There are about 195 independent states in the world, and each has its own capital. Often it is not the country’s largest city: Canberra is smaller than Sydney, Washington than New York, Ankara than Istanbul, Brasília than São Paulo. Some capitals were purpose-built from scratch as administrative centres (Brasília, Canberra, New Delhi, Abuja, Astana). Other countries split the functions of a capital among several cities (South Africa has three official capitals at once).
Europe 44
| Flag | Country | Capital |
|---|---|---|
 | Albania | Tirana |
 | Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
 | Austria | Vienna |
 | Belarus | Minsk |
 | Belgium | Brussels |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
 | Bulgaria | Sofia |
 | Croatia | Zagreb |
 | Cyprus | Nicosia |
 | Czechia | Prague |
 | Denmark | Copenhagen |
 | Estonia | Tallinn |
 | Finland | Helsinki |
 | France | Paris |
 | Germany | Berlin |
 | Greece | Athens |
 | Hungary | Budapest |
 | Iceland | Reykjavík |
 | Ireland | Dublin |
 | Italy | Rome |
 | Latvia | Riga |
 | Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
 | Lithuania | Vilnius |
 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
 | Malta | Valletta |
 | Moldova | Chișinău |
 | Monaco | Monaco |
 | Montenegro | Podgorica |
 | Netherlands | Amsterdam |
 | North Macedonia | Skopje |
 | Norway | Oslo |
 | Poland | Warsaw |
 | Portugal | Lisbon |
 | Romania | Bucharest |
 | San Marino | San Marino |
 | Serbia | Belgrade |
 | Slovakia | Bratislava |
 | Slovenia | Ljubljana |
 | Spain | Madrid |
 | Sweden | Stockholm |
 | Switzerland | Bern |
 | Ukraine | Kyiv |
 | United Kingdom | London |
 | Vatican City | Vatican City |
Asia 47
| Flag | Country | Capital |
|---|---|---|
 | Afghanistan | Kabul |
 | Armenia | Yerevan |
 | Azerbaijan | Baku |
 | Bahrain | Manama |
 | Bangladesh | Dhaka |
 | Bhutan | Thimphu |
 | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
 | China | Beijing |
 | East Timor | Dili |
 | Georgia | Tbilisi |
 | India | New Delhi |
 | Indonesia | Jakarta |
 | Iran | Tehran |
 | Iraq | Baghdad |
 | Israel | Jerusalem |
 | Japan | Tokyo |
 | Jordan | Amman |
 | Kazakhstan | Astana |
 | Kuwait | Kuwait City |
 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
 | Laos | Vientiane |
 | Lebanon | Beirut |
 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
 | Maldives | Malé |
 | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
 | Myanmar | Naypyidaw |
 | Nepal | Kathmandu |
 | North Korea | Pyongyang |
 | Oman | Muscat |
 | Pakistan | Islamabad |
 | Philippines | Manila |
 | Qatar | Doha |
 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
 | Singapore | Singapore |
 | South Korea | Seoul |
 | Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
 | Syria | Damascus |
 | Taiwan | Taipei |
 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
 | Thailand | Bangkok |
 | Turkey | Ankara |
 | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent |
 | Vietnam | Hanoi |
 | Yemen | Sanaa |
Africa 54
| Flag | Country | Capital |
|---|---|---|
 | Algeria | Algiers |
 | Angola | Luanda |
 | Benin | Porto-Novo |
 | Botswana | Gaborone |
 | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
 | Burundi | Gitega |
 | Cameroon | Yaoundé |
 | Cape Verde | Praia |
 | Central African Republic | Bangui |
 | Chad | N’Djamena |
 | Comoros | Moroni |
 | Côte d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro |
 | Djibouti | Djibouti |
 | DR Congo | Kinshasa |
 | Egypt | Cairo |
 | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
 | Eritrea | Asmara |
 | Eswatini | Mbabane |
 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
 | Gabon | Libreville |
 | Gambia | Banjul |
 | Ghana | Accra |
 | Guinea | Conakry |
 | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
 | Kenya | Nairobi |
 | Lesotho | Maseru |
 | Liberia | Monrovia |
 | Libya | Tripoli |
 | Madagascar | Antananarivo |
 | Malawi | Lilongwe |
 | Mali | Bamako |
 | Mauritania | Nouakchott |
 | Mauritius | Port Louis |
 | Morocco | Rabat |
 | Mozambique | Maputo |
 | Namibia | Windhoek |
 | Niger | Niamey |
 | Nigeria | Abuja |
 | Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville |
 | Rwanda | Kigali |
 | São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé |
 | Senegal | Dakar |
 | Seychelles | Victoria |
 | Sierra Leone | Freetown |
 | Somalia | Mogadishu |
 | South Africa | Pretoria |
 | South Sudan | Juba |
 | Sudan | Khartoum |
 | Tanzania | Dodoma |
 | Togo | Lomé |
 | Tunisia | Tunis |
 | Uganda | Kampala |
 | Zambia | Lusaka |
 | Zimbabwe | Harare |
North America 23
| Flag | Country | Capital |
|---|---|---|
 | Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John’s |
 | Bahamas | Nassau |
 | Barbados | Bridgetown |
 | Belize | Belmopan |
 | Canada | Ottawa |
 | Costa Rica | San José |
 | Cuba | Havana |
 | Dominica | Roseau |
 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
 | El Salvador | San Salvador |
 | Grenada | Saint George’s |
 | Guatemala | Guatemala City |
 | Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
 | Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
 | Jamaica | Kingston |
 | Mexico | Mexico City |
 | Nicaragua | Managua |
 | Panama | Panama City |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
 | Saint Lucia | Castries |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain |
 | United States | Washington, D.C. |
South America 12
| Flag | Country | Capital |
|---|---|---|
 | Argentina | Buenos Aires |
 | Bolivia | Sucre |
 | Brazil | Brasília |
 | Chile | Santiago |
 | Colombia | Bogotá |
 | Ecuador | Quito |
 | Guyana | Georgetown |
 | Paraguay | Asunción |
 | Peru | Lima |
 | Suriname | Paramaribo |
 | Uruguay | Montevideo |
 | Venezuela | Caracas |
Oceania 14
| Flag | Country | Capital |
|---|---|---|
 | Australia | Canberra |
 | Fiji | Suva |
 | Kiribati | South Tarawa |
 | Marshall Islands | Majuro |
 | Micronesia | Palikir |
 | Nauru | Yaren |
 | New Zealand | Wellington |
 | Palau | Ngerulmud |
 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
 | Samoa | Apia |
 | Solomon Islands | Honiara |
 | Tonga | Nukuʻalofa |
 | Tuvalu | Funafuti |
 | Vanuatu | Port Vila |