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