List of national capitals by area

This is a list of 'national capitals, ordered according to total area'. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics. The area of the capital city only includes the area occupied by the city and not the wider urban/metropolitan district or administrative division created solely for the city.

List

Rank	Country/Territory	Capital	Area
			(km2)	(sq mi)
1	China	Beijing[1]	16,410.5	6,336
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	9,965	3,848
3	Myanmar	Naypyidaw[2]	7,054	2,724
4	Brazil	Brasília	5,802	2,240
5	Namibia	Windhoek	5,133	1,982
6	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	4,704.4	1,816.3
7	Turkey	Ankara	4,130.2	1,594
8	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Vientiane	3,920	1,510
9	Oman	Muscat	3,500	1,400
10	Vietnam	Hanoi	3,358.6	1,296.8
11	Egypt	Cairo	3,085.12	1,191.17
12	Canada	Ottawa	2,970.30	1,077.34
13	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong	2,754.97	1,063.70
14	Peru	Lima	2,672.3	1,031.8
15	Tanzania[3]	Dodoma (official and legislative capital)	2,576	995
16	Russia	Moscow	2,561.4	989
17	South Africa[3]	Cape Town (legislative capital)	2,461	950
18	Japan	Tokyo	2,194.07[4]	847.14[4]
19	Azerbaijan	Baku	2,140	830
20	Panama	Panama City	2,082	804
21	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	2,075	801
22	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	1,973	76
23	Bolivia[3]	Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital)	1,768	683
24	Jordan	Amman	1,680	650
25	Colombia	Bogotá	1587	613
26	United Kingdom	London	1,572	607
27	Thailand	Bangkok	1,568.737	605.693
28	Libya	Tripoli	1,507	582
29	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	1,502	580
	Honduras[3]	Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital)	1,502	580
31	Mexico	Mexico City	1,485	573
32	Nigeria	Abuja	1,476	570
33	Italy	Rome	1,287.36	497.05
34	Albania	Tirana	1,110	430
35	Mauritania	Nouakchott	1,000	400
36	Guatemala	Guatemala City	997	385
37	Zimbabwe	Harare	982.3	379.3
38	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	972	375
39	Germany	Berlin	891.3	344.1
40	Kuwait	Kuwait City	860	330
41	Ukraine	Kyiv	839	324
42	North Korea	Pyongyang	829.1	320.1
43	Australia	Canberra	814.2	314.4
44	Kazakhstan	Astana	810.2	312.8
45	Yemen[3]	Aden (temporary capital)[5]	760	290
46	Singapore		735.7	284.1
47	Rwanda	Kigali	730	280
48	Cuba	Havana	728.26	281.18
49	Malawi	Lilongwe	727.79	281.00
50	Finland	Helsinki	715.48	276.25
51	Kenya	Nairobi	696.1	268.8
52	South Africa[3]	Pretoria (administrative and executive capital)	687.54	265.46
53	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	679	262
54	Iraq	Baghdad	673	260
55	Indonesia	Jakarta	660.982	255.207
56	Croatia	Zagreb	641.2	247.6
57	Chile[3]	Santiago (official)	641	247.6
58	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	631.29	243.74
59	Iran	Tehran	615	237
60	South Korea	Seoul	605.21	233.67
61	Spain	Madrid	604.31	233.33
62	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	588	227
63	North Macedonia	Skopje	571.46	220.64
64	Niger	Niamey	552.27	213.23
65	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	527	203
66	Hungary	Budapest	525.2	202.8
67	Kosovo	Prishtina	523.13	201.98
68	Poland	Warsaw	517.24	199.71
69	Georgia	Tbilisi	504.3	194.7
70	Bulgaria	Sofia	500	200
71	Czech Republic	Prague	496.21	191.59
72	Norway	Oslo	480	190
73	Bolivia[3]	La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies)	472	182
74	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	470	180
75	Guinea	Conakry	450	170
76	Venezuela	Caracas	433	167
77	Austria	Vienna	414.78	160.15
78	Belarus	Minsk	409.53	158.12
79	Lithuania	Vilnius	401	155
80	Serbia	Belgrade	389.12	150.24
81	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	386	149
82	Afghanistan	Kabul	381.3	147.9
83	Somalia	Mogadishu	370	140
84	Slovakia	Bratislava	367.584	141.925
85	Algeria	Algiers	363	140
86	Zambia	Lusaka	360	140
87	Mozambique	Maputo	347.69	134.24
88	Sudan	Khartoum	322.7	124.6
89	Bangladesh	Dhaka	306	118
90	Latvia	Riga	304[6]	117.375[citation needed]
91	New Zealand	Wellington	289.91	111.93
92	Slovenia	Ljubljana	274.99	170.87
93	Republic of China	Taipei	271.80	104.94
94	Nicaragua	Managua	267	103
95	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3]	Laayoune (declared capital)	247.8	95.68
96	Mali	Bamako	245.0	94.6
97	Iceland	Reykjavík	244	94
98	Malaysia[3]	Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature)	243	94
99	Romania	Bucharest	240	92.28
100	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	240	90
101	South Africa	Bloemfontein (judicial capital)	236.17	91.19
102	Armenia	Yerevan	223	86
103	Pakistan	Islamabad	220.15	85
104	Netherlands	Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands)	219.32	84.68
105	Tunisia	Tunis	212	82
106	Argentina	Buenos Aires	205.9	79.5
107	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	203	78
108	Uruguay	Montevideo	201	77.5
109	Bahamas	Nassau	200	80
	Djibouti	Djibouti City	200	80
111	Puerto Rico (United States)	San Juan	199	77.0
112	Ecuador	Quito	197.5	76.3
113	Liberia	Monrovia	194.25	75
114	Uganda	Kampala	189[citation needed]	73[citation needed]
115	Sweden	Stockholm	188	72.5
116	Suriname	Paramaribo	182	70.27
117	Cameroon	Yaoundé	180[citation needed]	70[citation needed]
118	East Timor	Dili	178.62	68.97
119	United States	Washington, D.C.	177.0	68.35
120	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	Tórshavn	173	67
121	Botswana	Gaborone	169	65.25
122	Belgium	Brussels	162.42	62.71
123	Estonia	Tallinn	159.2	61.5
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	141.5	54.6
125	Lesotho	Maseru	137.5	53.1
126	Qatar	Doha	132	51
127	Yemen[3]	Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis)[5]	126	49
128	Israel	Jerusalem[7][8]	125.126	48.323
129	Samoa	Apia	123.81	47.8
130	Moldova	Chișinău	123	47
131	Macau (China)	Macau	119.3	46.1
132	Northern Mariana Islands (United States)	Saipan	118.98	45.94
133	Ireland	Dublin	117.8	45.5
134	Paraguay	Asunción	117	45.2
135	Morocco	Rabat	117[citation needed]	45.17[citation needed]
136	Angola	Luanda	116	45
137	Benin[3]	Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital)	110[citation needed]	40
138	Montenegro[3]	Podgorica (official capital)	108	42
139	France	Paris	105.4	40.7
140	Syria	Damascus	105	41
141	Chad	N'Djamena	104[citation needed]	40[citation needed]
142	Cape Verde	Praia	102.6	39.6
143	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	100.36	38.75
144	Portugal	Lisbon	100.05	38.63
145	Togo	Lomé	99.14[citation needed]	38.28[citation needed]
146	Netherlands[3]	The Hague (seat of government)	98.13	37.89
147	Northern Cyprus	North Nicosia	92.8	35.8
148	Denmark	Copenhagen	90.01	34.75
149	Madagascar	Antananarivo	85	33
150	Sierra Leone	Freetown	82.48	31.85
151	Eswatini[3]	Mbabane (administrative capital)	81.76	31.57
152	Senegal	Dakar	79.83	30.82
153	Saint Lucia	Castries	79[citation needed]	30.5[citation needed]
154	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	77.5	29.9
155	El Salvador	San Salvador	72.25[citation needed]	27.90[citation needed]
156	Guyana	Georgetown	70[citation needed]	30
157	Central African Republic	Bangui	67	26
158	Gabon	Libreville	65.42[citation needed]	25.26[citation needed]
159	Transnistria	Tiraspol	55.56[citation needed]	21.45[citation needed]
160	South Sudan	Juba	52[citation needed]	20[citation needed]
161	Switzerland[9]	Bern (de facto)	51.62	19.93
162	Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	51.46	19.87
163	Nepal	Kathmandu	49.45	19.09
164	Greenland (Denmark)	Nuuk	49	18.8
165	Malaysia[3]	Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital)	49	19
166	Mauritius	Port Louis	46.7	18.0
167	Niue (New Zealand)	Alofi	46.48[citation needed]	17.95[citation needed]
168	New Caledonia (France)	Nouméa	45.7[citation needed]	17.6[citation needed]
169	Eritrea	Asmara	45[citation needed]	17
170	Costa Rica	San José	44.62	17.23
171	India	New Delhi	42.7	16.5
172	Philippines	Manila	42.34	16.35
173	Barbados	Bridgetown	40[citation needed]	15
174	Greece	Athens	38.964	15.044
175	Sri Lanka[3]	Colombo (executive and judicial capital)	37.31	14.41
176	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	36.04	13.92
177	Belize	Belmopan	32.78	12.66
178	Kiribati	Tarawa	31.02	11.98
179	Bahrain	Manama	30[citation needed]	10
	Comoros	Moroni	30[citation needed]	10
181	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	George Town	29[citation needed]	11[citation needed]
182	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	Avarua	28	11
183	Fiji	Suva	26.24
184	Bhutan	Thimphu	26.1[citation needed]	10.1[citation needed]
185	Jamaica	Kingston	25	10
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	Saint Pierre	25[citation needed]	10
187	Vanuatu	Port Vila	23.6[citation needed]	9.1[citation needed]
188	Aruba (Netherlands)	Oranjestad	23	9
189	Burundi	Gitega	22[citation needed]	8
	Solomon Islands	Honiara	22	8
191	Collectivity of Saint Martin (France)	Marigot	21.6[10]
192	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	21[citation needed]	8
193	Åland (Finland)	Mariehamn	20.75[citation needed]	8.01[citation needed]
194	Ghana	Accra	20.4	7.9
195	Seychelles	Victoria	20.1[citation needed]	7.8[citation needed]
196	Cyprus	Nicosia	20.08	7.75
197	Lebanon	Beirut	19	7
198	French Polynesia (France)	Papeete	17.4	6.7
199	Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)	Cockburn Town	17.39	6.71
200	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	17.28	6.67
201	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	17[citation needed]	7
	Sri Lanka[3]	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)	17[citation needed]	7
203	Palestine	Ramallah (de facto)	16.3	6.3
204	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	12	5
	The Gambia	Banjul	12[citation needed]	5[citation needed]
	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	12	5
207	Maldives	Malé	11.22	4.33
208	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	Douglas	11	4.1
209	Jersey (United Kingdom)	Saint Helier	10.6	4.1
210	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	10	4
211	Marshall Islands	Majuro	9.7	3.7
212	American Samoa (United States)	Pago Pago	8.85	3.42
213	San Marino	City of San Marino	7.09	2.74
214	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	Gibraltar	6.8	2.6
215	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Tifariti (temporary capital)	6.78	2.62
216	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	Saint Peter Port	6.5	2.5
217	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	West Island	6.23	2.41
218	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	6.1	2.5
219	Dominica	Roseau	5.4	2.1
220	Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)	Adamstown	4.6	1.8
221	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)	Jamestown	3.6	1.4
222	Saint Barthélemy (France)	Gustavia	3.4	1.3
223	United States Virgin Islands (United States)	Charlotte Amalie	3.14	1.213
224	Guam (United States)	Hagåtña	3	1
225	Tuvalu	Funafuti	2.79	1.08
226	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	The Valley	2.72	1.05
227	Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)	Stanley	2.5	1.0
228	Monaco	Monaco	2.08	0.80
229	Nauru	Yaren (de facto)[11]	1.5	0.6
230	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	Hamilton	0.7	0.28
231	Malta	Valletta	0.61	0.24
232	Vatican City	Vatican City	0.49	0.19
233	Palau	Ngerulmud	0.45	0.17
	Grenada	Saint George's	n/a	n/a
	Montserrat (United Kingdom)[3]	Brades (de facto)[12]	n/a	n/a
	Norfolk Island (Australia)	Kingston (de facto)	n/a	n/a
	Wallis and Futuna (France)	Mata-Utu	n/a	n/a
	British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	Road Town	n/a	n/a
	Christmas Island (Australia)	Flying Fish Cove	n/a	n/a
	Eswatini[3]	Lobamba (legislative and royal capital)	n/a	n/a
	Micronesia	Palikir	n/a	n/a