This is a list of national capitals in the world in alphabetical order by country:
| Country |
Capital |
| A |
| Afghanistan |
Kabul |
| Albania |
Tirana |
| Algeria |
Algiers |
| Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
| Angola |
Luanda |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
St. John's |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
| Armenia |
Yerevan |
| Australia |
Canberra |
| Austria |
Vienna |
| Azerbaijan |
Baku |
| B |
| Bahamas |
Nassau |
| Bahrain |
Manama |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
| Belarus |
Minsk |
| Belgium |
Brussels |
| Belize |
Belmopan |
| Benin |
Porto-Novo |
| Bhutan |
Thimphu |
| Bolivia |
Sucre (constitutional, judicial), La Paz (administrative) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
| Botswana |
Gaborone |
| Brazil |
Brasília |
| Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura |
| C |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon |
Yaoundé |
| Canada |
Ottawa |
| Cape Verde |
Praia |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui |
| Chad |
N'Djamena |
| Chile |
Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative) |
| People's Republic of China |
Beijing |
| Colombia |
Bogotá |
| Comoros |
Moroni |
| Congo, Republic of the |
Brazzaville |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Kinshasa |
| Costa Rica |
San José |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative) |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
| Cuba |
Havana |
| Cyprus |
Nicosia |
| Czech Republic |
Prague |
| D |
| Denmark |
Copenhagen |
| Djibouti |
Djibouti |
| Dominica |
Roseau |
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
| E |
| East Timor |
Dili |
| Ecuador |
Quito |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
| Eritrea |
Asmara |
| Estonia |
Tallinn |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
| F |
| Fiji |
Suva |
| Finland |
Helsinki |
| France |
Paris |
| G |
| Gabon |
Libreville |
| Gambia, The |
Banjul |
| Georgia |
Tbilisi |
| Germany |
Berlin |
| Ghana |
Accra |
| Greece |
Athens |
| Grenada |
St. George's |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
| H |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary |
Budapest |
| I |
| Iceland |
Reykjavík |
| India |
New Delhi |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta |
| Iran |
Tehran |
| Iraq |
Baghdad |
| Ireland |
Dublin |
| Israel |
Jerusalem |
| Italy |
Rome |
| J |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
| Japan |
Tokyo |
| Jordan |
Amman |
| K |
| Kazakhstan |
Astana |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
| Kiribati |
South Tarawa |
| Kosovo |
Pristina |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
| L |
| Laos |
Vientiane |
| Latvia |
Riga |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
| Lesotho |
Maseru |
| Liberia |
Monrovia |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
| Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
| Lithuania |
Vilnius |
| Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
| M |
| Macedonia |
Skopje |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur (official), Putrajaya (administrative) |
| Maldives |
Malé |
| Mali |
Bamako |
| Malta |
Valletta |
| Marshall Islands |
Majuro |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
| Mauritius |
Port Louis |
| Mexico |
Mexico City |
| Micronesia |
Palikir |
| Moldova |
Chişinău |
| Monaco |
Monaco |
| Mongolia |
Ulan Bator |
| Montenegro |
Podgorica |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
| Myanmar |
Naypyidaw |
| N |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
| Nauru |
No official capital (Yaren de facto) |
| Nepal |
Kathmandu |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands/Netherlands |
Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative, legislative, and judicial) |
| New Zealand |
Wellington |
| Nicaragua |
Managua |
| Niger |
Niamey |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
| North Korea |
Pyongyang |
| Norway |
Oslo |
| O |
| Oman |
Muscat |
| P |
| Pakistan |
Islamabad |
| Palau |
Melekeok |
| Panama |
Panama City |
| Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby |
| Paraguay |
Asunción |
| Peru |
Lima |
| Philippines |
Manila |
| Poland |
Warsaw |
| Portugal |
Lisbon |
| Q |
| Qatar |
Doha |
| R |
| Romania |
Bucharest |
| Russia |
Moscow |
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
| S |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Basseterre |
| Saint Lucia |
Castries |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
| Samoa |
Apia |
| San Marino |
San Marino |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
São Tomé |
| 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 (official and administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) |
| South Korea |
Seoul |
| Spain |
Madrid |
| Sri Lanka |
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte |
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
| Suriname |
Paramaribo |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane (official, administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative) |
| Sweden |
Stockholm |
| Switzerland |
Bern |
| Syria |
Damascus |
| T |
| Taiwan |
Taipei |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
| Tanzania |
Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (administrative) |
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
Tibet |
Lhasa |
| Togo |
Lomé |
| Tonga |
Nukuʻalofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Port of Spain |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
| Turkey |
Ankara |
| Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat |
| Tuvalu |
Funafuti |
| U |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
| Ukraine |
Kiev |
| United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
| United Kingdom |
London |
| United States |
Washington, D.C. |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
| Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
| V |
| Vanuatu |
Port Vila |
| Vatican City |
Vatican City |
| Venezuela |
Caracas |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
| Y |
| Yemen |
Sanaa |
| Z |
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe |
Harare |
Capitals of unrecognised states
- Note: Whilst these entities aspire to statehood and have significant territory, they are not generally considered to be independent countries, since they are not recognised by a majority of other states, and do not have a seat at the United Nations. For background, see List of unrecognized countries.
By continent
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Capitals of Africa |
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Abuja, Nigeria
Accra, Ghana
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Algiers, Algeria
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Asmara, Eritrea
Bamako, Mali
Bangui, Central African Republic
Banjul, Gambia
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Bloemfontein, South Africa 1
Brazzaville, Rep. Congo
Bujumbura, Burundi
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Cairo, Egypt
Cape Town, South Africa 2
Conakry, Guinea
Cotonou, Benin
Dakar, Senegal
Djibouti, Djibouti
Dodoma, Tanzania
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Gaborone, Botswana
Harare, Zimbabwe
Jamestown, Saint Helena
Kampala, Uganda
Khartoum, Sudan
Kigali, Rwanda
Kinshasa, DR Congo
Libreville, Gabon
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Lilongwe, Malawi
Lobamba, Swaziland
Lomé, Togo
Luanda, Angola
Lusaka, Zambia
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Mamoudzou, Mayotte
Maputo, Mozambique
Maseru, Lesotho
Mbabane, Swaziland
Mogadishu, Somalia
Monrovia, Liberia
Moroni, Comoros
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Niamey, Niger
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N'Djamena, Chad
Nairobi, Kenya
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Port Louis, Mauritius
Porto-Novo, Benin
Praia, Cape Verde
Pretoria, South Africa 3
Rabat, Morocco
Saint-Denis, Réunion
São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Tripoli, Libya
Tunis, Tunisia
Victoria, Seychelles
Windhoek, Namibia
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
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Capitals of North America |
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Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belmopan, Belize
Bridgetown, Barbados
Castries, Saint Lucia
Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands
Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos
Fort-de-France, Martinique
George Town, Cayman Islands
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy
Hamilton, Bermuda
Havana, Cuba
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Kingston, Jamaica
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Managua, Nicaragua
Marigot, Saint Martin
Mexico City, Mexico
Nassau, Bahamas
Nuuk, Greenland
Oranjestad, Aruba
Ottawa, Canada
Panama City, Panama
Brades (de facto), Plymouth (de jure), Montserrat
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Road Town, British Virgin Islands
Roseau, Dominica
Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
San José, Costa Rica
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Salvador, El Salvador
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
St. George's, Grenada
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
The Valley, Anguilla
Washington, D.C., United States
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
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Capitals of Asia |
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| Central Asia |
South Asia |
Southeast Asia |
Southwest Asia |
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Astana, Kazakhstan †
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC)
Tokyo, Japan
Pyongyang, North Korea
Seoul, South Korea
Ulan Bator, Mongolia 1
Taipei, Republic of China (ROC) 2
Moscow, Russia †
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Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Naypyidaw, Burma (Myanmar)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Dili, East Timor
Jakarta, Indonesia
Vientiane, Laos
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4
Putrajaya, Malaysia 5
Manila, Philippines
Singapore, Singapore
Bangkok, Thailand
Hanoi, Vietnam
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Kabul, Afghanistan 6
Yerevan, Armenia ‡
Baku, Azerbaijan †
Manama, Bahrain
Nicosia, Cyprus ‡
Tbilisi, Georgia †
Tehran, Iran
Baghdad, Iraq
Jerusalem, Israel 7
Amman, Jordan
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Beirut, Lebanon
Muscat, Oman
Doha, Qatar
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Damascus, Syria
Ankara, Turkey †
Abu Dhabi, UAE
San‘a’, Yemen
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| 1 Often considered part of Central Asia. 2 Commonly known as Taiwan. 3 Full name is Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte. 4 Formal. 5 Administrative. 6 Often considered part of Central or South Asia. 7 See Positions on Jerusalem for details on Jerusalem's status as capital. 8 See Central Tibetan Administration for details of the Tibetan government-in-exile † Transcontinental country. ‡ Entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. |
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Capitals of European states and territories |
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| Capitals of non-sovereign territories or constituent nations shown in bold italics |
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| Central |
Southern |
Western |
Northern |
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Berlin, Germany
Bratislava, Slovakia
Budapest, Hungary
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prague, Czech Republic
Vienna, Austria
Warsaw, Poland
Astana, Kazakhstan 1
Baku, Azerbaijan 1
Bucharest, Romania
Chişinău, Moldova
Kiev, Ukraine
Minsk, Belarus
Moscow, Russia 1
Sukhumi, Abkhazia 3
Tbilisi, Georgia 1
Tskhinvali, South Ossetia 3
Yerevan, Armenia 2
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Ankara, Turkey 1
Athens, Greece
Belgrade, Serbia
Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Nicosia, Cyprus 2
Nicosia, Northern Cyprus 2, 3
Podgorica, Montenegro
Pristina, Kosovo 3
Rome, Italy
San Marino, San Marino
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Sofia, Bulgaria
Tirana, Albania
Valletta, Malta
Vatican City, Vatican City
Zagreb, Croatia
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Barcelona, Catalonia 5
Berne, Switzerland
Brussels, Belgium 6
Lisbon, Portugal
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Madrid, Spain
Monaco, Monaco
Paris, France
St. Helier, Jersey
Santiago de Compostela, Galicia5
Seville, Andalusia 5 St. Peter Port, Guernsey
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Vitoria, The Basque Country5 Valencia, Valencian Community5
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Belfast, Northern Ireland 4
Cardiff, Wales 4
Copenhagen, Denmark
Douglas, Isle of Man
Dublin, Ireland
Edinburgh, Scotland 4
Helsinki, Finland
London, England 4 / UK
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Mariehamn, Åland Islands
Oslo, Norway
Reykjavík, Iceland
Riga, Latvia
Stockholm, Sweden
Tallinn, Estonia
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Vilnius, Lithuania
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| 1 Transcontinental country. 2 Entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. 3 Partially recognised country. 4 Part of the United Kingdom. 5 Part of Spain. 6 Also the seat of the European Union, see Location of European Union institutions and Brussels and the European Union. |
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