | 2011 |
3 | Russia | Moscow | 7007115410000000000♠11,541,000[3] | 2011 |
4 | South Korea | Seoul | 7007105287740000000♠10,528,774[4] | 2011 |
5 | Indonesia | Jakarta | 7007101875950000000♠10,187,595[5] | 2011 |
6 | Iran | Tehran | 7006911034700000000♠9,110,347 | |
7 | Mexico | Mexico City | 7006885108000000000♠8,851,080[6] | 2010 |
8 | Peru | Lima | 7006848141500000000♠8,481,415[7] | 2012 |
9 | Thailand | Bangkok | 7006824911700000000♠8,249,117[8] | 2010 |
10 | United Kingdom | London | 7006817410000000000♠8,174,100[9] | 2011 |
11 | Colombia | Bogotá | 7006761330300000000♠7,613,303[10] | 2011 |
12 | Egypt | Cairo | 7006743837600000000♠7,438,376 | |
13 | Iraq | Baghdad | 7006721604000000000♠7,216,040 [11] | |
14 | Hong Kong (China) | Hong Kong | 7006713630000000000♠7,136,300[12] | 2012 |
15 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 7006608067100000000♠6,080,671 | |
16 | Singapore | Singapore | 7006531200000000000♠5,312,000[13] | 2012 |
17 | Turkey | Ankara | 7006515007200000000♠5,150,072 | 2014 |
18 | Chile | Santiago | 7006508403800000000♠5,084,038[14] | 2012 |
19 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 7006487872300000000♠4,878,723[15] | 2009 |
20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 7006438526400000000♠4,385,264 | |
21 | Germany | Berlin | 7006352000000000000♠3,520,000[16] | 2012 |
22 | Syria | Damascus | 7006350000000000000♠3,500,000 | |
23 | Vietnam | Hanoi | 7006339888900000000♠3,398,889[17] | |
24 | Spain | Madrid | 7006323352700000000♠3,233,527[18] | 2012 |
25 | North Korea | Pyongyang | 7006314400500000000♠3,144,005 | |
26 | Afghanistan | Kabul | 7006314085300000000♠3,140,853 | |
27 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 7006304074000000000♠3,040,740[19] | 2012 |
28 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 7006289108200000000♠2,891,082[20] | 2010 |
29 | Italy | Rome | 7006286810400000000♠2,868,104[21] | 2014 |
30 | Ukraine | Kiev | 7006283239800000000♠2,832,398[22] | 2012 |
31 | Kenya | Nairobi | 7006266565700000000♠2,665,657 | |
32 | Brazil | Brasília | 7006264853200000000♠2,648,532[23] | 2012 |
33 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | Taipei | 7006261877200000000♠2,618,772[24] | 2010 |
34 | Jordan | Amman | 7006260060300000000♠2,600,603 | |
35 | Angola | Luanda | 7006245377900000000♠2,453,779 | |
36 | South Africa | Pretoria | 7006234590800000000♠2,345,908 | |
37 | France | Paris | 7006226826500000000♠2,268,265[25] | 2010 |
38 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 7006220785000000000♠2,207,850 | |
39 | Sweden | Stockholm | 7006217145900000000♠2,171,459[26] | 2014 |
40 | Cuba | Havana | 7006213549800000000♠2,135,498[27] | 2010 |
41 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 7006201172500000000♠2,011,725 | |
42 | Romania | Bucharest | 7006194225400000000♠1,942,254[28] | |
43 | Azerbaijan | Baku | 7006187925100000000♠1,879,251 | |
44 | Venezuela | Caracas | 7006183893900000000♠1,838,939 | |
45 | Morocco | Rabat | 7006178963500000000♠1,789,635 | |
46 | Austria | Vienna | 7006174967300000000♠1,749,673[29] | 2013 |
47 | Sudan | Khartoum | 7006174066100000000♠1,740,661 | |
48 | Hungary | Budapest | 7006172904000000000♠1,729,040[30] | 2011 |
49 | Poland | Warsaw | 7006171132400000000♠1,711,324[31] | 2012 |
50 | Belarus | Minsk | 7006170206100000000♠1,702,061 | |
51 | Philippines | Manila | 7006165217100000000♠1,652,171[32] | 2010 |
52 | Uganda | Kampala | 7006165960000000000♠1,659,600 | |
53 | Ghana | Accra | 7006164050700000000♠1,640,507 | |
54 | Cameroon | Yaoundé | 7006161600000000000♠1,616,000 [33] | |
55 | Madagascar | Antananarivo | 7006161337500000000♠1,613,375[34] | |
56 | Lebanon | Beirut | 7006157438700000000♠1,574,387 | |
57 | Algeria | Algiers | 7006151808300000000♠1,518,083 | |
58 | Ecuador | Quito | 7006150499100000000♠1,504,991 | |
59 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 7006148702800000000♠1,487,028 | |
60 | Qatar | Doha | 7006145000000000000♠1,450,000 | |
61 | Yemen | Sana'a | 7006143164900000000♠1,431,649 | |
62 | Guinea | Conakry | 7006139998100000000♠1,399,981 | |
63 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 7006138183000000000♠1,381,830 | |
64 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 7006136979700000000♠1,369,797 | |
65 | Zambia | Lusaka | 7006133125400000000♠1,331,254 | |
66 | Somaliland | Hargeisa | 7006130000000000000♠1,300,000 | |
67 | Mali | Bamako | 7006128962600000000♠1,289,626 | |
68 | Czech Republic | Prague | 7006124166400000000♠1,241,664[35] | 2011 |
69 | Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 7006123522700000000♠1,235,227 | |
70 | Libya | Tripoli | 7006118404500000000♠1,184,045 | |
71 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 7006117188000000000♠1,171,880 | |
72 | Serbia | Belgrade | 7006115458900000000♠1,154,589 | |
73 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 7006111183800000000♠1,111,838[36] | 2010 |
74 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 7006109713300000000♠1,097,133 | |
75 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 7006109029500000000♠1,090,295 | |
76 | Congo | Brazzaville | 7006108804400000000♠1,088,044 | |
77 | Belgium | Brussels | 7006108079000000000♠1,080,790[37] | |
78 | Armenia | Yerevan | 7006108048700000000♠1,080,487[34] | |
79 | Mozambique | Maputo | 7006107668900000000♠1,076,689 | |
80 | Sierra Leone | Freetown | 7006107020000000000♠1,070,200 | |
81 | Georgia | Tbilisi | 7006104499300000000♠1,044,993 | |
82 | Senegal | Dakar | 7006103059400000000♠1,030,594 | |
83 | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 7006100523100000000♠1,005,231 | |
84 | Ireland | Dublin | 7006104576900000000♠1,045,769 | |
85 | Liberia | Monrovia | 7006101097000000000♠1,010,970 | |
86 | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 7006110386500000000♠1,103,865 [38] | |
87 | Pakistan | Islamabad | 7005955629000000000♠955,629 | |
88 | Nicaragua | Managua | 7005926883000000000♠926,883 | |
89 | Myanmar | Naypyidaw[39] | 7005925000000000000♠925,000[40] | |
90 | Mongolia | Ulan Bator | 7005907802000000000♠907,802 | |
91 | Malawi | Lilongwe | 7005902388000000000♠902,388 | |
92 | Canada | Ottawa | 7005898150000000000♠898,150[41] | |
93 | Bolivia | La Paz | 7005877363000000000♠877,363 | |
94 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 7005843240000000000♠843,240 | |
95 | Togo | Lomé | 7005824738000000000♠824,738 | |
96 | Panama | Panama City | 7005813097000000000♠813,097 | |
97 | Nepal | Kathmandu | 7005812026000000000♠812,026 | |
98 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 7005810909000000000♠810,909[42] | |
99 | Croatia | Zagreb | 7005804200000000000♠804,200[43] | |
100 | Oman | Muscat | 7005797000000000000♠797,000[44] | |
101 | Niger | Niamey | 7005794814000000000♠794,814[42] | |
102 | Moldova | Chişinău | 7005794800000000000♠794,800 [45] | |
103 | Israel/ Palestine | Jerusalem[46] | 7005780200000000000♠780,200[47] | |
104 | Nigeria | Abuja | 7005778567000000000♠778,567 | [48] |
105 | Albania | Tirana | 7005763634000000000♠763,634 | |
106 | Tunisia | Tunis | 7005767629000000000♠767,629 | |
107 | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 7005763537000000000♠763,537 | |
108 | Chad | N'Djamena | 7005751288000000000♠751,288 | |
109 | Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 7005735982000000000♠735,982 | |
110 | Central African Republic | Bangui | 7005731548000000000♠731,548 | |
111 | Greece | Athens | 7005721477000000000♠721,477 | |
112 | Mauritania | Nouakchott | 7005719167000000000♠719,167 | |
113 | Rwanda | Kigali | 7005718414000000000♠718,414 | |
114 | Latvia | Riga | 7005713016000000000♠713,016 | |
115 | Jamaica | Kingston | 7005701063000000000♠701,063 | |
116 | Kazakhstan | Astana | 7005700000000000000♠700,000 | 2007 est.[49] |
117 | Norway | Oslo | 7005645701000000000♠645,701[50] | 2013 |
118 | United States | District of Columbia | 7005601723000000000♠601,723 | |
119 | Finland | Helsinki | 7005596661000000000♠596,661[51] | |
120 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 7005585097000000000♠585,097[52] | |
121 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 7005582496000000000♠582,496 | |
122 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 7005556723000000000♠556,723 | |
123 | Gabon | Libreville | 7005556425000000000♠556,425 | |
124 | Eritrea | Asmara | 7005543707000000000♠543,707 | |
125 | Portugal | Lisbon | 7005564657000000000♠564,657 | |
126 | El Salvador | San Salvador | 7005521366000000000♠521,366 | |
127 | Paraguay | Asunción | 7005520722000000000♠520,722 | |
128 | Macau (China) | Macau | 7005520400000000000♠520,400[53] | |
129 | Macedonia | Skopje | 7005668518000000000♠668,518[54] | |
130 | Denmark | Copenhagen | 7005562253000000000♠562,253 | |
131 | Djibouti | Djibouti (city) | 7005475332000000000♠475,332 | |
132 | Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 7005454929000000000♠454,929 | |
133 | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 7005452640000000000♠452,640 | |
134 | Slovakia | Bratislava | 7005424207000000000♠424,207 | |
135 | Puerto Rico (USA) | San Juan | 7005421356000000000♠421,356 | |
136 | Estonia | Tallinn | 7005403547000000000♠403,547[55] | |
137 | Burundi | Bujumbura | 7005384461000000000♠384,461[56] | |
138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 7005383604000000000♠383,604 | |
139 | New Zealand | Wellington | 7005381900000000000♠381,900[57] | |
140 | South Sudan | Juba | 7005372410000000000♠372,410 | |
141 | Australia | Canberra | 7005354644000000000♠354,644[58] | |
142 | Costa Rica | San José | 7005328195000000000♠328,195 | |
143 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 7005299396000000000♠299,396[59] | |
144 | Laos | Vientiane | 7005287579000000000♠287,579 | |
145 | Tanzania | Dodoma | 7005287200000000000♠287,200 | 2002 est.[60] |
146 | Lesotho | Maseru | 7005267652000000000♠267,652[59] | |
147 | Cyprus | Nicosia (south) | 7005270000000000000♠270,000 | late 2004[61] |
148 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | 7005280140000000000♠280,140 | |
149 | Suriname | Paramaribo | 7005254147000000000♠254,147 | |
150 | Namibia | Windhoek | 7005252721000000000♠252,721 | |
151 | India | New Delhi | 7005249998000000000♠249,998 | 2014 |
152 | Bahamas | Nassau | 7005248948000000000♠248,948 | |
153 | Botswana | Gaborone | 7005225656000000000♠225,656[62] | |
154 | Benin | Porto-Novo | 7005223552000000000♠223,552 | [63] |
155 | Kosovo | Prishtina | 7005198214000000000♠198,214 | |
156 | Western Sahara | El Aaiún | 7005194668000000000♠194,668 (2009 est.) [64] | |
157 | Transnistria | Tiraspol | 7005159163000000000♠159,163 | |
158 | Mauritius | Port Louis | 7005147251000000000♠147,251[65] | |
159 | Montenegro | Podgorica | 7005141854000000000♠141,854 | |
160 | Bahrain | Manama | 7005140616000000000♠140,616 | |
161 | Guyana | Georgetown | 7005134599000000000♠134,599 | |
162 | Cape Verde | Praia | 7005125464000000000♠125,464 | |
163 | Switzerland | Berne (de facto) | 7005121631000000000♠121,631 | [66] |
164 | Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | 7005118556000000000♠118,556[67] | |
165 | Iceland | Reykjavík | 7005115000000000000♠115,000[68] | |
166 | Barbados | Bridgetown | 7005110000000000000♠110,000 | |
167 | Maldives | Malé | 7005103693000000000♠103,693 | |
168 | Bhutan | Thimphu | 7005101259000000000♠101,259 [67] | |
169 | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 7005100677000000000♠100,677 [69] | |
170 | New Caledonia (France) | Nouméa | 7004892070000000000♠89,207[70] | |
171 | Northern Cyprus | Nicosia (north) | 7004848930000000000♠84,893 | |
172 | Fiji | Suva | 7004844100000000000♠84,410[70] | |
173 | Swaziland | Mbabane | 7004815940000000000♠81,594 | |
174 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 7004764200000000000♠76,420[71] | |
175 | Saint Lucia | Castries | 7004700000000000000♠70,000[72] | |
176 | Northern Mariana Islands (USA) | Saipan | 7004623920000000000♠62,392 (2000)[73] | |
177 | Comoros | Moroni | 7004602000000000000♠60,200 | |
178 | Solomon Islands | Honiara | 7004592880000000000♠59,288[70] | |
179 | East Timor | Dili | 7004590690000000000♠59,069 | |
180 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sao Tome | 7004561660000000000♠56,166 | |
181 | American Samoa (USA) | Pago Pago | 7004520000000000000♠52,000 (2003)[74] | |
182 | Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 7004504790000000000♠50,479 | |
183 | Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | Stepanakert | 7004499860000000000♠49,986 | |
184 | Curaçao (Netherlands) | Willemstad | 7004498850000000000♠49,885 [75] | |
186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 7004400200000000000♠40,020 | |
187 | Samoa | Apia | 7004398130000000000♠39,813[76] | |
188 | Vanuatu | Port Vila | 7004380000000000000♠38,000 [77] | |
189 | Monaco | Monaco | 7004359860000000000♠35,986 (2011 est.)[78] | |
190 | Gambia | Banjul | 7004348280000000000♠34,828 | |
191 | Kiribati | Tarawa | 7004300000000000000♠30,000[79] | |
192 | Aruba (Netherlands) | Oranjestad | 7004299980000000000♠29,998[80] | |
193 | Seychelles | Victoria | 7004292980000000000♠29,298 | |
194 | Gibraltar (UK) | Gibraltar | 7004292860000000000♠29,286 | |
195 | Jersey (UK) | Saint Helier | 7004283800000000000♠28,380 | |
196 | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 7004281350000000000♠28,135 | |
197 | Cayman Islands (UK) | George Town | 7004267980000000000♠26,798 | |
198 | Isle of Man (UK) | Douglas | 7004266000000000000♠26,600 | |
199 | French Polynesia (France) | Papeete | 7004262000000000000♠26,200 [81] | |
200 | West Bank (Israel/PNA) | Ramallah (de facto) | 7004255000000000000♠25,500[82] | |
201 | Marshall Islands | Majuro | 7004254000000000000♠25,400 | |
202 | Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 7004228840000000000♠22,884 | |
203 | Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 7004226790000000000♠22,679[83] | |
204 | Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | 7004224000000000000♠22,400 | |
205 | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | Tórshavn | 7004185730000000000♠18,573 [84] | |
206 | Guernsey (UK) | St. Peter Port | 7004167010000000000♠16,701 | |
207 | Belize | Belmopan | 7004164510000000000♠16,451[85] | |
208 | Greenland | Nuuk (Godthåb) | 7004154690000000000♠15,469 | |
209 | Dominica | Roseau | 7004148470000000000♠14,847 [86] | |
210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 7004130430000000000♠13,043 [87] | |
211 | Åland (Finland) | Mariehamn | 7004112960000000000♠11,296 [51] | |
212 | United States Virgin Islands (US) | Charlotte Amalie | 7004108170000000000♠10,817 | |
213 | Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir | 7003990000000000000♠9,900 | |
214 | British Virgin Islands (UK) | Road Town | 7003940000000000000♠9,400 | |
215 | Grenada | St. George's | 7003750000000000000♠7,500 | |
216 | Malta | Valletta | 7003667500000000000♠6,675[88] | 2013 |
217 | Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) | Marigot | 7003570000000000000♠5,700 | |
218 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | Saint-Pierre | 7003550900000000000♠5,509 | |
219 | Cook Islands (NZ) | Avarua | 7003544500000000000♠5,445 | |
220 | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 7003524800000000000♠5,248 | |
221 | San Marino | City of San Marino | 7003449300000000000♠4,493 | |
222 | Tuvalu | Funafuti | 7003449200000000000♠4,492 | |
223 | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | Cockburn Town | 7003370000000000000♠3,700 | |
224 | Saint Barthélemy (France) | Gustavia | 7003600000000000000♠6,000 | |
225 | Falkland Islands (UK) | Stanley | 7003211500000000000♠2,115 [89] | |
226 | Svalbard (Norway) | Longyearbyen | 7003207500000000000♠2,075 | |
227 | Christmas Island (Australia) | Flying Fish Cove | 7003149300000000000♠1,493 [90] | |
228 | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | Philipsburg | 7003133800000000000♠1,338 | |
229 | Wallis and Futuna (France) | Mata-Utu | 7003119100000000000♠1,191 | |
230 | Anguilla (UK) | The Valley | 7003116900000000000♠1,169 | |
231 | Nauru | Yaren (de facto) | 7003110000000000000♠1,100[91] | |
232 | Guam (USA) | Hagåtña | 7003110000000000000♠1,100 | |
233 | Montserrat (UK) | Brades (de facto) | 7003100000000000000♠1,000 | |
234 | Bermuda (UK) | Hamilton | 7002969000000000000♠969 | |
235 | Norfolk Island (Australia) | Kingston | 7002880000000000000♠880 [92] | |
236 | Holy See | The Vatican | 7002826000000000000♠826 (2009 est.)[93] | |
237 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | Jamestown | 7002714000000000000♠714 | |
239 | Niue (NZ) | Alofi | 7002616000000000000♠616 | |
239 | Tokelau (NZ) | Nukunonu (de facto) | 7002426000000000000♠426 | |
240 | Palau | Ngerulmud | 7002391000000000000♠391 | |
241 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | West Island | 7002120000000000000♠120 | |
242 | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | Adamstown | 7001450000000000000♠45 | |
243 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) | King Edward Point | 7001180000000000000♠18 | |