|
|
|
Afghanistan |
Kabul, 2,206,300 |
|
Albania |
Tirana, 353,400 |
|
Algeria |
Algiers, 3,917,000 (metro.
area), 1,742,800 (city proper) |
|
Andorra |
Andorra la Vella, 23,000 |
|
Angola |
Luanda, 2,297,200 |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
St. John's, 23,500 |
|
Argentina |
Buenos Aires, 13,349,000
(metro. area), 2,768,772 (city proper) |
|
Armenia |
Yerevan, 1,462,700 (metro.
area), 1,267,600 (city proper) |
|
Australia |
Canberra, 327,700 |
|
Austria |
Vienna, 2,041,300 (metro
area), 1,523,600 (city proper) |
|
Azerbaijan |
Baku, 2,118,600 (metro
area), 1,235,400 (city proper), a port on the
Caspian Sea |
|
Bahamas |
Nassau, 222,200 |
|
Bahrain |
Al-Manámah, 527,000 (metro
area), 149,900 (city proper) |
|
Bangladesh |
Dhaka, 12,560,000 (metro.area),
5,378,023 (city proper) |
|
Barbados |
Bridgetown, 98,900 |
|
Belarus |
Mensk (Minsk), 1,769,500 |
|
Belgium |
Brussels, 1,750,600 (metro
area), 981,200 (city proper) |
|
Belize |
Belmopan, 8,700 |
|
Benin |
Porto-Novo (official),
231,600; Largest city and seat of government:
Cotonou 734,600 |
|
Bhutan |
Thimphu (official), 60,200 |
|
Bolivia |
Sucre, 204,200;
Administrative capital: La Paz, 1,576,100
(metro. area), 830,500 (city proper) |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo, 581,500
(unofficial) |
|
Botswana |
Gaborone, 195,000 |
|
Brazil |
Brasília, 2,160,100 |
|
Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan,
78,000 |
|
Bulgaria |
Sofia, 1,088,700 |
|
Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou, 962,100 |
|
Burundi |
Bujumbura, 331,700 |
|
Cambodia |
Phnom Penh, 1,169,800 |
|
Cameroon |
Yaoundé, 1,395,200 (metro.
area), 1,154,400 (city proper) |
|
Canada |
Ottawa, Ontario, 1,142,700
(metro. area) |
|
Cape Verde |
Praia, 99,400 |
|
Central African Republic |
Bangui, 810,000 (metro.
area), 669,800 (city proper) |
|
Chad |
N'Djamena, 609,600 |
|
Chile |
Santiago, 5,333,100
(metro. area), 4,372,800 (city proper) |
|
China |
Beijing, 10,849,000
(metro. area), 8,689,000 (city proper) |
|
Colombia |
Santafé de Bogotá,
7,594,000 (metro. area), 7,185,889 (city proper) |
|
Comoros |
Moroni (on Grande Comoro),
60,200 |
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of
the |
Kinshasa, 6,541,300 |
|
Congo, Republic of |
Brazzaville, 1,169,900 |
|
Costa Rica |
San José, 1,527,300
(metro. area), 337,200 (city proper) |
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro (official),
185,600; Largest city and administrative center:
Abidjan, 4,113,600 (metro. area), 3,427,500 (city
proper) |
|
Croatia |
Zagreb, 685,500 |
|
Cuba |
Havana, 2,686,000 (metro.
area), 2,343,700 (city proper) |
|
Cyprus |
Lefkosia (Nicosia) (in
government-controlled area), 197,600 |
|
Czech Republic |
Prague, 1,378,700 (metro.
area), 1,169,800 (city proper) |
|
Denmark |
Copenhagen, 1,094,400 |
|
Djibouti |
Djibouti, 383,000 |
|
Dominica |
Roseau, 20,000 |
|
Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo, 2,851,300
(metro. area), 2,252,400 (city proper) |
|
East Timor |
Dili, 50,800 |
|
Ecuador |
Quito 1,780,700 (metro.
area), 1,443,900 (city proper) |
|
Egypt |
Cairo, 11,146,000 (metro.
area), 7,629,866 (city proper) |
|
El Salvador |
San Salvador, 1,791,700
(metro. area), 504,700 (city proper) |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo, 92,900 |
|
Eritrea |
Asmara, 899,000 (metro.
area), 400,000 (city proper) |
|
Estonia |
Tallinn, 379,000 |
|
Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa, 2,716,200 |
|
Fiji |
Suva (on Viti Levu),
177,300 |
|
Finland |
Helsinki, 1,162,900
(metro. area), 582,600 (city proper) |
|
France |
Paris, 9,854,000 (metro.
area), 2,110,400 (city proper) |
|
Gabon |
Libreville, 661,600 |
|
Gambia |
Banjul, 46,700 |
|
Georgia |
Tbilisi, 1,440,000 (metro.
area), 1,240,200 (city proper) |
|
Germany |
Berlin (capital since Oct.
3, 1990), 3,933,300 (metro. area), 3,274,500 (city
proper) |
|
Ghana |
Accra, 2,825,800 (metro.
area), 1,661,400 (city proper) |
|
Greece |
Athens, 3,247,000 (metro.
area), 747,300 (city proper) |
|
Grenada |
St. George's, 4,300 |
|
Guatemala |
Guatemala City, 2,655,900
(metro. area), 1,128,800 (city proper) |
|
Guinea |
Conakry, 1,767,200 |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau, 296,900 |
|
Guyana |
Georgetown, 227,700 |
|
Haiti |
Port-au-Prince, 1,764,000
(metro. area), 1,119,000 (city proper) |
|
Honduras |
Tegucigalpa, 1,436,000
(metro. area), 1,248,300 (city proper) |
|
Hungary |
Budapest, 2,597,000
(metro. area), 1,769,500 (city proper) |
|
Iceland |
Reykjavik, 184,200 (metro.
area), 114,800 (city proper) |
|
India |
New Delhi, 15,334,000
(metro. area), 9,817,439 (city proper) |
|
Indonesia |
Jakarta, 13,194,000
(metro. area), 8,389,443 (city proper) |
|
Iran |
Tehran, 7,796,257 (city
proper) |
|
Iraq |
Baghdad, 6,777,300 (metro.
area), 5,772,000 (city proper) |
|
Ireland |
Dublin, 1,018,500 |
|
Israel |
Jerusalem, 695,500 Note:
Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950,
but the U.S., like nearly all other countries,
maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv. |
|
Italy |
Rome, 3,550,900 (metro.
area), 2,455,600 (city proper) |
|
Jamaica |
Kingston, 937,700 (metro.
area), 590,500 (city proper) |
|
Japan |
Tokyo, 35,327,000 (metro.
area), 8,483,050 (city proper) |
|
Jordan |
Amman, 2,677,500 (metro.
area), 1,293,200 |
|
Kazakhstan |
Astana, 288,200 (formerly
Aqmola; capital since 1997) |
|
Kenya |
Nairobi, 3,064,800 (metro.
area), 2,411,900 (city proper) |
|
Kiribati |
Tarawa, 26,600 |
|
Korea, North |
Pyongyang, 3,222,000
(metro. area), 2,767,900 |
|
Korea, South |
Seoul, 10,287,847 (city
proper) |
|
Kuwait |
Kuwait, 1,709,800 (metro.
area), 32,600 (city proper) |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek (formerly Frunze),
824,900 |
|
Laos |
Vientiane, 194,200 |
|
Latvia |
Riga, 867,700 (metro.
area), 706,200 (city proper) |
|
Lebanon |
Beirut, 1,916,100 (metro.
area), 1,171,000 (city proper) |
|
Lesotho |
Maseru 173,700 |
|
Liberia |
Monrovia, 1,348,900
(metro. area), 550,200 (city proper) |
|
Libya |
Tripoli, 2,357,800 (metro.
area), 1,269,700 (city proper) |
|
Liechtenstein |
Vaduz, 5,300 |
|
Lithuania |
Vilnius, 543,500 |
|
Luxembourg |
Luxembourg, 78,800 |
|
Macedonia |
Skopje, 587,300 (metro.
area), 452,500 (city proper) |
|
Madagascar |
Antananarivo, 1,390,800 |
|
Malawi |
Lilongwe, 499,200 |
|
Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur, 3,688,200
(metro. area), 1,403,400 |
|
Maldives |
Malé, 81,600 |
| Mali |
Bamako, 1,323,200 (metro.
area), 935,400 |
|
Malta |
Valletta, 194,200 (metro.
area) 6,900 (city proper) |
|
Marshall Islands |
Majuro, 20,500 |
|
Mauritania |
Nouakchott, 661,400 |
|
Mauritius |
Port Louis, 577,200
(metro. area), 143,800 (city proper) |
|
Mexico |
Mexico City, 19,013,000
(metro. area), 8,591,309 (city proper) |
|
Micronesia |
Palikir 11,600 |
|
Moldova |
Chisinau, 772,500 (metro.
area), 709,900 (city proper) |
|
Monaco |
Monaco, 1,400 |
|
Mongolia |
Ulaan Baatar, 804,200 |
| Montenegro |
Podgorica (administrative
capital), 117,875; Cetinje (capital city), 14,700
|
|
Morocco |
Rabat, 1,636,600 |
|
Mozambique |
Maputo, 1,691,000 (metro.
area), 1,114,000 (city proper) |
|
Myanmar |
Rangoon (Yangon),
4,344,100 |
|
Namibia |
Windhoek, 221,000.
Summer capital: Swakopmund, 26,200 |
|
Nauru |
Yaren, 4,900 |
|
Nepal |
Kathmandu, 1,203,100
(metro. area), 729,000 (city proper) |
|
Netherlands |
Amsterdam (official),
737,900; The Hague (administrative capital), 465,900 |
|
New Zealand |
Wellington, 342,500
(metro. area), 165,100 (city proper) |
|
Nicaragua |
Managua, 1,390,500 (metro.
area), 1,146,000 (city proper) |
|
Niger |
Niamey, 748,600 |
|
Nigeria |
Abuja, 590,400 (metro.
area), 165,700 (city proper) |
|
Norway |
Oslo, 791,500 |
|
Oman |
Muscat, 797,000 (metro.
area), 54,800 (city proper) |
|
Pakistan |
Islamabad, 601,600 |
|
Palau |
Koror, 11,100 |
|
Palestinian State (proposed) |
Undetermined |
|
Panama |
Panama City, 1,053,500
(metro. area), 437,200 (city proper) |
|
Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby, 324,900 |
|
Paraguay |
Asunción, 1,482,200
(metro. area), 525,100 |
|
Peru |
Lima, 8,180,000 (metro.
area), 7,029,928 (city proper) |
|
Philippines |
Manila, 10,677,000 (metro.
area), 1,581,082 (city proper) |
|
Poland |
Warsaw, 2,201,900 (metro.
area), 1,607,600 (city proper) |
|
Portugal |
Lisbon, 2,618,100 (metro.
area), 559,400 |
|
Qatar |
Doha, 550,700 (metro.
area), 318,500 (city proper) |
|
Romania |
Bucharest, 2,210,800
(metro. area), 1,906,800 (city proper) |
|
Russia |
Moscow, 10,672,000 (metro.
area), 10,101,500 (city proper) |
|
Rwanda |
Kigali, 298,100 |
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre (on St. Kitts),
11,500 |
|
St. Lucia |
Castries, 60,300 |
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown, 17,600 |
|
Samoa |
Apia, 35,900 |
|
San Marino |
San Marino, 4,300 |
|
São Tomé and Príncipe |
São Tomé, 53,300 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh, 3,724,100 |
|
Senegal |
Dakar, 2,476,400 |
| Serbia |
Belgrade, 1,717,800
(metro. area), 1,285,200 (city proper) |
|
Seychelles |
Victoria, 23,000 |
|
Sierra Leone |
Freetown, 1,051,000 |
|
Singapore |
Singapore, 3,438,600 |
|
Slovakia |
Bratislava, 428,800 |
|
Slovenia |
Ljubljana, 258,000 |
|
Solomon Islands |
Honiara (on Guadalcanal),
54,600 |
|
Somalia |
Mogadishu, 1,208,800 |
|
South Africa |
Pretoria, 1,541,300
(metro. area), 1,249,700 (city proper);
Legislative capital and largest city: Cape Town,
3,140,600 (metro. area), 2,733,000 (city proper).
Judicial capital: Bloemfontein, 378,000. No
decision has been made to relocate the seat of
government. South Africa is demarcated into nine
provinces, consisting of the Gauteng, Northern
Province, Mpumalanga, North West, KwaZulu/Natal,
Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Free
State. Each province has its own capital |
|
Spain |
Madrid, 5,130,000 (metro.
area), 3,169,400 (city proper) |
|
Sri Lanka |
Colombo, 2,436,000 (metro.
area), 656,100 (city proper). Legislative and
judicial capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte,
118,300 |
|
Sudan |
Khartoum, 5,717,300
(metro. area), 1,397,900 (city proper) |
|
Suriname |
Paramaribo, 217,300 |
|
Swaziland |
Mbabane, 69,000; Royal
and legislative capital: Lobamba, circa 5,000 |
|
Sweden |
Stockholm, 1,622,300
(metro. area), 1,251,900 (city proper) |
|
Switzerland |
Bern, 122,700 |
|
Syria |
Damascus, 2,381,800
(metro. area), 1,861,900 |
|
Taiwan |
Taipei, 7,871,900 (metro.
area), 2,722,600 (city proper) |
|
Tajikistan |
Dushanbe, 817,100 (metro.
area), 590,300 (city proper) |
|
Tanzania |
Dodoma, 164,500.
Largest city (2003 est.): Dar es Salaam,
2,489,800 |
|
Thailand |
Bangkok, 6,320,174 (city
proper) |
|
Togo |
Lomé, 749,700 (metro.
area), 676,400 (city proper) |
|
Tonga |
Nuku'alofa, 24,500 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
Port-of-Spain, 263,800
(metro. area), 45,300 (city proper) |
|
Tunisia |
Tunis, 1,660,300 (metro.
area), 699,700 (city proper) |
|
Turkey |
Ankara, 3,582,000 (metro.
area), 3,456,100 (city proper) |
|
Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat, 727,700 |
|
Tuvalu |
Funafuti, 5,300 |
|
Uganda |
Kampala, 1,461,600 (metro.
area), 1,244,000 (city proper) |
|
Ukraine |
Kyiv (Kiev), 3,296,100
(metro. area), 2,588,400 (city proper) |
|
United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi, 539,800 |
|
United Kingdom |
London, 7,615,000 (metro.
area), 7,429,200 (city proper) |
|
United States |
Washington, DC, 570,898 |
|
Uruguay |
Montevideo, 1,745,100
(metro. area), 1,347,600 (city proper) |
|
Uzbekistan |
Tashkent, 3,457,500
(metro. area), 2,155,400 (city proper) |
|
Vanuatu |
Port Vila, 35,300 |
|
Venezuela |
Caracas, 3,517,300 (metro.
area), 1,741,400 (city proper) |
|
Vietnam |
Hanoi, 2,543,700 (metro.
area), 1,396,500 (city proper) |
|
Western Sahara (proposed
state) |
El Aaiun 198,200 |
|
Yemen |
Sanaá, 1,778,900 |
|
Zambia |
Lusaka, 1,773,300 (metro.
area), 1,265,000 (city proper) |
|
Zimbabwe |
Harare, 2,331,400 (metro.
area), 1,919,700 (city proper) |
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