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    Updated on February 04, 2020

    There are 195 nations officially recognized as independent countries in the world, each with its own capital city. A significant number of countries have multiple capital cities. Where that occurs, the additional capital cities are listed as well.

    Is Taiwan a Country?

    Read MoreCountries With Multiple Capital CitiesBy Matt Rosenberg

    The United Nations list of nations doesn't include Taiwan as separate but as a part of China: 193 U.N. member nations and two nonvoting observerstates, the Vatican City and Palestine. As of Jan. 20, 2020, only 15 countries recognize Taiwan as an independent nation. Eight countries that previously did so established diplomatic relations with China after President Tsai Ing-Wen's election in May 2016. Tsai was reelected on Jan. 10, 2020.

    The Countries of the World and their Capitals

    Check out this alphabetical list of every independent nation and its capital (Taiwan is also included):

    1. Afghanistan: Kabul
    2. Albania: Tirana
    3. Algeria: Algiers
    4. Andorra: Andorra la Vella
    5. Angola: Luanda
    6. Antigua and Barbuda: Saint John's
    7. Argentina: Buenos Aires
    8. Armenia: Yerevan
    9. Australia: Canberra
    10. Austria: Vienna
    11. Azerbaijan: Baku
    12. The Bahamas: Nassau
    13. Bahrain: Manama
    14. Bangladesh: Dhaka
    15. Barbados: Bridgetown
    16. Belarus: Minsk
    17. Belgium: Brussels
    18. Belize: Belmopan
    19. Benin: Porto-Novo
    20. Bhutan: Thimphu
    21. Bolivia: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
    22. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
    23. Botswana: Gaborone
    24. Brazil: Brasilia
    25. Brunei: Bandar Seri Begawan
    26. Bulgaria: Sofia
    27. Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou
    28. Burundi: Gitega (changed from Bujumbura in December 2018)
    29. Cambodia: Phnom Penh
    30. Cameroon: Yaounde
    31. Canada: Ottawa
    32. Cape Verde: Praia
    33. Central African Republic: Bangui
    34. Chad: N'Djamena
    35. Chile: Santiago
    36. China: Beijing
    37. Colombia: Bogota
    38. Comoros: Moroni
    39. Congo, Republic of the: Brazzaville
    40. Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Kinshasa
    41. Costa Rica: San Jose
    42. Cote d'Ivoire: Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
    43. Croatia: Zagreb
    44. Cuba: Havana
    45. Cyprus: Nicosia
    46. Czech Republic: Prague
    47. Denmark: Copenhagen
    48. Djibouti: Djibouti
    49. Dominica: Roseau
    50. Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo
    51. East Timor (Timor-Leste): Dili
    52. Ecuador: Quito
    53. Egypt: Cairo
    54. El Salvador: San Salvador
    55. Equatorial Guinea: Malabo
    56. Eritrea: Asmara
    57. Estonia: Tallinn
    58. Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
    59. Fiji: Suva
    60. Finland: Helsinki
    61. France: Paris
    62. Gabon: Libreville
    63. The Gambia: Banjul
    64. Georgia: Tbilisi
    65. Germany: Berlin
    66. Ghana: Accra
    67. Greece: Athens
    68. Grenada: Saint George's
    69. Guatemala: Guatemala City
    70. Guinea: Conakry
    71. Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
    72. Guyana: Georgetown
    73. Haiti: Port-au-Prince
    74. Honduras: Tegucigalpa
    75. Hungary: Budapest
    76. Iceland: Reykjavik
    77. India: New Delhi
    78. Indonesia: Jakarta
    79. Iran: Tehran
    80. Iraq: Baghdad
    81. Ireland: Dublin
    82. Israel: Jerusalem*
    83. Italy: Rome
    84. Jamaica: Kingston
    85. Japan: Tokyo
    86. Jordan: Amman
    87. Kazakhstan: Nur-Sultan
    88. Kenya: Nairobi
    89. Kiribati: Tarawa Atoll
    90. Korea, North: Pyongyang
    91. Korea, South: Seoul
    92. Kosovo: Pristina
    93. Kuwait: Kuwait City
    94. Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek
    95. Laos: Vientiane
    96. Latvia: Riga
    97. Lebanon: Beirut
    98. Lesotho: Maseru
    99. Liberia: Monrovia
    100. Libya: Tripoli
    101. Liechtenstein: Vaduz
    102. Lithuania: Vilnius
    103. Luxembourg: Luxembourg
    104. Macedonia: Skopje
    105. Madagascar: Antananarivo
    106. Malawi: Lilongwe
    107. Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
    108. Maldives: Male
    109. Mali: Bamako
    110. Malta: Valletta
    111. Marshall Islands: Majuro
    112. Mauritania: Nouakchott
    113. Mauritius: Port Louis
    114. Mexico: Mexico City
    115. Micronesia, Federated States of: Palikir
    116. Moldova: Chisinau
    117. Monaco: Monaco
    118. Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar
    119. Montenegro: Podgorica
    120. Morocco: Rabat
    121. Mozambique: Maputo
    122. Myanmar (Burma): Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
    123. Namibia: Windhoek
    124. Nauru: no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
    125. Nepal: Kathmandu
    126. Netherlands: Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)
    127. New Zealand: Wellington
    128. Nicaragua: Managua
    129. Niger: Niamey
    130. Nigeria: Abuja
    131. Norway: Oslo
    132. Oman: Muscat
    133. Pakistan: Islamabad
    134. Palau: Melekeok
    135. Panama: Panama City
    136. Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby
    137. Paraguay: Asuncion
    138. Peru: Lima
    139. Philippines: Manila
    140. Poland: Warsaw
    141. Portugal: Lisbon
    142. Qatar: Doha
    143. Romania: Bucharest
    144. Russia: Moscow
    145. Rwanda: Kigali
    146. Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre
    147. Saint Lucia: Castries
    148. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown
    149. Samoa: Apia
    150. San Marino: San Marino
    151. Sao Tome and Principe: Sao Tome
    152. Saudi Arabia: Riyadh
    153. Senegal: Dakar
    154. Serbia: Belgrade
    155. Seychelles: Victoria
    156. Sierra Leone: Freetown
    157. Singapore: Singapore
    158. Slovakia: Bratislava
    159. Slovenia: Ljubljana
    160. Solomon Islands: Honiara
    161. Somalia: Mogadishu
    162. South Africa: Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
    163. South Sudan: Juba
    164. Spain: Madrid
    165. Sri Lanka: Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
    166. Sudan: Khartoum
    167. Suriname: Paramaribo
    168. Swaziland: Mbabane
    169. Sweden: Stockholm
    170. Switzerland: Bern
    171. Syria: Damascus
    172. Taiwan: Taipei
    173. Tajikistan: Dushanbe
    174. Tanzania: Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
    175. Thailand: Bangkok
    176. Togo: Lome
    177. Tonga: Nuku'alofa
    178. Trinidad and Tobago: Port-of-Spain
    179. Tunisia: Tunis
    180. Turkey: Ankara
    181. Turkmenistan: Ashgabat
    182. Tuvalu: Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
    183. Uganda: Kampala
    184. Ukraine: Kyiv
    185. United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi
    186. United Kingdom: London
    187. United States of America: Washington, D.C.
    188. Uruguay: Montevideo
    189. Uzbekistan: Tashkent
    190. Vanuatu: Port-Vila
    191. Vatican City (Holy See): Vatican City
    192. Venezuela: Caracas
    193. Vietnam: Hanoi
    194. Yemen: Sanaa
    195. Zambia: Lusaka
    196. Zimbabwe: Harare

    An important fact to note is that the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the State of Israel are all located in Jerusalem, making it the capital; nonetheless, almost all countries maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv. President Donald Trump moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem in 2018 and others may follow, possibly just to "curry favor" with the United States for aid in their own crises, Eric Olson told the Washington Post.

    While the listing above is an authoritative listing of the independent countries of the world, it is important to note that there are also more than 80 territories, colonies, and dependencies of independent countries, which often have their own capital cities as well.

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    1. "Independent States in the World." Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, 27 March 2019.

    2. "Member States of the United Nations." United Nations.

    3. Lawrence, Susan V. "Taiwan: Select Political and Security Issues." Congressional Research Service, 21 Jan. 2020.

    4. "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty." Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 7 March 2019.

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    How Many World Capitals Can You Name? (2024)

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