List of national capitals by population explained

This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics. The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district.

Table

Country / dependency Capital Population % of
country		Source
[1] 2018
[2] 2023
[3] 2023
[4] 2017
[5] 2020
[6] 2023
[7] 2022
[8] 2022
[9] 2020
[10] 2020
[11] 2011
2016
[12] 2010
[13] 2019
[14] 2021
2018
7,291,600 100% [15] 2022
[16] 2011
[17] 2012
[18] 2021
5,917,600 100% [19] 2023
2021
2019
[20] 2021
2011
[21] 2021
[22] 2021
[23] 2022
[24] 2012
2018
2020
[25] 2011
[26] 2021
2016
[27] 2022
[28] 2022
2020
[29] 2015
2020
2012
[30] 2012
Taipei (de facto) [31] 2020
2012
2020
2019
2017
2021
[32] 2022
2019
2016
[33] 2022
[34] 2020
2012
2019
[35] 2022
[36] 2022
[37] 2021
[38] 2020
2009
2019
[39] 2021
[40] 2022
2015
[41] 2021
2019
2014
2020
2021
2021
[42] 2023
2020
2011
[43] 2021
[44] 2021
2018
[45] 2022
2011
[46] 2022
2019
[47] 2020
2019
2014
2012
2020
[48] 2010
[49] 2021
2021
2015
2020
[50] 2021
[51] 2017
2008
2020
2018
2015
[52] 2021
2020
[53] 2019
[54] 2019
2009
[55] 2022
2020
2013
2020
[56] 2021
2010
2017
[57] 2019
2021
2013
[58] 2021
671,900 100% [59] 2022
[60] 2021
[61] 2019
[62] 2021
2014
[63] 2021
[64] 2021
[65] 2021
2012
[66] 2022
2014
[67] 2022
2019
2011
[68] 2015
2017
2020
[69] 2020
2015
[70] 2020
[71] 2021
[72] 2020
2020
2012
2011
2020
2014
[73] 2022
2020
2018
2016
2016
2018
[74] 2021
[75] 2015
2013
2016
2020
2013
2011
2012
217,732
3,000 		2014
[76] 2021
[77] 2022
2020
2011
[78] 2020
[79] 2022
2017
2018
2011
2020
Bern (de facto) [80] 2020
2015
[81] 2021
[82] 2021
2012
2017
2016
2014
2012
2007
2010
2019
2017
2021
2013
2015
2020
2016
2017
2021
Ramallah (de facto) 2017
38,350 100% [83] 2020
2018
2011
2021
34,003 100% 2020
2012
2010
2011
2011
2022
2010
2017
[84] 2022
[85] 2022
2011
2016
2013
2019
2021
2011
2020
2018
2012
2012
2021
2010
2017
2019
[86] 2021
2019
2016
[87] 2021
2016
2010
2017
2010
2016
2020
2011
2016
2011
2010
2018
[88] 2016
Yaren (de facto) 2011
2016
2017
2016
Vatican City (city-state) 453 100%[89] 2019
449
0 		2011
2015
2011
40 100% 2021
2018
2010

See also

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