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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; except Ankara, which is a metropolitan municipality, so its entire metro area is within the capital city of Turkey, according to the Turkish administrative system.[1]

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Rank Country/Territory Capital Area
(km2) (sq mi)
1 Turkey Turkey Ankara 25,632 9,897
2 China China Beijing[2] 16,410.5 6,336
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 9,965 3,848
4 Myanmar Myanmar Naypyidaw[3] 7,054 2,724
5 Brazil Brazil Brasília 5,802 2,240
6 Namibia Namibia Windhoek 5,133 1,982
7 Mongolia Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 4,704.4 1,816.3
8 Laos Laos Vientiane 3,920 1,510
9 Oman Oman Muscat 3,500 1,400
10 Vietnam Vietnam Hanoi 3,358.6 1,296.8
11 Egypt Egypt Cairo 3,085.12 1,191.17
12 Canada Canada Ottawa 2,970.30 1,077.34
Hong Kong Hong Kong (China) Hong Kong 2,754.97 1,063.70
13 Peru Peru Lima 2,672.3 1,031.8
14 Tanzania Tanzania[4] Dodoma (official and legislative capital) 2,576 995
15 Russia Russia Moscow 2,561.4 989
16 South Africa South Africa[4] Cape Town (legislative capital) 2,461 950
17 Japan Japan Tokyo 2,194.07[5] 847.14[5]
18 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Baku 2,140 830
19 Panama Panama Panama City 2,082 804
20 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 2,075 801
21 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1,973 76
22 Bolivia Bolivia[4] Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital) 1,768 683
23 Jordan Jordan Amman 1,680 650
24 Colombia Colombia Bogotá 1587 613
25 United Kingdom United Kingdom London 1,572 607
26 Thailand Thailand Bangkok 1,568.737 605.693
27 Libya Libya Tripoli 1,507 582
28 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 1,502 580
Honduras Honduras[4] Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital) 1,502 580
30 Mexico Mexico Mexico City 1,485 573
31 Nigeria Nigeria Abuja 1,476 570
32 Italy Italy Rome 1,287.36 497.05
33 Albania Albania Tirana 1,110 430
34 Mauritania Mauritania Nouakchott 1,000 400
35 Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala City 997 385
36 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Harare 982.3 379.3
37 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 972 375
38 Germany Germany Berlin 891.3 344.1
39 Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait City 860 330
40 Ukraine Ukraine Kyiv 839 324
41 North Korea North Korea Pyongyang 829.1 320.1
42 Australia Australia Canberra 814.2 314.4
43 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Astana 810.2 312.8
44 Yemen Yemen[4] Aden (temporary capital)[6] 760 290
45 Singapore Singapore Singapore 735.7 284.1
46 Rwanda Rwanda Kigali 730 280
47 Cuba Cuba Havana 728.26 281.18
48 Malawi Malawi Lilongwe 727.79 281.00
49 Finland Finland Helsinki 715.48 276.25
50 Kenya Kenya Nairobi 696.1 268.8
51 South Africa South Africa[4] Pretoria (administrative and executive capital) 687.54 265.46
52 Cambodia Cambodia Phnom Penh 679 262
53 Iraq Iraq Baghdad 673 260
54 Indonesia Indonesia Jakarta 660.982 255.207
55 Croatia Croatia Zagreb 641.2 247.6
56 Chile Chile[4] Santiago (official) 641 247.6
57 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Tashkent 631.29 243.74
58 Iran Iran Tehran 615 237
59 South Korea South Korea Seoul 605.21 233.67
60 Spain Spain Madrid 604.31 233.33
61 Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 588 227
62 North Macedonia North Macedonia Skopje 571.46 220.64
63 Niger Niger Niamey 552.27 213.23
64 Ethiopia Ethiopia Addis Ababa 527 203
65 Hungary Hungary Budapest 525.2 202.8
66 Kosovo Kosovo Pristina 523.13 201.98
67 Poland Poland Warsaw 517.24 199.71
68 Georgia (country) Georgia Tbilisi 504.3 194.7
69 Bulgaria Bulgaria Sofia 500 200
70 Czech Republic Czech Republic Prague 496.21 191.59
71 Norway Norway Oslo 480 190
72 Bolivia Bolivia[4] La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies) 472 182
73 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Ashgabat 470 180
74 Guinea Guinea Conakry 450 170
75 Venezuela Venezuela Caracas 433 167
76 Austria Austria Vienna 414.78 160.15
77 Belarus Belarus Minsk 409.53 158.12
78 Lithuania Lithuania Vilnius 401 155
79 Serbia Serbia Belgrade 389.12 150.24
80 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 386 149
81 Afghanistan Afghanistan Kabul 381.3 147.9
82 Somalia Somalia Mogadishu 370 140
83 Slovakia Slovakia Bratislava 367.584 141.925
84 Algeria Algeria Algiers 363 140
85 Zambia Zambia Lusaka 360 140
86 Mozambique Mozambique Maputo 347.69 134.24
87 Sudan Sudan Khartoum 322.7 124.6
88 Bangladesh Bangladesh Dhaka 306 118
89 Latvia Latvia Riga 304[7] 117.375[citation needed]
90 New Zealand New Zealand Wellington 289.91 111.93
91 Slovenia Slovenia Ljubljana 274.99 170.87
92 Taiwan Taiwan Taipei 271.80 104.94
93 Nicaragua Nicaragua Managua 267 103
Western Sahara Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[4] Laayoune (declared capital) 247.8 95.68
94 Mali Mali Bamako 245.0 94.6
95 Iceland Iceland Reykjavík 244 94
96 Malaysia Malaysia[4] Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature) 243 94
97 Romania Romania Bucharest 240 92.28
98 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 240 90
99 South Africa South Africa Bloemfontein (judicial capital) 236.17 91.19
100 Armenia Armenia Yerevan 223 86
101 Pakistan Pakistan Islamabad 220.15 85
102 Netherlands Netherlands Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands) 219.32 84.68
103 Tunisia Tunisia Tunis 212 82
104 Argentina Argentina Buenos Aires 205.9 79.5
105 Tajikistan Tajikistan Dushanbe 203 78
106 Uruguay Uruguay Montevideo 201 77.5
107 The Bahamas The Bahamas Nassau 200 80
Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti City 200 80
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (United States) San Juan 199 77.0
109 Ecuador Ecuador Quito 197.5 76.3
110 Liberia Liberia Monrovia 194.25 75
111 Uganda Uganda Kampala 189[citation needed] 73[citation needed]
112 Sweden Sweden Stockholm 188 72.5
113 Suriname Suriname Paramaribo 182 70.27
114 Cameroon Cameroon Yaoundé 180[citation needed] 70[citation needed]
115 Timor-Leste East Timor Dili 178.62 68.97
116 United States United States Washington, D.C. 177.0 68.35
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands (Denmark) Tórshavn 173 67
117 Botswana Botswana Gaborone 169 65.25
118 Belgium Belgium Brussels 162.42 62.71
119 Estonia Estonia Tallinn 159.2 61.5
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 141.5 54.6
121 Lesotho Lesotho Maseru 137.5 53.1
122 Qatar Qatar Doha 132 51
Yemen Yemen[4] Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)[6] 126 49
123 Israel Israel & Palestine Palestine Jerusalem[8][9] 125.126 48.323
124 Samoa Samoa Apia 123.81 47.8
125 Moldova Moldova Chișinău 123 47
Macau Macau (China) Macau 119.3 46.1
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Saipan 118.98 45.94
126 Republic of Ireland Ireland Dublin 117.8 45.5
127 Paraguay Paraguay Asunción 117 45.2
128 Morocco Morocco Rabat 117[citation needed] 45.17[citation needed]
129 Angola Angola Luanda 116 45
130 Benin Benin[4] Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital) 110[citation needed] 40
131 Montenegro Montenegro[4] Podgorica (official capital) 108 42
132 France France Paris 105.4 40.7
133 Syria Syria Damascus 105 41
134 Chad Chad N'Djamena 104[citation needed] 40[citation needed]
135 Cape Verde Cape Verde Praia 102.6 39.6
136 Brunei Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 100.36 38.75
137 Portugal Portugal Lisbon 100.05 38.63
138 Togo Togo Lomé 99.14[citation needed] 38.28[citation needed]
Netherlands Netherlands[4] The Hague (seat of government) 98.13 37.89
Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus North Nicosia 92.8 35.8
139 Denmark Denmark Copenhagen 90.01 34.75
140 Madagascar Madagascar Antananarivo 85 33
141 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Freetown 82.48 31.85
142 Eswatini Eswatini[4] Mbabane (administrative capital) 81.76 31.57
143 Senegal Senegal Dakar 79.83 30.82
144 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Castries 79[citation needed] 30.5[citation needed]
145 Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Bissau 77.5 29.9
146 El Salvador El Salvador San Salvador 72.25[citation needed] 27.90[citation needed]
147 Guyana Guyana Georgetown 70[citation needed] 30
148 Central African Republic Central African Republic Bangui 67 26
149 Gabon Gabon Libreville 65.42[citation needed] 25.26[citation needed]
Transnistria Transnistria Tiraspol 55.56[citation needed] 21.45[citation needed]
150 South Sudan South Sudan Juba 52[citation needed] 20[citation needed]
151 Switzerland Switzerland[10] Bern (de facto) 51.62 19.93
152 Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg City 51.46 19.87
153 Nepal Nepal Kathmandu 49.45 19.09
Greenland Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk 49 18.8
Malaysia Malaysia[4] Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital) 49 19
154 Mauritius Mauritius Port Louis 46.7 18.0
Niue Niue (New Zealand) Alofi 46.48[citation needed] 17.95[citation needed]
New Caledonia New Caledonia (France) Nouméa 45.7[citation needed] 17.6[citation needed]
155 Eritrea Eritrea Asmara 45[citation needed] 17
156 Costa Rica Costa Rica San José 44.62 17.23
157 India India New Delhi 42.7 16.5
158 Philippines Philippines Manila 42.34 16.35
159 Barbados Barbados Bridgetown 40[citation needed] 15
160 Greece Greece Athens 38.964 15.044
161 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka[4] Colombo (executive and judicial capital) 37.31 14.41
162 Haiti Haiti Port-au-Prince 36.04 13.92
163 Belize Belize Belmopan 32.78 12.66
164 Kiribati Kiribati Tarawa 31.02 11.98
165 Bahrain Bahrain Manama 30[citation needed] 10
Comoros Comoros Moroni 30[citation needed] 10
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) George Town 29[citation needed] 11[citation needed]
Cook Islands Cook Islands (New Zealand) Avarua 28 11
167 Fiji Fiji Suva 26.24
168 Bhutan Bhutan Thimphu 26.1[citation needed] 10.1[citation needed]
169 Jamaica Jamaica Kingston 25 10
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Saint Pierre 25[citation needed] 10
170 Vanuatu Vanuatu Port Vila 23.6[citation needed] 9.1[citation needed]
Aruba Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad 23 9
171 Burundi Burundi Gitega 22[citation needed] 8
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Honiara 22 8
Collectivity of Saint Martin Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) Marigot 21.6[11]
173 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Malabo 21[citation needed] 8
Åland Åland (Finland) Mariehamn 20.75[citation needed] 8.01[citation needed]
174 Ghana Ghana Accra 20.4 7.9
175 Seychelles Seychelles Victoria 20.1[citation needed] 7.8[citation needed]
176 Cyprus Cyprus Nicosia 20.08 7.75
177 Lebanon Lebanon Beirut 19 7
French Polynesia French Polynesia (France) Papeete 17.4 6.7
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) Cockburn Town 17.39 6.71
178 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Vaduz 17.28 6.67
179 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 17[citation needed] 7
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka[4] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 17[citation needed] 7
Palestine Palestine Ramallah (de facto) 16.3 6.3
180 Andorra Andorra Andorra la Vella 12 5
The Gambia The Gambia Banjul 12[citation needed] 5[citation needed]
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 12 5
183 Maldives Maldives Malé 11.22 4.33
Isle of Man Isle of Man (United Kingdom) Douglas 11 4.1
Jersey Jersey (United Kingdom) Saint Helier 10.6 4.1
184 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 10 4
185 Marshall Islands Marshall Islands Majuro 9.7 3.7
American Samoa American Samoa (United States) Pago Pago 8.85 3.42
186 San Marino San Marino City of San Marino 7.09 2.74
Gibraltar Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Gibraltar 6.8 2.6
Western Sahara Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Tifariti (temporary capital) 6.78 2.62
Guernsey Guernsey (United Kingdom) Saint Peter Port 6.5 2.5
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) West Island 6.23 2.41
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 6.1 2.5
188 Dominica Dominica Roseau 5.4 2.1
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) Adamstown 4.6 1.8
Saint Helena Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Jamestown 3.6 1.4
Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy (France) Gustavia 3.4 1.3
United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands (United States) Charlotte Amalie 3.14 1.213
Guam Guam (United States) Hagåtña 3 1
189 Tuvalu Tuvalu Funafuti 2.79 1.08
Anguilla Anguilla (United Kingdom) The Valley 2.72 1.05
Falkland Islands Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Stanley 2.5 1.0
190 Monaco Monaco Monaco 2.08 0.80
191 Nauru Nauru Yaren (de facto)[12] 1.5 0.6
Bermuda Bermuda (United Kingdom) Hamilton 0.7 0.28
192 Malta Malta Valletta 0.61 0.24
193 Holy See Vatican City Vatican City 0.49 0.19
194 Palau Palau Ngerulmud 0.45 0.17
195 Grenada Grenada Saint George's n/a n/a
Montserrat Montserrat (United Kingdom)[4] Brades (de facto)[13] n/a n/a
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (Australia) Kingston (de facto) n/a n/a
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna (France) Mata-Utu n/a n/a
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) Road Town n/a n/a
Christmas Island Christmas Island (Australia) Flying Fish Cove n/a n/a
Eswatini Eswatini[4] Lobamba (legislative and royal capital) n/a n/a
196 Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia Palikir n/a n/a

References

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  1. ^ http://www.lawsturkey.com/law/law-on-metropolitan-municipalities-5216
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t One of the few countries with more than 1 capital. See more.
  5. ^ a b The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.
  6. ^ a b The official capital of Yemen is Sana'a. However, due to the Yemeni Civil War, its temporary capital is Aden.
  7. ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā 2022 - 2024". Oficiālās statistikas portāls (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Figures do not include East Jerusalem, disputed with the State of Palestine.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Comparateur de territoires".
  12. ^ Nauru has no de jure capital. Yaren District contains most of Nauru's government and administrative buildings.
  13. ^ 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.

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