Capitals of the World

All 196 countries and their capital cities in one table. Search for a country or a capital, or click through to a capital page for currency, language, time zone and dialling-code facts.

Facts last checked 9 October 2026.

Country	Capital	Region	Continent
Afghanistan	Kabul	Southern Asia	Asia
Albania	Tirana	Southeast Europe	Europe
Algeria	Algiers	Northern Africa	Africa
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Southern Europe	Europe
Angola	Luanda	Middle Africa	Africa
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	Caribbean	North America
Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	South America
Armenia	Yerevan	Western Asia	Asia
Australia	Canberra	Australia and New Zealand	Oceania
Austria	Vienna	Central Europe	Europe
Azerbaijan	Baku	Western Asia	Europe
Bahamas	Nassau	Caribbean	North America
Bahrain	Manama	Western Asia	Asia
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Southern Asia	Asia
Barbados	Bridgetown	Caribbean	North America
Belarus	Minsk	Eastern Europe	Europe
Belgium	Brussels	Western Europe	Europe
Belize	Belmopan	Central America	North America
Benin	Porto-Novo	Western Africa	Africa
Bhutan	Thimphu	Southern Asia	Asia
Bolivia	Sucre	South America	South America
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Southeast Europe	Europe
Botswana	Gaborone	Southern Africa	Africa
Brazil	Brasília	South America	South America
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Bulgaria	Sofia	Southeast Europe	Europe
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Western Africa	Africa
Burundi	Gitega	Eastern Africa	Africa
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Middle Africa	Africa
Canada	Ottawa	North America	North America
Cape Verde	Praia	Western Africa	Africa
Central African Republic	Bangui	Middle Africa	Africa
Chad	N'Djamena	Middle Africa	Africa
Chile	Santiago	South America	South America
China	Beijing	Eastern Asia	Asia
Colombia	Bogotá	South America	South America
Comoros	Moroni	Eastern Africa	Africa
Costa Rica	San José	Central America	North America
Croatia	Zagreb	Southeast Europe	Europe
Cuba	Havana	Caribbean	North America
Cyprus	Nicosia	Southern Europe	Europe
Czechia	Prague	Central Europe	Europe
DR Congo	Kinshasa	Middle Africa	Africa
Denmark	Copenhagen	Northern Europe	Europe
Djibouti	Djibouti	Eastern Africa	Africa
Dominica	Roseau	Caribbean	North America
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Caribbean	North America
Ecuador	Quito	South America	South America
Egypt	Cairo	Northern Africa	Africa
El Salvador	San Salvador	Central America	North America
Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	Middle Africa	Africa
Eritrea	Asmara	Eastern Africa	Africa
Estonia	Tallinn	Northern Europe	Europe
Eswatini	Mbabane	Southern Africa	Africa
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Eastern Africa	Africa
Fiji	Suva	Melanesia	Oceania
Finland	Helsinki	Northern Europe	Europe
France	Paris	Western Europe	Europe
Gabon	Libreville	Middle Africa	Africa
Gambia	Banjul	Western Africa	Africa
Georgia	Tbilisi	Western Asia	Asia
Germany	Berlin	Western Europe	Europe
Ghana	Accra	Western Africa	Africa
Greece	Athens	Southern Europe	Europe
Grenada	St. George's	Caribbean	North America
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Central America	North America
Guinea	Conakry	Western Africa	Africa
Guyana	Georgetown	South America	South America
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Caribbean	North America
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Central America	North America
Hungary	Budapest	Central Europe	Europe
Iceland	Reykjavik	Northern Europe	Europe
India	New Delhi	Southern Asia	Asia
Indonesia	Jakarta	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Iran	Tehran	Southern Asia	Asia
Iraq	Baghdad	Western Asia	Asia
Ireland	Dublin	Northern Europe	Europe
Israel	Jerusalem	Western Asia	Asia
Italy	Rome	Southern Europe	Europe
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Western Africa	Africa
Jamaica	Kingston	Caribbean	North America
Japan	Tokyo	Eastern Asia	Asia
Jordan	Amman	Western Asia	Asia
Kazakhstan	Astana	Central Asia	Asia
Kenya	Nairobi	Eastern Africa	Africa
Kiribati	South Tarawa	Micronesia	Oceania
Kosovo	Pristina	Southeast Europe	Europe
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Western Asia	Asia
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Central Asia	Asia
Laos	Vientiane	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Latvia	Riga	Northern Europe	Europe
Lebanon	Beirut	Western Asia	Asia
Lesotho	Maseru	Southern Africa	Africa
Liberia	Monrovia	Western Africa	Africa
Libya	Tripoli	Northern Africa	Africa
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Western Europe	Europe
Lithuania	Vilnius	Northern Europe	Europe
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Western Europe	Europe
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Eastern Africa	Africa
Malawi	Lilongwe	Eastern Africa	Africa
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Maldives	Malé	Southern Asia	Asia
Mali	Bamako	Western Africa	Africa
Malta	Valletta	Southern Europe	Europe
Marshall Islands	Majuro	Micronesia	Oceania
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Western Africa	Africa
Mauritius	Port Louis	Eastern Africa	Africa
Mexico	Mexico City	North America	North America
Micronesia	Palikir	Micronesia	Oceania
Moldova	Chișinău	Eastern Europe	Europe
Monaco	Monaco	Western Europe	Europe
Mongolia	Ulan Bator	Eastern Asia	Asia
Montenegro	Podgorica	Southeast Europe	Europe
Morocco	Rabat	Northern Africa	Africa
Mozambique	Maputo	Eastern Africa	Africa
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Namibia	Windhoek	Southern Africa	Africa
Nauru	Yaren	Micronesia	Oceania
Nepal	Kathmandu	Southern Asia	Asia
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Western Europe	Europe
New Zealand	Wellington	Australia and New Zealand	Oceania
Nicaragua	Managua	Central America	North America
Niger	Niamey	Western Africa	Africa
Nigeria	Abuja	Western Africa	Africa
North Korea	Pyongyang	Eastern Asia	Asia
North Macedonia	Skopje	Southeast Europe	Europe
Norway	Oslo	Northern Europe	Europe
Oman	Muscat	Western Asia	Asia
Pakistan	Islamabad	Southern Asia	Asia
Palau	Ngerulmud	Micronesia	Oceania
Palestine	Ramallah, Jerusalem	Western Asia	Asia
Panama	Panama City	Central America	North America
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Melanesia	Oceania
Paraguay	Asunción	South America	South America
Peru	Lima	South America	South America
Philippines	Manila	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Poland	Warsaw	Central Europe	Europe
Portugal	Lisbon	Southern Europe	Europe
Qatar	Doha	Western Asia	Asia
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Middle Africa	Africa
Romania	Bucharest	Southeast Europe	Europe
Russia	Moscow	Eastern Europe	Europe
Rwanda	Kigali	Eastern Africa	Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	Caribbean	North America
Saint Lucia	Castries	Caribbean	North America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Caribbean	North America
Samoa	Apia	Polynesia	Oceania
San Marino	City of San Marino	Southern Europe	Europe
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Western Asia	Asia
Senegal	Dakar	Western Africa	Africa
Serbia	Belgrade	Southeast Europe	Europe
Seychelles	Victoria	Eastern Africa	Africa
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Western Africa	Africa
Singapore	Singapore	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Slovakia	Bratislava	Central Europe	Europe
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Central Europe	Europe
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Melanesia	Oceania
Somalia	Mogadishu	Eastern Africa	Africa
South Africa	Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town	Southern Africa	Africa
South Korea	Seoul	Eastern Asia	Asia
South Sudan	Juba	Middle Africa	Africa
Spain	Madrid	Southern Europe	Europe
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Southern Asia	Asia
Sudan	Khartoum	Northern Africa	Africa
Suriname	Paramaribo	South America	South America
Sweden	Stockholm	Northern Europe	Europe
Switzerland	Bern	Western Europe	Europe
Syria	Damascus	Western Asia	Asia
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Middle Africa	Africa
Taiwan	Taipei	Eastern Asia	Asia
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Central Asia	Asia
Tanzania	Dodoma	Eastern Africa	Africa
Thailand	Bangkok	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Timor-Leste	Dili	South-Eastern Asia	Oceania
Togo	Lomé	Western Africa	Africa
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	Polynesia	Oceania
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	Caribbean	North America
Tunisia	Tunis	Northern Africa	Africa
Turkey	Ankara	Western Asia	Europe
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Central Asia	Asia
Tuvalu	Funafuti	Polynesia	Oceania
Uganda	Kampala	Eastern Africa	Africa
Ukraine	Kyiv	Eastern Europe	Europe
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Western Asia	Asia
United Kingdom	London	Northern Europe	Europe
United States	Washington, D.C.	North America	North America
Uruguay	Montevideo	South America	South America
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Central Asia	Asia
Vanuatu	Port Vila	Melanesia	Oceania
Vatican City	Vatican City	Southern Europe	Europe
Venezuela	Caracas	South America	South America
Vietnam	Hanoi	South-Eastern Asia	Asia
Yemen	Sana'a	Western Asia	Asia
Zambia	Lusaka	Eastern Africa	Africa
Zimbabwe	Harare	Southern Africa	Africa

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Last updated: 9 October 2026