Countries and their capital cities – full list in alphabetical order

The following is a list of all the countries (UN Members) and their capital cities.

Countries and their capital cities

CountryCapital
AfghanistanKabul
AlbaniaTirana
AlgeriaAlgiers
AndorraAndorra la Vella
AngolaLuanda
Antigua and BarbudaSt. John’s
ArgentinaBuenos Aires
ArmeniaYerevan
AustraliaCanberra
AustriaVienna
AzerbaijanBaku
BahamasNassau
BahrainManama
BangladeshDhaka
BarbadosBridgetown
BelarusMinsk
BelgiumBrussels
BelizeBelmopan
BeninPorto-Novo
BhutanThimphu
BoliviaSucre (constitutional and judicial); La Paz (administrative)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo
BotswanaGaborone
BrazilBrasรญlia
BruneiBandar Seri Begawan
BulgariaSofia
Burkina FasoOuagadougou
BurundiGitega
Cabo VerdePraia
CambodiaPhnom Penh
CameroonYaoundรฉ
CanadaOttawa
Central African RepublicBangui
ChadN’Djamena
ChileSantiago
ChinaBeijing
ColombiaBogotรก
ComorosMoroni
Congo (Republic of the Congo)Brazzaville
Costa RicaSan Josรฉ
Cรดte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)Yamoussoukro
CroatiaZagreb
CubaHavana
CyprusNicosia
Czechia (Czech Republic)Prague
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)Pyongyang
Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa
DenmarkCopenhagen
DjiboutiDjibouti City
DominicaRoseau
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo
EcuadorQuito
EgyptCairo
El SalvadorSan Salvador
Equatorial GuineaCiudad de la Paz
EritreaAsmara
EstoniaTallinn
EswatiniMbabane (executive); Lobamba (legislative)
EthiopiaAddis Ababa
FijiSuva
FinlandHelsinki
FranceParis
GabonLibreville
GambiaBanjul
GeorgiaTbilisi
GermanyBerlin
GhanaAccra
GreeceAthens
GrenadaSt. George’s
GuatemalaGuatemala City
GuineaConakry
Guinea BissauBissau
GuyanaGeorgetown
HaitiPort-au-Prince
HondurasTegucigalpa
HungaryBudapest
IcelandReykjavรญk
IndiaNew Delhi
IndonesiaJakarta
IranTehran
IraqBaghdad
IrelandDublin
IsraelJerusalem (limited recognition)
ItalyRome
JamaicaKingston
JapanTokyo
JordanAmman
KazakhstanAstana
KenyaNairobi
KiribatiTarawa
KuwaitKuwait City
KyrgyzstanBishkek
LaosVientiane
LatviaRiga
LebanonBeirut
LesothoMaseru
LiberiaMonrovia
LibyaTripoli
LiechtensteinVaduz
LithuaniaVilnius 
LuxembourgLuxembourg City
MadagascarAntananarivo
MalawiLilongwe
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
MaldivesMalรฉ
MaliBamako
MaltaValletta
Marshall IslandsMajuro
MauritaniaNouakchott
MauritiusPort Louis
MexicoMexico City
MicronesiaPalikir
MonacoMonaco
MongoliaUlaanbaatar 
MontenegroPodgorica
MoroccoRabat
MozambiqueMaputo
MyanmarNaypyidaw
NamibiaWindhoek
NauruYaren (de facto)
NepalKathmandu
NetherlandsAmsterdam
New ZealandWellington
NicaraguaManagua
NigerNiamey
NigeriaAbuja
North MacedoniaSkopje
NorwayOslo
OmanMuscat
PakistanIslamabad
PalauNgerulmud
PanamaPanama City
Papua New GuineaPort Moresby
ParaguayAsunciรณn
PeruLima
PhilippinesManila
PolandWarsaw
PortugalLisbon
QatarDoha
Republic of Korea (South Korea)Seoul
Republic of MoldovaChiศ™inฤƒu
RomaniaBucharest
RussiaMoscow
RwandaKigali
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre
Saint LuciaCastries
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown
SamoaApia
San MarinoSan Marino
Sao Tome and PrincipeSรฃo Tomรฉ
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh
SenegalDakar
SerbiaBelgrade
SeychellesVictoria
Sierra LeoneFreetown
SingaporeSingapore
SlovakiaBratislava
SloveniaLjubljana
Solomon IslandsHoniara
SomaliaMogadishu
South AfricaPretoria (executive); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial)
South SudanJuba
SpainMadrid
Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative); Colombo (executive and judicial)
State of PalestineJerusalem (limited recognition)
SudanKhartoum
SurinameParamaribo
SwedenStockholm
SwitzerlandBern (de facto)
SyriaDamascus
TajikistanDushanbe
ThailandBangkok
Timor-Leste (East Timor)Dili
TogoLomรฉ
TongaNukuสปalofa
Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain
TunisiaTunis
Tรผrkiye (Turkey)Ankara
TurkmenistanAshgabat
TuvaluFunafuti
UgandaKampala
UkraineKyiv
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
United KingdomLondon
United Republic of TanzaniaDodoma
United States of AmericaWashington, D.C.
UruguayMontevideo
UzbekistanTashkent
VanuatuPort Vila
Vatican CityVatican City
VenezuelaCaracas
VietnamHanoi
YemenSanaa
ZambiaLusaka
ZimbabweHarare

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Which country has 3 capital cities?

South Africa is the only country in the world that has three official capital cities:

  1. โ€‹Pretoria (Executive)
  2. โ€‹Cape Town (Legislative)
  3. โ€‹Bloemfontein (Judicial)

What is the capital of Canada?

โ€‹The capital of Canada is Ottawa. Many people mistakenly guess Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver because they are larger.

Is Istanbul the capital of Turkey?

No, Ankara is the official capital of Turkey (officially Republic of Tรผrkiye), a status it has held since 1923. Istanbul is the country’s largest city and cultural hub.

What is the new capital of Equatorial Guinea?

Ciudad de la Paz replaced Malabo as the new capital of Equatorial Guinea in 2026.


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