| Country | Capital City |
| Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Albania | Tirana |
| Algeria | Algiers |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
| Angola | Luanda |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Armenia | Yerevan |
| Australia | Canberra |
| Austria | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | Baku (Baki) |
| Bahamas, The | Nassau |
| Bahrain | Manama |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka |
| Barbados | Bridgetown |
| Belarus | Minsk |
| Belgium | Brussels |
| Belize | Belmopan |
| Benin | Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government |
| Bhutan | Thimphu |
| Bolivia | La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
| Botswana | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Brasilia |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Bulgaria | Sofia |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Burma | Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon) |
| Burundi | Bujumbura |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon | Yaounde |
| Canada | Ottawa |
| Cape Verde | Praia |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | N'Djamena |
| Chile | Santiago |
| China | Beijing |
| Colombia | Bogota |
| Comoros | Moroni |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Kinshasa |
| Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville |
| Costa Rica | San Jose |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan |
| Croatia | Zagreb |
| Cuba | Havana |
| Cyprus | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | Prague |
| Denmark | Copenhagen |
| Djibouti | Djibouti |
| Dominica | Roseau |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
| East Timor | Dili |
| Ecuador | Quito |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| El Salvador | San Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
| Eritrea | Asmara (formerly Asmera) |
| Estonia | Tallinn |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| Fiji | Suva |
| Finland | Helsinki |
| France | Paris |
| Gabon | Libreville |
| Gambia, The | Banjul |
| Georgia | T'bilisi |
| Germany | Berlin |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Greece | Athens |
| Grenada | Saint George's |
| Guatemala | Guatemala |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
| Guyana | Georgetown |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | Vatican City |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| Hungary | Budapest |
| Iceland | Reykjavik |
| India | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Jakarta |
| Iran | Tehran |
| Iraq | Baghdad |
| Ireland | Dublin |
| Israel | Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv |
| Italy | Rome |
| Jamaica | Kingston |
| Japan | Tokyo |
| Jordan | Amman |
| Kazakhstan | Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998 |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| Kiribati | Tarawa |
| Korea, North | P'yongyang |
| Korea, South | Seoul |
| Kuwait | Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek |
| Laos | Vientiane |
| Latvia | Riga |
| Lebanon | Beirut |
| Lesotho | Maseru |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Libya | Tripoli |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | Skopje |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | Lilongwe |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
| Maldives | Male |
| Mali | Bamako |
| Malta | Valletta |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Mauritius | Port Louis |
| Mexico | Mexico (Distrito Federal) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | Palikir |
| Moldova | Chisinau |
| Monaco | Monaco |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
| Morocco | Rabat |
| Mozambique | Maputo |
| Namibia | Windhoek |
| Nauru | no official capital; government offices in Yaren District |
| Nepal | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
| Nicaragua | Managua |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja |
| Norway | Oslo |
| Oman | Muscat |
| Pakistan | Islamabad |
| Palau | Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror |
| Panama | Panama |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Paraguay | Asuncion |
| Peru | Lima |
| Philippines | Manila |
| Poland | Warsaw |
| Portugal | Lisbon |
| Qatar | Doha |
| Romania | Bucharest |
| Russia | Moscow |
| Rwanda | Kigali |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre |
| Saint Lucia | Castries |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown |
| Samoa | Apia |
| San Marino | San Marino |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh |
| Senegal | Dakar |
| Seychelles | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Singapore | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara |
| Somalia | Mogadishu |
| South Africa | Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center |
| Spain | Madrid |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital |
| Sudan | Khartoum |
| Suriname | Paramaribo |
| Swaziland | Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital |
| Sweden | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Bern |
| Syria | Damascus |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis |
| Thailand | Bangkok |
| Togo | Lome |
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain |
| Tunisia | Tunis |
| Turkey | Ankara |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
| Tuvalu | Fongafale |
| Uganda | Kampala |
| Ukraine | Kiev (Kyyiv) |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi |
| United Kingdom | London |
| United States | Washington, DC |
| Uruguay | Montevideo |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent (Toshkent) |
| Vanuatu | Port-Vila |
| Venezuela | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Hanoi |
| Yemen | Sanaa |
| Zambia | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | Harare |
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