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Rank Country Capital City Area [sq. km] 2002 Population Estimate 1 Russia Moscow 17,075,200 144,978,573 2 Canada Ottawa 9,976,140 31,902,268 3 United States Washington DC 9,629,091 280,562,489 4 China Beijing 9,596,960 1,284,303,705 5 Brazil Brasilia 8,511,965 176,029,560 6 Australia Canberra 7,686,850 19,546,792 7 India New Delhi 3,287,590 1,045,845,226 8 Argentina Buenos Aires 2,766,890 37,812,817 9 Kazakhstan Astana 2,717,300 16,741,519 10 Sudan Khartoum 2,505,810 37,090,298 11 Algeria Algiers 2,381,740 32,277,942 12 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the Kinshasa 2,345,410 55,225,478 13 Greenland Nuuk 2,166,086 56,376 14 Mexico Mexico 1,972,550 103,400,165 15 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1,960,582 23,513,330 16 Indonesia Jakarta 1,919,440 231,328,092 17 Libya Tripoli 1,759,540 5,368,585 18 Iran Tehran 1,648,000 66,622,704 19 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 1,565,000 2,694,432 20 Peru Lima 1,285,220 27,949,639 21 Chad N'Djamena 1,284,000 8,997,237 22 Niger Niamey 1,267,000 10,639,744 23 Angola Luanda 1,246,700 10,593,171 24 Mali Bamako 1,240,000 11,340,480 25 South Africa Pretoria ² 1,219,912 43,647,658 26 Colombia Bogota 1,138,910 41,008,227 27 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 1,127,127 67,673,031 28 Bolivia Sucre 1,098,580 8,445,134 29 Mauritania Nouakchott 1,030,700 2,828,858 30 Egypt Cairo 1,001,450 70,712,345 31 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 945,087 37,187,939 32 Nigeria Abuja 923,768 129,934,911 33 Venezuela Caracas 912,050 24,287,670 34 Namibia Windhoek 825,418 1,820,916 35 Pakistan Islamabad 803,940 147,663,429 36 Mozambique Maputo 801,590 19,607,519 37 Turkey Ankara 780,580 67,308,928 38 Chile Santiago 756,950 15,498,930 39 Zambia Lusaka 752,614 9,959,037 40 Burma (Myanmar) Rangoon 678,500 42,238,224 41 Afghanistan Kabul 647,500 27,755,775 42 Somalia Mogadishu 637,657 7,753,310 43 Central African Republic Bangui 622,984 3,642,739 44 Ukraine Kiev 603,700 48,396,470 45 Botswana Gaborone 600,370 1,591,232 46 Madagascar Antananarivo 587,040 16,473,477 47 Kenya Nairobi 582,650 31,138,735 48 France Paris 547,030 59,765,983 49 Yemen Sanaa 527,970 18,701,257 50 Thailand Bangkok 514,000 62,354,402 51 Spain Madrid 504,782 40,077,100 52 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 488,100 4,688,963 53 Cameroon Yaounde 475,440 16,184,748 54 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 462,840 5,172,033 55 Sweden Stockholm 449,964 8,876,744 56 Uzbekistan Tashkent 447,400 25,563,441 57 Morocco Rabat 446,550 31,167,783 58 Iraq Baghdad 437,072 24,001,816 59 Paraguay Asuncion 406,750 5,884,491 60 Zimbabwe Harare 390,580 11,376,676 61 Japan Tokyo 377,835 126,974,628 62 Germany Berlin 357,021 83,251,851 63 Congo, Rep. of the Brazzaville 342,000 2,958,448 64 Finland Helsinki 337,030 5,183,545 65 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 329,750 22,662,365 66 Vietnam Hanoi 329,560 81,098,416 67 Norway Oslo 324,220 4,525,116 68 Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro 322,460 16,804,784 69 Poland Warsaw 312,685 38,625,478 70 Italy Rome 301,230 57,715,625 71 Philippines Manila 300,000 84,525,639 72 Ecuador Quito 283,560 13,447,494 73 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 274,200 12,603,185 74 New Zealand Wellington 268,680 3,908,037 75 Gabon Libreville 267,667 1,233,353 76 Western Sahara none 266,000 256,177 77 Guinea Conakry 245,857 7,775,065 78 United Kingdom London 244,820 59,778,002 79 Ghana Accra 239,460 20,244,154 80 Romania Bucharest 237,500 22,317,730 81 Laos Vientiane 236,800 5,777,180 82 Uganda Kampala 236,040 24,699,073 83 Guyana Georgetown 214,970 698,209 84 Oman Muscat 212,460 2,713,462 85 Belarus Minsk 207,600 10,335,382 86 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 198,500 4,822,166 87 Senegal Dakar 196,190 10,589,571 88 Syria Damascus 185,180 17,155,814 89 Cambodia Phnom Penh 181,040 12,775,324 90 Uruguay Montevideo 176,220 3,386,575 91 Tunisia Tunis 163,610 9,815,644 92 Suriname Paramaribo 163,270 436,494 93 Bangladesh Dhaka 144,000 133,376,684 94 Tajikistan Dushanbe 143,100 6,719,567 95 Nepal Kathmandu 140,800 25,873,917 96 Greece Athens 131,940 10,645,343 97 Nicaragua Managua 129,494 5,023,818 98 Eritrea Asmara 121,320 4,465,651 99 Korea, North P'yongyang 120,540 22,224,195 100 Malawi Lilongwe 118,480 10,701,824 101 Benin Porto-Novo 112,620 6,787,625 102 Honduras Tegucigalpa 112,090 6,560,608 103 Liberia Monrovia 111,370 3,288,198 104 Bulgaria Sofia 110,910 7,621,337 105 Cuba Havana 110,860 11,224,321 106 Guatemala Guatemala 108,890 13,314,079 107 Iceland Reykjavik 103,000 279,384 108 Yugoslavia Belgrade 102,350 10,656,929 109 Korea, South Seoul 98,480 48,324,000 110 Hungary Budapest 93,030 10,075,034 111 Portugal Lisbon 92,391 10,084,245 112 Jordan Amman 92,300 5,307,470 113 French Guiana Cayenne 91,000 182,333 114 Azerbaijan Baku 86,600 7,798,497 115 Austria Vienna 83,858 8,169,929 116 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 82,880 2,445,989 117 Czech Republic Prague 78,866 10,256,760 118 Panama Panama 78,200 2,882,329 119 Sierra Leone Freetown 71,740 5,614,743 120 Ireland Dublin 70,280 3,883,159 121 Georgia T'bilisi 69,700 4,960,951 122 Sri Lanka Colombo 65,610 19,576,783 123 Lithuania Vilnius 65,200 3,601,138 124 Latvia Riga 64,589 2,366,515 125 Svalbard Longyearbyen 62,049 2,868 126 Togo Lome 56,785 5,285,501 127 Croatia Zagreb 56,542 4,390,751 128 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 51,129 3,964,388 129 Costa Rica San Jose 51,100 3,834,934 130 Slovakia Bratislava 48,845 5,422,366 131 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 48,730 8,721,594 132 Bhutan Thimphu 47,000 2,094,176 133 Estonia Tallinn 45,226 1,415,681 134 Denmark Copenhagen 43,094 5,368,854 135 Netherlands Amsterdam 41,526 16,067,754 136 Switzerland Bern 41,290 7,301,994 137 Guinea-Bissau Bissau 36,120 1,345,479 138 Taiwan Taipei 35,980 22,548,009 139 Moldova Chisinau 33,843 4,434,547 140 Belgium Brussels 30,510 10,274,595 141 Lesotho Maseru 30,355 2,207,954 142 Armenia Yerevan 29,800 3,330,099 143 Albania Tirana 28,748 3,544,841 144 Solomon Islands Honiara 28,450 494,786 145 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 28,051 498,144 146 Burundi Bujumbura 27,830 6,373,002 147 Haiti Port-au-Prince 27,750 7,063,722 148 Rwanda Kigali 26,338 7,398,074 149 Macedonia Skopje 25,333 2,054,800 150 Djibouti Djibouti 23,000 472,810 151 Belize Belmopan 22,966 262,999 152 El Salvador San Salvador 21,040 6,353,681 153 Israel Jerusalem 20,770 6,029,529 154 Slovenia Ljubljana 20,273 1,932,917 155 New Caledonia Noumea 19,060 207,858 156 Fiji Suva 18,270 856,346 157 Kuwait Kuwait 17,820 2,111,561 158 Swaziland Mbabane ³ 17,363 1,123,605 159 East Timor Dili 15,007 952,618 160 Bahamas, The Nassau 13,940 300,529 161 Vanuatu Port-Vila 12,200 196,178 162 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Stanley 12,173 2,967 163 Qatar Doha 11,437 793,341 164 Gambia, The Banjul 11,300 1,455,842 165 Jamaica Kingston 10,991 2,680,029 166 Lebanon Beirut 10,400 3,677,780 167 Cyprus Nicosia 9,250 767,314 168 Puerto Rico San Juan 9,104 3,957,988 169 Occupied Palestinian Territory Ramallah 6,220 3,389,578 170 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 5,770 350,898 171 Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain 5,128 1,163,724 172 French Polynesia Papeete 4,167 257,847 173 Cape Verde Praia 4,033 408,760 174 Samoa Apia 2,944 178,631 175 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2,586 448,569 176 Reunion Saint-Denis 2,512 743,981 177 Comoros Moroni 2,170 614,382 178 Mauritius Port Louis 2,040 1,200,206 179 Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 1,780 435,739 180 Faroe Islands Torshavn 1,399 46,011 181 Martinique Fort-de-France 1,100 422,277 182 China, Hong Kong SAR Victoria 1,092 7,303,334 183 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome 1,001 170,372 184 Netherlands Antilles Willemstad 960 214,258 185 Kiribati Tarawa 811 96,335 186 Dominica Roseau 754 70,158 187 Tonga Nuku'alofa 748 106,137 188 Micronesia, Federated States of Palikir 702 135,869 189 Singapore Singapore 693 4,452,732 190 Bahrain Manama 665 656,397 191 Saint Lucia Castries 616 160,145 192 Man, Isle of Douglas 572 73,873 193 Guam Hagatna 549 160,796 194 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 477 77,311 195 Andorra Andorra la Vella 468 68,403 196 Palau Koror 458 19,409 197 Seychelles Victoria 455 80,098 198 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's 443 67,448 199 Barbados Bridgetown 431 276,607 200 Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Town 430 18,738 201 Saint Helena Jamestown 410 7,317 202 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown 389 116,394 203 Mayotte Mamoutzou 374 170,879 204 Virgin Islands, U.S. Charlotte Amalie 352 123,498 205 Grenada Saint George's 344 89,211 206 Malta Valletta 316 397,499 207 Maldives Male 300 320,165 208 Wallis and Futuna Mata-Utu 274 15,585 209 Cayman Islands George Town 262 36,273 210 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 261 38,736 211 Niue Alofi 260 2,134 212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre 242 6,954 213 Cook Islands Avarua 240 20,811 214 American Samoa Pago Pago 199 68,688 215 Aruba Oranjestad 193 70,441 216 Marshall Islands Majuro 181 73,630 217 Liechtenstein Vaduz 160 32,842 218 British Virgin Islands Road Town 153 21,272 219 Christmas Island The Settlement 135 474 220 Jersey Saint Helier 116 89,775 221 Anguilla The Valley 102 12,446 222 Montserrat Plymouth ¹ 102 8,437 223 Guernsey Saint Peter Port 78 64,587 224 San Marino San Marino 61 27,730 225 Bermuda Hamilton 53 63,960 226 Pitcairn Islands Adamstown 47 47 227 Norfolk Island Kingston 35 1,866 228 Tuvalu Fongafale 26 11,146 229 China, Macau SAR Macau 25 461,833 230 Nauru no official capital 21 12,329 231 Cocos Islands West Island 14 632 232 Tokelau none 10 1,431 233 Gibraltar Gibraltar 7 27,714 234 Monaco Monaco 2 31,987 235 Holy See (Vatican City) Vatican City 0 900 World 510,072,000 6,233,821,945 "The World Factbook 2002", CIA. 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