| Afghanistan |
Kabul, 2,206,300 |
| Albania |
Tirana, 353,400 |
| Algeria |
Algiers, 3,917,000 (metro. area), 1,742,800 (city proper) |
| Andorra |
Andorra la Vella, 23,000 |
| Angola |
Luanda, 2,297,200 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
St. John's, 23,500 |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires, 13,349,000 (metro. area), 2,768,772 (city proper) |
| Armenia |
Yerevan, 1,462,700 (metro. area), 1,267,600 (city proper) |
| Australia |
Canberra, 327,700 |
| Austria |
Vienna, 2,041,300 (metro area), 1,523,600 (city proper) |
| Azerbaijan |
Baku, 2,118,600 (metro area), 1,235,400 (city proper), a port on the Caspian Sea |
| Bahamas |
Nassau, 222,200 |
| Bahrain |
Al-Manámah, 527,000 (metro area), 149,900 (city proper) |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka, 12,560,000 (metro.area), 5,378,023 (city proper) |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown, 98,900 |
| Belarus |
Mensk (Minsk), 1,769,500 |
| Belgium |
Brussels, 1,750,600 (metro area), 981,200 (city proper) |
| Belize |
Belmopan, 8,700 |
| Benin |
Porto-Novo (official), 231,600; Largest city and seat of government: Cotonou 734,600 |
| Bhutan |
Thimphu (official), 60,200 |
| Bolivia |
Sucre, 204,200; Administrative capital: La Paz, 1,576,100 (metro. area), 830,500 (city proper) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo, 581,500 (unofficial) |
| Botswana |
Gaborone, 195,000 |
| Brazil |
Brasília, 2,160,100 |
| Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan, 78,000 |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia, 1,088,700 |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou, 962,100 |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura, 331,700 |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh, 1,169,800 |
| Cameroon |
Yaoundé, 1,395,200 (metro. area), 1,154,400 (city proper) |
| Canada |
Ottawa, ontario, 1,142,700 (metro. area) |
| Cape Verde |
Praia, 99,400 |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui, 810,000 (metro. area), 669,800 (city proper) |
| Chad |
N'Djamena, 609,600 |
| Chile |
Santiago, 5,333,100 (metro. area), 4,372,800 (city proper) |
| China |
Beijing, 10,849,000 (metro. area), 8,689,000 (city proper) |
| Colombia |
Santafé de Bogotá, 7,594,000 (metro. area), 7,185,889 (city proper) |
| Comoros |
Moroni (on Grande Comoro), 60,200 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Kinshasa, 6,541,300 |
| Congo, Republic of |
Brazzaville, 1,169,900 |
| Costa Rica |
San José, 1,527,300 (metro. area), 337,200 (city proper) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro (official), 185,600; Largest city and administrative center: Abidjan, 4,113,600 (metro. area), 3,427,500 (city proper) |
| Croatia |
Zagreb, 685,500 |
| Cuba |
Havana, 2,686,000 (metro. area), 2,343,700 (city proper) |
| Cyprus |
Lefkosia (Nicosia) (in government-controlled area), 197,600 |
| Czech Republic |
Prague, 1,378,700 (metro. area), 1,169,800 (city proper) |
| Denmark |
Copenhagen, 1,094,400 |
| Djibouti |
Djibouti, 383,000 |
| Dominica |
Roseau, 20,000 |
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo, 2,851,300 (metro. area), 2,252,400 (city proper) |
| East Timor |
Dili, 50,800 |
| Ecuador |
Quito 1,780,700 (metro. area), 1,443,900 (city proper) |
| Egypt |
Cairo, 11,146,000 (metro. area), 7,629,866 (city proper) |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador, 1,791,700 (metro. area), 504,700 (city proper) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo, 92,900 |
| Eritrea |
Asmara, 899,000 (metro. area), 400,000 (city proper) |
| Estonia |
Tallinn, 379,000 |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa, 2,716,200 |
| Fiji |
Suva (on Viti Levu), 177,300 |
| Finland |
Helsinki, 1,162,900 (metro. area), 582,600 (city proper) |
| France |
Paris, 9,854,000 (metro. area), 2,110,400 (city proper) |
| Gabon |
Libreville, 661,600 |
| Gambia |
Banjul, 46,700 |
| Georgia |
Tbilisi, 1,440,000 (metro. area), 1,240,200 (city proper) |
| Germany |
Berlin (capital since Oct. 3, 1990), 3,933,300 (metro. area), 3,274,500 (city proper) |
| Ghana |
Accra, 2,825,800 (metro. area), 1,661,400 (city proper) |
| Greece |
Athens, 3,247,000 (metro. area), 747,300 (city proper) |
| Grenada |
St. George's, 4,300 |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala City, 2,655,900 (metro. area), 1,128,800 (city proper) |
| Guinea |
Conakry, 1,767,200 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau, 296,900 |
| Guyana |
Georgetown, 227,700 |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince, 1,764,000 (metro. area), 1,119,000 (city proper) |
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa, 1,436,000 (metro. area), 1,248,300 (city proper) |
| Hungary |
Budapest, 2,597,000 (metro. area), 1,769,500 (city proper) |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik, 184,200 (metro. area), 114,800 (city proper) |
| India |
New Delhi, 15,334,000 (metro. area), 9,817,439 (city proper) |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta, 13,194,000 (metro. area), 8,389,443 (city proper) |
| Iran |
Tehran, 7,796,257 (city proper) |
| Iraq |
Baghdad, 6,777,300 (metro. area), 5,772,000 (city proper) |
| Ireland |
Dublin, 1,018,500 |
| Israel |
Jerusalem, 695,500 Note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the U.S., like nearly all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv. |
| Italy |
Rome, 3,550,900 (metro. area), 2,455,600 (city proper) |
| Jamaica |
Kingston, 937,700 (metro. area), 590,500 (city proper) |
| Japan |
Tokyo, 35,327,000 (metro. area), 8,483,050 (city proper) |
| Jordan |
Amman, 2,677,500 (metro. area), 1,293,200 |
| Kazakhstan |
Astana, 288,200 (formerly Aqmola; capital since 1997) |
| Kenya |
Nairobi, 3,064,800 (metro. area), 2,411,900 (city proper) |
| Kiribati |
Tarawa, 26,600 |
| Korea, North |
Pyongyang, 3,222,000 (metro. area), 2,767,900 |
| Korea, South |
Seoul, 10,287,847 (city proper) |
| Kosovo |
Pristina, 400,000 (est.) |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait, 1,709,800 (metro. area), 32,600 (city proper) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek (formerly Frunze), 824,900 |
| Laos |
Vientiane, 194,200 |
| Latvia |
Riga, 867,700 (metro. area), 706,200 (city proper) |
| Lebanon |
Beirut, 1,916,100 (metro. area), 1,171,000 (city proper) |
| Lesotho |
Maseru 173,700 |
| Liberia |
Monrovia, 1,348,900 (metro. area), 550,200 (city proper) |
| Libya |
Tripoli, 2,357,800 (metro. area), 1,269,700 (city proper) |
| Liechtenstein |
Vaduz, 5,300 |
| Lithuania |
Vilnius, 543,500 |
| Luxembourg |
Luxembourg, 78,800 |
| Macedonia |
Skopje, 587,300 (metro. area), 452,500 (city proper) |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo, 1,390,800 |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe, 499,200 |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur, 3,688,200 (metro. area), 1,403,400 |
| Maldives |
Malé, 81,600 |
| Mali |
Bamako, 1,323,200 (metro. area), 935,400 |
| Malta |
Valletta, 194,200 (metro. area) 6,900 (city proper) |
| Marshall Islands |
Majuro, 20,500 |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott, 661,400 |
| Mauritius |
Port Louis, 577,200 (metro. area), 143,800 (city proper) |
| Mexico |
Mexico City, 19,013,000 (metro. area), 8,591,309 (city proper) |
| Micronesia |
Palikir 11,600 |
| Moldova |
Chisinau, 772,500 (metro. area), 709,900 (city proper) |
| Monaco |
Monaco, 1,400 |
| Mongolia |
Ulaan Baatar, 804,200 |
| Montenegro |
Podgorica (administrative capital), 117,875; Cetinje (capital city), 14,700 |
| Morocco |
Rabat, 1,636,600 |
| Mozambique |
Maputo, 1,691,000 (metro. area), 1,114,000 (city proper) |
| Myanmar |
Rangoon (Yangon), 4,344,100 |
| Namibia |
Windhoek, 221,000. Summer capital: Swakopmund, 26,200 |
| Nauru |
Yaren, 4,900 |
| Nepal |
Kathmandu, 1,203,100 (metro. area), 729,000 (city proper) |
| Netherlands |
Amsterdam (official), 737,900; The Hague (administrative capital), 465,900 |
| New Zealand |
Wellington, 342,500 (metro. area), 165,100 (city proper) |
| Nicaragua |
Managua, 1,390,500 (metro. area), 1,146,000 (city proper) |
| Niger |
Niamey, 748,600 |
| Nigeria |
Abuja, 590,400 (metro. area), 165,700 (city proper) |
| Norway |
Oslo, 791,500 |
| Oman |
Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city proper) |
| Pakistan |
Islamabad, 601,600 |
| Palau |
Koror, 11,100 |
| Palestinian State (proposed) |
Undetermined |
| Panama |
Panama City, 1,053,500 (metro. area), 437,200 (city proper) |
| Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby, 324,900 |
| Paraguay |
Asunción, 1,482,200 (metro. area), 525,100 |
| Peru |
Lima, 8,180,000 (metro. area), 7,029,928 (city proper) |
| Philippines |
Manila, 10,677,000 (metro. area), 1,581,082 (city proper) |
| Poland |
Warsaw, 2,201,900 (metro. area), 1,607,600 (city proper) |
| Portugal |
Lisbon, 2,618,100 (metro. area), 559,400 |
| Qatar |
Doha, 550,700 (metro. area), 318,500 (city proper) |
| Romania |
Bucharest, 2,210,800 (metro. area), 1,906,800 (city proper) |
| Russia |
Moscow, 10,672,000 (metro. area), 10,101,500 (city proper) |
| Rwanda |
Kigali, 298,100 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre (on St. Kitts), 11,500 |
| St. Lucia |
Castries, 60,300 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown, 17,600 |
| Samoa |
Apia, 35,900 |
| San Marino |
San Marino, 4,300 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
São Tomé, 53,300 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh, 3,724,100 |
| Senegal |
Dakar, 2,476,400 |
| Serbia |
Belgrade, 1,717,800 (metro. area), 1,285,200 (city proper) |
| Seychelles |
Victoria, 23,000 |
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown, 1,051,000 |
| Singapore |
Singapore, 3,438,600 |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava, 428,800 |
| Slovenia |
Ljubljana, 258,000 |
| Solomon Islands |
Honiara (on Guadalcanal), 54,600 |
| Somalia |
Mogadishu, 1,208,800 |
| South Africa |
Pretoria, 1,541,300 (metro. area), 1,249,700 (city proper); Legislative capital and largest city: Cape Town, 3,140,600 (metro. area), 2,733,000 (city proper). Judicial capital: Bloemfontein, 378,000. No decision has been made to relocate the seat of government. South Africa is demarcated into nine provinces, consisting of the Gauteng, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, North West, KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Free State. Each province has its own capital |
| Spain |
Madrid, 5,130,000 (metro. area), 3,169,400 (city proper) |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo, 2,436,000 (metro. area), 656,100 (city proper). Legislative and judicial capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, 118,300 |
| Sudan |
Khartoum, 5,717,300 (metro. area), 1,397,900 (city proper) |
| Suriname |
Paramaribo, 217,300 |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane, 69,000; Royal and legislative capital: Lobamba, circa 5,000 |
| Sweden |
Stockholm, 1,622,300 (metro. area), 1,251,900 (city proper) |
| Switzerland |
Bern, 122,700 |
| Syria |
Damascus, 2,381,800 (metro. area), 1,861,900 |
| Taiwan |
Taipei, 7,871,900 (metro. area), 2,722,600 (city proper) |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe, 817,100 (metro. area), 590,300 (city proper) |
| Tanzania |
Dodoma, 164,500. Largest city (2003 est.): Dar es Salaam, 2,489,800 |
| Thailand |
Bangkok, 6,320,174 (city proper) |
| Togo |
Lomé, 749,700 (metro. area), 676,400 (city proper) |
| Tonga |
Nuku'alofa, 24,500 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Port-of-Spain, 263,800 (metro. area), 45,300 (city proper) |
| Tunisia |
Tunis, 1,660,300 (metro. area), 699,700 (city proper) |
| Turkey |
Ankara, 3,582,000 (metro. area), 3,456,100 (city proper) |
| Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat, 727,700 |
| Tuvalu |
Funafuti, 5,300 |
| Uganda |
Kampala, 1,461,600 (metro. area), 1,244,000 (city proper) |
| Ukraine |
Kyiv (Kiev), 3,296,100 (metro. area), 2,588,400 (city proper) |
| United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi, 539,800 |
| United Kingdom |
London, 7,615,000 (metro. area), 7,429,200 (city proper) |
| United States |
Washington, DC, 570,898 |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo, 1,745,100 (metro. area), 1,347,600 (city proper) |
| Uzbekistan |
Tashkent, 3,457,500 (metro. area), 2,155,400 (city proper) |
| Vanuatu |
Port Vila, 35,300 |
| Venezuela |
Caracas, 3,517,300 (metro. area), 1,741,400 (city proper) |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi, 2,543,700 (metro. area), 1,396,500 (city proper) |
| Western Sahara (proposed state) |
El Aaiun 198,200 |
| Yemen |
Sanaá, 1,778,900 |
| Zambia |
Lusaka, 1,773,300 (metro. area), 1,265,000 (city proper) |
| Zimbabwe |
Harare, 2,331,400 (metro. area), 1,919,700 (city proper) |