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