What are the capitals of the world? Check out the main cities of these countries.
CAPITALS OF THE WORLD – In alphabetical order of the countries, here is a list of different capitals or the main cities.
There are over a hundred countries all around the world, and they differ in many factors, such as safety, prices, healthcare, pollution levels, and other conditions. These factors fall under the quality of life. In terms of the best place to live, it is the Australian capital, Canberra, followed by Ottawa of Canada.
When it comes to tourists, Great Britain’s capital city, London, is one of the most visited cities in the world, followed by Bangkok of Thailand, and the world-famous city of Paris. There are 195 nations recognized as independent countries, and although Taiwan is part of China, it also has its own capital called Taipei.
Here’s a list of the different countries of the world with their capital:
- 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
- The Bahamas: Nassau
- Bahrain: Manama
- Bangladesh: Dhaka
- Barbados: Bridgetown
- Belarus: Minsk
- Belgium: Brussels
- Belize: Belmopan
- Benin: Porto-Novo
- Bhutan: Thimphu
- Bolivia: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
- Botswana: Gaborone
- Brazil: Brasilia
- Brunei: Bandar Seri Begawan
- Bulgaria: Sofia
- Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
- Burundi: Gitega (changed from Bujumbura in December 2018)
- Cambodia: Phnom Penh
- Cameroon: Yaounde
- Canada: Ottawa
- Cape Verde: Praia
- Central African Republic: Bangui
- Chad: N’Djamena
- Chile: Santiago
- China: Beijing
- Colombia: Bogota
- Comoros: Moroni
- Congo, Republic of the: Brazzaville
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Kinshasa
- Costa Rica: San Jose
- Cote d’Ivoire: Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
- Croatia: Zagreb
- Cuba: Havana
- Cyprus: Nicosia
- Czech Republic: Prague
- Denmark: Copenhagen
- Djibouti: Djibouti
- Dominica: Roseau
- Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo
- East Timor (Timor-Leste): Dili
- Ecuador: Quito
- Egypt: Cairo
- El Salvador: San Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea: Malabo
- Eritrea: Asmara
- Estonia: Tallinn
- Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
- Fiji: Suva
- Finland: Helsinki
- France: Paris
- 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
- Haiti: Port-au-Prince
- Honduras: Tegucigalpa
- Hungary: Budapest
- Iceland: Reykjavik
- India: New Delhi
- Indonesia: Jakarta
- Iran: Tehran
- Iraq: Baghdad
- Ireland: Dublin
- Israel: Jerusalem*
- Italy: Rome
- Jamaica: Kingston
- Japan: Tokyo
- Jordan: Amman
- Kazakhstan: Astana
- Kenya: Nairobi
- Kiribati: Tarawa Atoll
- Korea, North: Pyongyang
- Korea, South: Seoul
- Kosovo: Pristina
- Kuwait: Kuwait City
- Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek
- Laos: Vientiane
- Latvia: Riga
- Lebanon: Beirut
- Lesotho: Maseru
- Liberia: Monrovia
- Libya: Tripoli
- Liechtenstein: Vaduz
- Lithuania: Vilnius
- Luxembourg: Luxembourg
- Macedonia: Skopje
- 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, Federated States of: Palikir
- Moldova: Chisinau
- Monaco: Monaco
- Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar
- Montenegro: Podgorica
- Morocco: Rabat
- Mozambique: Maputo
- Myanmar (Burma): Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
- Namibia: Windhoek
- Nauru: no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
- Nepal: Kathmandu
- Netherlands: Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)
- New Zealand: Wellington
- Nicaragua: Managua
- Niger: Niamey
- Nigeria: Abuja
- Norway: Oslo
- Oman: Muscat
- Pakistan: Islamabad
- Palau: Melekeok
- Panama: Panama City
- Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby
- Paraguay: Asuncion
- Peru: Lima
- Philippines: Manila
- Poland: Warsaw
- Portugal: Lisbon
- Qatar: Doha
- Romania: Bucharest
- Russia: Moscow
- Rwanda: Kigali
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre
- Saint Lucia: Castries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown
- Samoa: Apia
- San Marino: San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe: Sao Tome
- 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 (judiciary)
- South Sudan: Juba
- Spain: Madrid
- Sri Lanka: Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
- Sudan: Khartoum
- Suriname: Paramaribo
- Swaziland: Mbabane
- Sweden: Stockholm
- Switzerland: Bern
- Syria: Damascus
- Taiwan: Taipei
- Tajikistan: Dushanbe
- Tanzania: Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
- Thailand: Bangkok
- Togo: Lome
- Tonga: Nuku’alofa
- Trinidad and Tobago: Port-of-Spain
- Tunisia: Tunis
- Turkey: Ankara
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
- Tuvalu: Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
- Uganda: Kampala
- Ukraine: Kyiv
- United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi
- United Kingdom: London
- United States of America: Washington, D.C.
- Uruguay: Montevideo
- Uzbekistan: Tashkent
- Vanuatu: Port-Vila
- Vatican City (Holy See): Vatican City
- Venezuela: Caracas
- Vietnam: Hanoi
- Yemen: Sanaa
- Zambia: Lusaka
- Zimbabwe: Harare