List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages

The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English as well as any additional official language(s).

A

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Afghanistan AfghanistanKabulAfghanestan
افغانستان
Kabul
كابل
Pashto/Dari
(Arabic script)
Albania AlbaniaTiranaShqipëriaTiranaAlbanian
Algeria AlgeriaAlgiersDzayer
ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ
Al-Jazā'ir
الجزائر
Dzayer
ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ
Al-Jazā'ir
الجزائر
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
American Samoa American Samoa[1]Pago PagoAmerika Sāmoa
American Samoa
Pago Pago
Pago Pago
Samoan
English
Andorra AndorraAndorra la VellaAndorraAndorra la VellaCatalan
Angola AngolaLuandaAngola
Ngola
Luanda
Lwanda
Portuguese
Kongo
Anguilla Anguilla[2]The ValleyAnguillaThe ValleyEnglish
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and BarbudaSaint John'sAntigua and BarbudaSt. John'sEnglish
Argentina ArgentinaBuenos AiresArgentinaBuenos AiresSpanish
Armenia ArmeniaYerevanHayastán
Հայաստան
Yerevan
Երեվան
Armenian
(Armenian alphabet)
Aruba Aruba[3]OranjestadArubaOranjestadDutch, Papiamento
Australia AustraliaCanberraAustraliaCanberraEnglish/ Aboriginal native languages
Austria AustriaViennaÖsterreichWienGerman
Åland Islands Åland Islands[4]MariehamnÅland
Ahvenanmaa
Mariehamn
Maarianhamina
Swedish
Finnish
Azerbaijan AzerbaijanBakuAzərbaycanBakıAzerbaijani

B

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
The Bahamas The BahamasNassauThe BahamasNassauEnglish
Bahrain BahrainManamaAl-Baḥrayn
البحرين
Al-Manāmah
المنامة
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Bangladesh BangladeshDhakaBangladesh
বাংলাদেশ
Dhaka
ঢাকা
Bengali
(Bengali script)
Barbados BarbadosBridgetownBarbadosBridgetownEnglish
Belarus BelarusMinskBielaruś
Беларусь
Belarus
Беларусь
Minsk
Мінск
Minsk
Минск
Belarusian
(Cyrillic script)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Belgium BelgiumBrusselsBelgië
Belgique
Belgien
Brussel
Bruxelles
Brüssel
Dutch
French
German
Belize BelizeBelmopanBelizeBelmopanEnglish
Benin BeninPorto-NovoBéninPorto-NovoFrench
Bermuda Bermuda[2]HamiltonBermudaHamiltonEnglish
Bhutan BhutanThimphuDruk Yul
འབྲུག་ཡུལ
Thimphu
ཐིམ་ཕུ
Dzongkha
(Tibetan alphabet)
Bolivia BoliviaLa PazBolivia
Buliwya
Wuliwya
Volívia
La Paz
Chuqiyapu
Chuqiyapu
La Paz
Spanish
Quechua
Aymara
Guaraní
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevoBosna i Hercegovina
Босна и Херцеговина
Sarajevo
Сарајево
Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian
(Cyrillic script)
Botswana BotswanaGaboroneBotswanaGaboroneEnglish, Tswana
Brazil BrazilBrasíliaBrasilBrasíliaPortuguese
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands[2]Road TownBritish Virgin IslandsRoad TownEnglish
Brunei BruneiBandar Seri BegawanBrunei
بروني
Bandar Seri Begawan or Bandar
باندر سري بڬاون
Malay
(Jawi script)
Bulgaria BulgariaSofiaBulgariya or Bălgarija
България
Sofiya or Sofija[5]
София
Bulgarian
(Cyrillic script)
Burkina Faso Burkina FasoOuagadougouBurkina FasoOuagadougouFrench
Burundi BurundiBujumburaUburundi
Burundi
Bujumbura
Bujumbura
Kirundi
French

C

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Cambodia CambodiaPhnom PenhKampuchea
កម្ពុជា
Phnom Penh
ភ្នំពេញ
Khmer
(Khmer script)
Cameroon CameroonYaoundéCameroun
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Yaoundé
French
English
Canada CanadaOttawaCanadaOttawaEnglish, French
Cape Verde Cape VerdePraiaCabo VerdePraiaPortuguese
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands[2]George TownCayman IslandsGeorge TownEnglish
Central African Republic Central African RepublicBanguiRépublique Centrafricaine
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Bangui
Bangî
French
Sango
Chad ChadN'DjamenaTchad
Tšād
تشاد
Ndjamena
Nijāmīnā
نجامينا
French
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Chile ChileSantiagoChileSantiagoSpanish
China China (People's Republic of)BeijingZhōngguó (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)
中国 (中华人民共和国)
Běijīng
北京
Mandarin Chinese
(Chinese characters)
Christmas Island Christmas Island[6]Flying Fish CoveChristmas IslandFlying Fish CoveEnglish
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos Islands[6]West IslandCocos IslandsWest IslandEnglish
Colombia ColombiaBogotáColombiaBogotáSpanish
Comoros ComorosMoroniKomori
Juzur al-Qamar
جزر القمر
Comores
Moroni
Moroni
موروني
Moroni
Shikomor
Arabic
(Arabic script)
French
Republic of the Congo Republic of the CongoBrazzavilleRépublique du Congo
Republíki ya Kongó
Brazzaville
Brazzaville
French
Lingala
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo KinshasaRépublique démocratique du Congo
Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki
Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo
Kinshasa
Kinsásá
Kinshasa
French
Lingala
Swahili
Cook Islands Cook Islands[7]AvaruaCook IslandsAvaruaEnglish
Costa Rica Costa RicaSan JoséCosta RicaSan JoséSpanish
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire

(formerly Ivory Coast)

YamoussoukroCôte d'IvoireYamoussoukroFrench
Croatia CroatiaZagrebHrvatskaZagrebCroatian
Cuba CubaHavanaCubaLa HabanaSpanish
Curaçao Curaçao[3]WillemstadCuraçao
Kòrsou
Curaçao
Willemstad
Willemstad
Willemstad
Dutch
Papiamento
English
Cyprus CyprusNicosiaKypros
Κύπρος
Kıbrıs
Lefkosia
Λευκωσία
Lefkoşa
Greek
(Greek alphabet)
Turkish
Czech Republic Czech RepublicPragueČeská republika
Česko
PrahaCzech

D

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Denmark DenmarkCopenhagenDanmarkKøbenhavnDanish
Djibouti DjiboutiDjiboutiJībūtī
جيبوتي
Djibouti
Jībūtī
جيبوتي
Djibouti
Arabic
(Arabic script)
French
Dominica DominicaRoseauDominicaRoseauEnglish
Dominican Republic Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoRepública DominicanaSanto DomingoSpanish

E

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
East Timor East TimorDíliTimor Lorosa'e
Timor-Leste
Díli
Díli
Tetum
Portuguese
Ecuador EcuadorQuitoEcuadorQuitoSpanish
Egypt EgyptCairoMisr or Masr
مصر
Al-Qāhirah
القاهرة
Arabic
(Arabic script)
El Salvador El SalvadorSan SalvadorEl SalvadorSan SalvadorSpanish
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial GuineaMalaboGuinea EcuatorialMalaboSpanish
Eritrea EritreaAsmaraIritriya
إرتريا
Ertra
ኤርትራ
Asmaraa
أسمرا
Asmära
አሥመራ
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Tigrinya
(Ge'ez script)
Estonia EstoniaTallinnEestiTallinnEstonian
Ethiopia EthiopiaAddis AbabaItyop'ia
ኢትዮጵያ
Addis Abäba
አዲስ አበ
Amharic
(Ge'ez script)

F

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Falkland Islands Falkland Islands[2]StanleyFalkland IslandsStanleyEnglish
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands[8]TórshavnFøroyar
Færøerne
Tórshavn
Thorshavn
Faroese
Danish
Fiji FijiSuvaFiji
Viti
फ़िजी
Suva
Suva
Suva
English
Fijian
Fiji Hindi
Finland FinlandHelsinkiSuomi
Finland
Helsinki
Helsingfors
Finnish
Swedish
France FranceParisFranceParisFrench
French Guiana French Guiana[9]CayenneGuyaneCayenneFrench
French Polynesia French Polynesia[10]PapeetePolynésie françaisePapeeteFrench

G

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Gabon GabonLibrevilleRépublique gabonaiseLibrevilleFrench
The Gambia The GambiaBanjulThe GambiaBanjulEnglish
Georgia (country) GeorgiaTbilisiSak'art'velo
საქართველო
Tbilisi
თბილისი
Georgian
(Georgian alphabet)
Germany GermanyBerlinDeutschlandBerlinGerman
Ghana GhanaAccraGhana
Gaana
Gana
Gana
Accra
Nkran
Nkran
Accra
English
Akan
Twi
Ewe
Gibraltar Gibraltar[2]GibraltarGibraltarGibraltarEnglish
Greece GreeceAthensHellas
Ελλάς or Ellada
Ελλάδα
Athinai
Αθήναι or Athina
Αθήνα
Greek
(Greek alphabet)
Greenland Greenland[8]NuukKalaallit Nunaat
Grønland
Nuuk
Godthåb
Greenlandic
Danish
Grenada GrenadaSt. George'sGrenadaSt. George'sEnglish
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe[9]Basse-TerreGuadeloupeBasse-TerreFrench
Guam Guam[1]Hagåtña
formerly Agaña
Guam
Guåhån
Hagåtña
Hagåtña
English
Chamorro
Guatemala GuatemalaGuatemala CityGuatemalaCiudad de GuatemalaSpanish
Guernsey Guernsey[11]Saint Peter PortGuernseySaint Peter PortEnglish
Guinea GuineaConakryGuinée
Gine
Gine
Conakry
Kɔnakiri
Konakiri
French
Maninka, Susu
Pular
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-BissauBissauGuiné-BissauBissauPortuguese
Guyana GuyanaGeorgetownGuyanaGeorgetownEnglish

H

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Haiti HaitiPort-au-PrinceHaïti
Ayiti
Port-au-Prince
Pòtoprens
French
Haitian Creole
Honduras HondurasTegucigalpaHondurasTegucigalpaSpanish
Hong Kong Hong Kong[12]Hong KongHong Kong
Heung Gong
香港
Hong Kong
Heung Gong
香港
English
Cantonese
(Traditional Chinese characters)
Hungary HungaryBudapestMagyarországBudapestHungarian

I

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Iceland IcelandReykjavíkÍslandReykjavíkIcelandic
India IndiaNew DelhiBharôt
ভাৰত
Bharôt
ভারত
India
Bhārat
ભારત
Bhārat
भारत
Bhārata
ಭಾರತ
Bhārat
भारत
Bhāratam
ഭാരതം
Bhārat
भारत
Bhārat
भारत
Bharôtô
ଭାରତ
Bhārat
ਭਾਰਤ
Bhāratam
भारतम्
Bārata
பாரதம்
Bhāratadēsam
భారత దేశం
Nôtun Dilli
নতুন দিল্লী
Nôtun Dilli
নতুন দিল্লী
New Delhi
Navī Dilhī
નવી દિલ્હી
Naī Dillī
नई दिल्ली
Nava Dehali
ನವ ದೆಹಲಿ
Navī Dillī
नवी दिल्ली
Nyūḍalhi
ന്യൂഡല്ഹി
Navī Dillī
नवी दिल्ली
Naya Dilli
नयाँ दिल्ली
Nūadillī
ନୂଆଦିଲ୍ଲୀ
Navīñ Dillī
ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ
Nav Dilli
नव दिल्ली
Pududilli
புது தில்லி
Krothha ḍhillī
క్రొత్త ఢిల్లీ
Assamese
(Assamese script)
Bengali
(Bengali script)
English
Gujarati
(Gujarāti script)
Hindi
(Devanagari script)
Kannada
(Kannada script)
Konkani
(Devanagari script)
Malayalam
(Malayalam script)
Marathi
(Devanagari script)
Nepalese
(Devanagari script)
Oriya
(Oriya script)
Punjabi
(Gurmukhi script)
Sanskrit
(Devanagari script)
Tamil
(Tamil script)
Telugu
(Telugu script)
Indonesia IndonesiaJakartaIndonesiaJakartaBahasa Indonesia
Iran IranTehranĪrān
ایران
Tehrān
تهران
Persian
(Persian script)
Iraq IraqBaghdadAl-'Iraq
العراق
Îraq
Baghdad
بغداد
Bexda
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Kurdish
Republic of Ireland IrelandDublinÉire
Ireland
Baile Átha Cliath
Dublin
Irish
English
Isle of Man Isle of Man[11]DouglasIsle of Man
Ellan Vannin
Douglas
Doolish
English
Manx
Israel IsraelJerusalem (declared)[lower-alpha 1]Yisra'el
ישראל
Israʼiyl
إسرائيل
Yerushalayim
ירושלים
Al-Quds
القُدس
Hebrew
(Hebrew script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Italy ItalyRomeItaliaRomaItalian

J

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Jamaica JamaicaKingstonJamaicaKingstonEnglish
Japan JapanTokyoNihon
Nippon
日本
Tōkyō
東京
Japanese
(Japanese characters)
Jersey Jersey[11]St. HelierJersey
Jersey
Jèrri
St. Helier
Saint Hélier
Saint Hélyi
English
French
Jèrriais
Jordan JordanAmmanAl-’Urdun
الأردن
‘Ammān
عمان
Arabic
(Arabic script)

K

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Kazakhstan KazakhstanAstanaQazaqstan
Қазақстан
قازاقستان
Kazakhstán
Казахстан
Astana
Астана
استانا قالاسى
Astana
Астана
Kazakh
(Cyrillic script)
(Arabic script)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Kenya KenyaNairobiKenyaNairobiEnglish, Swahili
Kiribati KiribatiTarawa[13]KiribatiTarawaEnglish, Gilbertese
North Korea North KoreaP'yŏngyangChosŏn as called in NK
조선 / 朝鮮
Bukchosŏn
북조선
P'yŏngyang
평양 / 平壌
Korean
(Hangul/Hanja)
South Korea South KoreaSeoulHanguk as called in SK
한국 / 韓國
Namhan
남한
Seoul
서울
Korean
(Hangul/Hanja)
Kosovo Kosovo[14]PristinaKosova, КосовоPrishtinë, Приштина (Priština)Albanian, Serbian
(Latin, Cyrillic)
Kuwait KuwaitKuwait CityDawlat ul-Kuwayt
دولة الكويت
il-ikwet
الكويت
Madiinat ul-Kuwayt
مدينة الكويت
id-diira
الديرة
Arabic (Official)
(Arabic script)
Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic (native)
(Arabic script)
Kyrgyzstan KyrgyzstanBishkekKyrgyzstan
Кыргызстан
Kirgizija
Киргизия
Bishkek
Бишкек
Bishkek
Бишкек
Kyrgyz
(Cyrillic script)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)

L

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Laos LaosVientianeLao
ປະເທດລາວ
Vientiane or Vieng Chan
ວຽງຈັນ
Lao
Lao alphabet
Latvia LatviaRigaLatvijaRīgaLatvian
Lebanon LebanonBeirutLubnān
لبنان
Liban
Bayrūt
بيروت
Beyrouth
Arabic
(Arabic script)

French

Lesotho LesothoMaseruLesothoMaseruSesotho, English
Liberia LiberiaMonroviaLiberiaMonroviaEnglish
Libya LibyaTripoliLibya
ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ
Lībiyā
ليبيا
Ṭrables
ⵟⵔⴰⴱⵍⴻⵙ
Tarabulus
طرابلس
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Liechtenstein LiechtensteinVaduzLiechtensteinVaduzGerman
Lithuania LithuaniaVilniusLietuvaVilniusLithuanian
Luxembourg LuxembourgLuxembourgLëtzebuerg
Luxemburg
Luxembourg
Lëtzebuerg
Luxemburg
Luxembourg
Luxembourgish
German
French

M

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Macau Macau[12]MacauOumún
澳門
Macau
Oumún
澳門
Macau
Cantonese
(Traditional Chinese characters)
Portuguese
Republic of Macedonia MacedoniaSkopjeMakedonija
Македонија
Skopje
Скопје
Macedonian
(Cyrillic script)
Madagascar MadagascarAntananarivoMadagasikara
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Antananarivo/Tananarive
Malagasy
French
Malawi MalawiLilongweMalawi
Malaŵi
Lilongwe
Lilongwe
English
Chichewa
Malaysia MalaysiaKuala LumpurMalaysia
Mǎláixīyà
马来西亚
Malēṣiyā
மலேசியா
Kuala Lumpur

Jílóngpō 吉隆坡

Kōlā lampūr கோலாலம்பூர்

Malay
Mandarin Chinese
(Simplified Chinese characters)
Tamil
(Tamil script)
Maldives MaldivesMaléDhivehi Raajje
ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ
Malé
މާލެ
Dhivehi
(Thaana script)
Mali MaliBamakoMali
Mali
Bamako
Bamakɔ
French
Bambara
Malta MaltaVallettaMalta
Malta
Valletta or Il-Belt Valletta
Valletta
Maltese
English
Marshall Islands Marshall IslandsMajuroAorōkin M̧ajeļMājroEnglish, Marshallese
Martinique Martinique[9]Fort-de-FranceMartiniqueFort-de-FranceFrench
Mauritania MauritaniaNouakchottMuritan / Agawec
ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵜⴰⵏ / ⴰⴳⴰⵡⵛ
Mūrītānyā
موريتانيا
Nwakcuṭ / anu ukcuḍ
ⵏⵡⴰⴽⵛⵓⵟ / ⴰⵏⵓ ⵓⴽⵛⵓⴹ
nwakšūṭ
نواكشوط / أنو ؤكشوض
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Mauritius MauritiusPort LouisMauritius
Maurice
Moris
Port Louis
Port-Louis
Porlwi
English
French
Mauritian Creole
Mayotte Mayotte[9]MamoudzouMayotteMamoudzouFrench
Mexico MexicoMexico CityMéxico
Mēxihco
Ciudad de México
Āltepētl Mēxihco
Spanish
Nahuatl
Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of MicronesiaPalikirFederated States of MicronesiaPalikirEnglish
Moldova MoldovaChișinăuMoldovaChișinăuRomanian
Monaco MonacoMonacoMonaco
Múnegu
Monaco
Múnegu
French
Monégasque
Mongolia MongoliaUlaanbaatarMongol Uls
Монгол Улс
ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
Ulaanbaatar
Улаанбаатар
ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ
Mongolian
(Cyrillic script)
(Mongol script)
Montenegro MontenegroPodgoricaCrna Gora
Црна Гора
Podgorica
Подгорица
Montenegrin
Montserrat Montserrat[2]Brades Estate[15]MontserratBrades EstateEnglish
Morocco MoroccoRabatAmerruk / Elmeɣrib
ⴰⵎⵔⵔⵓⴽ / ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ
Al-maɣréb
المغرب
Errbaṭ
ⵔⵔⴱⴰⵟ
Ar-ribaaṭ
الرباط
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Mozambique MozambiqueMaputoMoçambiqueMaputoPortuguese
Myanmar Myanmar (or Burma)NaypyidawMyanma
မြန်မာ
Nay Pyi Taw
နေပြည်တော်
Burmese
(Burmese alphabet)

N

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Namibia NamibiaWindhoekNamibia
Namibia
Namibia
Namibia
Namibia
Windhoek
Windhuk
Windhoek
/Ae-//Gams
Otjomuise
English
German
Afrikaans
Damara/Nama
Herero
Nauru NauruYaren (de facto)[16]Nauru
Naoero
Yaren
Yaren
English
Nauruan
Nepal NepalKathmanduNepāl
नेपाल
Kāṭhamāṇḍauṃ
काठमाण्डौं
Kāntipura
कान्तिपुर
Yen Dey
येँ देय्‌
Nepalese
Devanagari
Netherlands NetherlandsAmsterdamNederland
Nederlân
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Dutch
West Frisian
New Caledonia New Caledonia[17]NouméaNouvelle-CalédonieNouméaFrench
New Zealand New Zealand[18]WellingtonNew Zealand
Aotearoa
Wellington
Poneke/Te Whanganui-a-Tara
English
Māori
Nicaragua NicaraguaManaguaNicaraguaManaguaSpanish
Niger NigerNiameyNigerNiameyFrench
Nigeria NigeriaAbujaNigeria
Nijeriya
Naigeria
Nàìjíríà
Abuja
Abuja
Abuja
Àbújá
English
Hausa
Igbo
Yoruba
Niue Niue[7]AlofiNiuē
Niue
Alofi
Alofi
Niuean
English
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island[6]KingstonNorfolk Island
Norf'k Ailen
Kingston
Kingston
English
Norfuk
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands[1]SaipanNorthern Mariana Islands
Notte Mariånas
Saipan
Saipan
English
Chamorro
Norway NorwayOsloNorge
Noreg
Oslo
Oslo
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk

O

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Oman OmanMuscat‘Umān
عُمان
Masqaṭ
مسقط
Arabic
(Arabic script)

P

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Pakistan PakistanIslamabadPākistān
پاکستان
Islāmabād
اسلام‌اباد
English
Urdu
(Arabic script [Nastaʿlīq hand])
Palau PalauNgerulmudBelauNgerulmudEnglish, Palauan
State of Palestine Palestine[14]East Jerusalem (declared), Ramallah (administrative capital)[lower-alpha 2]Filasṭīn
فلسطين
Al-Quds Al-Sharqit
القدس الشرقية
Rāmallāh
رام الله
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Panama PanamaPanama CityPanamáCiudad de PanamáSpanish
Papua New Guinea Papua New GuineaPort MoresbyPapua New Guinea
Papua Niugini
Papua Niugini
Port Moresby
Pot Mosbi
Pot Mosbi
English
Tok Pisin
Hiri Motu
Paraguay ParaguayAsunciónParaguay
Paraguái
Asunción
Paraguay
Spanish
Guaraní
Peru PeruLimaPerú
Piruw
Lima
Lima
Spanish
Quechua/Aymara
Philippines PhilippinesManilaPilipinas
Philippines
Maynila
Manila
Filipino
English
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands[2]AdamstownPitcairn Islands
Pitkern Ailen
Adamstown
Adamstown
English
Pitcairnese
Poland PolandWarsawPolskaWarszawaPolish
Portugal PortugalLisbonPortugalLisboaPortuguese
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico[1]San JuanPuerto RicoSan JuanEnglish, Spanish

Q

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Qatar QatarDohaQaṭar
قطر
Ad-Dawḥah
الدوحة
Arabic
(Arabic script)

R

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Réunion Réunion[9]Saint-DenisRéunionSaint-DenisFrench
Romania RomaniaBucharestRomâniaBucureștiRomanian
Russia RussiaMoscowRossiya or Rossiâ
Россия1
Moskva
Москва
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Rwanda RwandaKigaliRwandaKigaliFrench, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, English

S

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[14]LaayouneAl-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Arabīyah aṣ-Ṣaḥrāwīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah
الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية
República Árabe Saharaui Democrática
République Arabe Sahraouie Démocratique
Al-ʿAyyūn
لعيون
El Aaiún
Laâyoune
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Spanish
French
Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy[10]GustaviaSaint-BarthélemyGustaviaFrench
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha[2]JamestownSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaJamestownEnglish
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterreSaint Kitts and NevisBasseterreEnglish
Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint Martin[10]MarigotSaint-MartinMarigotFrench
Saint Lucia Saint LuciaCastriesSaint LuciaCastriesEnglish
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon[10]Saint-PierreSaint-Pierre et MiquelonSaint-PierreFrench
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstownSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstownEnglish
Samoa SamoaApiaSamoa
Sāmoa
Apia
Apia
English
Samoan
San Marino San MarinoSan MarinoSan MarinoSan MarinoItalian
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and PríncipeSão ToméSão Tomé e PríncipeSão ToméPortuguese
Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaRiyadhAl-Mamlaka Al-‘Arabiyyah as Sa‘ūdiyyah
المملكة العربية السعودية
Ar-Riyāḍ
الرياض
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Senegal SenegalDakarSénégalDakarFrench
Serbia SerbiaBelgradeSrbija
Србија
Beograd
Београд
Serbian
(Cyrillic script)
Seychelles SeychellesVictoriaSesel
Seychelles
Seychelles
Victoria or Port VictoriaSeychellois Creole
French
English
Sierra Leone Sierra LeoneFreetownSierra LeoneFreetownEnglish
Singapore SingaporeSingaporeSingapura
Singapore
Xīnjiāpō
新加坡
Singapur
சிங்கப்பூர்
Singapura
Singapore
Xīnjiāpō
新加坡
Singapur
சிங்கப்பூர்
Malay
English
Mandarin Chinese
(Simplified Chinese characters)
Tamil
(Tamil script)
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten[3]PhilipsburgSint Maarten
Sint Maarten
Philipsburg
Philipsburg
Dutch
English
Slovakia SlovakiaBratislavaSlovenskoBratislavaSlovak
Slovenia SloveniaLjubljanaSlovenijaLjubljanaSlovene
Solomon Islands Solomon IslandsHoniaraSolomon Islands
Solomon Aelan
Honiara
Honiala
English
Neo-Solomonic
Somalia SomaliaMogadishuSoomaaliya
aş-Şūmāl
الصومال
Muqdisho
Maqadīshū
مقديشو
Somali
Arabic
(Arabic script)
South Africa South AfricaPretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein, (judicial capital)South Africa
Suid-Afrika
iNingizimu Afrika
uMzantsi Afrika
Afrika-Borwa
Afrika Borwa
Aforika Borwa
Afurika Tshipembe
Afrika Dzonga
iNingizimu Afrika
iSewula Afrika
Pretoria, Cape Town
Pretoria, Kaapstad
iPitoli, iKapa
iPitoli, iKapa
Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria
Pitori
iPitoli
iPitori
English
Afrikaans
isiZulu
isiXhosa
Pedi
Sotho
Tswana
Venda
Tsonga
Swazi
Ndebele
South Sudan South SudanJubaSouth Sudan
Sudan Kusini
Paguot Thudän
Juba
Juba
Juba
English
Swahili
Dinka
Spain SpainMadridEspaña
Espanya
Espainia
Espanha
Madrid
Madrid
Madril
Madrid
Spanish, Galician
Catalan
Basque
Aranese, Galician (R)
Sri Lanka Sri LankaColomboSri Lankā
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
இலங்கை
Colombo
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ
ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டை
Sinhala
Tamil
Sudan SudanKhartoumAs-Sudan
السودان
Al-Khartûm
الخرطوم
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Suriname SurinameParamariboSurinameParamariboDutch
Svalbard Svalbard[19]LongyearbyenSvalbardLongyearbyenNorwegian
Swaziland SwazilandMbabaneSwaziland
eSwatini
MbabaneEnglish
Swazi
Sweden SwedenStockholmSverigeStockholmSwedish
Switzerland SwitzerlandBern (de facto)[16]Schweiz
Suisse
Svizzera
Svizra
Bern
Berne
Berna
Berna
German
French
Italian
Romansh
Syria SyriaDamascusSuriyah
سورية
Dimashq / Ash-Sham
الشام / دمشق
Arabic
(Arabic script)

T

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Taiwan Taiwan (Republic of China)[14]TaipeiZhōnghuá Mínguó or Táiwān
中華民國 or 臺灣/台灣
Táiběi
臺北/台北
Chinese
(Traditional Chinese characters)
Tajikistan TajikistanDushanbeTojikistan
Тоҷикистон
Dushanbe
Душанбе
Tajiki-Persian
(Cyrillic)
Tanzania TanzaniaDodomaTanzaniaDodomaEnglish, Swahili
Thailand ThailandBangkokMueang Thai, Prathet Thai, Ratcha-anachak Thai
เมืองไทย, ประเทศไทย, ราชอาณาจักรไทย
Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
กรุงเทพฯ, กรุงเทพมหานคร
Thai
Togo TogoLoméTogo
Togo
Togo
Lomé
Lome
Loma
French
Ewe
Kabiye
Tokelau Tokelau[20] TokelauEnglish, Tokelauan
Tonga TongaNukuʻalofaTongaNukuʻalofaTongan, English
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and TobagoPort of SpainTrinidad and TobagoPort of SpainEnglish
Tunisia TunisiaTunisTunes
ⵜⵓⵏⵙ
Tūns
تونس
Tunes
ⵜⵓⵏⵙ
Tūns
تونس
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Turkey TurkeyAnkaraTürkiyeAnkaraTurkish
Turkmenistan TurkmenistanAshgabatTürkmenistanAşgabatTurkmen
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands[2]Cockburn TownTurks and Caicos IslandsCockburn TownEnglish
Tuvalu TuvaluFongafale (in Funafuti)TuvaluFongafaleEnglish, Tuvaluan

U

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Uganda UgandaKampalaUgandaKampalaEnglish, Swahili
Ukraine UkraineKievUkraїna
Україна
Kyїv
Київ
Ukrainian
(Cyrillic script)
United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiAl-’Imārat Al-‘Arabiyyah Al-Muttaḥidah
الإمارات العربيّة المتّحدة
‘Abū ẓabī
أبوظبي
Arabic
(Arabic script)
United Kingdom United KingdomLondonUnited Kingdom
Y Deyrnas Unedig
Unitit Kinrick
Rìoghachd Aonaichte
Ríocht Aontaithe
An Rywvaneth Unys
London
Llundain
Lunnon
Lunnainn
Londain
Loundres
English
Welsh
Scots
Scots Gaelic
Irish
Cornish
United States United StatesWashington, D.C.United States or America
Estados Unidos
États-Unis
‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘la
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Wakinekona or Wasinetona
English
Spanish
Cajun French
Indigenous
Hawaiian
United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands[1]Charlotte AmalieUnited States Virgin IslandsCharlotte AmalieEnglish
Uruguay UruguayMontevideoUruguayMontevideoSpanish
Uzbekistan UzbekistanTashkentO‘zbekiston
Ўзбекистон
Toshkent
Тошкент
Uzbek
(Cyrillic script)

V

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Vanuatu VanuatuPort VilaVanuatuPort-VilaFrench
Vatican City Vatican CityVatican CityCivitas Vaticana
Città del Vaticano
Civitas Vaticana
Città del Vaticano

Latin
Italian

Venezuela VenezuelaCaracasVenezuelaCaracasSpanish
Vietnam VietnamHanoiViệt NamHà NộiVietnamese

W

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna[10]Matâ'UtuWallis-et-Futuna
Uvea mo Futuna
Matâ'Utu
Matâ'Utu
French
Eastern Uvean

Y

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Yemen YemenSana'aAl-Yaman
اليمن
Ṣan‘ā’
ﺻﻨﻌﺎﺀ
Arabic
(Arabic script)

Z

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Zambia ZambiaLusakaZambiaLusakaEnglish, Bemba, Chewa
Zimbabwe ZimbabweHarareZimbabweHarareEnglish, Shona

Notes

  1. Jerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel", and the city serves as the seat of the government, home to the president's residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament. United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 declared the Jerusalem Law "null and void" and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem. The United Nations and nearly all of its member states maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya, and do not recognise Jerusalem as the capital;[21] however, in May 2018, the United States and Guatemala moved their official embassies to Jerusalem, and several other UN member states indicated that they were considering doing the same.[22] Many countries officially adhere to the proposal that Jerusalem have international status, as called for in the Partition Plan of 1947. The Palestinian National Authority claims East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.[23] See Positions on Jerusalem.
  2. The State of Palestine claims the territories occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The proclaimed state is currently occupied by Israel and has no effective control over the territories it claims. Administration is based in Ramallah and Gaza, rather than Jerusalem. Most members of the United Nations regard East Jerusalem as occupied territory, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League and the Non-Aligned Movement recognise it as the capital of a future Palestinian state. See the following:
    • Organisation of the Islamic Conference (13–16 March 1989). "Resolutions on Political, Legal and Information Affairs". The Eighteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (Session of Islamic Fraternity and Solidarity). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
    • Agence France-Presse (6 September 2011). "Non-Aligned movement confirms support for Palestinian statehood bid". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
    • Council of the European Union, 17218/09 (Presse 371). "Press release, 2985th Council meeting on Foreign Affairs" (PDF). Press Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2011-08-02. See Positions on Jerusalem.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Insular area of the United States.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British Overseas Territory.
  3. 1 2 3 Constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  4. Autonomous region of Finland.
  5. Bulgarian and Russian can be transliterated in various ways, therefore the two most generally used transliterations are given here.
  6. 1 2 3 External territory of Australia.
  7. 1 2 In free association with New Zealand.
  8. 1 2 Constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Overseas department of France.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Overseas collectivity of France.
  11. 1 2 3 British Crown Dependency.
  12. 1 2 Special administrative regions of China recognized by international treaty.
  13. Bairiki Village is the former capital of Kiribati and is still the seat of the Presidency, but the official capital is now South Tarawa.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Non-UN member state with limited international recognition as a sovereign state.
  15. Brades Estate has been the de facto capital since a volcanic eruption in 1995 covered the official capital of Plymouth, leaving it uninhabitable.
  16. 1 2 Nauru and Switzerland are the only United Nations member states without an official capital city.
  17. Sui generis collectivity of France.
  18. The country has a third official language in New Zealand Sign Language.
  19. Integral part of Norway.
  20. Dependency of New Zealand
  21. See the CIA Factbook and Map of Israel
  22. See
  23. Sharkansky, Ira (1996). Governing Jerusalem: Again on the world's agenda. Wayne State University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-8143-2592-0.
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