| Field Listing :: Major urban areas - population |
| This entry provides the population of the capital and up to five major cities defined as urban agglomerations with populations of at least 750,000 people. An urban agglomeration is defined as comprising the city or town proper and also the suburban fringe or thickly settled territory lying outside of, but adjacent to, the boundaries of the city. For smaller countries, lacking urban centers of 750,000 or more, only the population of the capital is presented. | |
Country |
Major urban areas - population |
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| Afghanistan | KABUL (capital) 3.097 million (2011) |
| Albania | TIRANA (capital) 419,000 (2011) |
| Algeria | ALGIERS (capital) 2.916 million; Oran 783,000 (2011) |
| American Samoa | PAGO PAGO (capital) 64,000 (2011) |
| Andorra | ANDORRA LA VELLA (capital) 23,000 (2011) |
| Angola | LUANDA (capital) 5.068 million; Huambo 1.098 million (2011) |
| Anguilla | THE VALLEY (capital) 2,000 (2011) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | SAINT JOHN'S (capital) 27,000 (2011) |
| Argentina | BUENOS AIRES (capital) 13.528 million; Cordoba 1.556 million; Rosario 1.283 million; Mendoza 957,000; San Miguel de Tucuman 868,000; La Plata 759,000 (2011) |
| Armenia | YEREVAN (capital) 1.116 million (2011) |
| Aruba | ORANJESTAD (capital) 37,000 (2011) |
| Australia | Sydney 4.543 million; Melbourne 3.961 million; Brisbane 2.039 million; Perth 1.649 million; Adelaide 1.198 million; CANBERRA (capital) 399,000 (2011) |
| Austria | VIENNA (capital) 1.72 million (2011) |
| Azerbaijan | BAKU (capital) 2.123 million (2011) |
| Bahamas, The | NASSAU (capital) 254,000 (2011) |
| Bahrain | MANAMA (capital) 262,000 (2011) |
| Bangladesh | DHAKA (capital) 15.391 million; Chittagong 5.239 million; Khulna 1.781 million; Rajshahi 932,000 (2011) |
| Barbados | BRIDGETOWN (capital) 122,000 (2011) |
| Belarus | MINSK (capital) 1.861 million (2011) |
| Belgium | BRUSSELS (capital) 1.949 million; Antwerp 959,000 (2011) |
| Belize | BELMOPAN (capital) 14,000 (2011) |
| Benin | COTONOU (seat of government) 924,000; PORTO-NOVO (capital) 314,000 (2011) |
| Bermuda | HAMILTON (capital) 11,000 (2011) |
| Bhutan | THIMPHU (capital) 99,000 (2011) |
| Bolivia | Santa Cruz 1.719 million; LA PAZ (capital) 1.715 million; Sucre (constitutional capital) 307,000 (2011) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | SARAJEVO (capital) 389,000 (2011) |
| Botswana | GABORONE (capital) 202,000 (2011) |
| Brazil | Sao Paulo 19.924 million; Rio de Janeiro 11.96 million; Belo Horizonte 5.487 million; Porto Alegre 3.933 million; Recife 3.733 million; BRASILIA (capital) 3.813 million (2011) |
| British Virgin Islands | ROAD TOWN (capital) 10,000 (2011) |
| 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) 1.174 million (2011) |
| Burkina Faso | OUAGADOUGOU (capital) 2.053 million (2011) |
| Burma | RANGOON (capital) 4.457 million; Mandalay 1.063 million; Nay Pyi Taw 1.06 million (2011) |
| Burundi | BUJUMBURA (capital) 605,000 (2011) |
| Cabo Verde | PRAIA (capital) 132,000 (2011) |
| Cambodia | PHNOM PENH (capital) 1.55 million (2011) |
| Cameroon | Douala 2.449 million; YAOUNDE (capital) 2.432 million (2011) |
| Canada | Toronto 5.573 million; Montreal 3.856 million; Vancouver 2.267 million; Calgary 1.216 million; OTTAWA (capital) 1.208 million; Edmonton 1.142 million (2011) |
| Cayman Islands | GEORGE TOWN (capital) 28,000 (2011) |
| Central African Republic | BANGUI (capital) 740,000 (2011) |
| Chad | N'DJAMENA (capital) 1.079 million (2011) |
| Chile | SANTIAGO (capital) 6.034 million; Valparaiso 883,000; Concepcion 770,000 (2011) |
| China | Shanghai 20.208 million; BEIJING (capital) 15.594 million; Guangzhou 10.849 million; Shenzhen 10.63 million; Chongqing 9.977 million; Wuhan 9.158 million (2011) |
| Colombia | BOGOTA (capital) 8.743 million; Medellin 3.694 million; Cali 2.453 million; Barranquilla 1.9 million; Bucaramanga 1.12 million; Cartagena 988,000 (2011) |
| Comoros | MORONI (capital) 54,000 (2011) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | KINSHASA (capital) 8.798 million; Lubumbashi 1.556 million; Mbuji-Mayi 1.504 million; Kananga 888,000; Kisangani 820,000 (2011) |
| Congo, Republic of the | BRAZZAVILLE (capital) 1.611 million; Pointe-Noire 834,000 (2011) |
| Costa Rica | SAN JOSE (capital) 1.515 million (2011) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | ABIDJAN (seat of government) 4.288 million; YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) 966,000 (2011) |
| Croatia | ZAGREB (capital) 686,000 (2011) |
| Cuba | HAVANA (capital) 2.116 million (2011) |
| Cyprus | NICOSIA (capital) 253,000 (2011) |
| Czech Republic | PRAGUE (capital) 1.276 million (2011) |
| Denmark | COPENHAGEN (capital) 1.206 million (2011) |
| Djibouti | DJIBOUTI (capital) 496,000 (2011) |
| Dominica | ROSEAU (capital) 14,000 (2011) |
| Dominican Republic | SANTO DOMINGO (capital) 2.191 million (2011) |
| Ecuador | Guayaquil 2.287 million; QUITO (capital) 1.622 million (2011) |
| Egypt | CAIRO (capital) 11.169 million; Alexandria 4.494 million (2011) |
| El Salvador | SAN SALVADOR (capital) 1.605 million (2011) |
| Equatorial Guinea | MALABO (capital) 137,000 (2011) |
| Eritrea | ASMARA (capital) 712,000 (2011) |
| Estonia | TALLINN (capital) 400,000 (2011) |
| Ethiopia | ADDIS ABABA (capital) 2.979 million (2011) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | STANLEY (capital) 2,000 (2011) |
| Faroe Islands | TORSHAVN (capital) 20,000 (2011) |
| Fiji | SUVA (capital) 177,000 (2011) |
| Finland | HELSINKI (capital) 1.134 million (2011) |
| France | PARIS (capital) 10.62 million; Marseille-Aix-en-Provence 14,890,100; Lyon 1.488 million; Lille 1.042 million; Nice-Cannes 991,000; Toulouse 933,000 (2011) |
| French Polynesia | PAPEETE (capital) 137,000 (2011) |
| Gabon | LIBREVILLE (capital) 686,000 (2011) |
| Gambia, The | BANJUL (capital) 506,000 (2011) |
| Georgia | TBILISI (capital) 1.121 million (2011) |
| Germany | BERLIN (capital) 3.462 million; Hamburg 1.796 million; Munich 1.364 million; Cologne 1.006 million (2011) |
| Ghana | ACCRA (capital) 2.573 million; Kumasi 2.019 million (2011) |
| Greece | ATHENS (capital) 3.414 million; Thessaloniki 883,000 (2011) |
| Greenland | NUUK (capital) 16,000 (2011) |
| Grenada | SAINT GEORGE'S (capital) 41,000 (2011) |
| Guam | HAGATNA (capital) 169,000 (2011) |
| Guatemala | GUATEMALA CITY (capital) 1.168 million (2011) |
| Guinea | CONAKRY (capital) 1.786 million (2011) |
| Guinea-Bissau | BISSAU (capital) 423,000 (2011) |
| Guyana | GEORGETOWN (capital) 127,000 (2011) |
| Haiti | PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) 2.207 million (2011) |
| Honduras | TEGUCIGALPA (capital) 1.088 million (2011) |
| Hungary | BUDAPEST (capital) 1.737 million (2011) |
| Iceland | REYKJAVIK (capital) 206,000 (2011) |
| India | NEW DELHI (capital) 22.654 million; Mumbai 19.744 million; Kolkata 14.402 million; Chennai 8.784 million; Bangalore 8.614 million; Hyderabad 7.837 million (2011) |
| Indonesia | JAKARTA (capital) 9.769 million; Surabaya 2.787 million; Bandung 2.429 million; Medan 2.118 million; Semarang 1.573 million; Palembang 1.455 million (2011) |
| Iran | TEHRAN (capital) 7.304 million; Mashhad 2.713 million; Esfahan 1.781 million; Karaj 1.635 million; Tabriz 1.509 million; Shiraz 1.321 million (2011) |
| Iraq | BAGHDAD (capital) 6.036 million; Mosul 1.494 million; Erbil 1.039 million; Basra 942,000; As Sulaymaniyah 867,000; Najaf 779,000 (2011) |
| Ireland | DUBLIN (capital) 1.121 million (2011) |
| Isle of Man | DOUGLAS (capital) 27,000 (2011) |
| Israel | Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.381 million; Haifa 1.054 million; JERUSALEM (capital) 791,000 (2009) |
| Italy | ROME (capital) 3.298 million; Milan 2.909 million; Naples 2.373 million; Turin 1.613 million; Palermo 915,000; Bergamo 784,000 (2011) |
| Jamaica | KINGSTON (capital) 571,000 (2011) |
| Japan | TOKYO (capital) 37.217 million; Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011) |
| Jordan | AMMAN (capital) 1.179 million (2011) |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty 1.426 million; ASTANA (capital) 664,000 (2011) |
| Kenya | NAIROBI (capital) 3.363 million; Mombassa 972,000 (2011) |
| Kiribati | TARAWA (capital) 44,000 (2011) |
| Korea, North | PYONGYANG (capital) 2.843 million (2011) |
| Korea, South | SEOUL (capital) 9.736 million; Busan (Pusan) 3.372 million; Incheon (Inch'on) 2.622 million; Daegu (Taegu) 2.447 million; Daejon (Taejon) 1.538 million; Gwangju (Kwangju) 1.503 million (2011) |
| Kuwait | KUWAIT (capital) 2.406 million (2011) |
| Kyrgyzstan | BISHKEK (capital) 839,000 (2011) |
| Laos | VIENTIANE (capital) 810,000 (2011) |
| Latvia | RIGA (capital) 701,000 (2011) |
| Lebanon | BEIRUT (capital) 2.022 million (2011) |
| Lesotho | MASERU (capital) 239,000 (2011) |
| Liberia | MONROVIA (capital) 750,000 (2011) |
| Libya | TRIPOLI (capital) 1.127 million (2011) |
| Liechtenstein | VADUZ (capital) 5,000 (2011) |
| Lithuania | VILNIUS (capital) 546,000 (2011) |
| Luxembourg | LUXEMBOURG (capital) 94,000 (2011) |
| Macedonia | SKOPJE (capital) 499,000 (2011) |
| Madagascar | ANTANANARIVO (capital) 1.987 million (2011) |
| Malawi | LILONGWE (capital) 772,000 (2011) |
| Malaysia | KUALA LUMPUR (capital) 1.556 million; Klang 1.19 million; Johor Bahru 1.045 million (2011) |
| Maldives | MALE (capital) 132,000 (2011) |
| Mali | BAMAKO (capital) 2.037 million (2011) |
| Malta | VALLETTA (capital) 198,000 (2011) |
| Marshall Islands | MAJURO (capital) 31,000 (2011) |
| Mauritania | NOUAKCHOTT (capital) 786,000 (2011) |
| Mauritius | PORT LOUIS (capital) 151,000 (2011) |
| Mexico | MEXICO CITY (capital) 20.446 million; Guadalajara 4.525 million; Monterrey 4.213 million; Puebla 2.335 million; Tijuana 1.82 million; Toluca de Lerdo 1.748 million (2011) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | PALIKIR (capital) 7,000 (2011) |
| Moldova | CHISINAU (capital) 677,000 (2011) |
| Mongolia | ULAANBAATAR (capital) 1.184 million (2011) |
| Montenegro | PODGORICA (capital) 156,000 (2011) |
| Morocco | Casablanca 3.046 million; RABAT (capital) 1.843 million; Fes 1.088 million; Marrakech 939,000; Tangier 810,000; Agadir 805,000 (2011) |
| Mozambique | MAPUTO (capital) 1.15 million; Matola 790,000 (2011) |
| Namibia | WINDHOEK (capital) 380,000 (2011) |
| Nepal | KATHMANDU (capital) 1.015 million (2011) |
| Netherlands | AMSTERDAM (capital) 1.056 million; Rotterdam 1.014 million; The Hague (seat of government) 635,000 (2011) |
| New Caledonia | NOUMEA (capital) 157,000 (2011) |
| New Zealand | Auckland 1.452 million; WELLINGTON (capital) 410,000 (2011) |
| Nicaragua | MANAGUA (capital) 970,000 (2011) |
| Niger | NIAMEY (capital) 1.297 million (2011) |
| Nigeria | Lagos 11.223 million; Kano 3.375 million; Ibadan 2.949 million; ABUJA (capital) 2.153 million; Port Harcourt 1.894 million; Kaduna 1.524 million (2011) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | SAIPAN (capital) 56,000 (2011) |
| Norway | OSLO (capital) 915,000 (2011) |
| Oman | MUSCAT (capital) 743,000 (2011) |
| Pakistan | Karachi 13.876 million; Lahore 7.566 million; Faisalabad 3.038 million; Rawalpindi 2.164 million; Multan 1.775 million; ISLAMABAD (capital) 919,000 (2011) |
| Palau | MELEKEOK (capital) 1,000 (2011) |
| Panama | PANAMA CITY (capital) 1.426 million (2011) |
| Papua New Guinea | PORT MORESBY (capital) 343,000 (2011) |
| Paraguay | ASUNCION (capital) 2.139 million (2011) |
| Peru | LIMA (capital) 9.13 million; Arequipa 804,000 (2011) |
| Philippines | MANILA (capital) 11.862 million; Davao 1.565 million; Cebu City 855,000; Zamboanga 884,000 (2011) |
| Poland | WARSAW (capital) 1.723 million; Krakow 756,000 (2011) |
| Portugal | LISBON (capital) 2.843 million; Porto 1.367 million (2011) |
| Puerto Rico | SAN JUAN (capital) 2.475 million (2011) |
| Qatar | DOHA (capital) 567,000 (2011) |
| Romania | BUCHAREST (capital) 1.937 million (2011) |
| Russia | MOSCOW (capital) 11.621 million; Saint Petersburg 4.866 million; Novosibirsk 1.478 million; Yekaterinburg 1.355 million; Nizhniy Novgorod 1.245 million; Samara 1.166 million (2011) |
| Rwanda | KIGALI (capital) 1.004 million (2011) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | JAMESTOWN (capital) 1,000 (2011) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | BASSETERRE (capital) 12,000 (2011) |
| Saint Lucia | CASTRIES (capital) 21,000 (2011) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SAINT-PIERRE (capital) 5,000 (2011) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | KINGSTOWN (capital) 31,000 (2011) |
| Samoa | APIA (capital) 37,000 (2011) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | SAO TOME (capital) 64,000 (2011) |
| Saudi Arabia | RIYADH (capital) 5.451 million; Jeddah 3.578 million; Mecca 1.591 million; Medina 1.142 million; Ad Dammam 941,000 (2011) |
| Senegal | DAKAR (capital) 3.035 million (2011) |
| Serbia | BELGRADE (capital) 1.135 million (2011) |
| Seychelles | VICTORIA (capital) 27,000 (2011) |
| Sierra Leone | FREETOWN (capital) 941,000 (2011) |
| Slovakia | BRATISLAVA (capital) 434,000 (2011) |
| Slovenia | LJUBLJANA (capital) 273,000 (2011) |
| Solomon Islands | HONIARA (capital) 68,000 (2011) |
| Somalia | MOGADISHU (capital) 1.554 million (2011) |
| South Africa | Johannesburg 3.844 million; Cape Town (legislative capital) 3.562 million; Ekurhuleni (East Rand) 3.357 million; Durban 3.012 million; PRETORIA (capital) 1.501 million; Vereeniging 1.2 million; Bloemfontein (judicial capital) 468,000 (2011) |
| South Sudan | JUBA (capital) 269,000 (2011) |
| Spain | MADRID (capital) 6.574 million; Barcelona 5.57 million; Valencia 797,000 (2011) |
| Sri Lanka | COLOMBO (capital) 693,000; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 126,000 (2011) |
| Sudan | KHARTOUM (capital) 4.632 million (2011) |
| Suriname | PARAMARIBO (capital) 278,000 (2011) |
| Swaziland | MBABANE (capital) 66,000 (2011) |
| Sweden | STOCKHOLM (capital) 1.385 million (2011) |
| Switzerland | Zurich 1.194 million; BERN (capital) 353,000 (2011) |
| Syria | Aleppo 3.164 million; DAMASCUS (capital) 2.65 million; Hims 1.369 million; Hamah 933,000 (2011) |
| Tajikistan | DUSHANBE (capital) 739,000 (2011) |
| Tanzania | DAR ES SALAAM (capital) 3.588 million (2011) |
| Thailand | BANGKOK (capital) 8.426 million; Samut Prakan 1.212 million (2011) |
| Timor-Leste | DILI (capital) 180,000 (2011) |
| Togo | LOME (capital) 1.524 million (2011) |
| Tonga | NUKU'ALOFA 25,000 (2011) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) 66,000 (2011) |
| Tunisia | TUNIS (capital) 790,000 (2011) |
| Turkey | Istanbul 11.253 million; ANKARA (capital) 4.194 million; Izmir 2.927 million; Bursa 1.713 million; Adana 1.468 million; Gaziantep 1.198 million (2011) |
| Turkmenistan | ASHGABAT (capital) 683,000 (2011) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | GRAND TURK (capital) 7,000 (2011) |
| Tuvalu | FUNAFUTI (capital) 5,000 (2011) |
| Uganda | KAMPALA (capital) 1.659 million (2011) |
| Ukraine | KYIV (capital) 2.829 million; Kharkiv 1.451 million; Dnipropetrovsk 994,000; Odesa 1.01 million; Donetsk 959,000; Zaporizhzhya 771,000 (2011) |
| United Arab Emirates | ABU DHABI (capital) 942,000; Dubai 1.978 million; Sharjah 983,000 (2011) |
| United Kingdom | LONDON (capital) 9.005 million; Birmingham 2.272 million; Manchester 2.213 million; West Yorkshire 1.625 million; Glasgow 1.137 million; Newcastle upon Tyne 874,000 (2011) |
| United States | New York-Newark 20.352 million; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 13.395 million; Chicago 9.676 million; Miami 6.061 million; Philadelphia 5.927 million; WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) 4.705 million (2011) |
| Uruguay | MONTEVIDEO (capital) 1.672 million (2011) |
| Uzbekistan | TASHKENT (capital) 2.227 million (2011) |
| Vanuatu | PORT-VILA (capital) 47,000 (2011) |
| Venezuela | CARACAS (capital) 3.242 million; Maracaibo 2.31 million; Valencia 1.866 million; Barquisimeto 1.245 million; Maracay 1.115 million; Ciudad Guayana 799,000 (2011) |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City 6.405 million; HANOI (capital) 2.955 million; Haiphong 925,000; Da Nang 834,000 (2011) |
| Virgin Islands | CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) 60,000 (2011) |
| Wallis and Futuna | MATA-UTU (capital) 1,000 (2011) |
| Western Sahara | Laayoune 237,000 (2011) |
| Yemen | SANAA (capital) 2.419 million; Aden 784,000 (2011) |
| Zambia | LUSAKA (capital) 1.802 million (2011) |
| Zimbabwe | HARARE (capital) 1.542 million (2011) |