List of Countries and Their Capitals

by | Apr 14, 2024 | Basic Vocabulary

Are you looking for the countries’ names and capitals in English?

Learning the names of the countries and their capitals helps you to improve your basic English vocabulary and educate you on the number of countries in the world, their names, and their capitals in English.

In this article, you will learn about the countries and their capitals names in English. You will find a complete list of countries and their capitals name below.

Here is the list of the counties and their capitals in English. You will notice that some counties have more than one capital name. 

Country Name
Capital Name
• 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
• Astria
• Vienna
• Azerbaijan
• Baku
• Bahamas
• Nassau
• Bahrain
• Manama
• Bangladesh
• Dhaka
• Barbados
• Bridgetown
• Belarus
• Minsk
• Belgium
• Brussels
• Belize
• Belmopan
• Benin
• Porto-Novo
• Bhutan
• Thimphu
• Bolivia
• Sucre (de jure) , La Pas (seat of government)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sarajevo
• Botswana
• Gaborone
• Brazil
• Brasilia
• Brunei
• Badar Seri Begawan
• Bulgaria
• Sofia
• Burkina Faso
• Ouagadougou
• Burundi
• Gitega
• Cabo Verde
• Praia
• Cambodia
• Phnom Penh
• Cameroon
• Yaoundé
• Canda
• Ottawa
• Central African Republic
• Bangui
• Chad
• N’Djamena
• Chile
• Santiago
• China
• Beijing
• Colombia
• Bogota
• Comoros
• Moroni
• Congo Democratic Republic of the
• Kinshasa
• Congo, Republic of the
• Brazzaville
• Costa Rica
• San Jose
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Yamoussoukro
• Croatia
• Zagreb
• Cuba
• Havan
• Cyprus
• Nicosia
• Czechia
• Prague
• Denmark
• Copenhagen
• Djobouti
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Roseau
• Dominican Republic
• Santo Domingo
• Ecuador
• Quito
• Egypt
• Cairo
• El Salvador
• San Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Malabo (de jure), Oyala (seat of government)
• Eritrea
• Asmara
• Estonia
• Tallinn
• Eswatini
• Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative, royal)
• Ethiopia
• Addis Ababa
• Fiji
• Suva
• Finland
• Helsinki
• France
• Paris
• Gabon
• Libreville
• Gambia
• Banjul
• Georgia
• Tbilisi
• Germany
• Berlin
• Ghana
• Accra
• Greece
• Athens
• Grenada
• Saint George’s
• Guatemala
• Guatemala city
• Guinea
• Conakry
• Guinea-Bissau
• Bisau
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Naypyidaw
• Namibia
• Windhoek
• Nauru
• Yaren district (de facto)
• Nepal
• Kathmandu
• Netherlands
• Amsterdam
• New Zealand
• Wellington
• Nicaragua
• Managua
• Niger
• Niamey
• Nigeria
• Abuja
• North Korea
• Pyongyang
• Noth Macedonia
• Skopje
• Norway
• Oslo
• Oman
• Muscat
• Pakistan
• Islamabad
• Palau
• Ngerulmud
• Palestine
• Jerusalem
• 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 Arabi
• 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 Koria
• Seoul
• South Sudan
• Juba
• Spain
• Madrid
• Sri Lanka
• Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
• Sudan
• Khartoum
• Suriname
• Paramaribo
• Sweden
• Stockholm
• Switzerland
• Bern
• Syria
• Damascus
• Taiwan
• Taipei
• Tajikistan
• Dushanbe
• Tanzania
• Dodoma
• Thailand
• Bangkok
• Timor-Leste
• Dili
• Togo
• Lime
• Tonga
• Nuku’alofa
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Port of Spain
• Tunisia
• Tunis
• Turkey
• Ankara
• Turkmenistan
• Ashgabat
• Tuvalu
• Funafuti
• 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
• Vanuatu
• Porta Vila
• Vatical City
• Vatican City
• Venezuela
• Caracas
• Vietnam
• Hanoi
• Yemen
• Sana’s
• Zambia
• Lusaka
• Zimbabwe
• Harare

Countries and Capitals FAQs

Is there a country with 3 capitals?

South Africa is the only country in the world with three capital cities.

  • Pretoria (administrative capital)
  • Cape Town (legislative captial)
  • Bloemfontein (judicial capital)

What countries have the same name as their capital city?

Four countries have the same name as their capital city. They are:

  • Vatican City
  • Monaco
  • Luxembourg
  • Andorra

What is the only country without a capital city?

Nauru is the only country in the world that does not have a capital city.

Which country has 2 capital cities?

South Africa and Sri Lanka are the only two countries that have two capital cities. 

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