Major urban areas - population

Definition Field Listing

Others A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Others

A

Afghanistan: KABUL (capital) 3.097 million (2011)
Albania: TIRANA (capital) 419,000 (2011)
Algeria: ALGIERS (capital) 2.916 million; Oran 783,000 (2011)
American Samoa: PAGO PAGO (capital) 64,000 (2011)
Andorra: ANDORRA LA VELLA (capital) 23,000 (2011)
Angola: LUANDA (capital) 5.068 million; Huambo 1.098 million (2011)
Anguilla: THE VALLEY (capital) 2,000 (2011)
Antigua and Barbuda: SAINT JOHN'S (capital) 27,000 (2011)
Argentina: BUENOS AIRES (capital) 13.528 million; Cordoba 1.556 million; Rosario 1.283 million; Mendoza 957,000; San Miguel de Tucuman 868,000; La Plata 759,000 (2011)
Armenia: YEREVAN (capital) 1.116 million (2011)
Aruba: ORANJESTAD (capital) 37,000 (2011)
Australia: Sydney 4.543 million; Melbourne 3.961 million; Brisbane 2.039 million; Perth 1.649 million; Adelaide 1.198 million; CANBERRA (capital) 399,000 (2011)
Austria: VIENNA (capital) 1.72 million (2011)
Azerbaijan: BAKU (capital) 2.123 million (2011)

B

Bahamas, The: NASSAU (capital) 254,000 (2011)
Bahrain: MANAMA (capital) 262,000 (2011)
Bangladesh: DHAKA (capital) 15.391 million; Chittagong 5.239 million; Khulna 1.781 million; Rajshahi 932,000 (2011)
Barbados: BRIDGETOWN (capital) 122,000 (2011)
Belarus: MINSK (capital) 1.861 million (2011)
Belgium: BRUSSELS (capital) 1.949 million; Antwerp 959,000 (2011)
Belize: BELMOPAN (capital) 14,000 (2011)
Benin: COTONOU (seat of government) 924,000; PORTO-NOVO (capital) 314,000 (2011)
Bermuda: HAMILTON (capital) 11,000 (2011)
Bhutan: THIMPHU (capital) 99,000 (2011)
Bolivia: Santa Cruz 1.719 million; LA PAZ (capital) 1.715 million; Sucre (constitutional capital) 307,000 (2011)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: SARAJEVO (capital) 389,000 (2011)
Botswana: GABORONE (capital) 202,000 (2011)
Brazil: Sao Paulo 19.924 million; Rio de Janeiro 11.96 million; Belo Horizonte 5.487 million; Porto Alegre 3.933 million; Recife 3.733 million; BRASILIA (capital) 3.813 million (2011)
British Virgin Islands: ROAD TOWN (capital) 10,000 (2011)
Brunei: BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (capital) 241,000
note: the boundaries of the capital city were expanded in 2007, greatly increasing the city area; the population of the capital increased tenfold (2011)
Bulgaria: SOFIA (capital) 1.174 million (2011)
Burkina Faso: OUAGADOUGOU (capital) 2.053 million (2011)
Burma: RANGOON (capital) 4.457 million; Mandalay 1.063 million; Nay Pyi Taw 1.06 million (2011)
Burundi: BUJUMBURA (capital) 605,000 (2011)

C

Cabo Verde: PRAIA (capital) 132,000 (2011)
Cambodia: PHNOM PENH (capital) 1.55 million (2011)
Cameroon: Douala 2.449 million; YAOUNDE (capital) 2.432 million (2011)
Canada: Toronto 5.573 million; Montreal 3.856 million; Vancouver 2.267 million; Calgary 1.216 million; OTTAWA (capital) 1.208 million; Edmonton 1.142 million (2011)
Cayman Islands: GEORGE TOWN (capital) 28,000 (2011)
Central African Republic: BANGUI (capital) 740,000 (2011)
Chad: N'DJAMENA (capital) 1.079 million (2011)
Chile: SANTIAGO (capital) 6.034 million; Valparaiso 883,000; Concepcion 770,000 (2011)
China: Shanghai 20.208 million; BEIJING (capital) 15.594 million; Guangzhou 10.849 million; Shenzhen 10.63 million; Chongqing 9.977 million; Wuhan 9.158 million (2011)
Colombia: BOGOTA (capital) 8.743 million; Medellin 3.694 million; Cali 2.453 million; Barranquilla 1.9 million; Bucaramanga 1.12 million; Cartagena 988,000 (2011)
Comoros: MORONI (capital) 54,000 (2011)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: KINSHASA (capital) 8.798 million; Lubumbashi 1.556 million; Mbuji-Mayi 1.504 million; Kananga 888,000; Kisangani 820,000 (2011)
Congo, Republic of the: BRAZZAVILLE (capital) 1.611 million; Pointe-Noire 834,000 (2011)
Costa Rica: SAN JOSE (capital) 1.515 million (2011)
Cote d'Ivoire: ABIDJAN (seat of government) 4.288 million; YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) 966,000 (2011)
Croatia: ZAGREB (capital) 686,000 (2011)
Cuba: HAVANA (capital) 2.116 million (2011)
Cyprus: NICOSIA (capital) 253,000 (2011)
Czech Republic: PRAGUE (capital) 1.276 million (2011)

D

Denmark: COPENHAGEN (capital) 1.206 million (2011)
Djibouti: DJIBOUTI (capital) 496,000 (2011)
Dominica: ROSEAU (capital) 14,000 (2011)
Dominican Republic: SANTO DOMINGO (capital) 2.191 million (2011)

E

Ecuador: Guayaquil 2.287 million; QUITO (capital) 1.622 million (2011)
Egypt: CAIRO (capital) 11.169 million; Alexandria 4.494 million (2011)
El Salvador: SAN SALVADOR (capital) 1.605 million (2011)
Equatorial Guinea: MALABO (capital) 137,000 (2011)
Eritrea: ASMARA (capital) 712,000 (2011)
Estonia: TALLINN (capital) 400,000 (2011)
Ethiopia: ADDIS ABABA (capital) 2.979 million (2011)

F

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): STANLEY (capital) 2,000 (2011)
Faroe Islands: TORSHAVN (capital) 20,000 (2011)
Fiji: SUVA (capital) 177,000 (2011)
Finland: HELSINKI (capital) 1.134 million (2011)
France: PARIS (capital) 10.62 million; Marseille-Aix-en-Provence 14,890,100; Lyon 1.488 million; Lille 1.042 million; Nice-Cannes 991,000; Toulouse 933,000 (2011)
French Polynesia: PAPEETE (capital) 137,000 (2011)

G

Gabon: LIBREVILLE (capital) 686,000 (2011)
Gambia, The: BANJUL (capital) 506,000 (2011)
Georgia: TBILISI (capital) 1.121 million (2011)
Germany: BERLIN (capital) 3.462 million; Hamburg 1.796 million; Munich 1.364 million; Cologne 1.006 million (2011)
Ghana: ACCRA (capital) 2.573 million; Kumasi 2.019 million (2011)
Greece: ATHENS (capital) 3.414 million; Thessaloniki 883,000 (2011)
Greenland: NUUK (capital) 16,000 (2011)
Grenada: SAINT GEORGE'S (capital) 41,000 (2011)
Guam: HAGATNA (capital) 169,000 (2011)
Guatemala: GUATEMALA CITY (capital) 1.168 million (2011)
Guinea: CONAKRY (capital) 1.786 million (2011)
Guinea-Bissau: BISSAU (capital) 423,000 (2011)
Guyana: GEORGETOWN (capital) 127,000 (2011)

H

Haiti: PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) 2.207 million (2011)
Honduras: TEGUCIGALPA (capital) 1.088 million (2011)
Hungary: BUDAPEST (capital) 1.737 million (2011)

I

Iceland: REYKJAVIK (capital) 206,000 (2011)
India: NEW DELHI (capital) 22.654 million; Mumbai 19.744 million; Kolkata 14.402 million; Chennai 8.784 million; Bangalore 8.614 million; Hyderabad 7.837 million (2011)
Indonesia: JAKARTA (capital) 9.769 million; Surabaya 2.787 million; Bandung 2.429 million; Medan 2.118 million; Semarang 1.573 million; Palembang 1.455 million (2011)
Iran: TEHRAN (capital) 7.304 million; Mashhad 2.713 million; Esfahan 1.781 million; Karaj 1.635 million; Tabriz 1.509 million; Shiraz 1.321 million (2011)
Iraq: BAGHDAD (capital) 6.036 million; Mosul 1.494 million; Erbil 1.039 million; Basra 942,000; As Sulaymaniyah 867,000; Najaf 779,000 (2011)
Ireland: DUBLIN (capital) 1.121 million (2011)
Isle of Man: DOUGLAS (capital) 27,000 (2011)
Israel: Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.381 million; Haifa 1.054 million; JERUSALEM (capital) 791,000 (2009)
Italy: ROME (capital) 3.298 million; Milan 2.909 million; Naples 2.373 million; Turin 1.613 million; Palermo 915,000; Bergamo 784,000 (2011)

J

Jamaica: KINGSTON (capital) 571,000 (2011)
Japan: TOKYO (capital) 37.217 million; Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
Jordan: AMMAN (capital) 1.179 million (2011)

K

Kazakhstan: Almaty 1.426 million; ASTANA (capital) 664,000 (2011)
Kenya: NAIROBI (capital) 3.363 million; Mombassa 972,000 (2011)
Kiribati: TARAWA (capital) 44,000 (2011)
Korea, North: PYONGYANG (capital) 2.843 million (2011)
Korea, South: SEOUL (capital) 9.736 million; Busan (Pusan) 3.372 million; Incheon (Inch'on) 2.622 million; Daegu (Taegu) 2.447 million; Daejon (Taejon) 1.538 million; Gwangju (Kwangju) 1.503 million (2011)
Kuwait: KUWAIT (capital) 2.406 million (2011)
Kyrgyzstan: BISHKEK (capital) 839,000 (2011)

L

Laos: VIENTIANE (capital) 810,000 (2011)
Latvia: RIGA (capital) 701,000 (2011)
Lebanon: BEIRUT (capital) 2.022 million (2011)
Lesotho: MASERU (capital) 239,000 (2011)
Liberia: MONROVIA (capital) 750,000 (2011)
Libya: TRIPOLI (capital) 1.127 million (2011)
Liechtenstein: VADUZ (capital) 5,000 (2011)
Lithuania: VILNIUS (capital) 546,000 (2011)
Luxembourg: LUXEMBOURG (capital) 94,000 (2011)

M

Macedonia: SKOPJE (capital) 499,000 (2011)
Madagascar: ANTANANARIVO (capital) 1.987 million (2011)
Malawi: LILONGWE (capital) 772,000 (2011)
Malaysia: KUALA LUMPUR (capital) 1.556 million; Klang 1.19 million; Johor Bahru 1.045 million (2011)
Maldives: MALE (capital) 132,000 (2011)
Mali: BAMAKO (capital) 2.037 million (2011)
Malta: VALLETTA (capital) 198,000 (2011)
Marshall Islands: MAJURO (capital) 31,000 (2011)
Mauritania: NOUAKCHOTT (capital) 786,000 (2011)
Mauritius: PORT LOUIS (capital) 151,000 (2011)
Mexico: MEXICO CITY (capital) 20.446 million; Guadalajara 4.525 million; Monterrey 4.213 million; Puebla 2.335 million; Tijuana 1.82 million; Toluca de Lerdo 1.748 million (2011)
Micronesia, Federated States of: PALIKIR (capital) 7,000 (2011)
Moldova: CHISINAU (capital) 677,000 (2011)
Mongolia: ULAANBAATAR (capital) 1.184 million (2011)
Montenegro: PODGORICA (capital) 156,000 (2011)
Morocco: Casablanca 3.046 million; RABAT (capital) 1.843 million; Fes 1.088 million; Marrakech 939,000; Tangier 810,000; Agadir 805,000 (2011)
Mozambique: MAPUTO (capital) 1.15 million; Matola 790,000 (2011)

N

Namibia: WINDHOEK (capital) 380,000 (2011)
Nepal: KATHMANDU (capital) 1.015 million (2011)
Netherlands: AMSTERDAM (capital) 1.056 million; Rotterdam 1.014 million; The Hague (seat of government) 635,000 (2011)
New Caledonia: NOUMEA (capital) 157,000 (2011)
New Zealand: Auckland 1.452 million; WELLINGTON (capital) 410,000 (2011)
Nicaragua: MANAGUA (capital) 970,000 (2011)
Niger: NIAMEY (capital) 1.297 million (2011)
Nigeria: Lagos 11.223 million; Kano 3.375 million; Ibadan 2.949 million; ABUJA (capital) 2.153 million; Port Harcourt 1.894 million; Kaduna 1.524 million (2011)
Northern Mariana Islands: SAIPAN (capital) 56,000 (2011)
Norway: OSLO (capital) 915,000 (2011)

O

Oman: MUSCAT (capital) 743,000 (2011)

P

Pakistan: Karachi 13.876 million; Lahore 7.566 million; Faisalabad 3.038 million; Rawalpindi 2.164 million; Multan 1.775 million; ISLAMABAD (capital) 919,000 (2011)
Palau: MELEKEOK (capital) 1,000 (2011)
Panama: PANAMA CITY (capital) 1.426 million (2011)
Papua New Guinea: PORT MORESBY (capital) 343,000 (2011)
Paraguay: ASUNCION (capital) 2.139 million (2011)
Peru: LIMA (capital) 9.13 million; Arequipa 804,000 (2011)
Philippines: MANILA (capital) 11.862 million; Davao 1.565 million; Cebu City 855,000; Zamboanga 884,000 (2011)
Poland: WARSAW (capital) 1.723 million; Krakow 756,000 (2011)
Portugal: LISBON (capital) 2.843 million; Porto 1.367 million (2011)
Puerto Rico: SAN JUAN (capital) 2.475 million (2011)

Q

Qatar: DOHA (capital) 567,000 (2011)

R

Romania: BUCHAREST (capital) 1.937 million (2011)
Russia: MOSCOW (capital) 11.621 million; Saint Petersburg 4.866 million; Novosibirsk 1.478 million; Yekaterinburg 1.355 million; Nizhniy Novgorod 1.245 million; Samara 1.166 million (2011)
Rwanda: KIGALI (capital) 1.004 million (2011)

S

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha: JAMESTOWN (capital) 1,000 (2011)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: BASSETERRE (capital) 12,000 (2011)
Saint Lucia: CASTRIES (capital) 21,000 (2011)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: SAINT-PIERRE (capital) 5,000 (2011)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: KINGSTOWN (capital) 31,000 (2011)
Samoa: APIA (capital) 37,000 (2011)
Sao Tome and Principe: SAO TOME (capital) 64,000 (2011)
Saudi Arabia: RIYADH (capital) 5.451 million; Jeddah 3.578 million; Mecca 1.591 million; Medina 1.142 million; Ad Dammam 941,000 (2011)
Senegal: DAKAR (capital) 3.035 million (2011)
Serbia: BELGRADE (capital) 1.135 million (2011)
Seychelles: VICTORIA (capital) 27,000 (2011)
Sierra Leone: FREETOWN (capital) 941,000 (2011)
Slovakia: BRATISLAVA (capital) 434,000 (2011)
Slovenia: LJUBLJANA (capital) 273,000 (2011)
Solomon Islands: HONIARA (capital) 68,000 (2011)
Somalia: MOGADISHU (capital) 1.554 million (2011)
South Africa: Johannesburg 3.844 million; Cape Town (legislative capital) 3.562 million; Ekurhuleni (East Rand) 3.357 million; Durban 3.012 million; PRETORIA (capital) 1.501 million; Vereeniging 1.2 million; Bloemfontein (judicial capital) 468,000 (2011)
South Sudan: JUBA (capital) 269,000 (2011)
Spain: MADRID (capital) 6.574 million; Barcelona 5.57 million; Valencia 797,000 (2011)
Sri Lanka: COLOMBO (capital) 693,000; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 126,000 (2011)
Sudan: KHARTOUM (capital) 4.632 million (2011)
Suriname: PARAMARIBO (capital) 278,000 (2011)
Swaziland: MBABANE (capital) 66,000 (2011)
Sweden: STOCKHOLM (capital) 1.385 million (2011)
Switzerland: Zurich 1.194 million; BERN (capital) 353,000 (2011)
Syria: Aleppo 3.164 million; DAMASCUS (capital) 2.65 million; Hims 1.369 million; Hamah 933,000 (2011)

T

Tajikistan: DUSHANBE (capital) 739,000 (2011)
Tanzania: DAR ES SALAAM (capital) 3.588 million (2011)
Thailand: BANGKOK (capital) 8.426 million; Samut Prakan 1.212 million (2011)
Timor-Leste: DILI (capital) 180,000 (2011)
Togo: LOME (capital) 1.524 million (2011)
Tonga: NUKU'ALOFA 25,000 (2011)
Trinidad and Tobago: PORT-OF-SPAIN (capital) 66,000 (2011)
Tunisia: TUNIS (capital) 790,000 (2011)
Turkey: Istanbul 11.253 million; ANKARA (capital) 4.194 million; Izmir 2.927 million; Bursa 1.713 million; Adana 1.468 million; Gaziantep 1.198 million (2011)
Turkmenistan: ASHGABAT (capital) 683,000 (2011)
Turks and Caicos Islands: GRAND TURK (capital) 7,000 (2011)
Tuvalu: FUNAFUTI (capital) 5,000 (2011)

U

Uganda: KAMPALA (capital) 1.659 million (2011)
Ukraine: KYIV (capital) 2.829 million; Kharkiv 1.451 million; Dnipropetrovsk 994,000; Odesa 1.01 million; Donetsk 959,000; Zaporizhzhya 771,000 (2011)
United Arab Emirates: ABU DHABI (capital) 942,000; Dubai 1.978 million; Sharjah 983,000 (2011)
United Kingdom: LONDON (capital) 9.005 million; Birmingham 2.272 million; Manchester 2.213 million; West Yorkshire 1.625 million; Glasgow 1.137 million; Newcastle upon Tyne 874,000 (2011)
United States: New York-Newark 20.352 million; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 13.395 million; Chicago 9.676 million; Miami 6.061 million; Philadelphia 5.927 million; WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) 4.705 million (2011)
Uruguay: MONTEVIDEO (capital) 1.672 million (2011)
Uzbekistan: TASHKENT (capital) 2.227 million (2011)

V

Vanuatu: PORT-VILA (capital) 47,000 (2011)
Venezuela: CARACAS (capital) 3.242 million; Maracaibo 2.31 million; Valencia 1.866 million; Barquisimeto 1.245 million; Maracay 1.115 million; Ciudad Guayana 799,000 (2011)
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City 6.405 million; HANOI (capital) 2.955 million; Haiphong 925,000; Da Nang 834,000 (2011)
Virgin Islands: CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) 60,000 (2011)

W

Wallis and Futuna: MATA-UTU (capital) 1,000 (2011)
Western Sahara: Laayoune 237,000 (2011)

X

Y

Yemen: SANAA (capital) 2.419 million; Aden 784,000 (2011)

Z

Zambia: LUSAKA (capital) 1.802 million (2011)
Zimbabwe: HARARE (capital) 1.542 million (2011)