![]() | Afghanistan | Kabul |
![]() | Akrotiri | Episkopi Cantonment; also serves as capital of Dhekelia |
![]() | Albania | Tirana |
![]() | Algeria | Algiers |
![]() | American Samoa | Pago Pago |
![]() | Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
![]() | Angola | Luanda |
![]() | Anguilla | The Valley |
![]() | Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's (Antigua) |
![]() | Argentina | Buenos Aires |
![]() | Armenia | Yerevan |
![]() | Aruba | Oranjestad |
![]() | Australia | Canberra |
![]() | Austria | Vienna |
![]() | Azerbaijan | Baku (Baki) |
![]() | Bahamas, The | Nassau |
![]() | Bahrain | Manama |
![]() | Bangladesh | Dhaka |
![]() | Barbados | Bridgetown |
![]() | Belarus | Minsk |
![]() | Belgium | Brussels |
![]() | Belize | Belmopan |
![]() | Benin | Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government |
![]() | Bermuda | Hamilton |
![]() | Bhutan | Thimphu |
![]() | Bolivia | La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary) |
![]() | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
![]() | Botswana | Gaborone |
![]() | Brazil | Brasilia |
![]() | British Virgin Islands | Road Town |
![]() | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
![]() | Bulgaria | Sofia |
![]() | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
![]() | Burma | Rangoon (government refers to the capital as Yangon) |
![]() | Burundi | Bujumbura |
![]() | Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
![]() | Cameroon | Yaounde |
![]() | Canada | Ottawa |
![]() | Cape Verde | Praia |
![]() | Cayman Islands | George Town |
![]() | Central African Republic | Bangui |
![]() | Chad | N'Djamena |
![]() | Chile | Santiago |
![]() | China | Beijing |
![]() | Christmas Island | The Settlement |
![]() | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island |
![]() | Colombia | Bogota |
![]() | Comoros | Moroni |
![]() | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Kinshasa |
![]() | Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville |
![]() | Cook Islands | Avarua |
![]() | Costa Rica | San Jose |
![]() | Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan |
![]() | Croatia | Zagreb |
![]() | Cuba | Havana |
![]() | Cyprus | Nicosia |
![]() | Czech Republic | Prague |
![]() | Denmark | Copenhagen |
![]() | Dhekelia | Episkopi Cantonment; located in Akrotiri |
![]() | Djibouti | Djibouti |
![]() | Dominica | Roseau |
![]() | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
![]() | East Timor | Dili |
![]() | Ecuador | Quito |
![]() | Egypt | Cairo |
![]() | El Salvador | San Salvador |
![]() | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
![]() | Eritrea | Asmara |
![]() | Estonia | Tallinn |
![]() | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
![]() | European Union | Brussels, Belgium
note: the Council of the European Union meets in Brussels, the European Parliament meets in Strasbourg, France, and the Court of Justice of the European Communities meets in Luxembourg |
![]() | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Stanley |
![]() | Faroe Islands | Torshavn |
![]() | Fiji | Suva (Viti Levu) |
![]() | Finland | Helsinki |
![]() | France | Paris |
![]() | French Guiana | Cayenne |
![]() | French Polynesia | Papeete |
![]() | Gabon | Libreville |
![]() | Gambia, The | Banjul |
![]() | Georgia | T'bilisi |
![]() | Germany | Berlin |
![]() | Ghana | Accra |
![]() | Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
![]() | Greece | Athens |
![]() | Greenland | Nuuk (Godthab) |
![]() | Grenada | Saint George's |
![]() | Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre |
![]() | Guam | Hagatna (Agana) |
![]() | Guatemala | Guatemala |
![]() | Guernsey | Saint Peter Port |
![]() | Guinea | Conakry |
![]() | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
![]() | Guyana | Georgetown |
![]() | Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
![]() | Holy See (Vatican City) | Vatican City |
![]() | Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
![]() | Hungary | Budapest |
![]() | Iceland | Reykjavik |
![]() | India | New Delhi |
![]() | Indonesia | Jakarta |
![]() | Iran | Tehran |
![]() | Iraq | Baghdad |
![]() | Ireland | Dublin |
![]() | Isle of Man | Douglas |
![]() | Israel | Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv |
![]() | Italy | Rome |
![]() | Jamaica | Kingston |
![]() | Japan | Tokyo |
![]() | Jersey | Saint Helier |
![]() | Jordan | 'Amman |
![]() | Kazakhstan | Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998 |
![]() | Kenya | Nairobi |
![]() | Kiribati | Tarawa |
![]() | Korea, North | Pyongyang |
![]() | Korea, South | Seoul |
![]() | Kuwait | Kuwait |
![]() | 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
note: Putrajaya is referred to as administrative center not capital; Parliament meets in Kuala Lumpur |
![]() | Maldives | Male |
![]() | Mali | Bamako |
![]() | Malta | Valletta |
![]() | Marshall Islands | Majuro |
![]() | Martinique | Fort-de-France |
![]() | Mauritania | Nouakchott |
![]() | Mauritius | Port Louis |
![]() | Mayotte | Mamoutzou |
![]() | Mexico | Mexico (Distrito Federal) |
![]() | Micronesia, Federated States of | Palikir |
![]() | Moldova | Chisinau |
![]() | Monaco | Monaco |
![]() | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
![]() | Montserrat | Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat) |
![]() | Morocco | Rabat |
![]() | Mozambique | Maputo |
![]() | Namibia | Windhoek |
![]() | Nauru | no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
![]() | Nepal | Kathmandu |
![]() | Netherlands | Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government |
![]() | Netherlands Antilles | Willemstad; note - located on Curacao, the largest of the islands |
![]() | New Caledonia | Noumea |
![]() | New Zealand | Wellington |
![]() | Nicaragua | Managua |
![]() | Niger | Niamey |
![]() | Nigeria | Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now moved to Abuja |
![]() | Niue | Alofi |
![]() | Norfolk Island | Kingston |
![]() | Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan |
![]() | Norway | Oslo |
![]() | Oman | Muscat |
![]() | Pakistan | Islamabad |
![]() | Palau | Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror |
![]() | Panama | Panama |
![]() | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
![]() | Paraguay | Asuncion |
![]() | Peru | Lima |
![]() | Philippines | Manila |
![]() | Pitcairn Islands | Adamstown |
![]() | Poland | Warsaw |
![]() | Portugal | Lisbon |
![]() | Puerto Rico | San Juan |
![]() | Qatar | Doha |
![]() | Reunion | Saint-Denis |
![]() | Romania | Bucharest |
![]() | Russia | Moscow |
![]() | Rwanda | Kigali |
![]() | Saint Helena | Jamestown |
![]() | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
![]() | Saint Lucia | Castries |
![]() | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre |
![]() | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
![]() | Samoa | Apia |
![]() | San Marino | San Marino |
![]() | Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome |
![]() | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
![]() | Senegal | Dakar |
![]() | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade |
![]() | Seychelles | Victoria |
![]() | Sierra Leone | Freetown |
![]() | Singapore | Singapore |
![]() | Slovakia | Bratislava |
![]() | Slovenia | Ljubljana |
![]() | Solomon Islands | Honiara |
![]() | Somalia | Mogadishu |
![]() | South Africa | Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center |
![]() | Spain | Madrid |
![]() | Sri Lanka | Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital |
![]() | Sudan | Khartoum |
![]() | Suriname | Paramaribo |
![]() | Svalbard | Longyearbyen |
![]() | Swaziland | Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital |
![]() | Sweden | Stockholm |
![]() | Switzerland | Bern |
![]() | Syria | Damascus |
![]() | Taiwan | Taipei |
![]() | Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
![]() | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis |
![]() | Thailand | Bangkok |
![]() | Togo | Lome |
![]() | Tokelau | none; each atoll has its own administrative center |
![]() | Tonga | Nuku'alofa |
![]() | Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain |
![]() | Tunisia | Tunis |
![]() | Turkey | Ankara |
![]() | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
![]() | Turks and Caicos Islands | Grand Turk |
![]() | Tuvalu | Funafuti; note - administrative offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet |
![]() | Uganda | Kampala |
![]() | Ukraine | Kiev (Kyyiv) |
![]() | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
![]() | United Kingdom | London |
![]() | United States | Washington, DC |
![]() | Uruguay | Montevideo |
![]() | Uzbekistan | Tashkent (Toshkent) |
![]() | Vanuatu | Port-Vila (Efate) |
![]() | Venezuela | Caracas |
![]() | Vietnam | Hanoi |
![]() | Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie |
![]() | Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) |
![]() | Western Sahara | none |
![]() | Yemen | Sanaa |
![]() | Zambia | Lusaka |
![]() | Zimbabwe | Harare |