Country capital-currency

1. AFRICA :
Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Algeria Algiers Dinar Arabic

Angola Luanda Angolar Portuguese

Benin
Porto-Novo (official)
Cotonou (seat of government)
CFA franc French

Botswana Gaborone Pula
English
Setswana

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA franc French

Burundi Bujumbura Rupie
Kirundi
French

Cameroon Yaoundé CFA franc
French
English

Cape Verde Praia
Cape Verdean
escudo
Portuguese

Central African
Republic
Bangui CFA franc
French
Sango

2. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Chad N'Djamena CFA franc
French
Arabic

Comoros Moroni
Comorian
franc
Comorian
Arabic
French

Congo (Congo-
Brazzaville)
Brazzaville CFA franc French

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory
Coast)
Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (seat of government)
CFA franc French

Democratic
Republic of the
Congo (Congo-
Kinshasa)
Kinshasa
Congolese
franc
French

Djibouti Djibouti
Djiboutian
franc
French
Arabic

Egypt Cairo
Egyptian
gineih
Arabic

Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Equatorial
Guinean
peseta
Spanish
French
Portuguese

Eritrea Asmara Tallero Tigrinya
Arabic

3. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language
English

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Amharic

Gabon Libreville CFA franc French

Gambia Banjul
Gambian
dalasi
English

Ghana Accra Ghana cedi English

Guinea Conakry Guinean franc French

Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA franc Portuguese

Kenya Nairobi
Kenyan
shilling
Swahili
English

Lesotho Maseru Lesotho loti
English
Sesotho

Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar English

Libya Tripoli Dinar Arabic

4. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Madagascar Antananarivo
Malagasy
ariary
Malagasy
French

Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha
English
Chichewa

Mali Bamako CFA franc French

Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Arabic

Mauritius Port Louis
Mauritian
rupee
Mauritian
Creole
French
English

Mayotte
Mamoudzou
Overseas department of France
Euro French

Morocco Rabat
Moroccan
dirham
Arabic
Berber

Mozambique Maputo
Mozambican
metical
Portuguese

Namibia Windhoek
Namibian
dollar
English

5. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Niger Niamey CFA franc French

Nigeria Abuja Naira English

Réunion
Saint-Denis
Overseas department of France
Euro French

Rwanda Kigali
Rwandan
franc
Kinyarwanda
English
French

Saint Helena,
Ascension and
Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown (Saint Helena)
Georgetown (Ascension Island)
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (Tristan da
Cunha)
Saint Helena
pound
Pound sterling
English

Sao Tome and
Principe
São Tomé Dobra Portuguese

Senegal Dakar CFA franc French

Seychelles Victoria
Seychellois
rupee
Seychellois
Creole
French
English

Sierra Leone Freetown Leone English

6. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling
Somali
Arabic

Somaliland Hargeisa
Somaliland
shilling
Somali
Arabic

South Africa
Pretoria (administrative/executive)
Cape Town (legislative)
Bloemfontein (judicial)
South African
rand
Afrikaans
English
Southern
Ndebele
Northern
Sotho
Southern
Sotho
Swazi
Tsonga
Tswana
Venda
Xhosa
Zulu

South Sudan Juba
South
Sudanese
pound
English

Sudan Khartoum
Sudanese
pound
Arabic
English

Swaziland
Mbabane (administrative)
Lobamba (royal and legislative)
Lilangeni
English
Swati

7. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Tanzania
Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (seat of government)
Tanzanian
shilling
Swahili
English

Togo Lomé CFA franc French

Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar Arabic

Uganda Kampala
Ugandan
shilling
Swahili
English
Luganda
None Western Sahara
None Disputed territory between
Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab
Democratic Republic
Moroccan
dirham
Algerian dinar
Mauritanian
ouguiya
See
respective
claimants

Zambia Lusaka
Zambian
kwacha
English

Zimbabwe Harare various
English
Shona
Sindebele


ASIA:
Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Afghanistan Kabul Afghani
Pashto
Dari (Persian)

8. Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Akrotiri and
Dhekelia
Episkopi Cantonment Euro
English
Greek

Armenia Yerevan Dram Armenian

Azerbaijan
[Europe]
Baku Manat Azerbaijani

Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar Arabic

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Bengali

Bhutan Thimphu
Bhutanese
ngultrum
Dzongkha

British Indian Ocean
Territory
Diego Garcia
Overseas territory of the
United Kingdom
US dollar
UK pound
English

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei dollar Bahasa Melayu

Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Khmer

China Beijing Renminbi (yuan) Standard Chinese

Christmas Island
Flying Fish Cove
Australian dollar English

9. Flag Name Capital Currency Official language
External territory of Australia

Cocos (Keeling)
Islands
West Island
External territory of
AustraliaExternal territory of
Australia
Australian dollar English

Cyprus
[Europe]
Nicosia Euro
Greek
Turkish

East Timor(Timor-
Leste)
Dili US Dollar
Portuguese
Tetum

Georgia
[Europe]
Tbilisi Lari Georgian

Hong Kong
Special administrative region
of China
Hong Kong dollar
English
Cantonese

India New Delhi Indian Rupee
Hindi
English
Urdu
Gujarati
Tamil
Kannada
Telugu
Malayalam
Odia
Bengali
Assamese
Manipuri
Sikkimese
Kashmri
Mizo
Garo

10. Flag Name Capital Currency Official language
Khasi
Jaintia
Marathi
Punjabi
Bodo
Kokborok
Nagamese
Nefamese >MARWARI

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Indonesian

Iran Tehran Rial Persian

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi dinar
Kurdish
Arabic

Israel Jerusalem New shekel
Hebrew
Arabic

Japan Tokyo Yen Japanese

Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar Arabic

Kazakhstan Astana Tenge
Kazakh
Russian

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar Arabic

11. Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som
Kyrgyz
Russian

Laos Vientiane Kip Lao

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound Arabic

Macau
Special administrative region
of China
Macanese
pataca
Portuguese
Cantonese

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur (official)
Putrajaya (seat of government)
Ringgit Malaysian

Maldives Malé Maldivian rufiyaa Maldivian

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tögrög Mongolian

Myanmar(Burma) Naypyidaw Kyat Burmese

Nagorno-Karabakh
Stepanakert
De facto sovereign state
lacking general international
recognition
Recognized by United
Nations as de jure part
ofAzerbaijan
Armenian dram Armenian

12. Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Nepali

Northern Cyprus
Nicosia
De facto sovereign state
lacking general international
recognition
Recognized by United
Nation as de jure part
ofCyprus
Turkish lira Turkish

North Korea Pyongyang
North Korean
won
Korean

Oman Muscat Rial Arabic

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee
English
Urdu
Punjabi
Sindhi
Punjab
Pashto language|
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Balochistan

Palestine
East Jerusalem (claimed
capital)
Ramallah (West Bank seat of
government)
Gaza (Gaza Strip seat of
government)
Territory occupied by Israel
State of Palestine (flag
displayed) proclaimed on
Israeli shekel Arabic

13. Flag Name Capital Currency Official language
territory

Philippines Manila Peso
Filipino
English

Qatar Doha Riyal Arabic

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi riyal Arabic

Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar
English
Chinese
Malay
Tamil

South Korea Seoul
South Korean
won
Korean

South Ossetia
Tskhinvali
De facto sovereign state
lacking general international
recognition
Recognized by United
Nations as de jure part
ofGeorgia
Russian ruble
Ossetic
Georgian
Russian

Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Sri Lankan rupee
Sinhala
Tamil

Syria Damascus Syrian pound Arabic

14. Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Taiwan
Taipei
De facto sovereign state
lacking general international
recognition
Recognized by United
Nations as part of China.
New Taiwan
dollar
Standard Chinese

Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni Tajik

Thailand Bangkok Baht Thai

Turkey
[Europe]
Ankara Turkish lira Turkish

Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Turkmen new
manat
Turkmen

United Arab
Emirates
Abu Dhabi UAE dirham Arabic

Uzbekistan Tashkent
Uzbekistan som
(O'zbekiston
so'mi)
Uzbek

Vietnam Hanoi đồng Vietnamese

Yemen Sana'a Yemeni rial Arabic

15. Europe

Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Åland Islands
Mariehamn
Autonomous region of Finland (recognized
by international treaty)
Euro Swedish

Albania Tirana Lek Albanian

Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro Catalan

Austria Vienna Euro German

Belarus Minsk
Belarusian
ruble
Belarusian
Russian

Belgium Brussels Euro
Dutch
French
German

Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Convertible
mark
Bosnian
Croatian
Serbian

Bulgaria Sofia Lev Bulgarian

16. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Croatia Zagreb Kuna Croatian

Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna
Slovak
German
Polish
Bulgarian
Croatian
Greek
Hungarian
Romani
Russian
Rusyn
Serbian
Ukrainian

Denmark Copenhagen
Danish
krone
[a]

Danish

Estonia Tallinn Euro Estonian

Faroe Islands
Tórshavn
Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm
Faroese
króna
Faroese
Danish

Finland Helsinki Euro
Finnish
Swedish

France Paris
Euro
CFP franc
French

17. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Germany Berlin Euro German

Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Gibraltar
pound
English

Greece Athens Euro Greek

Guernsey
Saint Peter Port
British Crown dependency
Pound
sterling
English
French

Hungary Budapest Forint Hungarian

Iceland Reykjavík
Icelandic
króna
Icelandic

Ireland Dublin Euro
English
Irish

Isle of Man
Douglas
British Crown dependency
Pound
sterling
English
Manx

Italy Rome Euro Italian

Jersey
Saint Helier
British Crown dependency
Pound
sterling
English
French

Kosovo
Pristina
De facto sovereign state recognized by over
80 UN member states
A United
Nations mandate in Serbian territory was put
in place starting in 1999.
Euro
Albanian
Serbian

18. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Latvia Riga Lats Latvian

Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc German

Lithuania Vilnius
Lithuanian
litas
Lithuanian

Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro
Luxembourgish
French
German

Macedonia Skopje
Macedonian
denar
Macedonian

Malta Valletta Euro
Maltese
English

Moldova Chişinău Moldovan leu Moldovan

Monaco Monaco Euro French

Montenegro Podgorica Euro Montenegrin

Netherlands Amsterdam
Euro
US dollar
NA guilder
Aruban florin
Dutch

Norway Oslo
Norwegian
krone
Norwegian
Bokmål
Nynorsk

Poland Warsaw Złoty Polish

Portugal Lisbon Euro Portuguese

Romania Bucharest Romanian leu Romanian

Russia Moscow Russian ruble
Russian
27 others co-
official

San Marino San Marino Euro Italian

19. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Serbia Belgrade Serbian dinar Serbian

Slovakia Bratislava Euro Slovak

Slovenia Ljubljana Euro Slovene

Spain Madrid Euro
Spanish
Catalan
Galician
Basque

Svalbard
Longyearbyen
Special territory of Norway (recognized by
international treaty)
Norwegian
krone
Norwegian

Sweden Stockholm
Swedish
krona
Swedish

Switzerland Bern Swiss franc
German
French
Italian
Romansh

Transnistria
Tiraspol
De facto sovereign state lacking general
international recognition
Recognized by United Nations as de
jure part of Moldova
Transnistrian
ruble
Russian
Moldovan
Ukrainian

Ukraine Kiev
Ukrainian
hryvnia
Ukrainian

United
Kingdom
London
Pound
sterling
English

Vatican City Vatican City Euro Italian

20. North America
Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Anguilla
The Valley
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom
East Caribbean
Dollar
English

Antigua and
Barbuda
St. John's
East Caribbean
Dollar
English

Aruba
Oranjestad
Constituent country of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Aruban florin
Papiamento
Dutch

Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar English

Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar English

Belize Belmopan Belize Dollar English

Bermuda
Hamilton
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom
Bermudian Dollar English

Bonaire
Kralendijk
Special municipality of the
Netherlands
United States
Dollar
Dutch

21. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

British Virgin Islands
Road Town
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom
United States
Dollar
English

Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar
French
English

Cayman Islands
George Town
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom
Cayman Islands
Dollar
English

Clipperton Island
uninhabited
Overseas territory of France
Euro French

Costa Rica San José Costa Rican colon Spanish

Cuba Havana Cuban peso Spanish

Curaçao
Willemstad
Constituent country of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands
Antillean guilder
Papiamento
Dutch

Dominica Roseau
East Caribbean
Dollar
English

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso Spanish

22. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

El Salvador San Salvador
United States
Dollar
Spanish

Greenland
Nuuk
Self-governing territory of
the Danish Realm
Danish Krone Greenlandic

Grenada St. George's
East Caribbean
Dollar
English

Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre
Overseas department of France
Euro French

Guatemala Guatemala City
Guatemalan
quetzal
Spanish

Haiti Port-au-Prince Haitian gourde French

Honduras Tegucigalpa Honduran lempira Spanish

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican Dollar English

Martinique
Fort-de-France
Overseas department of France
Euro French

Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Spanish

23. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Montserrat
Plymouth (official)
Brades (seat of government)
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom
East Caribbean
Dollar
English

Navassa Island
-
Insular area of the United States of
America
United States
Dollar
English

Nicaragua Managua
Nicaraguan
cordoba
Spanish

Panama Panama City
United States
Dollar
Panamanian
balboa
Spanish

Puerto Rico
San Juan
Insular area of the United States of
America
United States
Dollar
English
Spanish

Saba
The Bottom
Special municipality of the
Netherlands
United States
Dollar


Saint Barthélemy
Gustavia
Overseas collectivity ofFrance
Euro French

Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
East Caribbean
Dollar
English

24. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Saint Lucia Castries
East Caribbean
Dollar
English

Saint Martin
Marigot
Overseas collectivity ofFrance
Euro French

Saint Pierre and
Miquelon
Saint-Pierre
Overseas collectivity ofFrance
Euro French

Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
Kingstown
East Caribbean
Dollar
English

Sint Eustatius
Oranjestad
Special municipality of the
Netherlands
United States
Dollar


Sint Maarten
Philipsburg
Constituent country of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands
Antillean guilder


Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain
Trinidad and
Tobago Dollar
English

Turks and Caicos
Islands
Cockburn Town
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom
United States
Dollar
English

United States Washington, D.C.
United States
Dollar
none

25. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

United States Virgin
Islands
Charlotte Amalie
Insular area of the United States of
America
United States
Dollar
English


South America

Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Spanish

Bolivia
Sucre (official)
La Paz (seat of government)
Boliviano
Spanish
Quechua
Aymara

Brazil Brasília Real Portuguese

Chile Santiago Peso Spanish

Colombia Bogotá Peso Spanish

Ecuador Quito United States dollar Spanish

26. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Falkland
Islands
Stanley
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom
Falkland Islands
pound
English

French Guiana
Cayenne
Overseas department of France
Euro French

Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar English

Paraguay Asunción Guaraní
Spanish
Guaraní

Peru Lima Nuevo sol Spanish

Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar Dutch

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso Spanish

Venezuela Caracas Bolívar fuerte Spanish

27. Oceania

Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

American
Samoa
Pago Pago
Insular area of the United States of
America
United States dollar
English
Samoan

Ashmore and
Cartier Islands
External
territory of
Australia
— —


Australia Canberra Australian dollar None
[c]


Baker Island —
Insular area of the United
States of America


Cook Islands
Avarua
Self-governing parliamentary
democracy in free association with
New Zealand
New Zealand dollar
Cook Islands dollar
English
Cook
Islands
Māori

Coral Sea
Islands
— External territory of Australia


Fiji Suva


French
Polynesia
Papeete
Overseas collectivity ofFrance
CFP Franc French

28. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Guam Hagåtña
Insular area of the United
States of America


Howland Island —
Insular area of the United
States of America


Jarvis Island —
Insular area of the United
States of America


Johnston Atoll —
Insular area of the United
States of America


Kingman Reef —
Insular area of the United
States of America


Kiribati South Tarawa


Marshall
Islands
Majuro


Micronesia Palikir


Midway Atoll —
Insular area of the United
States of America


Nauru Yaren (seat of government)

29. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language


New Caledonia
Nouméa
Sui generis collectivity(special
collectivity) ofFrance
CFP Franc French

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar
Maori
New
Zealand
Sign
English

Niue Alofi
Self-governing parliamentary
democracy in free
association with New
Zealand

Norfolk Island Kingston
Self-governing territory of
Australia


Northern
Mariana
Islands
Saipan
Insular area of the United
States of America


Palau Melekeok


Palmyra Atoll —
Insular area of the United
States of America


Papua New
Guinea
Port Moresby

30. Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
language

Pitcairn Islands Adamstown
Overseas territory of the
United Kingdom


Samoa Apia


Solomon
Islands
Honiara


Tokelau
Nukunonu (main settlement,
although each atoll has its own
administrative centre)
Dependent territory of New
Zealand


Tonga Nukuʻalofa


Tuvalu Funafuti


Vanuatu Port Vila Vanuatu vatu


Wake Island
—
Insular area of the United States of
America
United States dollar


Wallis and
Futuna
Mata-Utu
Overseas collectivity ofFrance
CFP Franc French

31. Antarctica
Flag Name Capital Currency
Official
Language

Bouvet Island
Dependent territory of
Norway
— — —

French Southern
Territories
Alfred Faure (Crozet Islands)
Port-aux-Français (Kerguelen Islands)
Martin-de-Viviès (Saint
Paul and AmsterdamIslands)
Overseas territory of France
Euro French

Heard Island and
McDonald Islands
External territory of
Australia
— — —

South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands
King Edward Point
Overseas territory of the United
Kingdom
Pound
sterling
English