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Countries in the World and their Capitals

There are 193 United Nations (UN) recognized member countries in the world. Vatican City and Palestine are UN Observer States. Kosovo and Taiwan are neither UN member or UN observer countries but are recognized by some of the UN member countries. The following lists show the countries in the world and their capitals. The countries are arranged from North to South in some continents and from West to East in some continents.



African Countries and their Capitals from North to South

The following list shows African continent's different countries and their capitals


Sl. No. Country Name Capital
1 Morocco Rabat
2 Algeria (largest country in Africa) Algiers
3 Tunisia Tunis
4 Libya Tripoli
5 Egypt Cairo
6 Mauritania Nouakchott
7 Mali Bamako
8 Niger Niamey
9 Chad N'Djamena
10 Sudan Khartoum
11 Eritrea Asmara
12 Djibouti Djibouti (city)
13 Cabo Verde Praia
14 Gambia Banjul
15 Senegal Dakar
16 Guinea-Bissau Bissau
17 Guinea Conakry
18 Sierra Leone Freetown
19 Liberia Monrovia
20 Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro
21 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
22 Ghana Accra
23 Togo Lome
24 Benin Porto-Novo
25 Nigeria Abuja
26 Cameroon Yaounde
27 Central African Republic Bangui
28 South Sudan Juba
29 Ethiopia Addis Ababa
30 Somalia Mogadishu
31 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome
32 Equatorial Guinea Malabo
33 Gabon Libreville
34 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
35 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa
36 Rwanda Kigali
37 Uganda Kampala
38 Kenya Nairobi
39 Burundi Gitega
40 Tanzania Dodoma
41 Seychelles (smallest country in Africa) Victoria
42 Angola Luanda
43 Zambia Lusaka
44 Malawi Lilongwe
45 Comoros Moroni
46 Namibia Windhoek
47 Botswana Gaborone
48 Zimbabwe Harare
49 Mozambique Maputo
50 Madagascar Antananarivo
51 Mauritius Port Louis
52 South Africa Pretoria (administrative),
Cape Town (legislative),
Bloemfontein (judicial)
53 Lesotho Maseru
54 Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Mbabane (administrative),
Lobamba (legislative)

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Asian Countries and their Capitals from West to East

The following list shows Asian continent's different countries and their capitals


Sl. No. Country Name Capital
1 Turkey Ankara
2 Cyprus Nicosia
3 Lebanon Beirut
4 Israel Jerusalem
5 Palestine East Jerusalem
6 Syria Damascus
7 Jordan Amman
8 Georgia Tbilisi
9 Armenia Yerevan
10 Azerbaijan Baku
11 Iraq Baghdad
12 Kuwait Kuwait City
13 Saudi Arabia Riyadh
14 Bahrain Manama
15 Qatar Doha
16 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
17 Yemen Sana'a
18 Oman Muscat
19 Iran Tehran
20 Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana)
21 Uzbekistan Tashkent
22 Turkmenistan Ashgabat
23 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
24 Tajikistan Dushanbe
25 Afghanistan Kabul
26 Pakistan Islamabad
27 India New Delhi
28 Maldives (smallest country in Asia) Male
29 Nepal Kathmandu
30 Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
31 Bhutan Thimphu
32 Bangladesh Dhaka
33 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
34 China (largest country in Asia) Beijing
35 Myanmar Naypyidaw
36 Thailand Bangkok
37 Laos Vientiane
38 Cambodia Phnom Penh
39 Vietnam Hanoi
40 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
41 Singapore Singapore
42 Indonesia Jakarta
43 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
44 North Korea Pyongyang
45 South Korea Seoul
46 Taiwan Taipei
47 Philippines Manila
48 Timor-Leste Dili
49 Japan Tokyo

Australia and Oceania Countries and their Capitals from West to East

The following list shows Australia and Oceania's all countries and their capitals


Sl. No. Country Name Capital
1 Palau Ngerulmud
2 Federated States of Micronesia Palikir
3 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
4 Australia (largest country in Australia and Oceania) Canberra
5 Marshall Islands Majuro
6 Nauru (smallest country in Australia and Oceania) Yaren
7 Solomon Islands Honiara
8 Vanuatu Port Vila
9 Tuvalu Funafuti
10 Fiji Suva
11 New Zealand Wellington
12 Samoa Apia
13 Tonga Nukuʻalofa
14 Kiribati Tarawa

European Countries and their Capitals from West to East

The following list shows Europe continent's different countries and their capitals


Sl. No. Country Name Capital
1 Iceland Reykjavik
2 Ireland Dublin
3 Portugal Lisbon
4 Spain Madrid
5 United Kingdom London
6 France Paris
7 Andorra Andorra la Vella
8 The Netherlands Amsterdam
9 Belgium Brussels
10 Luxembourg Luxembourg (city)
11 Norway Oslo
12 Sweden Stockholm
13 Denmark Copenhagen
14 Germany Berlin
15 Liechtenstein Vaduz
16 Switzerland Bern
17 Italy Rome
18 Monaco Monaco
19 San Marino San Marino
20 Vatican City (smallest country in Europe) Vatican City
21 Malta Valletta
22 Czech Republic Prague
23 Austria Vienna
24 Slovenia Ljubljana
25 Poland Warsaw
26 Slovakia Bratislava
27 Hungary Budapest
28 Croatia Zagreb
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
30 Montenegro Podgorica
31 Serbia Belgrade
32 Kosovo Pristina
33 Albania Tirana
34 North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Skopje
35 Greece Athens
36 Finland Helsinki
37 Estonia Tallinn
38 Latvia Riga
39 Lithuania Vilnius
40 Belarus Minsk
41 Ukraine Kyiv
42 Moldova Chisinau
43 Romania Bucharest
44 Bulgaria Sofia
45 Russia (largest country in Europe) Moscow

North American Countries and their Capitals from North to South

The following list shows North American continent's different countries with their capitals


Sl. No. Country Name Capital
1 Canada (largest country in North America) Ottawa
2 United States of America Washington, D.C.
3 Mexico Mexico City
4 The Bahamas Nassau
5 Cuba Havana
6 Jamaica Kingston
7 Haiti Port-au-Prince
8 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
9 Saint Kitts and Nevis (smallest country in North America) Basseterre
10 Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's
11 Dominica Roseau
12 Saint Lucia Castries
13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
14 Barbados Bridgetown
15 Grenada Saint George's
16 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain
17 Belize Belmopan
18 Guatemala Guatemala City
19 Honduras Tegucigalpa
20 El Salvador San Salvador
21 Nicaragua Managua
22 Costa Rica San Jose
23 Panama Panama City

South American Countries and their Capitals from North to South

The following list shows South American continent's all countries and their capitals


Sl. No. Country Name Capital
1 Colombia Bogota
2 Venezuela Caracas
3 Guyana Georgetown
4 Suriname (smallest country in South America) Paramaribo
5 Ecuador Quito
6 Peru Lima
7 Brazil (largest country in South America) Brasilia
8 Bolivia Sucre (Constitutional),
La Paz (seat of Government)
9 Chile Santiago
10 Paraguay Asuncion
11 Uruguay Montevideo
12 Argentina Buenos Aires

Quiz

  1. Match the countries with their capitals:

    1. Lithuania

    2. Fiji

    3. Malaysia

    4. Venezuela


    1. Kuala Lumpur

    2. Caracas

    3. Suva

    4. Vilnius


    1. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2

    2. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

    3. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3

    4. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

    Answer

    Ans: B


  2. Match the countries with their continents:

    1. Benin

    2. Yemen

    3. Malta

    4. Ecuador


    1. Europe

    2. South America

    3. Africa

    4. Asia


    1. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2

    2. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4

    3. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

    4. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4

    Answer

    Ans: C


  3. Which the largest country in Africa?

    1. Algeria

    2. Democratic Republic of the Congo

    3. Sudan

    4. Libya

    Answer

    Ans: A