Officially there are 196 countries in the world as per the United Nations. There are 193 member states in the United Nations. Three nations, Taiwan, Palestine and Vatican city (or Holy See) have special status. The reason behind that is the majority of UN members do not recognized them as an independent nation. (Image credit – Woovly.com)
List of all countries with their capital in alphabetical order
- Afghanistan: Kabul
- Albania: Tirana
- Algeria: Algiers
- Andorra: Andorra la Vella
- Angola: Luanda
- Antigua and Barbuda: Saint John’s
- Argentina: Buenos Aires
- Armenia: Yerevan
- Australia: Canberra
- Austria: Vienna
- Azerbaijan: Baku
- The Bahamas: Nassau
- Bahrain: Manama
- Bangladesh: Dhaka
- Barbados: Bridgetown
- Belarus: Minsk
- Belgium: Brussels
- Belize: Belmopan
- Benin: Porto-Novo
- Bhutan: Thimphu
- Bolivia: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
- Botswana: Gaborone
- Brazil: Brasilia
- Brunei: Bandar Seri Begawan
- Bulgaria: Sofia
- Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
- Burundi: Gitega (changed from Bujumbura in December 2018)
- Cambodia: Phnom Penh
- Cameroon: Yaounde
- Canada: Ottawa
- Cape Verde: Praia
- Central African Republic: Bangui
- Chad: N’Djamena
- Chile: Santiago
- China: Beijing
- Colombia: Bogota
- Comoros: Moroni
- Congo, Republic of the Congo: Brazzaville
- Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Kinshasa
- Costa Rica: San Jose
- Cote d’Ivoire: Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
- Croatia: Zagreb
- Cuba: Havana
- Cyprus: Nicosia
- Czech Republic: Prague
- Denmark: Copenhagen
- Djibouti: Djibouti
- Dominica: Roseau
- Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo
- East Timor (Timor-Leste): Dili
- Ecuador: Quito
- Egypt: Cairo
- El Salvador: San Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea: Malabo
- Eritrea: Asmara
- Estonia: Tallinn
- Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
- Fiji: Suva
- Finland: Helsinki
- France: Paris
- Gabon: Libreville
- The Gambia: Banjul
- Georgia: Tbilisi
- Germany: Berlin
- Ghana: Accra
- Greece: Athens
- Grenada: Saint George’s
- Guatemala: Guatemala City
- Guinea: Conakry
- Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
- Guyana: Georgetown
- Haiti: Port-au-Prince
- Honduras: Tegucigalpa
- Hungary: Budapest
- Iceland: Reykjavik
- India: New Delhi
- Indonesia: Jakarta
- Iran: Tehran
- Iraq: Baghdad
- Ireland: Dublin
- Israel: Jerusalem
- Italy: Rome
- Jamaica: Kingston
- Japan: Tokyo
- Jordan: Amman
- Kazakhstan: Astana
- Kenya: Nairobi
- Kiribati: Tarawa Atoll
- Korea, North: Pyongyang
- Korea, South: Seoul
- Kosovo: Pristina
- Kuwait: Kuwait City
- Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek
- Laos: Vientiane
- Latvia: Riga
- Lebanon: Beirut
- Lesotho: Maseru
- Liberia: Monrovia
- Libya: Tripoli
- Liechtenstein: Vaduz
- Lithuania: Vilnius
- Luxembourg: Luxembourg
- Macedonia: Skopje
- Madagascar: Antananarivo
- Malawi: Lilongwe
- Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives: Male
- Mali: Bamako
- Malta: Valletta
- Marshall Islands: Majuro
- Mauritania: Nouakchott
- Mauritius: Port Louis
- Mexico: Mexico City
- Micronesia, Federated States of: Palikir
- Moldova: Chisinau
- Monaco: Monaco
- Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar
- Montenegro: Podgorica
- Morocco: Rabat
- Mozambique: Maputo
- Myanmar: Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
- Namibia: Windhoek
- Nauru: no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
- Nepal: Kathmandu
- Netherlands: Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)
- New Zealand: Wellington
- Nicaragua: Managua
- Niger: Niamey
- Nigeria: Abuja
- Norway: Oslo
- Oman: Muscat
- Pakistan: Islamabad
- Palau: Melekeok
- Panama: Panama City
- Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby
- Paraguay: Asuncion
- Peru: Lima
- Philippines: Manila
- Poland: Warsaw
- Portugal: Lisbon
- Qatar: Doha
- Romania: Bucharest
- Russia: Moscow
- Rwanda: Kigali
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre
- Saint Lucia: Castries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown
- Samoa: Apia
- San Marino: San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe: Sao Tome
- 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 (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
- South Sudan: Juba
- Spain: Madrid
- Sri Lanka: Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
- Sudan: Khartoum
- Suriname: Paramaribo
- Swaziland: Mbabane
- Sweden: Stockholm
- Switzerland: Bern
- Syria: Damascus
- Taiwan: Taipei
- Tajikistan: Dushanbe
- Tanzania: Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
- Thailand: Bangkok
- Togo: Lome
- Tonga: Nuku’alofa
- Trinidad and Tobago: Port-of-Spain
- Tunisia: Tunis
- Turkey: Ankara
- Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
- Tuvalu: Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
- Uganda: Kampala
- Ukraine: Kyiv
- United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi
- United Kingdom: London
- United States of America: Washington, D.C.
- Uruguay: Montevideo
- Uzbekistan: Tashkent
- Vanuatu: Port-Vila
- Vatican City (Holy See): Vatican City
- Venezuela: Caracas
- Vietnam: Hanoi
- Yemen: Sanaa
- Zambia: Lusaka
- Zimbabwe: Harare
The list above is based on the United Nations members list and there are more than 10 countries in the world beyond this list are working as independent nations right now.
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