Every City Bigger Than Its Country's Capital

Name every city that has a population larger than the capital city of its country, according to citypopulation.de, May 2026. For countries with multiple capital cities, the city must be larger than all of them. Seats of government are not the same as capital cities.
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Population
City
73,600,000
Guangzhou
42,300,000
Shanghai
22,600,000
New York
21,494,671
São Paulo
18,868,012
Karachi
17,400,000
Los Angeles
16,200,000
Istanbul
15,100,000
Johannesburg
15,070,000
Lagos
13,004,135
Lahore
12,663,012
Rio de Janeiro
9,800,000
Chicago
8,993,082
Ho Chi MInh City
7,108,874
Toronto
5,616,633
Abidjan
5,383,728
Dar es Salaam
5,328,274
Melbourne
5,219,674
Sydney
5,209,921
Belo Horizonte
5,051,500
Milan
4,910,000
Kano
4,597,837
Montréal
4,584,622
Yangon
3,816,500
Douala
3,691,999
Faisalabad
3,570,099
Dubai
3,357,612
Rawalpindi
3,218,036
Casablanca
3,190,000
Ibadan
3,088,036
Vancouver
2,745,086
Brisbane
2,650,288
Guayaquil
2,511,118
Gujranwala
2,430,757
Perth
2,348,103
Almaty
2,215,381
Multan
1,921,275
Hyderabad
1,905,975
Peshawar
1,836,012
Calgary
1,565,546
Quetta
1,547,200
Auckland
1,498,745
Zurich
1,470,938
Adelaide
1,441,406
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
1,275,428
Tangier
1,249,519
Bujumbura
1,182,963
Fes
1,162,500
Mandalay
1,104,521
Mwanza
1,014,813
Marrakech
945,101
Salé
761,634
Gold Coast
679,012
Cotonou
632,065
Geneva
580,603
Basel
556,012
Meknès
541,634
Newcastle
462,325
Lausanne
65,834
Belize City
6,297
Schaan
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5 Comments
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Level 65
May 23, 2026
Feel free to add any I missed in the comments.
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Level 65
May 23, 2026
Cities in Equatorial Guinea and Palau are not included as there are too many larger than the capital.
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Level 65
May 23, 2026
New Delhi, India's capital, is included within Delhi, which is India's most populous urban area. The same situation applies to Sri Lanka.
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Level 82
May 24, 2026
Isn't Schaan reckoned to be larger than Vaduz?
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Level 65
May 24, 2026
Yes, that's why Schaan is one of the answers