Countries And Capitals List – How Many Do You Know?
Looking for a list of countries and capitals? Here’s a FULL comprehensive list of all countries and capital cities.
Let’s chat about countries and capitals.
If you are looking for a list of countries and their capitals then you have come to the right place!
This post may sound like this is a geography lesson but bear with me, there is a method to my madness.
When I was a little girl I was obsessed with exploring the world map. I wanted to learn about new countries and I tried to imagine what it would be like to live in the more remote parts of the world.
Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Back then I taught myself the more popular capitals of the world (yes, FOR FUN but just don’t test me today because my memory seems to be permanently affected post-baby brain).
Kids nowadays are not always encouraged to act on this natural curiosity EVEN THOUGH we are now in a better position than ever before to learn more about the world around us.
So pull out a world map.
Point out different countries to your kids. Research what life is like in these other countries. Incite their curiosity to dream of far-off places and connect with the world at large.
Trust me when I say this: curiosity and determination will help your kids find the key that opens doors for them in the future.
The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it and turn it inside out.
So How Many Continents Are There In The World?
There are seven continents in the world. Here they are listed in order of size:
1 – Asia
2 – Africa
3 – North America
4 – South America
5 – Antarctica
6 – Europe
7 – Australia
How Many Countries Are There In The World Today?
The general consensus is that there are currently 195 countries in the world (but this doesn’t include Greenland, Kosovo, Taiwan or Palestine for example).
Each country has a capital city which is special and important to the country. Capitals are usually large cities but no, they are not always the largest city in the country.
The capital city is where the government of the country functions and makes its important decisions.
Here are the countries and their capital cities of the world (listed by continent):
COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS
CONTINENT: Africa
Country with Capital
ALGERIA
Algiers
ANGOLA
Luanda
BENIN
Porto-Novo
BOTSWANA
Gaborone
BURKINA FASO
Ouagadougou
BURUNDI
Bujumbura
CAMEROON
Yaounde
CAPE VERDE
Praia
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Bangui
CHAD
N’Djamena
COMOROS
Moroni
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)
Kinshasa
CONGO (REPUBLIC OF)
Brazzaville
COTE D’IVOIRE
Yamoussoukro
DJIBOUTI
Djibouti
EGYPT
Cairo
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Malabo
ERITREA
Asmara
ETHIOPIA
Addis Ababa
GABON
Libreville
GAMBIA
Banjul
GHANA
Accra
GUINEA
Conakry
GUINEA-BISSAU
Bissau
KENYA
Nairobi
LESOTHO
Maseru
LIBERIA
Monrovia
LIBYA
Tripoli
MADAGASCAR
Antananarivo
MALAWI
Lilongwe
MALI
Bamako
MAURITANIA
Nouakchott
MAURITIUS
Port Louis
MOROCCO
Rabat
MOZAMBIQUE
Maputo
NAMIBIA
Windhoek
NIGER
Niamey
NIGERIA
Abuja
RWANDA
Kigali
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Sao Tome
SENEGAL
Dakar
SEYCHELLES
Victoria
SIERRA LEONE
Freetown
SOMALIA
Mogadishu
SOUTH AFRICA
Pretoria, Cape Town & Bloemfontein (yes, three!)
SUDAN
Khartoum
SWAZILAND
Mbabane and Lobamba
TANZANIA
Dar es Salaam
TOGO
Lome
TUNISIA
Tunis
UGANDA
Kampala
WESTERN SAHARA
Laayoune
ZAMBIA
Lusaka
ZIMBABWE
Harare
COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS
CONTINENT: Asia (and Middle East)
Country with Capital
AFGHANISTAN
Kabul
BANGLADESH
Dhaka
BHUTAN
Thimphu
BRUNEI
Bandar Seri Begawan
BURMA
Naypyidaw
BAHRAIN
Manama
CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh
CHINA
Beijing
EAST TIMOR
Dili
HONG KONG
None, special region of China
INDIA
New Delhi
INDONESIA
Jakarta
IRAN
Tehran
IRAQ
Baghdad
ISRAEL
Jerusalem
JAPAN
Tokyo
JORDAN
Amman
KAZAKHSTAN
Astana
KOREA, NORTH
P’yongyang
KOREA, SOUTH
Seoul
KUWAIT
Kuwait City
KYRGYZSTAN
Bishkek
LAOS
Vientiane
LEBANON
Beirut
MACAU
Macau
MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur
MALDIVES
Male
MONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar
NEPAL
Kathmandu
OMAN
Muscat
PAKISTAN
Islamabad
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Port Moresby
PHILIPPINES
Manila
RUSSIA
Moscow
SAUDI ARABIA
Riyadh
SINGAPORE
Singapore
SRI LANKA
Colombo
SYRIA
Damascus
TAIWAN
Taipei
TAJIKISTAN
Dushanbe
THAILAND
Bangkok
TURKMENISTAN
Ashgabat
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Abu Dhabi
UZBEKISTAN
Tashkent
VIETNAM
Hanoi
YEMEN
Sanaa
COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS
CONTINENT: Europe
Country with Capital
ALBANIA
Tirana
ANDORRA
Andorra la Vella
ARMENIA
Yerevan
AZERBAIJAN
Baku
AUSTRIA
Vienna
BELARUS
Minsk
BELGIUM
Brussels
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVIN
Sarajevo
BULGARIA
Sofia
CROATIA
Zagreb
CYPRUS
Nicosia
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague
DENMARK
Copenhagen
ESTONIA
Tallinn
FAROE ISLANDS
Torshavn
FINLAND
Helsinki
FRANCE
Paris
GEORGIA
T’bilisi
GERMANY
Berlin
GREECE
Athens
HUNGARY
Budapest
ICELAND
Reykjavik
IRELAND
Dublin
ITALY
Rome
KOSOVO
Pristina
LATVIA
Riga
LIECHTENSTEIN
Vaduz
LITHUANIA
Vilnius
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
MACEDONIA
Skopje
MALTA
Valletta
MOLDOVA
Chisinau
MONACO
Monaco
MONTENEGRO
Podgorica
NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam or The Hague (seat of government)
NORWAY
Oslo
POLAND
Warsaw
PORTUGAL
Lisbon
ROMANIA
Bucharest
RUSSIA
Moscow
SAN MARINO
San Marino
SERBIA
Belgrade
SLOVAKIA
Bratislava
SLOVENIA
Ljubljana
SPAIN
Madrid
SWEDEN
Stockholm
SWITZERLAND
Bern
TURKEY
Ankara
UKRAINE
Kiev
UNITED KINGDOM
London
VATICAN CITY
Vatican City
COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS
CONTINENT: Oceania/Australia
Country with Capital
AUSTRALIA
Canberra
COOK ISLANDS
Avarua
FIJI
Suva
KIRIBATI
Tarawa
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Majuro
MICRONESIA
Palikir
NAURU
Yaren District
NEW ZEALAND
Wellington
NIUE
Alofi
PALAU
Koror
SAMOA
Apia
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Honiara
TONGA
Nuku’alofa
TUVALU
Fongafale
VANUATU
Port-Vila
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