List of countries whose capital is not their largest city

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This is an incomplete list of countries whose capital is not their largest city. Please note that many of the population figures include the metropolitan area. Source: List of capitals and larger cities by country

Country Capital Capital
population
Largest city Largest city
population
Note
Australia Canberra 322,000 Sydney 4.3 million
Belize Belmopan 7,000 Belize City 49,040 (largest city: its unofficial population is even larger - had been capital until 1970)
Bolivia Sucre 190,000 Santa Cruz 1.5 million
Brazil Brasília 2.2 million São Paulo 10 million
Cameroon Yaoundé 1,430,000 Douala 2 million +
Canada Ottawa 1,146,790 Toronto 5,203,686
China Beijing 14,560,000 Shanghai 17,110,000
Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro 100,000 Abidjan 4 million + (note that Abidjan is still the de facto capital)
Ecuador Quito 1,399,378 Guayaquil 1,985,379
India New Delhi 17,037,900 Mumbai 17,449,532 (for the capital, the metropolitan area is given)
Kazakhstan Astana 520,000 Almaty 1,300,000 +
Malawi Lilongwe 440,500 Blantyre 646,235
Malta Valletta 7,199 Birkirkara 25,000
Micronesia Palikir 9,900 Weno 13,900
Morocco Rabat 1.2 million Casablanca 2.95 million
New Zealand Wellington 367,600 Auckland 1,223,200
Nigeria Abuja 1,078,700 Lagos 10 to 15 million Lagos was capital of Nigeria until 1991
Pakistan Islamabad 610,000 Karachi 15 million
Philippines Manila 1,581,082 Quezon City 2,173,831
San Marino San Marino 4,352 Serravalle 8,700
South Africa Cape Town 2,893,251 Johannesburg 3,225,812 (the capital mentioned here is only the legislative capital, the most populous capital of the three)
Switzerland Bern 127,000 Zürich 366,145
Turkey Ankara 5,153,000 Istanbul 8,803,468 Istanbul was capital of the Ottoman Empire until 1922
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1,000,000 Dubai 1,141,959
United States Washington, D.C. 4.7 million New York City 21,766,731
Vietnam Hanoi 4,100,000 Ho Chi Minh City 5,387,100


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