Table A.13. Population of capital cities in 2005
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Table A.13. Population of capital cities in 2005 Country and capital city Population (thousands) AFGHANISTAN Kabul ..................................................... 2 994 ALBANIA Tiranë (Tirana) ....................................... 388 ALGERIA El Djazaïr (Algiers) ................................ 3 200 AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago ............................................. Country and capital city Population (thousands) BHUTAN Thimphu ................................................. 85 BOLIVIA (2) La Paz ................................................... Sucre ..................................................... 1 527 227 Country and capital city Population (thousands) COLOMBIA Santa Fé de Bogotá ............................... 7 747 COMOROS Moroni ................................................... 44 CONGO Brazzaville ............................................. 1 173 13 55 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Sarajevo ................................................ 380 COOK ISLANDS (6) Rarotonga .............................................. ANDORRA Andorra la Vella ...................................... 22 BOTSWANA Gaborone ............................................... 210 COSTA RICA San José ............................................... 1 217 ANGOLA Luanda .................................................. 2 766 BRAZIL Brasília .................................................. 3 341 CÔTE D'IVOIRE (7) Abidjan .................................................. Yamoussoukro ....................................... 3 577 490 ANGUILLA The Valley .............................................. 1 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Road Town ............................................ 13 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA St. John's ............................................... 32 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Bandar Seri Begawan ............................. 64 CROATIA Zagreb ................................................... 689 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires ......................................... 12 550 BULGARIA Sofiya (Sofia) ......................................... 1 093 CUBA La Habana (Havana) .............................. 2 189 ARMENIA Yerevan ................................................. 1 103 BURKINA FASO Ouagadougou ........................................ 926 CYPRUS Lefkosia (Nicosia) ................................... 211 ARUBA Oranjestad ............................................. 30 BURUNDI Bujumbura ............................................. 447 CZECH REPUBLIC Praha (Prague) ....................................... 1 171 AUSTRALIA Canberra ............................................... 381 CAMBODIA Phnum Pénh (Phnom Penh) .................... 1 364 DEM. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA P'yongyang ............................................ 3 351 AUSTRIA Wien (Vienna) ........................................ 2 260 CAMEROON Yaoundé ................................................ 1 485 DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Kinshasa ................................................ 6 049 AZERBAIJAN Baku ...................................................... 1 856 CANADA (3) Ottawa-Gatineau .................................... 1 156 DENMARK København (Copenhagen) ...................... 1 088 BAHAMAS Nassau .................................................. 233 CAPE VERDE Praia ...................................................... 117 DJIBOUTI Djibouti .................................................. 555 BAHRAIN Al-Manamah (Manama) .......................... 162 CAYMAN ISLANDS George Town ......................................... 26 DOMINICA Roseau .................................................. 14 BANGLADESH Dhaka .................................................... 12 430 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bangui ................................................... 541 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo ...................................... 2 022 BARBADOS Bridgetown ............................................. 142 CHAD N'Djaména ............................................. 888 ECUADOR Quito ..................................................... 1 514 BELARUS Minsk ..................................................... 1 778 CHANNEL ISLANDS St. Helier ................................................ 29 EGYPT Al-Qahirah (Cairo) .................................. 11 128 BELGIUM Bruxelles-Brussel ................................... 1 012 CHILE Santiago ................................................ 5 683 EL SALVADOR San Salvador ......................................... 1 517 14 CHINA Beijing ................................................... 10 717 EQUATORIAL GUINEA Malabo .................................................. 96 CHINA, HONG KONG SAR (4) Hong Kong ............................................. 7 041 ERITREA Asmera .................................................. 551 ESTONIA Tallinn .................................................... 392 BELIZE Belmopan .............................................. BENIN (1) Cotonou ................................................. Porto-Novo ............................................. 719 242 BERMUDA Hamilton ................................................ 1 CHINA, MACAO SAR (5) Macao ................................................... United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision 460 143 Table A.13. Population of capital cities in 2005 (continued) Country and capital city Population (thousands) Country and capital city Population (thousands) Country and capital city Population (thousands) ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa .......................................... 2 893 HAITI Port-au-Prince ........................................ 2 129 LEBANON Bayrut (Beirut) ........................................ 1 777 FAEROE ISLANDS Tórshavn ................................................ 18 HOLY SEE Vatican City ........................................... 1 LESOTHO Maseru .................................................. 172 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) Stanley .................................................. 2 HONDURAS Tegucigalpa ........................................... 927 LIBERIA Monrovia ................................................ 936 FIJI Greater Suva ......................................... 219 HUNGARY Budapest ............................................... 1 693 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA Tarabulus (Tripoli) .................................. 2 098 FINLAND Helsinki .................................................. 1 091 ICELAND Reykjavík ............................................... 185 LIECHTENSTEIN Vaduz .................................................... 5 FRANCE Paris ...................................................... 9 820 INDIA (8) Delhi ...................................................... 15 048 LITHUANIA Vilnius .................................................... 553 FRENCH GUIANA Cayenne ................................................ 59 INDONESIA Jakarta .................................................. 13 215 LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg-Ville .................................... 77 FRENCH POLYNESIA Papeete ................................................. 130 IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Tehran ................................................... 7 314 MADAGASCAR Antananarivo .......................................... 1 585 GABON Libreville ................................................ 556 IRAQ Baghdad ................................................ 5 904 MALAWI Lilongwe ................................................ 676 GAMBIA Banjul .................................................... 381 IRELAND Dublin .................................................... 1 037 MALAYSIA (10) Kuala Lumpur ......................................... 1 405 GEORGIA Tbilisi ..................................................... 1 047 ISLE OF MAN Douglas ................................................. 27 MALDIVES Male ...................................................... 89 GERMANY Berlin ..................................................... 3 389 ISRAEL Jerusalem .............................................. 711 MALI Bamako ................................................. 1 368 GHANA Accra ..................................................... 1 981 ITALY Roma (Rome) ........................................ 3 348 MALTA Valletta .................................................. 210 GIBRALTAR Gibraltar ................................................. 28 JAMAICA Kingston ................................................ 576 MARSHALL ISLANDS Majuro ................................................... 27 GREECE Athínai (Athens) ..................................... 3 230 JAPAN Tokyo .................................................... 35 197 MARTINIQUE Fort-de-France ....................................... 91 GREENLAND Nuuk (Godthåb) ..................................... 15 JORDAN Amman .................................................. 1 292 MAURITANIA Nouakchott ............................................ 637 GRENADA St.George's ............................................ 32 KAZAKHSTAN Astana ................................................... 331 MAURITIUS Port Louis .............................................. 146 GUADELOUPE Pointe-à-Pitre ......................................... 19 KENYA Nairobi ................................................... 2 773 MEXICO Ciudad de México (Mexico City) .............. 19 411 7 GUAM Hagåtña ................................................. 144 KIRIBATI (9) Tarawa .................................................. 47 MICRONESIA (FED. STATES OF) Palikir .................................................... GUATEMALA Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City) .. 984 KUWAIT Al Kuwayt (Kuwait City) .......................... 1 810 MONACO Monaco ................................................. 35 GUINEA Conakry ................................................. 1 425 KYRGYZSTAN Bishkek .................................................. 798 MONGOLIA Ulaanbaatar ........................................... 863 GUINEA-BISSAU Bissau ................................................... 367 LAO PEOPLE'S DEM. REPUBLIC Vientiane ................................................ 702 MONTSERRAT (11) Brades Estate ........................................ Plymouth ................................................ 1 0 GUYANA Georgetown ........................................... 134 LATVIA Riga ....................................................... 729 MOROCCO Rabat .................................................... 1 647 144 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision Table A.13. Population of capital cities in 2005 (continued) Country and capital city Population (thousands) Country and capital city Population (thousands) Country and capital city Population (thousands) MOZAMBIQUE Maputo .................................................. 1 320 PHILIPPINES Manila .................................................... 10 686 SEYCHELLES Victoria .................................................. 25 MYANMAR Rangoon ................................................ 4 107 PITCAIRN Adamstown ............................................ 0 SIERRA LEONE Freetown ............................................... 799 NAMIBIA Windhoek .............................................. 289 POLAND Warszawa (Warsaw) .............................. 1 680 SINGAPORE Singapore .............................................. 4 326 NAURU Nauru .................................................... 14 PORTUGAL Lisboa (Lisbon) ...................................... 2 761 SLOVAKIA Bratislava ............................................... 424 NEPAL Kathmandu ............................................ 815 PUERTO RICO San Juan ............................................... 2 605 SLOVENIA Ljubljana ................................................ 263 NETHERLANDS (12) Amsterdam ............................................ The Hague ............................................. 1 147 729 QATAR Ad-Dawhah (Doha) ................................. 357 SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara .................................................. 61 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Willemstad ............................................. 125 REPUBLIC OF KOREA Soul (Seoul) ........................................... 9 645 SOMALIA Muqdisho (Mogadishu) ........................... 1 320 NEW CALEDONIA Nouméa ................................................. 149 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA Chisinau ................................................ 598 NEW ZEALAND Wellington ............................................. 400 3 083 1 271 346 RÉUNION Saint-Denis ............................................ SOUTH AFRICA (14) Bloemfontein .......................................... Cape Town ............................................ Pretoria .................................................. 137 NICARAGUA Managua ............................................... 1 165 ROMANIA Bucuresti (Bucharest) ............................. 1 934 SPAIN Madrid ................................................... 5 608 NIGER Niamey .................................................. 850 RUSSIAN FEDERATION Moskva (Moscow) .................................. 10 654 SRI LANKA (15) Colombo ................................................ Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte ..................... 652 119 NIGERIA Abuja ..................................................... 612 RWANDA Kigali ..................................................... 779 NIUE Alofi ....................................................... 1 SAINT HELENA Jamestown ............................................. 1 SUDAN Al-Khartum (Khartoum) ........................... 4 518 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (13) Saipan ................................................... 75 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS Basseterre ............................................. 13 SURINAME Paramaribo ............................................ 268 NORWAY Oslo ....................................................... 802 SAINT LUCIA Castries ................................................. 13 SWAZILAND (16) Mbabane ............................................... 73 OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY Ramallah ............................................... 63 SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON Saint-Pierre ............................................ 5 SWEDEN Stockholm .............................................. 1 708 OMAN Masqat .................................................. 565 ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Kingstown .............................................. 26 SWITZERLAND Bern ...................................................... 357 PAKISTAN Islamabad .............................................. 736 SAMOA Apia ....................................................... 41 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Dimashq (Damascus) ............................. 2 272 PALAU Koror ..................................................... 14 SAN MARINO San Marino ............................................ 4 TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe .............................................. 549 PANAMA Ciudad de Panamá (Panama City) .......... 1 216 SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE São Tomé .............................................. 57 TFYR MACEDONIA (17) Skopje ................................................... 475 6 593 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby ......................................... 289 SAUDI ARABIA Ar-Riyadh (Riyadh) ................................. 4 193 THAILAND Krung Thep (Bangkok) ........................... PARAGUAY Asunción ................................................ 1 858 SENEGAL Dakar .................................................... 2 159 TIMOR-LESTE Dili ......................................................... 156 PERU Lima ...................................................... 7 186 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Beograd (Belgrade) ................................ 1 106 TOGO Lomé ..................................................... 1 337 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision 145 Table A.13. Population of capital cities in 2005 (continued) Country and capital city Population (thousands) TOKELAU (18) TONGA Nuku'alofa .............................................. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Port of Spain .......................................... TUNISIA Tunis ..................................................... Country and capital city Population (thousands) Country and capital city Population (thousands) UKRAINE Kyiv (Kiev) ............................................. 2 672 VENEZUELA Caracas ................................................. 2 913 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) ............................ 597 VIET NAM Hà Noi ................................................... 4 164 52 UNITED KINGDOM London .................................................. 8 505 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS Matu-Utu ................................................ 1 185 25 734 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA Dodoma ................................................. 168 WESTERN SAHARA El Aaiún ................................................. TURKEY Ankara ................................................... 3 573 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Washington, D.C. .................................. 4 238 YEMEN Sana'a' ................................................... 1 801 TURKMENISTAN Ashgabat ............................................... 711 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS Charlotte Amalie .................................... 52 ZAMBIA Lusaka ................................................... 1 260 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS Grand Turk ............................................ 4 URUGUAY Montevideo ............................................ 1 264 ZIMBABWE Harare ................................................... 1 515 TUVALU Funafuti ................................................. 5 UZBEKISTAN Tashkent ................................................ 2 181 UGANDA Kampala ................................................ 1 319 VANUATU Port Vila ................................................. 36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Porto-Novo is the constitutional capital, Cotonou is the seat of government. La Paz is the capital and the seat of government; Sucre is the legal capital and the seat of the judiciary. The capital is Ottawa. As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. The capital is Avarua, located on the island of Rarotonga; the estimated population refers to the island of Rarotonga. Population estimates for Avarua have not been made available. Yamoussoukro is the capital, Abidjan is the seat of government. The capital is New Delhi, included in the urban agglomeration of Delhi. The population of New Delhi was estimated at 294,783 in the year 2001. The capital is Bairiki, located on the island of Tarawa; the estimated population refers to the island of South Tarawa.Population estimates for Bairiki have not been made available. Kuala Lumpur is the financial capital, Putrajaya is the administrative capital. Due to volcanic activity, Plymouth was abandoned in 1997. The government premises have been established at Brades Estate. Amsterdam is the capital, The Hague is the seat of government. The capital is Garapan, located on the island of Saipan; the estimated population refers to the island of Saipan.The population of Garapan was estimated at 3,588 in the year 2000. Government offices are located in Capitol Hill. Pretoria is the administrative capital, Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital. Colombo is the commercial capital, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the administrative and legislative capital. Mbabane is the administrative capital, Lobamba is the legislative capital. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. There is no capital in Tokelau. Each atoll (Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu) has its own administrative center. 146 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision
