List of national capitals in East, South, and Southeast Asia

This is a list of East, South, and Southeast Asian capitals.

East Asia

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Name Country View Population Mayor or governor or president
Beijing   China   21,542,000 (2018, municipality) Yin Yong
Pyongyang   North Korea   2,870,000 (2016) Kim Su-gil
Seoul   South Korea   9,963,000 (2020) Oh Se-hoon
Taipei   Taiwan   2,646,000 (2019)
Metropolitan: 8,535,000 (2019)
Chiang Wan-an
Tokyo   Japan   13,929,300 (2019)
Metropolitan: 27,140,000 (2019)
Yuriko Koike
Ulaanbaatar   Mongolia   1,372,000 (2013) Khishgeegiin Nyambaatar

South Asia

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Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor
Dhaka   Bangladesh   6,594,962 (2013) North Dhaka: Atiqul Islam

South Dhaka: Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh

Islamabad   Pakistan   1,330,000 (2011) Vacant
Kabul   Afghanistan   3,895,000 (2011) Hamdullah Nomani
Kathmandu     Nepal   822,930 Balen Shah
Malé   Maldives   81,647 Adam Azim
New Delhi   India   16,321,883 Shelly Oberoi
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
(administrative capital)

Colombo
(commercial capital)

  Sri Lanka   5,648,000 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte : Madhura Vithanage

Colombo : Vacant

Thimphu   Bhutan   50,000 Ugyen Dorji

Southeast Asia

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Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor
Bandar Seri Begawan   Brunei   64,526 (1997) Amir Azman Haji Abdul Rahman
Bangkok   Thailand   8,305,200 (2019)
Metropolitan: 14,626,200 (2019)
Chadchart Sittipunt
Dili   Timor-Leste   222,323 (2015)
Metropolitan: 234,331 (2015)
Gregório da Cunha Saldanha
Hanoi   Vietnam 3,642,100 (2019)
Metropolitan: 16,100,000 (2019)
Đinh Tiến Dũng
Jakarta   Indonesia   10,565,800 (2015))
Metropolitan: 31,689,500 (2015)
Heru Budi Hartono (Acting)
Kuala Lumpur (official),
Putrajaya (Federal Administrative center)
  Malaysia   City: 1,790,000 (2017)
Metropolitan: 7,969,700 (2017)
Kuala Lumpur : Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh

Putrajaya : Fadlun Mak Ujud

Manila   Philippines   City:

14,962,000 (2022)
Metropolitan: 27,342,891 (2022)

Honey Lacuna
Naypyidaw   Myanmar   683,000 (2022) Myo Aung
Phnom Penh   Cambodia   City: 2,129,300 (2019) Khuong Sreng
Singapore   Singapore   5,896,686 (2021) N/A
Vientiane   Laos   City: 249,800 (2015)
Metropolitan: 820,900 (2015)
Athsphangthong Siphandone