AFRICA :

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Algeria Algiers Dinar Arabic

Angola Luanda Angolar Portuguese

BeninPorto-Novo (official)

Cotonou (seat of government)CFA franc French

Botswana Gaborone PulaEnglish

Setswana

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA franc French

Burundi Bujumbura RupieKirundi

French

Cameroon Yaoundé CFA francFrench

English

Cape Verde PraiaCape Verdean

escudoPortuguese

Central African

RepublicBangui CFA franc

French

Sango

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Chad N'Djamena CFA francFrench

Arabic

Comoros MoroniComorian

franc

Comorian

Arabic

French

Congo (Congo-

Brazzaville)Brazzaville CFA franc French

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory

Coast)

Yamoussoukro (official)

Abidjan (seat of government)CFA franc French

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo (Congo-

Kinshasa)

KinshasaCongolese

francFrench

Djibouti DjiboutiDjiboutian

franc

French

Arabic

Egypt CairoEgyptian

gineihArabic

Equatorial Guinea Malabo

Equatorial

Guinean

peseta

Spanish

French

Portuguese

Eritrea Asmara Tallero Tigrinya

Arabic

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

English

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Amharic

Gabon Libreville CFA franc French

Gambia BanjulGambian

dalasiEnglish

Ghana Accra Ghana cedi English

Guinea Conakry Guinean franc French

Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA franc Portuguese

Kenya NairobiKenyan

shilling

Swahili

English

Lesotho Maseru Lesotho lotiEnglish

Sesotho

Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar English

Libya Tripoli Dinar Arabic

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Madagascar AntananarivoMalagasy

ariary

Malagasy

French

Malawi Lilongwe KwachaEnglish

Chichewa

Mali Bamako CFA franc French

Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Arabic

Mauritius Port LouisMauritian

rupee

Mauritian

Creole

French

English

MayotteMamoudzou

Overseas department of FranceEuro French

Morocco RabatMoroccan

dirham

Arabic

Berber

Mozambique MaputoMozambican

meticalPortuguese

Namibia WindhoekNamibian

dollarEnglish

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Niger Niamey CFA franc French

Nigeria Abuja Naira English

RéunionSaint-Denis

Overseas department of FranceEuro French

Rwanda KigaliRwandan

franc

Kinyarwanda

English

French

Saint Helena,

Ascension and

Tristan da Cunha

Jamestown (Saint Helena)

Georgetown (Ascension Island)

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (Tristan da

Cunha)

Saint Helena

pound

Pound sterling

English

Sao Tome and

PrincipeSão Tomé Dobra Portuguese

Senegal Dakar CFA franc French

Seychelles VictoriaSeychellois

rupee

Seychellois

Creole

French

English

Sierra Leone Freetown Leone English

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Somalia Mogadishu Somali shillingSomali

Arabic

Somaliland HargeisaSomaliland

shilling

Somali

Arabic

South Africa

Pretoria (administrative/executive)

Cape Town (legislative)

Bloemfontein (judicial)

South African

rand

Afrikaans

English

Southern

Ndebele

Northern

Sotho

Southern

Sotho

Swazi

Tsonga

Tswana

Venda

Xhosa

Zulu

South Sudan Juba

South

Sudanese

pound

English

Sudan KhartoumSudanese

pound

Arabic

English

SwazilandMbabane (administrative)

Lobamba (royal and legislative)Lilangeni

English

Swati

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

TanzaniaDodoma (official)

Dar es Salaam (seat of government)

Tanzanian

shilling

Swahili

English

Togo Lomé CFA franc French

Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar Arabic

Uganda KampalaUgandan

shilling

Swahili

English

Luganda

None Western Sahara

None Disputed territory between   

Morocco and the   Sahrawi Arab

Democratic Republic

Moroccan

dirham

Algerian dinar

Mauritanian

ouguiya

See

respective

claimants

Zambia LusakaZambian

kwachaEnglish

Zimbabwe Harare various

English

Shona

Sindebele

ASIA:

Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Afghanistan Kabul AfghaniPashto

Dari (Persian)

Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Akrotiri and

DhekeliaEpiskopi Cantonment Euro

English

Greek

Armenia Yerevan Dram Armenian

Azerbaijan[Europe] Baku Manat Azerbaijani

Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar Arabic

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Bengali

Bhutan ThimphuBhutanese

ngultrumDzongkha

British Indian Ocean

Territory

Diego Garcia

Overseas territory of the

United Kingdom

US dollar

UK poundEnglish

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei dollar Bahasa Melayu

Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Khmer

China Beijing Renminbi (yuan) Standard Chinese

Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove Australian dollar English

Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

External territory of Australia

Cocos (Keeling)

Islands

West Island

External territory of

AustraliaExternal territory of

Australia

Australian dollar English

Cyprus [Europe] Nicosia EuroGreek

Turkish

East Timor(Timor-

Leste)Dili US Dollar

Portuguese

Tetum

Georgia[Europe] Tbilisi Lari Georgian

Hong KongSpecial administrative region

of ChinaHong Kong dollar

English

Cantonese

India New Delhi Indian Rupee Hindi

English

Urdu

Gujarati

Tamil

Kannada

Telugu

Malayalam

Odia

Bengali

Assamese

Manipuri

Sikkimese

Kashmri

Mizo

Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Garo

Khasi

Jaintia

Marathi

Punjabi

Bodo

Kokborok

Nagamese

Nefamese >MARWARI

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Indonesian

Iran Tehran Rial Persian

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi dinarKurdish

Arabic

Israel Jerusalem New shekelHebrew

Arabic

Japan Tokyo Yen Japanese

Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar Arabic

Kazakhstan Astana TengeKazakh

Russian

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar Arabic

Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek SomKyrgyz

Russian

Laos Vientiane Kip Lao

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound Arabic

MacauSpecial administrative region

of China

Macanese

pataca

Portuguese

Cantonese

MalaysiaKuala Lumpur (official)

Putrajaya (seat of government)Ringgit Malaysian

Maldives Malé Maldivian rufiyaa Maldivian

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tögrög Mongolian

Myanmar(Burma) Naypyidaw Kyat Burmese

Nagorno-Karabakh

Stepanakert

De facto sovereign state

lacking general international

recognition

Recognized by United

Nations as de jure part

ofAzerbaijan

Armenian dram Armenian

Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Nepali

Northern Cyprus

Nicosia

De facto sovereign state

lacking general international

recognition

Recognized by United

Nation as de jure part

ofCyprus

Turkish lira Turkish

North Korea PyongyangNorth Korean

wonKorean

Oman Muscat Rial Arabic

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee

English

Urdu

Punjabi

Sindhi

Punjab

Pashto language|

KPK]]

Balochistan

Palestine East Jerusalem (claimed

capital)

Ramallah (West Bank seat of

government)

Gaza (Gaza Strip seat of

government)

Territory occupied by Israel

State of Palestine (flag

displayed) proclaimed on

Israeli shekel Arabic

Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

territory

Philippines Manila PesoFilipino

English

Qatar Doha Riyal Arabic

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi riyal Arabic

Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar

English

Chinese

Malay

Tamil

South Korea SeoulSouth Korean

wonKorean

South Ossetia

Tskhinvali

De facto sovereign state

lacking general international

recognition

Recognized by United

Nations as de jure part

ofGeorgia

Russian ruble

Ossetic

Georgian

Russian

Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Sri Lankan rupeeSinhala

Tamil

Syria Damascus Syrian pound Arabic

Flag Name Capital Currency Official language

Taiwan

Taipei

De facto sovereign state

lacking general international

recognition

Recognized by United

Nations as part of China.

New Taiwan

dollarStandard Chinese

Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni Tajik

Thailand Bangkok Baht Thai

Turkey [Europe] Ankara Turkish lira Turkish

Turkmenistan AshgabatTurkmen new

manatTurkmen

United Arab

EmiratesAbu Dhabi UAE dirham Arabic

Uzbekistan Tashkent

Uzbekistan som

(O'zbekiston

so'mi)

Uzbek

Vietnam Hanoi đồng Vietnamese

Yemen Sana'a Yemeni rial Arabic

Europe

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Åland Islands

Mariehamn

Autonomous region of Finland (recognized

by international treaty)

Euro Swedish

Albania Tirana Lek Albanian

Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro Catalan

Austria Vienna Euro German

Belarus MinskBelarusian

ruble

Belarusian

Russian

Belgium Brussels Euro

Dutch

French

German

Bosnia and

HerzegovinaSarajevo

Convertible

mark

Bosnian

Croatian

Serbian

Bulgaria Sofia Lev Bulgarian

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Croatia Zagreb Kuna Croatian

Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna

Slovak

German

Polish

Bulgarian

Croatian

Greek

Hungarian

Romani

Russian

Rusyn

Serbian

Ukrainian

Denmark CopenhagenDanish

krone[a]Danish

Estonia Tallinn Euro Estonian

Faroe IslandsTórshavn

Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm

Faroese

króna

Faroese

Danish

Finland Helsinki EuroFinnish

Swedish

France ParisEuro

CFP francFrench

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Germany Berlin Euro German

GibraltarGibraltar

Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

Gibraltar

poundEnglish

Greece Athens Euro Greek

GuernseySaint Peter Port

British Crown dependency

Pound

sterling

English

French

Hungary Budapest Forint Hungarian

Iceland ReykjavíkIcelandic

krónaIcelandic

Ireland Dublin EuroEnglish

Irish

Isle of ManDouglas

British Crown dependency

Pound

sterling

English

Manx

Italy Rome Euro Italian

JerseySaint Helier

British Crown dependency

Pound

sterling

English

French

Kosovo

Pristina

De facto sovereign state recognized by over

80 UN member states

A United

Nations mandate in Serbian territory was put

in place starting in 1999.

EuroAlbanian

Serbian

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Latvia Riga Lats Latvian

Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc German

Lithuania VilniusLithuanian

litasLithuanian

Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro

Luxembourgish

French

German

Macedonia SkopjeMacedonian

denarMacedonian

Malta Valletta EuroMaltese

English

Moldova Chişinău Moldovan leu Moldovan

Monaco Monaco Euro French

Montenegro Podgorica Euro Montenegrin

Netherlands Amsterdam

Euro

US dollar

NA guilder

Aruban florin

Dutch

Norway OsloNorwegian

krone

Norwegian

Bokmål

Nynorsk

Poland Warsaw Złoty Polish

Portugal Lisbon Euro Portuguese

Romania Bucharest Romanian leu Romanian

Russia Moscow Russian ruble

Russian

27 others co-

official

San Marino San Marino Euro Italian

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Serbia Belgrade Serbian dinar Serbian

Slovakia Bratislava Euro Slovak

Slovenia Ljubljana Euro Slovene

Spain Madrid Euro

Spanish

Catalan

Galician

Basque

Svalbard

Longyearbyen

Special territory of Norway (recognized by

international treaty)

Norwegian

kroneNorwegian

Sweden StockholmSwedish

kronaSwedish

Switzerland Bern Swiss franc

German

French

Italian

Romansh

Transnistria

Tiraspol

De facto sovereign state lacking general

international recognition

Recognized by United Nations as de

jure part of Moldova

Transnistrian

ruble

Russian

Moldovan

Ukrainian

Ukraine KievUkrainian

hryvniaUkrainian

United

KingdomLondon

Pound

sterlingEnglish

Vatican City Vatican City Euro Italian

North America

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Anguilla

The Valley

Overseas territory of the United

Kingdom

East Caribbean

DollarEnglish

Antigua and Barbuda St. John'sEast Caribbean

DollarEnglish

Aruba

Oranjestad

Constituent country of the

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Aruban florinPapiamento

Dutch

Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar English

Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar English

Belize Belmopan Belize Dollar English

Bermuda

Hamilton

Overseas territory of the United

Kingdom

Bermudian Dollar English

Bonaire

Kralendijk

Special municipality of the

Netherlands

United States

DollarDutch

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

British Virgin Islands

Road Town

Overseas territory of the United

Kingdom

United States

DollarEnglish

Canada Ottawa Canadian DollarFrench

English

Cayman Islands

George Town

Overseas territory of the United

Kingdom

Cayman Islands

DollarEnglish

Clipperton Islanduninhabited

Overseas territory of FranceEuro French

Costa Rica San José Costa Rican colon Spanish

Cuba Havana Cuban peso Spanish

Curaçao

Willemstad

Constituent country of the

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Netherlands

Antillean guilder

Papiamento

Dutch

Dominica RoseauEast Caribbean

DollarEnglish

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso Spanish

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

El Salvador San SalvadorUnited States

DollarSpanish

Greenland

Nuuk

Self-governing territory of

the Danish Realm

Danish Krone Greenlandic

Grenada St. George'sEast Caribbean

DollarEnglish

GuadeloupeBasse-Terre

Overseas department of FranceEuro French

Guatemala Guatemala CityGuatemalan

quetzalSpanish

Haiti Port-au-Prince Haitian gourde French

Honduras Tegucigalpa Honduran lempira Spanish

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican Dollar English

MartiniqueFort-de-France

Overseas department of FranceEuro French

Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Spanish

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Montserrat

Plymouth (official)

Brades (seat of government)

Overseas territory of the United

Kingdom

East Caribbean

DollarEnglish

Navassa Island

-

Insular area of the United States of

America

United States

DollarEnglish

Nicaragua ManaguaNicaraguan

cordobaSpanish

Panama Panama City

United States

Dollar

Panamanian

balboa

Spanish

Puerto Rico

San Juan

Insular area of the United States of

America

United States

Dollar

English

Spanish

Saba

The Bottom

Special municipality of the

Netherlands

United States

Dollar

Saint BarthélemyGustavia

Overseas collectivity ofFranceEuro French

Saint Kitts and Nevis BasseterreEast Caribbean

DollarEnglish

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Saint Lucia CastriesEast Caribbean

DollarEnglish

Saint MartinMarigot

Overseas collectivity ofFranceEuro French

Saint Pierre and

Miquelon

Saint-Pierre

Overseas collectivity ofFranceEuro French

Saint Vincent and

the GrenadinesKingstown

East Caribbean

DollarEnglish

Sint Eustatius

Oranjestad

Special municipality of the

Netherlands

United States

Dollar

Sint Maarten

Philipsburg

Constituent country of the

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Netherlands

Antillean guilder

Trinidad and Tobago Port of SpainTrinidad and

Tobago DollarEnglish

Turks and Caicos

Islands

Cockburn Town

Overseas territory of the United

Kingdom

United States

DollarEnglish

United States Washington, D.C.United States

Dollarnone

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

United States Virgin

Islands

Charlotte Amalie

Insular area of the United States of

America

United States

DollarEnglish

South America

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Spanish

BoliviaSucre (official)

La Paz (seat of government)Boliviano

Spanish

Quechua

Aymara

Brazil Brasília Real Portuguese

Chile Santiago Peso Spanish

Colombia Bogotá Peso Spanish

Ecuador Quito United States dollar Spanish

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Falkland

Islands

Stanley

Overseas territory of the United

Kingdom

Falkland Islands

poundEnglish

French GuianaCayenne

Overseas department of FranceEuro French

Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar English

Paraguay Asunción GuaraníSpanish

Guaraní

Peru Lima Nuevo sol Spanish

Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar Dutch

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso Spanish

Venezuela Caracas Bolívar fuerte Spanish

Oceania

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

American

Samoa

Pago Pago

Insular area of the United States of

America

United States dollarEnglish

Samoan

Ashmore and

Cartier Islands

External

territory of

Australia

— —

Australia Canberra Australian dollar None[c]

Baker Island —Insular area of the United

States of America

Cook Islands

Avarua

Self-governing parliamentary

democracy in free association with

New Zealand

New Zealand dollar

Cook Islands dollar

English

Cook

Islands

Māori

Coral Sea

Islands— External territory of Australia

Fiji Suva

French

Polynesia

Papeete

Overseas collectivity ofFranceCFP Franc French

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Guam HagåtñaInsular area of the United

States of America

Howland Island —Insular area of the United

States of America

Jarvis Island —Insular area of the United

States of America

Johnston Atoll —Insular area of the United

States of America

Kingman Reef —Insular area of the United

States of America

Kiribati South Tarawa

Marshall

IslandsMajuro

Micronesia Palikir

Midway Atoll —Insular area of the United

States of America

Nauru Yaren (seat of government)

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

New Caledonia

Nouméa

Sui generis collectivity(special

collectivity) ofFrance

CFP Franc French

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar

Maori

New

Zealand

Sign

English

Niue Alofi

Self-governing parliamentary

democracy in free

association with New

Zealand

Norfolk Island KingstonSelf-governing territory of

Australia

Northern

Mariana

Islands

SaipanInsular area of the United

States of America

Palau Melekeok

Palmyra Atoll —Insular area of the United

States of America

Papua New

GuineaPort Moresby

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

language

Pitcairn Islands AdamstownOverseas territory of the

United Kingdom

Samoa Apia

Solomon

IslandsHoniara

Tokelau

Nukunonu (main settlement,

although each atoll has its own

administrative centre)

Dependent territory of New

Zealand

Tonga Nukuʻalofa

Tuvalu Funafuti

Vanuatu Port Vila Vanuatu vatu

Wake Island

—

Insular area of the United States of

America

United States dollar

Wallis and

Futuna

Mata-Utu

Overseas collectivity ofFranceCFP Franc French

Antarctica

Flag Name Capital CurrencyOfficial

Language

Bouvet Island

Dependent territory of

Norway

— — —

French Southern

Territories

Alfred Faure (Crozet Islands)

Port-aux-Français (Kerguelen Islands)

Martin-de-Viviès (Saint

Paul and AmsterdamIslands)

Overseas territory of France

Euro French

Heard Island and

McDonald Islands

External territory of

Australia

— — —

South Georgia and the

South Sandwich Islands

King Edward Point

Overseas territory of the United

Kingdom

Pound

sterlingEnglish