All Capitals in the World
All Capitals in the World

What is the capital city

As of 2022, the world has 195 separate countries, and each one has a capital city or town. For most countries, the constitution or laws that the country follows spell out where the capital is.

Most of the time, the largest city in a country is also its capital city.

Most of the time, the capital city is where the government is based. A lot of the time, it's also where the main offices and branches of government are.

A country's capital is often its center for business, culture, and people. In the past, trade, communication, and transportation often centered in capital cities.

The capital city of some countries is more than one city. The National Congress of Chile is in Valparaiso, even though Santiago is the capital of Chile. People call Dar es Salaam the capital of Tanzania, but most of the government is in Dodoma.

Finally, not every country agrees that there should only be one national capital. In the case of Bolivia, La Paz is the administrative capital and Sucre is the constitutional capital. South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria is the seat of government, Cape Town is the seat of government, and Bloemfontein is the seat of government.

A country's capital is often its center for business, culture, and people. In the past, trade, communication, and transportation often centered in capital cities.

It's not often that a capital city is built just to be a capital city. Brasilia, Brazil's capital, was built by the government only to be a government city.

How are capital cities chosen

To show how fair their government is, many countries choose capitals that are in the middle of the country's landmass. This way, the capital is less likely to be or look biased toward one region over another.

Population may be the main reason why a country would rather pick an existing city as its capital than build a whole new one. Capital cities are usually the ones with the most people.

A capital city can also mean that politicians are willing to work together, like in the US.

A country's choice of capital has sometimes been based on politics alone, without any thought for the consequences. The capital of Myanmar is called Nay Pyi Taw, which in Burmese means "Abode of Kings." The name of the city comes from where it was built.

The city that a country chooses as its capital becomes a big part of what it means to be a nation. People live in the city, and tourists come to see it. It is also the city chosen to represent the whole country to the rest of the world.

Full List of Countries and Territories In The World

The Full List of Capitals for Every Country in the World

(Alphabetical Order)

A

Country Capital city
Afghanistan Kabul
Albania Tirana
Algeria Algiers
Andorra Andorra la Vella
Angola Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda Saint John’s
Argentina Buenos Aires
Armenia Yerevan
Australia Canberra
Austria Vienna
Azerbaijan Baku

B

Country Capital city
Bahamas Nassau
Bahrain Manama
Bangladesh Dhaka
Barbados Bridgetown
Belarus Minsk
Belgium Brussels
Belize Belmopan
Benin Porto-Novo
Bhutan Thimphu
Bolivia Sucre (de jure), La Paz (seat of government)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Botswana Gaborone
Brazil Brasilia
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria Sofia
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Burundi Gitega

C

Country Capital city
Cabo Verde Praia
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Cameroon Yaounde
Canada Ottawa
The central African Republic Bangui
Chad N’Djamena
Chile Santiago
China Beijing
Colombia Bogotá
Comoros Moroni
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa
Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville
Costa Rica San Jose
Cote d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro
Croatia Zagreb
Cuba Havana
Cyprus Nicosia
Czechia Prague

D

Country Capital city
Denmark Copenhagen
Djibouti Djibouti (city)
Dominica Roseau
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo

E

Country Capital city
Ecuador Quito
Egypt Cairo
El Salvador San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea Malabo (de jure), Oyala (seat of government)
Eritrea Asmara
Estonia Tallinn
Eswatini Mbabane (administrative),
(formerly Swaziland) Lobamba (legislative, royal)
Ethiopia Addis Ababa

F

Country Capital city
Fiji Suva
Finland Helsinki
France Paris

G

Country Capital city
Gabon Libreville
The Gambia Banjul
Georgia Tbilisi
Germany Berlin
Ghana Accra
Greece Athens
Grenada Saint George’s
Guatemala Guatemala City
Guinea Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Guyana Georgetown

H

Country Capital city
Haiti Port-au-Prince
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Hungary Budapest

I

Country Capital city
Iceland Reykjavik
India New Delhi
Indonesia Jakarta
Iran Tehran
Iraq Baghdad
Ireland Dublin
Israel Jerusalem
Italy Rome

J

Country Capital city
Jamaica Kingston
Japan Tokyo
Jordan Amman

K

Country Capital city
Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan
Kenya Nairobi
Kiribati Tarawa
Kosovo Pristina
Kuwait Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek

L

Country Capital city
Laos Vientiane
Latvia Riga
Lebanon Beirut
Lesotho Maseru
Liberia Monrovia
Libya Tripoli
Liechtenstein Vaduz
Lithuania Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg (city)

M

Country Capital city
Madagascar Antananarivo
Malawi Lilongwe
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Maldives Male
Mali Bamako
Malta Valletta
Marshall Islands Majuro
Mauritania Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Mexico Mexico City
Micronesia Palikir
Moldova Chisinau
Monaco Monaco
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro Podgorica
Morocco Rabat
Mozambique Maputo
Myanmar (formerly Burma) Naypyidaw

N

Country Capital city
Namibia Windhoek
Nauru Yaren District (de facto)
Nepal Kathmandu
Netherlands Amsterdam
New Zealand Wellington
Nicaragua Managua
Niger Niamey
Nigeria Abuja
North Korea Pyongyang
North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Skopje
Norway Oslo

O

Country Capital city
Oman Muscat

P

Country Capital city
Pakistan Islamabad
Palau Ngerulmud
Palestine Jerusalem (East)
Panama Panama City
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Paraguay Asunción
Peru Lima
Philippines Manila
Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon

Q

Country Capital city
Qatar Doha

R

Country Capital city
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
Rwanda Kigali

S

Country Capital city
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
Saint Lucia Castries
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
Slovakia Bratislava
Slovenia Ljubljana
Solomon Islands Honiara
Somalia Mogadishu
South Africa Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
South Korea Seoul
South Sudan Juba
Spain Madrid
Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Sudan Khartoum
Suriname Paramaribo
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Bern
Syria Damascus

T

Country Capital city
Taiwan Taipei
Tajikistan Dushanbe
Tanzania Dodoma
Thailand Bangkok
Timor-Leste Dili
Togo Lomé
Tonga Nukuʻalofa
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain
Tunisia Tunis
Turkey Ankara
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Tuvalu Funafuti

U

Country Capital city
Uganda Kampala
Ukraine Kyiv (also known as Kiev)
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom London
United States of America Washington, D.C.
Uruguay Montevideo
Uzbekistan Tashkent

V

Country Capital city
Vanuatu Port Vila
Vatican City (Holy See) Vatican City
Venezuela Caracas
Vietnam Hanoi

Y

Country Capital city
Yemen Sana’a

Z

Country Capital city
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare
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