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Capital Cities of Asia
Buildings (from l to r) in New Delhi, India; Tehran, Iran; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Moscow, Russia; and Bejing in China.
Images: Peymanyeganeh (Tehran); Jon Rawlinson (Riyadh); W. Bulach (Moscow); Uwe Aranas (Bejing)
Capitals of Asia
List of the Capital Cities of Asia.
In Asia, you will find the big exotic capitals like Bangkok, Beijing, Jakarta, New Delhi, Seoul, and Taipei, but also smaller, but famous capital cities like Kathmandu, Lhasa, Vientiane, or Hanoi.
On this page, you will find all the capital cities of the Asian nations and their capital cities with the latest population figures.
Have a look at the cities and islands from space; for each capital, there is a searchable map and satellite view; additionally, you will find links to the official city site (if available) and more information about a city.
The city sites offer travel and tourism information. Get tips for your vacation on accommodation, local activities, tourist attractions, cultural events, sightseeing, and round trips for your leisure activities in that city.
Country links lead you to the respective country profile.
On the map pages you will find out more about a city.
keywords: Capital, Capital City, Capitals of Asia and the Middle East
Population Source: National Statistics Bureaus and the World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision (Population of Capital Cities in 2018).
Capital City
Satellite View and Map
City Population
Country
Capital Cities and States of Asia |
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| Abu Dhabi |  Abu
Dhabi Map |
260,000 | United Arab Emirates |
| Amman | Amman Map |
2,065,000 | Jordan |
| Ankara (Angora) | Ankara Map |
5,640,000 | Turkey |
| Ashgabat (Aşgabat) | Ashgabat Map |
810,000 | Turkmenistan |
| Nur-Sultan (Astana) | Astana Map |
1,145,000 | Kazakhstan |
| Baghdad | Baghdad Map |
6-7 million | Iraq |
| Baku | Baku Map |
2,270,000 | Azerbaijan |
| Bandar Seri Begawan | Bandar Seri Begawan Map |
241,000 | Brunei |
| Bangkok (Krung Thep) | Bangkok Map |
10,530,000 | Thailand |
| Beijing (Peking) | Beijing Map |
20,430,000 | China |
| Beirut (Bayrut) | Beirut Map |
2,385,000 | Lebanon |
| Bishkek (Biskek) | Bishkek Map |
1,027,000 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Colombo Kotte (admin.) |
Colombo Map |
620,000 | Sri Lanka |
| Damascus (Dimashq) | Damascus Map |
2,320,000 | Syria |
| Dhaka | Dhaka Map |
9,400,000 | Bangladesh |
| Dili | Dili Map |
280,000 | Timor_Leste |
| Doha (Ad Dawhah) | Doha Map |
633,000 | Qatar |
| Dushanbe (Dusanbe) | Dushanbe Map |
846,000 | Tajikistan |
| Hanoi (Hà Nội) | Hanoi Map |
4,200,000 | Viet Nam |
| Islamabad | Islamabad Map |
1,014,000 | Pakistan |
| Jakarta | Jakarta Map |
10,770,000 | Indonesia |
| Jerusalem | Jerusalem Map |
919,000 | Israel (claimed) |
| Kabul (Kabol) | Kabul Map |
4,000,000 | Afghanistan |
| Kathmandu | Kathmandu Map |
1,300,000 | Nepal |
| Kuala Lumpur | Kuala
Lumpur Map |
1,760,000 | Malaysia |
| Kuwait-City (Al Kuwayt) | Kuwait
City Map |
584,000 | Kuwait |
| Lhasa (Chengguan) | Lhasa Map |
475,000 | Tibet (PR China) |
| Malé | Male Map |
177,000 | Maldives |
| Manama (Al Manamah) | Manama Map |
160,000 | Bahrain |
| Manila | Manila Map |
1,800,000 | Philippines |
| Moscow (Moskva) | Moscow Map |
12,500,000 | Russia |
| Muscat | Muscat Map |
1,440,000 | Oman |
| Naypyidaw | Naypyidaw |
500,000 | Burma (Myanmar) |
| New Delhi (Ni Dilli) | New Delhi Map |
28,125,000 | India |
| Phnom Penh (Phnum Pénh) | Phnom Penh Map |
1,900,000 | Cambodia |
| P'yongyang | P'yongyang Map |
3,040,000 | Korea, North |
| Riyadh (Ar Riyad) | Riyadh Map |
7,676,000 | Saudi Arabia |
| Sanaa | Sanaa Map |
2,779,000 | Yemen |
| Seoul (Soul) | Seoul Map |
9,733,000 | Korea, South |
| Singapore (Singapura) | Singapore Map |
5.703,000 | Singapore |
| Taipei (Taibei) | Taipei Map |
2,705,000 | Taiwan |
| Tashkent (Toshkent) | Tashkent Map |
2,371,000 | Uzbekistan |
| T'bilisi (Tiflis) | T'bilisi Map |
1,171,000 | Georgia |
| Tehran | Tehran Map |
9,000,000 | Iran |
| Thimphu | Thimphu Map |
114,500 | Bhutan |
| Tokyo | Tokyo Map |
9,644,000 | Japan |
| Ulaanbaatar (Ulan Bator) | Ulaanbaatar Map |
1,520,000 | Mongolia |
| Vientiane (Viangchan) | Vientiane Map |
665,000 | Laos |
| Yerevan (Erevan) | Yerevan Map |
1,075,000 | Armenia |