List of countries whose capital is not their largest city

List of countries whose capital is not their biggest city - Wikimedia list article. Article “List of countries whose capital is not their largest city” in Simple English Wikipedia has 25.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 9 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in Hebrew Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “List of countries whose capital is not their largest city”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 836 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #2634 in November 2025
• Global: #292 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #20601 in March 2026
• Global: #59433 in June 2015

There are 21 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Hebrew (he) מדינות שבהן עיר הבירה איננה העיר עם האוכלוסייה הגדולה ביותר		34.5269
2	Russian (ru) Список стран, где столица не является крупнейшим городом		31.271
3	Simple English (simple) List of countries whose capital is not their largest city		25.9306
4	Chinese (zh) 首都并非最大城市的国家列表		21.8115
5	Estonian (et) Loend riikidest, mille pealinn pole riigi suurim linn		21.4393
6	English (en) List of countries whose capital is not their largest city		19.258
7	Finnish (fi) Luettelo valtioista, joiden pääkaupunki ei ole valtion suurin kaupunki		16.2227
8	Urdu (ur) ممالک کی فہرست جن کا دارالحکومت ان کا سب سے بڑا شہر نہیں		14.165
9	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách quốc gia có thủ đô không phải là thành phố lớn nhất		13.6735
10	Persian (fa) فهرست کشورهایی که پایتختشان بزرگترین شهرشان نیست		13.2071

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The most popular language versions of the article "List of countries whose capital is not their largest city" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) List of countries whose capital is not their largest city		2 105 864
2	Russian (ru) Список стран, где столица не является крупнейшим городом		386 879
3	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách quốc gia có thủ đô không phải là thành phố lớn nhất		143 690
4	Arabic (ar) قائمة الدول التي عواصمها ليست مدنها الكبرى		68 165
5	Indonesian (id) Daftar negara yang ibu kotanya bukan kota terbesar		63 460
6	Portuguese (pt) Lista de países cuja capital não é a maior cidade		55 748
7	Turkish (tr) Başkenti en büyük kenti olmayan ülkeler listesi		55 497
8	Ukrainian (uk) Список країн, де столиця не є найбільшим містом		44 992
9	Slovak (sk) Zoznam štátov, ktorých hlavné mestá nie sú najväčšie		22 323
10	Armenian (hy) Երկրների ցանկ, որտեղ մայրաքաղաքն ամենամեծ քաղաքը չէ		19 387

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The most popular language versions of the article "List of countries whose capital is not their largest city" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) List of countries whose capital is not their largest city		5 308
2	Russian (ru) Список стран, где столица не является крупнейшим городом		564
3	Portuguese (pt) Lista de países cuja capital não é a maior cidade		252
4	Turkish (tr) Başkenti en büyük kenti olmayan ülkeler listesi		155
5	Chinese (zh) 首都并非最大城市的国家列表		116
6	Persian (fa) فهرست کشورهایی که پایتختشان بزرگترین شهرشان نیست		101
7	Simple English (simple) List of countries whose capital is not their largest city		68
8	French (fr) Liste des pays dont la capitale n'est pas la plus grande ville		59
9	Armenian (hy) Երկրների ցանկ, որտեղ մայրաքաղաքն ամենամեծ քաղաքը չէ		42
10	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách quốc gia có thủ đô không phải là thành phố lớn nhất		40

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Language versions of the article "List of countries whose capital is not their largest city" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) List of countries whose capital is not their largest city		501
2	Russian (ru) Список стран, где столица не является крупнейшим городом		82
3	Finnish (fi) Luettelo valtioista, joiden pääkaupunki ei ole valtion suurin kaupunki		37
4	Turkish (tr) Başkenti en büyük kenti olmayan ülkeler listesi		27
5	Portuguese (pt) Lista de países cuja capital não é a maior cidade		26
6	Arabic (ar) قائمة الدول التي عواصمها ليست مدنها الكبرى		20
7	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách quốc gia có thủ đô không phải là thành phố lớn nhất		19
8	French (fr) Liste des pays dont la capitale n'est pas la plus grande ville		16
9	Slovak (sk) Zoznam štátov, ktorých hlavné mestá nie sú najväčšie		15
10	Ukrainian (uk) Список країн, де столиця не є найбільшим містом		15

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Language versions of the article "List of countries whose capital is not their largest city" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) List of countries whose capital is not their largest city		3
2	Arabic (ar) قائمة الدول التي عواصمها ليست مدنها الكبرى		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) Paytaxtları ölkənin ən iri şəhəri olmayan ölkələrin siyahısı		0
4	Estonian (et) Loend riikidest, mille pealinn pole riigi suurim linn		0
5	Persian (fa) فهرست کشورهایی که پایتختشان بزرگترین شهرشان نیست		0
6	Finnish (fi) Luettelo valtioista, joiden pääkaupunki ei ole valtion suurin kaupunki		0
7	French (fr) Liste des pays dont la capitale n'est pas la plus grande ville		0
8	Hebrew (he) מדינות שבהן עיר הבירה איננה העיר עם האוכלוסייה הגדולה ביותר		0
9	Hungarian (hu) Azon országok listája, amelyek fővárosa nem a legnagyobb városuk		0
10	Armenian (hy) Երկրների ցանկ, որտեղ մայրաքաղաքն ամենամեծ քաղաքը չէ		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "List of countries whose capital is not their largest city" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) List of countries whose capital is not their largest city		16
2	Urdu (ur) ممالک کی فہرست جن کا دارالحکومت ان کا سب سے بڑا شہر نہیں		13
3	Portuguese (pt) Lista de países cuja capital não é a maior cidade		7
4	Chinese (zh) 首都并非最大城市的国家列表		7
5	Ukrainian (uk) Список країн, де столиця не є найбільшим містом		6
6	French (fr) Liste des pays dont la capitale n'est pas la plus grande ville		5
7	Arabic (ar) قائمة الدول التي عواصمها ليست مدنها الكبرى		4
8	Russian (ru) Список стран, где столица не является крупнейшим городом		4
9	Turkish (tr) Başkenti en büyük kenti olmayan ülkeler listesi		4
10	Indonesian (id) Daftar negara yang ibu kotanya bukan kota terbesar		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قائمة الدول التي عواصمها ليست مدنها الكبرى
az	Azerbaijani Paytaxtları ölkənin ən iri şəhəri olmayan ölkələrin siyahısı
en	English List of countries whose capital is not their largest city
et	Estonian Loend riikidest, mille pealinn pole riigi suurim linn
fa	Persian فهرست کشورهایی که پایتختشان بزرگترین شهرشان نیست
fi	Finnish Luettelo valtioista, joiden pääkaupunki ei ole valtion suurin kaupunki
fr	French Liste des pays dont la capitale n'est pas la plus grande ville
he	Hebrew מדינות שבהן עיר הבירה איננה העיר עם האוכלוסייה הגדולה ביותר
hu	Hungarian Azon országok listája, amelyek fővárosa nem a legnagyobb városuk
hy	Armenian Երկրների ցանկ, որտեղ մայրաքաղաքն ամենամեծ քաղաքը չէ
id	Indonesian Daftar negara yang ibu kotanya bukan kota terbesar
pt	Portuguese Lista de países cuja capital não é a maior cidade
ru	Russian Список стран, где столица не является крупнейшим городом
simple	Simple English List of countries whose capital is not their largest city
sk	Slovak Zoznam štátov, ktorých hlavné mestá nie sú najväčšie
th	Thai รายชื่อประเทศที่มีเมืองหลวงไม่ใช่เมืองใหญ่ที่สุด
tr	Turkish Başkenti en büyük kenti olmayan ülkeler listesi
uk	Ukrainian Список країн, де столиця не є найбільшим містом
ur	Urdu ممالک کی فہرست جن کا دارالحکومت ان کا سب سے بڑا شہر نہیں
vi	Vietnamese Danh sách quốc gia có thủ đô không phải là thành phố lớn nhất
zh	Chinese 首都并非最大城市的国家列表

Best Rank

Simple English: #20601 03.2026

Global: #59433 06.2015

Best Rank

Simple English: #2634 11.2025

Global: #292 11.2001

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