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Capital Cities by Country

Browse 245 national and territorial capital records, each linked to a full place profile.

A capital is the principal seat of national government; some countries divide official functions across multiple cities.

World capitals at a glance

A capital is the seat of a country’s national government. Use this alphabetical list to find the capitals recorded for the countries and territories in this atlas, then open a profile for maps, population, currency and regional details.

The atlas currently stores one principal capital field per place. Countries that divide executive, legislative, judicial, or royal functions among multiple cities can require additional constitutional context; verify those cases with an official national source.

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Afghanistan	Kabul
Aland Islands	Mariehamn
Albania	Tirana
Algeria	Algiers
American Samoa	Pago Pago
Andorra	Andorra la Vella
Angola	Luanda
Anguilla	The Valley
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's
Argentina	Buenos Aires
Armenia	Yerevan
Aruba	Oranjestad
Australia	Canberra
Austria	Vienna
Azerbaijan	Baku
Bahrain	Manama
Bangladesh	Dhaka
Barbados	Bridgetown
Belarus	Minsk
Belgium	Brussels
Belize	Belmopan
Benin	Porto-Novo
Bermuda	Hamilton
Bhutan	Thimphu
Bolivia	Sucre
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	Kralendijk
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
Botswana	Gaborone
Brazil	Brasilia
British Indian Ocean Territory	Diego Garcia
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria	Sofia
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou
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	Flying Fish Cove
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island
Colombia	Bogotá
Comoros	Moroni
Congo	Brazzaville
Cook Islands	Avarua
Costa Rica	San Jose
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Yamoussoukro
Croatia	Zagreb
Cuba	Havana
Curaçao	Willemstad
Cyprus	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Prague
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa
Denmark	Copenhagen
Djibouti	Djibouti
Dominica	Roseau
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Quito
Egypt	Cairo
El Salvador	San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo
Eritrea	Asmara
Estonia	Tallinn
Eswatini	Mbabane
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
Falkland Islands	Stanley
Faroe Islands	Torshavn
Fiji Islands	Suva
Finland	Helsinki
France	Paris
French Guiana	Cayenne
French Polynesia	Papeete
French Southern Territories	Port-aux-Francais
Gabon	Libreville
Georgia	Tbilisi
Germany	Berlin
Ghana	Accra
Gibraltar	Gibraltar
Greece	Athens
Greenland	Nuuk
Grenada	St. George's
Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre
Guam	Hagatna
Guatemala	Guatemala City
Guernsey	St Peter Port
Guinea	Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
Guyana	Georgetown
Haiti	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Tegucigalpa
Hong Kong S.A.R.	Hong Kong
Hungary	Budapest
Iceland	Reykjavik
India	New Delhi
Indonesia	Jakarta
Iran	Tehran
Iraq	Baghdad
Ireland	Dublin
Israel	Jerusalem
Italy	Rome
Jamaica	Kingston
Japan	Tokyo
Jersey	Saint Helier
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	Tripolis
Liechtenstein	Vaduz
Lithuania	Vilnius
Luxembourg	Luxembourg
Macau S.A.R.	Macao
Madagascar	Antananarivo
Malawi	Lilongwe
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
Maldives	Male
Mali	Bamako
Malta	Valletta
Man (Isle of)	Douglas, Isle of Man
Marshall Islands	Majuro
Martinique	Fort-de-France
Mauritania	Nouakchott
Mauritius	Port Louis
Mayotte	Mamoudzou
Mexico	Ciudad de México
Micronesia	Palikir
Moldova	Chisinau
Monaco	Monaco
Mongolia	Ulan Bator
Montenegro	Podgorica
Montserrat	Plymouth
Morocco	Rabat
Mozambique	Maputo
Myanmar	Nay Pyi Taw
Namibia	Windhoek
Nauru	Yaren
Nepal	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Amsterdam
New Caledonia	Noumea
New Zealand	Wellington
Nicaragua	Managua
Niger	Niamey
Nigeria	Abuja
Niue	Alofi
Norfolk Island	Kingston
North Korea	Pyongyang
North Macedonia	Skopje
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan
Norway	Oslo
Oman	Muscat
Pakistan	Islamabad
Palau	Melekeok
Palestinian Territory Occupied	East Jerusalem
Panama	Panama City
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby
Paraguay	Asuncion
Peru	Lima
Philippines	Manila
Pitcairn Island	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
Saint-Barthelemy	Gustavia
Saint-Martin (French part)	Marigot
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	Singapur
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	Philipsburg
Slovakia	Bratislava
Slovenia	Ljubljana
Solomon Islands	Honiara
Somalia	Mogadishu
South Africa	Pretoria
South Georgia	Grytviken
South Korea	Seoul
South Sudan	Juba
Spain	Madrid
Sri Lanka	Colombo
Sudan	Khartoum
Suriname	Paramaribo
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands	Longyearbyen
Sweden	Stockholm
Switzerland	Bern
Syria	Damascus
Taiwan	Taipei
Tajikistan	Dushanbe
Tanzania	Dodoma
Thailand	Bangkok
The Bahamas	Nassau
The Gambia	Banjul
Timor-Leste	Dili
Togo	Lome
Tonga	Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain
Tunisia	Tunis
Turkey	Ankara
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town
Tuvalu	Funafuti
Uganda	Kampala
Ukraine	Kyiv
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom	London
United States	Washington
Uruguay	Montevideo
Uzbekistan	Tashkent
Vanuatu	Port Vila
Vatican City State (Holy See)	Vatican City
Venezuela	Caracas
Vietnam	Hanoi
Virgin Islands (British)	Road Town
Virgin Islands (US)	Charlotte Amalie
Wallis and Futuna Islands	Mata Utu
Western Sahara	El-Aaiun
Yemen	Sanaa
Zambia	Lusaka
Zimbabwe	Harare

Capital Cities: FAQ

How many principal-capital records does WorldSumma list?

WorldSumma lists 245 national and territorial records with one principal capital field per place.

What is a capital city?

A capital city is the city where a country or territory’s central government is based. Some countries have more than one capital or divide government functions between cities.

What are some of the best-known world capitals?

Well-known world capitals include London in the United Kingdom, Paris in France, Tokyo in Japan, Washington, D.C. in the United States and Brasília in Brazil.