# 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 | Area |
| Rank | Country/Territory | Capital | (km$^2$) | (sq mi) |
| 1 | Turkey | Ankara | 24,521 | 9,468 |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | Beijing | 16,410.5 | 6,336 |
| 3 | Myanmar (Burma) | Naypyidaw | 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 | Vietnam | Hà Nội | 3,358.6 | 1,296.8 |
| 8 | North Korea | Pyongyang | 3,194 | 1,233 |
| 9 | Egypt | Cairo | 3,085.12 | 1,191.17 |
| 10 | Canada | Ottawa | 2,970.30 | 1,077.34 |
| 11 | Peru | Lima | 2,672.3 | 1,031.8 |
| 12 | Tanzania | Dodoma (official and legislative capital) | 2,576 | 995 |
| 13 | Russia | Moscow | 2,511 | 970 |
| 14 | Japan | Tokyo | 2,194.07 | 847.14 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | Baku | 2,140 | 830 |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | Abidjan (de facto) | 2,119 | 818 |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 2,075 | 801 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 1,973 | 76 |
| 21 | Bolivia | Sucre (constitutional and judicial capital) | 1,768 | 683 |
| 22 | Jordan | Amman | 1,680 | 650 |
| 23 | United Kingdom | London | 1,572 | 607 |
| 24 | Thailand | Bangkok | 1,568.737 | 605.693 |
| 25 | Libya | Tripoli | 1,507 | 582 |
| 26 | Honduras | Tegucigalpa (de facto and official constitutional capital) and Comayagüela (official constitutional capital) | 1,502 | 580 |
| 27 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam (de facto and jurisdictional capital) | 1,493 | 576 |
| 28 | Mexico | Mexico City | 1,485 | 573 |
| 29 | Italy | Rome | 1,285 | 496.3 |
| 2 | Sudan | Khartoum | 1,010 | 390 |
| 24 | Colombia | Bogotá | 307.36 | 118.67 |
| 31 | Iran | Tehran | 615 | 237 |
| 32 | Mauritania | Nouakchott | 401 | 155 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 972 | 375 |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 960.6 | 370.9 |
| 35 | Montenegro | Cetinje (seat of President of Montenegro) | 910 | 910 |
| 36 | Germany | Berlin | 891.7 | 344.3 |
| 37 | Ukraine | Kyiv | 780 | 300 |
| 38 | Australia | Canberra | 814.2 | 314.4 |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | Astana | 722 | 278.8 |
| 41 | Yemen | Aden (temporary capital) | 760 | 290 |
| 42 | Rwanda | Kigali | 730 | 281.8 |
| 43 | Cuba | Havana | 728.26 | 281.18 |
| 44 | Malawi | Lilongwe | 727.79 | 281.00 |
| 45 | Singapore | Central Area | 17.84 | 6.89 |
| 46 | Finland | Helsinki | 715.48 | 276.25 |
| 47 | Nigeria | Abuja | 713 | 275 |
| 48 | Kenya | Nairobi | 696 | 269 |
| 49 | Greenland (Denmark) | Nuuk | 690 | 265 |
| 50 | South Africa | Pretoria (administrative and executive capital) | 687.54 | 265.46 |
| 51 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 679 | 262 |
| 52 | Iraq | Baghdad | 673 | 260 |
| 53 | Indonesia | Jakarta | 662.3 | 255.7 |
| 54 | Chile | Santiago (official) | 641 | 247.6 |
| 55 | Croatia | Zagreb | 641 | 247.6 |
| 56 | South Korea | Seoul | 605.21 | 233.67 |
| 57 | Spain | Madrid | 604.31 | 233.33 |
| 58 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 600 | 200 |
| 59 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 527 | 203 |
| 60 | Hungary | Budapest | 525.2 | 202.8 |
| 61 | Kosovo | Prishtina | 523.13 | 201.98 |
| 62 | Poland | Warsaw | 517.24 | 199.71 |
| 63 | Georgia | Tbilisi | 504.2 | 194.7 |
| 64 | Kiribati | South Tarawa | 15.76 | 6.08 |
| 65 | Czech Republic | Prague | 496 | 192 |
| 66 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 492 | 189 |
| 67 | Norway | Oslo | 480.75 | 185.62 |
| 68 | Jamaica | Kingston | 22.7 | 8.8 |
| 69 | Bolivia | La Paz (seat of national executive, legislative and electoral bodies) | 216 | 83 |
| 70 | Guinea | Conakry | 190 | 73 |
| 71 | New Zealand | Wellington | 289.91 | 111.93 |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 834 | 322 |
| 73 | Venezuela | Caracas | 433 | 167 |
| 74 | Zambia | Lusaka | 360 | 140 |
| 75 | Austria | Vienna | 414.78 | 160.15 |
| 76 | Belarus | Minsk | 409.5 | 158.1 |
| 77 | Chile | Valparaíso (seat of national legislature) | 47.33 | 18.27 |
| 78 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 401 | 155 |
| 79 | South Africa | Cape Town (legislative capital) | 400.28 | 154.55 |
| 80 | Ecuador | Quito | 372.39 | 143.78 |
| 81 | Slovakia | Bratislava | 367.584 | 141.925 |
| 82 | Algeria | Algiers | 363 | 140 |
| 83 | Serbia | Belgrade | 359.9 | 139.0 |
| 84 | Mozambique | Maputo | 347.69 | 134.24 |
| 85 | North Macedonia | Skopje | 337.80 | 130.43 |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 334.8 | 129.3 |
| 87 | Latvia | Riga | 304 | 117.375 |
| 88 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 305.47 | 117.94 |
| 89 | Afghanistan | Kabul | 1,028.24 | 397.01 |
| 90 | Panama | Panama City | 275 | 106 |
| 91 | Oman | Muscat | 273.9 | 105.8 |
| 92 | Iceland | Reykjavík | 273 | 105 |
| 93 | Republic of China | Taipei | 271.80 | 104.94 |
| 94 | Nicaragua | Managua | 267.17 | 103.15 |
| | Scotland (United Kingdom) | Edinburgh | 264 | 102 |
| 95 | Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 263.9 | 101.9 |
| 96 | Mali | Bamako | 245.0 | 94.6 |
| 97 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur (official, royal capital, seat of national legislature) | 243 | 94 |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 240 | 92.66 |
| 99 | Niger | Niamey | 239.30 | 92.39 |
| 100 | Romania | Bucharest | 238 | 92 |
| 101 | South Africa | Bloemfontein (judicial capital) | 236.17 | 91.19 |
| 102 | Armenia | Yerevan | 223 | 86 |
| 103 | Pakistan | Islamabad | 220.15 | 85 |
| 104 | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 219.9 | 84.9 |
| 105 | Netherlands | Amsterdam (de jure capital under the Constitution of the Netherlands) | 219.32 | 84.68 |
| 106 | Tunisia | Tunis | 212.63 | 82.10 |
| 107 | Bahamas | Nassau | 207 | 80 |
| 108 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 203 | 78 |
| 109 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 201 | 77.5 |
| 110 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 130 | 50 |
| 111 | Puerto Rico (United States) | San Juan | 199 | 77.0 |
| 112 | Liberia | Monrovia | 20 | 7.7 |
| 113 | Uganda | Kampala | 189 | 73 |
| 114 | Sweden | Stockholm | 188 | 72.5 |
| 115 | Suriname | Paramaribo | 182 | 70.27 |
| 116 | Cameroon | Yaoundé | 180 | 70 |
| 117 | Denmark | Copenhagen | 179.8 | 69.4 |
| 118 | United States | Washington, D.C. | 177.0 | 68.34 |
| 119 | Ghana | Accra | 173 | 67 |
| 120 | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | Tórshavn | 172.9 | 66.8 |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 169.9 | 65.6 |
| 122 | Botswana | Gaborone | 169 | 65 |
| 123 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | 163.8 | 63.2 |
| 124 | Estonia | Tallinn | 159.2 | 61.5 |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 141.5 | 54.6 |
| 126 | Lesotho | Maseru | 138 | 53 |
| 127 | Qatar | Doha | 132 | 51 |
| 128 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Vientiane | 130 | 50 |
| 129 | Yemen | Sana'a (official capital, under the control of the Houthis) | 126 | 49 |
| 130 | Israel | Jerusalem | 125.126 | 48.323 |
| 131 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 124.6 | 48.1 |
| 132 | Samoa | Apia | 60 | 23 |
| 133 | Moldova | Chișinău | 123 | 47 |
| 134 | Morocco | Rabat | 117 | 45.17 |
| 135 | Paraguay | Asunción | 117 | 45.17 |
| 136 | Angola | Luanda | 116 | 45 |
| 137 | Northern Mariana Islands (United States) | Saipan | 115.4 | 44.55 |
| 138 | Macau (China) | Macau | 118 | 45.560055 |
| 139 | Ireland | Dublin | 117.8 | 45.5 |
| 140 | Benin | Porto-Novo (official and legislative capital) | 110 | 42.47 |
| 141 | Montenegro | Podgorica (official capital) | 108 | 42 |
| 142 | France | Paris | 105.4 | 40.7 |
| 143 | Syria | Damascus | 105 | 40.5 |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 104.44 | 40.32 |
| 145 | Chad | N'Djamena | 104 | 40 |
| 146 | Cabo Verde | Praia | 42.5 | 16.4 |
| 147 | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 100.36 | 38.75 |
| 148 | Portugal | Lisbon | 100.05 | 38.63 |
| 149 | Togo | Lomé | 99.14 | 38.28 |
| 150 | Netherlands | The Hague (seat of government) | 98.12 | 37.88 |
| 151 | Northern Cyprus | North Nicosia | 92.8 | 35.8 |
| 152 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 204 | 78.7 |
| 153 | Madagascar | Antananarivo | 88 | 34 |
| 154 | Senegal | Dakar | 83 | 32 |
| 155 | eSwatini | Mbabane (administrative capital) | 81.76 | 31.57 |
| 156 | Sierra Leone | Freetown | 81.48 | 31.46 |
| 157 | Benin | Cotonou (de facto and judicial capital) | 79 | 30.5 |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | Castries | 79 | 30.5 |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 77.5 | 29.9 |
| 160 | El Salvador | San Salvador | 72.25 | 27.90 |
| 161 | Guyana | Georgetown | 70 | 27.02 |
| 162 | Central African Republic | Bangui | 67 | 26 |
| 163 | Gabon | Libreville | 65.42 | 25.26 |
| 164 | Transnistria | Tiraspol | 55.56 | 21.45 |
| 165 | South Sudan | Juba | 52 | 20 |
| 166 | Switzerland | Berne (de facto) | 51.62 | 19.93 |
| 167 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | 51.46 | 19.87 |
| 168 | Cyprus | Nicosia | 51.06 | 19.71 |
| 169 | Nepal | Kathmandu | 49.45 | 19.09 |
| 170 | Malaysia | Putrajaya (administrative and judicial capital) | 49 | 19 |
| 171 | East Timor | Dili | 48.27 | 18.64 |
| 172 | Mauritius | Port Louis | 46.7 | 18.0 |
| 173 | Niue (New Zealand) | Alofi | 46.48 | 17.95 |
| 174 | New Caledonia (France) | Nouméa | 45.7 | 17.6 |
| 175 | Eritrea | Asmara | 45 | 17.37 |
| 176 | Costa Rica | San José | 44.62 | 17.23 |
| 177 | Philippines | Manila | 42.88 | 16.56 |
| 29 | India | New Delhi | 42.7 | 16.5 |
| 179 | Albania | Tirana | 41.8 | 16.1 |
| 180 | Barbados | Bridgetown | 40 | 15.444 |
| 181 | Greece | Athens | 38.964 | 15.044 |
| 182 | Sri Lanka | Colombo (executive and judicial capital) | 37.31 | 14.41 |
| 183 | Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 36.04 | 13.92 |
| 184 | Belize | Belmopan | 32.78 | 12.66 |
| 185 | Belgium | Brussels | 32.61 | 12.59 |
| 186 | Bahrain | Manama | 30 | 11.58 |
| 187 | Comoros | Moroni | 30 | 11.58 |
| 188 | Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | Stepanakert | 29.12 | 11.24 |
| 189 | Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) | George Town | 29 | 11 |
| 190 | Fiji | Suva | 26.24 | |
| 191 | Bhutan | Thimphu | 26.1 | 10.1 |
| 192 | Djibouti | Djibouti City | 26 | 10 |
| 193 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | Saint Pierre | 25 | 9.65 |
| 194 | Vanuatu | Port Vila | 23.6 | 9.1 |
| 195 | Burundi | Gitega | 22 | 8.49 |
| 196 | Solomon Islands | Honiara | 22 | 8.49 |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 21 | 8.10 |
| 198 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | El Aaiún (declared capital) | 21 | 8.10 |
| 199 | Åland (Finland) | Mariehamn | 20.75 | 8.01 |
| 200 | Seychelles | Victoria | 20.1 | 7.8 |
| 201 | Lebanon | Beirut | 19.8 | 7.6 |
| 202 | French Polynesia (France) | Papeete | 17.4 | 6.718 |
| 203 | Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) | Cockburn Town | 17.39 | 6.71 |
| 204 | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 17.3 | 6.7 |
| 205 | São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé | 17 | 6.56 |
| 206 | Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) | 17 | 6.56 |
| 207 | Palestine | Ramallah (de facto) | 16.3 | 6.3 |
| 208 | Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 12 | 5 |
| 209 | The Gambia | Banjul | 12 | 5 |
| 210 | Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 12 | 5 |
| 211 | Jersey (United Kingdom) | Saint Helier | 10.6 | 4.1 |
| 212 | Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's | 10 | 4 |
| 213 | Marshall Islands | Majuro | 9.7 | 3.7 |
| 214 | San Marino | City of San Marino | 7.09 | 2.74 |
| 215 | Gibraltar (United Kingdom) | Gibraltar | 6.7 | 2.6 |
| 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 | 2.35 |
| 219 | Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) | Adamstown | 4.6 | 1.8 |
| 220 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) | Jamestown | 3.6 | 1.4 |
| 221 | Saint Barthélemy (France) | Gustavia | 3.4 | 1.3 |
| 222 | United States Virgin Islands (United States) | Charlotte Amalie | 3.14 | 1.213 |
| 223 | Guam (United States) | Hagåtña | 3 | 1.15 |
| 224 | Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) | Stanley | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| 225 | Tuvalu | Funafuti | 2.4 | 0.9 |
| 226 | Monaco | Monaco | 2.1 | 0.81 |
| 227 | Maldives | Malé | 1.95 | 0.75 |
| 228 | Nauru | Yaren (de facto) | 1.5 | 0.6 |
| 229 | Bermuda (United Kingdom) | Hamilton | 0.7 | 0.28 |
| 230 | Malta | Valletta | 0.61 | 0.24 |
| 231 | Vatican City | Vatican City | 0.44 | 0.17 |
| 232 | American Samoa (United States) | Pago Pago | 2.09 | n/a |
| 233 | Anguilla (United Kingdom) | The Valley | 1.5 | 0.6 |
| 234 | Aruba (Netherlands) | Oranjestad | 30 | 11 |
| 235 | British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) | Road Town | 7.17 | n/a |
| 236 | Christmas Island (Australia) | Flying Fish Cove | 17 | 6.6 |
| 237 | Collectivity of Saint Martin (France) | Marigot | 2 | 0.8 |
| 238 | Cook Islands (New Zealand) | Avarua | 12 | 4.6 |
| 239 | Dominica | Roseau | 12 | 4.6 |
| 240 | Eswatini | Lobamba (legislative and royal capital) | 34 | 13.1 |
| 241 | Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir | 7 | 2.7 |
| 242 | Grenada | Saint George's | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| 243 | Isle of Man (United Kingdom) | Douglas | 4 | 1.5 |
| 244 | Montserrat (United Kingdom) | Brades (de facto) | 0.36 | 0.14 |
| 245 | Norfolk Island (Australia) | Kingston (de facto) | 2.3 | 0.89 |
| 246 | Palau | Ngerulmud | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 247 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Tifariti (temporary capital) | 0.47 | n/a |
| 248 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 2.5 | 0.97 |
| 249 | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | Philipsburg | 2.65 | 1.02 |
| 250 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) | King Edward Point | 1.4 | 0.54 |
| 251 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway) | Longyearbyen | 4.9 | 1.9 |
| 252 | Tonga | Nuku'alofa | 17.6 | 6.8 |
| 253 | Wallis and Futuna (France) | Mata Utu | 2.5 | 0.97 |