Most Populated World Capitals

How many of the 50 most populous world capitals can you name? Some of them might be unexpected.
Ranked in official city limit population.
Capitals of sovereign nations ONLY (Taiwan's capital is accepted.)
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City Population
Capital City
21.5M
Beijing
14.1M
Tokyo
13.1M
Moscow
12.7M
Kinshasa
10.6M
Jakarta
10.2M
Lima
10.1M
Cairo
9.5M
Seoul
9.2M
Mexico City
9M
London
8.9M
Dhaka
8.7M
Tehran
8.3M
Bangkok
8.1M
Hanoi
7.682M
Baghdad
7.677M
Riyadh
7.2M
Bogotá
6.3M
Santiago
5.9M
Singapore
5.7M
Ankara
4.6M
Kabul
4.4M
Nairobi
4.1M
Amman
3.9M
Algiers
3.7M
Berlin
3.3M
Madrid
3.1M
Buenos Aires
3.04M
Addis Ababa
2.99M
Kuwait City
2.93M
Guatemala City
2.9215M
Pretoria
2.9209M
Kyiv
2.87M
Pyongyang
2.86M
Tashkent
2.8M
Quito
2.766M
Yaoundé
2.762M
Rome
2.73M
Lusaka
2.68M
Khartoum
2.65M
Brasília
2.61M
Taipei
2.58M
Sanaa
2.57M
Luanda
2.45M
Ouagadougou
2.388M
Accra
2.388M
Mogadishu
2.3M
Baku
2.28M
Phnom Penh
2.25M
Caracas
2.14M
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2 Comments
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Level 91
Dec 14, 2024
Where is Manila and Delhi/New Delhi?
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Level 24
Jan 3, 2025
This is based off of city limits, so that's why Tokyo's population is only around 14M. New Delhi in this case is the population within its official city borders, not the metropolitan area. Same can be said about Manila.