Asian capitals

All 46 capitals in Asia, from the ones everyone names first to the ones few people think of, with each capital’s country and region.

11 Plankton
29 Too Clever
6 Schooler
0 Rare
0 Deep Cut
0 One in a Krillion

All 46 Asian capitals

Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.

Showing all 46. Tap a name to copy it.

Asian capitals, with definition, region, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Region
	Capital of Singapore, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Plankton	est.
	Capital of Japan, in Eastern Asia.	Eastern Asia	Plankton	368K
	Capital of the United Arab Emirates, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Plankton	201K
	Capital of Iran, in Southern Asia.	Southern Asia	Plankton	165K
	Capital of Thailand, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Plankton	165K
	Capital of South Korea, in Eastern Asia.	Eastern Asia	Plankton	135K
	Capital of China, in Eastern Asia.	Eastern Asia	Plankton	110K
	Capital of Indonesia, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Plankton	110K
	Capital of Lebanon, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Plankton	110K
	Capital of Saudi Arabia, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Plankton	110K
	Capital of Syria, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Plankton	110K
	Capital of the Philippines, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Too Clever	91K
	Capital of Iraq, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	74K
	Capital of Malaysia, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Too Clever	74K
	Capital of Qatar, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	74K
	Capital of Vietnam, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Too Clever	74K
	Capital of Azerbaijan, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	61K
	Capital of India, in Southern Asia.	Southern Asia	Too Clever	61K
	Capital of Georgia, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	50K
	Capital of Nepal, in Southern Asia.	Southern Asia	Too Clever	50K
	Capital of Pakistan, in Southern Asia.	Southern Asia	Too Clever	50K
	Capital of Uzbekistan, in Central Asia.	Central Asia	Too Clever	50K
also Ulan Bator	Capital of Mongolia, in Eastern Asia.	Eastern Asia	Too Clever	41K
	Capital of Oman, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	41K
	Capital of Afghanistan, in Southern Asia.	Southern Asia	Too Clever	33K
	Capital of Bangladesh, in Southern Asia.	Southern Asia	Too Clever	33K
	Capital of Cambodia, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Too Clever	33K
also Nur-Sultan	Capital of Kazakhstan, in Central Asia.	Central Asia	Too Clever	33K
	Capital of North Korea, in Eastern Asia.	Eastern Asia	Too Clever	33K
	Capital of Turkey, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	33K
	Capital of Armenia, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	22K
	Capital of Jordan, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	22K
	Capital of Yemen, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	22K
	Capital of Laos, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Too Clever	18K
	Capital of Turkmenistan, in Central Asia.	Central Asia	Too Clever	18K
	Capital of Cyprus, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	15K
	Capital of Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia.	Central Asia	Too Clever	15K
	Capital of the Maldives, in Southern Asia.	Southern Asia	Too Clever	est.
	Capital of Kuwait, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Too Clever	12K
	Capital of Tajikistan, in Central Asia.	Central Asia	Too Clever	12K
	Capital of Bahrain, in Western Asia.	Western Asia	Schooler	9.9K
	Capital of Bhutan, in Southern Asia.	Southern Asia	Schooler	8.1K
also Nay Pyi Taw	Capital of Myanmar, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Schooler	6.6K
	Capital of Timor-Leste, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Schooler	5.4K
	Capital of Brunei, in South-eastern Asia.	South-eastern Asia	Schooler	4.4K
	Capital of Sri Lanka, in Southern Asia.	Southern Asia	Schooler	3.6K

Questions about Asian capitals

How many capitals are in Asia?

RareList lists 46 capitals for 46 countries in Asia.

What are the best-known capitals in Asia?

The most searched in the US are Tokyo, Abu Dhabi, Tehran, Bangkok and Seoul.

Which capital in Asia is the least searched?

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, with about 3.6K US searches a month. Capital of Sri Lanka, in Southern Asia.

Which capitals in Asia are named after their country?

Singapore (Singapore) and Kuwait City (Kuwait).

Capitals are listed for the 193 UN member states and the State of Palestine, except where we cannot state one: Israel and Palestine (the capital is disputed), Equatorial Guinea (a move from Malabo could not be confirmed) and Nauru (no official capital). Vatican City is a city-state and is left out. Where a country splits its capital functions, each city is listed with its role. Capitals come from the open mledoze/countries dataset, checked by hand.

Searches marked “est.” are estimates: for a capital whose name mostly means something else, such as Victoria or Georgetown, we count searches for the city plus its country; for Singapore, Monaco, Luxembourg and Djibouti the city and the country share one name, so the figure is the country’s.