Capital cities of the world serve as the prime economic, population, cultural, or intellectual centers of a nation or an empire are sometimes referred to as primate cities. These capitals exercise the primary status in a country, usually as its seat of government, often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, the different branches of government are located in different settlements.
Here are capital cities of all countries in the world.
Country | Capital city |
A | |
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 | |
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 | |
Cabo Verde | Praia |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
Cameroon | Yaounde |
Canada | Ottawa |
Central African Republic | Bangui |
Chad | N’Djamena |
Chile | Santiago |
China | Beijing |
Colombia | Bogotá |
Comoros | Moroni |
Congo, 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 | |
Denmark | Copenhagen |
Djibouti | Djibouti (city) |
Dominica | Roseau |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
E | |
Ecuador | Quito |
Egypt | Cairo |
El Salvador | San Salvador |
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo (de jure), Oyala (seat of government) |
Eritrea | Asmara |
Estonia | Tallinn |
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative, royal) |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
F | |
Fiji | Suva |
Finland | Helsinki |
France | Paris |
G | |
Gabon | Libreville |
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 | |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
Hungary | Budapest |
I | |
Iceland | Reykjavik |
India | New Delhi |
Indonesia | Jakarta |
Iran | Tehran |
Iraq | Baghdad |
Ireland | Dublin |
Israel | Jerusalem |
Italy | Rome |
J | |
Jamaica | Kingston |
Japan | Tokyo |
Jordan | Amman |
K | |
Kazakhstan | Nur-Sultan |
Kenya | Nairobi |
Kiribati | Tarawa |
Kosovo | Pristina |
Kuwait | Kuwait City |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
L | |
Laos | Vientiane |
Latvia | Riga |
Lebanon | Beirut |
Lesotho | Maseru |
Liberia | Monrovia |
Libya | Tripoli |
Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
Lithuania | Vilnius |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg (city) |
M | |
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 | |
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 | |
Oman | Muscat |
P | |
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 | |
Qatar | Doha |
R | |
Romania | Bucharest |
Russia | Moscow |
Rwanda | Kigali |
S | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Vanuatu | Port Vila |
Vatican City (Holy See) | Vatican City |
Venezuela | Caracas |
Vietnam | Hanoi |
Y | |
Yemen | Sana’a |
Z | |
Zambia | Lusaka |
Zimbabwe | Harare |