COUNTRY	CAPITAL	POPULATION	OVER 15 Y/OLD	LITERACY
1	Afghanistan	Kabul	33,609,937	18,653,515	5,241,638
2	Albania	Tirana (Tirane)	3,639,453	2,798,739	2,762,356
3	Algeria	Algiers	34,178,188	25,496,928	17,822,353
4	American Samoa	Pago Pago	65,628	43,708	42,397
5	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	83,888	70,885	70,885
6	Angola	Luanda	12,799,293	7,231,601	4,874,099
7	Anguilla	The Valley	14,436	10,899	10,354
8	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	85,632	62,683	53,782
9	Argentina	Buenos Aires	40,913,584	30,439,706	29,587,395
10	Armenia	Yerevan	2,967,004	2,427,009	2,412,447
11	Aruba	Oranjestad	103,065	83,380	81,128
12	Australia	Canberra	21,262,641	17,307,790	17,134,712
13	Austria	Vienna	8,210,281	7,019,790	6,879,394
14	Azerbaijan	Baku (Baki, Baky)	8,238,672	6,269,629	6,194,394
15	Bahamas	Nassau	309,156	229,085	219,005
16	Bahrain	Manama	727,785	539,289	466,485
17	Bangladesh	Dhaka	156,050,883	102,213,328	48,960,184
18	Barbados	Bridgetown	284,589	229,948	229,258
19	Belarus	Minsk	9,648,533	8,268,793	8,235,718
20	Belgium	Brussels	10,414,336	8,737,628	8,650,252
21	Belize	Belmopan	307,899	191,205	147,037
22	Benin	Porto-Novo	8,791,832	4,817,924	1,671,820
23	Bermuda	Hamilton	67,837	55,423	54,314
24	Bhutan	Thimphu	691,141	482,416	226,736
25	Bolivia	La Paz	9,775,246	6,305,034	5,466,464
26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	4,613,414	3,944,469	3,814,301
27	Botswana	Gaborone	1,990,876	1,298,051	1,054,018
28	Brazil	Brasilia	198,739,269	145,675,884	129,068,833
29	British Virgin Islands	Road Town	24,491	19,642	19,210
30	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	388,190	284,931	264,131
31	Bulgaria	Sofia	7,204,687	6,210,440	6,098,652
32	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	15,746,232	8,471,473	1,846,781
33	Burundi	Bujumbura	8,988,091	4,835,593	2,867,507
34	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	14,494,293	9,769,153	7,190,097
35	Cameroon	Yaounde	18,879,301	11,157,667	7,576,056
36	Canada	Ottawa	33,487,208	28,095,768	27,814,810
37	Cape Verde	Praia	429,474	278,299	213,177
38	Cayman Islands	George Town	49,035	39,424	38,636
39	Central African Republic	Bangui	4,511,488	2,666,289	1,295,817
40	Chad	N'Djamena	10,329,208	5,505,468	1,414,905
41	Chile	Santiago	16,601,707	12,750,111	12,201,856
42	China	Beijing	1,338,612,968	1,073,567,600	975,872,949
43	Colombia	Bogota	45,644,023	32,452,900	29,337,422
44	Comoros	Moroni	752,438	434,909	245,724
45	Congo Democratic Republic	Kinshasa	68,692,542	36,475,740	24,511,697
46	Congo Republic	Brazzaville	4,012,809	2,170,930	1,819,239
47	Cook Islands	Avarua	11,870	8,653	8,221
48	Costa Rica	San Jose	4,253,877	3,118,092	2,959,069
49	Cote d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	20,617,068	12,246,538	5,964,064
50	Croatia	Zagreb	4,489,409	3,789,061	3,717,069
51	Cuba	Havana	11,451,652	9,356,000	9,337,288
52	Cyprus	Nicosia (Lefkosia)	796,740	644,563	629,093
53	Czech Republic	Prague	10,211,904	8,823,085	8,734,854
54	Denmark	Copenhagen	5,500,510	4,504,918	4,459,869
55	Djibouti	Djibouti	516,055	292,603	198,678
56	Dominica	Roseau	72,660	55,222	51,908
57	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	9,650,054	6,619,937	5,759,345
58	Ecuador	Quito	14,573,101	10,040,867	9,137,189
59	Egypt	Cairo	83,082,869	56,994,848	40,694,322
60	El Salvador	San Salvador	7,185,218	4,641,651	3,722,604
61	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	633,441	368,029	320,185
62	Eritrea	Asmara (Asmera)	5,647,168	3,230,180	1,892,886
63	Estonia	Tallinn	1,299,371	1,105,765	1,103,553
64	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	85,237,338	45,942,925	19,617,629
65	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	Stanley	3,140	2,355	2,331
66	Faroe Islands	Torshavn	48,856	38,303	35,622
67	Fiji	Suva	944,720	658,470	616,986
68	Finland	Helsinki	5,250,275	4,389,230	4,389,230
69	France	Paris	64,057,792	52,143,043	51,621,612
70	French Polynesia	Papeete	287,032	217,283	212,938
71	Gabon	Libreville	1,514,993	877,181	554,378
72	Gambia	Banjul	1,782,893	1,005,552	403,226
73	Gaza Strip	Gaza City	1,551,859	862,834	797,258
74	Georgia	T'bilisi	4,615,807	3,872,662	3,872,662
75	Germany	Berlin	82,329,758	71,050,581	70,340,075
76	Ghana	Accra	23,832,495	14,942,974	8,651,982
77	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	28,034	23,352	18,682
78	Greece	Athens	10,737,428	9,201,976	8,833,897
79	Greenland	Nuuk (Godthab)	57,600	44,352	44,352
80	Grenada	Saint George's	90,739	61,703	59,234
81	Guam	Hagatna (Agana)	178,430	128,826	127,538
82	Guatemala	Guatemala	13,276,517	8,045,569	5,559,488
83	Guernsey	Saint Peter Port	65,870	56,385	50,746
84	Guinea	Conakry	10,057,975	5,753,162	1,697,183
85	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	1,533,964	908,107	385,037
86	Guyana	Georgetown	772,298	573,817	566,932
87	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	9,035,536	5,592,997	2,958,695
88	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	7,792,854	4,823,777	3,859,021
89	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	7,055,071	6,194,352	5,791,719
90	Hungary	Budapest	9,905,596	8,419,757	8,369,238
91	Iceland	Reykjavik	306,694	243,208	240,776
92	India	New Delhi	1,166,079,217	803,428,581	490,091,434
93	Indonesia	Jakarta	240,271,522	172,755,224	156,170,723
94	Iran	Tehran	66,429,284	52,014,129	40,050,880
95	Iraq	Baghdad	28,945,657	17,714,742	13,126,624
96	Ireland	Dublin	4,203,200	3,324,731	3,291,484
97	Isle of Man	Douglas	76,512	63,581	62,946
98	Israel	Jerusalem	7,233,701	5,215,498	5,064,249
99	Italy	Rome	58,126,212	50,279,173	49,474,707
100	Jamaica	Kingston	2,825,928	1,938,587	1,704,018
101	Japan	Tokyo	127,078,679	109,923,057	108,823,827
102	Jersey	Saint Helier	91,626	76,874	76,105
103	Jordan	Amman	6,342,948	4,357,605	3,917,487
104	Kazakhstan	Astana	15,399,437	12,042,360	11,982,148
105	Kenya	Nairobi	39,002,772	22,504,599	19,151,414
106	Kiribati	Tarawa	112,850	70,418	57,039
107	Korea, North	Pyongyang	22,665,345	17,837,627	17,659,250
108	Korea, South	Seoul	48,508,972	40,359,465	39,511,916
109	Kosovo	Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina)	1,804,838	1,304,898	1,199,201
110	Kuwait	Kuwait	2,691,158	1,980,692	1,847,986
111	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	5,431,747	3,818,518	3,768,877
112	Laos	Vientiane (Viangchan)	6,834,942	4,046,286	2,779,798
113	Latvia	Riga	2,231,503	1,934,713	1,928,909
114	Lebanon	Beirut	4,017,095	2,980,684	2,605,118
115	Lesotho	Maseru	2,130,819	1,389,294	1,178,121
116	Liberia	Monrovia	3,441,790	1,923,961	1,106,277
117	Libya	Tripoli (Tarabulus)	6,310,434	4,227,991	3,492,320
118	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	34,761	29,025	29,025
119	Lithuania	Vilnius	3,555,179	3,050,344	3,038,142
120	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	491,775	400,797	400,797
121	Macau	Macau	559,846	469,711	428,846
122	Macedonia	Skopje	2,066,718	1,669,908	1,604,782
123	Madagascar	Antananarivo	20,653,556	11,669,259	8,040,120
124	Malawi	Lilongwe	14,268,711	7,733,641	4,848,993
125	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	25,715,819	17,641,052	15,647,613
126	Maldives	Male	396,334	307,952	296,557
127	Mali	Bamako	12,666,987	6,548,832	3,038,658
128	Malta	Valletta	405,165	339,933	315,458
129	Marshall Islands	Majuro	64,522	39,681	37,181
130	Mauritania	Nouakchott	3,129,486	1,846,397	945,355
131	Mauritius	Port Louis	1,284,264	995,305	840,037
132	Mayotte	Mamoudzou	223,765	122,399	104,040
133	Mexico	Mexico	111,211,789	78,849,158	71,752,734
134	Micronesia	Palikir	107,434	70,047	62,342
135	Moldova	Chisinau (Kishinev)	4,320,748	3,633,749	3,601,045
136	Monaco	Monaco	32,965	28,152	27,871
137	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	3,041,142	2,186,581	2,138,476
138	Montenegro	Podgorica	672,180	564,631	547,692
139	Montserrat	Plymouth	5,097	3,695	3,584
140	Morocco	Rabat	34,859,364	24,401,555	12,762,013
141	Mozambique	Maputo	21,669,278	12,069,788	5,769,359
142	Myanmar	Rangoon (Yangon)	48,137,741	35,958,893	32,327,044
143	Namibia	Windhoek	2,108,665	1,351,654	1,148,906
144	Nauru	Yaren District	14,019	9,154	7,873
145	Nepal	Kathmandu	28,563,377	18,109,181	8,801,062
146	Netherlands	Amsterdam	16,715,999	13,807,415	13,669,341
147	Netherlands Antilles	Willemstad	227,049	175,509	169,717
148	New Caledonia	Noumea	227,436	166,483	160,157
149	New Zealand	Wellington	4,213,418	3,341,240	3,307,828
150	Nicaragua	Managua	5,891,199	3,899,974	2,632,482
151	Niger	Niamey	15,306,252	7,729,657	2,218,412
152	Nigeria	Abuja	149,229,090	87,149,789	59,261,856
153	Niue	Alofi	1,398	1,146	1,089
154	Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	88,662	72,703	70,522
155	Norway	Oslo	4,660,539	3,798,339	3,798,339
156	Oman	Muscat	3,418,085	1,958,563	1,594,270
157	Pakistan	Islamabad	176,242,949	110,680,572	55,229,605
158	Palau	Melekeok	20,796	16,034	14,751
159	Panama	Panama	3,360,474	2,375,855	2,183,411
160	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	6,057,263	3,822,133	2,190,082
161	Paraguay	Asuncion	6,995,655	4,428,250	4,162,555
162	Peru	Lima	29,546,963	20,948,797	19,461,432
163	Philippines	Manila	97,976,603	63,488,839	58,790,665
164	Poland	Warsaw	38,482,919	32,710,481	32,645,060
165	Portugal	Lisbon	10,707,924	8,962,532	8,362,043
166	Puerto Rico	San Juan	3,971,020	3,180,787	2,993,121
167	Qatar	Doha	833,285	651,629	579,950
168	Romania	Bucharest	22,215,421	18,772,031	18,265,186
169	Russia	Moscow	140,041,247	119,315,142	118,599,252
170	Rwanda	Kigali	10,473,282	6,064,030	4,269,077
171	Saint Helena	Jamestown	7,637	6,239	6,052
172	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	40,131	29,577	28,926
173	Saint Lucia	Castries	160,267	121,162	109,167
174	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre	7,051	5,507	5,452
175	Saint Vincent and Grenadines	Kingstown	104,574	77,489	74,390
176	Samoa	Apia	219,998	137,279	136,867
177	San Marino	San Marino	30,324	25,230	24,220
178	Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome	212,679	112,933	95,880
179	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	28,686,633	17,785,712	14,015,141
180	Senegal	Dakar	13,711,597	7,925,303	3,114,644
181	Serbia	Belgrade (Beograd)	7,379,339	6,242,921	6,018,176
182	Seychelles	Victoria	87,476	67,531	61,994
183	Sierra Leone	Freetown	6,440,053	3,574,229	1,254,555
184	Singapore	Singapore	4,657,542	3,986,856	3,687,842
185	Slovakia	Bratislava	5,463,046	4,599,885	4,581,485
186	Slovenia	Ljubljana	2,005,692	1,734,924	1,729,719
187	Solomon Islands	Honiara	595,613	360,346	317,104
188	Somalia	Mogadishu	9,832,017	5,407,609	2,044,076
189	South Africa	Pretoria	49,052,489	34,876,320	30,133,140
190	Spain	Madrid	40,525,002	34,648,877	33,921,250
191	Sri Lanka	Colombo	21,324,791	16,228,166	14,718,947
192	Sudan	Khartoum	41,087,825	24,365,080	14,887,064
193	Suriname	Paramaribo	481,267	350,844	314,356
194	Swaziland	Mbabane	1,123,913	681,091	555,770
195	Sweden	Stockholm	9,059,651	7,637,286	7,560,913
196	Switzerland	Bern	7,604,467	6,418,170	6,353,988
197	Syria	Damascus	20,178,485	12,934,409	10,295,789
198	Taiwan	Taipei	22,974,347	19,137,631	18,391,263
199	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	7,349,145	4,828,388	4,804,246
200	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	41,048,532	23,397,663	16,237,978
201	Thailand	Bangkok	65,905,410	52,197,085	48,334,500
202	Timor-Leste	Dili	1,131,612	738,943	433,020
203	Togo	Lome	6,019,877	3,521,628	2,144,671
204	Tokelau	Tokelau	1,416	821	788
205	Tonga	Nuku'alofa	120,898	81,243	80,350
206	Trinidad and Tobago	Port-of-Spain	1,229,953	988,882	975,038
207	Tunisia	Tunis	10,486,339	8,105,940	6,022,713
208	Turkey	Ankara	76,805,524	55,914,421	48,869,204
209	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)	4,884,887	3,473,155	3,431,477
210	Turks and Caicos Islands	Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)	22,942	16,014	15,693
211	Tuvalu	Funafuti	12,373	8,760	8,410
212	Uganda	Kampala	32,369,558	16,184,779	10,811,432
213	Ukraine	Kyiv (Kiev)	45,700,395	39,393,740	39,157,378
214	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	4,798,491	3,819,599	2,975,467
215	United Kingdom	London	61,113,205	50,907,300	50,398,227
216	United States	Washington, DC	307,212,123	245,155,274	242,703,721
217	Uruguay	Montevideo	3,494,382	2,711,640	2,657,408
218	Uzbekistan	Tashkent (Toshkent)	27,606,007	19,848,719	19,709,778
219	Vanuatu	Port-Vila	218,519	151,434	112,061
220	Venezuela	Caracas	26,814,843	18,636,316	17,331,774
221	Vietnam	Hanoi (Ha Noi)	86,967,524	65,312,611	58,977,287
222	Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	109,825	87,421	78,679
223	Wallis and Futuna	Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)	15,289	11,207	5,603
224	West Bank	East Jerusalem	2,461,267	1,543,214	1,425,930
225	Western Sahara	El Aaiún (Laâyoune)	405,210	223,271	198,711
226	Yemen	Sanaa	23,822,783	12,816,657	6,433,962
227	Zambia	Lusaka	11,862,740	6,512,644	5,249,191
228	Zimbabwe	Harare	11,392,629	6,391,265	5,796,877
			6,789,668,621	4,945,596,156	4,043,567,506