World Countries & Capitals - Your Complete Study Guide on World Countries & Their Capitals

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If I were to ask if you knew how many countries are present in today’s world, what would be your answer? Well, you’d be guessing a random number, right? Well, so was I until I searched up the internet and began to dive deep into this simple, yet intriguing question. And the more I researched, the more I came across some interesting facts.

What is a Country?

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a country is defined as an area of land that has its government, army, etc. Another explanation defines a country basically as a region characterized by specific borders or boundaries and also different geographies. It could be a state associated with a larger one that has fixed political norms, or it could be a sovereign nation with its own government.

However, today many people claim that a region is not a country unless it has been recognized by the United Nations. Then, according to this theory, there are 195 countries in the world today, of which 2 are observer states – The Holy See Vatican City and the State of Palestine.

These 195 countries are all affiliated with the United Nations and they are all recognized as independent countries by every organization all around the world. However, some theories also state that there are around 249 countries in the world today.

List of Countries and their Capitals:

So let's have a look at the all countries of the world along with their capitals. Please note that if you see the same country more than once on two different continents, it is only because that they have one portion of their country in one continent and the remaining portion of their country in the other country and they are connected by Geographical territories.

Asia:

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• Afghanistan – Kabul

• Armenia – Yerevan

• Azerbaijan – Baku

• Bahrain – Manama

• Bangladesh – Dhaka

• Bhutan – Thimphu

• Brunei – Bandar Seri Begawan

• Burma (Myanmar) – Naypyidaw

• Cambodia – Phnom Penh

• China – Beijing

• Georgia – T’bilisi

• India – New Delhi

• Indonesia – Jakarta

• Iran – Tehran

• Iraq – Baghdad

• Israel – Jerusalem

• Japan – Tokyo

• Jordan – Amman

• Kazakhstan – Astana

• Korea, North – Pyongyang

• Korea, South – Seoul

• Kuwait – Kuwait City

• Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek

• Laos – Vientiane

• Lebanon – Beirut

• Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur

• Maldives – Male

• Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar

• Nepal – Kathmandu

• Oman – Muscat

• Pakistan – Islamabad

• The Philippines – Manila

• Qatar – Doha

• Russia – Moscow

• Saudi Arabia – Riyadh

• Singapore – Singapore

• Sri Lanka – Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (Administrative), Colombo

• Syria – Damascus

• Taiwan – Taipei

• Tajikistan – Dushanbe

• Thailand – Bangkok

• Tibet (PR China) – Lhasa

• Timor-Leste – Dili

• Turkey – Ankara

• Turkmenistan – Ashgabat

• United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi

• Uzbekistan – Tashkent

• Vietnam – Hanoi

• Yemen – Sanaa

Europe:

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• Albania – Tirana

• Andorra – Andorra-la-Vella

• Armenia – Yerevan

• Austria – Vienna

• Azerbaijan – Baku

• Belarus – Minsk

• Belgium – Brussels

• Bosnia & Herzegovina – Sarajevo

• Bulgaria – Sofia

• Croatia – Zagreb

• Cyprus – Nicosia

• Czech Republic – Prague

• Denmark – Copenhagen

• Estonia – Tallinn

• Finland – Helsinki

• France – Paris

• French Guiana – Cayenne

• Georgia – Tbilisi

• Germany – Berlin

• Greece – Athens

• Hungary – Budapest

• Iceland – Reykjavik

• Italy – Rome

• Latvia – Riga

• Liechtenstein – Vaduz

• Lithuania – Vilnius

• Luxemburg – Luxemburg

• Macedonia – Skopje

• Malta – Valletta

• Martinique – Fort-de-France

• Moldova – Kishinev

• Monaco – Monaco

• Netherlands – Amsterdam, The Hague (Political Capital)

• Norway – Oslo

• Northern Ireland – Belfast

• Poland – Warsaw

• Portugal – Lisbon

• Romania – Bucharest

• Russia – Moscow

• San Marino – San Marino

• Scotland – Edinburgh

• Slovakia – Bratislava

• Slovenia – Ljubljana

• Spain – Madrid

• Sweden – Stockholm

• Switzerland – Berne

• Tajikistan – Dushanbe

• Ukraine – Kiev

• The United Kingdom – London

• Uzbekistan – Tashkent

• Vatican City – Vatican City

• Yugoslavia – Belgrade

Africa:

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• Algeria – Algiers

• Angola – Luanda

• Benin – Porto-Novo

• Botswana – Gaborone

• Burkina Faso – Ouagadougou

• Burundi – Bujumbura

• Cameroon – Yaoundé

• Cape Verde – Praia

• Central African Republic – Bangui

• Chad – N’Djamena

• Comoros – Moroni

• Congo – Brazzaville

• Djibouti – Djibouti

• Egypt – Cairo

• Equatorial Guinea – Malabo

• Eritrea – Asmara

• Ethiopia – Addis Ababa

• Gabon – Libreville

• Gambia – Banjul

• Ghana – Accra

• Guinea – Conakry

• Guinea-Bissau – Bissau

• Ivory Coast – Yamoussoukro

• Kenya – Nairobi

• Lesotho – Maseru

• Liberia – Monrovia

• Libya – Tripoli

• Madagascar – Antananarivo

• Malawi – Lilongwe

• Mali – Bamako

• Mauritania – Nouakchott

• Mauritius – Port Louis

• Mayotte – Dzaoudzi and Mamoudzou

• Morocco – Rabat

• Mozambique – Maputo

• Namibia – Windhoek

• Niger – Niamey

• Nigeria – Abuja

• Reunion – Saint-Denis

• Rwanda – Kigali

• Sao Tome and Principe – Sao Tome

• Senegal – Dakar

• Seychelles – Victoria

• Sierre Leone – Freetown

• Somalia – Mogadishu

• South Africa – Cape Town (Legislative)

• St. Helena – Jamestown

• Swaziland – Mbabane and Lobamba

• Tanzania – Dar es Salaam

• Togo – Lomé

• Tunisia – Tunis

• Uganda – Kampala

• Zambia – Lusaka

• Zimbabwe – Harare

North America:

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• United States of America – Washington, D.C

• Canada – Ottawa

South America:

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• Brazil – Brasilia

• Colombia – Bogota

• Argentina – Buenos Aires

• Peru – Lima

• Venezuela – Caracas

• Chile – Santiago

• Ecuador – Quito

• Bolivia – Sucre (Legislative)

• Paraguay – Asuncion

• Uruguay – Montevideo

• Guyana – Georgetown

• Suriname – Paramaribo

Central America:

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• Mexico – Mexico

• Guatemala – Guatemala City

• Honduras – Tegucigalpa

• Nicaragua – Managua

• El Salvador – San Salvador

• Costa Rica – San Jose

• Panama – Panama (City)

• Belize – Belmopan

Caribbean:

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• Haiti – Port au Prince

• Cuba – Havana (La Habana)

• Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo

• Jamaica – Kingston

• Trinidad and Tobago – Port of Spain

• The Bahamas – Nassau

• Barbados – Bridgetown

• Saint Lucia – Castries

• Grenada – Saint George’s

• St. Vincent & Grenadines – Kingstown

• Antigua and Barbuda – Saint John’s (St John’s)

• Dominica – Roseau

• Saint Kitts & Nevis – Basseterre

Oceania:

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• Australia – Canberra

• Papua New Guinea – Port Moresby

• New Zealand – Wellington

• Fiji – Suva

• Solomon Islands – Honiara

• Micronesia – Palikir

• Vanuatu – Port Vila

• Samoa – Apia

• Kiribati – (South) Tarawa

• Tonga – Nuku’alofa

• Marshall Islands – Majuro

• Palau – Ngerulmud

• Tuvalu – Funafuti

Conclusion:

Hence 195 countries are recognized by the UN, while the remaining 50 nations claim themselves to be independent territories. As long as specific standards are developed for defining a country, the exact number of countries will remain to be a hot debate.

So I hope you found this article useful. You can use this article to spend your free time and your leisure breaks, to memorize the names of all these countries and their capitals. Bookmark this article right away, so that you can easily access this article for any doubt or further clarification. 

Parents can also encourage their children to learn sets of names of these countries along with their capitals, each day and, to make good use of their time during this lockdown. Who knows, they may visit all of them one day! Happy Learning!

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.” - Socrates

Written By - Daniel Deepak Charles