Countries and Capitals

196 countries = 193 UN Member Countries with 2 Observer Countries (Palestine and Vatican City) + Taiwan

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Countries and Capitals
1. Sovereign Countries and Capitals
2. Limited Recognized Countries and capitals
Non-Sovereign Territories and Capitals
1. Non-Sovereign Dependent Territories in the World with Capitals
Other Areas in the World with Capitals
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Membership within the UN system divides the 206 listed states into 3 categories: 193 United Nations member nations, 2 observer countries (Palestine and Vatican City), and 11 other states.

Sovereign Countries and Capitals

S.N.	195 Recognised Countries in the World	Capital	Population	Currency	Dialing Code
1	Afghanistan	Kabul	2,68,49,000	Afghani	+93
2	Albania	Tirana	30,20,209	Lek	+355
3	Algeria	Algiers	3,33,33,267	Dinar	+213
4	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	85,458	Euro	+376
5	Angola	Luanda	1,69,41,000	Kwanza	+244
6	Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	89,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 268
7	Argentina	Buenos Aires	4,31,31,966	Peso	+54
8	Armenia	Yerevan	30,60,631	Dram	+374
9	Australia	Canberra	2,39,23,600	Australian Dollar	+61
10	Austria	Vienna	82,23,062	Euro	+43
11	Azerbaijan	Baku	96,86,210	Manat	+994
12	Bahamas	Nassau	3,79,000	Bahamian dollar	+1 242
13	Bahrain	Manama	17,81,000	Bahraini dinar	+973
14	Bangladesh	Dhaka	15,87,62,000	Taka	+880
15	Barbados	Bridgetown	2,83,000	Barbadian dollar	+1 246
16	Belarus	Minsk	96,08,058	Belarusian ruble	+375
17	Belgium	Brussels	1,12,39,755	Euro	+32
18	Belize	Belmopan	3,69,000	Belize dollar	+501
19	Benin	Porto-Novo	84,39,000	CFA franc	+229
20	Bhutan	Thimphu	7,60,000	Bhutanese ngultrum	+975
21	Bolivia	Sucre	1,00,27,254	Boliviano	+591
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	38,71,643	Convertible mark	+387
23	Botswana	Gaborone	18,39,833	Pula	+267
24	Brazil	Brasília	20,48,93,000	Real	+55
25	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	4,21,000	Brunei dollar	+673
26	Bulgaria	Sofia	69,24,716	Lev	+359
27	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	1,32,28,000	CFA franc	+226
28	Burundi	Bujumbura	75,48,000	Burundian franc	+257
29	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	1,50,40,000	Riel	+855
30	Cameroon	Yaoundé	1,77,95,000	CFA franc	+237
31	Canada	Ottawa	3,58,19,000	Canadian dollar	+1
32	Cape Verde	Praia	4,20,979	Cape Verdean escudo	+238
33	Central African Republic	Bangui	42,16,666	CFA franc	+236
34	Chad	N'Djamena	1,01,46,000	CFA franc	+235
35	Chile	Santiago	1,80,06,407	Peso	+56
36	China (PRC)	Beijing	1,37,07,93,000	Renminbi (yuan)	+86
37	Colombia	Bogotá / Santa Fe de Bogotá	4,83,47,000	Peso	+57
38	Comoros	Moroni	7,98,000	Comorian franc	+269
39	Costa Rica	San José	3,58,19,000	Costa Rican colón	+506
40	Croatia	Zagreb	44,70,534	Kuna	+385
41	Cuba	Havana	1,12,52,000	Cuban peso, Cuban convertible peso	+53
42	Cyprus	Nicosia	11,72,458	Euro	+357
43	Czech Republic	Prague	1,05,38,275	Czech koruna	+420
44	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	7,55,07,308	Congolese franc	+243
45	Denmark	Copenhagen	55,69,077	Danish krone	+45
46	Djibouti	Djibouti City	9,06,000	Djiboutian franc	+253
47	Dominica	Roseau	71,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 767
48	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	99,80,000	Dominican Peso	+1 809, +1 829, +1 849
49	Ecuador	Quito	1,63,46,700	United States dollar	+593
50	Egypt	Cairo	8,45,50,000	Egyptian pound	+20
51	El Salvador	San Salvador	64,60,000	United States dollar	+503
52	Equatoria`l Guinea	Malabo	5,04,000	CFA Franc	+240
53	Eritrea	Asmara	58,80,000	Nakfa	+291
54	Estonia	Tallinn	12,57,921	Euro	+372
55	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	8,52,37,338	Birr	+251
56	Federated States of Micronesia	Palikir	1,35,869	United States Dollar	+691
57	Fiji	Suva	8,90,057	Fijian Dollar	+679
58	Finland	Helsinki	52,68,799	Euro	+358
59	France	Paris	6,62,59,012	Euro, CFP franc	+33
60	Gabon	Libreville	13,84,000	CFA franc	+241
61	Gambia	Banjul	15,17,000	Gambian dalasi	+220
62	Georgia	Tbilisi / T'bilisi	49,35,880	Lari	+995
63	Germany	Berlin	8,09,96,685	Euro	+49
64	Ghana	Accra	2,30,00,000	Ghana cedi	+233
65	Greece	Athens	1,08,16,286	Euro	+30
66	Grenada	St. George's	1,04,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 473
67	Guatemala	Guatemala City	1,61,76,000	Guatemalan quetzal	+502
68	Guinea	Conakry	1,00,57,975	CFA Franc	+240
69	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	15,86,000	CFA franc	+245
70	Guyana	Georgetown	7,47,884	Guyanese dollar	+592
71	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	1,09,94,000	Haitian gourde	+509
72	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	89,50,000	Honduran lempira	+504
73	Hungary	Budapest	99,19,128	Forint	+36
74	Iceland	Reykjavík	3,17,351	Icelandic króna	+354
75	India	New Delhi	1,29,94,99,000	Indian rupee	+91
76	Indonesia	Jakarta	25,54,62,000	Rupiah	+62
77	Iran	Tehran	7,87,78,000	Rial	+98
78	Iraq	Baghdad	3,65,75,000	Iraqi dinar	+964
79	Ireland	Dublin	48,32,765	Euro	+353
80	Israel	Jerusalem (proclaimed)	83,72,000	New Shekel	+972
81	Italy	Rome	6,16,80,122	Euro	+39
82	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	Yamoussoukro	1,76,54,843	CFA franc	+225
83	Jamaica	Kingston	27,29,000	Jamaican dollar	+1 876
84	Japan	Tokyo	12,68,91,000	Yen	+81
85	Jordan	Amman	68,37,000	Jordanian dinar	+962
86	Kazakhstan	Astana	1,79,48,816	Tenge	+7-6xx, +7-7xx
87	Kenya	Nairobi	3,47,07,817	Kenyan shilling	+254
88	Kiribati	Tarawa	1,01,998	Australian Dollar, Kiribati Dollar	+686
89	Kuwait	Kuwait City	41,61,000	Kuwaiti dinar	+965
90	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	59,43,000	Som	+996
91	Laos	Vientiane	68,02,000	Kip	+856
92	Latvia	Riga	21,65,165	Euro	+371
93	Lebanon	Beirut	42,88,000	Lebanese pound	+961
94	Lesotho	Maseru	20,67,000	Lesotho loti	+266
95	Liberia	Monrovia	41,28,572	Liberian dollar	+231
96	Libya	Tripoli	60,36,914	Dinar	+218
97	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	37,313	Swiss franc	+423
98	Lithuania	Vilnius	29,43,472	Euro	+370
99	Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	5,20,672	Euro	+352
100	Macedonia	Skopje	20,91,719	Macedonian denar	+389
101	Madagascar	Antananarivo	1,86,06,000	Malagasy ariary	+261
102	Malawi	Lilongwe	1,28,84,000	Kwacha	+265
103	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	3,10,32,000	Ringgit	+60
104	Maldives	Malé	3,45,000	Maldivian rufiyaa	+960
105	Mali	Bamako	1,35,18,000	CFA franc	+223
106	Malta	Valletta	4,12,655	Euro	+356
107	Marshall Islands	Majuro	73,630	United States Dollar	+692
108	Mauritania	Nouakchott	30,69,000	Ouguiya	+222
109	Mauritius	Port Louis	12,19,220	Mauritian rupee	+230
110	Mexico	Mexico City	12,10,06,000	Mexican Peso	+52
111	Moldova	Chișinău	35,83,288	Moldovan leu	+373
112	Monaco	Monaco	30,508	Euro	+377
113	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	30,29,000	Tögrög	+976
114	Montenegro	Podgorica	6,50,036	Euro	+382
115	Morocco	Rabat	3,57,57,175	Moroccan dirham	+212
116	Mozambique	Maputo	2,03,66,795	Mozambican metical	+258
117	Myanmar (Burma)	Naypyidaw	5,22,80,000	Kyat	+95
118	Namibia	Windhoek	20,31,000	Namibian dollar	+264
119	Nauru	No official Capital	12,329	Australian dollar	+674
120	Nepal	Kathmandu	2,80,38,000	Nepalese rupee	+977
121	Netherlands	Amsterdam(capital)	1,68,77,351	Euro, US dollar, NA guilder, Aruban florin	+31
122	New Zealand	Wellington	45,70,038	New Zealand Dollar	+64
123	Nicaragua	Managua	65,14,000	Nicaraguan córdoba	+505
124	Niger	Niamey	1,39,57,000	CFA franc	+227
125	Nigeria	Abuja	17,45,07,539	Naira	+234
126	North Korea	P'yŏngyang	2,58,63,000	North Korean won	+850
127	Norway	Oslo	51,47,792	Norwegian krone	+47
128	Oman	Muscat	41,81,000	Rial	+968
129	Pakistan	Islamabad	19,17,85,000	Pakistani Rupee	+92
130	Palau	Ngerulmud	21,032	United States Dollar	+680
131	Palestine	Jerusalem (proclaimed), Ramallah	42,25,710	Israeli Shekel	+970
132	Panama	Panama City	37,64,000	Panamanian balboa, United States dollar	+507
133	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	63,10,129	Papua New Guinean kina	+675
134	Paraguay	Asunción	70,03,406	Guaraní	+595
135	Peru	Lima	3,11,51,643	Nuevo sol	+51
136	Philippines	Manila	10,29,65,000	Philippine Peso	+63
137	Poland	Warsaw	3,83,46,279	Polish złoty	+48
138	Portugal	Lisbon	1,04,27,301	Euro	+351
139	Qatar	Doha	21,13,000	Riyal	+974
140	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	40,12,809	CFA franc	+242
141	Romania	Bucharest	2,17,29,871	Romanian leu	+40
142	Russia	Moscow	14,62,67,288	Russian ruble	+7
143	Rwanda	Kigali	76,00,000	Rwandan franc	+250
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	46,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 869
145	Saint Lucia	Castries	1,72,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 758
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	1,10,000	East Caribbean dollar	+1 784
147	Samoa	Apia	1,94,320	Samoan tālā	+685
148	San Marino	San Marino	32,742	Euro	+378
149	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	1,83,176	Dobra	+239
150	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	3,15,21,000	Saudi riyal	+966
151	Senegal	Dakar	1,16,58,000	CFA franc	+221
152	Serbia	Belgrade	72,09,764	Serbian dinar	+381
153	Seychelles	Victoria	80,654	Seychellois rupee	+248
154	Sierra Leone	Freetown	61,44,562	Leone	+232
155	Singapore	Singapore City	55,41,000	Singapore dollar	+65
156	Slovakia	Bratislava	54,43,583	Euro	+421
157	Slovenia	Ljubljana	19,88,292	Euro	+386
158	Solomon Islands	Honiara	5,84,578	Solomon Islands dollar	+677
159	Somalia	Mogadishu	98,32,017	Somali shilling	+252
160	South Africa	Bloemfontein(judicial) Cape Town(legislative) and Pretoria(executive)	5,29,81,991	South African rand	+27
161	South Korea	Seoul	5,06,17,000	South Korean won	+82
162	South Sudan	Juba	82,60,490	South Sudanese pound	+211
163	Spain	Madrid	4,77,37,941	Euro	+34
164	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	2,08,69,000	Sri Lankan rupee	+94
165	Sudan	Khartoum	3,67,87,012	Sudanese pound	+249
166	Suriname	Paramaribo	5,41,638	Surinamese dollar	+597
167	Swaziland	Lobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane(administrative)	10,32,000	Lilangeni	+268
168	Sweden	Stockholm	97,23,809	Swedish krona	+46
169	Switzerland	Bern / Berne	80,61,516	Swiss franc	+41
170	Syria	Damascus	2,32,70,000	Syrian pound	+963
171	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	84,51,000	Somoni	+992
172	Tanzania	Dodoma	4,49,29,002	Tanzanian shilling	+255
173	Thailand	Bangkok	6,83,87,000	Baht	+66
174	Timor-Leste (East Timor)	Dili	12,45,000	US Dollar	+670
175	Togo	Lomé	71,54,237	CFA franc	+228
176	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	1,06,146	Tongan paʻanga	+676
177	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	13,57,000	Trinidad and Tobago dollar	+1 868
178	Tunisia	Tunis	1,01,02,000	Tunisian dinar	+216
179	Turkey	Ankara	7,82,14,000	Turkish lira	+90
180	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	49,02,000	Turkmen new manat	+993
181	Tuvalu	Funafuti	11,146	Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar	+688
182	Uganda	Kampala	2,76,16,000	Ugandan shilling	+256
183	Ukraine	Kiev	4,42,91,413	Ukrainian hryvnia	+380
184	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	89,33,000	UAE dirham	+971
185	United Kingdom	London	6,37,42,977	Pound sterling	+44
186	United States	Washington, D.C.	32,12,34,000	United States dollar	+1
187	Uruguay	Montevideo	34,04,189	Uruguayan peso	+598
188	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	3,12,83,000	Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi)	+998
189	Vanuatu	Port Vila	2,56,155	Vanuatu vatu	+678
190	Vatican City	Vatican City	842	Euro	+379
191	Venezuela	Caracas	3,06,20,404	Bolívar fuerte	+58
192	Vietnam	Hanoi	9,18,12,000	đồng	+84
193	Yemen	Sana'a	2,67,45,000	Yemeni rial	+967
194	Zambia	Lusaka	1,46,68,000	Zambian kwacha	+260
195	Zimbabwe	Harare	1,30,10,000	US dollar	+263

Limited Recognized Countries and capitals

Non-United Nations Member Sovereign Countries and Capitals

S.N.	Country	Capital	Status	Curremcy	Dialing Code	Population
1	Abkhazia	Sukhumi / Sukhum	Claimed as an autonomous republic of Georgia. Recognized or acclaimed by 4 UN countries.	Abkhazian apsar, Russian ruble	+7 840, +7 940, +995 44	2,50,000
2	Cook Islands	Avarua	Self-governing in free association with New Zealand	New Zealand dollar, Cook Islands dollar	+682	20,811
3	Kosovo	Pristina	Recognized or acclaimed by 108 UN member countries.	Euro	+381	18,36,529
4	Nagorno-Karabakh	Stepanakert	Claimed as part ofAzerbaijan. De facto independent state, Recognized or acclaimed by 3 non-UN states.	Armenian dram, Nagorno-Karabakh dram	+374 47 / 97	1,41,400
5	Niue	Alofi	Self-governing in free association with New Zealand	New Zealand dollar	+683	2,134
6	Northern Cyprus	Nicosia	Recognized by Turkey. Claimed as part of the Cyprus.	Turkish lira	+90 392	2,94,906
7	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	El Aaiún(proclaimed)	Claimed as the southernmost provinces of Morocco. Recognized by the African Union and 84 UN members as the representative government of Western Sahara.	Algerian dinar, Sahrawi peseta	+212	2,66,000
8	Somaliland	Hargeisa	State within the Federal regions of Somalia.Recognized by no UN member.	Somaliland shilling	+252	40,00,000
9	South Ossetia	Tskhinvali	Claimed as part of Georgia. Recognized or acclaimed by 4 UN countries.	Russian ruble	+995 34	70,000
10	Taiwan	Taipei	Claimed as a province of China	New Taiwan dollar	+886	2,30,71,779
11	Transnistria	Tiraspol	Claimed as a administrative division of Moldova. De facto independent state, Recognized or acclaimed by three non-UN countries.	Transnistrian ruble	+373	5,30,000

Non-Sovereign Territories and Capitals

Non-Sovereign Dependent Territories in the World with Capitals

S.N.	Dependent Territories	Capital	Status	Curremcy	Dialing Code	Population
1	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Episkopi Cantonment	British overseas territory	Euro	+357	7,700 Cypriots, 8,000 British military personnel and their families
2	American Samoa	Pago Pago	Insular area of the United States	United States dollar	+1 684	57,345
3	Anguilla	The Valley	British Overseas Territory	East Caribbean dollar	+1 264	13,037
4	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Uninhabited	Territory of Australia	Local currency (ABC)		Uninhabited
5	Bajo Nuevo Bank	N/A	Unincorporated Unorganized Territory of the United States of America, uninhabited, disputed by 3 other nations.	N/A	N/A	0
6	Baker Island	Uninhabited	United States Minor Outlying Island	United States dollar		Uninhabited
7	Bermuda	Hamilton	British Overseas Territory	Bermudian dollar	+1 441	64,237
8	British Indian Ocean Territory		British overseas territory	United States Dollar, Pound sterling	+246	3,000
9	British Virgin Islands	Road Town	British Overseas Territory	United States dollar	+1 284	28,054
10	Cayman Islands	George Town	British Overseas Territory	Cayman Islands dollar	+1 345	58,238
11	Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	Territory of Australia	Australian dollar	+61 8 9164	2,072
12	Clipperton Island	Uninhabited	French state private property	Euro		Uninhabited
13	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island / Bantam	Territory of Australia	Australian dollar	+61	596
14	Coral Sea Islands	Uninhabited	Territory of Australia			4
15	Easter Island	Hanga Roa	Special territory of Chile	Chilean Peso	+56	5,761
16	Falkland Islands	Stanley	British overseas territory	Falkland Islands pound	+500	3140
17	Faroe Islands / Faeroe Islands	Tórshavn	Constituent country of Denmark	Faroese króna, Danish krone	+298	49,947
18	French Polynesia	Papeete	Overseas country of France	CFP Franc	+689	2,94,935
19	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Saint-Pierre	French overseas territory	Euro	+33, +262	140 estimate
20	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	British overseas territory	Gibraltar pound	+350	29,185
21	Guam	Hagåtña / Agaña	Insular area of the United States	United States Dollar	+1-671	1,61,785
22	Guernsey	Saint Peter Port	Crown Dependency of the Crown in Right of the UK.	Pound sterling	+44	65,849
23	Hawaii	Honolulu	State of the United States	United States dollar	+1 808, +1 650, +1 209	14,19,561
24	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Special Administrative Region of China	Hong Kong dollar	+852	72,98,600
25	Howland Island	Uninhabited	United States Minor Outlying Island	United States dollar		Uninhabited
26	Isle of Man	Douglas	Crown Dependency of The Crown in Right of the UK.	Pound sterling	+44	86,866
27	Jarvis Island	Uninhabited	United States Minor Outlying Island	United States dollar		Uninhabited
28	Jersey	Saint Helier	Crown Dependency of The Crown in Right of the UK.	Pound sterling	+44	96,513
29	Johnston Atoll	Uninhabited	United States Minor Outlying Island	United States dollar		Uninhabited
30	Juan Fernández Islands	San Juan Bautista	Special territory of Chile	Chilean Peso	+56	900
31	Kingman Reef	Uninhabited	United States Minor Outlying Island	United States dollar		Uninhabited
32	Macau / Macao	Macau / Macao	Special Administrative Region of China	Macanese pataca	+853	6,42,900
33	Midway Islands	Uninhabited	United States Minor Outlying Island	United States dollar	+1 808	60
34	Montserrat	Plymouth	British Overseas Territory	East Caribbean dollar	+1 664	4,922
35	Navassa Island	N/A	Unincorporated Unorganized Territory of the United States, uninhabited, disputed by Haiti	United States dollar	N/A	Uninhabited
36	New Caledonia	Nouméa	Sui generiscollectivity of France	CFP Franc	+687	2,68,767
37	Norfolk Island	Kingston	Self-governing integralTerritory of Australia	Australian Dollar	+672 3	2,210
38	Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	Insular area of the United States	United States Dollar	+1 670	53,855
39	Ogasawara Village	Ōmura (大村)	Part of Ogasawara Village inTokyo, Japan	Yen	+81 3	2,871
40	Palmyra Atoll	Uninhabited	United States Minor Outlying Island	United States dollar	+1	4 - 20
41	Papua	Jayapura	Province of Indonesia	Indonesian Rupiah	+62 9	34,86,432
42	Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	British overseas territory	New Zealand dollar	+64	56
43	Puerto Rico	San Juan	Unincorporated territory(U.S. Commonwealth)	United States dollar	+1 787 / 939	35,48,397
44	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	British overseas territory	Saint Helena pound, Pound sterling	+290	5661
45	Serranilla Bank	N/A	Unincorporated Unorganized Territory of the United States, uninhabited, disputed by Honduras, Nicaragua and United States.	N/A	N/A	N/A
46	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	King Edward Point	British overseas territory	Pound sterling	+500	no indigenous inhabitants
47	Tokelau	Each Atoll has its own administrative centre	Dependent territory of New Zealand	New Zealand dollar	+690	1,431
48	Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	British Overseas Territory	United States dollar	+1 649	31,618
49	United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	Unincorporated organized Territory of the United States	United States dollar	+1 340	1,06,405
50	Wake Island	Uninhabited	United States Minor Outlying Island	United States dollar	+1 808	150
51	Wallis and Futuna	Mata-Utu	Overseas collectivity of France	CFP Franc	+681	15,585
52	West Papua	Manokwari	Province of Indonesia	Papuan, Dutch Guilder, Indonesian Rupiah	+62 9	8,77,437

Other Areas in the World with Capitals