| Country | MAJOR URBAN AREAS - POPULATION |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Cabo Verde |
PRAIA (capital) 145,000 (2014) |
| 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) |
| 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 20.007 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) |
| Czechia |
PRAGUE (capital) 1.314 million (2015) |
| 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) |
| 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-Bissau |
BISSAU (capital) 492,000 (2015) |
| Guinea |
CONAKRY (capital) 1.936 million (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) |
| 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) |
| Niger |
NIAMEY (capital) 1.09 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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
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) |
| Timor-Leste |
DILI (capital) 228,000 (2014) |
| 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) |