# List of national capitals in East, South, and Southeast Asia

This is a list of East, South, and Southeast Asian capitals.

## East Asia

| Name | Country | Population | Mayor or governor or president |
| Beijing | China | 21,542,000 (2018, municipality) | Yin Yong |
| Pyongyang | North Korea | 2,870,000 (2016) | Kim Su-gil |
| Seoul | South Korea | 9,963,000 (2020) | Oh Se-hoon |
| Taipei | Taiwan | 2,646,000 (2019) Metropolitan: 8,535,000 (2019) | Chiang Wan-an |
| Tokyo | Japan | 13,929,300 (2019) Metropolitan: 27,140,000 (2019) | Yuriko Koike |
| Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 1,372,000 (2013) | Khishgeegiin Nyambaatar |

## South Asia

| Name | Nation | Population | Mayor or governor |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh | 6,594,962 (2013) | North Dhaka: Atiqul Islam South Dhaka: Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh |
| Islamabad | Pakistan | 1,330,000 (2011) | Vacant |
| Kabul | Afghanistan | 3,895,000 (2011) | Hamdullah Nomani |
| Kathmandu | Nepal | 822,930 | Balen Shah |
| Malé | Maldives | 81,647 | Adam Azim |
| New Delhi | India | 16,321,883 | Shelly Oberoi |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (administrative capital)Colombo (commercial capital) | Sri Lanka | 5,648,000 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte : Madhura Vithanage Colombo : Vacant |
| Thimphu | Bhutan | 50,000 | Ugyen Dorji |

## Southeast Asia

| Name | Nation | Population | Mayor or governor |
| Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | 64,526 (1997) | Amir Azman Haji Abdul Rahman |
| Bangkok | Thailand | 8,305,200 (2019) Metropolitan: 14,626,200 (2019) | Chadchart Sittipunt |
| Dili | Timor-Leste | 222,323 (2015) Metropolitan: 234,331 (2015) | Gregório da Cunha Saldanha |
| Hanoi | Vietnam | 3,642,100 (2019) Metropolitan: 16,100,000 (2019) | Đinh Tiến Dũng |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | 10,565,800 (2015)) Metropolitan: 31,689,500 (2015) | Heru Budi Hartono (Acting) |
| Kuala Lumpur (official), Putrajaya (Federal Administrative center) | Malaysia | City: 1,790,000 (2017) Metropolitan: 7,969,700 (2017) | Kuala Lumpur : Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh Putrajaya : Fadlun Mak Ujud |
| Manila | Philippines | City: 14,962,000 (2022) Metropolitan: 27,342,891 (2022) | Honey Lacuna |
| Naypyidaw | Myanmar | 683,000 (2022) | Myo Aung |
| Phnom Penh | Cambodia | City: 2,129,300 (2019) | Khuong Sreng |
| Singapore | Singapore | 5,896,686 (2021) | N/A |
| Vientiane | Laos | City: 249,800 (2015) Metropolitan: 820,900 (2015) | Athsphangthong Siphandone |
vteCapitals of Asia :
Dependent territories and states with limited recognition are in italics :
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Astana, Kazakhstan
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
East Asia
Beijing, China
Pyongyang, North Korea
Seoul, South Korea
Taipei, Taiwan
Tokyo, Japan
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
North Asia
Moscow, Russia
Camp Thunder Cove, BIOT (UK) *
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Islamabad, Pakistan
Kabul, Afghanistan
Kathmandu, Nepal
Malé, Maldives
New Delhi, India
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka
Thimphu, Bhutan
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Bangkok, Thailand
Dili, East Timor
Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island (Australia)
Hanoi, Vietnam
Jakarta, Indonesia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Manila, Philippines
Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Singapore
Vientiane, Laos
West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Amman, Jordan
Ankara, Turkey
Baghdad, Iraq
Baku, Azerbaijan
Beirut, Lebanon
Damascus, Syria
Doha, Qatar
Episkopi Cantonment, Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)
Jerusalem, Israel *
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Manama, Bahrain
Muscat, Oman
Nicosia, Cyprus
North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus *
Ramallah, Palestine (de facto) *
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sanaa, Yemen
Sokhumi, Abkhazia *
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tehran, Iran
Tskhinvali, South Ossetia *
Yerevan, Armenia :
* Disputed. See: Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute, Cyprus dispute, Status of Jerusalem, Abkhaz-Georgian conflict and Georgian-Ossetian conflict :