SafekipediaList of national capitals by population
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This is a list of national capitals, ordered by how many people live in them. The numbers only count the people who live inside the official city limits of each capital. They do not include the larger areas around the city.
Capital cities are very important because they are where a country’s government is based. Many famous landmarks, leaders, and important buildings are found in these cities. Knowing which capitals have the most people helps us understand where many of the world’s important decisions are made.
Some capital cities have millions of people, making them some of the busiest places in the world. Others are smaller but still play a big role in their countries. This list shows us the size and importance of each capital city around the globe.
Table
This table shows the biggest cities that are also national capitals, sorted by how many people live in them. The numbers only count the city itself, not the bigger area around it.
The links with an asterisk (*) lead you to a list of cities in that country. If there isn’t a list of cities, the link will take you to the country’s main article instead.
| Country / dependency | Capital | Population | % of country | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 China * | Beijing | 21,858,000 | 1.5% | 2018 |
 Japan * | Tokyo | 14,094,034 | 11.3% | 2023 |
 Russia * | Moscow | 13,274,285 | 9.1% | 2025 |
 DR Congo * | Kinshasa | 12,691,000 | 13.2% | 2017 |
 Indonesia * | Jakarta | 10,562,088 | 3.9% | 2020 |
 Peru * | Lima | 10,151,000 | 30.1% | 2023 |
 Egypt * | Cairo | 10,107,125 | 9.3% | 2022 |
 South Korea * | Seoul | 9,508,451 | 18.3% | 2022 |
 Mexico | Mexico City | 9,209,944 | 7.3% | 2020 |
 United Kingdom * | London | 9,002,488 | 13.4% | 2020 |
 Bangladesh * | Dhaka | 8,906,039 | 5.3% | 2011 |
 Iran * | Tehran | 8,693,706 | 9.9% | 2016 |
 Thailand | Bangkok | 8,305,218 | 11.6% | 2010 |
 Vietnam | Hanoi | 8,053,663 | 8.3% | 2019 |
 Iraq * | Baghdad | 7,682,136 | 17.6% | 2021 |
 Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 7,676,654 | 21.4% | 2018 |
 Hong Kong (China) | Hong Kong | 7,534,200 | 100% | 2024 |
 Colombia * | Bogotá | 7,181,469 | 13.9% | 2011 |
 Chile * | Santiago | 6,310,000 | 32.4% | 2012 |
 Turkey * | Ankara | 5,747,325 | 6.8% | 2021 |
 Singapore | Singapore | 5,917,600 | 100% | 2023 |
 Afghanistan * | Kabul | 4,601,789 | 11.5% | 2021 |
 Kenya | Nairobi | 4,397,073 | 8.3% | 2019 |
 Jordan | Amman | 4,061,150 | 36.4% | 2021 |
 Algeria * | Algiers | 3,915,811 | 8.9% | 2011 |
 Germany * | Berlin | 3,677,472 | 4.4% | 2021 |
 Spain * | Madrid | 3,305,408 | 7.0% | 2021 |
 Argentina * | Buenos Aires | 3,120,612 | 6.9% | 2022 |
 Ethiopia * | Addis Ababa | 3,040,740 | 2.5% | 2012 |
 Brazil * | Brasília | 2,982,818 | 1.4% | 2024 |
 Guatemala | Guatemala City | 2,934,841 | 16.7% | 2020 |
 South Africa | Pretoria | 2,921,488 | 4.9% | 2011 |
 Ukraine * | Kyiv | 2,920,873 | 6.7% | 2021 |
 North Korea * | Pyongyang | 2,870,000 | 11.1% | 2016 |
 Uzbekistan * | Tashkent | 2,860,600 | 8.4% | 2022 |
 Italy * | Rome | 2,761,632 | 4.7% | 2022 |
 Ecuador | Quito | 2,800,388 | 15.7% | 2020 |
 Cameroon | Yaoundé | 2,765,568 | 10.2% | 2015 |
 Zambia | Lusaka | 2,731,696 | 14.0% | 2020 |
 Sudan * | Khartoum | 2,682,431 | 5.9% | 2012 |
 Taiwan * | Taipei (de facto) | 2,608,332 | 10.9% | 2020 |
 Yemen | Sanaa | 2,575,347 | 7.8% | 2012 |
 Angola | Luanda | 2,571,861 | 7.5% | 2020 |
 Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 2,453,496 | 11.1% | 2019 |
 Ghana | Accra | 2,388,000 | 7.3% | 2017 |
 Somalia | Mogadishu | 2,388,000 | 14.0% | 2021 |
 Azerbaijan | Baku | 2,303,100 | 22.3% | 2022 |
 Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 2,281,951 | 13.8% | 2019 |
 Venezuela | Caracas | 2,245,744 | 8.0% | 2016 |
 France * | Paris | 2,139,907 | 3.3% | 2022 |
 Cuba | Havana | 2,132,183 | 18.9% | 2020 |
 Zimbabwe | Harare | 2,123,132 | 13.3% | 2012 |
 Syria | Damascus | 2,079,000 | 9.7% | 2019 |
 Belarus | Minsk | 1,996,553 | 20.8% | 2022 |
 Austria | Vienna | 1,962,779 | 22.0% | 2022 |
 Poland | Warsaw | 1,863,056 | 4.9% | 2021 |
 Philippines * | Manila | 1,846,513 | 1.6% | 2020 |
 Mali | Bamako | 1,809,106 | 8.3% | 2009 |
 Malaysia * | Kuala Lumpur | 1,782,500 | 5.3% | 2019 |
 Romania * | Bucharest | 1,716,983 | 8.9% | 2021 |
 Hungary * | Budapest | 1,706,851 | 17.6% | 2022 |
 Congo | Brazzaville | 1,696,392 | 29.1% | 2015 |
 Serbia * | Belgrade | 1,688,667 | 23.1% | 2021 |
 Uganda | Kampala | 1,680,600 | 3.7% | 2019 |
 Guinea | Conakry | 1,660,973 | 12.3% | 2014 |
 Kazakhstan * | Astana | 1,511,807 | 7.9% | 2024 |
 Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 1,466,125 | 43.8% | 2020 |
 Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 1,444,085 | 14.0% | 2021 |
 Senegal | Dakar | 1,438,725 | 8.5% | 2021 |
 Czech Republic * | Prague | 1,357,326 | 12.9% | 2023 |
 Niger * | Niamey | 1,334,984 | 5.3% | 2020 |
 Uruguay | Montevideo | 1,319,108 | 38.5% | 2011 |
 Bulgaria * | Sofia | 1,307,439 | 19.0% | 2021 |
 Oman | Muscat | 1,294,101 | 28.6% | 2021 |
 Madagascar | Antananarivo | 1,275,207 | 4.4% | 2018 |
 Nigeria | Abuja | 1,235,880 | 0.6% | 2011 |
 Georgia | Tbilisi | 1,201,769 | 32.0% | 2022 |
 Mauritania * | Nouakchott | 1,195,600 | 25.9% | 2019 |
 Qatar * | Doha | 1,186,023 | 44.1% | 2020 |
 Libya | Tripoli | 1,170,000 | 17.4% | 2019 |
 Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 1,160,242 | 2.2% | 2014 |
 Rwanda | Kigali | 1,132,686 | 8.4% | 2012 |
 Mozambique | Maputo | 1,124,988 | 3.5% | 2020 |
 Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 1,111,838 | 10.0% | 2010 |
 Armenia * | Yerevan | 1,096,100 | 39.3% | 2021 |
 Panama | Panama City | 1,086,990 | 25.0% | 2023 |
 Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 1,074,075 | 16.5% | 2021 |
 Sierra Leone | Freetown | 1,055,964 | 12.5% | 2015 |
 Nicaragua | Managua | 1,055,247 | 15.4% | 2020 |
 Canada * | Ottawa | 1,017,449 | 2.7% | 2021 |
 Pakistan * | Islamabad | 1,014,825 | 0.4% | 2017 |
 Liberia | Monrovia | 1,010,970 | 19.5% | 2008 |
 United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 1,010,092 | 10.8% | 2020 |
 Malawi | Lilongwe | 989,318 | 5.0% | 2018 |
 Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 987,310 | 8.6% | 2015 |
 Sweden * | Stockholm | 978,770 | 9.4% | 2021 |
 Eritrea | Asmara | 963,000 | 26.6% | 2020 |
 Israel * | Jerusalem | 936,425 | 10.5% | 2019 |
 Laos | Vientiane | 927,724 | 12.5% | 2019 |
 Chad | N'Djamena | 916,000 | 5.3% | 2009 |
 Netherlands * | Amsterdam | 905,234 | 5.2% | 2022 |
 Central African Republic | Bangui | 889,231 | 16.3% | 2020 |
 Tajikistan * | Dushanbe | 863,400 | 8.9% | 2020 |
 Nepal * | Kathmandu | 845,767 | 2.8% | 2021 |
 Togo | Lomé | 837,437 | 9.7% | 2010 |
 Turkmenistan * | Ashgabat | 791,000 | 12.5% | 2017 |
 Moldova | Chişinău | 779,300 | 25.5% | 2019 |
 Croatia * | Zagreb | 769,944 | 19.0% | 2021 |
 Gabon * | Libreville | 703,904 | 30.1% | 2013 |
 Norway * | Oslo | 697,010 | 12.9% | 2021 |
 Macau (China) | Macau | 671,900 | 100% | 2022 |
 United States * | Washington, D.C. | 670,050 | 0.2% | 2021 |
 Jamaica | Kingston | 662,491 | 23.4% | 2019 |
 Finland * | Helsinki | 658,864 | 11.9% | 2021 |
 Tunisia | Tunis | 638,845 | 5.2% | 2014 |
 Denmark * | Copenhagen | 638,117 | 10.9% | 2021 |
 Greece * | Athens | 637,798 | 6.1% | 2021 |
 Latvia * | Riga | 605,802 | 32.3% | 2021 |
 Djibouti | Djibouti City | 604,013 | 54.6% | 2012 |
 Ireland * | Dublin | 592,713 | 11.9% | 2022 |
 Morocco | Rabat | 577,827 | 1.6% | 2014 |
 Lithuania | Vilnius | 576,195 | 20.7% | 2022 |
 El Salvador | San Salvador | 570,459 | 9.0% | 2019 |
 Albania | Tirana | 557,422 | 19.5% | 2011 |
 North Macedonia | Skopje | 544,086 | 25.9% | 2015 |
 South Sudan * | Juba | 525,953 | 4.9% | 2017 |
 Paraguay | Asunción | 521,559 | 7.8% | 2020 |
 Portugal * | Lisbon | 509,614 | 5.0% | 2020 |
 Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 492,004 | 23.9% | 2015 |
 Slovakia | Bratislava | 440,948 | 8.1% | 2020 |
 Estonia * | Tallinn | 438,341 | 33.0% | 2021 |
 Australia * | Canberra | 431,380 | 1.7% | 2020 |
 Namibia | Windhoek | 431,000 | 17.0% | 2020 |
 Tanzania | Dodoma | 410,956 | 0.6% | 2012 |
 Papua New Guinea * | Port Moresby | 364,145 | 3.7% | 2011 |
 Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 361,893 | 1.3% | 2020 |
 Lebanon | Beirut | 361,366 | 6.5% | 2014 |
 Bolivia | Sucre | 360,544 | 3.0% | 2022 |
 Puerto Rico (US) | San Juan | 342,259 | 10.5% | 2020 |
 Costa Rica | San José | 342,188 | 6.6% | 2018 |
 Lesotho | Maseru | 330,760 | 14.5% | 2016 |
 Cyprus | Nicosia | 326,739 | 26.3% | 2016 |
 Slovenia * | Ljubljana | 285,604 | 13.5% | 2021 |
 Timor-Leste | Dili | 277,279 | 21.0% | 2015 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 275,524 | 8.4% | 2013 |
 Bahamas | Nassau | 274,400 | 67.3% | 2016 |
 Botswana | Gaborone | 273,602 | 10.6% | 2020 |
 Benin | Porto-Novo | 264,320 | 2.0% | 2013 |
 India * | New Delhi | 249,998 | 0.02% | 2011 |
 Suriname | Paramaribo | 240,924 | 39.3% | 2012 |
 Kosovo * | Pristina | 227,466 | 14.3% | 2024 |
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Laayoune (claimed) Tifariti (de facto) | 217,732 3,000 | —N/a | 2014 |
 New Zealand * | Wellington | 217,000 | 4.2% | 2021 |
 Maldives * | Malé | 211,908 | 40.6% | 2022 |
 Bahrain | Manama | 200,000 | 13.7% | 2020 |
 Montenegro * | Podgorica | 190,488 | 30.3% | 2020 |
 Belgium | Brussels | 187,686 | 1.6% | 2022 |
 Cape Verde | Praia | 159,050 | 27.1% | 2017 |
 Mauritius | Port Louis | 147,066 | 11.3% | 2018 |
 Curaçao (Netherlands) | Willemstad | 136,660 | 71.8% | 2011 |
 Luxembourg * | Luxembourg City | 136,208 | 21.3% | 2025 |
 Burundi | Gitega | 135,467 | 1.1% | 2020 |
 Switzerland * | Bern (de facto) | 134,591 | 1.5% | 2020 |
 Transnistria | Tiraspol | 133,807 | 38.5% | 2015 |
 Iceland * | Reykjavík | 133,262 | 36.0% | 2021 |
 Guyana | Georgetown | 118,363 | 14.7% | 2012 |
 Bhutan | Thimphu | 114,551 | 14.7% | 2017 |
 Comoros | Moroni | 111,326 | 13.5% | 2016 |
 Barbados | Bridgetown | 110,000 | 39.1% | 2014 |
 Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 107,925 | 0.5% | 2012 |
 Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 100,700 | 22.6% | 2007 |
 Eswatini | Mbabane | 94,874 | 8.0% | 2010 |
 New Caledonia (France) | Nouméa | 94,285 | 32.8% | 2019 |
 Fiji | Suva | 93,970 | 10.2% | 2017 |
 Solomon Islands | Honiara | 92,344 | 13.0% | 2021 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 71,868 | 32.2% | 2015 |
 Kiribati | Tarawa | 70,480 | 54.7% | 2020 |
 Kuwait | Kuwait City | 55,159 | 1.3% | 2021 |
 Vanuatu | Port Vila | 51,437 | 16.1% | 2016 |
 Northern Mariana Islands (USA) | Saipan | 47,565 | 96.1% | 2017 |
 Samoa | Apia | 41,611 | 19.0% | 2021 |
 Palestine | Ramallah (de facto) | 38,998 | 0.8% | 2017 |
 Monaco | Monaco | 38,350 | 100% | 2020 |
 Jersey (UK) | Saint Helier | 37,540 | 34.2% | 2018 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 37,074 | 2.4% | 2011 |
 Cayman Islands (UK) | George Town | 34,399 | 50.5% | 2021 |
 Gibraltar (UK) | Gibraltar | 34,003 | 100% | 2020 |
 Grenada | St. George's | 33,734 | 27.1% | 2012 |
 Gambia | Banjul | 31,301 | 1.2% | 2013 |
 Aruba (Netherlands) | Oranjestad | 28,294 | 26.6% | 2010 |
 Isle of Man (UK) | Douglas | 27,938 | 33.2% | 2011 |
 Marshall Islands | Majuro | 27,797 | 66.1% | 2011 |
 Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | 27,600 | 26.0% | 2022 |
 Seychelles | Victoria | 26,450 | 24.8% | 2010 |
 French Polynesia (France) | Papeete | 26,926 | 8.9% | 2017 |
 Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 22,873 | 28.9% | 2022 |
 Faroe Islands * (Denmark) | Tórshavn | 22,738 | 43.0% | 2022 |
 Antigua and Barbuda * | St. John's | 22,219 | 23.8% | 2011 |
 Belize | Belmopan | 20,621 | 5.2% | 2016 |
 Saint Lucia | Castries | 20,000 | 11.1% | 2013 |
 Guernsey (UK) | Saint Peter Port | 18,958 | 30.1% | 2019 |
 Greenland (Denmark) | Nuuk | 18,800 | 33.4% | 2021 |
 Dominica | Roseau | 14,725 | 20.3% | 2011 |
 U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | Charlotte Amalie | 14,477 | 14.5% | 2020 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 14,000 | 29.4% | 2018 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 12,909 | 12.4% | 2012 |
 British Virgin Islands (UK) | Road Town | 12,603 | 40.5% | 2012 |
 Åland (Finland) | Mariehamn | 11,736 | 39.0% | 2021 |
 Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir | 6,647 | 5.9% | 2010 |
 Tuvalu | Funafuti | 6,320 | 56.4% | 2017 |
 Malta | Valletta | 5,827 | 1.1% | 2019 |
 Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 5,774 | 14.8% | 2021 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | Saint-Pierre | 5,394 | 91.7% | 2019 |
 Cook Islands | Avarua | 4,906 | 28.9% | 2016 |
 San Marino | City of San Marino | 4,061 | 12.0% | 2021 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | Cockburn Town | 3,720 | 8.2% | 2016 |
 American Samoa (USA) | Pago Pago | 3,656 | 8.1% | 2010 |
| Saint Martin (France) | Marigot | 3,229 | 10.1% | 2017 |
| Saint Barthélemy (France) | Gustavia | 2,615 | 24.1% | 2010 |
 Falkland Islands (UK) | Stanley | 2,460 | 65.4% | 2016 |
| Svalbard (Norway) | Longyearbyen | 2,417 | 82.2% | 2020 |
 Equatorial Guinea * | Ciudad de la Paz | 2,000 | 0.1% | 2018 |
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | Philipsburg | 1,894 | 4.3% | 2011 |
 Christmas Island (Australia) | Flying Fish Cove | 1,599 | 86.8% | 2016 |
 Anguilla (UK) | The Valley | 1,067 | 6.8% | 2011 |
 Guam (US) | Hagåtña | 1,051 | 0.6% | 2010 |
| Wallis and Futuna (France) | Mata Utu | 1,029 | 8.9% | 2018 |
 Bermuda (UK) | Hamilton | 854 | 1.3% | 2016 |
 Nauru | Yaren (de facto) | 747 | 6.0% | 2011 |
 Saint Helena (UK) | Jamestown | 629 | 11.6% | 2016 |
 Niue | Alofi | 597 | 30.8% | 2017 |
 Tokelau (NZ) | Atafu | 541 | 29.3% | 2016 |
 Vatican City | Vatican City | 764 | 100% | 2023 |
 Montserrat (UK) | Brades (de facto) Plymouth (de jure) | 449 0 | —N/a | 2011 |
 Norfolk Island (Australia) | Kingston | 341 | 19.5% | 2015 |
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | West Island | 134 | 24.6% | 2011 |
 Pitcairn Islands (UK) | Adamstown | 35 | 100% | 2023 |
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) | King Edward Point | 22 | 73.3% | 2018 |
 Palau | Ngerulmud | 0 | 0.0% | 2020 |
By population density
| Country / dependency | Capital | Population | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | Accra | 2,388,000 | 20.40 | 117,059 |
| Philippines * | Manila | 1,846,513 | 42.34 | 43,612 |
| Bangladesh * | Dhaka | 8,906,039 | 306.00 | 29,105 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 987,310 | 36.04 | 27,395 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 662,491 | 25.00 | 26,500 |
| Angola | Luanda | 2,571,861 | 116.00 | 22,171 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | 963,000 | 45.00 | 21,400 |
| Yemen | Sana'a | 2,575,347 | 126.00 | 20,439 |
| France * | Paris | 2,139,907 | 105.40 | 20,303 |
| Syria | Damascus | 2,079,000 | 105.00 | 19,800 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 361,366 | 19.00 | 19,019 |
| Maldives * | Malé | 211,908 | 11.22 | 18,887 |
| Monaco | Monaco | 38,350 | 2.08 | 18,438 |
| Senegal | Dakar | 1,438,725 | 79.83 | 18,022 |
| Nepal * | Kathmandu | 845,767 | 49.45 | 17,103 |
| Greece * | Athens | 637,798 | 38.96 | 16,369 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 326,739 | 20.08 | 16,272 |
| Indonesia * | Jakarta | 10,562,088 | 660.98 | 15,979 |
| South Korea * | Seoul | 9,508,451 | 605.21 | 15,711 |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | 2,765,568 | 180.00 | 15,364 |
| Argentina * | Buenos Aires | 3,120,612 | 205.90 | 15,156 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | 1,275,207 | 85.00 | 15,002 |
| Ecuador | Quito | 2,800,388 | 197.50 | 14,179 |
| Iran * | Tehran | 8,693,706 | 615.00 | 14,136 |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | 889,231 | 67.00 | 13,272 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | 1,055,964 | 82.48 | 12,803 |
| Afghanistan * | Kabul | 4,601,789 | 381.30 | 12,069 |
| Iraq * | Baghdad | 7,682,136 | 673.00 | 11,415 |
| Algeria * | Algiers | 3,915,811 | 363.00 | 10,787 |
| Gabon * | Libreville | 703,904 | 65.42 | 10,760 |
| South Sudan * | Juba | 525,953 | 52.00 | 10,114 |
| Chile * | Santiago | 6,310,000 | 641.00 | 9,844 |
| Taiwan * | Taipei | 2,608,332 | 271.80 | 9,597 |
| Malta | Valletta | 5,827 | 0.61 | 9,552 |
| Qatar * | Doha | 1,186,023 | 132.00 | 8,985 |
| Uganda | Kampala | 1,680,600 | 189.00 | 8,892 |
| Chad | N'Djamena | 916,000 | 104.00 | 8,808 |
| Togo | Lomé | 837,437 | 99.14 | 8,447 |
| Sudan * | Khartoum | 2,682,431 | 322.70 | 8,312 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 5,917,600 | 735.70 | 8,043 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 570,459 | 72.25 | 7,896 |
| Costa Rica | San José | 342,188 | 44.62 | 7,669 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | 2,731,696 | 360.00 | 7,588 |
| Israel * | Jerusalem | 936,425 | 125.13 | 7,484 |
| Mali | Bamako | 1,809,106 | 245.00 | 7,384 |
| Malaysia * | Kuala Lumpur | 1,782,500 | 243.00 | 7,335 |
| Romania * | Bucharest | 1,716,983 | 240.00 | 7,154 |
| Denmark * | Copenhagen | 638,117 | 90.01 | 7,089 |
| Bahrain | Manama | 200,000 | 30.00 | 6,667 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | 1,319,108 | 201.00 | 6,563 |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | 2,388,000 | 370.00 | 6,454 |
| Japan * | Tokyo | 14,094,034 | 2,194.07 | 6,424 |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 107,925 | 17.00 | 6,349 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 492,004 | 77.50 | 6,348 |
| Moldova | Chișinău | 779,300 | 123.00 | 6,336 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 4,397,073 | 696.10 | 6,317 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 9,209,944 | 1,485.00 | 6,202 |
| Burundi | Gitega | 135,467 | 22.00 | 6,158 |
| India * | New Delhi | 249,998 | 42.70 | 5,855 |
| Ethiopia * | Addis Ababa | 3,040,740 | 527.00 | 5,770 |
| United Kingdom * | London | 9,002,488 | 1,572.00 | 5,727 |
| Macau (China) | Macau | 671,900 | 119.30 | 5,632 |
| Spain * | Madrid | 3,305,408 | 604.31 | 5,470 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 8,305,218 | 1,568.74 | 5,294 |
| Sweden * | Stockholm | 978,770 | 188.00 | 5,206 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | 1,010,970 | 194.25 | 5,204 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 2,245,744 | 433.00 | 5,186 |
| Russia * | Moscow | 13,274,285 | 2,561.40 | 5,182 |
| Portugal * | Lisbon | 509,614 | 100.05 | 5,094 |
| Ireland * | Dublin | 592,713 | 117.80 | 5,032 |
| Gibraltar (UK) | Gibraltar | 34,003 | 6.80 | 5,000 |
| Morocco | Rabat | 577,827 | 117.00 | 4,939 |
| Armenia * | Yerevan | 1,096,100 | 223.00 | 4,915 |
| Belarus | Minsk | 1,996,553 | 409.53 | 4,875 |
| Austria | Vienna | 1,962,779 | 414.78 | 4,732 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | Charlotte Amalie | 14,477 | 3.14 | 4,611 |
| Pakistan * | Islamabad | 1,014,825 | 220.15 | 4,610 |
| Uzbekistan * | Tashkent | 2,860,600 | 631.29 | 4,531 |
| Colombia * | Bogotá | 7,181,469 | 1,587.00 | 4,525 |
| Paraguay | Asunción | 521,559 | 117.00 | 4,458 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | 114,551 | 26.10 | 4,389 |
| Serbia * | Belgrade | 1,688,667 | 389.12 | 4,340 |
| Tajikistan * | Dushanbe | 863,400 | 203.00 | 4,253 |
| South Africa | Pretoria | 2,921,488 | 687.54 | 4,249 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 71,868 | 17.00 | 4,228 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | 92,344 | 22.00 | 4,197 |
| Netherlands * | Amsterdam | 905,234 | 219.32 | 4,127 |
| Germany * | Berlin | 3,677,472 | 891.30 | 4,126 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 1,055,247 | 267.00 | 3,952 |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 7,676,654 | 1,973.00 | 3,891 |
| Peru * | Lima | 10,151,000 | 2,672.30 | 3,799 |
| United States * | Washington, D.C. | 670,050 | 177.00 | 3,786 |
| Comoros | Moroni | 111,326 | 30.00 | 3,711 |
| Guinea | Conakry | 1,660,973 | 450.00 | 3,691 |
| Poland | Warsaw | 1,863,056 | 517.24 | 3,602 |
| Fiji | Suva | 93,970 | 26.24 | 3,581 |
| Jersey (UK) | Saint Helier | 37,540 | 10.60 | 3,542 |
| Ukraine * | Kyiv | 2,920,873 | 839.00 | 3,481 |
| North Korea * | Pyongyang | 2,870,000 | 829.10 | 3,462 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 2,281,951 | 679.00 | 3,361 |
| Egypt * | Cairo | 10,107,125 | 3,085.12 | 3,276 |
| Hungary * | Budapest | 1,706,851 | 525.20 | 3,250 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | 1,124,988 | 347.69 | 3,236 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 147,066 | 46.70 | 3,149 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 37,074 | 12.00 | 3,090 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti City | 604,013 | 200.00 | 3,020 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 638,845 | 212.00 | 3,013 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | 2,934,841 | 997.00 | 2,944 |
| Cuba | Havana | 2,132,183 | 728.26 | 2,928 |
| Guernsey (UK) | Saint Peter Port | 18,958 | 6.50 | 2,917 |
| Congo | Brazzaville | 1,696,392 | 588.00 | 2,885 |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro | 27,797 | 9.70 | 2,866 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 1,074,075 | 386.00 | 2,783 |
| Estonia * | Tallinn | 438,341 | 159.20 | 2,753 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | 110,000 | 40.00 | 2,750 |
| Czech Republic * | Prague | 1,357,326 | 496.21 | 2,735 |
| Hong Kong (China) | Hong Kong | 7,534,200 | 2,754.97 | 2,735 |
| Dominica | Roseau | 14,725 | 5.40 | 2,727 |
| Luxembourg * | Luxembourg City | 136,208 | 51.46 | 2,647 |
| Bulgaria * | Sofia | 1,307,439 | 500.00 | 2,615 |
| Gambia | Banjul | 31,301 | 12.00 | 2,608 |
| Switzerland * | Bern (de facto) | 134,591 | 51.62 | 2,607 |
| Isle of Man (UK) | Douglas | 27,938 | 11.00 | 2,540 |
| Jordan | Amman | 4,061,150 | 1,680.00 | 2,417 |
| Niger * | Niamey | 1,334,984 | 552.27 | 2,417 |
| Transnistria | Tiraspol | 133,807 | 55.56 | 2,408 |
| Lesotho | Maseru | 330,760 | 137.50 | 2,406 |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | 264,320 | 110.00 | 2,403 |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 8,053,663 | 3,358.60 | 2,398 |
| Palestine | Ramallah (de facto) | 38,998 | 16.30 | 2,393 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 1,201,769 | 504.30 | 2,383 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 14,000 | 6.10 | 2,295 |
| Kiribati | Tarawa | 70,480 | 31.02 | 2,272 |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti | 6,320 | 2.79 | 2,265 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | 51,437 | 23.60 | 2,180 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | 2,123,132 | 982.30 | 2,161 |
| Italy * | Rome | 2,761,632 | 1,287.36 | 2,145 |
| New Caledonia (France) | Nouméa | 94,285 | 45.70 | 2,063 |
| Latvia * | Riga | 605,802 | 304.00 | 1,993 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 275,524 | 141.50 | 1,947 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 22,873 | 12.00 | 1,906 |
| Kazakhstan * | Astana | 1,511,807 | 810.20 | 1,866 |
| Montenegro * | Podgorica | 190,488 | 108.00 | 1,764 |
| Puerto Rico (US) | San Juan | 342,259 | 199.00 | 1,720 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | 118,363 | 70.00 | 1,691 |
| Turkmenistan * | Ashgabat | 791,000 | 470.00 | 1,683 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | 273,602 | 169.00 | 1,619 |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 764 | 0.49 | 1,559 |
| Timor-Leste | Dili | 277,279 | 178.62 | 1,552 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 1,132,686 | 730.00 | 1,552 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | 159,050 | 102.60 | 1,550 |
| French Polynesia (France) | Papeete | 26,926 | 17.40 | 1,547 |
| Papua New Guinea * | Port Moresby | 364,145 | 240.00 | 1,517 |
| Norway * | Oslo | 697,010 | 480.00 | 1,452 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 576,195 | 401.00 | 1,437 |
| Bahamas | Nassau | 274,400 | 200.00 | 1,372 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | 989,318 | 727.79 | 1,359 |
| China * | Beijing | 21,858,000 | 16,410.50 | 1,332 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | 240,924 | 182.00 | 1,324 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | 26,450 | 20.10 | 1,316 |
| DR Congo * | Kinshasa | 12,691,000 | 9,965.00 | 1,274 |
| Aruba (Netherlands) | Oranjestad | 28,294 | 23.00 | 1,230 |
| Bermuda (UK) | Hamilton | 854 | 0.70 | 1,220 |
| Croatia * | Zagreb | 769,944 | 641.20 | 1,201 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 440,948 | 367.58 | 1,200 |
| Mauritania * | Nouakchott | 1,195,600 | 1,000.00 | 1,196 |
| Cayman Islands (UK) | George Town | 34,399 | 29.00 | 1,186 |
| Eswatini | Mbabane | 94,874 | 81.76 | 1,160 |
| Belgium | Brussels | 187,686 | 162.42 | 1,156 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 2,303,100 | 2,140.00 | 1,076 |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 1,010,092 | 972.00 | 1,039 |
| Slovenia * | Ljubljana | 285,604 | 274.99 | 1,039 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 100,700 | 100.36 | 1,003 |
| Falkland Islands (UK) | Stanley | 2,460 | 2.50 | 984 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 1,444,085 | 1,502.00 | 961 |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | 544,086 | 571.46 | 952 |
| Finland * | Helsinki | 658,864 | 715.48 | 921 |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Laayoune | 217,732 | 247.80 | 879 |
| Nigeria | Abuja | 1,235,880 | 1,476.00 | 837 |
| Libya | Tripoli | 1,170,000 | 1,507.00 | 776 |
| Saint Barthélemy (France) | Gustavia | 2,615 | 3.40 | 769 |
| New Zealand * | Wellington | 217,000 | 289.91 | 749 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 1,111,838 | 1,502.00 | 740 |
| Belize | Belmopan | 20,621 | 32.78 | 629 |
| San Marino | City of San Marino | 4,061 | 7.09 | 573 |
| Åland (Finland) | Mariehamn | 11,736 | 20.75 | 566 |
| Iceland * | Reykjavík | 133,262 | 244.00 | 546 |
| Australia * | Canberra | 431,380 | 814.20 | 530 |
| Panama | Panama City | 1,086,990 | 2,082.00 | 522 |
| Brazil * | Brasília | 2,982,818 | 5,802.00 | 514 |
| Albania | Tirana | 557,422 | 1,110.00 | 502 |
| Nauru | Yaren | 747 | 1.50 | 498 |
| Kosovo * | Pristina | 227,466 | 523.13 | 435 |
| American Samoa (USA) | Pago Pago | 3,656 | 8.85 | 413 |
| Northern Mariana Islands (USA) | Saipan | 47,565 | 118.98 | 400 |
| Anguilla (UK) | The Valley | 1,067 | 2.72 | 392 |
| Greenland (Denmark) | Nuuk | 18,800 | 49.00 | 384 |
| Oman | Muscat | 1,294,101 | 3,500.00 | 370 |
| Guam (US) | Hagåtña | 1,051 | 3.00 | 350 |
| Canada * | Ottawa | 1,017,449 | 2,970.30 | 343 |
| Samoa | Apia | 41,611 | 123.81 | 336 |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 5,774 | 17.28 | 334 |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 1,466,125 | 4,704.40 | 312 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | 20,000 | 79.00 | 253 |
| Laos | Vientiane | 927,724 | 3,920.00 | 237 |
| Turkey * | Ankara | 5,747,325 | 25,632.00 | 224 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | Saint-Pierre | 5,394 | 25.00 | 216 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | Cockburn Town | 3,720 | 17.39 | 214 |
| Bolivia | Sucre | 360,544 | 1,768.00 | 204 |
| Cook Islands | Avarua | 4,906 | 28.00 | 175 |
| Saint Helena (UK) | Jamestown | 629 | 3.60 | 175 |
| Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 361,893 | 2,075.00 | 174 |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 1,160,242 | 7,054.00 | 164 |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | 410,956 | 2,576.00 | 160 |
| Saint Martin (France) | Marigot | 3,229 | 21.60 | 149 |
| Faroe Islands * (Denmark) | Tórshavn | 22,738 | 173.00 | 131 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | 431,000 | 5,133.00 | 84 |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 55,159 | 860.00 | 64 |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | West Island | 134 | 6.23 | 22 |
| Niue | Alofi | 597 | 46.48 | 13 |
| Pitcairn Islands (UK) | Adamstown | 35 | 4.60 | 8 |
| Palau | Ngerulmud | 0 | 0.45 | 0 |
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