World Capitals

Here is the capital of every country and territory in our list. A few countries have more than one capital — South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein), the Netherlands (Amsterdam, with The Hague as seat of government) and Bolivia (Sucre and La Paz).

Country	Capital	Region
Afghanistan	Kabul	Middle East & North Africa
Albania	Tirana	Europe & Central Asia
Algeria	Algiers	Middle East & North Africa
American Samoa	Pago Pago	East Asia & Pacific
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Europe & Central Asia
Angola	Luanda	Sub-Saharan Africa
Antigua and Barbuda	Q36262	Latin America & Caribbean
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Latin America & Caribbean
Armenia	Yerevan	Europe & Central Asia
Aruba	Oranjestad	Latin America & Caribbean
Australia	Canberra	East Asia & Pacific
Austria	Vienna	Europe & Central Asia
Azerbaijan	Baku	Europe & Central Asia
Bahamas	Nassau	Latin America & Caribbean
Bahrain	Manama	Middle East & North Africa
Bangladesh	Dhaka	South Asia
Barbados	Bridgetown	Latin America & Caribbean
Belarus	Minsk	Europe & Central Asia
Belgium	Brussels	Europe & Central Asia
Belize	Belmopan	Latin America & Caribbean
Benin	Cotonou and Porto-Novo	Sub-Saharan Africa
Bermuda	Hamilton	North America
Bhutan	Thimphu	South Asia
Bolivia	La Paz and Sucre	Latin America & Caribbean
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Europe & Central Asia
Botswana	Gaborone	Sub-Saharan Africa
Brazil	Brasília	Latin America & Caribbean
British Virgin Islands	Road Town	Latin America & Caribbean
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	East Asia & Pacific
Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe & Central Asia
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Sub-Saharan Africa
Burundi	Gitega	Sub-Saharan Africa
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	East Asia & Pacific
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Sub-Saharan Africa
Canada	Ottawa	North America
Cape Verde	Praia	Sub-Saharan Africa
Cayman Islands	George Town	Latin America & Caribbean
Central African Republic	Bangui	Sub-Saharan Africa
Chad	N'Djamena	Sub-Saharan Africa
Channel Islands	—	Europe & Central Asia
Chile	Santiago	Latin America & Caribbean
China	Beijing	East Asia & Pacific
Colombia	Bogotá	Latin America & Caribbean
Comoros	Moroni	Sub-Saharan Africa
Costa Rica	San José	Latin America & Caribbean
Croatia	Zagreb	Europe & Central Asia
Cuba	Havana	Latin America & Caribbean
Curaçao	Willemstad	Latin America & Caribbean
Cyprus	Nicosia	Europe & Central Asia
Czech Republic	Prague	Europe & Central Asia
Denmark	Copenhagen	Europe & Central Asia
Djibouti	Djibouti	Middle East & North Africa
Dominica	Roseau	Latin America & Caribbean
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Latin America & Caribbean
DR Congo	Kinshasa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Ecuador	Quito	Latin America & Caribbean
Egypt	Cairo	Middle East & North Africa
El Salvador	San Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean
Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	Sub-Saharan Africa
Eritrea	Asmara	Sub-Saharan Africa
Estonia	Tallinn	Europe & Central Asia
Eswatini	Lobamba and Mbabane	Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Faroe Islands	Tórshavn	Europe & Central Asia
Fiji	Suva	East Asia & Pacific
Finland	Helsinki	Europe & Central Asia
France	Paris	Europe & Central Asia
French Polynesia	Papeete	East Asia & Pacific
Gabon	Libreville	Sub-Saharan Africa
Gambia	Banjul	Sub-Saharan Africa
Georgia	Tbilisi	Europe & Central Asia
Germany	Berlin	Europe & Central Asia
Ghana	Accra	Sub-Saharan Africa
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Europe & Central Asia
Greece	Athens	Europe & Central Asia
Greenland	Nuuk	Europe & Central Asia
Grenada	St. George's	Latin America & Caribbean
Guam	Hagåtña	East Asia & Pacific
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Latin America & Caribbean
Guinea	Conakry	Sub-Saharan Africa
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa
Guyana	Georgetown	Latin America & Caribbean
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Latin America & Caribbean
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Latin America & Caribbean
Hong Kong	—	East Asia & Pacific
Hungary	Budapest	Europe & Central Asia
Iceland	Reykjavík	Europe & Central Asia
India	New Delhi	South Asia
Indonesia	Jakarta and Nusantara	East Asia & Pacific
Iran	Tehran	Middle East & North Africa
Iraq	Baghdad	Middle East & North Africa
Ireland	Dublin	Europe & Central Asia
Isle of Man	Douglas	Europe & Central Asia
Israel	Jerusalem and Tel Aviv	Middle East & North Africa
Italy	Rome	Europe & Central Asia
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Sub-Saharan Africa
Jamaica	Kingston	Latin America & Caribbean
Japan	Tokyo	East Asia & Pacific
Jordan	Amman	Middle East & North Africa
Kazakhstan	Astana	Europe & Central Asia
Kenya	Nairobi	Sub-Saharan Africa
Kiribati	South Tarawa	East Asia & Pacific
Kosovo	Pristina	Europe & Central Asia
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Middle East & North Africa
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Europe & Central Asia
Laos	Vientiane	East Asia & Pacific
Latvia	Riga	Europe & Central Asia
Lebanon	Beirut	Middle East & North Africa
Lesotho	Maseru	Sub-Saharan Africa
Liberia	Monrovia	Sub-Saharan Africa
Libya	Tripoli	Middle East & North Africa
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Europe & Central Asia
Lithuania	Vilnius	Europe & Central Asia
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Europe & Central Asia
Macao	Municipality of Macau	East Asia & Pacific
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi	Lilongwe	Sub-Saharan Africa
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya	East Asia & Pacific
Maldives	Malé	South Asia
Mali	Bamako	Sub-Saharan Africa
Malta	Valletta	Middle East & North Africa
Marshall Islands	Majuro	East Asia & Pacific
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Sub-Saharan Africa
Mauritius	Port Louis	Sub-Saharan Africa
Mexico	Mexico City	Latin America & Caribbean
Micronesia	Palikir	East Asia & Pacific
Moldova	Chișinău	Europe & Central Asia
Monaco	Monaco	Europe & Central Asia
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	East Asia & Pacific
Montenegro	Podgorica	Europe & Central Asia
Morocco	Rabat	Middle East & North Africa
Mozambique	Maputo	Sub-Saharan Africa
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	East Asia & Pacific
Namibia	Windhoek	Sub-Saharan Africa
Nauru	Yaren District	East Asia & Pacific
Nepal	Kathmandu	South Asia
Netherlands	Amsterdam and The Hague	Europe & Central Asia
New Caledonia	Nouméa	East Asia & Pacific
New Zealand	Wellington	East Asia & Pacific
Nicaragua	Managua	Latin America & Caribbean
Niger	Niamey	Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria	Abuja	Sub-Saharan Africa
North Korea	Pyongyang	East Asia & Pacific
North Macedonia	Skopje	Europe & Central Asia
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	East Asia & Pacific
Norway	Oslo	Europe & Central Asia
Oman	Muscat	Middle East & North Africa
Pakistan	Islamabad	Middle East & North Africa
Palau	Ngerulmud	East Asia & Pacific
Palestine	East Jerusalem and Ramallah	Middle East & North Africa
Panama	Panama City	Latin America & Caribbean
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	East Asia & Pacific
Paraguay	Asunción	Latin America & Caribbean
Peru	Lima	Latin America & Caribbean
Philippines	Manila	East Asia & Pacific
Poland	Warsaw	Europe & Central Asia
Portugal	Lisbon	Europe & Central Asia
Puerto Rico	San Juan	Latin America & Caribbean
Qatar	Doha	Middle East & North Africa
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Sub-Saharan Africa
Romania	Bucharest	Europe & Central Asia
Russia	Moscow	Europe & Central Asia
Rwanda	Kigali	Sub-Saharan Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	Latin America & Caribbean
Saint Lucia	Castries	Latin America & Caribbean
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Latin America & Caribbean
Saint-Martin	Marigot	Latin America & Caribbean
Samoa	Apia	East Asia & Pacific
San Marino	San Marino	Europe & Central Asia
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Sub-Saharan Africa
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Middle East & North Africa
Senegal	Dakar	Sub-Saharan Africa
Serbia	Belgrade	Europe & Central Asia
Seychelles	Victoria	Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Sub-Saharan Africa
Singapore	Singapore	East Asia & Pacific
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	Latin America & Caribbean
Slovakia	Bratislava	Europe & Central Asia
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Europe & Central Asia
Solomon Islands	Honiara	East Asia & Pacific
Somalia	Mogadishu	Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa	Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Pretoria	Sub-Saharan Africa
South Korea	Seoul	East Asia & Pacific
South Sudan	Juba	Sub-Saharan Africa
Spain	Madrid	Europe & Central Asia
Sri Lanka	Colombo and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	South Asia
Sudan	Khartoum	Sub-Saharan Africa
Suriname	Paramaribo	Latin America & Caribbean
Sweden	Stockholm	Europe & Central Asia
Switzerland	Bern	Europe & Central Asia
Syria	Damascus	Middle East & North Africa
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Europe & Central Asia
Tanzania	Dodoma	Sub-Saharan Africa
Thailand	Bangkok	East Asia & Pacific
Timor-Leste	Dili	East Asia & Pacific
Togo	Lomé	Sub-Saharan Africa
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	East Asia & Pacific
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	Latin America & Caribbean
Tunisia	Tunis	Middle East & North Africa
Turkey	Ankara	Europe & Central Asia
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Europe & Central Asia
Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	Latin America & Caribbean
Tuvalu	Funafuti	East Asia & Pacific
Uganda	Kampala	Sub-Saharan Africa
Ukraine	Kyiv	Europe & Central Asia
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Middle East & North Africa
United Kingdom	London	Europe & Central Asia
United States	Washington, D.C.	North America
United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	Latin America & Caribbean
Uruguay	Montevideo	Latin America & Caribbean
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Europe & Central Asia
Vanuatu	Port Vila	East Asia & Pacific
Venezuela	Caracas	Latin America & Caribbean
Vietnam	Hanoi	East Asia & Pacific
Yemen	Aden and Sanaa	Middle East & North Africa
Zambia	Lusaka	Sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe	Harare	Sub-Saharan Africa

Sources: World Bank Open Data — World Development Indicators and Population Estimates and Projections (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0). Retrieved 2026-10-22. GDP in current US dollars (World Bank, latest available year).