List of largest cities and second largest cities by country
This is a list of the second largest cities by population in each country. Similar to a second city, it lists a country's largest and second largest cities.
Country |
Largest City |
Second largest city |
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A |
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Abkhazia |
Sokhumi |
Gagra |
Afghanistan |
Kabul |
Kandahar |
Akrotiri and Dhekelia |
Episkopi Cantonment |
Ayios Nikolaos |
Åland Islands |
Mariehamn |
Jomala |
Albania |
Tirana |
Durrës |
Algeria |
Algiers |
Oran |
American Samoa |
Tafuna |
Nu'uuli |
Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
Les Escaldes |
Angola |
Luanda |
Huambo |
Anguilla |
The Valley |
Sandy Ground |
Antigua and Barbuda |
St. John's |
Codrington |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Córdoba |
Armenia |
Yerevan |
Gyumri |
Aruba |
Oranjestad |
Noord |
Ascension Island |
Georgetown |
Two Boats Village |
Australia |
Sydney |
Melbourne |
Austria |
Vienna |
Graz |
Azerbaijan |
Baku |
Ganja |
B |
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Bahamas |
Nassau |
Freeport |
Bahrain |
Manama |
Muharraq |
Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
Chittagong |
Barbados |
Bridgetown |
Speightstown |
Belarus |
Minsk |
Homel |
Belgium |
Brussels |
Antwerp |
Belize |
Belize City |
Orange Walk Town |
Benin |
Cotonou |
Porto-Novo |
Bermuda |
Hamilton |
St. George's |
Bhutan |
Thimphu |
Phuntsholing |
Bolivia |
La Paz |
Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Banja Luka |
Botswana |
Gaborone |
Francistown |
Brazil |
São Paulo |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Kuala Belait |
Bulgaria |
Sofia |
Plovdiv |
Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
Bobo Dioulasso |
Burundi |
Bujumbura |
Gitega |
C |
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Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
Battambang |
Cameroon |
Douala |
Yaoundé |
Canada |
Toronto |
Montreal |
Cape Verde |
Praia |
Mindelo |
Cayman Islands |
George Town |
West Bay |
Central African Republic |
Bangui |
Bimbo |
Chad |
N'Djamena |
Moundou |
Chile |
Santiago |
Valparaíso |
China |
Shanghai |
Beijing |
Christmas Island |
Flying Fish Cove also known as "The Settlement" |
Drumsite |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Bantam |
West Island |
Colombia |
Bogotá |
Medellín |
Congo (DRC) |
Kinshasa |
Lubumbashi |
Congo (RC) |
Brazzaville |
Pointe Noire |
Comoros |
Moroni |
Mutsamudu |
Cook Islands |
Avarua |
Aitutaki |
Costa Rica |
San José |
Cartago |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Abidjan |
Bouaké |
Croatia |
Zagreb |
Split |
Cuba |
Havana |
Santiago de Cuba |
Cyprus |
Nicosia |
Limassol |
Czech Republic |
Prague |
Brno |
D |
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Denmark |
Copenhagen |
Aarhus |
Djibouti |
Djibouti |
Ali Sabieh |
Dominica |
Roseau |
Portsmouth |
Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
Santiago de los Caballeros |
E |
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East Timor |
Dili |
Baucau |
Ecuador |
Guayaquil |
Quito |
Egypt |
Cairo |
Alexandria |
El Salvador |
San Salvador |
Santa Ana |
England |
London |
Birmingham |
Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
Bata |
Eritrea |
Asmara |
Keren |
Estonia |
Tallinn |
Tartu |
Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Dire Dawa |
F |
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Falkland Islands |
Stanley |
Port Howard |
Faroe Islands |
Tórshavn |
Klaksvík |
Fiji |
Suva |
Lautoka |
Finland |
Helsinki |
Espoo |
France |
Paris |
Lyon |
French Guiana |
Cayenne |
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
French Polynesia |
Faaa |
Papeete |
G |
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Gabon |
Libreville |
Port-Gentil |
Gambia, The |
Serrekunda |
Brikama |
Georgia |
Tbilisi |
Kutaisi |
Germany |
Berlin |
Hamburg |
Ghana |
Accra |
Kumasi |
Gibraltar |
Gibraltar is the only city |
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Greece |
Athens |
Thessaloniki |
Greenland |
Nuuk |
Sisimiut |
Grenada |
St. George's |
Gouyave |
Guam |
Dededo |
Yigo |
Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
Quetzaltenango |
Guernsey |
St. Peter Port |
Vale |
Guinea |
Conakry |
Kankan |
Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
Bafatá |
Guyana |
Georgetown |
Linden |
H |
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Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
Gonaïves |
Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
San Pedro Sula |
Hong Kong |
Kowloon |
Northern Hong Kong Island |
Hungary |
Budapest |
Debrecen |
I |
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Iceland |
Reykjavík |
Akureyri |
India |
Mumbai |
Delhi |
Indonesia |
Jakarta |
Surabaya |
Iran |
Tehran |
Mashhad |
Iraq |
Baghdad |
Basra |
Ireland |
Dublin |
Cork |
Isle of Man |
Douglas |
Onchan |
Israel |
Jerusalem |
Tel Aviv |
Italy |
Rome |
Milan |
J |
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Jamaica |
Kingston |
Montego Bay |
Japan |
Tokyo |
Yokohama |
Jersey |
Saint Helier |
Jersey |
Jordan |
Amman |
Irbid |
K |
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Kazakhstan |
Almaty |
Astana |
Kenya |
Nairobi |
Mombasa |
Kiribati |
Betio |
Bikenibeu |
Korea, North |
Pyongyang |
Hamhung |
Korea, South |
Seoul |
Busan |
Kosovo |
Priština |
|
Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
Osh |
L |
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Laos |
Vientiane |
Savannakhet |
Latvia |
Rīga |
Daugavpils |
Lebanon |
Beirut |
Tripoli |
Lesotho |
Maseru |
Teyateyaneng |
Liberia |
Monrovia |
|
Libya |
Tripoli |
Benghazi |
Liechtenstein |
Schaan |
Vaduz |
Lithuania |
Vilnius |
Kaunas |
Luxembourg |
Luxembourg City |
Esch-sur-Alzette |
M |
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Macau |
Our Lady of Fatima Parish |
|
Republic of Macedonia |
Skopje |
Bitola |
Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
Fianarantsoa |
Malawi |
Blantyre |
Lilongwe |
Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Penang |
Maldives |
Malé |
|
Mali |
Bamako |
Segou |
Malta |
Birkirkara |
Mosta |
Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
Ebeye |
Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
Nouadhibou |
Mauritius |
Port Louis |
|
Mayotte |
Mamoudzou |
Dzaoudzi |
Mexico |
Mexico City |
Guadalajara |
Micronesia |
Weno |
Kolonia |
Moldova |
Chişinău |
Tiraspol |
Monaco |
Monte Carlo |
La Condamine |
Mongolia |
Ulan Bator |
Erdenet |
Montenegro |
Podgorica |
Nikšić |
Montserrat |
Brades |
|
Morocco |
Casablanca |
Rabat |
Mozambique |
Maputo |
Beira |
Myanmar |
Yangon |
Mandalay |
N |
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Nagorno-Karabakh |
Stepanakert |
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Namibia |
Windhoek |
Walvis Bay |
Nauru |
Yaren |
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Nepal |
Kathmandu |
Biratnagar |
Netherlands |
Amsterdam |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands Antilles |
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles |
Kralendijk |
New Caledonia |
Nouméa |
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New Zealand |
Auckland |
Wellington/Christchurch |
Nicaragua |
Managua |
León |
Niger |
Niamey |
Zinder |
Nigeria |
Lagos |
Ibadan |
Niue |
Alofi |
Hakupu |
Norfolk Island |
Burnt Pine |
Kingston |
Northern Cyprus |
Nicosia |
Kyrenia |
Northern Ireland |
Belfast |
Derry |
Northern Mariana Islands |
Saipan |
|
Norway |
Oslo |
Bergen |
O |
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Oman |
Muscat |
Salalah |
P |
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Pakistan |
Karachi |
Lahore |
Palau |
Koror |
Airai |
Palestine |
Gaza |
Palestinian Jerusalem |
Panama |
Panama City |
San Miguelito |
Papua New Guinea |
Port Morseby |
Lae |
Paraguay |
Asunción |
Ciudad del Este |
Peru |
Lima |
Arequipa |
Philippines |
Quezon City |
Manila |
Poland |
Warsaw |
Łódź |
Portugal |
Lisbon |
Porto |
Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
Bayamón |
Q |
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Qatar |
Doha |
Al Wakrah |
R |
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Romania |
Bucharest |
Iaşi |
Russia |
Moscow |
Saint Petersburg |
Rwanda |
Kigali |
|
S |
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Saint Barthélemy |
Gustavia |
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Saint Helena |
Jamestown |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre |
Sandy Point Town |
Saint Lucia |
Castries |
Vieux Fort Quarter |
Saint Martin |
Marigot |
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Saint-Pierre |
Miquelon-Langlade |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
Georgetown |
Samoa |
Apia |
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San Marino |
Dogana |
Borgo Maggiore |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
São Tomé |
Santo Amaro |
Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh |
Jeddah |
Scotland |
Edinburgh |
Glasgow |
Senegal |
Dakar |
Thiès |
Serbia |
Belgrade |
Novi Sad |
Seychelles |
Victoria |
|
Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
Bo |
Singapore |
Singapore is the only city |
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Slovakia |
Bratislava |
Košice |
Slovenia |
Ljubljana |
Maribor |
Solomon Islands |
Honiara |
Gizo |
Somalia |
Mogadishu |
Hargeisa |
South Africa |
Johannesburg |
Cape Town |
South Ossetia |
Tskhinvali |
Akhalgori |
Spain |
Madrid |
Barcelona |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Jaffna |
Sudan |
Omdurman |
Khartoum |
Suriname |
Paramaribo |
Lelydorp |
Svalbard |
Longyearbyen |
Barentsburg |
Swaziland |
Manzini |
Mbabane |
Sweden |
Stockholm |
Gothenburg |
Switzerland |
Zürich |
Geneva |
Syria |
Damascus |
Aleppo |
T |
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Taiwan |
Taipei |
Kaohsiung |
Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
Khujand |
Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
Mwanza |
Thailand |
Bangkok |
Nonthaburi |
Togo |
Lomé |
Sokodé |
Tokelau |
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Tonga |
Nukuʻalofa |
|
Transnistria |
Tiraspol |
Tighina |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Chaguanas |
San Fernando |
Tristan da Cunha |
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the only city |
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Tunisia |
Tunis |
Sfax |
Turkey |
Istanbul |
Ankara |
Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat |
Türkmenabat |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
Cockburn Town |
Cockburn Harbour |
Tuvalu |
Funafuti |
Vaiaku |
U |
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Uganda |
Kampala |
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Ukraine |
Kiev |
Kharkiv |
United Arab Emirates |
Dubai |
Abu Dhabi |
United States |
New York City |
Los Angeles |
Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Salto |
Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
Samarkand |
V |
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Vanuatu |
Port-Vila |
Luganville |
Vatican City |
Vatican City is the only city |
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Venezuela |
Caracas |
Maracaibo |
Vietnam |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Hanoi |
Virgin Islands, British |
Road Town |
|
Virgin Islands, United States |
Charlotte Amalie |
Anna's Retreat |
W |
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Wales |
Cardiff |
Swansea |
Wallis and Futuna |
Mata-Utu |
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Western Sahara |
El Aaiún |
Dakhla |
Y |
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Yemen |
Sana'a |
Aden |
Z |
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Zambia |
Lusaka |
Ndola |
Zimbabwe |
Harare |
Bulawayo |
See also
- List of capitals and largest cities by country
- Second city