List of national capitals by area

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.

List
Rank Country/Territory Capital Area Flag Emblem
(km2) (sq mi)
1 Turkey Ankara 24,521 9,468 n/a
2 Sudan Khartoum 22,142 8,549 n/a
3 People's Republic of China Beijing[1] 16,410.5 6,336 n/a n/a
4 Tanzania[2] Dar es Salaam (de facto and jurisdictional capital) 10,989 4,243 n/a n/a
5 Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw[3] 7,054 2,724
6 Brazil Brasília 5,802 2,240
7 Namibia Windhoek 5,133 1,982 n/a
8 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 4,704.4 1,816.3
9 Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro 3,500 1,350 n/a n/a
10 Vietnam Hà Nội 3,358.6 1,296.8
11 Egypt Cairo 3,085.12 1,191.17
12 Canada Ottawa 2,970.30 1,077.34
13 Hong Kong (China) Hong Kong 2,755 1,064
14 Tanzania[2] Dodoma (official and legislative capital) 2,576 995 n/a n/a
15 Russia Moscow 2,511 970
16 Japan Tokyo 2,194.07[4] 847.14[4]
17 Azerbaijan Baku 2,140 830
18 Côte d'Ivoire[2] Abidjan (de facto) 2,119 818
19 Fiji Suva 2,048 790.5 n/a
20 North Korea P'yŏngyang 2,000 772.20 n/a n/a
21 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1,913 739
22 Bolivia[2] Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital) 1,768 683
23 Jordan Amman 1,680 650
24 Colombia Bogotá 1,587 613
25 United Kingdom London 1,572 607
26 Thailand Bangkok 1,568.737 605.693
27 Libya Tripoli 1,507 582 n/a
28 Honduras[2] Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital) 1,502 580
29 Mexico Mexico City 1,485 573
30 Italy Rome 1,285 496.3
31 Iran Tehran 1,200 463.32 n/a
32 Mauritania Nouakchott 1,000 400 n/a n/a
33 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 972 375
34 Zimbabwe Harare 960.6 370.9
35 Montenegro Cetinje (seat of President of Montenegro) 910 350
36 Germany Berlin 891.1 344.1
37 Ukraine Kyiv 839 324
38 Australia Canberra 814.2 314.4
110×110
88×88
39 Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan 810.2 312.8
40 Peru Lima 800 300
41 Yemen[2] Aden (temporary capital)[5] 760 290 n/a n/a
42 Rwanda Kigali 730 281.8 n/a n/a
43 Cuba Havana 728.26 281.18
44 Malawi Lilongwe 727.79 281.00 n/a n/a
45 Singapore Singapore (city-state) 725.7 280.2
46 Finland Helsinki 715.48 276.25
47 Nigeria Abuja 713 275 n/a n/a
48 Kenya Nairobi 696 269
49 Greenland (Denmark) Nuuk 690 265
50 South Africa[2] Pretoria (administrative and executive capital) 687.54 265.46
51 Cambodia Phnom Penh 679 262 n/a
52 Iraq Baghdad 673 260 n/a
53 Indonesia Jakarta 662.3 255.7
54 Chile[2] Santiago (official) 641 247.6
55 Croatia Zagreb 641 247.6
56 South Korea Seoul 605.21 233.67
57 Spain Madrid 604.31 233.33
58 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 600 200
59 Kosovo Prishtina 572 221
60 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 527 203
61 Hungary Budapest 525.2 202.8
62 Poland Warsaw 517.24 199.71
63 Georgia Tbilisi 504.2 194.7
64 Kiribati South Tarawa 500 193.05 n/a n/a
65 Czech Republic Prague 496 192
66 Bulgaria Sofia 492 189
67 Norway Oslo 480.75 185.62
68 Jamaica Kingston 480 185 n/a n/a
69 Bolivia[2] La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies) 472 182
70 Guinea Conakry 450 173 n/a n/a
71 New Zealand Wellington 442 171
72 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 440 170 n/a
73 Venezuela Caracas 433 167
74 Zambia Lusaka 418 161 n/a
75 Austria Vienna 414.78 160.15
76 Belarus Minsk 409.5 158.1
77 Chile Valparaíso (seat of national legislature) 401.6 155.1
78 Lithuania Vilnius 401 155
79 South Africa[2] Cape Town (legislative capital) 400.28 154.55
131x131
80 Ecuador Quito 372.39 143.78
81 Slovakia Bratislava 367.584 141.925
82 Algeria Algiers 363 140 n/a
83 Serbia Belgrade 359.9 139.0
84 Mozambique Maputo 347.69 134.24
n/a
85 North Macedonia Skopje 337.80 130.43
86 Uzbekistan Tashkent 334.8 129.3 n/a
87 Latvia Riga 324 125
88 Bangladesh Dhaka 306 118 n/a
89 Afghanistan Kabul 27 106 n/a
90 Panama Panama City 275 106
91 Oman Muscat 273.9 105.8 n/a
92 Iceland Reykjavík 273 105
93 Republic of China Taipei 271.80 104.94
94 Nicaragua Managua 267.17 103.15
95 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 263.9 101.9 n/a n/a
96 Mali Bamako 245.0 94.6 n/a
97 Malaysia[2] Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature) 243 94
98 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 240 92.66
n/a
99 Niger Niamey 239.30 92.39 n/a n/a
100 South Africa Bloemfontein (judicial capital) 236.17 91.19 n/a
101 Romania Bucharest 228 88
102 Armenia Yerevan 223 86
103 Guatemala Guatemala City 220 84.92
104 Pakistan Islamabad 220 84.92
n/a
105 Netherlands Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands) 219.32 84.68
106 Tunisia Tunis 212.63 82.10
107 Bahamas Nassau 207 80 n/a
108 Argentina Buenos Aires 203 78
109 Uruguay Montevideo 201 77.5 n/a
110 Kuwait Kuwait City 200 77.2 n/a n/a
111 Puerto Rico (United States) San Juan 199 77.0
112 Liberia Monrovia 194.25 75 n/a n/a
113 Uganda Kampala 189 73 n/a n/a
114 Sweden Stockholm 188 72.5
115 Suriname Paramaribo 182 70.27 n/a n/a
116 Cameroon Yaoundé 180 70 n/a n/a
117 Denmark Copenhagen 179.8 69.4 n/a
118 United States Washington, D.C. 177.0 68.34
119 Ghana Accra 173 67 n/a
120 Faroe Islands (Denmark) Tórshavn 172.9 66.8 n/a
121 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 169.9 65.6
122 Botswana Gaborone 169 65 n/a
123 Slovenia Ljubljana 163.8 63.2
124 Estonia Tallinn 159.2 61.5
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 141.5 54.6
126 Lesotho Maseru 138 53 n/a n/a
127 Qatar Doha 132 51 n/a n/a
128 Lao People's Democratic Republic Vientiane 130 50 n/a n/a
129 Yemen[2] Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)[5] 126 49 n/a n/a
130 Israel Jerusalem[6][7] 125.126 48.323
131 Tajikistan Dushanbe 124.6 48.1 n/a
132 Samoa Apia 123.81 47.80 n/a n/a
133 Moldova Chișinău 123 47
134 Morocco Rabat 117 45.17
135 Paraguay Asunción 117 45.17
136 Angola Luanda 116 45
137 Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Saipan 115.4 44.55 n/a n/a
138 Macau (China) Macau 115.3 44.517
139 Ireland Dublin 115 44
140 Benin[2] Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital) 110 42.47 n/a
141 Montenegro[2] Podgorica (official capital) 108 42
142 France Paris 105.4 40.7
143 Syria Damascus 105 40.5
144 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 104.44 40.32
145 Chad N'Djamena 104 40 n/a
146 Cabo Verde Praia 102.6 39.6 n/a n/a
147 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 100.36 38.75 n/a n/a
148 Portugal Lisbon 100.05 38.63
149 Togo Lomé 99.14 38.28 n/a
150 Netherlands[2] The Hague (seat of government) 98.12 37.88
151 Northern Cyprus North Nicosia 92.8 35.8 n/a
152 Somalia Mogadishu 91 35 n/a
153 Madagascar Antananarivo 88 34 n/a
154 Senegal Dakar 83 32 n/a
155 eSwatini[2] Mbabane (administrative capital) 81.76 31.57 n/a n/a
156 Sierra Leone Freetown 81.48 31.46 n/a
157 Benin Cotonou (de facto and judicial capital) 79 30.5 n/a n/a
158 Saint Lucia Castries 79 30.5
159 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 77.5 29.9
160 El Salvador San Salvador 72.25 27.90
161 Guyana Georgetown 70 27.02
162 Central African Republic Bangui 67 26 n/a n/a
163 Gabon Libreville 65.42 25.26 n/a
164 Transnistria Tiraspol 55.56 21.45
165 South Sudan Juba 52 20
n/a
166 Switzerland[8] Berne (de facto) 51.62 19.93
167 Luxembourg Luxembourg City 51.46 19.87
168 Cyprus Nicosia 51.06 19.71
169 Nepal Kathmandu 49.45 19.09
170 Malaysia[2] Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital) 49 19
171 East Timor Dili 48.27 18.64 n/a
172 Mauritius Port Louis 46.7 18.0
173 Niue (New Zealand) Alofi 46.48 17.95 n/a n/a
174 New Caledonia (France) Nouméa 45.7 17.6 n/a
175 Eritrea Asmara 45 17.37
176 Costa Rica San José 44.62 17.23
177 Philippines Manila 42.88 16.56
29 India New Delhi 42.7 16.5 n/a
179 Albania Tirana 41.8 16.1
180 Barbados Bridgetown 40 15.444 n/a
181 Greece Athens 38.964 15.044
182 Sri Lanka[2] Colombo (executive and judicial capital) 37.31 14.41
183 Haiti Port-au-Prince 36.04 13.92 n/a
184 Belize Belmopan 32.78 12.66
n/a
185 Belgium Brussels 32.61 12.59
186 Bahrain Manama 30 11.58
n/a
187 Comoros Moroni 30 11.58 n/a n/a
188 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Stepanakert 29.12 11.24 n/a
189 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) George Town 29 11 n/a n/a
190 Bhutan Thimphu 26.1 10.1 n/a n/a
191 Djibouti Djibouti City 26 10 n/a
192 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Saint Pierre 25 9.65 n/a n/a
193 Vanuatu Port Vila 23.6 9.1
n/a
194 Burundi Gitega 22 8.49 n/a n/a
195 Solomon Islands Honiara 22 8.49
n/a
196 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 21 8.10 n/a n/a
197 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[2] El Aaiún (declared capital) 21 8.10 n/a n/a
198 Åland (Finland) Mariehamn 20.75 8.01 n/a
199 Seychelles Victoria 20.1 7.8 n/a n/a
200 Lebanon Beirut 19.8 7.6
201 French Polynesia (France) Papeete 17.4 6.718 n/a n/a
202 Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) Cockburn Town 17.39 6.71 n/a n/a
203 Liechtenstein Vaduz 17.3 6.7
204 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé 17 6.56
205 Sri Lanka[2] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 17 6.56 n/a
206 Palestine Ramallah (de facto) 16.3 6.3 n/a
207 Andorra Andorra la Vella 12 5
208 The Gambia Banjul 12 5 n/a n/a
209 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 12 5 n/a n/a
210 Jersey (United Kingdom) Saint Helier 10.6 4.1
211 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 10 4 n/a n/a
212 Marshall Islands Majuro 9.7 3.7 n/a n/a
213 San Marino City of San Marino 7.09 2.74
214 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) Gibraltar 6.7 2.6
215 Guernsey (United Kingdom) Saint Peter Port 6.5 2.5 n/a n/a
216 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) West Island 6.23 2.41 n/a n/a
217 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 6.1 2.35 n/a n/a
218 Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) Adamstown 4.6 1.8 n/a n/a
219 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Jamestown 3.6 1.4 n/a n/a
220 Saint Barthélemy (France) Gustavia 3.4 1.3 n/a n/a
221 United States Virgin Islands (United States) Charlotte Amalie 3.14 1.213 n/a n/a
222 Guam (United States) Hagåtña 3 1.15 n/a
223 Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) Stanley 2.5 1.0 n/a n/a
224 Tokelau (New Zealand) Atafu 2.5 1.0 n/a n/a
225 Tuvalu Funafuti 2.4 0.9 n/a n/a
226 Monaco Monaco 2.1 0.81
227 Maldives Malé 1.95 0.75 n/a n/a
228 Nauru Yaren (de facto)[9] 1.5 0.6 n/a n/a
229 Bermuda (United Kingdom) Hamilton 0.7 0.28 n/a n/a
230 Malta Valletta 0.61 0.24
231 Vatican City Vatican City (city-state) 0.44 0.17
232 American Samoa (United States) Pago Pago n/a n/a n/a n/a
233 Anguilla (United Kingdom) The Valley n/a n/a n/a n/a
234 Aruba (Netherlands) Oranjestad n/a n/a n/a n/a
235 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) Road Town n/a n/a n/a n/a
236 Christmas Island (Australia) Flying Fish Cove n/a n/a n/a n/a
237 Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) Marigot n/a n/a n/a n/a
238 Cook Islands (New Zealand) Avarua n/a n/a n/a n/a
239 Dominica Roseau n/a n/a n/a n/a
240 eSwatini[2] Lobamba (legislative and royal capital) n/a n/a n/a n/a
241 Federated States of Micronesia Palikir n/a n/a n/a n/a
242 Grenada Saint George's n/a n/a n/a n/a
243 Isle of Man (United Kingdom) Douglas n/a n/a n/a n/a
244 Montserrat (United Kingdom)[2] Brades (de facto)[10] n/a n/a n/a n/a
245 Norfolk Island (Australia) Kingston (de facto) n/a n/a n/a n/a
246 Palau Ngerulmud n/a n/a n/a n/a
247 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[2] Tifariti (temporary capital) n/a n/a n/a
248 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown n/a n/a n/a n/a
249 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) Philipsburg n/a n/a n/a n/a
250 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) King Edward Point n/a n/a n/a n/a
251 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway) Longyearbyen n/a n/a n/a n/a
252 Tonga Nuku'alofa n/a n/a n/a n/a
253 Wallis and Futuna (France) Matāʻutu n/a n/a n/a n/a

References
  1. "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.
  2. One of the few countries with more than 1 capital. See more.
  3. "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  4. The city of Tokyo includes the entire of the prefecture of Tokyo, without including the Greater Tokyo Metropolis.
  5. The official capital of Yemen is Sana'a. However, due to the Yemeni Civil War, its temporary capital is Aden.
  6. 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.
  7. Figures do not include East Jerusalem, disputed with the State of Palestine.
  8. 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.
  9. Nauru has no de jure capital. Yaren District contains most of Nauru's government and administrative buildings.
  10. 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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