This is a list of national capitals in the world in alphabetical order by country:
In case that the capital is not the largest city, the third column gives the cities that are larger.
| Country | Capital | Primate Cities (i.e. larger than the 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 | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Gold Coast
|
| Austria | Vienna
|
| Azerbaijan | Baku
|
| B
|
| Bahamas | Nassau
|
| Bahrain | Manama
|
| Bangladesh | Dhaka
|
| Barbados | Bridgetown
|
| Belarus | Minsk
|
| Belgium | Brussels
|
| Belize | Belmopan | Belize City, Corozal Town, Dangriga, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio Cayo
|
| Benin | Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (de facto) |
|
| Bhutan | Thimphu
|
| Bolivia | Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo
|
| Botswana | Gaborone
|
| Brazil | Brasília | São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Belo Horizonte
|
| Brunei Darussalam | Bandar Seri Begawan
|
| Bulgaria | Sofia
|
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou
|
| Burundi | Bujumbura
|
| C
|
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh
|
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | Douala
|
| Canada | Ottawa | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
|
| Cape Verde | Praia
|
| Central African Republic | Bangui
|
| Chad | N'Djamena
|
| Chile | Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative)
|
| China, People's Republic of | Beijing | Shanghai
|
| Colombia | Bogotá
|
| Comoros | Moroni
|
| Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Kinshasa
|
| Costa Rica | San Jose
|
| 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 | Guayaquil
|
| 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
|
| Holy See, The | Vatican City, The
|
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa
|
| Hungary | Budapest
|
| I
|
| Iceland | Reykjavík
|
| India | New Delhi | Mumbai, (Old) Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and 114 others
|
| Indonesia | Jakarta
|
| Iran | Tehran
|
| Iraq | Baghdad
|
| Ireland | Dublin
|
| Israel | Jerusalem (disputed; some countries recognize Tel Aviv)
|
| Italy | Rome
|
| J
|
| Jamaica | Kingston
|
| Japan | Tokyo
|
| Jordan | Amman
|
| K
|
| Kazakhstan | Astana | Almaty
|
| Kenya | Nairobi
|
| Kiribati | South Tarawa
|
| Korea, North | Pyongyang
|
| Korea, South | Seoul
|
| Kuwait | Kuwait City
|
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek
|
| L
|
| Laos | Vientiane
|
| Latvia | Riga
|
| Lebanon | Beirut
|
| Lesotho | Maseru
|
| Liberia | Monrovia
|
| Libya | Tripoli
|
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz
|
| Lithuania | Vilnius
|
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg City
|
| M
|
| Macedonia, FYR | Skopje
|
| Madagascar | Antananarivo
|
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Blantyre
|
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur
|
| Maldives | Malé
|
| Mali | Bamako
|
| Malta | Valletta | Birkirkara
|
| Marshall Islands | Majuro
|
| Mauritania | Nouakchott
|
| Mauritius | Port Louis
|
| Mexico | Mexico City
|
| Micronesia | Palikir | Weno
|
| Moldova | Chisinau
|
| Monaco | Monaco
|
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar
|
| Montenegro | Podgorica
|
| Morocco | Rabat | Casablanca
|
| Mozambique | Maputo
|
| Myanmar | Yangôn
|
| N
|
| Namibia | Windhoek
|
| Nauru | None (Government offices in Yaren District)
|
| Nepal | Kathmandu
|
| Netherlands | Amsterdam (official), The Hague (administrative)
|
| New Zealand | Wellington | Auckland
|
| Nicaragua | Managua
|
| Niger | Niamey
|
| Nigeria | Abuja | Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Ilorin, Port Harcourt, Ogbomosho
|
| Norway | Oslo
|
| O
|
| Oman | Muscat
|
| P
|
| Pakistan | Islamabad | Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Quetta
|
| Palau | Koror
|
| Palestine | Jerusalem
(claimed)
|
| Panama | Panama City
|
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby
|
| Paraguay | Asunción
|
| Peru | Lima
|
| The Philippines | Manila | Quezon City
|
| 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), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) | Johannesburg
|
| Spain | Madrid | Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Malaga
|
| Sri Lanka | Colombo (official), Kotte (legislative and judicial)
|
| Sudan | Khartoum
|
| Suriname | Paramaribo
|
| Swaziland | Mbabane
|
| Sweden | Stockholm
|
| Switzerland | Bern | Zurich, Geneva, Basel
|
| Syria | Damascus
|
| T
|
| Taiwan (Republic of China) | Taipei
|
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe
|
| Tanzania | Dodoma (official), | Dar es Salaam (administrative)
|
| Thailand | Bangkok
|
| Togo | Lomé
|
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa
|
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain
|
| Tunisia | Tunis
|
| Turkey | Ankara | Istanbul
|
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat
|
| Tuvalu | Funafuti
|
| U
|
| Uganda | Kampala
|
| Ukraine | Kiev
|
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Dubai
|
| United Kingdom | London
|
| United States | Washington, DC | New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and 16 others
|
| Uruguay | Montevideo
|
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent
|
| V
|
| Vanuatu | Port Vila
|
| Vatican City | See Holy See, The
|
| Venezuela | Caracas
|
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City
|
| Y
|
| Yemen | Sanaá
|
| Z
|
| Zambia | Lusaka
|
| Zimbabwe | Harare
|
List of capitals and larger cities of colonies, possessions, protectorates and territories:
See also
External link
ja:首都の一覧
pl:Stolice
ro:Lista capitalelor şi oraşelor prinicipale după ţară
zh-cn:各国首都列表
zh-tw:各國首都列表
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