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List of national capitals by population

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This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population. The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district.

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  • Note: links for each location marked by an asterisk (*) go to the relevant list of cities. Where a list of cities is not available, the links go to the article on the country.

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Country / dependency || Capital || Population || % of
country|| Source
{{flagg|us*eft|China|pref=Cities of}}

| Beijing

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|21542000|{{UN population|China}}}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2018/indexeh.htm|title=China Statistical Yearbook 2018|website=www.stats.gov.cn|access-date=2019-07-24}} 2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Japan|pref=Cities of}}

| Tokyo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|14094034|{{UN population|Japan}}}}{{cite web |title=Current Population Estimates as of August 1, 2023|url=https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/jsuikei/js-index.htm|access-date=2023-08-05}} 2023
{{flagg|us*eft|Russia|pref=Cities of}}

| Moscow

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|13104177|{{UN population|Russia}}}}{{cite web |title=100 Крупнейших городов России по населению 2021 список РФ|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/chisl_MO_Site_01-01-2023.xlsx|publisher=Federal State Statistics Service of Russia|language=ru|access-date=2023-08-04}} 2023
{{flagg|us*eft|Democratic Republic of the Congo|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Kinshasa

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|12691000|{{UN population|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}}}{{cite web|url=http://ins.mkbco.pro/Publications/Publications-Annuelles/Annuaires/id/37/annuaires-statistiques|title=Annuaire Statistique RDC 2017 (in French)|access-date=June 14, 2020}} 2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Indonesia|pref=Cities of}}

| Jakarta

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|10562088|{{UN population|Indonesia}}}}{{cite web |title=Number of Population Results SP2020 by Region and Gender (People), 2020|url=https://www.bps.go.id/indicator/12/2131/1/number-of-population-results-sp2020-by-region-and-gender.html|publisher=Statistics Indonesia|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Peru|pref=Cities of}}

| Lima

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|10151000|{{UN population|Peru}}}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib1911/libro.pdf|title=Situación de la Población Peruana: Una mirada hacia los jóvenes 2023|publisher=INEI - Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática|language=es|access-date=24 November 2023}} 2023
{{flagg|us*eft|Egypt|pref=Cities of}}

| Cairo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|10107125|{{UN population|Egypt}}}}{{cite web |title=Current Population|url=https://www.capmas.gov.eg/HomePage.aspx|publisher=Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics|language=es|access-date=2022-03-09}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|South Korea|pref=Cities of}}

| Seoul

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|9508451|{{UN population|South Korea}}}}{{cite web |title=행정구역(읍면동)별/5세별 주민등록인구|url=https://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1B04005N&conn_path=I2|publisher=Statistics Korea|language=ko|access-date=2022-03-11}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Mexico|pref=Cities of}}

| Mexico City

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|9209944|{{UN population|Mexico}}}}{{cite web |title=México en Cifras| date=January 2016 |url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/areasgeograficas/?ag=09|publisher=National Institute of Statistics and Geography|language=es|access-date=2022-03-09}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|United Kingdom|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| London

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|9002488|{{UN population|United Kingdom}}}}{{cite web |title=Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland|publisher=Office for National Statistics|date=2021-06-25|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Bangladesh|pref=Cities of}}

| Dhaka

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|8906039|{{UN population|Bangladesh}}}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/National%20Reports/Union%20Statistics.pdf|title=Population & Housing Census-2011|publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics|page=41|access-date=20 October 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044832/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/National%20Reports/Union%20Statistics.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2015}} 2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Iran|pref=Cities of}}

| Tehran

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|8693706|{{UN population|Iran}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Thailand|pref=Cities of}}

| Bangkok

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|8305218|{{UN population|Thailand}}}}{{cite web|url=http://popcensus.nso.go.th/upload/popcensus-08-08-55-E.pdf|title=Table 1: Number of population and sex ratio (males per 100 females) by region, province and area|publisher=National Statistics Office of the Kingdom of Thailand|access-date=21 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501184202/http://popcensus.nso.go.th/upload/popcensus-08-08-55-E.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2016|url-status=dead}} 2010
{{flagg|us*eft|Vietnam|pref=Cities of}}

| Hanoi

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|8053663|{{UN population|Vietnam}}}}{{cite book | author = General Statistics Office of Vietnam | year = 2019 | url = https://www.gso.gov.vn/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ket-qua-toan-bo-Tong-dieu-tra-dan-so-va-nha-o-2019.pdf | title = "Completed Results of the 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census" | publisher = Statistical Publishing House (Vietnam) | isbn= 978-604-75-1532-5 }} 2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Iraq|pref=Cities of}}

| Baghdad

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|7682136|{{UN population|Iraq}}}}{{cite web |title=الرئيسيةالمؤشرات الديمغرافية والسكانية|url=http://cosit.gov.iq/ar/2013-01-31-08-43-38|publisher=Central organization for statistics and information technology|language=ar|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Saudi Arabia|pref=Cities of}}

| Riyadh

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|7676654|{{UN population|Saudi Arabia}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Hong Kong|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(China)}}

| Hong Kong

7,534,200100%{{cite web |title=Home Page|url=https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/|publisher=The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Census and Statistics Department|access-date=2025-04-17}} 2024
{{flagg|us*eft|Colombia|pref=Cities of}}

| Bogotá

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|7181469|{{UN population|Colombia}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sdp.gov.co/portal/page/portal/PortalSDP/Informaci%F3nTomaDecisiones/Estadisticas/RelojDePoblacion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113628/http://www.sdp.gov.co/portal/page/portal/PortalSDP/Informaci%F3nTomaDecisiones/Estadisticas/RelojDePoblacion|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2013|title=Reloj de Poblacion|publisher=secretaria distrital de planeacion (SDP)|language=es|access-date=21 December 2012}} 2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Chile|pref=Cities of}}

| Santiago

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|6310000|{{UN population|Chile}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/demografia_y_vitales/proyecciones/DatProv/SalProvUsuarios-T13OK.xls|title=Santiago: Población total estimada al 30 de Junio, por sexo. 1990-2020|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Chile (INE)|language=es|access-date=5 January 2013}} 2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Turkey|pref=Cities of}}

| Ankara

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|5747325|{{UN population|Turkey}}}}{{cite web |title=The Results of Address Based Population Registration System, 2021|url=https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=The-Results-of-Address-Based-Population-Registration-System-2021-45500&dil=2|publisher=Turkish Statistical Institute|access-date=2022-03-08}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Singapore|pref=Cities of}}

| Singapore

5,917,600100%{{cite web |title=Population and Population Structure |publisher=Department of Statistics Singapore |url=https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/population-and-population-structure/latest-data|access-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116052657/https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/population-and-population-structure/latest-data |archive-date=16 November 2023}} 2023
{{flagg|us*eft|Afghanistan|pref=Cities of}}

| Kabul

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|4601789|{{UN population|Afghanistan}}}}2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Kenya|pref=Cities of}}

| Nairobi

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|4397073|{{UN population|Kenya}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Jordan|pref=Cities of}}

| Amman

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|4061150|{{UN population|Jordan}}}}{{cite web |title=Population Estimates for The End of 2021|url=http://dosweb.dos.gov.jo/DataBank/Population_Estimares/PopulationEstimatesbyLocality.pdf|publisher=The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan-Department of Statistics|page=2|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Algeria|pref=Cities of}}

| Algiers

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|3915811|{{UN population|Algeria}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Germany|pref=Cities of}}

| Berlin

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|3677472|{{UN population|Germany}}}}{{cite web |title=Städte (Alle Gemeinden mit Stadtrecht) nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2021|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/05-staedte.html;jsessionid=93818A95338A8467A965023BE20740CB.live741|publisher=Federal Statistical Office of Germany|language=de|date=2022-10-10|access-date=2022-10-11}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Spain|pref=Cities of}}

| Madrid

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|3305408|{{UN population|Spain}}}}{{cite web |title=Official Population Figures referring to revision of Municipal Register 1 January|url=https://www.ine.es/dynt3/inebase/en/index.html?padre=517&dh=1|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Argentina|pref=Cities of}}

| Buenos Aires

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|3120612|{{UN population|Argentina}}}}{{cite web |url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2023/01/31/nuevos-datos-provisorios-del-censo-2022-argentina-tiene-46044703-habitantes/ |title=Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022: Argentina tiene 46.044.703 habitantes |publisher=Infobae |date=31 January 2023 |access-date=3 February 2023 |archive-date=19 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319233234/https://www.indec.gob.ar/ |url-status=live }} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Ethiopia|pref=Cities of}}

| Addis Ababa

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|3040740|{{UN population|Ethiopia}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=421&format=raw&Itemid=606 |title=Population Size of Towns by Sex, Region, Zone and Wereda : July 2012. |publisher=Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia |access-date=6 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330021225/http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=421&format=raw&Itemid=606 |archive-date=30 March 2013 }} 2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Kuwait|pref=Cities of}}

| Kuwait City

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2989000|{{UN population|Kuwait}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Brazil|pref=Cities of}}

| Brasília

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2982818|{{UN population|Brazil}}}}{{cite web |title=2024 Population Estimates|url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/sociais/populacao/9103-estimativas-de-populacao.html|publisher=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|year=2024|access-date=2024-12-05}} 2024
{{flagg|us*eft|Guatemala|pref=Cities of}}

| Guatemala City

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2934841|{{UN population|Guatemala}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|South Africa|pref=Cities of}}

| Pretoria

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2921488|{{UN population|South Africa}}}}{{cite web |title=Resident population on 1st January|url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1021&id=city-of-tshwane-municipality|publisher=Italian National Institute of Statistics|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Ukraine|pref=Cities of}}

| Kyiv

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2920873|{{UN population|Ukraine}}}}{{cite web |title=Population of Ukraine: Resident Population of Ukraine by Sex and Age, as of January 1, 2021|url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/popul_eng.htm|publisher=State Statistics Service of Ukraine|date=2022-01-20|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|North Korea|pref=Cities of}}

| Pyongyang

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2870000|{{UN population|North Korea}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Uzbekistan|pref=Cities of}}

| Tashkent

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2860600|{{UN population|Uzbekistan}}}}{{cite web |title=Demography: Permanent population-Total|url=https://stat.uz/en/official-statistics/demography|publisher=State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics|access-date=2022-03-08}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Italy|pref=Cities of}}

| Rome

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2761632|{{UN population|Italy}}}}{{cite web |title=Resident population on 1st January|url=http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?QueryId=19101&lang=en|publisher=Italian National Institute of Statistics|access-date=2022-10-11}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Ecuador|pref=Cities of}}

| Quito

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2800388|{{UN population|Ecuador}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Cameroon|pref=Cities of}}

| Yaoundé

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2765568|{{UN population|Cameroon}}}}{{cite web|url=https://www.populationdata.net/pays/cameroun/|title=Cameroun • Fiche pays • PopulationData.net|website=populationdata.net|date=17 March 2020 }} 2015
{{flagg|us*eft|Zambia|pref=Cities of}}

| Lusaka

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2731696|{{UN population|Zambia}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Sudan|pref=Cities of}}

| Khartoum

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2682431|{{UN population|Sudan}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Taiwan|pref=Cities of}}

| Taipei (de facto)

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2608332|{{UN population|Taiwan}}}}{{cite web |title=Number of Villages, Neighborhoods, Households and Resident Population|url=https://ws.moi.gov.tw/001/Upload/OldFile/site_stuff/321/1/month/month_en.html|publisher=Taiwan Ministry of Interior|work=Monthly Bulletin of Interior Statistics|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Yemen|pref=Cities of}}

| Sanaa

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2575347|{{UN population|Yemen}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Angola|pref=Cities of}}

| Luanda

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2571861|{{UN population|Angola}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Burkina Faso|pref=Cities of}}

| Ouagadougou

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2453496|{{UN population|Burkina Faso}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Ghana|pref=Cities of}}

| Accra

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2388000|{{UN population|Ghana}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Somalia|pref=Cities of}}

| Mogadishu

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2388000|{{UN population|Somalia}}}}2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Azerbaijan|pref=Cities of}}

| Baku

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2303100|{{UN population|Azerbaijan}}}}{{cite web |title=Population: Administrative – territorial divisions, number and structure of population|url=https://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/?lang=en|publisher=State Statistics Committee|date=2021-11-01|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Cambodia|pref=Cities of}}

| Phnom Penh

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2281951|{{UN population|Cambodia}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Venezuela|pref=Cities of}}

| Caracas

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2245744|{{UN population|Venezuela}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|France|pref=Cities of}}

| Paris

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2139907|{{UN population|France}}}}{{cite web |title=Estimation de la population au 1er janvier 2022|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1893198|publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|language=fr|date=2022-01-18|access-date=2022-03-08}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Cuba|pref=Cities of}}

| Havana

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2132183|{{UN population|Cuba}}}}{{cite web |title=Estudios y Datos de la Población. Cuba y sus Territorios. Enero–Diciembre 2019|url=http://www.onei.gob.cu/sites/default/files/estudios_y_datos_2020.pdf|publisher=La Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información|page=11|language=es|date=2021-07-16|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Zimbabwe|pref=Cities of}}

| Harare

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2123132|{{UN population|Zimbabwe}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Syria|pref=Cities of}}

| Damascus

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2079000|{{UN population|Syria}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Belarus|pref=Cities of}}

| Minsk

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1996553|{{UN population|Belarus}}}}{{cite web |title=Population at the beginning of year|url=http://dataportal.belstat.gov.by/Indicators/Preview?key=144299|publisher=National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus|access-date=2022-10-11}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Austria|pref=Cities of}}

| Vienna

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1962779|{{UN population|Austria}}}}{{cite web |title=Population at beginning of year/quarter|url=https://www.statistik.at/en/statistics/population-and-society/population/population-stock/population-at-beginning-of-year/quarter|publisher=Statistics Austria|access-date=2022-10-11}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Poland|pref=Cities of}}

| Warsaw

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1863056|{{UN population|Poland}}}}{{cite web |title=Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2021. As of 31 December|url=https://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/population/population/population-size-and-structure-and-vital-statistics-in-poland-by-territorial-division-in-2021-as-of-31-december,3,31.html|publisher=Statistics Poland|date=2022-10-14|access-date=2022-10-16}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Philippines|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Manila

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1846513|{{UN population|Philippines}}}}{{cite web |title=Highlights of the National Capital Region (NCR) Population 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH)|url=https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/node/165009|publisher=Philippine Statistics Authority|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Mali|pref=Cities of}}

| Bamako

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1809106|{{UN population|Mali}}}}2009
{{flagg|us*eft|Malaysia|pref=Cities of}}

| Kuala Lumpur

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1782500|{{UN population|Malaysia}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Romania|pref=Cities of}}

| Bucharest

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1716983|{{UN population|Romania}}}}{{cite web |title=Primele date provizorii pentru Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor, runda 2021|url=https://insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/com_presa/com_pdf/cp-date-provizorii-rpl2021_0.pdf|publisher=National Institute of Statistics of Romania|page=8|language=ro|date=2022-12-30|access-date=2023-01-01}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Hungary|pref=Cities of}}

| Budapest

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1706851|{{UN population|Hungary}}}}{{cite web |title=Population by type of settlement, 1 January|url=https://www.ksh.hu/stadat_files/nep/en/nep0037.html|publisher=Hungarian Central Statistical Office|access-date=2022-10-11}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Republic of the Congo|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Brazzaville

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1696392|{{UN population|Republic of the Congo}}}}2015
{{flagg|us*eft|Serbia|pref=Cities of}}

| Belgrade

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1688667|{{UN population|Serbia}}}}{{cite web |title=Estimates of population: Municipalities and regions, 2021|url=https://www.stat.gov.rs/en-us/oblasti/stanovnistvo/procene-stanovnistva/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|page=146|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Uganda|pref=Cities of}}

| Kampala

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1680600|{{UN population|Uganda}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Guinea|pref=Cities of}}

| Conakry

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1660973|{{UN population|Guinea}}}}2014
{{flagg|us*eft|Kazakhstan|pref=Cities of}}

| Astana

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1511807|{{UN population|Kazakhstan}}}}{{cite web |title=Негізгі әлеуметтік-экономикалық көрсеткіштер|url=https://stat.gov.kz/en/region/astana/ Bureau of National Statistics|language=en|access-date=2024-11-01}} 2024
{{flagg|us*eft|Mongolia|pref=Cities of}}

| Ulaanbaatar

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1466125|{{UN population|Mongolia}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Honduras|pref=Cities of}}

| Tegucigalpa

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1444085|{{UN population|Honduras}}}}2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Senegal|pref=Cities of}}

| Dakar

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1438725|{{UN population|Senegal}}}}2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Czech Republic|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Prague

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1357326|{{UN population|Czech Republic}}}}{{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023|url=https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/population-of-municipalities-1-january-2023|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2023-05-23|access-date=2023-05-23}} 2023
{{flagg|us*eft|Niger|pref=Cities of}}

| Niamey

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1334984|{{UN population|Niger}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Uruguay|pref=Cities of}}

| Montevideo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1319108|{{UN population|Uruguay}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Bulgaria|pref=Cities of}}

| Sofia

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1307439|{{UN population|Bulgaria}}}}{{cite web |title=Population by districts, municipalities, place of residence and sex|url=https://nsi.bg/en/content/2975/population-districts-municipalities-place-residence-and-sex|publisher=National Statistical Institute|date=2021-04-12|access-date=2022-06-06}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Oman|pref=Cities of}}

| Muscat

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1294101|{{UN population|Oman}}}}{{cite web |title=Population|url=https://data.gov.om/OMPOP2016/population|publisher=National Centre for Statistics & Information|access-date=2022-03-09}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Madagascar|pref=Cities of}}

| Antananarivo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1275207|{{UN population|Madagascar}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Nigeria|pref=Cities of}}

| Abuja

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1235880|{{UN population|Nigeria}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Georgia|pref=Cities of}}

| Tbilisi

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1201769|{{UN population|Georgia}}}}{{cite web |title=Population: Population by cities and boroughs, as of 1 January|url=https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/41/population|publisher=National Statistics Office of Georgia|access-date=2022-10-11}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Mauritania|pref=Cities of}}

| Nouakchott

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1195600|{{UN population|Mauritania}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Qatar|pref=Cities of}}

| Doha

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1186023|{{UN population|Qatar}}}}{{cite web |title=Qatar Census 2020 Main Results|url=https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/census2020/Pages/default.aspx|publisher=Planning and Statistics Authority|access-date=2022-03-09}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Libya|pref=Cities of}}

| Tripoli

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1170000|{{UN population|Libya}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Myanmar|pref=Cities of}}

| Naypyidaw

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1160242|{{UN population|Myanmar}}}}2014
{{flagg|us*eft|Rwanda|pref=Cities of}}

| Kigali

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1132686|{{UN population|Rwanda}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Mozambique|pref=Cities of}}

| Maputo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1124988|{{UN population|Mozambique}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Dominican Republic|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Santo Domingo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1111838|{{UN population|Dominican Republic}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.one.gov.do/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=1477|title=Poblacion estimada y proyectada región provincia y municipio 2000-2010|publisher=Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE)|language=es|access-date=15 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624205542/http://www.one.gov.do/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=1477|archive-date=24 June 2012}} 2010
{{flagg|us*eft|Armenia|pref=Cities of}}

| Yerevan

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1096100|{{UN population|Armenia}}}}{{cite web |title=Number of De Jure Population of the Republic of Armenia as of July 1, 2021|url=https://armstat.am/en/?nid=82&id=2400|publisher=Statistical Committee of Armenia|page=3|language=hy|access-date=2022-03-08}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Kyrgyzstan|pref=Cities of}}

| Bishkek

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1074075|{{UN population|Kyrgyzstan}}}}2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Sierra Leone|pref=Cities of}}

| Freetown

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1055964|{{UN population|Sierra Leone}}}}2015
{{flagg|us*eft|Nicaragua|pref=Cities of}}

| Managua

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1055247|{{UN population|Nicaragua}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Canada|pref=Cities of}}

| Ottawa

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1017449|{{UN population|Canada}}}}{{cite web |title=Ranking of the 10 most populated municipalities, 1901 to 2021|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/dv-vd/ribbon-ruban/index-eng.cfm|publisher=Statistics Canada|date=2022-02-09|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Pakistan|pref=Cities of}}

| Islamabad

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1014825|{{UN population|Pakistan}}}}{{cite web |title=PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Pakistan-100T.html |website=PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities |publisher=citypopulation.de |access-date=4 May 2020}} 2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Liberia|pref=Cities of}}

| Monrovia

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1010970|{{UN population|Liberia}}}}2008
{{flagg|us*eft|United Arab Emirates|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Abu Dhabi

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1010092|{{UN population|United Arab Emirates}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Malawi|pref=Cities of}}

| Lilongwe

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|989318|{{UN population|Malawi}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Haiti|pref=Cities of}}

| Port-au-Prince

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|987310|{{UN population|Haiti}}}}2015
{{flagg|us*eft|Sweden|pref=Cities of}}

| Stockholm

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|978770|{{UN population|Sweden}}}}{{cite web |title=50 largest municipalities, by population|url=https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/population/population-composition/population-statistics/pong/tables-and-graphs/rank-lists-municipalities/swedens-50-largest-municipalities-2021/|publisher=Statistics Sweden|access-date=2022-03-08}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Eritrea|pref=Cities of}}

| Asmara

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|963000|{{UN population|Eritrea}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Israel|pref=Cities of}}

| Jerusalem{{efn|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{{cite book|title=Society and Settlement: Jewish Land of Israel in the Twentieth Century|last=Kellerman|first=Aharon|year=1993|publisher=State University of New York Press|isbn=978-0-7914-1295-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/societysettlemen0000kell |page=140}} and maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya (see the [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/israel/ CIA Factbook] and [https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/israel.pdf 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 [http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/IPPP/Fall97Report/negotiating_jerusalem.htm "Negotiating Jerusalem", University of Maryland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514191731/http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/IPPP/Fall97Report/negotiating_jerusalem.htm |date=2006-05-14}}). See Positions on Jerusalem for more information.}}

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|936425|{{UN population|Israel}}}}{{cite web |title=Population in the Localities 2019|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2017/population_madaf/population_madaf_2019_1.xlsx|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2022-03-09}} 2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Laos|pref=Cities of}}

| Vientiane

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|927724|{{UN population|Laos}}}}{{cite web |title=Population Estimation 2019 of Vientiane Capital|url=https://psc-vt.lsb.gov.la/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/%E0%BA%9E%E0%BA%BB%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%B7%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%87.pdf|publisher=Lao Statistics Bureau|access-date=2022-03-10}} 2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Chad|pref=Cities of}}

| N'Djamena

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|916000|{{UN population|Chad}}}}2009
{{flagg|us*eft|Netherlands|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Amsterdam

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|905234|{{UN population|Netherlands}}}}{{cite web |title=Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand|url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/37230ned/table|publisher=Statistics Netherlands|language=nl|date=2022-01-31|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Central African Republic|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Bangui

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|889231|{{UN population|Central African Republic}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Panama|pref=Cities of}}

| Panama City

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1,086,990|{{UN population|Panama}}}}2023
{{flagg|us*eft|Tajikistan|pref=Cities of}}

| Dushanbe

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|863400|{{UN population|Tajikistan}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Nepal|pref=Cities of}}

| Kathmandu

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|845767|{{UN population|Nepal}}}}{{cite web |title=Final Preliminary Report of Census 2021|url=https://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/upLoads/2022/01/Final%20Preliminary%20Report%20of%20Census%202021%20Newfinal.pdf|publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepal)|language=ne|date=January 2022}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Togo|pref=Cities of}}

| Lomé

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|837437|{{UN population|Togo}}}}2010
{{flagg|us*eft|Turkmenistan|pref=Cities of}}

| Ashgabat

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|791000|{{UN population|Turkmenistan}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Moldova|pref=Cities of}}

| Chişinău

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|779300|{{UN population|Moldova}}}}{{cite web |title=Present population by districts and cities, as of January 1, 2004–2019|url=https://statbank.statistica.md/PxWeb/pxweb/en/20%20Populatia%20si%20procesele%20demografice/20%20Populatia%20si%20procesele%20demografice__POP__POP010/POP010800reg.px/?rxid=b2ff27d7-0b96-43c9-934b-42e1a2a9a774|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Croatia|pref=Cities of}}

| Zagreb

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|769944|{{UN population|Croatia}}}}{{Croatian Census 2021|access-date=2022-03-30}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Gabon|pref=Cities of}}

| Libreville

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|703904|{{UN population|Gabon}}}}2013
{{flagg|us*eft|Norway|pref=Cities of}}

| Oslo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|697010|{{UN population|Norway}}}}{{cite web |title=Population|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/07459/tableViewLayout1/|publisher=Statistics Norway|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Macau|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(China)}}

| Macau

671,900100%{{cite web |title=Home Page|url=https://www.dsec.gov.mo/en-US/|publisher=Statistics and Census Service|access-date=2023-01-03}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|United States|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Washington, D.C.

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|670050|{{UN population|United States}}}}{{cite web |title=National Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020–2021|url=https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-national-total.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Jamaica|pref=Cities of}}

| Kingston

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|662491|{{UN population|Jamaica}}}}{{cite web |title=Population Statistics|url=https://statinja.gov.jm/Demo_SocialStats/PopulationStats.aspx|publisher=Statistical Institute of Jamaica|access-date=2022-03-08}} 2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Finland|pref=Cities of}}

| Helsinki

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|658864|{{UN population|Finland}}}}{{cite web |title=Preliminary population structure by Month, Area, Sex, Age and Information|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vamuu/statfin_vamuu_pxt_11lj.px/table/tableViewLayout1/|publisher=Statistics Finland|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Tunisia|pref=Cities of}}

| Tunis

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|638845|{{UN population|Tunisia}}}}2014
{{flagg|us*eft|Denmark|pref=Cities of}}

| Copenhagen

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|638117|{{UN population|Denmark}}}}{{cite web |title=Population 1. January by municipality, size of the city, age and sex|url=https://www.statbank.dk/20021|publisher=Statistics Denmark|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Greece|pref=Cities of}}

| Athens

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|637798|{{UN population|Greece}}}}{{cite press release |title=Census 2022 GR|url=https://elstat-outsourcers.statistics.gr/Census2022_GR.pdf|publisher=Hellenic Statistical Authority|page=41|date=2022-07-19|access-date=2022-09-12}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Latvia|pref=Cities of}}

| Riga

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|605802|{{UN population|Latvia}}}}{{cite web |title=Population number, its changes and density|url=https://stat.gov.lv/en/statistics-themes/population/population-number/247-population-number-its-changes-and-density?themeCode=IR|publisher=Central Statistical Bureau|access-date=2022-09-12}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Djibouti|pref=Cities of}}

| Djibouti City

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|604013|{{UN population|Djibouti}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Ireland|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Dublin

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|588233|{{UN population|Ireland}}}}{{cite web |title=Census of Population 2022 – Preliminary Results|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpr/censusofpopulation2022-preliminaryresults/geographicchanges/|publisher=Central Statistics Office|access-date=2023-01-20}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Morocco|pref=Cities of}}

| Rabat

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|577827|{{UN population|Morocco}}}}2014
{{flagg|us*eft|Lithuania|pref=Cities of}}

| Vilnius

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|576195|{{UN population|Lithuania}}}}{{cite web |title=Resident population as of 1 July|url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/web/guest/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=e448cca6-6efc-41ec-9541-909738fa8036#/|publisher=Department of Statistics of Lithuania|access-date=2022-09-12}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|El Salvador|pref=Cities of}}

| San Salvador

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|570459|{{UN population|El Salvador}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Albania|pref=Cities of}}

| Tirana

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|557422|{{UN population|Albania}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|North Macedonia|pref=Cities of}}

| Skopje

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|544086|{{UN population|North Macedonia}}}}{{cite book |title=Statistical Review: Population and Social Statistics|chapter=Т-06: Население во Република Македонија на 30.06.2015 година, по пол|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/Publikacii/2.4.16.10.pdf|publisher=State Statistical Office|page=14|language=mk|date=2016-07-06|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2015
{{flagg|us*eft|South Sudan|pref=Cities of}}

| Juba

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|525953|{{UN population|South Sudan}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Paraguay|pref=Cities of}}

| Asunción

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|521559|{{UN population|Paraguay}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Portugal|pref=Cities of}}

| Lisbon

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|509614|{{UN population|Portugal}}}}{{cite web |title=Resident population (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2013), Sex and Age group (By life cycles); Annual|url=https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0008272&contexto=bd&selTab=tab2|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estatística|date=2021-06-14|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Guinea-Bissau|pref=Cities of}}

| Bissau

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|492004|{{UN population|Guinea-Bissau}}}}2015
{{flagg|us*eft|Slovakia|pref=Cities of}}

| Bratislava

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|440948|{{UN population|Slovakia}}}}{{cite web |title=Obyvateľstvo a migrácia|url=https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/themes/demography/population/indicators/|publisher=Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|language=sk|date=2021-03-21|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Estonia|pref=Cities of}}

| Tallinn

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|438341|{{UN population|Estonia}}}}{{cite web |title=Tallinn city|url=https://www.stat.ee/en/find-statistics/statistics-region/harju-county/tallinn-city|publisher=Statistics Estonia|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Australia|pref=Cities of}}

| Canberra

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|431380|{{UN population|Australia}}}}{{cite web |title=Regional population|date=29 November 2021 |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/regional-population/2019-20|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Namibia|pref=Cities of}}

| Windhoek

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|431000|{{UN population|Namibia}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Tanzania|pref=Cities of}}

| Dodoma

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|410956|{{UN population|Tanzania}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Papua New Guinea|pref=Cities of}}

| Port Moresby

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|364145|{{UN population|Papua New Guinea}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Ivory Coast|pref=Cities of}}

| Yamoussoukro

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|361893|{{UN population|Ivory Coast}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Lebanon|pref=Cities of}}

| Beirut

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|361366|{{UN population|Lebanon}}}}2014
{{flagg|us*eft|Bolivia|pref=Cities of}}

| Sucre

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|360544|{{UN population|Bolivia}}}}{{cite web |title=Proyecciones de Población, Revisión 2020|url=https://www.ine.gob.bo/index.php/censos-y-proyecciones-de-poblacion-sociales/|publisher=National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia|language=es|access-date=2022-03-08}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Puerto Rico|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(US)}}

| San Juan

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|342259|{{UN population|Puerto Rico|notes={{small|(US)}}}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Costa Rica|pref=Cities of}}

| San José

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|342188|{{UN population|Costa Rica}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Lesotho|pref=Cities of}}

| Maseru

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|330760|{{UN population|Lesotho}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Cyprus|pref=Cities of}}

| Nicosia

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|326739|{{UN population|Cyprus}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Equatorial Guinea|pref=Cities of}}

| Malabo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|297000|{{UN population|Equatorial Guinea}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Slovenia|pref=Cities of}}

| Ljubljana

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|285604|{{UN population|Slovenia}}}}{{cite web |title=Population, urban settlements, Slovenia, annually|url=https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/en/Data/-/H232S.px|publisher=Statistical Office of Slovenia|access-date=2022-03-09}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|East Timor|pref=Cities of}}

| Dili

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|277279|{{UN population|East Timor}}}}{{cite web |title=Dili em números: Estatística município de Dili 2015|url=http://www.statistics.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Dili-em-Numeros-2015-.pdf|publisher=Direcção Nacional de Estatística|page=10|language=pt|access-date=2022-03-09}} 2015
{{flagg|us*eft|Bosnia and Herzegovina|pref=Cities of}}

| Sarajevo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|275524|{{UN population|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}}}2013
{{flagg|us*eft|Bahamas|pref=Cities of}}

| Nassau

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|274400|{{UN population|Bahamas}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Botswana|pref=Cities of}}

| Gaborone

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|273602|{{UN population|Botswana}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Benin|pref=Cities of}}

| Porto-Novo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|264320|{{UN population|Benin}}}}2013
{{flagg|us*eft|India|pref=Cities of}}

| New Delhi

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|249998|{{UN population|India}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Suriname|pref=Cities of}}

| Paramaribo

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|240924|{{UN population|Suriname}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Kosovo|pref=Cities of}}

| Pristina

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|227466|1585566}}{{cite web |title=Regjistrimi i popullsisë, ekonomive familjare dhe banesave në Kosovë 2024|url=https://askapi.rks-gov.net/Custom/b45ea5db-09d5-4c97-9258-9d262cd8216f.pdf|access-date=1 January 2025}} 2024
{{flagg|us*eft|SADR|name=Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic|pref=Cities of}}

| {{left}} {{nobr|Laayoune {{small|(claimed)}}
Tifariti {{small|(de facto)}}}}

| 217,732
3,000

{{n/a}}2014
{{flagg|us*eft|New Zealand|pref=Cities of}}

| Wellington

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|217000|{{UN population|New Zealand}}}}{{cite web |title=Subnational population estimates (TA, subdivision), by age and sex, at 30 June 2018–2021 (2021 boundaries)|url=https://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/wbos/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TABLECODE7979|publisher=Statistics New Zealand|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Maldives|pref=List of cities, towns and villages in|the=y}}

| Malé

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|211908|{{UN population|Maldives}}}}{{Cite web |title=Census Results Summary |url=https://census.gov.mv/2022/census-results-summary/ |access-date=30 November 2023|website=Maldives Bureau of Statistics |language=en |archive-date=1 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901163925/https://census.gov.mv/2022/census-results-summary/ |url-status=live}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Bahrain|pref=Cities of}}

| Manama

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|200000|{{UN population|Bahrain}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Montenegro|pref=Cities of}}

| Podgorica

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|190488|{{UN population|Montenegro}}}}{{cite web |title=Population estimations – Data|url=http://monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=234&pageid=48|publisher=Statistical Office of Montenegro|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Belgium|pref=Cities of}}

| Brussels

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|187686|{{UN population|Belgium}}}}{{cite web |title=Statistiques de population|url=https://www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be/fr/population/statistiques-de-population/|publisher=Identité et Affaires citoyennes|language=fr|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Cape Verde|pref=Cities of}}

| Praia

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|159050|{{UN population|Cape Verde}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Mauritius|pref=Cities of}}

| Port Louis

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|147066|{{UN population|Mauritius}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Curaçao|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(Netherlands)}}

| Willemstad

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|136660|{{UN population|Curaçao|notes={{small|(Netherlands)}}}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Luxembourg|pref=Cities of}}

| Luxembourg City

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|136208|{{UN population|Luxembourg}}}}{{Cite web |title=État de la population 2024 |url=https://www.vdl.lu/sites/default/files/media/document/Etat%20de%20la%20population%202024.pdf |website=vdl.lu |language=fr}} 2025
{{flagg|us*eft|Burundi|pref=Cities of}}

| Gitega

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|135467|{{UN population|Burundi}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Switzerland|pref=Cities of}}

| Bern (de facto)

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|134591|{{UN population|Switzerland}}}}{{cite web |title=Demographic balance of the permanent resident population by district and commune, 1991–2020|date=September 2021 |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/effectif-change/regional-distribution.assetdetail.18344390.html|publisher=Federal Statistical Office|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Transnistria|pref=Cities of}}

| Tiraspol

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|133807|347251}}2015
{{flagg|us*eft|Iceland|pref=Cities of}}

| Reykjavík

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|133262|{{UN population|Iceland}}}}{{cite web |title=Population by municipalities, sex and age 1 January 1998–2021 – Current municipalities|url=https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Ibuar/Ibuar__mannfjoldi__2_byggdir__sveitarfelog/MAN02001.px|publisher=Statistics Iceland|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Guyana|pref=Cities of}}

| Georgetown

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|118363|{{UN population|Guyana}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Bhutan|pref=Cities of}}

| Thimphu

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|114551|{{UN population|Bhutan}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Comoros|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Moroni

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|111326|{{UN population|Comoros}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Barbados|pref=Cities of}}

| Bridgetown

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|110000|{{UN population|Barbados}}}}2014
{{flagg|us*eft|Sri Lanka|pref=Cities of}}

| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|107925|{{UN population|Sri Lanka}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Brunei|pref=Cities of}}

| Bandar Seri Begawan

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|100700|{{UN population|Brunei}}}}2007
{{flagg|us*eft|Eswatini|pref=Cities of}}

| Mbabane

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|94874|{{UN population|Eswatini}}}}2010
{{flagg|us*eft|New Caledonia|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(France)}}

| Nouméa

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|94285|{{UN population|New Caledonia|notes={{small|(France)}}}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Fiji|pref=Cities of}}

| Suva

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|93970|{{UN population|Fiji}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Solomon Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Honiara

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|92344|{{UN population|Solomon Islands}}}}2021
{{flagg|us*eft|The Gambia|pref=Cities of}}

| Banjul

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|73000|{{UN population|The Gambia}}}}2013
{{flagg|us*eft|São Tomé and Príncipe|pref=Cities of}}

| São Tomé

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|71868|{{UN population|São Tomé and Príncipe}}}}2015
{{flagg|us*eft|Kiribati|pref=Cities of}}

| Tarawa

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|70480|{{UN population|Kiribati}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Vanuatu|pref=Cities of}}

| Port Vila

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|51437|{{UN population|Vanuatu}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Northern Mariana Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}} {{small|(USA)}}

| Saipan

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|47565|{{UN population|Northern Mariana Islands|notes={{small|(USA)}}}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Samoa|pref=Cities of}}

| Apia

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|41611|{{UN population|Samoa}}}}2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Palestine|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Ramallah (de facto)

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|38998|{{UN population|State of Palestine}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Monaco|pref=Cities of}}

| Monaco

38,350100%{{cite web |title=Population and employment|url=https://www.monacostatistics.mc/Population-and-employment|publisher=Monaco Statistics|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Jersey|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Saint Helier

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|37540|{{UN population|Jersey|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Trinidad and Tobago|pref=Cities of}}

| Port of Spain

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|37074|{{UN population|Trinidad and Tobago}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Cayman Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}} {{small|(UK)}}

| George Town

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|34399|{{UN population|Cayman Islands|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Gibraltar|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Gibraltar

34,003100%2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Grenada|pref=Cities of}}

| St. George's

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|33734|{{UN population|Grenada}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Aruba|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(Netherlands)}}

| Oranjestad

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|28294|{{UN population|Aruba|notes={{small|(Netherlands)}}}}}}2010
{{flagg|us*eft|Isle of Man|pref=Cities of|the=y}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Douglas

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|27938|{{UN population|Isle of Man|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Marshall Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Majuro

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|27797|{{UN population|Marshall Islands}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Tonga|pref=Cities of}}

| Nuku{{okina}}alofa

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|27600|{{UN population|Tonga}}}}2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Seychelles|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Victoria

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|26450|{{UN population|Seychelles}}}}2010
{{flagg|us*eft|French Polynesia|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(France)}}

| Papeete

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|26926|{{UN population|French Polynesia|notes={{small|(France)}}}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Andorra|pref=Cities of}}

| Andorra la Vella

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|22873|{{UN population|Andorra}}}}{{cite web |title=Population by parish|url=https://www.estadistica.ad/serveiestudis/web/banc_dades4.asp?lang=4&codi_tema=2&codi_divisio=2162&codi_subtemes=8|publisher=Department of Statistics|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Faroe Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}} {{small|(Denmark)}}

| Tórshavn

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|22738|{{UN population|Faroe Islands|notes={{small|(Denmark)}}}}}}{{cite web |title=Population|url=https://hagstova.fo/en/population/population/population|publisher=Statistics Faroe Islands|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2022
{{flagg|us*eft|Antigua and Barbuda|pref=Cities of}}

| St. John's

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|22219|{{UN population|Antigua and Barbuda}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Belize|pref=Cities of}}

| Belmopan

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|20621|{{UN population|Belize}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Saint Lucia|pref=Cities of}}

| Castries

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|20000|{{UN population|Saint Lucia}}}}2013
{{flagg|us*eft|Guernsey|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Saint Peter Port

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|18958|{{UN population|Guernsey|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Greenland|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(Denmark)}}

| Nuuk

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|18800|{{UN population|Greenland|notes={{small|(Denmark)}}}}}}2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Dominica|pref=Cities of}}

| Roseau

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|14725|{{UN population|Dominica}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|United States Virgin Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}} {{small|(US)}}

| Charlotte Amalie

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|14477|{{UN population|United States Virgin Islands|notes={{small|(US)}}}}}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Saint Kitts and Nevis|pref=Cities of}}

| Basseterre

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|14000|{{UN population|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|pref=Cities of}}

| Kingstown

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|12909|{{UN population|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|British Virgin Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Road Town

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|12603|{{UN population|British Virgin Islands|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}2012
{{flagg|us*eft|Åland|pref=Cities of|the=y}} {{small|(Finland)}}

| Mariehamn

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|11736|30129}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Federated States of Micronesia|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Palikir

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|6647|{{UN population|Federated States of Micronesia}}}}2010
{{flagg|us*eft|Tuvalu|pref=Cities of}}

| Funafuti

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|6320|{{UN population|Tuvalu}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Malta|pref=Cities of}}

| Valletta

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|5827|{{UN population|Malta}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Liechtenstein|pref=Cities of}}

| Vaduz

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|5774|{{UN population|Liechtenstein}}}}{{cite web |title=Bevölkerungsstatistik|url=https://www.llv.li/inhalt/1124/amtsstellen/bevolkerungsstatistik|publisher=Office of Statistics|language=de|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(France)}}

| Saint-Pierre

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|5394|{{UN population|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|notes={{small|(France)}}}}}}2019
{{flagg|us*eft|Cook Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}}

| Avarua

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|4906|{{UN population|Cook Islands|notes={{small|(NZ)}}}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|San Marino|pref=Cities of}}

| City of San Marino

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|4061|{{UN population|San Marino}}}}{{cite web |title=Resident Population per municipality|url=https://www.statistica.sm/on-line/en/home/statistics/population.html?Categoria=2&nodo=/on-line/en/home/statistics/population/demographic-structure.html|publisher=Office of Economic Planning, Data Processing and Statistics|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2021
{{flagg|us*eft|Turks and Caicos Islands|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Cockburn Town

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|3720|{{UN population|Turks and Caicos Islands|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|American Samoa|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(USA)}}

| Pago Pago

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|3656|{{UN population|American Samoa|notes={{small|(USA)}}}}}}2010
{{flagg|us*eft|Saint Martin|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(France)}}

| Marigot

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|3229|{{UN population|Saint Martin (French part)|notes={{small|(France)}}}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Saint Barthélemy|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(France)}}

| Gustavia

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2615|{{UN population|Saint Barthélemy|notes={{small|(France)}}}}}}2010
{{flagg|us*eft|Falkland Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Stanley

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2460|{{UN population|Falkland Islands|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Svalbard|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(Norway)}}

| Longyearbyen

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|2417|2939}}2020
{{flagg|us*eft|Sint Maarten|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(Netherlands)}}

| Philipsburg

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1894|{{UN population|Sint Maarten|notes={{small|(Netherlands)}}}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Christmas Island|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(Australia)}}

| Flying Fish Cove

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1599|1843}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Anguilla|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| The Valley

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1067|{{UN population|Anguilla|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Guam|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(US)}}

| Hagåtña

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1051|{{UN population|Guam|notes={{small|(US)}}}}}}2010
{{flagg|us*eft|Wallis and Futuna|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(France)}}

| Mata Utu

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|1029|{{UN population|Wallis and Futuna|notes={{small|(France)}}}}}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Bermuda|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Hamilton

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|854|{{UN population|Bermuda|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}{{cite web |title=2016 Population and Housing Census Report |url=https://www.gov.bm/sites/default/files/2016%20Census%20Report.pdf |publisher=Government of Bermuda, Department of Statistics |access-date=11 March 2020}} 2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Nauru|pref=Cities of}}

| Yaren (de facto)

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|747|{{UN population|Nauru}}}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Saint Helena|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Jamestown

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|629|{{UN population|Saint Helena|notes={{small|(UK)}}}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Niue|pref=Cities of}}

| Alofi

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|597|{{UN population|Niue|notes={{small|(NZ)}}}}}}2017
{{flagg|us*eft|Tokelau|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(NZ)}}

| Atafu

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|541|{{UN population|Tokelau|notes={{small|(NZ)}}}}}}2016
{{flagg|us*eft|Vatican City|pref=Cities of}}

| Vatican City

764100%{{cite web |title=Popolazione|url=https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-governo/note-generali/popolazione.html|publisher=Vatican City State|language=it|access-date=2022-02-21}} 2023
{{flagg|us*eft|Montserrat|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| {{left}} {{nobr|Brades {{small|(de facto)}}
Plymouth {{small|(de jure)}}}}

449
0		{{n/a}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Norfolk Island|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(Australia)}}

| Kingston

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|341|1748}}{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC90004|name=Norfolk Island (State Suburbs)|accessdate=20 July 2024|quick=on}} 2015
{{flagg|us*eft|Cocos (Keeling) Islands|pref=Cities of|the=y}} {{small|(Australia)}}

| West Island

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|134|544}}2011
{{flagg|us*eft|Pitcairn Islands|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| Adamstown

40100%2021
{{flagg|us*eft|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|pref=Cities of}} {{small|(UK)}}

| King Edward Point

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|22|30}}2018
{{flagg|us*eft|Palau|pref=Cities of}}

| Ngerulmud

{{n+p|disp=table|pad=1|0|{{UN population|Palau}}}}{{Citation |title=Palau |date=2024-10-15 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/palau/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}} 2020

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