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In case that the capital is not the largest city, the third column gives the cities that are larger.
Country
Capital
Cities larger than the capital
A
Afghanistan
Kabul
Albania
Tirana
Algeria
Algiers
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Angola
Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda
St. John's
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Armenia
Yerevan
Australia
Canberra
Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Perth , Adelaide , Newcastle , Gold Coast
Austria
Vienna
Azerbaijan
Baku
B
Bahamas
Nassau
Bahrain
Manama
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Barbados
Bridgetown
Belarus
Minsk
Belgium
Brussels
Belize
Belmopan
Corozal Town , Dangriga , Orange Walk Town , San Ignacio Cayo , Belize City
Benin
Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (administrative)
Cotonou
Bhutan
Thimphu
Bolivia
Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz is larger than La Paz; La Paz is larger than Sucre; metropolitan La Paz is larger than Santa Cruz)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Botswana
Gaborone
Brazil
Brasília
São Paulo , Rio de Janeiro , Belo Horizonte (metropolitan area), Salvador
Brunei Darussalam
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria
Sofia
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Burundi
Bujumbura
C
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Douala
Canada
Ottawa
Toronto , Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary (Ottawa's metropolitan area is larger than Calgary's; Greater Vancouver is larger than Ottawa's metropolitan area)
Cape Verde
Praia
Central African Republic
Bangui
Chad
N'Djamena
Chile
Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative)
China, People's Republic of
Beijing
Shanghai
Colombia
Bogotá
Comoros
Moroni
Congo Republic
Brazzaville
Congo Democratic Republic
Kinshasa
Costa Rica
San José
Côte d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative)
Abidjan
Croatia
Zagreb
Cuba
Havana
Cyprus
Nicosia
Czech Republic
Prague
D
Denmark
Copenhagen
Djibouti
Djibouti City
Dominica
Roseau
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
E
East Timor
Dili
Ecuador
Quito
Guayaquil
Egypt
Cairo
El Salvador
San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
Eritrea
Asmara
Estonia
Tallinn
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
F
Fiji
Suva
Finland
Helsinki
France
Paris
G
Gabon
Libreville
Gambia, The
Banjul
Georgia
Tbilisi
Germany
Berlin [ 1]
Ghana
Accra
Greece
Athens
Grenada
St. George's
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Guinea
Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Guyana
Georgetown
H
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Hungary
Budapest
I
Iceland
Reykjavík
India
New Delhi
(Metropolitan area rank) Mumbai (1st), (Old) Delhi (2nd), Kolkata (3rd), Chennai (4th), Hyderabad (5th), Bangalore (6th), Ahmedabad , Pune , Lucknow , Jaipur , Kanpur , Nagpur , Vadodara , Cochin , Trivandrum (metropolitan ).
Indonesia
Jakarta
Iran
Tehran
Iraq
Baghdad
Ireland, Republic of
Dublin
Israel
Jerusalem [ 2]
Italy
Rome
J
Jamaica
Kingston
Japan
Tokyo
Jordan
Amman
K
Kazakhstan
Astana
Almaty , Shymkent
Kenya
Nairobi
Kiribati
South Tarawa
Korea, North
Pyongyang
Korea, South
Seoul
Kuwait
Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
L
Laos
Vientiane
Latvia
Riga
Lebanon
Beirut
Tripoli , Saida , Sour
Lesotho
Maseru
Liberia
Monrovia
Libya
Tripoli
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Schaan
Lithuania
Vilnius
Luxembourg
Luxembourg City
M
Macedonia
Skopje
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Malawi
Lilongwe
Blantyre
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur (legislative; de facto), Putrajaya (administrative)
Kuala Lumpur
Maldives
Malé
Mali
Bamako
Malta
Valletta
Birkirkara , Mosta , Qormi , Żabbar , St. Paul's Bay , Sliema , San Ġwann , Naxxar , Rabat , Żejtun , Żebbuġ , Fgura , Attard , Żurrieq , Ħamrun , Marsaskala , Birżebbuġa , Paola (Raħal Ġdid) , Swieqi , Siġġiewi , St. Julian's , Msida , Tarxien , Mellieħa , Gżira , Victoria (Gozo)
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Mauritius
Port Louis
Mexico
Mexico City
Micronesia
Palikir
Weno
Moldova
Chişinău
Monaco
Monaco-Ville
Monte-Carlo , La Condamine
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro
Podgorica
Morocco
Rabat
Casablanca
Mozambique
Maputo
Myanmar
Naypyidaw (Pyinmana)
Yangon , Mandalay etc
N
Namibia
Windhoek
Nauru
None (government offices in Yaren District )
Denigomodu , Meneng , Aiwo
Nepal
Kathmandu
Netherlands
Amsterdam (official),The Hague (administrative, legislative, and judicial)
Rotterdam (Larger than The Hague; Amsterdam is the largest city)
New Zealand
Wellington
Auckland , Christchurch , Manukau , North Shore , Waitakere [ 3]
Nicaragua
Managua
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Abuja
Lagos , Ibadan , Kano , Ilorin , Port Harcourt , Ogbomosho
Norway
Oslo
O
Oman
Muscat
P
Pakistan
Islamabad
Karachi , Lahore , Faisalabad , Rawalpindi , Gujranwala , Multan , Hyderabad , Peshawar
Palau
Melekeok
Koror , Meyuns , Airai
Panama
Panama City
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Paraguay
Asunción
Peru
Lima
Philippines
Manila
Quezon City (both Manila and Quezon City are parts of the National Capital Region )
Poland
Warsaw
Portugal
Lisbon
Q
Qatar
Doha
R
Romania
Bucharest
Russia
Moscow
Rwanda
Kigali
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
Saint Lucia
Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
Samoa
Apia
San Marino
San Marino
Serravalle
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Senegal
Dakar
Serbia
Belgrade
Seychelles
Victoria
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Singapore
Singapore
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Solomon Islands
Honiara
Somalia
Mogadishu
South Africa
Pretoria (official, administrative, and executive),Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Johannesburg is the largest city, Durban is slightly smaller than Cape Town but larger than Pretoria and Bloemfontein combined
Spain
Madrid
Sri Lanka
Colombo (official), Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
Kotte is suburb of Colombo
Sudan
Khartoum
Omdurman
Suriname
Paramaribo
Swaziland
Mbabane (official), Lobamba (legislative and royal)
Manzini
Sweden
Stockholm
Switzerland
Bern
Zürich , Geneva , Basel , Lausanne (narrowly)
Syria
Damascus
T
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Tanzania
Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (administrative)
Dar es Salaam, Mwanza
Thailand
Bangkok
Togo
Lomé
Tonga
Nukuʻ alofa
Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain
Chaguanas , San Fernando , San Juan
Tunisia
Tunis
Turkey
Ankara
Istanbul
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Tuvalu
Funafuti
U
Uganda
Kampala
Ukraine
Kiev
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Dubai , Sharjah
United Kingdom
London
London is the largest urban and metropolitan area. The City of Westminster , in central London, is the seat of government; 62 districts have larger populations than Westminster.
United States
Washington, D.C.
New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago , Houston , Phoenix , Philadelphia , San Antonio , San Diego , Dallas , San Jose , Detroit , Jacksonville , Indianapolis , San Francisco , Columbus , Austin , Memphis , Fort Worth , Baltimore , Charlotte , El Paso , Milwaukee , Boston , Seattle , Denver (Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area ranks 4th)
Uruguay
Montevideo
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
V
Vanuatu
Port Vila
Vatican City
Vatican City
Venezuela
Caracas
Vietnam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City
Y
Yemen
Sana'a
Z
Zambia
Lusaka
Zimbabwe
Harare
↑ Bonn was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and is smaller than West Berlin , Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Essen , Dortmund , Düsseldorf , Frankfurt , Bremen , Stuttgart , Duisburg , Nuremberg , Wuppertal , and Bochum .
↑ Most countries do not recognize Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem , and so maintain their embassies in other cities, mostly Tel Aviv .
↑ Although Wellington is the second-largest urban area, it is sixth-largest city in New Zealand.