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Capital of India
The capital of India is New Delhi. The largest, New Delhi, has around 249,998 residents in the city proper — a small capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALNew Delhi
POPULATION249,998
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
New Delhi249,998 people
In context
Where New Delhisits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250kNew Delhi is here
<50k
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