Capital City of the World Countries
A capital or capital city is the municipality holding primary status in a department, country, state or other administrative region, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places. The status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, different branches of government are in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place.
This list below is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. The list is associated by the international standard ISO 3166-1, or that are included in the list of states with limited recognition.
Country/Territory |
Capital City |
Afghanistan | Kabul |
Aland Islands | Mariehamn |
Albania | Tirana |
Algeria | Algiers |
American Samoa | Pago Pago |
Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
Angola | Luanda |
Anguilla | The Valley |
Antarctica | n/a |
Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's |
Argentina | Buenos Aires |
Armenia | Yerevan |
Aruba | Oranjestad |
Australia | Canberra |
Austria | Vienna |
Azerbaijan | Baku |
Bahamas | Nassau |
Bahrain | Manama |
Bangladesh | Dhaka |
Barbados | Bridgetown |
Belarus | Minsk |
Belgium | Brussels |
Belize | Belmopan |
Benin | Porto-Novo |
Bermuda | Hamilton |
Bhutan | Thimphu |
Bolivia | La Paz, Sucre |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | Kralendijk, Oranjestad, The Bottom |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
Botswana | Gaborone |
Bouvet Island | n/a |
Brazil | Brasília |
British Indian Ocean Territory | Camp Justice |
British Virgin Islands | Road Town |
Brunei Darussalam | Bandar Seri Begawan |
Bulgaria | Sofia |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
Burundi | Gitega |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
Cameroon | Yaoundé |
Canada | Ottawa |
Cape Verde | Praia |
Cayman Islands | George Town |
Central African Republic | Bangui |
Chad | N'Djamena |
Chile | Santiago |
China | Beijing |
Christmas Island | Flying Fish Cove |
Cocos Islands | West Island |
Colombia | Bogotá |
Comoros | Moroni |
Congo (the Democratic Republic) | Kinshasa |
Congo (the Republic) | Brazzaville |
Cook Islands | Avarua |
Costa Rica | San José |
Croatia | Zagreb |
Cuba | Havana |
Curacao | Willemstad |
Cyprus | Nicosia |
Czech Republic | Prague |
Denmark | Copenhagen |
Djibouti | Djibouti |
Dominica | Roseau |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
East Timor (Timor Leste) | Dili |
Ecuador | Quito |
Egypt | Cairo |
El Salvador | San Salvador |
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
Eritrea | Asmara |
Estonia | Tallinn |
Eswatini | Mbabane, Lobamba |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
Falkland Islands | Stanley |
Faroe Islands | Tórshavn |
Fiji | Suva |
Finland | Helsinki |
France | Paris |
French Guiana | Cayenne |
French Polynesia | Papeete |
French Southern Territories | Saint Pierre, Réunion |
Gabon | Libreville |
Gambia | Banjul |
Georgia | Tbilisi |
Germany | Berlin |
Ghana | Accra |
Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
Greece | Athens |
Greenland | Nuuk |
Grenada | St. George's |
Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre |
Guam | Hagåtña |
Guatemala | Guatemala City |
Guernsey | St. Peter Port |
Guinea | Conakry |
Guinea Bissau | Bissau |
Guyana | Georgetown |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | n/a |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
Hong Kong | n/a |
Hungary | Budapest |
Iceland | Reykjavík |
India | New Delhi |
Indonesia | Jakarta |
Iran | Tehran |
Iraq | Baghdad |
Ireland | Dublin |
Isle of Man | Douglas |
Israel | Jerusalem |
Italy | Rome |
Ivory Coast (Cote d Ivoire) | Yamoussoukro |
Jamaica | Kingston |
Japan | Tokyo |
Jersey | St. Helier |
Jordan | Amman |
Kazakhstan | Nur-Sultan |
Kenya | Nairobi |
Kiribati | South Tarawa |
Kuwait | Kuwait City |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
Laos | Vientiane |
Latvia | Riga |
Lebanon | Beirut |
Lesotho | Maseru |
Liberia | Monrovia |
Libya | Tripoli |
Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
Lithuania | Vilnius |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
Macau | n/a |
Madagascar | Antananarivo |
Malawi | Lilongwe |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
Maldives | Malé |
Mali | Bamako |
Malta | Valletta |
Marshall Islands | Majuro |
Martinique | Fort-de-France |
Mauritania | Nouakchott |
Mauritius | Port Louis |
Mayotte | Mamoudzou |
Mexico | Mexico City |
Micronesia | Palikir |
Moldova | Chișinău |
Monaco | Monaco |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
Montenegro | Podgorica |
Montserrat | Plymouth |
Morocco | Rabat |
Mozambique | Maputo |
Myanmar | Naypyidaw |
Namibia | Windhoek |
Nauru | Yaren |
Nepal | Kathmandu |
Netherlands | Amsterdam |
New Caledonia | Nouméa |
New Zealand | Wellington |
Nicaragua | Managua |
Niger | Niamey |
Nigeria | Abuja |
Niue | Alofi |
Norfolk Island | Kingston |
North Korea | Pyongyang |
North Macedonia | Skopje |
Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan |
Norway | Oslo |
Oman | Muscat |
Pakistan | Islamabad |
Palau | Ngerulmud |
Palestine | Ramallah, East Jerusalem |
Panama | Panama City |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
Paraguay | Asunción |
Peru | Lima |
Philippines | Manila |
Pitcairn | Adamstown |
Poland | Warsaw |
Portugal | Lisbon |
Puerto Rico | San Juan |
Qatar | Doha |
Reunion | Saint Denis |
Romania | Bucharest |
Russia | Moscow |
Rwanda | Kigali |
Saint Barthelemy | Gustavia |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Jamestown |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
Saint Lucia | Castries |
Saint Martin | Marigot |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | St. Pierre |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
Samoa | Apia |
San Marino | San Marino |
Sao Tome and Principe | São Tomé |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
Senegal | Dakar |
Serbia | Belgrade |
Seychelles | Victoria |
Sierra Leone | Freetown |
Singapore | Singapore |
Sint Maarten | Philipsburg |
Slovakia | Bratislava |
Slovenia | Ljubljana |
Solomon Islands | Honiara |
Somalia | Mogadishu |
South Africa | Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | King Edward Point |
South Korea | Seoul |
South Sudan | Juba |
Spain | Madrid |
Sri Lanka | Colombo |
Sudan | Khartoum |
Suriname | Paramaribo |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Longyearbyen |
Sweden | Stockholm |
Switzerland | Bern |
Syria | Damascus |
Taiwan | Taipei |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
Tanzania | Dodoma |
Thailand | Bangkok |
Togo | Lomé |
Tokelau | Nukunonu |
Tonga | Nukuʻalofa |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain |
Tunisia | Tunis |
Turkey | Ankara |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town |
Tuvalu | Funafuti |
Uganda | Kampala |
Ukraine | Kyiv |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
United Kingdom | London |
United States | Washington, D.C. |
United States Minor Outlying Islands | n/a |
United States Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie |
Uruguay | Montevideo |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent |
Vanuatu | Port Vila |
Vatican City (Holy See) | Vatican City |
Venezuela | Caracas |
Vietnam | Hanoi |
Wallis and Futuna | Mata Utu |
Western Sahara | El Aaiún (declared) |
Yemen | Sana'a |
Zambia | Lusaka |
Zimbabwe | Harare |