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Earth Continents Countries of the Americas Capital Cities of the Americas and the Caribbean
Cities and Capitals around the World
Earth Continents Countries of the Americas Capital Cities of the Americas and the Caribbean
Cities and Capitals around the World Capital Cities of North and South America and the Caribbean
Government buildings in Buenos Aires, Washington, D.C., Ottawa, Brasilia, and Santiago de Chile.
(from l to r) Argentine Congress; the Capitol in Washington, D.C.; the Parliament of Canada; the National Congress of Brazil; and La Moneda Palace in Santiago.
Images: Fabián Minetti (Buenos Aires), Sharonannajacob (Ottawa), Marcelo Jorge Vieira (Brasilia), Schwittu (Santiago)
American Capitals
North and South America and the Caribbean.
From Asunción to Washington - on this page, you will find a list of all the capitals of the North and South American and Caribbean states with figures on the city population.
The population figures are the latest available data and refer to the core city or urban area of the capital. The numbers only give an indication of the size of the respective capital city.
Have a look at the cities from space. For each city, there is a searchable map/satellite view; additionally, you will find links to the official city site (if available) and more information about the capital.
Country links open the respective country profile page.
keywords: Capital, Capital City, Capitals of the Americas
Population Source: National Statistics Bureaus and the World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision (Population of Capital Cities in 2018), and others.
Capital City
Satellite View and Map
City Population
Country
Capital Cities and States of the Americas |
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| Asunción |  Asunción Map |
525,000 | Paraguay |
| Basseterre | Basseterre Map |
14,000 | St Kitts & Nevis |
| Belmopan | Belmopan Map |
22,900 | Belize |
| Bogotá (Santa Fé de Bogotá) | Bogotá Map |
7,422,000 | Colombia |
| Brasilia (Brasília) | Brasilia Map |
2,975,000 | Brazil |
| Bridgetown | Bridgetown Map |
89,200 | Barbados |
| Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Map |
2,995,000 | Argentina |
| Caracas | Caracas Map |
2,935,000 | Venezuela |
| Castries | Castries Map |
22,000 | Saint Lucia |
| Georgetown | Georgetown Map |
110,000 | Guyana |
| Guatemala City (La Cuidad de Guatemala) | Guatemala Map |
2,851,000 | Guatemala |
| Havana (La Habana) | Havana Map |
2,136,000 | Cuba |
| Kingston | Kingston Map |
669,000 | Jamaica |
| Kingstown | Kingstown Map |
27,000 | Saint Vincent & Grenadines |
| La Paz (administrative) Sucre (legislative) |
La Paz Map Sucre Map |
1,814,000 278,000 |
Bolivia |
| Lima | Lima Map |
9,752,000 | Peru |
| Managua | Managua Map |
1,048,000 | Nicaragua |
| México (Ciudad de México) | México City Map |
8,918,000 | Mexico |
| Montevideo | Montevideo Map |
1,737,000 | Uruguay |
| Nassau | Nassau Map |
280,000 | Bahamas, The |
| Ottawa | Ottawa Map |
934,000 | Canada |
| Panamá (City) | Panamá City Map |
813,000 | Panama |
| Paramaribo | Paramaribo Map |
239,000 | Suriname |
| Port au Prince | Port-au-Prince Map |
2,600,000 | Haiti |
| Port of Spain | Port-of-Spain Map |
544,000 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Quito | Quito Map |
1,822,000 | Ecuador |
| Roseau | Roseau Map |
15,500 | Dominica |
| Saint George's | Saint George's Map |
39,000 | Grenada |
| Saint John's (St John's) | St John's Map |
21,000 | Antigua & Barbuda |
| San José | San José Map |
342,000 | Costa Rica |
| San Salvador | San Salvador Map |
1,100,000 | El Salvador |
| Santiago | Santiago Map |
5,220,000 | Chile |
| Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo Map |
3,170,000 | Dominican Republic |
| Tegucigalpa | Tegucigalpa Map |
1,363,000 | Honduras |
| Washington, D.C. | Washington D.C. Map |
705,000 | United States |