Discover the largest city in every country around the world. And while you’re at it, take a look at the second largest city too. You might be surprised by how often the country’s most important city isn’t its capital!
Afghanistan is Kabul
Albania is Tirana
Algeria is Algiers
Andorra is Andorra la Vella
Angola is Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda is St. John’s
Argentina is Buenos Aires
Armenia is Yerevan
Australia is Sydney
Austria is Vienna
Azerbaijan is Baku
Bahamas is Nassau
Bahrain is Manama
Bangladesh is Dhaka
Barbados is Bridgetown
Belarus is Minsk
Belgium is Brussels
Belize is Belize City
Benin is Cotonou
Bhutan is Thimphu
Bolivia is Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bosnia and Herzegovina is Sarajevo
Botswana is Gaborone
Brazil is São Paulo
Brunei is Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria is Sofia
Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou
Burundi is Bujumbura
Cabo Verde is Praia
Cambodia is Phnom Penh
Cameroon is Douala
Canada is Toronto
Central African Republic is Bangui
Chad is N’Djamena
Chile is Santiago
China is Shanghai
Colombia is Bogotá
Comoros is Moroni
Congo, Republic of is Brazzaville
Costa Rica is San José
Côte d’Ivoire is Abidjan
Croatia is Zagreb
Cuba is Havana
Cyprus is Nicosia
Czechia is Prague
Democratic Republic of Congo is Kinshasa
Denmark is Copenhagen
Djibouti is Djibouti
Dominica is Roseau
Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo
Ecuador is Guayaquil
Egypt is Cairo
El Salvador is San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea is Bata
Eritrea is Asmara
Estonia is Tallinn
Eswatini is Manzini
Ethiopia is Addis Ababa
Fiji is Suva
Finland is Helsinki
France is Paris
Gabon is Libreville
Gambia is Serekunda
Georgia is Tbilisi
Germany is Berlin
Ghana is Accra
Greece is Athens
Grenada is St. George’s
Guatemala is Guatemala City
Guinea is Conakry
Guinea-Bissau is Bissau
Guyana is Georgetown
Haiti is Port-au-Prince
Honduras is San Pedro Sula
Hungary is Budapest
Iceland is Reykjavík
India is Mumbai
Indonesia is Jakarta
Iran is Tehran
Iraq is Baghdad
Ireland is Dublin
Israel is Jerusalem
Italy is Rome
Jamaica is Kingston
Japan is Tokyo
Jordan is Amman
Kazakhstan is Almaty
Kenya is Nairobi
Kiribati is South Tarawa
Korea, North is Pyongyang
Korea, South is Seoul
Kuwait is Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek
Laos is Vientiane
Latvia is Riga
Lebanon is Beirut
Lesotho is Maseru
Liberia is Monrovia
Libya is Tripoli
Liechtenstein is Schaan
Lithuania is Vilnius
Luxembourg is Luxembourg City
Madagascar is Antananarivo
Malawi is Lilongwe
Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur
Maldives is Malé
Mali is Bamako
Malta is Birkirkara
Marshall Islands is Majuro
Mauritania is Nouakchott
Mauritius is Port Louis
Mexico is Mexico City
Micronesia is Weno (Chuuk)
Moldova is Chișinău
Monaco is Monte Carlo
Mongolia is Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro is Podgorica
Morocco is Casablanca
Mozambique is Maputo
Myanmar is Yangon
Namibia is Windhoek
Nauru is Denigomodu District
Nepal is Kathmandu
Netherlands is Amsterdam
New Zealand is Auckland
Nicaragua is Managua
Niger is Niamey
Nigeria is Lagos
North Macedonia is Skopje
Norway is Oslo
Oman is Muscat
Pakistan is Karachi
Palau is Koror
Panama is Panama City
Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby
Paraguay is Asunción
Peru is Lima
Philippines is Quezon City
Poland is Warsaw
Portugal is Lisbon
Qatar is Doha
Romania is Bucharest
Russia is Moscow
Rwanda is Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis is Basseterre
Saint Lucia is Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is Kingstown
Samoa is Apia
San Marino is Dogana
São Tomé and Principe is São Tomé
Saudi Arabia is Riyadh
Senegal is Dakar
Serbia is Belgrade
Seychelles is Victoria
Sierra Leone is Freetown
Singapore is Singapore
Slovakia is Bratislava
Slovenia is Ljubljana
Solomon Islands is Honiara
Somalia is Mogadishu
South Africa is Johannesburg
South Sudan is Juba
Spain is Madrid
Sri Lanka is Colombo
Sudan is Khartoum
Suriname is Paramaribo
Sweden is Stockholm
Switzerland is Zürich
Syria is Aleppo
Tajikistan is Dushanbe
Tanzania is Dar es Salaam
Thailand is Bangkok
Timor Leste is Dili
Togo is Lomé
Tonga is Nukuʻalofa
Trinidad and Tobago Chaguanas
Tunisia is Tunis
Türkiye is Istanbul
Turkmenistan is Ashgabat
Tuvalu is Funafuti
Uganda is Kampala
Ukraine is Kyiv
United Arab Emirates is Dubai
United Kingdom is London
United States is New York City
Uruguay is Montevideo
Uzbekistan is Tashkent
Vanuatu is Port Vila
Venezuela is Caracas
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City
Yemen is Sana’a
Zambia is Lusaka
Zimbabwe is Harare