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Afghanistan | 4.336 million KABUL (capital) (2021) |
Albania | 503,000 TIRANA (capital) (2021) |
Algeria | 2.809 million ALGIERS (capital), 910,000 Oran (2021) |
American Samoa | 49,000 PAGO PAGO (capital) (2018) |
Andorra | 23,000 ANDORRA LA VELLA (capital) (2018) |
Angola | 8.632 million LUANDA (capital), 871,000 Lubango, 819,000 Cabinda (2021) |
Anguilla | 1,000 THE VALLEY (capital) (2018) |
Antigua and Barbuda | 21,000 SAINT JOHN'S (capital) (2018) |
Argentina | 15.258 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.585 million Cordoba, 1.554 million Rosario, 1.191 million Mendoza, 1 million San Miguel de Tucuman, 894,000 La Plata (2021) |
Armenia | 1.089 million YEREVAN (capital) (2021) |
Aruba | 30,000 ORANJESTAD (capital) (2018) |
Australia | 5,061 million Melbourne, 4.992 million Sydney, 2.439 million Brisbane, 2.067 million Perth, 1.345 million Adelaide, 462,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2021) |
Austria | 1.945 million VIENNA (capital) (2021) |
Azerbaijan | 2.371 million BAKU (capital) (2021) |
Bahamas, The | 280,000 NASSAU (capital) (2018) |
Bahrain | 664,000 MANAMA (capital) (2021) |
Bangladesh | 21.741 million DHAKA (capital), 5.133 million Chittagong, 949,000 Khulna, 924,000 Rajshahi, 890,000 Sylhet, Bogra 820,000 (2021) |
Barbados | 89,000 BRIDGETOWN (capital) (2018) |
Belarus | 2.039 million MINSK (capital) (2021) |
Belgium | 2.096 million BRUSSELS (capital), 1.048 million Antwerp (2021) |
Belize | 23,000 BELMOPAN (capital) (2018) |
Benin | 285,000 PORTO-NOVO (capital) (2018); 1.123 million Abomey-Calavi, 699,000 COTONOU (seat of government) (2021) |
Bermuda | 10,000 HAMILTON (capital) (2018) |
Bhutan | 203,000 THIMPHU (capital) (2018) |
Bolivia | 278,000 Sucre (constitutional capital) (2018); 1.882 million LA PAZ (capital), 1.749 million Santa Cruz, 1.337 million Cochabamba (2021) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 344,000 SARAJEVO (capital) (2021) |
Botswana | 269,000 GABORONE (capital) (2018) |
Brazil | 22.237 million Sao Paulo, 13.544 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.140 million Belo Horizonte, 4.728 million BRASILIA (capital), 4.175 million Recife, 4.161 million Porto Alegre (2021) |
British Virgin Islands | 15,000 ROAD TOWN (capital) (2018) |
Brunei | 241,000 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) (2011) note: the boundaries of the capital city were expanded in 2007, greatly increasing the city area; the population of the capital increased tenfold |
Bulgaria | 1.284 million SOFIA (capital) (2021) |
Burkina Faso | 2.915 million OUAGADOUGOU (capital), 1.020 million Bobo-Dioulasso (2021) |
Burma | 5.422 million RANGOON (Yangon) (capital), 1.469 million Mandalay (2021) |
Burundi | 1.075 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2021) |
Cambodia | 2.144 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2021) |
Cameroon | 4.164 million YAOUNDE (capital), 3.793 million Douala (2021) |
Canada | 6.255 million Toronto, 4.247 million Montreal, 2.606 million Vancouver, 1.581 million Calgary, 1.491 million Edmonton, 1.408 million OTTAWA (capital) (2021) |
Cayman Islands | 35,000 GEORGE TOWN (capital) (2018) |
Central African Republic | 910,000 BANGUI (capital) (2021) |
Chad | 1.476 million N'DJAMENA (capital) (2021) |
Chile | 6.812 million SANTIAGO (capital), 992,000 Valparaiso, 892,000 Concepcion (2021) |
China | 27.796 million Shanghai, 20.897 million BEIJING (capital), 16.382 million Chongqing, 13.794 million Tianjin, 13.635 million Guangzhou, 12.592 million Shenzhen (2021) |
Colombia | 11.167 million BOGOTA (capital), 4.034 million Medellin, 2.810 million Cali, 2.299 million Barranquilla, 1.349 million Bucaramanga, 1.071 million Cartagena (2021) |
Comoros | 62,000 MORONI (capital) (2018) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14.970 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.643 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.584 million Lubumbashi, 1.524 million Kananga, 1.321 million Kisangani, 1.133 million Bukavu (2021) |
Congo, Republic of the | 2.470 million BRAZZAVILLE (capital), 1.254 million Pointe-Noire (2021) |
Costa Rica | 1.421 million SAN JOSE (capital) (2021) |
Cote d'Ivoire | 231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018), 5.355 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2021) |
Croatia | 685,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2021) |
Cuba | 2.143 million HAVANA (capital) (2021) |
Curacao | 144,000 WILLEMSTAD (capital) (2018) |
Cyprus | 269,000 NICOSIA (capital) (2018) |
Denmark | 1.359 million COPENHAGEN (capital) (2021) |
Djibouti | 584,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2021) |
Dominica | 15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018) |
Dominican Republic | 3.389 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2021) |
Ecuador | 3.043 million Guayaquil, 1.901 million QUITO (capital) (2021) |
Egypt | 21.323 million CAIRO (capital), 5.381 million Alexandria (2021) |
El Salvador | 1.107 million SAN SALVADOR (capital) (2021) |
Equatorial Guinea | 297,000 MALABO (capital) (2018) |
Eritrea | 998,000 ASMARA (capital) (2021) |
Estonia | 449,000 TALLINN (capital) (2021) |
Ethiopia | 5.006 million ADDIS ABABA (capital) (2021) |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 2,000 STANLEY (capital) (2018) |
Faroe Islands | 21,000 TORSHAVN (capital) (2018) |
Fiji | 178,000 SUVA (capital) (2018) |
Finland | 1.317 million HELSINKI (capital) (2021) |
France | 11.079 million PARIS (capital), 1.734 million Lyon, 1.614 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.068 million Lille, 1.037 million Toulouse, 980,000 Bordeaux (2021) |
French Polynesia | 136,000 PAPEETE (capital) (2018) |
Gabon | 845,000 LIBREVILLE (capital) (2021) |
Gambia, The | 459,000 BANJUL (capital) (2021) note: includes the local government areas of Banjul and Kanifing |
Georgia | 1.079 million TBILISI (capital) (2021) |
Germany | 3.567 million BERLIN (capital), 1.789 million Hamburg, 1.553 million Munich, 1.129 million Cologne, 785,000 Frankfurt (2021) |
Ghana | 3.390 million Kumasi, 2.557 million ACCRA (capital), 991,000 Sekondi Takoradi (2021) |
Gibraltar | 35,000 GIBRALTAR (capital) (2018) |
Greece | 3.153 million ATHENS (capital), 813,000 Thessaloniki (2021) |
Greenland | 18,000 NUUK (capital) (2018) |
Grenada | 39,000 SAINT GEORGE'S (capital) (2018) |
Guam | 147,000 HAGATNA (capital) (2018) |
Guatemala | 2.983 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2021) |
Guernsey | 16,000 SAINT PETER PORT (capital) (2018) |
Guinea | 1.991 million CONAKRY (capital) (2021) |
Guinea-Bissau | 621,000 BISSAU (capital) (2021) |
Guyana | 110,000 GEORGETOWN (capital) (2018) |
Haiti | 2.844 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2021) |
Holy See (Vatican City) | 1,000 VATICAN CITY (capital) (2018) |
Honduras | 1.485 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 929,000 San Pedro Sula (2021) |
Hong Kong | 7.598 million Hong Kong (2021) |
Hungary | 1.772 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2021) |
Iceland | 216,000 REYKJAVIK (capital) (2018) |
India | 31.181 million NEW DELHI (capital), 20.668 million Mumbai, 14.974 million Kolkata, 12.765 million Bangalore, 11.235 million Chennai, 10.269 million Hyderabad (2021) |
Indonesia | 10.915 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.510 million Bekasi, 2.972 million Surabaya, 2.607 million Bandung, 2.397 million Tangerang, 2.368 million Medan (2021) |
Iran | 9.259 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.264 million Mashhad, 2.177 million Esfahan, 1.675 million Shiraz, 1.627 million Tabriz, 1.582 million Karaj (2021) |
Iraq | 7.323 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.683 million Mosul, 1.382 million Basra, 1.031 million Kirkuk, 901,000 Najaf, 861,000 Erbil (2021) |
Ireland | 1.242 million DUBLIN (capital) (2021) |
Israel | 4.264 million Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1.155 million Haifa, 944,000 JERUSALEM (capital) (2021) |
Italy | 4.278 million ROME (capital), 3.144 million Milan, 2.183 million Naples, 1.795 million Turin, 900,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2021) |
Jamaica | 592,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2021) |
Japan | 37.340 million TOKYO (capital), 19.111 million Osaka, 9.566 million Nagoya, 5.516 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.930 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.670 million Sapporo (2021) |
Jersey | 34,000 SAINT HELIER (capital) (2018) |
Jordan | 2.182 million AMMAN (capital) (2021) |
Kazakhstan | 1.928 million Almaty, 1.212 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.093 million Shimkent (2021) |
Kenya | 4.922 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.341 million Mombassa (2021) |
Kiribati | 64,000 TARAWA (capital) (2018) |
Korea, North | 3.108 million PYONGYANG (capital) (2021) |
Korea, South | 9.968 million SEOUL (capital), 3.466 million Busan, 2.818 million Incheon, 2.191 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.569 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.524 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2021) |
Kosovo | 216,870 PRISTINA (capital) (2019) |
Kuwait | 3.177 million KUWAIT (capital) (2021) |
Kyrgyzstan | 1.060 million BISHKEK (capital) (2021) |
Laos | 694,000 VIENTIANE (capital) (2021) |
Latvia | 628,000 RIGA (capital) (2021) |
Lebanon | 2.435 million BEIRUT (capital) (2021) |
Lesotho | 202,000 MASERU (capital) (2018) |
Liberia | 1.569 million MONROVIA (capital) (2021) |
Libya | 1.170 million TRIPOLI (capital), 919,000 Misratah, 836,000 Benghazi (2021) |
Liechtenstein | 5,000 VADUZ (capital) (2018) |
Lithuania | 540,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2021) |
Luxembourg | 120,000 LUXEMBOURG (capital) (2018) |
Madagascar | 3.532 million ANTANANARIVO (capital) (2021) |
Malawi | 1.171 million LILONGWE (capital), 962,000 Blantyre-Limbe (2021) |
Malaysia | 8.211 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.045 million Johor Bahru, 828,000 Ipoh (2021) |
Maldives | 177,000 MALE (capital) (2018) |
Mali | 2.713 million BAMAKO (capital) (2021) |
Malta | 213,000 VALLETTA (capital) (2018) |
Marshall Islands | 31,000 MAJURO (capital) (2018) |
Mauritania | 1.372 million NOUAKCHOTT (capital) (2021) |
Mauritius | 149,000 PORT LOUIS (capital) (2018) |
Mexico | 21.919 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.259 million Guadalajara, 4.956 million Monterrey, 3.245 million Puebla, 2.522 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.181 million Tijuana (2021) |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 7,000 PALIKIR (capital) (2018) |
Moldova | 494,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2021) |
Monaco | 39,000 MONACO (capital) (2018) |
Mongolia | 1.615 million ULAANBAATAR (capital) (2021) |
Montenegro | 177,000 PODGORICA (capital) (2018) |
Morocco | 3.794 million Casablanca, 1.907 million RABAT (capital), 1.245 million Fes, 1.238 million Tangier, 1.017 million Marrakech, 942,000 Agadir (2021) |
Mozambique | 1.748 million Matola, 1.122 million MAPUTO (capital), 887,000 Nampula (2021) |
Namibia | 446,000 WINDHOEK (capital) (2021) |
Nepal | 1.472 million KATHMANDU (capital) (2021) |
Netherlands | 1.158 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 1.012 million Rotterdam (2021) |
New Caledonia | 198,000 NOUMEA (capital) (2018) |
New Zealand | 1.630 million Auckland, 417,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2021) |
Nicaragua | 1.073 million MANAGUA (capital) (2021) |
Niger | 1.336 million NIAMEY (capital) (2021) |
Nigeria | 14.862 million Lagos, 4.103 million Kano, 3.649 million Ibadan, 3.464 million ABUJA (capital), 3.171 million Port Harcourt, 1.782 million Benin City (2021) |
Niue | 1,000 ALOFI (capital) (2018) |
Northern Mariana Islands | 51,000 SAIPAN (capital) (2018) |
Norway | 1.056 million OSLO (capital) (2021) |
Oman | 1.590 million MUSCAT (capital) (2021) |
Pakistan | 16.459 million Karachi, 13.095 million Lahore, 3.542 million Faisalabad, 2.281 million Rawalpindi, 2.290 million Gujranwala, 1.164 million ISLAMABAD (capital) (2021) |
Palau | 277 NGERULMUD (capital) (2018) |
Panama | 1.899 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2021) |
Papua New Guinea | 391,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2021) |
Paraguay | 3.394 million ASUNCION (capital) (2021) |
Peru | 10.883 million LIMA (capital), 935,000 Arequipa, 878,000 Trujillo (2021) |
Philippines | 14.159 million MANILA (capital), 1.866 million Davao, 994,000 Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 903,000 Antipolo, 770,000 Cagayan de Oro City (2021) |
Poland | 1.790 million WARSAW (capital), 769,000 Krakow (2021) |
Portugal | 2.972 million LISBON (capital), 1.316 million Porto (2021) |
Puerto Rico | 2.445 million SAN JUAN (capital) (2021) |
Qatar | Ar-Rayyan 750,000, 646,000 DOHA (capital) (2021) |
Romania | 1.794 million BUCHAREST (capital) (2021) |
Russia | 12.593 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.504 million Saint Petersburg, 1.676 million Novosibirsk, 1.513 million Yekaterinburg, 1.280 million Kazan, 1.255 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2021) |
Rwanda | 1.170 million KIGALI (capital) (2021) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14,000 BASSETERRE (capital) (2018) |
Saint Lucia | 22,000 CASTRIES (capital) (2018) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6,000 SAINT-PIERRE (capital) (2018) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27,000 KINGSTOWN (capital) (2018) |
Samoa | 36,000 APIA (capital) (2018) |
San Marino | 4,000 SAN MARINO (2018) |
Sao Tome and Principe | 80,000 SAO TOME (capital) (2018) |
Saudi Arabia | 7.388 million RIYADH (capital), 4.697 million Jeddah, 2.079 million Mecca, 1.518 million Medina, 1.279 million Ad Dammam, 1.279 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2021) |
Senegal | 3.230 million DAKAR (capital) (2021) |
Serbia | 1.402 million BELGRADE (capital) (2021) |
Seychelles | 28,000 VICTORIA (capital) (2018) |
Sierra Leone | 1.236 million FREETOWN (capital) (2021) |
Singapore | 5.992 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2021) |
Sint Maarten | 1,327 PHILIPSBURG (capital) (2011) |
Slovakia | 437,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2021) |
Slovenia | 286,000 LJUBLJANA (capital) (2018) |
Solomon Islands | 82,000 HONIARA (capital) (2018) |
Somalia | 2.388 million MOGADISHU (capital), 1.033 million Hargeysa (2021) |
South Africa | 9.897 million Johannesburg (includes Ekurhuleni), 4.710 million Cape Town (legislative capital), 3.176 million Durban, 2.655 million PRETORIA (administrative capital), 1.267 million Port Elizabeth, 909,000 West Rand (2021) |
South Sudan | 421,000 JUBA (capital) (2021) |
Spain | 6.669 million MADRID (capital), 5.624 million Barcelona, 835,000 Valencia (2021) |
Sri Lanka | 103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 619,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2021) |
Sudan | 5.989 million KHARTOUM (capital), 967,000 Nyala (2021) |
Suriname | 239,000 PARAMARIBO (capital) (2018) |
Sweden | 1.657 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2021) |
Switzerland | 1.408 million Zurich, 434,000 BERN (capital) (2021) |
Syria | 2.440 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.004 million Aleppo, 1.362 million Hims (Homs), 940,000 Hamah (2021) |
Taiwan | 4.435 million New Taipei City, 2.731 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.272 million Taoyuan, 1.542 million Kaohsiung, 1.338 million Taichung, 857,000 Tainan (2021) |
Tajikistan | 938,000 DUSHANBE (capital) (2021) |
Tanzania | 262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.047 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.182 million Mwanza (2021) |
Thailand | 10.723 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.417 Chon Buri, 1.324 million Samut Prakan, 1.182 million Chiang Mai, 979,000 Songkla, 975,000 Nothaburi (2021) |
Togo | 1.874 million LOME (capital) (2021) |
Tonga | 23,000 NUKU'ALOFA (2018) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 544,000 PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) (2021) |
Tunisia | 2.403 million TUNIS (capital) (2021) |
Turkey | 15.190 million Istanbul, 5.118 million ANKARA (capital), 2.993 million Izmir, 1.986 million Bursa, 1.771 million Adana, 1.704 million Gaziantep (2020) |
Turkmenistan | 865,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2021) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,000 GRAND TURK (capital) (2018) |
Tuvalu | 7,000 FUNAFUTI (capital) (2018) |
Uganda | 3.470 million KAMPALA (capital) (2021) |
Ukraine | 3.001 million KYIV (capital), 1.426 million Kharkiv, 1.009 million Odesa, 952,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 899,000 Donetsk (2021) |
United Arab Emirates | 2.921 million Dubai, 1.737 million Sharjah, 1.512 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2021) |
United Kingdom | 9.426 million LONDON (capital), 2.750 million Manchester, 2.626 million Birmingham, 1.902 million West Yorkshire, 1.681 million Glasgow, 936,000 Southampton/Portsmouth (2021) |
United States | 18.823 million New York-Newark, 12.459 million Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 8.877 million Chicago, 6.491 million Houston, 6.397 million Dallas-Fort Worth, 5.378 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2021) |
Uruguay | 1.760 million MONTEVIDEO (capital) (2021) |
Uzbekistan | 2.545 million TASHKENT (capital) (2021) |
Vanuatu | 53,000 PORT-VILA (capital) (2018) |
Venezuela | 2.946 million CARACAS (capital), 2.296 million Maracaibo, 1.935 million Valencia, 1.227 million Barquisimeto, 1.216 million Maracay (2021) |
Vietnam | 8.838 million Ho Chi Minh City, 4.875 million HANOI (capital), 1.703 million Can Tho, 1.341 million Hai Phong, 1.157 million Da Nang, 1.046 million Bien Hoa (2021) |
Virgin Islands | 52,000 CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) (2018) |
Wallis and Futuna | 1,000 MATA-UTU (capital) (2018) |
World | ten largest urban agglomerations: Tokyo (Japan) - 37,393,000; New Delhi (India) - 30,291,000; Shanghai (China) - 27,058,000; Sao Paulo (Brazil) - 22,043,000; Mexico City (Mexico) - 21,782,000; Dhaka (Bangladesh) - 21,006,000; Cairo (Egypt) - 20,901,000; Beijing (China) - 20,463,000; Mumbai (India) - 20,411,000; Osaka (Japan) - 19,165,000 (2020) ten largest urban agglomerations, by continent: Africa - Cairo (Egypt) - 20,485,000; Lagos (Nigeria) - 13,904,000; Kinshasha (DRC) - 13,743,000; Luanda (Angola) - 8,045,000; Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) - 6,368,000; Khartoum (Sudan) - 5,678,000; Johannesburg (South Africa) - 5,635,000; Alexandria (Egypt) - 5,182,000; Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire) - 5,059,000; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - 4,592,000 Asia - Tokyo (Japan) - 37,435,000; New Delhi (India) - 29,399,000; Shanghai (China) - 26,317,000; Dhaka (Bangladesh) - 20,284,000; Mumbai (India) - 20,185,000; Beijing (China) - 20,035,000; Osaka (Japan) - 19,223,000; Karachi (Pakistan) - 15,741,000; Chongqing (China) - 15,354,000; Istanbul (Turkey) - 14,968,000 Europe - Moscow (Russia) - 12,476,000; Paris (France) - 10,958,000; London (United Kingdom) - 9,177,000; Madrid (Spain) - 6,559,000; Barcelona (Spain) - 5,541,000, Saint Petersburg (Russia) - 5,427,000; Rome (Italy) - 4,234,000; Berlin (Germany) - 3,557,000; Athens (Greece) - 3,154,000; Milan (Italy) - 3,136,000 North America - Mexico City (Mexico) - 21,672,000; New York-Newark (United States) - 18,805,000; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana (United States) - 12,448,000; Chicago (United States) - 8,862,000; Houston (United States) - 6,245,000; Dallas-Fort Worth (United States) - 6,201,000; Toronto (Canada) - 6,139,000; Miami (United States) - 6,079,000; Philadelphia (United States) - 5,705,000; Atlanta (United States) - 5,689,000 Oceania - Melbourne (Australia) - 4,870,000, Sydney (Australia) - 4,859,000; Brisbane (Australia) - 2,372,000; Perth (Australia) - 2,016,000; Auckland (New Zealand) - 1,582,000; Adelaide (Australia) - 1,328,000; Gold Coast-Tweed Head (Australia) - 687,000; Canberra (Australia) - 452,000; Newcastle-Maitland (Australia) - 447,000; Wellington (New Zealand) - 413,000 South America - Sao Paulo (Brazil) - 21,847,000; Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 15,057,000; Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - 13,374,000; Bogota (Colombia) - 10,779,000; Lima (Peru) - 10,555,000; Santiago (Chile) - 6,724,000; Belo Horizonte (Brazil) - 6,028,000; Brasilia (Brazil) - 4,559,000; Porto Alegre (Brazil) - 4,115,000; Recife (Brazil) - 4,078,000 (2019) |
Yemen | 3.075 million SANAA (capital), 1.012 million Aden (2021) |
Zambia | 2.906 million LUSAKA (capital) (2021) |
Zimbabwe | 1.542 million HARARE (capital) (2021) |
Source: CIA Factbook