Capital city population (thousands)

Name: Capital city population (thousands)
Creator: GK Maps

Which countries lead the world in population & demographics of capital city population (thousands)? Explore the full ranking on the map below.

Capital city population (thousands) — 164 countries (thousands)
1	Japan	37,468
2	India	28,514
3	Mexico	21,581
4	Egypt	20,076
5	China	19,618
6	Bangladesh	19,578
7	Argentina	14,967
8	Philippines	13,482
9	Dem. Rep. Congo	13,171
10	Russia	12,410
11	France	10,901
12	Colombia	10,574
13	Indonesia	10,517
14	Peru	10,391
15	Thailand	10,156
16	South Korea	9,963
17	United Kingdom	9,046
18	Iran	8,896
19	Angola	7,774
20	Malaysia	7,564
21	Hong Kong	7,429
22	Saudi Arabia	6,907
23	Iraq	6,812
24	Chile	6,680
25	Spain	6,497
26	Singapore	5,792
27	Sudan	5,534
28	United States of America	5,207
29	Turkey	4,919
30	Brazil	4,470
31	Ethiopia	4,400
32	Kenya	4,386
33	Vietnam	4,283
34	Italy	4,210
35	Afghanistan	4,012
36	Cameroon	3,656
37	Germany	3,552
38	Paraguay	3,222
39	Dominican Rep.	3,172
40	Greece	3,156
41	Madagascar	3,058
42	North Korea	3,038
43	Kuwait	2,989
44	Uganda	2,986
45	Senegal	2,978
46	Ukraine	2,957
47	Venezuela	2,935
48	Portugal	2,927
49	Nigeria	2,919
50	Guatemala	2,851
51	Yemen	2,779
52	Algeria	2,694
53	Haiti	2,637
54	Burkina Faso	2,531
55	Zambia	2,524
56	Uzbekistan	2,464
57	Mali	2,447
58	Ghana	2,439
59	Lebanon	2,385
60	South Africa	2,378
61	Syria	2,320
62	Tunisia	2,291
63	Congo	2,230
64	Cuba	2,136
65	Jordan	2,065
66	Belgium	2,050
67	Belarus	2,005
68	Cambodia	1,952
69	Austria	1,901
70	Morocco	1,847
71	Guinea	1,843
72	Ecuador	1,822
73	Romania	1,821
74	Panama	1,783
75	Poland	1,768
76	Hungary	1,759
77	Togo	1,746
78	Uruguay	1,737
79	Sweden	1,583
80	Mongolia	1,520
81	Zimbabwe	1,515
82	Oman	1,447
83	United Arab Emirates	1,420
84	Liberia	1,418
85	Serbia	1,389
86	Canada	1,363
87	Honduras	1,363
88	Costa Rica	1,358
89	Nepal	1,330
90	Chad	1,323
91	Denmark	1,321
92	Czechia	1,292
93	Finland	1,279
94	Bulgaria	1,272
95	Niger	1,214
96	Mauritania	1,205
97	Ireland	1,201
98	Libya	1,158
99	Sierra Leone	1,136
100	Netherlands	1,132
101	El Salvador	1,107
102	Mozambique	1,102
103	Armenia	1,080
104	Georgia	1,077
105	Kazakhstan	1,068
106	Pakistan	1,061
107	Rwanda	1,058
108	Nicaragua	1,048
109	Malawi	1,030
110	Norway	1,012
111	Kyrgyzstan	996
112	Israel	907
113	Burundi	899
114	Tajikistan	873
115	Central African Rep.	851
116	Gabon	813
117	Turkmenistan	810
118	Croatia	686
119	Laos	665
120	Latvia	637
121	Qatar	633
122	Macau	632
123	Sri Lanka	600
124	Jamaica	589
125	North Macedonia	584
126	Bahrain	565
127	Djibouti	562
128	Guinea-Bissau	558
129	Trinidad and Tobago	544
130	Lithuania	536
131	Moldova	510
132	Myanmar	500
133	Albania	476
134	Australia	448
135	Estonia	437
136	Gambia	437
137	Slovakia	430
138	Switzerland	422
139	New Zealand	411
140	Namibia	404
141	SSD	369
142	Papua New Guinea	367
143	Bosnia and Herz.	343
144	Eq. Guinea	297
145	Slovenia	286
146	Bolivia	278
147	Botswana	269
148	Cyprus	269
149	Tanzania	262
150	Suriname	239
151	Côte d'Ivoire	231
152	Iceland	216
153	Malta	213
154	Lesotho	202
155	Fiji	178
156	Maldives	177
157	Montenegro	177
158	MUS	149
159	Luxembourg	120
160	Guyana	110
161	Barbados	89
162	eSwatini	68
163	Brunei	41
164	Belize	23

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