Capitals of the world
The capital of every country, sorted by continent. Some countries have more than one: Bolivia (Sucre is the constitutional capital, La Paz the seat of government), South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein) and the Netherlands (Amsterdam, with the government in The Hague).
- Capitals of North America
- Capitals of South America
- Capitals of Europe
- Capitals of Asia
- Capitals of Africa
- Capitals of Oceania
Capitals of North America
- Antigua and Barbuda: St. John's
- Aruba: Oranjestad
- Bahamas: Nassau
- Barbados: Bridgetown
- Belize: Belmopan
- Bermuda: Hamilton
- Canada: Ottawa
- Cayman Islands: George Town
- Costa Rica: San José
- Cuba: Havana
- Curaçao: Willemstad
- Dominica: Roseau
- Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo
- El Salvador: San Salvador
- Greenland: Nuuk
- Grenada: St. George's
- Guatemala: Guatemala City
- Haiti: Port-au-Prince
- Honduras: Tegucigalpa
- Jamaica: Kingston
- Mexico: Mexico City
- Nicaragua: Managua
- Panama: Panama City
- Puerto Rico: San Juan
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre
- Saint Lucia: Castries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown
- Trinidad and Tobago: Port of Spain
- U.S. Virgin Islands: Charlotte Amalie
- United States: Washington, D.C.
Capitals of South America
Capitals of Europe
- Albania: Tirana
- Andorra: Andorra la Vella
- Austria: Vienna
- Belarus: Minsk
- Belgium: Brussels
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
- Bulgaria: Sofia
- Croatia: Zagreb
- Cyprus: Nicosia
- Czech Republic: Prague
- Denmark: Copenhagen
- Estonia: Tallinn
- Faroe Islands: Tórshavn
- Finland: Helsinki
- France: Paris
- Germany: Berlin
- Greece: Athens
- Hungary: Budapest
- Iceland: Reykjavík
- Ireland: Dublin
- Italy: Rome
- Kosovo: Pristina
- Latvia: Riga
- Liechtenstein: Vaduz
- Lithuania: Vilnius
- Luxembourg: Luxembourg
- Malta: Valletta
- Moldova: Chișinău
- Monaco: Monaco
- Montenegro: Podgorica
- Netherlands: Amsterdam
- North Macedonia: Skopje
- Norway: Oslo
- Poland: Warsaw
- Portugal: Lisbon
- Romania: Bucharest
- Russia: Moscow
- San Marino: San Marino
- Serbia: Belgrade
- Slovakia: Bratislava
- Slovenia: Ljubljana
- Spain: Madrid
- Sweden: Stockholm
- Switzerland: Bern
- Ukraine: Kyiv
- United Kingdom: London
- Vatican City: Vatican City
Capitals of Asia
- Afghanistan: Kabul
- Armenia: Yerevan
- Azerbaijan: Baku
- Bahrain: Manama
- Bangladesh: Dhaka
- Bhutan: Thimphu
- Brunei: Bandar Seri Begawan
- Cambodia: Phnom Penh
- China: Beijing
- East Timor: Dili
- Georgia: Tbilisi
- India: New Delhi
- Indonesia: Jakarta
- Iran: Tehran
- Iraq: Baghdad
- Israel: Jerusalem
- Japan: Tokyo
- Jordan: Amman
- Kazakhstan: Astana
- Kuwait: Kuwait City
- Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek
- Laos: Vientiane
- Lebanon: Beirut
- Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives: Malé
- Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar
- Myanmar: Naypyidaw
- Nepal: Kathmandu
- North Korea: Pyongyang
- Oman: Muscat
- Pakistan: Islamabad / Rawalpindi
- Palestine: Ramallah
- Philippines: Manila
- Qatar: Doha
- Saudi Arabia: Riyadh
- Singapore: Singapore
- South Korea: Seoul
- Sri Lanka: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte / Colombo
- Syria: Damascus
- Taiwan: Taipei
- Tajikistan: Dushanbe
- Thailand: Bangkok
- Turkey: Ankara
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
- United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi
- Uzbekistan: Tashkent
- Vietnam: Hanoi
- Yemen: Sanaa / Aden
Capitals of Africa
- Algeria: Algiers
- Angola: Luanda
- Benin: Porto-Novo
- Botswana: Gaborone
- Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
- Burundi: Gitega
- Cameroon: Yaoundé
- Cape Verde: Praia
- Central African Republic: Bangui
- Chad: N'Djamena
- Comoros: Moroni
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa
- Djibouti: Djibouti
- Egypt: Cairo
- Equatorial Guinea: Ciudad de la Paz
- Eritrea: Asmara
- Eswatini: Lobamba / Mbabane
- Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
- Gabon: Libreville
- Gambia: Banjul
- Ghana: Accra
- Guinea: Conakry
- Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
- Ivory Coast: Yamoussoukro
- Kenya: Nairobi
- Lesotho: Maseru
- Liberia: Monrovia
- Libya: Tripoli
- Madagascar: Antananarivo
- Malawi: Lilongwe
- Mali: Bamako
- Mauritania: Nouakchott
- Mauritius: Port Louis
- Morocco: Rabat
- Mozambique: Maputo
- Namibia: Windhoek
- Niger: Niamey
- Nigeria: Abuja
- Republic of the Congo: Brazzaville
- Rwanda: Kigali
- São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé
- Senegal: Dakar
- Seychelles: Victoria
- Sierra Leone: Freetown
- Somalia: Mogadishu
- South Africa: Pretoria / Bloemfontein / Cape Town
- South Sudan: Juba
- Sudan: Khartoum
- Tanzania: Dodoma
- Togo: Lomé
- Tunisia: Tunis
- Uganda: Kampala
- Western Sahara: Laayoune
- Zambia: Lusaka
- Zimbabwe: Harare
Capitals of Oceania
- Australia: Canberra
- Fiji: Suva
- French Polynesia: Papeete
- Guam: Hagåtña
- Kiribati: South Tarawa
- Marshall Islands: Majuro
- Micronesia: Palikir
- Nauru: Yaren District
- New Caledonia: Nouméa
- New Zealand: Wellington
- Palau: Ngerulmud
- Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby
- Samoa: Apia
- Solomon Islands: Honiara
- Tonga: Nukuʻalofa
- Tuvalu: Funafuti
- Vanuatu: Port Vila
Frequently asked questions
What is the highest capital city in the world?
La Paz, Bolivia's seat of government, lies at about 3,600 m (11,800 ft) above sea level. Quito, Ecuador, is the highest official capital, at about 2,850 m (9,350 ft).
Which countries have more than one capital?
Among others, Bolivia, South Africa, the Netherlands, Malaysia and Sri Lanka split capital functions between several cities.
What is the northernmost capital in the world?
Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, at about 64° north. Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, lies even farther north, but Greenland is a territory of Denmark.