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This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to total area. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics. The area of the capital city only includes the area occupied by the city and not the wider urban/metropolitan district or administrative division created solely for the city.

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Rank Country/Territory Capital Area
(km2) (sq mi)
1 Turkey Turkey Ankara 24,521 9,468
2 China People's Republic of China Beijing[1] 16,410.5 6,336
3 Myanmar Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw[2] 7,054 2,724
4 Brazil Brazil Brasília 5,802 2,240
5 Namibia Namibia Windhoek 5,133 1,982
6 Mongolia Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 4,704.4 1,816.3
7 Vietnam Vietnam Hà Nội 3,358.6 1,296.8
8 North Korea North Korea Pyongyang 3,194 1,233
9 Egypt Egypt Cairo 3,085.12 1,191.17
10 Canada Canada Ottawa 2,970.30 1,077.34
11 Hong Kong Hong Kong (China) Central 2,754.97 2,754.97
11 Peru Peru Lima 2,672.3 1,031.8
12 Tanzania Tanzania[3] Dodoma (official and legislative capital) 2,576 995
13 Russia Russia Moscow 2,511 970
14 Japan Japan Tokyo 2,194.07[4] 847.14[4]
15 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Baku 2,140 830
18 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire[3] Abidjan (de facto) 2,119 818
19 Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro 2,075 801
20 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1,973 76
21 Bolivia Bolivia[3] Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital) 1,768 683
22 Jordan Jordan Amman 1,680 650
23 United Kingdom United Kingdom London 1,572 607
24 Thailand Thailand Bangkok 1,568.737 605.693
25 Libya Libya Tripoli 1,507 582
26 Honduras Honduras[3] Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital) 1,502 v580
27 Tanzania Tanzania[3] Dar es Salaam (de facto and jurisdictional capital) 1,493 576
28 Mexico Mexico Mexico City 1,485 573
29 Italy Italy Rome 1,285 496.3
2 Sudan Sudan Khartoum 1,010 390
24 Colombia Colombia Bogotá 307.36 118.67
31 Iran Iran Tehran 615 237
32 Mauritania Mauritania Nouakchott 401 155
33 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 972 375
34 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Harare 960.6 370.9
35 Montenegro Montenegro Cetinje (seat of President of Montenegro) 910 910
36 Germany Germany Berlin 891.7 344.3
37 Ukraine Ukraine Kyiv 780 300
38 Australia Australia Canberra 814.2 314.4
39 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Astana 722 278.8
41 Yemen Yemen[3] Aden (temporary capital)[5] 760 290
42 Rwanda Rwanda Kigali 730 281.8
43 Cuba Cuba Havana 728.26 281.18
44 Malawi Malawi Lilongwe 727.79 281.00
45 Singapore Singapore Central Area 17.84 6.89
46 Finland Finland Helsinki 715.48 276.25
47 Nigeria Nigeria Abuja 713 275
48 Kenya Kenya Nairobi 696 269
49 Greenland Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk 690 265
50 South Africa South Africa[3] Pretoria (administrative and executive capital) 687.54 265.46
51 Cambodia Cambodia Phnom Penh 679 262
52 Iraq Iraq Baghdad 673 260
53 Indonesia Indonesia Jakarta 662.3 255.7
54 Chile Chile[3] Santiago (official) 641 247.6
55 Croatia Croatia Zagreb 641 247.6
56 South Korea South Korea Seoul 605.21 233.67
57 Spain Spain Madrid 604.31 233.33
58 Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 600 200
59 Ethiopia Ethiopia Addis Ababa 527 203
60 Hungary Hungary Budapest 525.2 202.8
61 Kosovo Kosovo Prishtina 523.13 201.98
62 Poland Poland Warsaw 517.24 199.71
63 Georgia (country) Georgia Tbilisi 504.2 194.7
64 Kiribati Kiribati South Tarawa 15.76 6.08
65 Czech Republic Czech Republic Prague 496 192
66 Bulgaria Bulgaria Sofia 492 189
67 Norway Norway Oslo 480.75 185.62
68 Jamaica Jamaica Kingston 22.7 8.8
69 Bolivia Bolivia[3] La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies) 216 83
70 Guinea Guinea Conakry 190 73
71 New Zealand New Zealand Wellington 289.91 111.93
72 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Ashgabat 834 322
73 Venezuela Venezuela Caracas 433 167
74 Zambia Zambia Lusaka 360 140
75 Austria Austria Vienna 414.78 160.15
76 Belarus Belarus Minsk 409.5 158.1
77 Chile Chile Valparaíso (seat of national legislature) 47.33 18.27
78 Lithuania Lithuania Vilnius 401 155
79 South Africa South Africa[3] Cape Town (legislative capital) 400.28 154.55
80 Ecuador Ecuador Quito 372.39 143.78
81 Slovakia Slovakia Bratislava 367.584 141.925
82 Algeria Algeria Algiers 363 140
83 Serbia Serbia Belgrade 359.9 139.0
84 Mozambique Mozambique Maputo 347.69 134.24
85 North Macedonia North Macedonia Skopje 337.80 130.43
86 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Tashkent 334.8 129.3
87 Latvia Latvia Riga 304[6] 117.375[citation needed]
88 Bangladesh Bangladesh Dhaka 305.47 117.94
89 Afghanistan Afghanistan Kabul 1,028.24 397.01
90 Panama Panama Panama City 275 106
91 Oman Oman Muscat 273.9 105.8
92 Iceland Iceland Reykjavík 273 105
93 Taiwan Republic of China Taipei 271.80 104.94
94 Nicaragua Nicaragua Managua 267.17 103.15
Scotland Scotland (United Kingdom) Edinburgh 264 102
95 Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 263.9 101.9
96 Mali Mali Bamako 245.0 94.6
97 Malaysia Malaysia[3] Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature) 243 94
98 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 240 92.66
99 Niger Niger Niamey 239.30 92.39
100 Romania Romania Bucharest 238 92
101 South Africa South Africa Bloemfontein (judicial capital) 236.17 91.19
102 Armenia Armenia Yerevan 223 86
103 Pakistan Pakistan Islamabad 220.15 85
104 Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala City 219.9 84.9
105 Netherlands Netherlands Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands) 219.32 84.68
106 Tunisia Tunisia Tunis 212.63 82.10
107 The Bahamas Bahamas Nassau 207 80
108 Argentina Argentina Buenos Aires 203 78
109 Uruguay Uruguay Montevideo 201 77.5
110 Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait City 130 50
111 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (United States) San Juan 199 77.0
112 Liberia Liberia Monrovia 20 7.7
113 Uganda Uganda Kampala 189[citation needed] 73[citation needed]
114 Sweden Sweden Stockholm 188 72.5
115 Suriname Suriname Paramaribo 182 70.27
116 Cameroon Cameroon Yaoundé 180[citation needed] 70[citation needed]
117 Denmark Denmark Copenhagen 179.8 69.4
118 United States United States Washington, D.C. 177.0 68.34
119 Ghana Ghana Accra 173[citation needed] 67[citation needed]
120 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands (Denmark) Tórshavn 172.9 66.8
121 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 169.9 65.6
122 Botswana Botswana Gaborone 169 65
123 Slovenia Slovenia Ljubljana 163.8 63.2
124 Estonia Estonia Tallinn 159.2 61.5
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 141.5 54.6
126 Lesotho Lesotho Maseru 138 53
127 Qatar Qatar Doha 132 51
128 Laos Lao People's Democratic Republic Vientiane 130[citation needed] 50[citation needed]
129 Yemen Yemen[3] Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)[5] 126 49
130 Israel Israel Jerusalem[7][8] 125.126 48.323
131 Tajikistan Tajikistan Dushanbe 124.6 48.1
132 Samoa Samoa Apia 60 23
133 Moldova Moldova Chișinău 123 47
134 Morocco Morocco Rabat 117[citation needed] 45.17[citation needed]
135 Paraguay Paraguay Asunción 117 45.17
136 Angola Angola Luanda 116 45
137 Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Saipan 115.4 44.55
138 Macau Macau (China) Macau 118 45.560055
139 Republic of Ireland Ireland Dublin 117.8 45.5
140 Benin Benin[3] Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital) 110[citation needed] 42.47[citation needed]
141 Montenegro Montenegro[3] Podgorica (official capital) 108 42
142 France France Paris 105.4 40.7
143 Syria Syria Damascus 105 40.5
144 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 104.44 40.32
145 Chad Chad N'Djamena 104[citation needed] 40[citation needed]
146 Cape Verde Cabo Verde Praia 42.5 16.4
147 Brunei Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 100.36 38.75
148 Portugal Portugal Lisbon 100.05 38.63
149 Togo Togo Lomé 99.14[citation needed] 38.28[citation needed]
150 Netherlands Netherlands[3] The Hague (seat of government) 98.12 37.88
151 Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus North Nicosia 92.8 35.8
152 Somalia Somalia Mogadishu 204[citation needed] 78.7[citation needed]
153 Madagascar Madagascar Antananarivo 88[citation needed] 34[citation needed]
154 Senegal Senegal Dakar 83 32
155 Eswatini eSwatini[3] Mbabane (administrative capital) 81.76 31.57
156 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Freetown 81.48 31.46
157 Benin Benin Cotonou (de facto and judicial capital) 79[citation needed] 30.5[citation needed]
158 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Castries 79[citation needed] 30.5[citation needed]
159 Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Bissau 77.5 29.9
160 El Salvador El Salvador San Salvador 72.25[citation needed] 27.90[citation needed]
161 Guyana Guyana Georgetown 70[citation needed] 27.02[citation needed]
162 Central African Republic Central African Republic Bangui 67 26
163 Gabon Gabon Libreville 65.42[citation needed] 25.26[citation needed]
164 Transnistria Transnistria Tiraspol 55.56[citation needed] 21.45[citation needed]
165 South Sudan South Sudan Juba 52[citation needed] 20[citation needed]
166 Switzerland Switzerland[9] Berne (de facto) 51.62 19.93
167 Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg City 51.46 19.87
168 Cyprus Cyprus Nicosia 51.06 19.71
169 Nepal Nepal Kathmandu 49.45 19.09
170 Malaysia Malaysia[3] Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital) 49 19
171 East Timor East Timor Dili 48.27[citation needed] 18.64[citation needed]
172 Mauritius Mauritius Port Louis 46.7 18.0
173 Niue Niue (New Zealand) Alofi 46.48[citation needed] 17.95[citation needed]
174 New Caledonia New Caledonia (France) Nouméa 45.7[citation needed] 17.6[citation needed]
175 Eritrea Eritrea Asmara 45[citation needed] 17.37[citation needed]
176 Costa Rica Costa Rica San José 44.62 17.23
177 Philippines Philippines Manila 42.88 16.56
29 India India New Delhi 42.7 16.5
179 Albania Albania Tirana 41.8 16.1
180 Barbados Barbados Bridgetown 40[citation needed] 15.444[citation needed]
181 Greece Greece Athens 38.964 15.044
182 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka[3] Colombo (executive and judicial capital) 37.31 14.41
183 Haiti Haiti Port-au-Prince 36.04 13.92
184 Belize Belize Belmopan 32.78 12.66
185 Belgium Belgium Brussels 32.61 12.59
186 Bahrain Bahrain Manama 30[citation needed] 11.58[citation needed]
187 Comoros Comoros Moroni 30[citation needed] 11.58[citation needed]
188 Republic of Artsakh Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Stepanakert 29.12 11.24
189 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) George Town 29[citation needed] 11[citation needed]
190 Fiji Fiji Suva 26.24
191 Bhutan Bhutan Thimphu 26.1[citation needed] 10.1[citation needed]
192 Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti City 26[citation needed] 10[citation needed]
193 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Saint Pierre 25[citation needed] 9.65[citation needed]
194 Vanuatu Vanuatu Port Vila 23.6[citation needed] 9.1[citation needed]
195 Burundi Burundi Gitega 22[citation needed] 8.49[citation needed]
196 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Honiara 22 8.49
197 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Malabo 21[citation needed] 8.10[citation needed]
198 Western Sahara Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3] El Aaiún (declared capital) 21[citation needed] 8.10[citation needed]
199 Åland Åland (Finland) Mariehamn 20.75[citation needed] 8.01[citation needed]
200 Seychelles Seychelles Victoria 20.1[citation needed] 7.8[citation needed]
201 Lebanon Lebanon Beirut 19.8 7.6
202 French Polynesia French Polynesia (France) Papeete 17.4 6.718
203 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) Cockburn Town 17.39 6.71
204 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Vaduz 17.3 6.7
205 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 17[citation needed] 6.56[citation needed]
206 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka[3] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 17[citation needed] 6.56[citation needed]
207 State of Palestine Palestine Ramallah (de facto) 16.3 6.3
208 Andorra Andorra Andorra la Vella 12 5
209 The Gambia The Gambia Banjul 12[citation needed] 5[citation needed]
210 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 12 5
211 Jersey Jersey (United Kingdom) Saint Helier 10.6 4.1
212 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 10 4
213 Marshall Islands Marshall Islands Majuro 9.7 3.7
214 San Marino San Marino City of San Marino 7.09 2.74
215 Gibraltar Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Gibraltar 6.7 2.6
216 Guernsey Guernsey (United Kingdom) Saint Peter Port 6.5 2.5
217 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) West Island 6.23 2.41
218 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 6.1 2.35
219 Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) Adamstown 4.6 1.8
220 Saint Helena Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Jamestown 3.6 1.4
221 Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy (France) Gustavia 3.4 1.3
222 United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands (United States) Charlotte Amalie 3.14 1.213
223 Guam Guam (United States) Hagåtña 3 1.15
224 Falkland Islands Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Stanley 2.5 1.0
225 Tuvalu Tuvalu Funafuti 2.4 0.9
226 Monaco Monaco Monaco 2.1 0.81
227 Maldives Maldives Malé 1.95 0.75
228 Nauru Nauru Yaren (de facto)[10] 1.5 0.6
229 Bermuda Bermuda (United Kingdom) Hamilton 0.7 0.28
230 Malta Malta Valletta 0.61 0.24
231 Holy See Vatican City Vatican City 0.44 0.17
232 American Samoa American Samoa (United States) Pago Pago 2.09 n/a
233 Anguilla Anguilla (United Kingdom) The Valley 1.5 0.6
234 Aruba Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad 30 11
235 British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) Road Town 7.17 n/a
236 Christmas Island Christmas Island (Australia) Flying Fish Cove 17 6.6
237 Collectivity of Saint Martin Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) Marigot 2 0.8
238 Cook Islands Cook Islands (New Zealand) Avarua 12 4.6
239 Dominica Dominica Roseau 12 4.6
240 Eswatini Eswatini[3] Lobamba (legislative and royal capital) 34 13.1
241 Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia Palikir 7 2.7
242 Grenada Grenada Saint George's 1.8 0.7
243 Isle of Man Isle of Man (United Kingdom) Douglas 4 1.5
244 Montserrat Montserrat (United Kingdom)[3] Brades (de facto)[11] 0.36 0.14
245 Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (Australia) Kingston (de facto) 2.3 0.89
246 Palau Palau Ngerulmud 0.5 0.2
247 Western Sahara Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3] Tifariti (temporary capital) 0.47[12] n/a
248 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 2.5 0.97
249 Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (Netherlands) Philipsburg 2.65 1.02
250 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) King Edward Point 1.4 0.54
251 Svalbard Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway) Longyearbyen 4.9 1.9
252 Tonga Tonga Nuku'alofa 17.6 6.8
253 Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna (France) Mata Utu 2.5 0.97

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  1. ^ "Doing Business in China – Survey". Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w One of the few countries with more than 1 capital. See more.
  4. ^ a b The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.
  5. ^ a b The official capital of Yemen is Sana'a. However, due to the Yemeni Civil War, its temporary capital is Aden.
  6. ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā 2022 - 2024". Oficiālās statistikas portāls (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  7. ^ The Jerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel" and the city serves as the seat of the government, home to the President's residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament. The United Nations and most countries do not accept the Jerusalem Law (see Kellerman 1993, p. 140) and maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya (see the CIA Factbook and Map of Israel) The Palestinian Authority sees East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state and the city's final status awaits future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (see "Negotiating Jerusalem", University of Maryland Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine). See Positions on Jerusalem for more information.
  8. ^ Figures do not include East Jerusalem, disputed with the State of Palestine.
  9. ^ Switzerland has no de jure capital. Bern is referred to as "federal city" (German: Bundesstadt, French: ville fédérale, Italian: città federale). Swiss law does not designate a capital as such, but the federal parliament and government are located in Bern, while the federal courts are located in other cities.
  10. ^ Nauru has no de jure capital. Yaren District contains most of Nauru's government and administrative buildings.
  11. ^ The official and de jure capital is Plymouth. However, due to the eruption of Soufrière Hills, a volcano, Plymouth was destroyed and the de facto capital and main administration is in Brades.
  12. ^ "Citation Needed", Retcon Game, University Press of Mississippi, 2017-04-03, doi:10.14325/mississippi/9781496811325.003.0047, ISBN 978-1-4968-1132-5, retrieved 2024-07-13

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