Capitals in the world

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Capitals in the world
CapitalCountryPopulationContinent
BeijingChina18,960,744Asia
Mexico CityMexico12,294,193North America
MoscowRussia10,381,222Europe
DhakaBangladesh10,356,500Asia
SeoulSouth Korea10,349,312Asia
CairoEgypt9,606,916Africa
LondonUnited Kingdom8,961,989Europe
JakartaIndonesia8,540,121Asia
TokyoJapan8,336,599Asia
HanoiVietnam8,053,663Asia
TaipeiTaiwan7,871,900Asia
KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo7,785,965Africa
LimaPeru7,737,002South America
BogotaColombia7,674,366South America
Hong KongHong Kong7,482,500Asia
BaghdadIraq7,216,000Asia
TehranIran7,153,309Asia
SingaporeSingapore5,638,700Asia
BangkokThailand5,104,476Asia
SantiagoChile4,837,295South America
KabulAfghanistan4,434,550Asia
RiyadhSaudi Arabia4,205,961Asia
AnkaraTurkey3,517,182Asia
BerlinGermany3,426,354Europe
MadridSpain3,255,944Europe
PyongyangNorth Korea3,222,000Asia
CaracasVenezuela3,000,000South America
Buenos AiresArgentina2,891,082South America
KyivUkraine2,797,553Europe
QuitoEcuador2,781,641South America
LuandaAngola2,776,168Africa
Addis AbabaEthiopia2,757,729Africa
NairobiKenya2,750,547Africa
MogadishuSomalia2,587,183Africa
DakarSenegal2,476,400Africa
RomeItaly2,318,895Europe
BrasiliaBrazil2,207,718South America
Santo DomingoDominican Republic2,201,941North America
HavanaCuba2,163,824North America
ParisFrance2,138,551Europe
TashkentUzbekistan1,978,028Asia
AlgiersAlgeria1,977,663Africa
KhartoumSudan1,974,647Africa
AccraGhana1,963,264Africa
SanaaYemen1,937,451Asia
BeirutLebanon1,916,100Asia
BucharestRomania1,877,155Europe
Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates1,807,000Asia
ConakryGuinea1,767,200Africa
MinskBelarus1,742,124Europe
BudapestHungary1,741,041Europe
WarsawPoland1,702,139Europe
ViennaAustria1,691,468Europe
RabatMorocco1,655,753Africa
PretoriaSouth Africa1,619,438Africa
ManilaPhilippines1,600,000Asia
Phnom PenhCambodia1,573,544Asia
DamascusSyria1,569,394Asia
HarareZimbabwe1,542,813Africa
StockholmSweden1,515,017Europe
AsuncionParaguay1,482,200South America
Kuala LumpurMalaysia1,453,975Asia
KathmanduNepal1,442,271Asia
AntananarivoMadagascar1,391,433Africa
KampalaUganda1,353,189Africa
YaoundeCameroon1,299,369Africa
BamakoMali1,297,281Africa
BrazzavilleRepublic of the Congo1,284,609Africa
AmmanJordan1,275,857Asia
BelgradeSerbia1,273,651Europe
MontevideoUruguay1,270,737South America
LusakaZambia1,267,440Africa
AbujaNigeria1,235,880Africa
Port-au-PrinceHaiti1,234,742North America
MaputoMozambique1,191,613Africa
PragueCzechia1,165,581Europe
CopenhagenDenmark1,153,615Europe
SofiaBulgaria1,152,556Europe
TripoliLibya1,150,989Africa
KigaliRwanda1,132,686Africa
BakuAzerbaijan1,116,513Asia
YerevanArmenia1,093,485Asia
OuagadougouBurkina Faso1,086,505Africa
TbilisiGeorgia1,049,498Asia
DublinIreland1,024,027Europe
BrusselsBelgium1,019,022Europe
Guatemala CityGuatemala994,938North America
ManaguaNicaragua973,087North America
JerusalemIsrael971,800Asia
MonroviaLiberia939,524Africa
KingstonJamaica937,700North America
Nay Pyi TawMyanmar925,000Asia
BishkekKyrgyzstan900,000Asia
TegucigalpaHonduras850,848North America
Ulan BatorMongolia844,818Asia
OttawaCanada812,129North America
FreetownSierra Leone802,639Africa
MuscatOman797,000Asia
NiameyNiger774,235Africa
LomeTogo749,700Africa
RigaLatvia742,572Europe
AmsterdamNetherlands741,636Europe
AshgabatTurkmenistan727,700Asia
N'DjamenaChad721,081Africa
SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina696,731Europe
TunisTunisia693,210Africa
WashingtonUnited States689,545North America
DushanbeTajikistan679,400Asia
AthensGreece664,046Europe
ZagrebCroatia663,592Europe
NouakchottMauritania661,400Africa
HelsinkiFinland658,864Europe
MacauMacao649,335Asia
ColomboSri Lanka648,034Asia
LilongweMalawi646,750Africa
ChisinauMoldova635,994Europe
DjiboutiDjibouti623,891Africa
IslamabadPakistan601,600Asia
OsloNorway580,000Europe
LibrevilleGabon578,156Africa
AsmaraEritrea563,930Africa
PristinaKosovo550,000Europe
BanguiCentral African Republic542,393Africa
VilniusLithuania542,366Europe
San SalvadorEl Salvador525,990North America
LisbonPortugal517,802Europe
SkopjeNorth Macedonia474,889Europe
JubaSouth Sudan450,000Africa
East JerusalemPalestinian Territory428,304Asia
BratislavaSlovakia423,737Europe
TiranaAlbania418,495Europe
San JuanPuerto Rico418,140North America
PanamaPanama408,168North America
TallinnEstonia394,024Europe
BissauGuinea-Bissau388,028Africa
WellingtonNew Zealand381,900Oceania
CanberraAustralia367,752Oceania
AstanaKazakhstan345,604Asia
DohaQatar344,939Asia
San JoseCosta Rica335,007North America
New DelhiIndia317,797Asia
Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea283,733Oceania
LjubljanaSlovenia272,220Europe
WindhoekNamibia268,132Africa
PodgoricaMontenegro236,852Europe
GeorgetownGuyana235,017South America
Porto-NovoBenin234,168Africa
NassauBahamas227,940North America
SucreBolivia224,838South America
ParamariboSuriname223,757South America
GaboroneBotswana208,411Africa
NicosiaCyprus200,452Europe
VientianeLaos196,731Asia
YamoussoukroIvory Coast194,530Africa
DodomaTanzania180,541Africa
MalaboEquatorial Guinea155,963Africa
Port LouisMauritius155,226Africa
DiliTimor Leste150,000Oceania
ManamaBahrain147,074Asia
Saint-DenisReunion137,195Africa
WillemstadCuracao125,000North America
BernSwitzerland121,631Europe
ReykjavikIceland118,918Europe
MaseruLesotho118,355Africa
PraiaCabo Verde113,364Africa
MaleMaldives103,693Asia
ThimphuBhutan98,676Asia
BridgetownBarbados98,511North America
NoumeaNew Caledonia93,060Oceania
Fort-de-FranceMartinique89,995North America
SuvaFiji77,366Oceania
LuxembourgLuxembourg76,684Europe
MbabaneEswatini76,218Africa
Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei64,409Asia
CayenneFrench Guiana61,550South America
Kuwait CityKuwait60,064Asia
HoniaraSolomon Islands56,298Oceania
MamoudzouMayotte54,831Africa
Sao TomeSao Tome and Principe53,300Africa
Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago49,031North America
SaipanNorthern Mariana Islands48,220Oceania
MoroniComoros42,872Africa
GitegaBurundi41,000Africa
ApiaSamoa40,407Oceania
TarawaKiribati40,311Oceania
Port-VilaVanuatu35,901Oceania
BanjulGambia34,589Africa
MonacoMonaco32,965Europe
OranjestadAruba29,998North America
George TownCayman Islands29,370North America
Saint HelierJersey28,000Europe
GibraltarGibraltar26,544Europe
PapeeteFrench Polynesia26,357Oceania
DouglasIsle of Man26,218Europe
MajuroMarshall Islands25,400Oceania
KingstownSaint Vincent and the Grenadines24,518North America
Saint John'sAntigua and Barbuda24,226North America
VictoriaSeychelles22,881Africa
Nuku'alofaTonga22,400Oceania
Andorra la VellaAndorra20,430Europe
CastriesSaint Lucia20,000North America
Charlotte AmalieU.S. Virgin Islands20,000North America
RoseauDominica16,571North America
Saint Peter PortGuernsey16,488Europe
NuukGreenland14,798North America
BelmopanBelize13,381North America
AvaruaCook Islands13,373Oceania
TorshavnFaroe Islands13,200Europe
BasseterreSaint Kitts and Nevis12,920North America
Pago PagoAmerican Samoa11,500Oceania
Basse-TerreGuadeloupe11,472North America
MariehamnAland Islands10,682Europe
Road TownBritish Virgin Islands8,449North America
Saint George'sGrenada7,500North America
VallettaMalta6,794Europe
Saint-PierreSaint Pierre and Miquelon6,200North America
GustaviaSaint Barthelemy5,988North America
MarigotSaint Martin5,700North America
VaduzLiechtenstein5,197Europe
San MarinoSan Marino4,500Europe
FunafutiTuvalu4,492Oceania
Cockburn TownTurks and Caicos Islands3,720North America
KralendijkBonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba 3,081North America
LongyearbyenSvalbard and Jan Mayen2,368Europe
StanleyFalkland Islands2,213South America
The ValleyAnguilla2,035North America
PhilipsburgSint Maarten1,400North America
Mata-UtuWallis and Futuna1,200Oceania
YarenNauru1,100Oceania
HagatnaGuam1,051Oceania
HamiltonBermuda902North America
KingstonNorfolk Island880Oceania
Vatican CityVatican829Europe
JamestownSaint Helena637Africa
AlofiNiue624Oceania
Flying Fish CoveChristmas Island500Oceania
West IslandCocos Islands120Asia
AdamstownPitcairn46Oceania
Port-aux-FrancaisFrench Southern Territories45Antarctica
GrytvikenSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands2Antarctica
NgerulmudPalau-Oceania
PlymouthMontserrat-North America
Palikir - National Government CenterMicronesia-Oceania
-British Indian Ocean Territory-Asia
-Western Sahara-Africa
-Tokelau-Oceania
-Antarctica-Antarctica
-Heard Island and McDonald Islands-Antarctica
-Bouvet Island-Antarctica
-United States Minor Outlying Islands-Oceania