World Capitals
This list is comprised of the world's national capital cities, past and present. It also includes the capitals of overseas territories.
| Name | Country | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kabul | Afghanistan |  | |
| Mariehamn | Åland Islands (Finland) | | |
| Tirana | Albania | | |
| Algiers | Algeria | | |
| Pago Pago | American Samoa (USA) | | |
| Andorra la Vella | Andorra | | |
| Luanda | Angola | | |
| The Valley | Anguilla (UK) | | |
| St. John's | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | | |
| Yerevan | Armenia | | |
| Oranjestad | Aruba (Netherlands) | | |
| Canberra | Australia | | |
| Vienna | Austria | | |
| Baku | Azerbaijan | | |
| Nassau | Bahamas | | |
| Manama | Bahrain | | |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh | | |
| Bridgetown | Barbados | | |
| Minsk | Belarus | | |
| Brussels | Belgium | | |
| Belmopan | Belize | | |
| Porto-Novo | Benin | | |
| Hamilton | Bermuda (UK) | | |
| Thimphu | Bhutan | | |
| La Paz | Bolivia | | |
| Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
| Gaborone | Botswana | | |
| Brasília | Brazil | | |
| Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | | |
| Sofia | Bulgaria | | |
| Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | | |
| Bujumbura | Burundi | | |
| Phnom Penh | Cambodia | | |
| Yaoundé | Cameroon | | |
| Ottawa | Canada | | |
| Praia | Cape Verde | | |
| George Town | Cayman Islands (UK) | | |
| Bangui | Central African Republic | | |
| N'Djamena | Chad | | |
| Santiago | Chile | | |
| Beijing | China | (Peking) | |
| Flying Fish Cove | Christmas Island (Australia) | | |
| West Island | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | | |
| Bogotá | Colombia | | |
| Moroni | Comoros | | |
| Brazzaville | Congo | | |
| Kinshasa | Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | | |
| Avarua | Cook Islands (NZ) | | |
| San José | Costa Rica | | |
| Yamoussoukro | Côte d'Ivoire | | |
| Zagreb | Croatia | | |
| Havana | Cuba | | |
| Willemstad | Curaçao (Netherlands) | | |
| Nicosia | Cyprus; Northern Cyprus | | |
| Prague | Czech Republic | | |
| Copenhagen | Denmark | | |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | | |
| Roseau | Dominica | | |
| Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | | |
| Quito | Ecuador | | |
| Cairo | Egypt | | |
| San Salvador | El Salvador | | |
| Malabo | Equatorial Guinea | | |
| Asmara | Eritrea | | |
| Tallinn | Estonia | | |
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | | |
| Stanley | Falkland Islands (UK) | | |
| Tórshavn | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | | |
| Suva | Fiji | | |
| Helsinki | Finland | | |
| Paris | France | | |
| Papeete | French Polynesia (France) | | |
| Libreville | Gabon | | |
| Banjul | Gambia | | |
| Tbilisi | Georgia | | |
| Berlin | Germany | | |
| Accra | Ghana | | |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar (UK) | | |
| Athens | Greece | | |
| Nuuk | Greenland (Denmark) | | |
| St. George's | Grenada | | |
| Hagåtña | Guam (US) | | |
| Guatemala City | Guatemala | | |
| Saint Peter Port | Guernsey (UK) | | |
| Conakry | Guinea | | |
| Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | | |
| Georgetown | Guyana | | |
| Port-au-Prince | Haiti | | |
| Tegucigalpa | Honduras | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong (China) | | |
| Budapest | Hungary | | |
| Reykjavík | Iceland | | |
| New Delhi | India | | |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | | |
| Tehran | Iran | | |
| Baghdad | Iraq | | |
| Dublin | Ireland | | |
| Douglas | Isle of Man (UK) | | |
| Jerusalem | Israel | | |
| Rome | Italy | | |
| Kingston | Jamaica | | |
| Tokyo | Japan | | |
| Saint Helier | Jersey (UK) | | |
| Amman | Jordan | | |
| Astana | Kazakhstan | | |
| Nairobi | Kenya | | |
| Tarawa | Kiribati | | |
| Pristina | Kosovo | (Prishtina) | |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | | |
| Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | | |
| Vientiane | Laos | | |
| Riga | Latvia | | |
| Beirut | Lebanon | | |
| Maseru | Lesotho | | |
| Monrovia | Liberia | | |
| Tripoli | Libya | | |
| Vaduz | Liechtenstein | | |
| Vilnius | Lithuania | | |
| Luxembourg City | Luxembourg | | |
| Macau | Macau (China) | | |
| Skopje | Macedonia | | |
| Antananarivo | Madagascar | | |
| Lilongwe | Malawi | | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | | |
| Malé | Maldives | | |
| Bamako | Mali | | |
| Valletta | Malta | | |
| Majuro | Marshall Islands | | |
| Nouakchott | Mauritania | | |
| Port Louis | Mauritius | | |
| Mexico City | Mexico | | |
| Palikir | Micronesia | | |
| Chișinău | Moldova | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | | |
| Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | (Ulan Bator) | |
| Podgorica | Montenegro | | |
| Brades | Montserrat (UK) | | |
| Rabat | Morocco | | |
| Maputo | Mozambique | | |
| Naypyidaw | Myanmar | | |
| Stepanakert | Nagorno-Karabakh | | |
| Windhoek | Namibia | | |
| Yaren | Nauru | | |
| Kathmandu | Nepal | | |
| Nouméa | New Caledonia (France) | | |
| Wellington | New Zealand | | |
| Managua | Nicaragua | | |
| Niamey | Niger | | |
| Abuja | Nigeria | | |
| Alofi | Niue (NZ) | | |
| Kingston | Norfolk Island (Australia) | | |
| Pyongyang | North Korea | | |
| Saipan | Northern Mariana Islands (USA) | | |
| Oslo | Norway | | |
| Muscat | Oman | | |
| Islamabad | Pakistan | | |
| Ngerulmud | Palau | | |
| Panama City | Panama | | |
| Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | | |
| Asunción | Paraguay | | |
| Lima | Peru | | |
| Manila | Philippines | | |
| Adamstown | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | | |
| Warsaw | Poland | | |
| Lisbon | Portugal | | |
| San Juan | Puerto Rico (US) | | |
| Doha | Qatar | | |
| Bucharest | Romania | | |
| Moscow | Russia | | |
| Kigali | Rwanda | | |
| Tifariti | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | | |
| Gustavia | Saint Barthélemy (France) | | |
| Jamestown | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | | |
| Basseterre | Saint Kitts and Nevis | | |
| Castries | Saint Lucia | | |
| Saint-Pierre | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | | |
| Kingstown | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | |
| Apia | Samoa | | |
| City of San Marino | San Marino | | |
| São Tomé | São Tomé and Príncipe | | |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | | |
| Edinburgh | Scotland | | |
| Dakar | Senegal | | |
| Belgrade | Serbia | | |
| Victoria | Seychelles | | |
| Freetown | Sierra Leone | | |
| Singapore | Singapore | | |
| Marigot | Sint Maarten (France) | | |
| Philipsburg | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | | |
| Bratislava | Slovakia | | |
| Ljubljana | Slovenia | | |
| Honiara | Solomon Islands | | |
| Mogadishu | Somalia | | |
| Pretoria | South Africa | | |
| King Edward Point | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) | | |
| Seoul | South Korea | | |
| Juba | South Sudan | | |
| Madrid | Spain | | |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | Sri Lanka | | |
| Khartoum | Sudan | | |
| Paramaribo | Suriname | | |
| Longyearbyen | Svalbard (Norway) | | |
| Mbabane | Swaziland | | |
| Stockholm | Sweden | | |
| Bern | Switzerland | (Berne) | |
| Damascus | Syria | | |
| Taipei | Taiwan | | |
| Dushanbe | Tajikistan | | |
| Dodoma | Tanzania | | |
| Bangkok | Thailand | | |
| Dili | Timor-Leste | | |
| Lomé | Togo | | |
| Nukuʻalofa | Tonga | | |
| Tiraspol | Transnistria | | |
| Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
| Tunis | Tunisia | | |
| Ankara | Turkey | | |
| Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | | |
| Cockburn Town | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | | |
| Funafuti | Tuvalu | | |
| Kampala | Uganda | | |
| Kyiv | Ukraine | (Kiev) | |
| Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | | |
| London | United Kingdom | | |
| Washington | United States | | |
| Montevideo | Uruguay | | |
| Tashkent | Uzbekistan | | |
| Port Vila | Vanuatu | | |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | | |
| Caracas | Venezuela | | |
| Hanoi | Vietnam | | |
| Road Town | Virgin Islands, British | | |
| Charlotte Amalie | Virgin Islands, U.S. | | |
| Mata-Utu | Wallis and Futuna (France) | | |
| Ramallah | West Bank (Israel/Palestinian National Authority) | | |
| Sana'a | Yemen | | |
| Lusaka | Zambia | | |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | |