List of national capitals in the world in alphabetical order of country:
In the case that the capital is not the largest city, the third column gives the cities that are larger.
Country | Capital | Larger cities (population compared to the capital's)
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Afghanistan | Kabul | -
| Albania | Tirana | -
| Algeria | Algiers | -
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | -
| Angola | Luanda | -
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | -
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | -
| Armenia | Yerevan | -
| Australia | Canberra | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Gold Coast
| Austria | Vienna | -
| Azerbaijan | Baku
| B
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Bahamas | Nassau | -
| Bahrain | Manama | -
| Bangladesh | Dhaka
| Barbados | Bridgetown
| Belarus | Minsk
| Belgium | Brussels | -
| Belize | Belmopan | Belize City, Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo
| Benin | Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (de facto)
| Bhutan | Thimphu
| Bolivia | Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
| Botswana | Gaborone
| Brazil | Brasília | Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Paulo
| Brunei Darussalam | Bandar Seri Begawan
| Bulgaria | Sofia
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou
| Burundi | Bujumbura
| C
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Cambodia | Phnom Penh
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | Douala
| Canada | Ottawa | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
| Cape Verde | Praia
| Central African Republic | Bangui
| Chad | N'Djamena
| Chile | Santiago
| China, People's Republic of | Beijing | Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Chongqing, Wuhan, Harbin, Xi'an, Hong Kong
| China, Republic of (Taiwan) | Taipei (provisional), Nanjing (official)
| Colombia | Santafé de Bogotá
| Comoros | Moroni
| Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Kinshasa
| Costa Rica | San José
| Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative)
| Croatia | Zagreb
| Cuba | Havana
| Cyprus | Nicosia
| Czech Republic | Prague
| D
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Denmark | Copenhagen
| Djibouti | Djibouti
| Dominica | Roseau
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo
| E
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East Timor | Dili
| Ecuador | Quito | Guayaquil
| Egypt | Cairo
| El Salvador | San Salvador
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo
| Eritrea | Asmara
| Estonia | Tallinn
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa
| F
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Fiji | Suva
| Finland | Helsinki
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Skopje
| France | Paris | -
| G
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Gabon | Libreville
| Gambia, The | Banjul
| Georgia | Tbilisi
| Germany | Berlin | -
| Ghana | Accra
| Greece | Athens
| Grenada | St. George's
| Guatemala | Guatemala City
| Guinea | Conakry
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau
| Guyana | Georgetown
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Haiti | Port-au-Prince
| Holy See, The | Vatican City, The
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa
| Hungary | Budapest | -
| I
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Iceland | Reykjavik
| India | New Delhi | Mumbai, Dilli, Kolkata, Bengalūru, Chennai and 114 others
| Indonesia | Jakarta
| Iran | Tehran
| Iraq | Baghdad
| Ireland | Dublin | -
| Israel | Jerusalem (disputed; most countries recognize Tel Aviv)
| Italy | Rome | -
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Jamaica | Kingston
| Japan | Tokyo
| Jordan | Amman
| K
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Kazakhstan | Astana
| Kenya | Nairobi
| Kiribati | Tarawa
| Korea, North | Pyongyang
| Korea, South | Seoul
| Kuwait | Kuwait City
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek
| L
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Laos | Vientiane
| Latvia | Riga
| Lebanon | Beirut
| Lesotho | Maseru
| Liberia | Monrovia
| Libya | Tripoli
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz
| Lithuania | Vilnius
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | -
| M
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Madagascar | Antananarivo
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Blantyre
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur
| Maldives | Malé
| Mali | Bamako
| Malta | Valletta | Birkirkara
| Marshall Islands | Majuro
| Mauritania | Nouakchott
| Mauritius | Port Louis
| Mexico | Mexico City
| Micronesia | Palikir | Weno
| Moldova | Chisinau
| Monaco | Monaco City
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar
| Montenegro | Podgorica
| Morocco | Rabat | Casablanca
| Mozambique | Maputo
| Myanmar | Rangoon
| N
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Namibia | Windhoek
| Nauru | none
| Nepal | Kathmandu
| Netherlands | Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative)
| New Zealand | Wellington | Auckland
| Nicaragua | Managua
| Niger | Niamey
| Nigeria | Abuja
| Norway | Oslo
| O
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Oman | Muscat
| P
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Pakistan | Islamabad
| Palau | Koror
| Panama | Panama City
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby
| Paraguay | Asunción
| Peru | Lima
| The Philippines | Manila | Quezon City
| Poland | Warsaw | Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area (Katowice metropolitan area); some sources say the capital is larger)
| Portugal | Lisbon
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Qatar | Doha
| R
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Romania | Bucharest
| Russia | Moscow
| Rwanda | Kigali
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre
| Saint Lucia | Castries
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown
| Samoa | Apia
| San Marino | San Marino
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh
| Senegal | Dakar
| Serbia | Belgrade
| Seychelles | Victoria
| Sierra Leone | Freetown
| Singapore | Singapore City
| Slovakia | Bratislava
| Slovenia | Ljubljana
| Solomon Islands | Honiara
| Somalia | Mogadishu
| South Africa | Pretoria (official), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) | Largest metro area: Johannesburg; largest city: Cape Town
| Spain | Madrid
| Sri Lanka | Colombo (official), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative and judicial)
| Sudan | Khartoum
| Suriname | Paramaribo
| Swaziland | Mbabane
| Sweden | Stockholm
| Switzerland | Bern | Zürich, Geneva, Basel
| Syria | Damascus
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Taiwan | See China, Republic of
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe
| Tanzania | Dodoma (official) ,Dar es Salaam (administrative)
| Thailand | Bangkok
| Togo | Lomé
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain
| Tunisia | Tunis
| Turkey | Ankara | Istanbul
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat
| Tuvalu | Funafuti
| U
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Uganda | Kampala
| Ukraine | Kiev
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi
| United Kingdom | London
| United States | Washington, DC | New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, + 16 others
| Uruguay | Montevideo
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent
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Vanuatu | Port Vila
| Vatican City | See Holy See, The
| Venezuela | Caracas
| Vietnam | Hanoi
| Y
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Yemen | Sanaá
| Z
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Zambia | Lusaka
| Zimbabwe | Harare
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