Second Cities - List of the Second City of the Country

(Last Updated On: April 16, 2021)

Second cities are not less important than the capital city for a country. Even, we find many examples that second cities are more important than the first city.

Let’s find below a list of second cities along with the first cities:

List of second cities

Country or territory	City proper
	Largest	Second-largest
	Metropolitan area (if different)
	Largest	Second largest
Abkhazia	Sukhumi	Tkvarcheli
Afghanistan	Kabul	Kandahar
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)	Episkopi Cantonment	Ayios Nikolaos
Åland Islands (Finland)	Mariehamn	Jomala
Albania	Tirana	Durrës
Algeria	Algiers	Oran
American Samoa (US)	Tafuna	Nu’uuli
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Escaldes-Engordany
Angola	Luanda	Lubango
Anguilla (UK)	North Side	The Valley
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John’s	All Saints
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Córdoba
Armenia	Yerevan	Gyumri
Artsakh	Stepanakert	Shusha
Aruba (Netherlands)	Oranjestad	Sint Nicolaas
Australia	Sydney	Melbourne
Austria	Vienna	Graz
Azerbaijan	Baku	Ganja
Bahamas	Nassau	Freeport
Bahrain	Manama	Riffa
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Chittagong
Barbados	Bridgetown	Speightstown
Belarus	Minsk	Gomel
Belgium	Brussels	Antwerp
Belize	Belize City	San Ignacio
Benin	Cotonou	Abomey-Calavi
Bermuda (UK)	St. George’s	Hamilton
Bhutan	Thimphu	Phuntsholing
Bolivia	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	El Alto
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	Muyinga
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Siem Reap
Cameroon	Douala	Yaoundé
Canada	Toronto	Montreal
Cape Verde	Praia	Mindelo
Cayman Islands (UK)	George Town	Bodden Town
Central African Republic	Bangui	Bimbo
Chad	N’Djamena	Moundou
Chile	Santiago	Puente Alto
China	Shanghai	Beijing
Christmas Island (Australia)	Flying Fish Cove	Poon Saan
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	Bantam	West Island
Colombia	Bogotá	Medellín
Comoros	Moroni	Mutsamudu
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Kinshasa	Lubumbashi
Congo, Republic of the	Brazzaville	Pointe-Noire
Cook Islands (New Zealand)	Avarua	Amuri
Costa Rica	San José	Alajuela
Côte d’Ivoire	Abidjan	Bouaké
Croatia	Zagreb	Split
Cuba	Havana	Santiago de Cuba
Curaçao (Netherlands)	Willemstad	Sint Michiel
Cyprus	Nicosia	Limassol
Czech Republic	Prague	Brno
Czech Republic	Prague	Ostrava
Denmark	Copenhagen	Aarhus
Djibouti	Djibouti	Ali Sabieh
Dominica	Roseau	Portsmouth
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Santiago de los Caballeros
East Timor	Dili	Dare
Ecuador	Quito	Guayaquil
Ecuador	Guayaquil	Quito
Egypt	Cairo	Alexandria
El Salvador	San Salvador	Santa Ana
Equatorial Guinea	Bata	Malabo
Eritrea	Asmara	Keren
Estonia	Tallinn	Tartu
Eswatini	Manzini	Mbabane
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Dire Dawa
Falkland Islands (UK)	Stanley	Mount Pleasant
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	Tórshavn	Klaksvík
Federated States of Micronesia	Weno	Palikir
Fiji	Nasinu	Suva
Finland	Helsinki	Espoo
Finland	Helsinki	Tampere
France	Paris	Marseille
France	Paris	Lyon
French Guiana (France)	Cayenne	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
French Polynesia (France)	Papeete	Faaa
Gabon	Libreville	Port-Gentil
Gambia, The	Serekunda	Brikama
Georgia	Tbilisi	Batumi
Germany	Berlin	Hamburg
Germany	Rhine-Ruhr	Berlin
Ghana	Accra	Kumasi
Gibraltar (UK)	Gibraltar
Greece	Athens	Thessaloniki
Greenland (Denmark)	Nuuk	Sisimiut
Grenada	St. George’s	Gouyave
Guam (US)	Dededo	Yigo
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Quetzaltenango
Guernsey (UK)	Saint Peter Port	Vale
Guinea	Conakry	Nzérékoré
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Gabú
Guyana	Georgetown	Linden
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Gonaïves
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong (China)	Kwun Tong	Sha Tin
Hungary	Budapest	Debrecen
Iceland	Reykjavík	Kópavogur
India	Mumbai	Delhi
Indonesia	Jakarta	Surabaya
Iran	Tehran	Mashhad
Iraq	Baghdad	Basra
Ireland	Dublin	Cork
Isle of Man (UK)	Douglas	Ramsey
Israel	Jerusalem	Tel Aviv
Italy	Rome	Milan
Jamaica	Kingston	Spanish Town
Japan	Tokyo	Yokohama
Japan	Tokyo	Osaka
Jersey (UK)	Saint Helier	Saint Saviour
Jordan	Amman	Zarqa
Kazakhstan	Almaty	Nur-Sultan
Kenya	Nairobi	Mombasa
Kiribati	Betio	Bairiki
Korea, North	Pyongyang	Hamhung
Korea, South	Seoul	Busan
Kosovo	Pristina	Prizren
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Al Jahra
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Osh
Laos	Vientiane	Pakxe
Latvia	Riga	Daugavpils
Lebanon	Beirut	Tripoli
Lesotho	Maseru	Teyateyaneng
Liberia	Monrovia	Ganta
Libya	Tripoli	Benghazi
Liechtenstein	Schaan	Vaduz
Lithuania	Vilnius	Kaunas
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Esch-sur-Alzette
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Toamasina
Malawi	Lilongwe	Blantyre
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	George Town
Maldives	Malé	Addu City
Mali	Bamako	Sikasso
Malta	Valletta
Marshall Islands	Ebeye	Rita
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Nouadhibou
Mauritius	Port Louis	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Mayotte (France)	Mamoudzou	Koungou
Mexico	Mexico City	Ecatepec
Mexico	Mexico City	Guadalajara
Moldova	Chişinău	Tiraspol
Monaco	Monaco	La Condamine
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Erdenet
Montenegro	Podgorica	Nikšić
Montserrat (UK)	Brades	Saint Peter’s
Morocco	Casablanca	Fez
Mozambique	Maputo	Matola
Myanmar	Yangon	Mandalay
Namibia	Windhoek	Rundu
Nauru	Yaren	Denigomudu
Nepal	Kathmandu	Pokhara
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Rotterdam
New Caledonia (France)	Nouméa	Dumbéa
New Zealand	Auckland	Christchurch
New Zealand	Auckland	Wellington
Nicaragua	Managua	León
Niger	Niamey	Zinder
Nigeria	Lagos	Kano
Niue (New Zealand)	Alofi	Hakupu
Norfolk Island (Australia)	Burnt Pine	Kingston
North Macedonia	Skopje	Bitola
Northern Cyprus	North Nicosia	Famagusta
Northern Mariana Islands (US)	San Antonio	Garapan
Norway	Oslo	Bergen
Oman	Muscat	Seeb
Pakistan	Karachi	Lahore
Palau	Koror	Airai
Panama	Panama City	San Miguelito District
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Lae
Paraguay	Asunción	Ciudad del Este
Peru	Lima	Arequipa
Philippines	Quezon City	Manila
Philippines	Metro Manila	Metro Cebu
Pitcairn Islands (UK)	Adamstown
Poland	Warsaw	Kraków
Portugal	Lisbon	Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal	Lisbon	Porto
Puerto Rico (US)	San Juan	Bayamón
Puerto Rico (US)	San Juan	Ponce
Qatar	Doha	Al Rayyan
Romania	Bucharest	Iași
Romania	Bucharest	Constanța
Russia	Moscow	Saint Petersburg
Rwanda	Kigali	Butare
Saint Barthélemy (France)	Gustavia	St. Jean
Saint Helena (UK)	Half Tree Hollow	Jamestown
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	Charlestown
Saint Lucia	Castries	Gros Islet
Saint Martin (France)	Marigot	Rambaud
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	Saint-Pierre	Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Georgetown
Samoa	Apia	Vaitele
San Marino	Dogana	Borgo Maggiore
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Trindade
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Jeddah
Senegal	Dakar	Touba
Serbia	Belgrade	Novi Sad
Seychelles	Victoria	Anse Boileau
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Bo
Singapore	Singapore
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	Lower Prince’s Quarter	Cul De Sac
Slovakia	Bratislava	Košice
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Maribor
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Gizo
Somalia	Mogadishu	Hargeisa
Somaliland	Hargeisa	Burao
South Africa	Cape Town	Durban
South Africa	Johannesburg	Cape Town
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK)	King Edward Point	Bird Island
South Ossetia	Tskhinvali	Akhalgori
South Sudan	Juba	Yei
Spain	Madrid	Barcelona
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
State of Palestine	Gaza City	Hebron
Sudan	Omdurman	Khartoum
Sudan	Khartoum	Port Sudan
Suriname	Paramaribo	Lelydorp
Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)	Longyearbyen	Barentsburg
Sweden	Stockholm	Gothenburg
Switzerland	Zürich	Geneva
Syria	Damascus	Aleppo
Taiwan	New Taipei	Taichung
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Khujand
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Mwanza
Thailand	Bangkok	Nonthaburi
Thailand	Bangkok	Pak Kret
Togo	Lomé	Sokodé
Tokelau (New Zealand)	Fakaofo	Atafu
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	Neiafu
Transnistria (Moldova)	Tiraspol	Bender
Trinidad and Tobago	Chaguanas	San Fernando
Tunisia	Tunis	Sfax
Turkey	Istanbul	Ankara
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Türkmenabat
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	Five Cays	Honda Road
Tuvalu	Funafuti	Asau
Uganda	Kampala	Nansana
Ukraine	Kyiv	Kharkiv
Ukraine	Kyiv	Donetsk
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom	London	Birmingham
United States of America	New York City	Los Angeles
Uruguay	Montevideo	Salto
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Namangan
Vanuatu	Port Vila	Luganville
Vatican City	Vatican City
Venezuela	Caracas	Maracaibo
Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City	Hanoi
Virgin Islands, British (UK)	Road Town	Spanish Town
Virgin Islands, United States (US)	Charlotte Amalie	Anna’s Retreat
Wallis and Futuna (France)	Mata-Utu	Utufua
Western Sahara	Laayoune	Dakhla
Yemen	Sana’a	Aden
Zambia	Lusaka	Kitwe
Zimbabwe	Harare	Bulawayo