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