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Countries and capitals of the world

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Every country in the world and its capital city, one continent at a time. Capitals are easiest to remember once you know where the country is, so click through to a country page to see its map, its neighbours and a memory hook for the shape.

Africa (54)
Asia (47)
Europe (45)
North America (23)
South America (12)
Oceania (14)

Africa

Countries of Africa and their capitals
Country	Capital	Region
Algeria	Algiers	Northern Africa
Angola	Luanda	Middle Africa
Benin	Porto-Novo	Western Africa
Botswana	Gaborone	Southern Africa
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Western Africa
Burundi	Gitega	Eastern Africa
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Middle Africa
Cape Verde	Praia	Western Africa
Central African Republic	Bangui	Middle Africa
Chad	N'Djamena	Middle Africa
Comoros	Moroni	Eastern Africa
Djibouti	Djibouti	Eastern Africa
DR Congo	Kinshasa	Middle Africa
Egypt	Cairo	Northern Africa
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Middle Africa
Eritrea	Asmara	Eastern Africa
Eswatini	Lobamba	Southern Africa
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Eastern Africa
Gabon	Libreville	Middle Africa
Gambia	Banjul	Western Africa
Ghana	Accra	Western Africa
Guinea	Conakry	Western Africa
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Western Africa
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Western Africa
Kenya	Nairobi	Eastern Africa
Lesotho	Maseru	Southern Africa
Liberia	Monrovia	Western Africa
Libya	Tripoli	Northern Africa
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Eastern Africa
Malawi	Lilongwe	Eastern Africa
Mali	Bamako	Western Africa
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Western Africa
Mauritius	Port Louis	Eastern Africa
Morocco	Rabat	Northern Africa
Mozambique	Maputo	Eastern Africa
Namibia	Windhoek	Southern Africa
Niger	Niamey	Western Africa
Nigeria	Abuja	Western Africa
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Middle Africa
Rwanda	Kigali	Eastern Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Middle Africa
Senegal	Dakar	Western Africa
Seychelles	Victoria	Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Western Africa
Somalia	Mogadishu	Eastern Africa
South Africa	Pretoria	Southern Africa
South Sudan	Juba	Middle Africa
Sudan	Khartoum	Northern Africa
Tanzania	Dodoma	Eastern Africa
Togo	Lomé	Western Africa
Tunisia	Tunis	Northern Africa
Uganda	Kampala	Eastern Africa
Zambia	Lusaka	Eastern Africa
Zimbabwe	Harare	Eastern Africa

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Asia

Countries of Asia and their capitals
Country	Capital	Region
Afghanistan	Kabul	Southern Asia
Armenia	Yerevan	Western Asia
Azerbaijan	Baku	Western Asia
Bahrain	Manama	Western Asia
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Southern Asia
Bhutan	Thimphu	Southern Asia
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	South-Eastern Asia
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	South-Eastern Asia
China	Beijing	Eastern Asia
Georgia	Tbilisi	Western Asia
India	New Delhi	Southern Asia
Indonesia	Jakarta	South-Eastern Asia
Iran	Tehran	Southern Asia
Iraq	Baghdad	Western Asia
Israel	Jerusalem	Western Asia
Japan	Tokyo	Eastern Asia
Jordan	Amman	Western Asia
Kazakhstan	Astana	Central Asia
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Western Asia
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Central Asia
Laos	Vientiane	South-Eastern Asia
Lebanon	Beirut	Western Asia
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	South-Eastern Asia
Maldives	Malé	Southern Asia
Mongolia	Ulan Bator	Eastern Asia
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	South-Eastern Asia
Nepal	Kathmandu	Southern Asia
North Korea	Pyongyang	Eastern Asia
Oman	Muscat	Western Asia
Pakistan	Islamabad	Southern Asia
Palestine	Ramallah	Western Asia
Philippines	Manila	South-Eastern Asia
Qatar	Doha	Western Asia
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Western Asia
Singapore	Singapore	South-Eastern Asia
South Korea	Seoul	Eastern Asia
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Southern Asia
Syria	Damascus	Western Asia
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Central Asia
Thailand	Bangkok	South-Eastern Asia
Timor-Leste	Dili	South-Eastern Asia
Türkiye	Ankara	Western Asia
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Central Asia
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Western Asia
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Central Asia
Vietnam	Hanoi	South-Eastern Asia
Yemen	Sana'a	Western Asia

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Europe

Countries of Europe and their capitals
Country	Capital	Region
Albania	Tirana	Southeast Europe
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Southern Europe
Austria	Vienna	Central Europe
Belarus	Minsk	Eastern Europe
Belgium	Brussels	Western Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Southeast Europe
Bulgaria	Sofia	Southeast Europe
Croatia	Zagreb	Southeast Europe
Cyprus	Nicosia	Southern Europe
Czechia	Prague	Central Europe
Denmark	Copenhagen	Northern Europe
Estonia	Tallinn	Northern Europe
Finland	Helsinki	Northern Europe
France	Paris	Western Europe
Germany	Berlin	Western Europe
Greece	Athens	Southern Europe
Hungary	Budapest	Central Europe
Iceland	Reykjavik	Northern Europe
Ireland	Dublin	Northern Europe
Italy	Rome	Southern Europe
Latvia	Riga	Northern Europe
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Western Europe
Lithuania	Vilnius	Northern Europe
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Western Europe
Malta	Valletta	Southern Europe
Moldova	Chișinău	Eastern Europe
Monaco	Monaco	Western Europe
Montenegro	Podgorica	Southeast Europe
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Western Europe
North Macedonia	Skopje	Southeast Europe
Norway	Oslo	Northern Europe
Poland	Warsaw	Central Europe
Portugal	Lisbon	Southern Europe
Romania	Bucharest	Southeast Europe
Russia	Moscow	Eastern Europe
San Marino	City of San Marino	Southern Europe
Serbia	Belgrade	Southeast Europe
Slovakia	Bratislava	Central Europe
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Central Europe
Spain	Madrid	Southern Europe
Sweden	Stockholm	Northern Europe
Switzerland	Bern	Western Europe
Ukraine	Kyiv	Eastern Europe
United Kingdom	London	Northern Europe
Vatican City	Vatican City	Southern Europe

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North America

Countries of North America and their capitals
Country	Capital	Region
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	Caribbean
Bahamas	Nassau	Caribbean
Barbados	Bridgetown	Caribbean
Belize	Belmopan	Central America
Canada	Ottawa	Northern America
Costa Rica	San José	Central America
Cuba	Havana	Caribbean
Dominica	Roseau	Caribbean
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Caribbean
El Salvador	San Salvador	Central America
Grenada	St. George's	Caribbean
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Central America
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Caribbean
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Central America
Jamaica	Kingston	Caribbean
Mexico	Mexico City	Northern America
Nicaragua	Managua	Central America
Panama	Panama City	Central America
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	Caribbean
Saint Lucia	Castries	Caribbean
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	Caribbean
United States	Washington D.C.	Northern America

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South America

Countries of South America and their capitals
Country	Capital	Region
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Mainland South America
Bolivia	Sucre	Mainland South America
Brazil	Brasília	Mainland South America
Chile	Santiago	Mainland South America
Colombia	Bogotá	Mainland South America
Ecuador	Quito	Mainland South America
Guyana	Georgetown	Mainland South America
Paraguay	Asunción	Mainland South America
Peru	Lima	Mainland South America
Suriname	Paramaribo	Mainland South America
Uruguay	Montevideo	Mainland South America
Venezuela	Caracas	Mainland South America

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Oceania

Countries of Oceania and their capitals
Country	Capital	Region
Australia	Canberra	Australia and New Zealand
Fiji	Suva	Melanesia
Kiribati	South Tarawa	Micronesia
Marshall Islands	Majuro	Micronesia
Micronesia	Palikir	Micronesia
Nauru	Yaren	Micronesia
New Zealand	Wellington	Australia and New Zealand
Palau	Ngerulmud	Micronesia
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Melanesia
Samoa	Apia	Polynesia
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Melanesia
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	Polynesia
Tuvalu	Funafuti	Polynesia
Vanuatu	Port Vila	Melanesia

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This list covers sovereign countries only. The territories and disputed areas have their own pages in the Glossary.