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	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	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)

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	Male
29	Nepal	Kathmandu
30	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
31	Bhutan	Thimphu
32	Bangladesh	Dhaka
33	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
34	China	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	Canberra
5	Marshall Islands	Majuro
6	Nauru	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	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	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	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	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	Paramaribo
5	Ecuador	Quito
6	Peru	Lima
7	Brazil	Brasilia
8	Bolivia	Sucre (Constitutional), La Paz (seat of Government)
9	Chile	Santiago
10	Paraguay	Asuncion
11	Uruguay	Montevideo
12	Argentina	Buenos Aires

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