Capital Cities of the World (2026)

There are 246 recognized capital cities in the world. Capital cities serve as the seat of government and are often the largest or most important city in their country. The capital of the most populous country is New Delhi.

Countries

246

Total Population

8.14B

Total Area

136.3M km²

Regions

#	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Capital	Region
1	India	1,450,935,791	3,287,263	New Delhi	Asia
2	China	1,408,975,000	9,706,961	Beijing	Asia
3	United States	340,110,988	9,525,067	Washington, D.C.	Americas
4	Indonesia	283,487,931	1,904,569	Jakarta	Asia
5	Pakistan	251,269,164	796,095	Islamabad	Asia
6	Nigeria	232,679,478	923,768	Abuja	Africa
7	Brazil	211,998,573	8,515,767	Brasília	Americas
8	Bangladesh	173,562,364	147,570	Dhaka	Asia
9	Russia	143,533,851	17,098,246	Moscow	Europe
10	Ethiopia	132,059,767	1,104,300	Addis Ababa	Africa
11	Mexico	130,861,007	1,964,375	Mexico City	Americas
12	Japan	123,975,371	377,930	Tokyo	Asia
13	Egypt	116,538,258	1,002,450	Cairo	Africa
14	Philippines	115,843,670	342,353	Manila	Asia
15	DR Congo	109,276,265	2,344,858	Kinshasa	Africa
16	Vietnam	100,987,686	331,212	Hanoi	Asia
17	Iran	91,567,738	1,648,195	Tehran	Asia
18	Turkey	85,518,661	783,562	Ankara	Asia
19	Germany	83,516,593	357,114	Berlin	Europe
20	Thailand	71,668,011	513,120	Bangkok	Asia
21	United Kingdom	69,226,000	244,376	London	Europe
22	Tanzania	68,560,157	947,303	Dodoma	Africa
23	France	68,551,653	543,908	Paris	Europe
24	South Africa	64,007,187	1,221,037	Pretoria	Africa
25	Italy	58,952,704	301,336	Rome	Europe
26	Kenya	56,432,944	580,367	Nairobi	Africa
27	Myanmar	54,500,091	676,578	Naypyidaw	Asia
28	Colombia	52,886,363	1,141,748	Bogotá	Americas
29	South Korea	51,751,065	100,210	Seoul	Asia
30	Sudan	50,448,963	1,886,068	Khartoum	Africa
31	Uganda	50,015,092	241,550	Kampala	Africa
32	Spain	48,848,840	505,992	Madrid	Europe
33	Algeria	46,814,308	2,381,741	Algiers	Africa
34	Iraq	46,042,015	438,317	Baghdad	Asia
35	Argentina	45,696,159	2,780,400	Buenos Aires	Americas
36	Afghanistan	42,647,492	652,230	Kabul	Asia
37	Canada	41,288,599	9,984,670	Ottawa	Americas
38	Yemen	40,583,164	527,968	Sana'a	Asia
39	Morocco	38,081,173	446,550	Rabat	Africa
40	Angola	37,885,849	1,246,700	Luanda	Africa
41	Ukraine	37,860,221	603,550	Kyiv	Europe
42	Poland	36,559,233	312,679	Warsaw	Europe
43	Uzbekistan	36,361,859	447,400	Tashkent	Asia
44	Malaysia	35,557,673	330,803	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
45	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	2,149,690	Riyadh	Asia
46	Mozambique	34,631,766	801,590	Maputo	Africa
47	Ghana	34,427,414	238,533	Accra	Africa
48	Peru	34,217,848	1,285,216	Lima	Americas
49	Madagascar	31,964,956	587,041	Antananarivo	Africa
50	Ivory Coast	31,934,230	322,463	Yamoussoukro	Africa
51	Nepal	29,651,054	147,181	Kathmandu	Asia
52	Cameroon	29,123,744	475,442	Yaoundé	Africa
53	Venezuela	28,405,543	916,445	Caracas	Americas
54	Australia	27,196,812	7,692,024	Canberra	Oceania
55	Niger	27,032,412	1,267,000	Niamey	Africa
56	North Korea	26,498,823	120,538	Pyongyang	Asia
57	Syria	24,672,760	185,180	Damascus	Asia
58	Mali	24,478,595	1,240,192	Bamako	Africa
59	Burkina Faso	23,548,781	272,967	Ouagadougou	Africa
60	Taiwan	23,317,031	36,197	Taipei	Asia
61	Sri Lanka	21,916,000	65,610	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia
62	Malawi	21,655,286	118,484	Lilongwe	Africa
63	Zambia	21,314,956	752,612	Lusaka	Africa
64	Kazakhstan	20,592,571	2,724,900	Astana	Asia
65	Chad	20,299,123	1,284,000	N'Djamena	Africa
66	Chile	19,764,771	756,102	Santiago	Americas
67	Romania	19,051,804	238,391	Bucharest	Europe
68	Somalia	19,009,151	637,657	Mogadishu	Africa
69	Senegal	18,501,984	196,722	Dakar	Africa
70	Guatemala	18,406,359	108,889	Guatemala City	Americas
71	Ecuador	18,135,478	276,841	Quito	Americas
72	Netherlands	17,993,485	41,865	Amsterdam	Europe
73	Cambodia	17,638,801	181,035	Phnom Penh	Asia
74	Zimbabwe	16,634,373	390,757	Harare	Africa
75	Guinea	14,754,785	245,857	Conakry	Africa
76	Benin	14,462,724	112,622	Porto-Novo	Africa
77	Rwanda	14,256,567	26,338	Kigali	Africa
78	Burundi	14,047,786	27,834	Gitega	Africa
79	Bolivia	12,413,315	1,098,581	Sucre	Americas
80	Tunisia	12,277,109	163,610	Tunis	Africa
81	South Sudan	11,943,408	619,745	Juba	Africa
82	Belgium	11,858,610	30,528	Brussels	Europe
83	Haiti	11,772,557	27,750	Port-au-Prince	Americas
84	Jordan	11,552,876	89,342	Amman	Asia
85	Dominican Republic	11,427,557	48,671	Santo Domingo	Americas
86	United Arab Emirates	10,986,400	83,600	Abu Dhabi	Asia
87	Cuba	10,979,783	109,884	Havana	Americas
88	Czechia	10,905,028	78,865	Prague	Europe
89	Honduras	10,825,703	112,492	Tegucigalpa	Americas
90	Portugal	10,694,681	92,090	Lisbon	Europe
91	Tajikistan	10,590,927	143,100	Dushanbe	Asia
92	Papua New Guinea	10,576,502	462,840	Port Moresby	Oceania
93	Sweden	10,569,709	450,295	Stockholm	Europe
94	Greece	10,405,134	131,990	Athens	Europe
95	Azerbaijan	10,202,830	86,600	Baku	Asia
96	Israel	9,974,400	21,937	Jerusalem	Asia
97	Hungary	9,562,065	93,028	Budapest	Europe
98	Togo	9,515,236	56,785	Lomé	Africa
99	Austria	9,177,982	83,871	Vienna	Europe
100	Belarus	9,132,629	207,600	Minsk	Europe
101	Switzerland	9,005,582	41,284	Bern	Europe
102	Sierra Leone	8,642,022	71,740	Freetown	Africa
103	Laos	7,769,819	236,800	Vientiane	Asia
104	Hong Kong	7,524,100	1,104	City of Victoria	Asia
105	Turkmenistan	7,494,498	488,100	Ashgabat	Asia
106	Libya	7,381,023	1,759,540	Tripoli	Africa
107	Kyrgyzstan	7,221,868	199,951	Bishkek	Asia
108	Paraguay	6,929,153	406,752	Asunción	Americas
109	Nicaragua	6,916,140	130,373	Managua	Americas
110	Serbia	6,586,476	77,589	Belgrade	Europe
111	Bulgaria	6,441,421	110,879	Sofia	Europe
112	El Salvador	6,338,193	21,041	San Salvador	Americas
113	Republic of the Congo	6,332,961	342,000	Brazzaville	Africa
114	Singapore	6,036,860	710	Singapore	Asia
115	Denmark	5,976,992	43,094	Copenhagen	Europe
116	Lebanon	5,805,962	10,452	Beirut	Asia
117	Finland	5,619,911	338,455	Helsinki	Europe
118	Liberia	5,612,817	111,369	Monrovia	Africa
119	Norway	5,572,279	386,224	Oslo	Europe
120	Slovakia	5,422,069	49,037	Bratislava	Europe
121	Ireland	5,395,790	70,273	Dublin	Europe
122	Central African Republic	5,330,690	622,984	Bangui	Africa
123	Palestine	5,289,152	6,220	Ramallah	Asia
124	New Zealand	5,287,500	268,838	Wellington	Oceania
125	Oman	5,281,538	309,500	Muscat	Asia
126	Mauritania	5,169,395	1,030,700	Nouakchott	Africa
127	Costa Rica	5,129,910	51,100	San José	Americas
128	Kuwait	4,897,263	17,818	Kuwait City	Asia
129	Panama	4,515,577	75,417	Panama City	Americas
130	Croatia	3,866,200	56,594	Zagreb	Europe
131	Georgia	3,699,557	69,700	Tbilisi	Asia
132	Eritrea	3,535,603	117,600	Asmara	Africa
133	Mongolia	3,524,788	1,564,110	Ulan Bator	Asia
134	Uruguay	3,386,588	181,034	Montevideo	Americas
135	Puerto Rico	3,203,295	8,870	San Juan	Americas
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,164,253	51,209	Sarajevo	Europe
137	Armenia	3,033,500	29,743	Yerevan	Asia
138	Namibia	3,030,131	825,615	Windhoek	Africa
139	Lithuania	2,888,278	65,300	Vilnius	Europe
140	Qatar	2,857,822	11,586	Doha	Asia
141	Jamaica	2,839,175	10,991	Kingston	Americas
142	Gambia	2,759,988	10,689	Banjul	Africa
143	Gabon	2,538,952	267,668	Libreville	Africa
144	Botswana	2,521,139	582,000	Gaborone	Africa
145	Moldova	2,402,306	33,847	Chișinău	Europe
146	Albania	2,377,128	28,748	Tirana	Europe
147	Lesotho	2,337,423	30,355	Maseru	Africa
148	Guinea-Bissau	2,201,352	36,125	Bissau	Africa
149	Slovenia	2,127,400	20,273	Ljubljana	Europe
150	Equatorial Guinea	1,892,516	28,051	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa
151	Latvia	1,866,124	64,559	Riga	Europe
152	North Macedonia	1,824,359	25,713	Skopje	Europe
153	Kosovo	1,594,353	10,908	Pristina	Europe
154	Bahrain	1,588,670	765	Manama	Asia
155	Timor-Leste	1,400,638	14,874	Dili	Asia
156	Estonia	1,372,341	45,227	Tallinn	Europe
157	Trinidad and Tobago	1,368,333	5,130	Port of Spain	Americas
158	Cyprus	1,358,282	9,251	Nicosia	Europe
159	Mauritius	1,245,779	2,040	Port Louis	Africa
160	Eswatini	1,242,822	17,364	Mbabane	Africa
161	Djibouti	1,168,722	23,200	Djibouti	Africa
162	Fiji	928,784	18,272	Suva	Oceania
163	Réunion	896,175	2,511	Saint-Denis	Africa
164	Comoros	866,628	1,862	Moroni	Africa
165	Guyana	831,087	214,969	Georgetown	Americas
166	Solomon Islands	819,198	28,896	Honiara	Oceania
167	Bhutan	791,524	38,394	Thimphu	Asia
168	Luxembourg	677,012	2,586	Luxembourg	Europe
169	Suriname	634,431	163,820	Paramaribo	Americas
170	Montenegro	623,525	13,812	Podgorica	Europe
171	Western Sahara	600,904	266,000	El Aaiún	Africa
172	Malta	568,847	316	Valletta	Europe
173	Maldives	527,799	300	Malé	Asia
174	Cape Verde	524,877	4,033	Praia	Africa
175	Brunei	462,721	5,765	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia
176	Belize	417,072	22,966	Belmopan	Americas
177	Bahamas	401,283	13,943	Nassau	Americas
178	Iceland	386,506	103,000	Reykjavik	Europe
179	Guadeloupe	378,561	1,628	Basse-Terre	Americas
180	Martinique	349,925	1,128	Fort-de-France	Americas
181	Vanuatu	327,777	12,189	Port Vila	Oceania
182	Mayotte	320,901	374	Mamoudzou	Africa
183	New Caledonia	292,639	18,575	Nouméa	Oceania
184	French Guiana	292,354	83,534	Cayenne	Americas
185	Barbados	282,467	430	Bridgetown	Americas
186	French Polynesia	281,807	4,167	Papeetē	Oceania
187	São Tomé and Príncipe	235,536	964	São Tomé	Africa
188	Samoa	218,019	2,842	Apia	Oceania
189	Saint Lucia	179,744	616	Castries	Americas
190	Guam	167,777	549	Hagåtña	Oceania
191	Curaçao	155,967	444	Willemstad	Americas
192	Kiribati	134,518	811	South Tarawa	Oceania
193	Seychelles	121,354	452	Victoria	Africa
194	Grenada	117,207	344	St. George's	Americas
195	Micronesia	113,160	702	Palikir	Oceania
196	Aruba	107,995	180	Oranjestad	Americas
197	United States Virgin Islands	104,377	347	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
198	Tonga	104,175	747	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
199	Jersey	103,267	116	Saint Helier	Europe
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,616	389	Kingstown	Americas
201	Antigua and Barbuda	93,772	442	Saint John's	Americas
202	Isle of Man	84,160	572	Douglas	Europe
203	Andorra	81,938	468	Andorra la Vella	Europe
204	Cayman Islands	74,457	264	George Town	Americas
205	Dominica	66,205	751	Roseau	Americas
206	Guernsey	64,781	78	St. Peter Port	Europe
207	Bermuda	64,636	54	Hamilton	Americas
208	Greenland	56,836	2,166,086	Nuuk	Americas
209	Faroe Islands	54,681	1,393	Tórshavn	Europe
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,843	261	Basseterre	Americas
211	American Samoa	46,765	199	Pago Pago	Oceania
212	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,535	948	Cockburn Town	Americas
213	Northern Mariana Islands	44,278	464	Saipan	Oceania
214	Sint Maarten	43,350	34	Philipsburg	Americas
215	Liechtenstein	40,450	160	Vaduz	Europe
216	British Virgin Islands	39,471	151	Road Town	Americas
217	Gibraltar	39,329	6	Gibraltar	Europe
218	Monaco	38,631	2.02	Monaco	Europe
219	Marshall Islands	37,548	181	Majuro	Oceania
220	San Marino	33,977	61	City of San Marino	Europe
221	Caribbean Netherlands	31,980	328	Kralendijk	Americas
222	Åland Islands	30,654	1,580	Mariehamn	Europe
223	Saint Martin	26,129	53	Marigot	Americas
224	Palau	17,695	459	Ngerulmud	Oceania
225	Anguilla	16,010	91	The Valley	Americas
226	Cook Islands	15,040	236	Avarua	Oceania
227	Nauru	11,947	21	Yaren	Oceania
228	Wallis and Futuna	11,620	142	Mata-Utu	Oceania
229	Saint Barthélemy	10,562	21	Gustavia	Americas
230	Tuvalu	9,646	26	Funafuti	Oceania
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,819	242	Saint-Pierre	Americas
232	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	5,651	394	Jamestown	Africa
233	Montserrat	4,386	102	Plymouth	Americas
234	Falkland Islands	3,662	12,173	Stanley	Americas
235	Tokelau	2,608	12	Fakaofo	Oceania
236	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	2,530	61,399	Longyearbyen	Europe
237	Norfolk Island	2,188	36	Kingston	Oceania
238	Christmas Island	1,692	135	Flying Fish Cove	Oceania
239	Niue	1,681	260	Alofi	Oceania
240	Vatican City	882	0.49	Vatican City	Europe
241	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	593	14	West Island	Oceania
242	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	400	7,747	Port-aux-Français	Antarctic
243	Pitcairn Islands	35	47	Adamstown	Oceania
244	South Georgia	0	3,903	King Edward Point	Antarctic
245	United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	34.2	Washington DC	Americas
246	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	60	Diego Garcia	Africa