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Capital city population - UN Urbanization Prospects (2018)

  • Capital city population - UN Urbanization Prospects (2018)

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  • Data represents the estimated population of a given country's capital city.

    Where a country has multiple capital cities, here we have opted to show the population of the Administrative or Constitutional Capital (as opposed to the Seat of Government, or otherwise).

  • Entity Year Capital city population (UN Urbanization Prospects, 2018)
    Afghanistan 2018 4,011,770.0
    Albania 2018 475,577.0
    Algeria 2018 2,693,540.0
    American Samoa 2018 48,526.0
    Andorra 2018 22,614.0
    Angola 2018 7,774,200.0
    Anguilla 2018 1,402.0
    Antigua and Barbuda 2018 20,764.0
    Argentina 2018 14,966,500.0
    Armenia 2018 1,080,320.0
    Aruba 2018 29,877.0
    Australia 2018 447,692.0
    Austria 2018 1,900,550.0
    Azerbaijan 2018 2,285,730.0
    Bahamas 2018 279,668.0
    Bahrain 2018 564,631.0
    Bangladesh 2018 19,578,400.0
    Barbados 2018 89,201.0
    Belarus 2018 2,004,670.0
    Belgium 2018 2,049,510.0
    Belize 2018 22,964.0
    Benin 2018 285,328.0
    Bermuda 2018 10,073.0
    Bhutan 2018 203,297.0
    Bolivia 2018 277,910.0
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 342,577.0
    Botswana 2018 269,338.0
    Brazil 2018 4,469,580.0
    British Virgin Islands 2018 15,137.0
    Brunei 2018 40,781.0
    Bulgaria 2018 1,272,420.0
    Burkina Faso 2018 2,531,380.0
    Burundi 2018 898,968.0
    Cabo Verde 2018 167,504.0
    Cambodia 2018 1,952,330.0
    Cameroon 2018 3,655,660.0
    Canada 2018 1,363,160.0
    Cayman Islands 2018 34,875.0
    Central African Republic 2018 850,946.0
    Chad 2018 1,322,680.0
    Channel Islands 2018 34,386.0
    Chile 2018 6,680,370.0
    China 2018 19,618,000.0
    Colombia 2018 10,574,400.0
    Comoros 2018 62,351.0
    Congo 2018 2,229,690.0
    Cook Islands 2018 13,067.0
    Costa Rica 2018 1,357,740.0
    Cote d'Ivoire 2018 231,072.0
    Croatia 2018 685,587.0
    Cuba 2018 2,136,470.0
    Curacao 2018 144,037.0
    Cyprus 2018 269,469.0
    Czech Republic 2018 1,291,550.0
    Democratic Republic of Congo 2018 13,171,300.0
    Denmark 2018 1,320,830.0
    Djibouti 2018 561,564.0
    Dominica 2018 14,942.0
    Dominican Republic 2018 3,172,150.0
    Ecuador 2018 1,822,400.0
    Egypt 2018 20,076,000.0
    El Salvador 2018 1,106,700.0
    Equatorial Guinea 2018 296,770.0
    Eritrea 2018 895,863.0
    Estonia 2018 437,027.0
    Ethiopia 2018 4,399,670.0
    Faeroe Islands 2018 20,817.0
    Falkland Islands 2018 2,269.0
    Fiji 2018 178,339.0
    Finland 2018 1,279,100.0
    France 2018 10,901,000.0
    French Guiana 2018 57,506.0
    French Polynesia 2018 136,005.0
    Gabon 2018 813,489.0
    Gambia 2018 437,161.0
    Georgia 2018 1,077,330.0
    Germany 2018 3,552,120.0
    Ghana 2018 2,439,390.0
    Gibraltar 2018 34,733.0
    Greece 2018 3,155,600.0
    Greenland 2018 18,406.0
    Grenada 2018 39,297.0
    Guadeloupe 2018 58,397.0
    Guam 2018 146,905.0
    Guatemala 2018 2,851,100.0
    Guinea 2018 1,843,120.0
    Guinea-Bissau 2018 558,399.0
    Guyana 2018 109,934.0
    Haiti 2018 2,636,760.0
    Honduras 2018 1,363,040.0
    Hong Kong 2018 7,428,890.0
    Hungary 2018 1,759,500.0
    Iceland 2018 216,364.0
    India 2018 28,513,700.0
    Indonesia 2018 10,516,900.0
    Iran 2018 8,895,950.0
    Iraq 2018 6,811,960.0
    Ireland 2018 1,201,430.0
    Isle of Man 2018 27,171.0
    Israel 2018 907,062.0

  • Sources

    Data Published By: UN World Urbanization Prospects (2018)

    Data publisher source:

    Link: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/Download/

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