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

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

East Asia

Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor
Beijing China People's Republic of China 14,930,000 (2004, municipality) Wang Qishan
Pyongyang North Korea North Korea
Seoul South Korea South Korea 10,356,000 (2006) Park Won-soon
Taipei Taiwan Taiwan 2,630,872 (2007)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,100,000 (2011) none
Tokyo Japan Japan
Ulan Bator Mongolia Mongolia

South Asia

Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor
Dhaka, formerly Dacca  Bangladesh 156,594,962 (2013) N/A
Islamabad  Pakistan 1,330,000 (2011) N/A
Kathmandu    Nepal 822,930 N/A
Malé  Maldives 81,647 Maizan Ali Manik
New Delhi India Republic of India 16,321,883 Najeeb Jung
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte  Sri Lanka 5,600,000 A. J. M. Muzammil
Thimphu  Bhutan 50,000 N/A

Southeast Asia

Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Brunei 46,229 (1991)
Bangkok Thailand Thailand 7,160,522 (2007)
Metropolitan: 10,061,726(2007)
หม่อมราชวงศ์สุขุมพันธุ์ บริพัตร
M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra
Dili East Timor East Timor 150,000
Hanoi Vietnam Vietnam 3,398,889 (2007)
Metropolitan: 6,232,940(2008)
Nguyễn Thế Thảo
Jakarta Indonesia Indonesia 10,075,300 (2014)

Metropolitan:

30,214,303

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
Malaysia Malaysia City: 1,627,172 (2010)
Metropolitan: 7,239,871 (2010)
Datuk Abdul Hakim Borhan
Manila  Philippines 1,652,171 (2010)
Metropolitan: 11,855,975 (2010)
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Naypyidaw Myanmar Myanmar 930,000 (2007) Colonel Thein Nyunt
Phnom Penh Cambodia Cambodia Metropolitan: 2,009,264 (2008) Keb Chutema
Singapore Singapore Singapore
Vientiane Laos Laos City: 200,000 (2005)
Metropolitan: 730,000 (2005)

Asia

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