Biggest capital cities

Biggest capital cities

#	City	Country	Population
1	BeijingPeople's Republic of China	People's Republic of China	18,960,744
2	KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16,000,000
3	Mexico CityMexico	Mexico	12,294,193
4	DelhiIndia	India	11,034,555
5	MoscowRussia	Russia	10,381,222
6	DhakaBangladesh	Bangladesh	10,356,500
7	SeoulSouth Korea	South Korea	10,349,312
8	TokyoJapan	Japan	9,733,276
9	CairoEgypt	Egypt	9,606,916
10	LondonUnited Kingdom	United Kingdom	8,961,989
11	JakartaIndonesia	Indonesia	8,540,121
12	HanoiVietnam	Vietnam	8,053,663
13	TaipeiTaiwan	Taiwan	7,871,900
14	LimaPeru	Peru	7,737,002
15	BogotáColombia	Colombia	7,674,366
16	BaghdadIraq	Iraq	7,216,000
17	TehranIran	Iran	7,153,309
18	RiyadhSaudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	6,924,566
19	SingaporeSingapore	Singapore	5,638,700
20	BangkokThailand	Thailand	5,104,476
21	SantiagoChile	Chile	4,837,295
22	KabulAfghanistan	Afghanistan	4,434,550
23	NairobiKenya	Kenya	4,397,073
24	BamakoMali	Mali	4,227,569
25	Addis AbabaEthiopia	Ethiopia	3,860,000
26	AnkaraTurkey	Turkey	3,517,182
27	BerlinGermany	Germany	3,426,354
28	MadridSpain	Spain	3,255,944
29	PyongyangNorth Korea	North Korea	3,222,000
30	CaracasVenezuela	Venezuela	3,000,000
31	KyivUkraine	Ukraine	2,952,301
32	Buenos AiresArgentina	Argentina	2,891,082
33	QuitoEcuador	Ecuador	2,781,641
34	LuandaAngola	Angola	2,776,168
35	AbujaNigeria	Nigeria	2,690,000
36	DakarSenegal	Senegal	2,646,503
37	MogadishuSomalia	Somalia	2,587,183
38	OuagadougouBurkina Faso	Burkina Faso	2,415,266
39	AlgiersAlgeria	Algeria	2,364,230
40	BakuAzerbaijan	Azerbaijan	2,351,300
41	RomeItaly	Italy	2,318,895
42	LusakaZambia	Zambia	2,212,301
43	BrasíliaBrazil	Brazil	2,207,718
44	Santo DomingoDominican Republic	Dominican Republic	2,201,941
45	LoméTogo	Togo	2,188,376
46	HavanaCuba	Cuba	2,163,824
47	ParisFrance	France	2,138,551
48	BrazzavilleRepublic of the Congo	Republic of the Congo	1,982,000
49	TashkentUzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1,978,028
50	KhartoumSudan	Sudan	1,974,647

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The top 50 of 192. Facts come from Hookito’s country data, largely based on Wikidata; city populations are from GeoNames. Spotted a mistake? Write to submissions@hookito.com.

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