This is alist of countries capitalsin the world in alphabetical order by country (part 1 of 2):
Countries
In case that the capital is not the largest city, the third column gives the cities that are larger.
Country CapitalCities 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, Gold Coast, NewcastleAustria Vienna ...
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 Janeiroand Salvador(by proper city). São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonteand Porto Alegre(by metropolitan area)
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria Sofia
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Burma Naypyidaw (Pyinmana) Yangon, Mandalay.
Burundi Bujumbura
C
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Cameroon Yaoundé Douala
Canada Ottawa Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver(Metropolitan area), Calgary(City proper)
Cape Verde Praia
Central African Republic Bangui
Chad N'Djamena
Chile Santiago(official), Valparaíso(legislative)Santiago is the largest metropolitan area; Greater Concepciónis larger than Greater Valparaíso
China Beijing Shanghai
Colombia Bogotá
Comoros Moroni
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa
Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville
Costa Rica San José
Croatia Zagreb
Cuba Havana
Cyprus Nicosia
Czech Republic Prague
D
Denmark Copenhagen
Djibouti Djibouti
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
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(not to be confused with Delhi)Proper city of New Delhi is smaller than 179 cities located within the boundaries of India, including in order of largest populations: Mumbai(Bombay), Delhi, Bangalore(Bengaluru), Hydrabad, Ahmedabad, Chennaiand Kolkata(Calcutta). The urban agglomeration of Delhi-New Delhi has 16,314,838 (11,000,000 only in Delhi) and is smaller only than the urban agglomeration of Mumbai (18,414,288).
Indonesia Jakarta
Iran Tehran
Iraq Baghdad
Ireland, Republic of Dublin
Israel Jerusalem [ 1 ]The city proper of Jerusalem is bigger than Tel Aviv, but the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv is bigger than Jerusalem.
Italy Rome Milan(Metropolitan Area), Naples(Metropolitan Area).
Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro(official), Abidjan(administrative)Abidjan
J
Jamaica Kingston
Japan Tokyo(de facto)
Some argue that Kyotois thede jurecapital (see Capital of Japan)
Jordan Amman
K
Kazakhstan Astana Almaty, Shymkent
Kenya Nairobi
Kiribati South Tarawa
Korea, North Pyongyang
Korea, South Seoul
Kuwait Kuwait CityKyrgyzstan Bishkek ...
Liechtenstein Vaduz Schaan
Lithuania Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg City
M
Macedonia, Republic of Skopje
Madagascar Antananarivo
Malawi Lilongwe
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur(legislative; de facto), Putrajaya(administrative)Kuala Lumpur
Maldives Malé
Mali Bamako
Malta Valletta Birkirkara, Mosta, St. Paul's Bay, Qormi, Żabbar, Sliema, Naxxar, San Ġwann, Żebbuġ, Fgura, Żejtun, Rabat, Marsaskala, Birżebbuġa, Attard, Żurrieq, Ħamrun, Swieqi, Mellieħa, Tarxien, Paola (Raħal Ġdid), Siġġiewi, St. Julian's, Msida, Gżira, Santa Venera, Victoria (Gozo), Luqa
Marshall Islands Majuro
Mauritania Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Mexico Mexico City
Micronesia, Federated States of Palikir WenoMoldova Chișinău ...
NauruNone (government offices in Yaren District) Denigomodu, Meneng, Aiwo
Nepal Kathmandu
Netherlands, Kingdom of the Amsterdam(official),
The Hague(administrative, legislative, and judicial) Rotterdam(Larger than The Hague; Amsterdam is the largest city)
New Zealand Wellington Auckland, Christchurch
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, Quetta
Palau Ngerulmud Koror, Meyuns, Airai
Palestine, State of Jerusalem(Claimed), Gaza City(de Factoadministrative, Gaza), Ramallah(de factoadministrative, West Bank)