World Capitals
The capital of every UN member state and Vatican City, 194 in all.
From Abuja to Zagreb, this deck covers every country in the United Nations plus Vatican City. Where a country splits its capital (South Africa has three, Bolivia two) any of them counts. The answer explains how the split works. Older spellings like Kiev are accepted too. New cards arrive one continent at a time, starting with Europe and the Americas.
All 194 cards
What is the capital of Albania?
Tirana
What is the capital of Andorra?
Andorra la Vella
What is the capital of Austria?
Vienna
What is the capital of Belarus?
Minsk
What is the capital of Belgium?
Brussels
What is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Sarajevo
What is the capital of Bulgaria?
Sofia
What is the capital of Croatia?
Zagreb
What is the capital of Cyprus?
Nicosia
What is the capital of Czechia?
Prague
What is the capital of Denmark?
Copenhagen
What is the capital of Estonia?
Tallinn
What is the capital of Finland?
Helsinki
What is the capital of France?
Paris
What is the capital of Germany?
Berlin
What is the capital of Greece?
Athens
What is the capital of Hungary?
Budapest
What is the capital of Iceland?
Reykjavík
What is the capital of Ireland?
Dublin
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome
What is the capital of Latvia?
Riga
What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
Vaduz
What is the capital of Lithuania?
Vilnius
What is the capital of Luxembourg?
Luxembourg(also Luxembourg City)
What is the capital of Malta?
Valletta
What is the capital of Moldova?
Chișinău
What is the capital of Monaco?
Monaco
What is the capital of Montenegro?
Podgorica
What is the capital of Netherlands?
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the capital; the government and parliament sit in The Hague.
What is the capital of North Macedonia?
Skopje
What is the capital of Norway?
Oslo
What is the capital of Poland?
Warsaw
What is the capital of Portugal?
Lisbon
What is the capital of Romania?
Bucharest
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
What is the capital of San Marino?
San Marino
What is the capital of Serbia?
Belgrade
What is the capital of Slovakia?
Bratislava
What is the capital of Slovenia?
Ljubljana
What is the capital of Spain?
Madrid
What is the capital of Sweden?
Stockholm
What is the capital of Switzerland?
Bern
Bern is the "federal city": Switzerland has no capital in law, but this is where the government sits.
What is the capital of Ukraine?
Kyiv(also Kiev)
What is the capital of United Kingdom?
London
What is the capital of Vatican City?
Vatican City
What is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda?
Saint John's(also St. John's, St John's)
What is the capital of Bahamas?
Nassau
What is the capital of Barbados?
Bridgetown
What is the capital of Belize?
Belmopan
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What is the capital of Costa Rica?
San José
What is the capital of Cuba?
Havana
What is the capital of Dominica?
Roseau
What is the capital of Dominican Republic?
Santo Domingo
What is the capital of El Salvador?
San Salvador
What is the capital of Grenada?
Saint George's(also St. George's, St George's)
What is the capital of Guatemala?
Guatemala City
What is the capital of Haiti?
Port-au-Prince
What is the capital of Honduras?
Tegucigalpa
What is the capital of Jamaica?
Kingston
What is the capital of Mexico?
Mexico City
What is the capital of Nicaragua?
Managua
What is the capital of Panama?
Panama City
What is the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Basseterre
What is the capital of Saint Lucia?
Castries
What is the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
Kingstown
What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
Port of Spain
What is the capital of United States?
Washington, D.C.(also Washington, Washington DC)
What is the capital of Argentina?
Buenos Aires
What is the capital of Bolivia?
Sucre(also La Paz)
Sucre is the constitutional capital; the government sits in La Paz.
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasília
Brasília, built from scratch, replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital in 1960.
What is the capital of Chile?
Santiago
What is the capital of Colombia?
Bogotá
What is the capital of Ecuador?
Quito
What is the capital of Guyana?
Georgetown
What is the capital of Paraguay?
Asunción
What is the capital of Peru?
Lima
What is the capital of Suriname?
Paramaribo
What is the capital of Uruguay?
Montevideo
What is the capital of Venezuela?
Caracas
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
What is the capital of Armenia?
Yerevan
What is the capital of Azerbaijan?
Baku
What is the capital of Bahrain?
Manama
What is the capital of Bangladesh?
Dhaka
What is the capital of Bhutan?
Thimphu
What is the capital of Brunei?
Bandar Seri Begawan
What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
What is the capital of China?
Beijing
What is the capital of Georgia?
Tbilisi
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
What is the capital of Indonesia?
Jakarta
A new capital, Nusantara, is being built on Borneo; Jakarta remains the seat of government for now.
What is the capital of Iran?
Tehran
What is the capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
What is the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
Israel names Jerusalem as its capital, but most countries keep their embassies in Tel Aviv.
What is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo
What is the capital of Jordan?
Amman
What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
Astana(also Nur-Sultan)
Astana replaced Almaty in 1997, and was called Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022.
What is the capital of Kuwait?
Kuwait City
What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
Bishkek
What is the capital of Laos?
Vientiane
What is the capital of Lebanon?
Beirut
What is the capital of Malaysia?
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital; much of the government works from Putrajaya.
What is the capital of Maldives?
Malé
What is the capital of Mongolia?
Ulaanbaatar(also Ulan Bator)
What is the capital of Myanmar?
Naypyidaw(also Nay Pyi Taw, Naypyitaw)
Naypyidaw replaced Yangon (Rangoon) as the capital in 2005–2006.
What is the capital of Nepal?
Kathmandu
What is the capital of North Korea?
Pyongyang
What is the capital of Oman?
Muscat
What is the capital of Pakistan?
Islamabad
What is the capital of Philippines?
Manila
What is the capital of Qatar?
Doha
What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
What is the capital of Singapore?
Singapore
What is the capital of South Korea?
Seoul
What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte(also Kotte, Colombo)
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the official (legislative) capital; Colombo is the executive capital and largest city.
What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus
What is the capital of Tajikistan?
Dushanbe
What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok
What is the capital of Timor-Leste?
Dili
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
What is the capital of Turkmenistan?
Ashgabat
What is the capital of United Arab Emirates?
Abu Dhabi
What is the capital of Uzbekistan?
Tashkent
What is the capital of Vietnam?
Hanoi
What is the capital of Yemen?
Sana'a(also Sanaa)
What is the capital of Algeria?
Algiers
What is the capital of Angola?
Luanda
What is the capital of Benin?
Porto-Novo(also Porto Novo)
Porto-Novo is the official capital; the government sits in Cotonou.
What is the capital of Botswana?
Gaborone
What is the capital of Burkina Faso?
Ouagadougou
What is the capital of Burundi?
Gitega
Gitega replaced Bujumbura as the political capital in 2019.
What is the capital of Cabo Verde?
Praia
What is the capital of Cameroon?
Yaoundé
What is the capital of Central African Republic?
Bangui
What is the capital of Chad?
N'Djamena
What is the capital of Comoros?
Moroni
What is the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Kinshasa
What is the capital of Republic of the Congo?
Brazzaville
What is the capital of Côte d'Ivoire?
Yamoussoukro
Yamoussoukro is the official capital; Abidjan is the largest city and economic centre.
What is the capital of Djibouti?
Djibouti
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
What is the capital of Equatorial Guinea?
Malabo
What is the capital of Eritrea?
Asmara
What is the capital of Eswatini?
Mbabane(also Lobamba)
Mbabane is the administrative capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative one.
What is the capital of Ethiopia?
Addis Ababa
What is the capital of Gabon?
Libreville
What is the capital of Gambia?
Banjul
What is the capital of Ghana?
Accra
What is the capital of Guinea?
Conakry
What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?
Bissau
What is the capital of Kenya?
Nairobi
What is the capital of Lesotho?
Maseru
What is the capital of Liberia?
Monrovia
What is the capital of Libya?
Tripoli
What is the capital of Madagascar?
Antananarivo
What is the capital of Malawi?
Lilongwe
What is the capital of Mali?
Bamako
What is the capital of Mauritania?
Nouakchott
What is the capital of Mauritius?
Port Louis
What is the capital of Morocco?
Rabat
What is the capital of Mozambique?
Maputo
What is the capital of Namibia?
Windhoek
What is the capital of Niger?
Niamey
What is the capital of Nigeria?
Abuja
Abuja replaced Lagos as the capital in 1991.
What is the capital of Rwanda?
Kigali
What is the capital of São Tomé and Príncipe?
São Tomé
What is the capital of Senegal?
Dakar
What is the capital of Seychelles?
Victoria
What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
Freetown
What is the capital of Somalia?
Mogadishu
What is the capital of South Africa?
Pretoria(also Cape Town, Bloemfontein)
South Africa has three: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial).
What is the capital of South Sudan?
Juba
What is the capital of Sudan?
Khartoum
What is the capital of Tanzania?
Dodoma
Dodoma is the official capital; Dar es Salaam is the largest city.
What is the capital of Togo?
Lomé
What is the capital of Tunisia?
Tunis
What is the capital of Uganda?
Kampala
What is the capital of Zambia?
Lusaka
What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
Harare
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
What is the capital of Fiji?
Suva
What is the capital of Kiribati?
South Tarawa(also Tarawa)
What is the capital of Marshall Islands?
Majuro
What is the capital of Micronesia?
Palikir
What is the capital of Nauru?
Yaren
Nauru has no official capital; government offices are in the Yaren district.
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Wellington
What is the capital of Palau?
Ngerulmud
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
Port Moresby
What is the capital of Samoa?
Apia
What is the capital of Solomon Islands?
Honiara
What is the capital of Tonga?
Nukuʻalofa(also Nuku'alofa, Nukualofa)
What is the capital of Tuvalu?
Funafuti
What is the capital of Vanuatu?
Port Vila