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| <center>[[Iceland]] ||<center> [[Reykjavík]] ||<center> '''Ísland''' ||<center> '''Reykjavík''' ||<center> [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]
| <center>[[Iceland]] ||<center> [[Reykjavík]] ||<center> '''Ísland''' ||<center> '''Reykjavík''' ||<center> [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]
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| <center>[[India]] ||<center> [[New Delhi]] ||<center> '''Bharôt'''<br/>ভাৰত<br/>'''Bharot'''<br/>ভারত<br/>'''India, Hindustan'''<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>ભારત<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>भारत<br/>'''Bhārata'''<br/>ಭಾರತ<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>भारत<br/>'''{{Unicode|Inḍya}}''', '''Bhāratam'''<br/>ഇന്ത്യ, ഭാരതം<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>भारत<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>भारत<br/>'''Bharôtô'''<br/>ଭାରତ<br/>'''Bhārat<br/>ਭਾਰਤ<br/>'''Bhāratam'''<br/>भारतम्<br/>'''Bhāratu'''<br/>'''Indiyā''', '''Bārata'''<br/>இந்தியா, பாரத<br/>'''Bhāratadēsham'''<br/>భారత దేశం <br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>||<center> '''Nôtun Dilli'''<br/>নয়া দিল্লী<br/>'''Nôea Dilli'''<br/>নয়া দিল্লী<br/>'''New Delhi'''<br/>'''Navī Dilhī'''<br/>નવી દિલ્હી<br/>'''Naī Dillī'''<br/>नई दिल्ली<br/>'''Nava Dehali'''<br/>ನವ ದೆಹಲಿ<br/>'''Dilī'''<br/>'''Navī Dillī'''<br/>नवी दिल्ली<br/>'''{{Unicode|Nyūḍalhi}}'''<br/>ന്യൂഡല്ഹി<br/>'''Navī Dillī'''<br/>नवी दिल्ली<br/><br/>'''Nūadillī'''<br/>ନୂଆଦିଲ୍ଲୀ<br/>'''Navīñ Dillī'''<br/>ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ<br/>'''Nava Dehalī'''<br/>दिल्ली<br/>'''Naīñ Dihlī'''<br/>'''{{Unicode|Puduḍilli}}'''<br/>புதுடில்லி<br/>'''{{Unicode|Krothha ḍhillī}}'''<br/>క్రొత్త ఢిల్లీ<br/>'''Posa Dehali'''<br/><br/>'''Naī Dĕhlī, Naī Dillī'''||<center> [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br/>([[Assamese script]])<br/>[[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br/>([[Bengali script]])<br/>[[English language|English]]<br/>[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br/>([[Gujarāti script]])<br/>[[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br/>([[Devanagari|Devanagari script]])<br/>[[Kannada language|Kannada]]<br/>([[Kannada script]])<br/>[[Konkani language|Konkani]]<br/>([[Devanagari|Devanagari script]])<br/>[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]<br/>([[Malayalam script]])<br/>[[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br/>([[Devanagari|Devanagari script]])<br/>[[Nepali language|Nepali]]<br/>([[Devanagari|Devanagari script]])<br/>[[Oriya language|Oriya]]<br/>([[Oriya script]])<br/>[[Punjabi language|Panjabi]]<br/>([[Gurmukhi script]])<br/>[[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]<br/>[[Devanagari|Devanagari script]]<br/>[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]<br/>([[Sindhi language#Writing system|Perso-Arabic script]])<br/>[[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br/>([[Tamil script]])<br/>[[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br/>([[Telugu script]])<br/>[[Tulu language|Tulu]]<br/>([[Kannada script]]
| <center>[[India]] ||<center> [[New Delhi]] ||<center> '''Bharôt'''<br/>ভাৰত<br/>'''Bharot'''<br/>ভারত<br/>'''India, Hindustan'''<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>ભારત<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>भारत<br/>'''Bhārata'''<br/>ಭಾರತ<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>भारत<br/>'''{{Unicode|Inḍya}}''', '''Bhāratam'''<br/>ഇന്ത്യ, ഭാരതം<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>भारत<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>भारत<br/>'''Bharôtô'''<br/>ଭାରତ<br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>ਭਾਰਤ<br/>'''Bhāratam'''<br/>भारतम्<br/>'''Bhāratu'''<br/>'''Indiyā''', '''Bārata'''<br/>இந்தியா, பாரத<br/>'''Bhāratadēsham'''<br/>భారత దేశం <br/>'''Bhārat'''<br/>||<center> '''Nôtun Dilli'''<br/>নয়া দিল্লী<br/>'''Nôea Dilli'''<br/>নয়া দিল্লী<br/>'''New Delhi'''<br/>'''Navī Dilhī'''<br/>નવી દિલ્હી<br/>'''Naī Dillī'''<br/>नई दिल्ली<br/>'''Nava Dehali'''<br/>ನವ ದೆಹಲಿ<br/>'''Dilī'''<br/>'''Navī Dillī'''<br/>नवी दिल्ली<br/>'''{{Unicode|Nyūḍalhi}}'''<br/>ന്യൂഡല്ഹി<br/>'''Navī Dillī'''<br/>नवी दिल्ली<br/><br/>'''Nūadillī'''<br/>ନୂଆଦିଲ୍ଲୀ<br/>'''Navīñ Dillī'''<br/>ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ<br/>'''Nava Dehalī'''<br/>दिल्ली<br/>'''Naīñ Dihlī'''<br/>'''{{Unicode|Puduḍilli}}'''<br/>புதுடில்லி<br/>'''{{Unicode|Krothha ḍhillī}}'''<br/>క్రొత్త ఢిల్లీ<br/>'''Posa Dehali'''<br/><br/>'''Naī Dĕhlī, Naī Dillī'''||<center> [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br/>([[Assamese script]])<br/>[[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br/>([[Bengali script]])<br/>[[English language|English]]<br/>[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br/>([[Gujarāti script]])<br/>[[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br/>([[Devanagari|Devanagari script]])<br/>[[Kannada language|Kannada]]<br/>([[Kannada script]])<br/>[[Konkani language|Konkani]]<br/>([[Devanagari|Devanagari script]])<br/>[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]<br/>([[Malayalam script]])<br/>[[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br/>([[Devanagari|Devanagari script]])<br/>[[Nepali language|Nepali]]<br/>([[Devanagari|Devanagari script]])<br/>[[Oriya language|Oriya]]<br/>([[Oriya script]])<br/>[[Punjabi language|Panjabi]]<br/>([[Gurmukhi script]])<br/>[[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]<br/>[[Devanagari|Devanagari script]]<br/>[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]<br/>([[Sindhi language#Writing system|Perso-Arabic script]])<br/>[[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br/>([[Tamil script]])<br/>[[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br/>([[Telugu script]])<br/>[[Tulu language|Tulu]]<br/>([[Kannada script]]
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|-
| <center>[[Indonesia]] ||<center> [[Jakarta]] ||<center> '''Indonesia''' ||<center> '''Jakarta'''||<center> [[Indonesian language|Bahasa Indonesia]]
| <center>[[Indonesia]] ||<center> [[Jakarta]] ||<center> '''Indonesia''' ||<center> '''Jakarta'''||<center> [[Indonesian language|Bahasa Indonesia]]

Revision as of 15:44, 24 April 2013

The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English as well as any additional official language(s).

A

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Abkhazia[1]
Sukhumi
Apsny
Аҧсны
Abkhaziya
Абхазия
Aqwa
Аҟəа
Sukhum
Сухум
Abkhaz
(Abkhaz Cyrillic script)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Afghanistan
Kabul
Afghanestan
افغانستان
Kabul
كابل
Pashto/Dari
(Arabic script)
Albania
Tirana
Shqipëria
Tiranë
Albanian
Algeria
Algiers
Dzayer
ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ
Al-Jazā'ir
الجزائر
Dzayer
ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ
Al-Jazā'ir
الجزائر
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
American Samoa[2]
Pago Pago
Amerika Sāmoa
American Samoa
Pago Pago
Pago Pago
Samoan
English
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Catalan
Angola
Luanda
Angola
Luanda
Portuguese
Anguilla[3]
The Valley
Anguilla
The Valley
English
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John's
Antigua and Barbuda
St. John's
English
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Armenia
Yerevan
Hayastán
Հայաստան
Yerevan
Երեվան
Armenian
(Armenian alphabet)
Aruba[4]
Oranjestad
Aruba
Aruba
Oranjestad
Oranjestad
Dutch
Papiamento
Australia
Canberra
Australia
Canberra
English/ Aboriginal native languages
Austria
Vienna
Österreich
Wien
German
Azerbaijan
Baku
Azərbaycan
Bakı
Azerbaijani
(Latin script)

B

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
The Bahamas
Nassau
The Bahamas
Nassau
English
Bahrain
Manama
Al-Baḥrayn
البحرين
Al-Manāmah
المنامة
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশ
Ḍhaka
ঢাকা
Bengali
(Bengali script)
Barbados
Bridgetown
Barbados
Bridgetown
English
Belarus
Minsk
Belarus’
Беларусь
Biełaruś
Belorussiya or Belorussiâ
Белоруссия
Minsk (Mensk)
Мінск (Менск)
Miensk
Minsk
Минск
Belarusian (archaic form)
(Cyrillic script)
(Latin Belarusian Alphabet)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Belgium
Brussels
België
Belgique
Belgien
Brussel
Bruxelles
Brüssel
Dutch
French
German
Belize
Belmopan
English
Benin
Porto-Novo
Bénin
Porto-Novo
French
Bermuda[3]
Hamilton
English
Bhutan
Thimphu
Druk Yul
འབྲུག་ཡུལ
Thimphu
ཐིམ་ཕུ
Dzongkha
Bolivia
La Paz
Bolivia
Buliwya
Wuliwya
Volívia
La Paz
Chuqiyapu
Chuqiyapu
La Paz
Spanish
Quechua
Aymara
Guaraní
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Bosna i Hercegovina
Босна и Херцеговина
Sarajevo
Сарајево
Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian
(Cyrillic script)
Botswana
Gaborone
English
Brazil
Brasília
Brasil
Brasília
Portuguese
British Virgin Islands[3]
Road Town
English
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei
بروني
Bandar Seri Begawan or Bandar
باندر سري بڬاون
Malay
(Jawi script)
Bulgaria
Sofia
Bulgariya or Bălgarija
България
Sofiya or Sofija[5]
София
Bulgarian
(Cyrillic script)
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
French
Burma
Naypyidaw
Myanmar
မြန်မာ
Nay Pyi Taw
နေပြည်တော်
Burmese
(Burmese alphabet)
Burundi
Bujumbura
Kirundi, French

C

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Kampuchea
កម្ពុជា
Phnom Penh
ភ្នំពេញ
Khmer
ខ្មែរ
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Cameroun
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Yaoundé
French
English
Canada
Ottawa
English
French
Indigenous
Cape Verde
Praia
Cabo Verde
Praia
Portuguese
Cayman Islands[3]
George Town
English
Central African Republic
Bangui
République Centrafricaine
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Bangui
Bangî
French
Sango
Chad
N'Djamena
Tchad
Tšād
تشاد
Ndjamena
Nijāmīnā
نجامينا
French
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Chile
Santiago
Spanish
China (People's Republic of China)
Beijing
Zhōngguó (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)
中国 (中华人民共和国)
Běijīng
北京
Mandarin Chinese
(Simplified Chinese characters)
Christmas Island[6]
Flying Fish Cove
English
Cocos Islands[6]
West Island
English
Colombia
Bogotá
Spanish
Comoros
Moroni
Komori
Juzur al-Qamar
جزر القمر
Comores
Moroni
Moroni
موروني
Moroni
Shikomor
Arabic
(Arabic script)
French
Cook Islands[7]
Avarua
English
Costa Rica
San José
Spanish
Côte d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro
French
Croatia
Zagreb
Hrvatska
Zagreb
Croatian
Cuba
Havana
Cuba
La Habana
Spanish
Curaçao[4]
Willemstad
Curaçao
Kòrsou
Willemstad
Willemstad
Dutch
Papiamento
Cyprus
Nicosia
Kypros
Κύπρος
Kıbrıs
Lefkosia
Λευκωσία
Lefkoşa
Greek
(Greek alphabet)
Turkish
Czech Republic
Prague
Česká republika
Česko
Praha
Czech

D

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
République démocratique du Congo
Kinshasa
French
Denmark
Copenhagen
Danmark
København
Danish
Djibouti
Djibouti
Jībūtī
جيبوتي
Djibouti
Jībūtī
جيبوتي
Djibouti
Arabic
(Arabic script)
French
Dominica
Roseau
English
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
República Dominicana
Santo Domingo
Spanish

E

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
East Timor
Díli
Timor Lorosa'e
Timor-Leste
Díli
Díli
Tetum
Portuguese
Ecuador
Quito
Spanish
Egypt
Cairo
Misr or Masr
مصر
Al-Qāhirah
القاهرة
Arabic
(Arabic script)
El Salvador
San Salvador
Spanish
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
Guinea Ecuatorial
Malabo
Spanish
Eritrea
Asmara
Iritriya
إرتريا
Erta
ኤርትራ
Asmaraa
أسمرا
Asmära
አሥመራ
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Tigrinya
Estonia
Tallinn
Eesti
Tallinn
Estonian
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Ityop'ia
ኢትዮጵያ
Addis Abäba
አዲስ አበ
Amharic

F

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Falkland Islands[3]
Stanley
English
Faroe Islands[8]
Tórshavn
Føroyar
Færøerne
Tórshavn
Thorshavn
Faroese
Danish
Fiji
Suva
Fiji
Viti
फ़िजी
Suva
English
Fijian
Fiji Hindi
Finland
Helsinki
Suomi
Finland
Helsinki
Helsingfors
Finnish
Swedish
France
Paris
French
French Guiana[9]
Cayenne
Guyane
Cayenne
French
French Polynesia[10]
Papeete
Polynésie française
Papeete
French

G

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Gabon
Libreville
French
The Gambia
Banjul
English
Georgia
Tbilisi
Sak'art'velo
საქართველო
Tbilisi
თბილისი
Georgian
(Georgian alphabet)
Germany
Berlin
Deutschland
Berlin
German
Ghana
Accra
English
Akan
Fante
Twi
Ga
Dagbani
Ewe
Gibraltar[3]
Gibraltar
English
Greece
Athens
Hellas
Ελλάς
or
Ellada
Ελλάδα
Athinai
Αθήναι
or
Athina
Αθήνα
Greek
(Greek alphabet)
Greenland[8]
Nuuk
Kalaallit Nunaat
Grønland
Nuuk
Godthåb
Greenlandic
Danish
Grenada
St. George's
English
Guadeloupe[9]
Basse-Terre
French
Guam[2]
Hagåtña
formerly Agaña
Guåhån
Hagåtña
English
Chamorro
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Guatemala
La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción
Spanish
Guernsey[11]
Saint Peter Port
English
Guinea
Conakry
Guinée
Gine
Gine
Conakry
Kɔnakiri
Konakiri
French
Maninka, Susu
Pular
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Guiné-Bissau
Bissau
Portuguese
Guyana
Georgetown
English

H

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Haïti
Ayiti
Port-au-Prince
Pòtoprens
French
Haitian Creole
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Spanish
Hong Kong[12]
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
香港
English
Cantonese Chinese
(Traditional Chinese characters)
Hungary
Budapest
Magyarország
Budapest
Hungarian

I

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Iceland
Reykjavík
Ísland
Reykjavík
Icelandic
India
New Delhi
Bharôt
ভাৰত
Bharot
ভারত
India, Hindustan
Bhārat
ભારત
Bhārat
भारत
Bhārata
ಭಾರತ
Bhārat
भारत
Inḍya, Bhāratam
ഇന്ത്യ, ഭാരതം
Bhārat
भारत
Bhārat
भारत
Bharôtô
ଭାରତ
Bhārat
ਭਾਰਤ
Bhāratam
भारतम्
Bhāratu
Indiyā, Bārata
இந்தியா, பாரத
Bhāratadēsham
భారత దేశం
Bhārat
Nôtun Dilli
নয়া দিল্লী
Nôea Dilli
নয়া দিল্লী
New Delhi
Navī Dilhī
નવી દિલ્હી
Naī Dillī
नई दिल्ली
Nava Dehali
ನವ ದೆಹಲಿ
Dilī
Navī Dillī
नवी दिल्ली
Nyūḍalhi
ന്യൂഡല്ഹി
Navī Dillī
नवी दिल्ली

Nūadillī
ନୂଆଦିଲ୍ଲୀ
Navīñ Dillī
ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ
Nava Dehalī
दिल्ली
Naīñ Dihlī
Puduḍilli
புதுடில்லி
Krothha ḍhillī
క్రొత్త ఢిల్లీ
Posa Dehali

Naī Dĕhlī, Naī Dillī
Assamese
(Assamese script)
Bengali
(Bengali script)
English
Gujarati
(Gujarāti script)
Hindi
(Devanagari script)
Kannada
(Kannada script)
Konkani
(Devanagari script)
Malayalam
(Malayalam script)
Marathi
(Devanagari script)
Nepali
(Devanagari script)
Oriya
(Oriya script)
Panjabi
(Gurmukhi script)
Sanskrit
Devanagari script
Sindhi
(Perso-Arabic script)
Tamil
(Tamil script)
Telugu
(Telugu script)
Tulu
(Kannada script
Indonesia
Jakarta
Indonesia
Jakarta
Bahasa Indonesia
Iran
Tehran
Īrān
ایران
Tehrān
تهران
Persian
(Arabic script)
Iraq
Baghdad
Al-'Iraq
العراق
Îraq
Baghdad
بغداد
Bexda
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Kurdish
Ireland
Dublin
Éire
Ireland
Baile Átha Cliath
Dublin
Irish
English
Isle of Man[11]
Douglas
Isle of Man
Ellan Vannin
Douglas
Doolish
English
Manx
Israel
Jerusalem
yisrael
ישראל
Isrā'īl
إسرائيل
Yerushalayim
יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
al-Quds
القدس
Hebrew
(Hebrew alphabet)
Arabic
(Arabic alphabet)
Italy
Rome
Italia
Roma
Italian

J

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Jamaica
Kingston
English
Japan
Tokyo
Nihon
Nippon
日本
Tōkyō
東京
Japanese
(Japanese characters)
Jersey[11]
St. Helier
Jersey
Jersey
Jèrri
St. Helier
Saint Hélier
Saint Hélyi
English
French
Jèrriais
Jordan
Amman
Al-’Urdun
الأردن
‘Ammān
عمان
Arabic
(Arabic script)

K

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Kazakhstan
Astana
Qazaqstan
Қазақстан
قازاقستان
Kazakhstán
Казахстан
Astana
Астана
استانا قالاسى
Astana
Астана
Kazakh
(Cyrillic script)
(Arabic script)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Kenya
Nairobi
English, Swahili
Kiribati
Tarawa[13]

English, Gilbertese
Kosovo[1]
Prishtinë
Kosova, Косово
Prishtinë, Приштина (Priština)
Albanian, Serbian
(Latin, Cyrillic)
Kuwait
Kuwait City
Al-Kuwayt
الكويت
Al-Kuwayt
الكويت
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Кыргызстан
Kirgizija
Киргизия
Bishkek
Бишкек
Bishkek
Бишкек
Kyrgyz
(Cyrillic script)
Russian
(Cyrillic script)

L

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Laos
Vientiane
Lao
ປະເທດລາວ
Vientiane or Vieng Chan
ວຽງຈັນ
Lao
Lao alphabet
Latvia
Riga
Latvija
Rīga
Latvian
Lebanon
Beirut
Lubnān
لبنان
Bayrūt
بيروت
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Lesotho
Maseru
Sesotho, English
Liberia
Monrovia
English
Libya
Tripoli
Libya
ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ
Lībiyā
ليبيا
Ṭrables
ⵟⵔⴰⴱⵍⴻⵙ
Tarabulus
طرابلس
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
German
Lithuania
Vilnius
Lietuva
Vilnius
Lithuanian
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Lëtzebuerg
Luxemburg
Luxembourg
Lëtzebuerg
Luxemburg
Luxembourg
Luxembourgish
German
French

M

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Macedonia
Skopje
Makedonija
Македонија
Skopje
Скопје
Macedonian
(Cyrillic script)
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Madagasikara
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Antananarivo/Tananarive
Malagasy
French
Malawi
Lilongwe
English, Chichewa
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Bahasa Malaysia
Maldives
Malé
Dhivehi Raajje
ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ
Malé
މާލެ
Dhivehi
(Thaana script)
Mali
Bamako
Mali
Mali
Bamako
Bamakɔ
French
Bambara
Malta
Valletta
Malta
Valletta or Il-Belt Valletta
Maltese
Marshall Islands
Majuro
English, Marshallese
Martinique[9]
Fort-de-France
French
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Muritan / Agawec
ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵜⴰⵏ / ⴰⴳⴰⵡⵛ
Mūrītānyā
موريتانيا
Nwakcuṭ / anu ukcuḍ
ⵏⵡⴰⴽⵛⵓⵟ / ⴰⵏⵓ ⵓⴽⵛⵓⴹ
nwakšūṭ
نواكشوط / أنو ؤكشوض
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Mauritius
Port Louis
Maurice
Port Louis
English
French
Mayotte[9]
Mamoudzou
Mayotte
Mamoudzou
French
Mexico
Mexico City
México
Mēxihco
Ciudad de México
Āltepētl Mēxihco
Spanish
Nahuatl
Federated States of Micronesia
Palikir
English
Moldova
Chișinău
Moldova
Chișinău
Romanian
Monaco
Monaco
French
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Mongol Uls
Монгол Улс
Ulaanbaatar
Улаанбаатар
Mongolian
(Cyrillic script)
Montenegro
Podgorica
Crna Gora
Црна Гора
Podgorica
Подгорица
Montenegrin
Montserrat[3]
Brades Estate[14]
English
Morocco
Rabat
Amerruk / Elmeɣrib
ⴰⵎⵔⵔⵓⴽ / ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ
Al-maɣréb
المغرب
Errbaṭ
ⵔⵔⴱⴰⵟ
Ar-ribaaṭ
الرباط
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Mozambique
Maputo
Moçambique
Maputo
Portuguese

N

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Namibia
Windhoek
Namibia
Windhoek
Windhuk
Windhoek
/Ae-//Gams
Otjomuise
English
German
Afrikaans
Damara/Nama
Herero
Nauru
Yaren (de facto)[15]
Nauru
Naoero
English
Nauruan
Nepal
Kathmandu
Nepāla
नेपाल
Kāṭhamāṇḍauṃ
काठमाण्डौं
Kāntipura
कान्तिपुर
Yen Dey
येँ देय्‌
Nepali
Devanagari
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Nederland
Nederlân
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Dutch
Frisian
New Caledonia[16]
Nouméa
Nouvelle-Calédonie
Nouméa
French
New Zealand[17]
Wellington
New Zealand
Aotearoa
Wellington
Poneke/Te Whanganui-a-Tara
English
Māori
Nicaragua
Managua
Spanish
Niger
Niamey
French
Nigeria
Abuja
English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin English, Ibibio, Efik
Niue[7]
Alofi
Niuē
Niue
Alofi
Alofi
Niuean
English
Norfolk Island[6]
Kingston
English
North Korea
P'yŏngyang
Chosŏn as called in NK
조선 / 朝鮮
Buk-han
P'yŏngyang
평양 / 平壌
Korean
(Hangul/Hanja)
Northern Cyprus[1]
North Nicosia
Kuzey Kıbrıs
Kuzey Lefkoşa
Turkish
Northern Mariana Islands[2]
Saipan
English
Norway
Oslo
Norge
Noreg
Oslo
Oslo
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk

O

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Oman
Muscat
‘Umān
عُمان
Masqaṭ
مسقط
Arabic
(Arabic script)

P

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Pakistan
Islamabad
Pākistān
پاکستان
Islāmabād
اسلام‌اباد
Urdu, English
Palau
Ngerulmud
Belau
Ngerulmud
English, Palauan
Palestinian National Authority[1]
Ramallah and Gaza
Filastīn
فلسطين
Rāmallāh, Ġazzah
رام الله, غزة
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Panama
Panama City
Panamá
Panamá
Spanish
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea
Papua Niugini
Papua Niugini
Port Moresby
Pot Mosbi
Pot Mosbi
English
Tok Pisin
Hiri Motu
Paraguay
Asunción
Paraguay
Paraguái
Asunción
Paraguay
Spanish
Guaraní
Peru
Lima
Perú
Lima
Spanish
Philippines
Manila
Pilipinas
Philippines
Filipinas
pilipins+
Filipinas
Pilipinas
Pilipinas
Filipinas
Pilipinas
Filipinas
Filipinas
Pilipinas
Maynila
Manila
Manila
My+nil
Manila
Menila
Menila
Manila
Manila
Menila
Manila
Manila
Filipino / Tagalog
English
Spanish
(Tagalog script)
Bikolono
Bisaya
Cebuano
Chavacano
Ilokano
Kapampangan
Pangasinan
Waray
Pitcairn Islands[3]
Adamstown
English
Poland
Warsaw
Polska
Warszawa
Polish
Portugal
Lisbon
Portugal
Lisboa
Portuguese
Puerto Rico[2]
San Juan
Spanish

Q

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Qatar
Doha
Qaṭar
قطر
Ad-Dawḥah
الدوحة
Arabic
(Arabic script)

R

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville
République du Congo
Brazzaville
French
Réunion[9]
Saint-Denis
Réunion
Saint-Denis
French
Romania
Bucharest
România
București
Romanian
Russia
Moscow
Rossiya or Rossiâ
Россия1
Moskva
Москва
Russian
(Cyrillic script)
Rwanda
Kigali
French, Kinyarwanda, English

S

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Saint Barthélemy[10]
Gustavia
Saint-Barthélemy
Gustavia
French
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha[3]
Jamestown
English
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
English
Saint Martin[10]
Marigot
Saint-Martin
Marigot
French
Saint Lucia
Castries
English
Saint Pierre and Miquelon[10]
Saint-Pierre
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Saint-Pierre
French
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
English
Samoa
Apia
English
Samoan
San Marino
San Marino
Italian
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé
São Tomé e Príncipe
São Tomé
Portuguese
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Al-Mamlaka Al-‘Arabiyyah as Sa‘ūdiyyah
المملكة العربية السعودية
Ar-Riyāḍ
الرياض
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Senegal
Dakar
Sénégal
Dakar
French
Serbia
Belgrade
Србија
Београд
Serbian
Seychelles
Victoria
Sesel
Seychelles
Seychelles
Victoria or Port Victoria
Seychellois Creole
French
English
Sierra Leone
Freetown
English
Singapore
Singapore City
Singapura
Singapore
Xīnjiāpō
新加坡
Singapur
சிங்கப்பூர்
Malay
English
Mandarin Chinese
(Simplified Chinese characters)
Tamil
(Tamil script)
Sint Maarten[4]
Philipsburg
Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten
Philipsburg
Philipsburg
Dutch
English
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovensko
Bratislava
Slovak
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Slovenija
Ljubljana
Slovene
Solomon Islands
Honiara
Solomon Islands
Solomon Aelan
Honiara
Honiala
English
Neo-Solomonic
Somalia
Mogadishu
Soomaaliya
aş-Şūmāl
الصومال
Muqdisho
Maqadīshū
مقديشو
Somali
Arabic
(Arabic script)
South Africa
Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital), Bloemfontein, (judicial capital)
South Africa
Suid-Afrika
iNingizimu Afrika
uMzantsi Afrika
Afrika-Borwa
Afrika Borwa
Aforika Borwa
Afurika Tshipembe
Afrika Dzonga
iNingizimu Afrika
iSewula Afrika
Pretoria, Cape Town
Pretoria, Kaapstad
iPitoli, iKapa
iPitoli, iKapa
Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria
Pitori
iPitoli
iPitori
English
Afrikaans
isiZulu
isiXhosa
Pedi
Sotho
Tswana
Venda
Tsonga
Swazi
Ndebele
South Korea
Seoul
Hanguk as called in SK
한국 / 韓國
Nam-josŏn
Seoul
서울
Korean
(Hangul/Hanja)
South Sudan
Juba
English
South Ossetia[1]
Tskhinval
Khussar Iryston
Хуссар Ирыстон
Samkhret Oseti
სამხრეთი ოსეთი
Южная Осетия
Yuzhnaya Osetiya
Chreba
Чъреба
Tskhinvali
ცხინვალი
Tskhinval
Цхинвал
Ossetic
Georgian
Russian
Spain
Madrid
España
Espanya
Espainia
Espanha
Madrid
Madrid
Madril
Madrid
Spanish/Galician
Catalan
Basque
Aranese
Sri Lanka
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Sri Lankā
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
இலங்கை
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ
ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டை
Sinhala
Tamil
Sudan
Khartoum
As-Sudan
السودان
Al-Khartûm
الخرطوم
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Suriname
Paramaribo
Dutch
Svalbard[18]
Longyearbyen
Svalbard
Longyearbyen
Norwegian
Swaziland
Mbabane
English
Sweden
Stockholm
Sverige
Stockholm
Swedish
Switzerland
Bern
Schweiz
Suisse
Svizzera
Svizra
Bern
Berne
Berna
Berna
German
French
Italian
Romansh
Syria
Damascus
Suriyah
سورية
Dimashq / Ash-Sham
الشام / دمشق
Arabic
(Arabic script)

T

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Taiwan
(Republic of China)[1]
Taipei Zhōnghuá Mínguó or Táiwan
中華民國 or 臺灣/台灣
Táiběi
臺北/台北
Chinese
(Traditional Chinese characters)
Tajikistan Dushanbe Tojikistan
Тоҷикистон
Dushanbe
Душанбе
Tajiki-Persian
(Cyrilic)
Tanzania Dodoma English
Thailand Bangkok Mueang Thai, Prathet Thai, Ratcha-anachak Thai
เมืองไทย, ประเทศไทย, ราชอาณาจักรไทย
Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
กรุงเทพฯ, กรุงเทพมหานคร
Thai
Togo Lomé French
Tokelau[19] English
Tonga Nukuʻalofa Tonga Nukuʻalofa Tongan
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain English
Tunisia
Tunis
Tunes
ⵜⵓⵏⵙ
Tūns
تونس
Tunes
ⵜⵓⵏⵙ
Tūns
تونس
Berber language
(Tifinagh script)
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Turkey Ankara Türkiye Ankara Turkish
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Türkmenistan Aşgabat Turkmen
Turks and Caicos Islands[3] Cockburn Town English
Tuvalu Fongafale (in Funafuti) English

U

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Uganda
Kampala
English
Ukraine
Kiev
Ukraїna
Україна
Kyїv
Київ
Ukrainian
(Cyrillic script)
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Al-’Imārat Al-‘Arabiyyah Al-Muttaḥidah
الإمارات العربيّة المتّحدة
‘Abū ẓabī
أبوظبي
Arabic
(Arabic script)
United Kingdom
London
United Kingdom
Y Deyrnas Unedig
Unitit Kinrick
Rìoghachd Aonaichte
Ríocht Aontaithe
An Rywvaneth Unys
London
Llundain
Lunnon
Lunnainn
Londain
Loundres
English
Welsh
Scottish
Scots Gaelic
Irish
Cornish
United States
Washington, D.C.
United States
États-Unis
'Amelika-hui-pu-'ia
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.
Wakinekona or Wasinetona
English
Cajun French
Indigenous
Hawaiian
United States Virgin Islands[2]
Charlotte Amalie
English
Uruguay
Montevideo
República Oriental del Uruguay
Montevideo
Spanish
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
O‘zbekiston
Ўзбекистон
Toshkent
Тошкент
Uzbek
(Cyrillic script)

V

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Vanuatu
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Port-Vila
French
Vatican City
Città del Vaticano
Italian
Venezuela
Caracas
Spanish
Vietnam
Hanoi
Việt Nam
Hà Nội
Vietnamese

W, Y, Z

Country (exonym) Capital (exonym) Country (endonym) Capital (endonym) Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script)
Wallis and Futuna[10]
Matâ'Utu
Wallis-et-Futuna
Matâ'Utu
French
Yemen
Sana'a
Al-Yaman
اليمن
Ṣan‘ā’
‫ﺻﻨﻌﺎﺀ‬
Arabic
(Arabic script)
Zambia
Lusaka
English
Zimbabwe
Harare
Shona

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Not universally recognised.
  2. ^ a b c d e Insular area of the United States.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j British Overseas Territory.
  4. ^ a b c Constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  5. ^ Bulgarian and Russian can be transliterated in various ways, therefore the two most generally used transliterations are given here.
  6. ^ a b c External territory of Australia.
  7. ^ a b In free association with New Zealand.
  8. ^ a b Constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
  9. ^ a b c d e Overseas department of France.
  10. ^ a b c d e Overseas collectivity of France.
  11. ^ a b c British Crown Dependency.
  12. ^ Special administrative region of China.
  13. ^ Bairiki Village is the former capital of Kiribati and is still the seat of the Presidency, but the official capital is now South Tarawa.
  14. ^ Brades Estate has been the de facto capital since a volcanic eruption in 1995 covered the official capital of Plymouth, leaving it uninhabitable.
  15. ^ Nauru is the only country in the world without an official capital.
  16. ^ Sui generis collectivity of France.
  17. ^ The country has a third official language in New Zealand Sign Language.
  18. ^ Integral part of Norway.
  19. ^ Dependency of New Zealand

See also