In this article, we present a straightforward list of world capitals, organized by regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, North America & South America, Antarctica, and more. The intuitive table format allows you to quickly identify the key cities in each region.
World Capitals List
This list concisely compiles the capitals of countries worldwide. Easily access the administrative, political, and cultural centers that form the backbone of global geography and international affairs.
Africa
| City/Town | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| Abidjan (former capital; still hosts some government offices) | Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) |
| Yamoussoukro (de jure) | Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) |
| 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 (judicial) | South Africa |
| Cape Town (legislative) | South Africa |
| Pretoria (executive) | South Africa |
| Brazzaville | Congo |
| Cairo | Egypt |
| Conakry | Guinea |
| Cotonou (de facto) | Benin |
| Porto-Novo (official) | Benin |
| Dakar | Senegal |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Dodoma | Tanzania |
| Freetown | Sierra Leone |
| Gaborone | Botswana |
| Gitega (de jure) | Burundi |
| Bujumbura (de facto) | Burundi |
| Harare | Zimbabwe |
| Hargeisa | Somaliland |
| Juba | South Sud |
| Kampala | Uganda |
| Khartoum | Sudan |
| Kigali | Rwanda |
| Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Laayoune (declared) | Western Sahara |
| Tifariti (de facto) | Western Sahara |
| Libreville | Gabon |
| Lilongwe | Malawi |
| Lobamba (royal and legislative) | Eswatini |
| Mbabane (administrative) | Eswatini |
| Lomé | Togo |
| Luanda | Angola |
| Lusaka | Zambia |
| Malabo | Equatorial Guinea |
| Maputo | Mozambique |
| Maseru | Lesotho |
| Mogadishu | Somalia |
| Monrovia | Liberia |
| Moroni | Comoros |
| Nairobi | Kenya |
| N’Djamena | Chad |
| Niamey | Niger |
| Nouakchott | Mauritania |
| Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso |
| Port Louis | Mauritius |
| Praia | Cape Verde |
| Rabat | Morocco |
| São Tomé | São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Tripoli | Libya |
| Tunis | Tunisia |
| Victoria | Seychelles |
| Windhoek | Namibia |
| Yaoundé | Cameroon |
Asia
| City/Town | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates |
| Aden (de facto, temporary) | Yemen |
| Sanaa (de jure) | Yemen |
| Episkopi Cantonment | Akrotiri and Dhekelia |
| Amman | Jordan |
| Ankara | Turkey |
| Ashgabat | Turkmenistan |
| Astana | Kazakhstan |
| Baghdad | Iraq |
| Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei |
| Bangkok | Thailand |
| Beijing | China |
| Beirut | Lebanon |
| Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan |
| Colombo (executive, judicial) | Sri Lanka |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official) | Sri Lanka |
| Damascus | Syria |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh |
| Dili | East Timor |
| Doha | Qatar |
| Dushanbe | Tajikistan |
| Hanoi |
Vietnam |
| Islamabad | Pakistan |
| Jakarta (de facto) |
Indonesia |
| Nusantara |
Indonesia |
| Jerusalem | Israel |
| Jerusalem | Palestine |
| Ramallah (de facto) | Palestine |
| Kabul | Afghanistan |
| Kathmandu | Nepal |
| Kuala Lumpur (de jure, legislative and royal) |
Malaysia |
| Putrajaya (administrative and judicial) |
Malaysia |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait |
| London (administration) | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| Diego Garcia (de facto) | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| Malé | Maldives |
| Manama | Bahrain |
| Manila | Philippines |
| Muscat | Oman |
| Naypyidaw | Myanmar |
| New Delhi | India |
| Nicosia | Cyprus |
| Nicosia | Northern Cyprus |
| Phnom Penh | Cambodia |
| Pyongyang | North Korea |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia |
| Seoul | South Korea |
| Singapore | Singapore |
| Taipei | Taiwan |
| Tashkent | Uzbekistan |
| Tehran | Iran |
| Thimphu | Bhutan |
| Tokyo | Japan |
| Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia |
| Vientiane | Laos |
Asia/Europe
| City/Town | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| Baku | Azerbaijan |
| Stepanakert | Artsakh |
| Sukhumi | Abkhazia |
| Tbilisi | Georgia |
| Tskhinvali | South Ossetia |
| Yerevan | Armenia |
Europe
| City/Town | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| Amsterdam (official) | Netherlands |
| The Hague (de facto) | Netherlands |
| Andorra la Vella | Andorra |
| Athens | Greece |
| Belgrade | Serbia |
| Berlin | Germany |
| Bern (de facto) | Switzerland |
| Bratislava | Slovakia |
| Brussels | Belgium |
| Brussels | European Union (de facto) |
| Bucharest | Romania |
| Budapest | Hungary |
| Chișinău | Moldova |
| Copenhagen | Denmark |
| Douglas | Isle of Man |
| Dublin | Ireland |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
| Helsinki | Finland |
| Kyiv | Ukraine |
| Lisbon | Portugal |
| Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| London | United Kingdom |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Madrid | Spain |
| Mariehamn | Åland Islands |
| Minsk | Belarus |
| Monaco | Monaco |
| Moscow | Russia |
| Oslo | Norway |
| Paris | France |
| Podgorica | Montenegro |
| Prague | Czech Republic |
| Pristina | Kosovo |
| Reykjavík | Iceland |
| Riga | Latvia |
| Rome | Italy |
| San Marino | San Marino |
| Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Skopje | North Macedonia |
| Sofia | Bulgaria |
| St. Helier | Jersey |
| St. Peter Port | Guernsey |
| Stockholm | Sweden |
| Tallinn | Estonia |
| Tirana | Albania |
| Tiraspol | Transnistria |
| Tórshavn | Faroe Islands |
| Vaduz | Liechtenstein |
| Valletta | Malta |
| Vatican City | Vatican City |
| Vienna | Austria |
| Vilnius | Lithuania |
| Warsaw | Poland |
| Zagreb | Croatia |
Oceania
| City/Town | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| Adamstown | Pitcairn Islands |
| Alofi | Niue |
| Apia | Samoa |
| Atafu (atoll administration) | Tokelau |
| Nukunonu (atoll administration) | Tokelau |
| Fakaofo (atoll administration) | Tokelau |
| Avarua | Cook Islands |
| Canberra | Australia |
| Funafuti | Tuvalu |
| Hagåtña | Guam |
| Honiara | Solomon Islands |
| Kingston | Norfolk Island |
| Majuro | Marshall Islands |
| Mata Utu | Wallis and Futuna |
| Ngerulmud | Palau |
| Nouméa | New Caledonia |
| Nukuʻalofa | Tonga |
| Pago Pago | American Samoa |
| Palikir | Micronesia |
| Papeete | French Polynesia |
| Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea |
| Port Vila | Vanuatu |
| Saipan | Northern Mariana Islands |
| South Tarawa | Kiribati |
| Suva | Fiji |
| Wellington | New Zealand |
| Yaren (de facto) | Nauru |
North America
| City/Town | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| Basseterre | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Belmopan | Belize |
| Brades (de facto) | Montserrat |
| Plymouth (de jure) | Montserrat |
| Bridgetown | Barbados |
| Castries | Saint Lucia |
| Charlotte Amalie | United States Virgin Islands |
| Cockburn Town | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| George Town | Cayman Islands |
| Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| Gustavia | Saint Barthélemy |
| Hamilton | Bermuda |
| Havana | Cuba |
| Kingston | Jamaica |
| Kingstown | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Managua | Nicaragua |
| Marigot | Saint Martin |
| Mexico City | Mexico |
| Nassau | Bahamas, The |
| Nuuk | Greenland |
| Ottawa | Canada |
| Panama City | Panama |
| Philipsburg | Sint Maarten |
| Port-au-Prince | Haiti |
| Road Town | British Virgin Islands |
| Roseau | Dominica |
| 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 |
| St. Pierre | Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
| Tegucigalpa | Honduras |
| Comayagüela | Honduras |
| The Valley | Anguilla |
| Washington, D.C. | United States |
South America
| City/Town | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| Asunción | Paraguay |
| Bogotá | Colombia |
| Brasília | Brazil |
| Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| Caracas | Venezuela |
| Georgetown | Guyana |
| La Paz (administrative) | Bolivia |
| Sucre (constitutional) | Bolivia |
| Lima | Peru |
| Montevideo | Uruguay |
| Oranjestad | Aruba |
| Paramaribo | Suriname |
| Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Quito | Ecuador |
| Santiago | Chile |
| Stanley | Falkland Islands |
Antarctica
| City/Town | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| Rothera | British Antarctic Territory |
Other
| City/Town | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh of the Seven Seas | Tristan da Cunha |
| Flying Fish Cove | Christmas Island |
| Georgetown | Ascension Island |
| Jamestown | Saint Helena |
| King Edward Point | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| West Island | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Willemstad | Curaçao |
Our simple list makes it effortless to recognize the capitals of nations across every region. By organizing essential information in one place, we aim to enhance your understanding of geography and world affairs. Enjoy exploring our guide!
Source: Wikipedia – List of national capitals
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