Countries Where The Capital Is Not The Largest City

[MustafaTekin]

Rank Country Capital Population Largest city Population
1 Australia Canberra 390,706 Sydney 4,921,000
2 Belize Belmopan 16,400 Belize City 70,000
3 Benin Porto-Novo 223,500 Cotonou 761,100
4 Bolivia Sucre 259,388 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 1,453,549
5 Brazil Brasília 2,557,158 São Paulo 11,150,249
6 Cameroon Yaoundé 1,430,000 Douala 2,000,000 +
7 Canada Ottawa 812,129 Toronto 2,503,281
8 China Beijing 22,000,000 Shanghai 34,000,000
9 Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro 200,659 Abidjan 4,348,000
10 Ecuador Quito 1,397,698 Guayaquil 2,600,000
11 Equatorial Guinea Malabo 187,302 Bata 250,770
12 India New Delhi 249,998 Mumbai 12,442,373
13 Kazakhstan Astana 743,014 Almaty 1,450,095
14 Liechtenstein Vaduz 5,109 Schaan 5,806
15 Malta Valletta 6,000 Birkirkara 21,000
16 Federated States of Micronesia Palikir 5,000 Weno 13,000
17 Morocco Rabat 627,000 Casablanca 4,150,000
18 Myanmar Naypyidaw 925,000 Yangon 4,346,000
19 New Zealand Wellington 405,000 Auckland 1,495,000
20 Nigeria Abuja 778,567 Lagos 7,937,932
21 Pakistan Islamabad 1,740,000 Karachi 24,300,000
22 Palau Ngerulmud 271 Koror 11,200
23 Philippines Manila 1,780,148 Quezon City 2,936,116
24 San Marino San Marino 4,211 Serravalle 10,601
25 South Africa Pretoria 2,345,908 Johannesburg 3,888,180
26 Sudan Khartoum 2,207,794 Omdurman 2,395,159
27 Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 115,826 Colombo 642,163
28 Switzerland Bern 138,041 Zürich 397,698
29 Taiwan Taipei 2,650,968 New Taipei 3,916,451
30 Tanzania Dodoma 324,347 Dar es Salaam 2,497,940
31 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain 49,000 Chaguanas 67,400
32 Turkey Ankara 5,150,072 Istanbul 14,377,018
33 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 896,751 Dubai 2,262,000
34 United States Washington, D.C. 672,228 New York City 8,550,405
35 Vietnam Hanoi 6,500,000 Ho Chi Minh City 7,123,340

[Chris596]

I can't really choose between Ankara or Washington (regarding the population when compared to the capital). I've been in Istanbul and many cities in Turkey, so I would choose Istanbul, wonderful!

I mean Turkey: Ankara-Istanbul