The list of Countries of the World, in alphabetical order, along with their capitals. Test your knowledge to find out how many you know or remembered from grade school. There are a total of 196 countries.

This list includes recognized countries and their capitals. Some countries have multiple capitals for different branches of government.

1. Afghanistan – Kabul
2. Albania – Tirana
3. Algeria – Algiers
4. Andorra – Andorra la Vella
5. Angola – Luanda
6. Antigua and Barbuda – St. John’s
7. Argentina – Buenos Aires
8. Armenia – Yerevan
9. Australia – Canberra
10. Austria – Vienna
11. Azerbaijan – Baku
12. Bahamas – Nassau
13. Bahrain – Manama
14. Bangladesh – Dhaka
15. Barbados – Bridgetownp
16. Belarus – Minsk
17. Belgium – Brussels
18. Belize – Belmopan
19. Benin – Porto-Novo
20. Bhutan – Thimphu
21. Bolivia – Sucre
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sarajevo
23. Botswana – Gaborone
24. Brazil – Brasília
25. Brunei – Bandar Seri Begawan
26. Bulgaria – Sofia
27. Burkina Faso – Ouagadougou
28. Burundi – Gitega
29. Cabo Verde – Praia
30. Cambodia – Phnom Penh
31. Cameroon – Yaoundé
32. Canada – Ottawa
33. Central African Republic – Bangui
34. Chad – N’Djamena
35. Chile – Santiago
36. China – Beijing
37. Colombia – Bogotá
38. Comoros – Moroni
39. Congo, Democratic Republic of the – Kinshasa
40. Congo, Republic of the – Brazzaville
41. Costa Rica – San José
42. Croatia – Zagreb
43. Cuba – Havana
44. Cyprus – Nicosia
45. Czech Republic – Prague
46. Denmark – Copenhagen
47. Djibouti – Djibouti
48. Dominica – Roseau
49. Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo
50. East Timor (Timor-Leste) – Dili
51. Ecuador – Quito
52. Egypt – Cairo
53. El Salvador – San Salvador
54. Equatorial Guinea – Malabo
55. Eritrea – Asmara
56. Estonia – Tallinn
57. Eswatini – Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative)
58. Ethiopia – Addis Ababa
59. Fiji – Suva
60. Finland – Helsinki
61. France – Paris
62. Gabon – Libreville
63. Gambia – Banjul
64. Georgia – Tbilisi
65. Germany – Berlin
66. Ghana – Accra
67. Greece – Athens
68. Grenada – St. George’s
69. Guatemala – Guatemala City
70. Guinea – Conakry
71. Guinea-Bissau – Bissau
72. Guyana – Georgetown
73. Haiti – Port-au-Prince
74. Honduras – Tegucigalpa
75. Hungary – Budapest
76. Iceland – Reykjavik
77. India – New Delhi
78. Indonesia – Jakarta
79. Iran – Tehran
80. Iraq – Baghdad
81. Ireland – Dublin
82. Israel – Jerusalem
83. Italy – Rome
84. Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) – Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (de facto)
85. Jamaica – Kingston
86. Japan – Tokyo
87. Jordan – Amman
88. Kazakhstan – Nur-Sultan
89. Kenya – Nairobi
90. Kiribati – Tarawa
91. Korea, North – Pyongyang
92. Korea, South – Seoul
93. Kosovo – Pristina
94. Kuwait – Kuwait City
95. Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek
96. Laos – Vientiane
97. Latvia – Riga
98. Lebanon – Beirut
99. Lesotho – Maseru
100. Liberia – Monrovia
101. Libya – Tripoli
102. Liechtenstein – Vaduz
103. Lithuania – Vilnius
104. Luxembourg – Luxembourg
105. Madagascar – Antananarivo
106. Malawi – Lilongwe
107. Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur (official), Putrajaya (administrative)
108. Maldives – Malé
109. Mali – Bamako
110. Malta – Valletta
111. Marshall Islands – Majuro
112. Mauritania – Nouakchott
113. Mauritius – Port Louis
114. Mexico – Mexico City
115. Micronesia – Palikir
116. Moldova – Chișinău
117. Monaco – Monaco
118. Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar
119. Montenegro – Podgorica
120. Morocco – Rabat
121. Mozambique – Maputo
122. Myanmar (Burma) – Naypyidaw
123. Namibia – Windhoek
124. Nauru – Yaren (de facto)
125. Nepal – Kathmandu
126. Netherlands – Amsterdam (official), The Hague (government)
127. New Zealand – Wellington
128. Nicaragua – Managua
129. Niger – Niamey
130. Nigeria – Abuja
131. North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) – Skopje
132. Norway – Oslo
133. Oman – Muscat
134. Pakistan – Islamabad
135. Palau – Ngerulmud
136. Panama – Panama City
137. Papua New Guinea – Port Moresby
138. Paraguay – Asunción
139. Peru – Lima
140. Philippines – Manila
141. Poland – Warsaw
142. Portugal – Lisbon
143. Qatar – Doha
144. Romania – Bucharest
145. Russia – Moscow
146. Rwanda – Kigali
147. Saint Kitts and Nevis – Basseterre
148. Saint Lucia – Castries
149. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Kingstown
150. Samoa – Apia
151. San Marino – San Marino
152. São Tomé and Príncipe – São Tomé
153. Saudi Arabia – Riyadh
154. Senegal – Dakar
155. Serbia – Belgrade
156. Seychelles – Victoria
157. Sierra Leone – Freetown
158. Singapore – Singapore
159. Slovakia – Bratislava
160. Slovenia – Ljubljana
161. Solomon Islands – Honiara
162. Somalia – Mogadishu
163. South Africa – Pretoria (administrative), Bloemfontein (judicial), Cape Town (legislative)
164. South Sudan – Juba
165. Spain – Madrid
166. Sri Lanka – Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative), Colombo (executive and judicial)
167. Sudan – Khartoum
168. Suriname – Paramaribo
169. Sweden – Stockholm
170. Switzerland – Bern
171. Syria – Damascus
172. Taiwan – Taipei
173. Tajikistan – Dushanbe
174. Tanzania – Dodoma
175. Thailand – Bangkok
176. Togo – Lomé
177. Tonga – Nukuʻalofa
178. Trinidad and Tobago – Port of Spain
179. Tunisia – Tunis
180. Turkey – Ankara
181. Turkmenistan – Ashgabat
182. Tuvalu – Funafuti
183. Uganda – Kampala
184. Ukraine – Kyiv
185. United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi
186. United Kingdom – London
187. United States – Washington, D.C.
188. Uruguay – Montevideo
189. Uzbekistan – Tashkent
190. Vanuatu – Port Vila
191. Vatican City (Holy See) – Vatican City
192. Venezuela – Caracas
193. Vietnam – Hanoi
194. Yemen – Sana’a
195. Zambia – Lusaka
196. Zimbabwe – Harare

Note:
1. Congo has both a republic and a democratic republic.
2. Korea has a North and South
3. There is Sudan and South Sudan
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